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Displaying 6074 Finding Aids
Title
- Education Department Commissioner Richard P. Mills subject files
Series Number
- W0108
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, reports, meeting materials, speeches, and other materials documenting the tenure of Richard Mills as President of the University of the State of New York and Commissioner of Education of New York State. Included are materials from deputy-level offices of the State Education Dept., and from various task forces, advisory councils, and organizations. Well documented are Mills' efforts related to educational standards and assessments, including the establishment of the Regents' Exam as a requirement for high school graduation.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner Richard P. Mills
Access Restrictions
- This series may contain material to which access is restricted. Archives staff will review requested documents and disclose information pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).
- W0108-10: Personnel records found in this accretion are restricted to protect personal privacy.
Title
- Applications and registrations for trademarks on bottles and casks
Series Number
- A0356
Summary
- This series consists of volumes containing applications and registrations for trademarks on bottles and casks. The description for each entry includes the type of business, use, and kind of trademark (e.g. bottle, embossed with company name).
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Docket books
Series Number
- B0295
Summary
- This series records the dates when records pertaining to railroad cases were acted upon by the Board of Railroad Commissioners were received or sent by the board. The docket books contain entries pertaining to accidents investigated by the board as well as resolutions made by the Legislature and proposed legislation placed before the board by the governor, who wanted to obtain its recommendations.
Creator
- New York (State). Board of Railroad Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Report of indebtedness of cities and villages
Series Number
- A1048
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of a schedule of indebtedness of cities (except New York, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Albany, and Troy) and villages. Also included are letters transmitting the amount of debt, addressed to the Comptroller by presidents of villages.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Paymaster General's Office administrative files
Series Number
- A4118
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, vouchers, abstracts and statements of receipt, lists of expenditures, copies of special orders, reports, claims, lists of officers and men paid, and volunteer certificates issued for bounty money received. The records in this series deal mainly with routine administrative duties such as certifying the accuracy of accounts submitted for payment and the actual payment of funds to individuals for goods or service purchased by the state's military establishment.
Creator
- New York (State). Paymaster General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.) Planning Division central files
Series Number
- 21756
Summary
- The Adirondack Park Agency's Planning Division's responsibilities include administering and maintaining the State Land Master Plan; identifying and developing Adirondack Park policy; and long-range planning and policy development. Topics addressed in the files include rivers, wetlands, Adirondack Park interest groups, State Environmental Quality Review law, the Park's 1992 centennial, regional planning programs, map amendment policy, river basins, hamlet studies, acid rain, hydro-power, mapping, soils, and forestry.
Creator
- Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Planning Division
Access Restrictions
- This series consists of master negative copies of microfilm only. No use copies are available at the State Archives. Researchers should contact the Adirondack Park Agency for access to use copies.
Title
- Executive orders
Series Number
- 13082
Summary
- This series contains executive orders issued by the governor through the use of the implied powers granted to him by the State Constitution. Executive orders generally fall into one of the following categories: ceremonial or political pronouncements, gubernatorial ordinance, and orders relating to administrative authority and control. Some of the orders also contain letters of transmittal, copies of press releases, and other memoranda. Executive orders are required to be filed with the Department of State.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Constitutional Ball planning and event files
Series Number
- A0418
Summary
- The records in this series consist of both planning materials and documentation of the Constitutional Ball. This event was held at Empire State Plaza in Albany on May 25, 1977, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of New York State, as dated from New York's first state constitution in 1777. Records include seating financial balance sheets, arrangements, guest lists, programs, news releases, status reports, fact sheets, and correspondence, invitations, news clippings, and approximately 40 black and white photographs.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1957-1978 : William T. Conklin)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers daily log of office staff activities
Series Number
- A3111
Summary
- This series consists of a partial log of activities of the office staff of the Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers along with a tally of office expenses. Entry headings include work; phones (incoming and outgoing calls); calls or reports by staff; and notes of interviews, meetings, and conferences attended. A separate section toward the end of the volume labeled "Financial Accounts" lists (and totals) daily office expenditures, bills, and salaries.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Reports of visits to institutions
Series Number
- A3105
Summary
- These reports reflect the Board of Charities inspection visits to poorhouses, orphanages, and insane asylums. Institution inspection reports include the institution's name, inmate types, facility condition and maintenance. Reports on paupers receiving state aid include names of institutions visited; number of paupers admitted with state funding, discharged or died; and financial savings due to discharges. The alien paupers reports include pauper's name; age; time in U.S.; marital status; residence of relatives; physical and mental condition; and prospects for self-sufficiency.
Creator
- New York (State). State Board of Charities
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Department of Audit and Control exhibit material used by the Office of the State Comptroller
Series Number
- B1809
Summary
- This series documents the State Comptroller's role in administering accounts of the state, paying bills and payrolls, and auditing records, accounts, and financial and management practices of state agencies. The Office of the State Comptroller used this material in exhibitions to highlight key agency functions. Records include indentures; contracts; published reports and pamphlets analyzing audit functions and interpreting cases and contracts; examples of contracts and vouchers; and accounts and appropriation ledgers from the Department of Public Works and the Prison Department.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Labor Commissioner's subject files
Series Number
- 15381
Summary
- These records consist of the subject files of the Commissioner of Labor, covering such topics as fire safety in factories worker safety, enforcement of labor laws, labor legislation child labor, limitations of hours of labor, industrial code rules, and unemployment insurance.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Labor. Executive Office
Access Restrictions
- 15381-90, Box 70: Restricted.
Title
- Ledger of the repayment of the loan of 1792
Series Number
- A1074
Summary
- This series consists of a ledger from the office of the Comptroller continuing entries relating to the repayment of the loan of 1792. Entries are arranged by debtor and list payments of principal and interest. Accounts are listed in pounds until about 1815 when they are entered in American currency.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Notices of equity suits affecting title to real property
Series Number
- JN396
Summary
- Notices of pending equity suits ("lis pendens") affecting title to real property were filed in the New York County Clerk's Office. Suits were brought in the Court of Chancery, Court of Equity (1st Circuit) (1823-1829), and Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) (1830-1847). Most notices concern foreclosure of a mortgage and typically include names of parties to the suit, purpose of the suit, an abstract of the terms and conditions of the mortgage, a description of the mortgaged property, and the names of any defendants owning equity of redemption in the mortgage.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- Most documents are very fragile and must be used with care under supervision of an archivist.
Title
- State Prison of the City of New York (Newgate Prison) register of prisoners discharged
Series Number
- B2455
Summary
- This single leaf from a bound volume contains summary information on prisoners discharged from the State Prison of the City of New York (Newgate Prison) in 1828 with last names beginning with the letter "C" through "E" only. The inspectors of the prison maintained this record in compliance with Chapter 30 of the Laws of 1796, which required them to submit an annual report to the legislature.
Creator
- New York State Prison (New York, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Water Supply Commission reports to or by the commission regarding the Genesee River improvement
Series Number
- B0242
Summary
- This series consists of unpublished reports, submitted to or compiled by the State Water Supply Commission, regarding waterpower development on the Genesee River. Records include information on waterpower development; proposed reservoir construction; property owners affected by the proposed improvement; a Genesee River power survey; and condition and operations of mills of the International Paper Company on the Hudson, Raquette, Saranac, and Black Rivers.
Creator
- New York (State). Water Supply Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Engineer and Surveyor land survey maps
Series Number
- 12405
Summary
- This series consists primarily of Lake George survey maps assessing water levels and gauge readings. Also included are three other maps pertaining to land boundaries and ownership that were also filed in the Office of the State Engineer and Surveyor: lots in Macomb's Purchase and Arthursborough Patent, as well as a road patent in Hoffman Township.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Papers found on British spy Major Andre ("Andre Papers")
Series Number
- A4681
Summary
- Most of the documents in this series were created by Major General Benedict Arnold during the Revolutionary War to supply information to the British Army concerning the conditions, personnel, and ordnance of the American fortifications at West Point, New York. Types of information include disposition of troops and artillery pieces in case of alarm; ordnance reports in different forts, redoubts, and batteries; report of the fortification conditions; and estimates and actually numbers of men necessary to fortify the works.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor (1777-1795 : Clinton)
Access Restrictions
- Acces to original documents is restricted: digitized and published versions are first-use copies.
Title
- Governor's Conference on City and Village Traffic Safety records
Series Number
- B2327
Summary
- This series consists of drafts of speeches and statements and final copies of the statements made by State officials at the Governor's Conference on City and Village Traffic Safety; minutes of the conference; brochures containing reports, agendas, and press releases; correspondence and memoranda relating to the monthly accident reports from police chiefs; and press releases, text of speeches, statements, articles and reports relating to traffic safety in general and especially to the problems of seat belts in automobiles.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor. Assistant Secretary for Reports
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to maps
Series Number
- A4695
Summary
- This series indexes maps found in Series A0453, Record of Deeds; A0464, Original Deeds and Title Papers; 12945, Miscellaneous Deeds and Title Papers; A0451, Original Releases to the State; and A0461, Town Boundary Establishment and Alteration Reports. The series also indexes maps in several groups of records held by the Office of General Services, Division of Land Utilization: applications for land grants, applications for grants of lands under water, land appropriations, abandoned canal lands, and a Lake George shoreline survey.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.