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Displaying 6074 Finding Aids
Title
- Register of approved plans and specifications
Series Number
- A4246
Summary
- This register contains information and requests to the State Fire Marshal for approval of plans and specifications for changes or additions to buildings. The register provides name of resident or business requesting change or addition; building classification; address; locality; date plans were approved; size of the addition; and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Fire Marshal
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Assembly Speaker's Office subject files
Series Number
- L0017
Summary
- These files, compiled by staff of Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink, contain background information on legislative subject areas and correspondence between the Speaker and other legislators, interest groups, state agency officers, local officials, and private citizens concerning proposed legislation. Also included are memorandums, copies of bills, press releases, newsletters, and petitions. Subjects include labor, veterans affairs, infrastructure, abortion, Love Canal, and the Democratic National Committee.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Office of the Speaker
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Cheektowaga accounting and zoning records
Series Number
- A4520
Summary
- Microfilm records include general ledgers; general journals; posting journals; town budgets, showing annual accounts of all anticipated incoming and outgoing monies; financial reports and audits, including monthly and annual accounts of all income, revenues, and expenditures; capital projects funding files; and records of variances and property rezoning.
Creator
- Cheektowaga (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation archived websites
Series Number
- B2092
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation.
Creator
- Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Summary account of bounties paid out by paymaster general
Series Number
- A1458
Summary
- This series contains a fragment from an account book of John D. Van Buren, Paymaster General, giving monthly totals of bounties paid out to volunteers by the State of New York between May 1863, and December 1864. The summary table gives number of bounties paid out to new or re-enlisted men in amounts ranging from $10 to $150.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Summary of estimates for extraordinary canal repairs on the Western Division of the Erie Canal
Series Number
- B0685
Summary
- This series consists of estimates for repairs on the Western Division of the Erie Canal. The estimates describe the type and cost of work being done for the Nine Million Dollar Improvement of the Erie Canal which was initiated in 1895.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Surveyor's bills and receipts for advertising sales of land
Series Number
- A3267
Summary
- This series consists of records documenting the advertisement of state land sales in various counties, cities, towns, and villages throughout New York.
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New Castle records
Series Number
- A4508
Creator
- New Castle (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Statement by State Comptroller on bond purchases for sinking funds
Series Number
- A1470
Summary
- The series consists of a statement and supporting documentation by Eugene M. Travis, State Comptroller, in response to charges printed in the Brooklyn Times newspaper that he wasted public funds on eleven purchases of bonds for various state sinking funds. They were apparently used by Travis in his presentation to a committee investigating the charges.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Comptroller's register of checks drawn for Canal Commissioners
Series Number
- A1316
Summary
- This register includes two entries for each check, debiting the account of the Canal Commissioners and crediting the bank on which the check was drawn. Entries provide check number; date; account; bank drawn on; and payee. There are also about 8 letters from the Manhattan Company to the State Auditor concerning state stock issues, 1857-1859; miscellaneous printed forms of the Canal Department, 1871-1873; and an unidentified list.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Financial Services Liquidation Bureau archived website
Series Number
- B2904
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Liquidation Bureau with the Department of Financial Services.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Financial Services. Liquidation Bureau
Title
- Abstract of claims of the New York Militia
Series Number
- A1302
Summary
- This register of claims and awards resulted from a law requiring the adjutants and inspector-generals to obtain and revise records dealing with claim payments to state militiamen who served in the War of 1812; and to report to the comptroller the names, places of residence, and amounts due. The register lists the claim number; name of claimant; claimant's residence; amount awarded; and occasional remarks on particular claims.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of incoming correspondence
Series Number
- A1464
Summary
- The series consists of a daily "letterbook" listing incoming correspondence received by the comptroller's office from February 4 to May 3, 1848. Each entry shows date received, name and residence of correspondent, nature of business, and disposition.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Subject and correspondence files of Dr. H. Jackson Davis
Series Number
- A3273
Summary
- This series documents the tenure of Dr. H. Jackson Davis with the New York State Department of Health, during which he administered the State's medical program for persons receiving public relief assistance. Records reflect the department's effort to provide medical care for unemployed New Yorkers and their families; to secure jobs for medical professionals; and to raise awareness of public health issues. Record types include: correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, research notes, statistics, publications, bulletins, news releases, and graphic material such as charts, tables, and diagrams.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Adirondack Park Agency archived websites
Series Number
- B2045
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the Adirondack Park Agency.
Creator
- Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Freshwater fish illustrations
Series Number
- 16515
Summary
- This series consists of watercolor paintings and a black and white ink drawing depicting 127 freshwater fishes inhabiting major river systems draining New York State. The drawings were produced between 1926 and 1939 and were rendered with such accuracy and precision. Collection and specimen data is occasionally noted on the back of the paintings. Access, by appointment only, requires a minimum of one-week advance notice. Selected images have been digitized images.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Fish and Wildlife. Bureau of Fisheries
Access Restrictions
- Restricted access: by appointment only;New York State Archives.Kept in remote storage; access requires a minimum of one week advance notice.
Title
- Internal accounts and administration files
Series Number
- J9076
Summary
- This series consists of receipts, bills, statements, reports, copies of orders, bank books, and correspondence originally filed with the Register relating to the internal fiscal operation and administration of the court. The series contains information on fees and other monies received by the court, court expenses and expenditures (including office expenses and salaries), the relationship between the court and banks, court investments, the work of Masters, and internal practices.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Account books for the Genesee Valley Canal
Series Number
- B0652
Summary
- This series consists of 10 account books that were used by the New York State Engineer and Surveyor's office to track and record information about accounts and expenditures for the Genesee Valley Canal. These volumes include information on type and amount of work being done; contractors performing work; materials being used; profiles of the canal; and other related information.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Personal service histories of state employees
Series Number
- A0949
Summary
- This series includes forms returned to the Board of Estimate and Control by the Comptroller's Office and its bureaus. Each one lists: title of position; name of incumbent; department; bureau; legal address; date of entrance into service; salary; salary history; and brief description of present occupation.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Examining physicians' memoranda file
Series Number
- B0134
Summary
- The series consists of brief memorandums from physicians to prison authorities usually recommending appropriate medical care or end of need for medical care for incarcerated patients that the physicians have examined. Many memorandums recommend that an incarcerated individual be mustered out of the military squad because of a medical problem. Memorandums include date, addressee, consecutive number, last name of the incarcerated individual, and physicians name and title. The name of physician is often omitted.
Creator
- New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Information in these records, the disclosure of which would result in an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, may be withheld in accordance with New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) sect. 87.2(b) and 89.2(b)(ii) and Personal Privacy Protection Law (PPPL) sect. 96.1(c) and 96.2.