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Title

Commissioner's meeting materials

Series Number

13257

Summary

This series contains draft and final reports as well as meeting minutes generated by the Temporary State Commission on Management and Productivity in the Public Sector. Among the subjects dealt with by the Commission were civil service reform, department and agency productivity and goals, state mandates to local government, state and local governmental cooperation, and management issues.

Creator

• New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Management and Productivity in the Public Sector

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Elementary teacher certification project files

Series Number

B1376

Summary

This series documents the work of the Advisory Committee for the Elementary Teacher Certification Project established to assisted the Commissioner of Education and Board of Regents with their revision of certification standards. Included are meeting minutes; reports of the committee's regional hearings; correspondence from administrators, teachers, local teacher certification committees, and professional education associations; and findings and recommendations of the committee to the commissioner.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Office of Higher and Professional Education. Assistant Commissioner's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Moreland Act Commission to Investigate the Supervision, Licensing, and Regulation of Bingo public hearing transcripts and exhibits and final report

Series Number

10986

Summary

This series contains transcripts of public hearings held by the commission to convey information related to its investigation into bingo games in New York City, Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, Utica, and rural communities in nineteen counties. The series also includes 131 numbered exhibits compiled for the hearings and copies of the commission's final report. Exhibit materials include several recommended legislative bills and investigative materials relating to various bingo operations. The commission submitted these transcripts and exhibits to the governor along with its final report.

Creator

• New York (State). Moreland Act Commission to Investigate the Supervision, Licensing, and Regulation of Bingo

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Civil Rights Law, Section 73.8, and other statutes. Public hearing transcripts, press releases, published material, and other records that have been previously available to the public are available without restriction. Access to other information is permitted only by permission of the commission or the Governor's office.

Title

Division of Human Rights archived websites

Series Number

B2119

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the New York State Division of Human Rights.

Creator

• New York (State). State Division of Human Rights

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Impeachment trial subpoenas and subpoena tickets for Canal Commissioner

Series Number

A0815

Summary

This series contains subpoenas and subpoena tickets issued by the clerk of the Court for the Trial of Impeachments, August 14-16, 1853 of John C. Mather. Mather was convicted for unauthorized and excessive expenditures as canal commissioner.

Creator

• New York (State). Canal Commissioners

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Post-War Reconstruction Fund and Capital Construction Fund appropriation control ledgers

Series Number

B1410

Summary

This series consists of pre-printed ledger forms used to track appropriations funded and expended through the Post-War Reconstruction Fund and the Capital Construction Fund by the Division of the Budget. The records reflect the wide-ranging scope of projects undertaken by various state departments or facilities for public works. Each form includes name of department, division or institution; amount appropriated; brief description of project; and associated fiscal activities. Facilities include colleges and universities, correctional facilities, and mental health institutions.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of the Budget

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Annual reports

Series Number

B2496

Summary

This series consists of annual reports describing the functions, activities, and events of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. Additional copies of annual reports are held by the New York State Library.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence pertaining to enrollment procedures

Series Number

A4124

Summary

This series consists mainly of incoming correspondence directed to Brigadier General Isaac Vanderpoel, Engineer in Chief and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. The bulk of the correspondence deals with the enrollment of men into the State's National Guard. The majority of the records pertain to routine administrative matters such as requests for enrollment books; appointments of enrolling officers; transmission of enrollment records and lists of names of enrolling officers for regimental districts; and questions concerning specific enrollment procedures.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Engineer in Chief

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Unofficial transcripts of public meetings ("session minutes")

Series Number

19593

Summary

This series consists of verbatim transcripts of the commission's public meetings prepared by a private stenographic service. These unofficial transcripts are created in order to serve as a fuller documentation of meeting discussions than that provided by the official minutes. Each transcript contains a statement that the document has not been reviewed, edited, or corrected and should not be used for any legal actions or proceedings.

Creator

• New York (State). Public Service Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Bethel tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A4642

Creator

• Bethel (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Chairman's subject and correspondence files

Series Number

18855

Summary

The series consists of the files of the executive director of the Adirondack Park Agency, who is responsible for the agency's overall administration, including oversight of the Adirondack Park Private Land Use and Development Plan, the State Land Master Plan, and various mandates to protect the Park and enhance economic development for its residents. Since 1988 the executive director has also been fulfilling duties of the APA counsel's office.

Creator

• Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Executive Director's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Industrial department and maintenance cash book

Series Number

B1821

Summary

This volume enumerates the monthly cash receipts and cash payments of the New York House of Refuge Industrial Department, as well as cash receipts for sundries and cash disbursements for maintenance expenses. Receipts and payments are recorded separately on facing pages of the volume.

Creator

• New York House of Refuge

Access Restrictions

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

Title

File relating to the purchase of photostatic copies of New York Colonial Council Minutes from the British Public Record Office

Series Number

13914

Summary

This series contains notes, memorandums, and correspondence of the state historian regarding this purchase. Included are lists of colonial council minutes that survived the 1911 State Capitol fire, lists of similar minutes on file in the British Public Record Office (PRO), and list of photostats proposed to be ordered from the PRO. Also included are memorandums proposing the acquisition of photostats and a letter concerning French archival sources relating to New York State.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

Access Restrictions

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

Title

General ledgers

Series Number

B1835

Summary

This series, coupled with Series B1740, Daybooks, documents operating expenses for the House of Refuge. Accounts, organized by expense account, include provisions, utilities, clothing, furniture, payroll, building and repairs, school, hospital, expenses of managers, and traveling expenses. Vendor accounts are also included. Entries include date and amount of expense. Early volumes contain annual recapitulations.

Creator

• New York House of Refuge

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Brief case histories of male inmates

Series Number

A3139

Summary

This series consists of brief case histories of male inmates at the Western House of Refuge. Information may include inmate name and number; date received; from what court and location; age and birthday; nativity; health, habits, and occupation of parents; school attendance record; previous institutionalization; offenses, behavior, and habits before entering Western House; offense for which committed; inmate's character, intelligence, and prospects; and class (school grade) entered. Records are restricted.

Creator

• Western House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents (Rochester, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c(1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).

Title

Hempstead Board of Trustees meeting minutes

Series Number

A4656

Summary

Microfilm includes meeting minutes of the Village of Hempstead board of trustees for 1925-1930, 1937-1956, 1962-1963, and 1994-1997.

Creator

• Hempstead (N.Y. : Village)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Old index to field books and maps

Series Number

A4694

Summary

This manuscript volume, once used by the Secretary of State and other state officials to access land records, was superseded for all practical purposes by Mix, David E.E. "Catalogue of Maps and Surveys in the Office of the Secretary of State, State Engineer and Surveyor, and Comptroller and the State Library" (Albany: 1859).

Creator

• New York (State). Board of Appraisers

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Personal correspondence

Series Number

B2326

Summary

This series consists of letters received and copies of letters sent to James L. Sundquist, Assistant Secretary to Governor W. Averell Harriman from January 1, 1955 to December 1956. The letters relate to non-official affairs, and include requests for jobs, invitations, congratulation letters for Sundquist's new position, and political inquiries.

Creator

• Sundquist, James L.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Tabulation of public lands owned by the State of New York

Series Number

B2440

Summary

This series consists of tabulations of data gathered from state agencies showing public lands owned by New York State, specifically those acquired by the state between 1937 and 1939. The data was gathered by the Division of State Planning. The tabulations include descriptions of each parcel of state owned land, acreage total, a map reference number, and handwritten annotations by division planning members.

Creator

• New York (State). Executive Department. Division of State Planning

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Legal records regarding grants of land under water and sale of state lands

Series Number

B0243

Summary

This series consists of petitions; notices; legal memoranda, correspondence, maps, sketches; tracings; notices of application; Attorney General's opinions; transcripts of testimony; and briefs and affidavits that were submitted to the Commissioners of the Land Office. Most records deal with the applications of Philip Hoatling for grants of land under water in the Hudson River and provide detailed information regarding the land for which application was made. Also included are records relating to land sales in Syracuse, Yonkers and Richmond County.

Creator

• New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office

Access Restrictions

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