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Title

Department of Environmental Conservation Central Planning Office State environmental plan files

Series Number

20138

Summary

The series consists of the files of F.W. Howell, head of the Central Planning Office of the Department of Environmental Conservation. Included are draft versions of the state environmental plan; correspondence regarding the plan's development and potential effects; comments received from interested parties on the draft plan; records of public hearings on the proposed plan, including ten (7-inch) reel-to-reel tapes of various hearings; news clippings concerning the proposed plan; and related records.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Central Planning Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Orange-Ulster Board of Cooperative Educational Services school district minute and record books and tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A4468

Summary

This series consists of school district board of education meeting minutes and tax assessment rolls for member districts of the Orange-Ulster Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES).

Creator

• Orange-Ulster Board of Cooperative Educational Services (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Manuscript of register of military bounty land grants

Series Number

A3307

Summary

This original manuscript of the Balloting Book, which relates to the allotment of bounty lands in the Military Tract in central New York, is closed to research due to its fragile physical condition. Researchers should use the published version found in Series A0476, Register of Military Bounty Lands Grants (The Balloting Book, and Other Documents Relating to Military Lands, in the State of New York), 1825.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

This series is closed to researchers due to its fragile physical condition. Researchers should use the published version found in Series A0476, Register of Military Bounty Lands Grants (The Balloting Book, and Other Documents Relating to Military Lands, in the State of New York), 1825.

Title

Mortgage records and subdivision approval files

Series Number

A4483

Creator

• Rockland (N.Y. : County)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Daily record of escapes

Series Number

A3059

Summary

This series consists of a chronological register of escapes from the State Agricultural and Industrial School. Information includes date; inmate name; name of colony or hospital from which escaped; inmate number, age, county of residence; and date of return or location if not returned. Records are restricted.

Creator

• New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

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

New York State Theatre Institute transitional records

Series Number

22471

Summary

The correspondence, newspaper clippings, news releases, and other records in this series document the New York State Theatre Institute's (NYSTI) various struggles for existence after being faced with major financial cuts, both in the mid-1980s and early 1990s. The bulk of the records concern NYSTI's operations in 1991-1992, when it was being evicted from its center of operations, The Egg in Albany.

Creator

• New York State Theatre Institute

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Inventory of county records

Series Number

A0550

Summary

This series consists primarily of inventory forms completed by Historical Records Survey workers for maps, photographs, and records surveyed in upstate county offices. Records include progress sheet for each county office; survey forms prepared by field workers; and historical sketches of county offices. Unbound record forms list: creating agency and subdivision; title; dates, quantity; gaps; content descriptions; indexing, arrangement, format; physical condition; and location. Building forms show floor plans. Maps and photograph forms also note authorship and publication status.

Creator

• Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Claim files from families and dependents of victims killed in September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

Series Number

B1955

Summary

These files include checklist forms, applications for payment, and a wide variety of additional documentation. Such documentation includes birth, marriage, and death certificates, but may also include letters, photographs, utility bills, and other records to support a claim. The files contain both successful and denied claims.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. World Trade Center Relief Fund

Access Restrictions

Restricted to protect personal privacy. Birth, marriage, and death certificates, as well as social security numbers, can be found throughout the series.

Title

Pharmacist and druggist license registers

Series Number

B0493

Summary

This series contains records of two grades of licenses: "licensed pharmacist," authorized to prepare and dispense drugs and poisons anywhere in the state; and "licensed druggist," authorized to prepare and dispense drugs and poisons only in communities of 500 or fewer inhabitants. This series consists of pharmacist and druggist licenses issued by the State Board of Pharmacy, including duplicate licenses issued for those lost or destroyed. Each license provides licensee name and address; branch granting license; date of examination or exchange; and license number.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Board of Pharmacy

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Theatre Institute scripts of plays

Series Number

22465

Summary

This series includes copies of scripts from productions of the New York State Theatre Institute (NYSTI). The series contains scripts from most of the productions that were performed, but it is not a truly complete set because former staff removed various items and never returned them.

Creator

• New York State Theatre Institute

Access Restrictions

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

Usage Restrictions

Items in this series may be protected by U.S. copyright. Consult with archivist to obtain currently available information on copyright owner or agent.

Title

Files of the investigation of Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi

Series Number

B1941

Summary

This series consists primarily of documents obtained by the Special Counsel to Governor George Pataki in connection with the governor's investigation of potential ethics violations made by then-New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi. Records were supplied mostly by the Office of the State Comptroller in response to subpoenas. Records were also supplied by the General Counsel to the Office of the New York City Comptroller in response to subpoenas, by the New York State Ethics Commission, and by other sources.

Creator

• New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
• New York (State). Governor (1995-2006 : Pataki)

Access Restrictions

All records in this series are restricted with the exception of the contents of Box 14 (Assurance in Continuance in the Matter of Alan G. Hevesi, Office of the State Comptroller, Dec. 12, 2006). This series may be used only with permission of the Executive Chamber, Counsel of the Governor.

Title

New Netherland Council Dutch colonial land deeds

Series Number

A1882

Summary

This series contains deeds, in Dutch, recorded by the provincial secretary from September 5, 1652 until October 15, 1653. The provincial secretary was responsible for recording all land transactions in New Netherland. Most of the deeds document the conveyance of real property between private individuals on the island of Manhattan.

Creator

• New Netherland. Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York City Board of Pharmacy examination register

Series Number

B0487

Summary

This series consists of lists of persons who took pharmacist examinations. The following information is given about each examinee: number; date of examination; name; age; country of birth; whether proprietor or clerk; address; number of times examined; examination percentage in pharmacy, chemistry, material medica, toxicology, and posology (study of dosage); sum and average percentages; passed or rejected; license number; and remarks (e.g., "dismissed for copying," "coloured," too low in chemistry," - mostly cross references to other entries).

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Board of Pharmacy

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Administrative reports of Champlain Barge Canal Lock No. 2

Series Number

B1799

Summary

This series documents the daily operation of Champlain Barge Canal Lock No. 2 (Mechanicville). The bulk of the series consists of daily lockage reports detailing information about traffic passing through the lock and weekly chief operator's reports. The daily lockage reports include information about boat type, name, and direction as well as weather observations, lock water levels, and shift personnel. Additional records include reports (lock inspection; apparatus; water obstructions; float violations); supply and station logs; temporary clearances; and equipment inventories.

Creator

• New York State Canal Corporation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Radisson Community archived website

Series Number

B2290

Summary

This series consists of an archival copy of the publicly accessible website of Radisson Community, a Central New York planned community developed by the Empire State Development Corporation.

Creator

• Radisson Community

Access Restrictions

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

Title

North Collins Central School District school board minutes

Series Number

A4722

Creator

• North Collins Central School District (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Subject files on proposed takeover of the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO)

Series Number

L0215

Summary

This series documents research into the feasibility and economic viability of state acquisition of the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) to reduce electricity costs to consumers. The records include proposals for expansion of public power and creation of the Long Island Power Authority; legal analyses and review by the State Energy Office; reports of other state power authorities; statistical spreadsheets; rate comparisons; testimony before the Public Power Commission; feasibility and economic viability studies; and related background material.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Program and Committee Staff

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Wallkill Correctional Facility inmate case files

Series Number

W0054

Summary

Wallkill Correctional Facility, located in Ulster County, N.Y., is a medium security correctional facility for male felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

Access Restrictions

Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.

Title

Photographs of medical examiners

Series Number

B1969

Summary

This series consists of photographs depicting a group of medical examiners who worked for the New York State Industrial Board in Buffalo, NY.

Creator

• New York (State). Industrial Board

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Governor daily scheduling log

Series Number

13690

Summary

This series consists of daily appointment schedules for Governor Hugh Carey from the last month of his first term through the inauguration of his successor, Mario M. Cuomo, and copies of Governor W. Averell Harriman's daily schedules. Executive Chamber staff prepared these to help the governor and his staff track and prepare for each day's activities. Occasionally filed with the daily schedules are memorandums or briefing notes providing additional background information on the location or subject of meetings or other events.

Access Restrictions

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