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Title

Telegrams received

Series Number

A4147

Summary

This volume contains incoming telegrams received by the Surgeon General's Office between April 26, 1861 and November 26, 1864. The telegrams deal with administrative matters such as the examination of regiments, disbursement of medical supplies, appointments of regimental surgeons, and the disposition of wounded soldiers received at New York City and Albany.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Distribution lists of state publications

Series Number

A0321

Summary

The series consists of registers, daybooks, and lists of officials, individuals, agencies, libraries, and other organizations receiving or purchasing copies of published state government documents, including session laws and research materials on the natural and colonial history of New York State. The lists provide information important to the understanding of the size and dissemination of state government printing jobs.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Registers recording the transmission of documents from the Adjutant General's Office to Militia officers

Series Number

A4153

Summary

This series consists of portions of two volumes recording the names of militia officers to whom various types of forms and other printed material were sent by the Adjutant General's Office. Types of records sent include regulations, enlisting orders, Adjutant General's reports, manuals of arms, inspection returns, legislative laws pertaining to the militia, and certificates of membership.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Pelham town board meeting minutes and tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A4635

Creator

• Pelham (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Colony supervisors' and matrons' files

Series Number

B2387

Summary

Colonies were created in 1883 as homes outside the main institution for younger patients who were judged to be potentially competent to be trained and transitioned to occupational and personal independence. This series documents duties and activities of female Colony Matrons, Colony Assistant Supervisors, and Colony Supervisors. Types of records include colony policies and procedure manuals for supervision and training of girl patients; individual colony descriptions and histories; colony personnel job descriptions; matron attendance sheets; notices; and subject files.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Access Restrictions

Records identifying patients are restricted permanently in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Title

Thruway Authority Department of Public Information speech and news release file

Series Number

B0590

Summary

Series includes speeches, papers, and presentations by Thruway Authority public relations staff and Department of Public Works staff. These speeches were made before a variety of professional, community, and public interest groups and cover topics ranging from engineering problems to advocacy for the Authority. News release files include releases from the Department of Public Works, State Comptroller, and the Executive Chamber, as well as the Thruway Authority. Releases pertain to the establishment of the Authority and construction and financing of the Thruway.

Creator

• New York State Thruway Authority. Department of Public Information

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Photographs of proposed site for the State Training School for Boys

Series Number

A1995

Summary

These photographs of buildings and farm land show the site proposed for the New York State Training School for Boys in Yorktown Heights. These may have been used by the or for a report on needed buildings and improvements. Never executed, the proposed schoolwas intended to replace the New York House of Refuge. This site, along with the property of the Mohansic State Hospital, became the Mohansic State Lake Preservation.

Creator

• New York (State). State Board of Charities

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Index to central subject, correspondence, and name files of Governor Hugh Carey

Series Number

B1856

Summary

This series functions as an index to accretion 13681-83, Governor Hugh Carey's Name Files, 1975-1982; and accretions 13682-83 and 13682-96C, Governor Carey's Central Subject and Correspondence Files, 1975-1982.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor (1975-1982 : Carey)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation hazardous waste survey company responses

Series Number

22572

Summary

This series contains responses from two hazardous waste surveys. The first was conducted by Department of Environmental Conservation headquarters (Albany) staff in 1976-1977, where staff interviewed companies throughout the state that were engaged in hazardous waste activities and completed a form template. The second was administered by the Interagency Task Force (IATF) investigating waste disposal in Erie and Niagara Counties in 1978-1979. Files for the second survey include responses from multiple companies, including Allied Chemical Corporation, Hooker Chemical & Plastics Corporation, and Union Carbide Corporation.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Record of deeds, mortgages, Regents charters, and other documents

Series Number

A0453

Summary

THis series contains copies of conveyances (deeds and mortgages), and many other types of private and public documents recorded by the Secretary of the colony of New York, 1664-1783, and by the Secretary of State, 1783-1890. Series also includes applications for and copies of academy charters granted by the Board of Regents, 1788-1855, and notices of discovery of gold and silver mines, 1789-1839.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

Microfilm is not available for duplication or interlibrary loan.

Title

Index to tax maps for Kings and Richmond counties

Series Number

B0963

Summary

This series contains volumes that index Tax Assessors' Atlases of Kings County Towns and Tax Assessors' Atlases of Richmond County Towns. Separate sections for each county and town therein contain sub-sections indexing places, tax maps, street names, and names of non-resident taxables.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Expense copybooks

Series Number

A3359

Summary

This series consists of binders containing letterpress copies of lists of payments apparently made or received by the governor's office from 1917-1923. Entries generally provide date; name of person, company, or state agency; amount; and purpose of payment. The volumes also contain lists of amounts of interest earned on Canal Fund moneys in banks throughout the state. Each entry on these lists provides name of bank, location (New York, Brooklyn, Buffalo, etc.), and amount of interest earned.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Administrative records and manuals relating to military training enrollments and the Farm Cadet Corps

Series Number

A4436

Summary

This series contains general administrative records of the Military Training Commission, including enrollments of boys, related correspondence, and documentation of cooperation with federal efforts to increase the labor pool of farm workers which had been depleted by service in World War I. Also included are manuals for physical training, health, athletics, and citizenship (e.g. standards of discipline and deportment); reports on the Farm Cadet Corps; and correspondence and administrative records of the Commission Secretary.

Creator

• New York (State). Military Training Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Senator Karen Burstein women's issues files

Series Number

L0101

Summary

These records, created or collected by Senator Karen Burstein, provide information on the development of leadership strategies by women's movement advocates. Include are correspondence, memorandums, reports, conference materials, press clippings, and other materials from state agencies, advocacy organizations, and individuals relating to abortion; childcare; displaced homemakers; women in prisons; International Women's Year; and the National Women's Conference (1977). Many records, representing both sides of the issue, relate to the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in New York State.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1973-1978 : Karen Burstein)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Office of Real Property Services archived websites

Series Number

B2184

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Office of Real Property Services, which became part of the Department of Taxation and Finance in mid-2010. In 2011, this site was removed from the live Web and its content was incorporated into the main website of the Department of Taxation and Finance.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Real Property Services

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Temporary Emergency Relief Administration projects payroll records

Series Number

A2047

Summary

This series consist of payroll records from Temporary Emergency Relief Administration (TERA) projects in upstate New York as well as from the Emergency Nursery School Project and part-time Education Department clerical staff hired on TERA funds to work in Albany. The records include weekly payroll sheets with employee's name; sex; occupation; hours worked; wage rate; total earnings; and (occasionally) case number. Attached to payroll sheets are employee's time sheets, signed by the local supervisor certifying the time claimed.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Vocational and Extension Education

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Confidential material submitted to Commission

Series Number

A0136

Summary

The Commission for the Revision of the Tax Laws, during the Great Depression, was tasked with redesigning the state's tax structure to distribute the burden as widely and evenly as possible, with a specific eye for relieving property taxes. This series consists of two bound volumes containing reports and data sets regarding the state budget and financial situation that were assembled to allow the commission to make recommendations for changes.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission for the Revision of the Tax Laws

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Instructive releases sent to local salvage committees

Series Number

A4350

Summary

This series contains releases from the Salvage Division to city and county salvage committees intended to inform and motivate volunteers, with sections devoted to specific items such as waste fat, tin, paper, and scrap metal. Included are collection figures, directions, quotations, national program descriptions, and indications of how these materials were used in the war effort. Also contained are brief letters to all city and county salvage committee chairmen to inform them of salvage needs and to advise on programs.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Salvage Division

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Organizational history research file

Series Number

A4344

Summary

This series contains records from a wide array of War Council agencies detailing major events in the agencies' formation, the execution of their duties, or appointment of officers. They were apparently culled from other records to document significant aspects of the council's history. Document types include monthly reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, resolutions, programs, pamphlets, sample forms, and memoranda-of-understanding. Subjects include: child care; fire protection; labor safety; nutrition; physical fitness; police reports; production; rationing; salvage; transportation; victory gardens; and vocational training.

Creator

• New York State War Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commissioner's subject and correspondence files

Series Number

19095

Summary

Files consist of records of commissioners of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services and of its predecessor divisions. Files include correspondence, reports, minutes, fiscal materials, planning documents and other materials relating to the operation of the agency, its programs, and cooperative efforts with other agencies.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. Office of the Commissioner

Access Restrictions

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