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Title

Telegrams pertaining to the 1892 Buffalo Riot

Series Number

A4122

Summary

This series includes correspondence primarily between militia leaders and occasionally their subordinates. One can find a number of telegrams and letters addressed to Major General Josiah Porter in Albany, Governor Roswell P. Flower, and Brigadier Generals Peter Doyle and James McLeer. The content of these telegrams and letters centers on the mobilization of state militia troops at Buffalo, but many also contain descriptions of the chaos erupting in the city.

Creator

• New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Tioga County records

Series Number

A4644

Summary

Microfilm contains meeting minutes and proceedings of the Tioga County Board of Supervisors and County Legislature (1813-1994); deed books (1791-1901); certificates of incorporation (1818-1995); naturalization records (1822-1955); and election canvas records (1860 and 1868-1920).

Creator

• Tioga (N.Y. : County)

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Transit Commission case files and minutes

Series Number

19595

Summary

The series consists of microfilm copies of minutes of meetings and case files of the Transit Commission dating from 1921 through 1943 (when it was abolished). Also included is "supplemental case file material" (those documents not filmed because of size or condition, including maps, drawings and/or exhibits; or materials filmed, but for which the film was found to be of poor quality).

Creator

• New York (State). Public Service Commission

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Register of foreign born inmates

Series Number

B1827

Summary

Foreign-born prisoners accounted for nearly fifty-five percent of the prison population increase in the early twentieth century. Individual facilities gathered detailed information about their foreign-born inmates to document the increase and burden on the state. This series consists of information concerning foreign-born inmates in Auburn Prison including name; age; color; nativity; arrival date in United States; vessel name; port; citizenship status; naturalization; literacy; former trade or occupation; crime; sentence; marital status; children; residence of wife and children; and previous convictions.

Creator

• Auburn Prison

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Abstracts of deeds conveyed to purchasers of land sold for unpaid taxes

Series Number

B1614

Summary

These records contain abstracts of information originally included in deeds conveyed to purchasers of lands sold for unpaid taxes. The State Comptroller's Office was in charge of selling lands for unpaid taxes until 1926, when that function was assumed by the Department of Taxation and Finance. For each entry, information includes date of sale; sale amount; to whom deeded; description of property, including county and town, name of tract, number of acres, and description; and names of comptroller and deputy comptroller.

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Reports of commissioners appointed to appraise lands taken for street openings in New York City and Brooklyn

Series Number

J1014

Summary

This fragmentary series consists of petitions for appointment of commissioners to appraise lands taken for street openings in the incorporated cities of New York and Brooklyn. There are also reports of the Commissioners, returned to the Supreme Court of Judicature.

Creator

• New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

State University Construction Fund Office of the General Manager subject files

Series Number

15422

Summary

The State University Construction Fund is responsible for construction projects on all state-operated campuses of the State University of New York (SUNY). It finances and oversees building construction for the university system. The series consists of correspondence, memorandums, reports, policy documents, and administrative files of the general manager, who is the chief operating officer of the fund. Files cover issues relating to SUNY's built environment and construction, and document the policies and priorities of the fund.

Creator

• New York State University Construction Fund. Office of the General Manager

Access Restrictions

Restricted in part: Personnel evaluations are restricted to protect personal privacy. State Archives staff will review remaining documents and disclose information pursuant to the State Freedom of Information Law.

Title

Records of petitions and details of roads built

Series Number

B0278

Summary

This series consist of forms recording actions taken on petitions for road construction. Information includes the petition number; page number; name and number of road, county, section petitioned for; towns that the section passes through; dates petitions for survey and for work were passed; amount appropriated by county; date the preliminary examination was made; date approved; distance to be improved; surface and width of the road; date the plans were adopted; and information on bids and contracts.

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Assorted estrayed documents

Series Number

J1000

Summary

This series consists of a variety of documents from the Supreme Courts of Judicature at Albany, Geneva, and Utica. Included are motions; briefs; pleadings; writs of venire; returns of writs of error, certiorari, and commission; appointments of guardians; conditional testimony; cognovits; draft rules; affidavits; writs of commission; reports of commissioners of appraisal regarding land; and writs of satisfaction, ejectment, and eases. It contains depositions regarding the last will, the business and official records, and the property of Sir William Johnson.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Heritage area management plans

Series Number

21793

Summary

This series documents establishment of and provides information on the history and cultural resources of heritage areas. Each management plan includes description of area boundaries; inventory of cultural resources; goals and objectives statement; types of area uses; potential property acquisitions; proposed exhibits and programs; cost/benefit analysis; cultural resources preservation techniques; organizational structure; environmental reviews; park planning schedule; schedule for park development and State-issued approval; and photographs, other images, and historical records.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Heritage Areas System Bureau

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

New York Colony Commissioners of Indian Affairs minutes and recorded documents

Series Number

B2309

Summary

The Commissioners of Indian Affairs conducted negotiations and exchanged communications with the Five Nations as agents of the Governor of New York. The records in this series include minutes of resolutions and other actions; summaries of Indian affairs, particularly during wartime; detailed proceedings of formal conferences and informal meetings with nations or groups of chiefs; copies or summaries of letters to the Governor, other officials, and Indian nations; instructions for Indian agents and interpreters; and a few proclamations.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Commissioners of Indian Affairs

Title

Abstracts of National Guard service in World War I

Series Number

13721

Summary

The series consists of abstracts for officers and enlisted men in units of the New York National Guard who were mustered into the U.S. Army during World War I. Each individual's entry includes: U.S. Army serial number; date and place of commission or enlistment; muster dates (N.Y. and U.S. with rank, company, and regiment); and date, rank, and reason (type of discharge or transfer) for leaving service. Sometimes additional remarks detail service overseas, promotions, or service conduct.

Creator

• New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Council on the Arts audio and video tapes of council-supported events and activities

Series Number

B1600

Summary

The series consists of audio-visual material (produced by grantees) that document a variety of events and activities related to the Council on the Arts. The audio tapes contain poetry readings; interviews; public service announcements; speeches; panel discussions; and radio programs. Some video tapes were created as television programs or intended as artistic works; others contain material similar to the audio tapes, as well as documentation of visual arts programs and craft demonstrations sponsored by the Council.

Creator

• New York State Council on the Arts

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Lands under water application files

Series Number

B2321

Summary

This series consists of applications for grants to lands under water. Each file typically consists of an application and accompanying map. Information on the application includes applicant name; date; attorney's name; notes related to the final determination of application; date patent was ordered to be issued; patent date; and signature of the attorney.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services. Bureau of Land Management

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Location index to state mortgages and U.S. Deposit Fund mortgages

Series Number

A4693

Summary

These records index series A0477, Registers of Mortgages to the State, by location.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum

Access Restrictions

Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.

Title

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation photographs of tall ships celebration in New York Harbor

Series Number

15378

Summary

This series consists of approximately 100 images of tall ships in New York Harbor in 1976. Images depict tall ships from around the world sailing in New York Harbor as part of the American Revolution Bicentennial celebration in July 1976. Images also show navy ships and pleasure craft sailing among the tall ships. Many images show parts of the New York skyline in the background.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

New York State New Capitol Commission specifications of new State Capitol

Series Number

B1628

Summary

This series consists of the general bill of specifications for the construction of the new State Capitol building, signed by the architect, Thomas Fuller. Included are specifications for ironwork; stonework; brick and plaster work; carpentry; plumbing; and wrought ironwork.

Creator

• New York (State). New Capitol Commission

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Resident, division and assistant engineers' correspondence

Series Number

B0250

Summary

This series consists mostly of outgoing correspondence of resident, division, and assistant engineers involved with the construction of the Barge Canal. It provides information on the progress of construction; construction practices employed; location of the canal; land appropriations; and contract alterations, specifications, and estimates. Also included are some incoming correspondence, progress reports on contracts, final estimates, yearly and monthly reports, monthly expenditures and estimates, State property inventories, and detailed construction estimates.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Sunmount State School annual reports

Series Number

B2447

Summary

This series consists of annual reports describing the functions, activities, and events of the Sunmount State School.

Creator

• Sunmount State School (N.Y.)

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

New York State Attorney General's Office transcripts of hearings and stenographer's notes for the case of the People of New York vs. Henry D. Denison, et al. relating to work done on the Erie Canal

Series Number

B0906

Summary

In a case that played out over the course of a decade, the State of New York brought legal action against canal contractors Henry D. Denison, James J. Belden, A. Caldwell Belden, and Thomas Gale in an effort to recover money allegedly obtained through fraudulent means. This series consists of an incomplete set of handwritten stenographer's notes, a partial printed trial transcript, and printed copies of legal briefs filed in State Supreme Court and the State Court of Appeals. In the end, efforts by both sides to recover funds believed owed to them were unsuccessful.

Creator

• New York (State). Attorney General's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.