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Displaying 6074 Finding Aids
Title
- Correspondence and administrative files of Project Redesign
Series Number
- 11501
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, grant applications, and other files related to Project Redesign, a New York State Education Department effort to foster wide-reaching change and innovation in New York education. Files include correspondence and memoranda, progress reports, grant proposals, budgets, meeting minutes and agenda of the Executive Redesign Council, and copies of contracts with consultants. Also included is a group of files of the Prototype Coordinator for Greece Central School District #1.
Creator
- New York (State). Auditor
Title
- State records program organization files
Series Number
- A4298
Summary
- This series contains copies of evaluations and reviews of plans conducted in order to establish a records program at the State War Council. This set was held by Division of Records Director Karl Hartzell, possibly as a model for the War Council's record collection program.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Punishment register
Series Number
- B1223
Summary
- This series consists of a register of offenses and punishments given to individuals incarcerated at Auburn Prison. For each individual, the register includes name; date received; crime; term of sentence; sentencing judge; and date discharged or transferred from Auburn. For each instance of punishment, the register includes date; name of keeper; description and location of offense; name of person giving punishment; and description of punishment.
Creator
- Auburn Prison
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Introductory training course for matrons
Series Number
- B1545
Summary
- The series consists of a copy of an introductory course manual for matrons of custodial institutions, prepared by the Central Guard School of the Department of Correction with cooperation and assistance of the superintendent and staff of the Albion State Training School. This is apparently a copy of the manual used at training sessions at Albion.
Creator
- Albion State Training School (Albion, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Archeologist's correspondence files on the Eastern States Archeological Federation
Series Number
- A3291
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence used by the State Archeologist related to and documenting the organization of the Eastern States Archeological Federation (E.S.A.F.). Included in the series are meeting minutes, general correspondence, correspondence related to membership and meeting planning (both regional and annual), and member and officer lists. To a lesser extent, included documents such as paper abstracts and organizational goals document the activities of the Federation.
Creator
- New York State Museum and Science Service
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Richmond County school commissioner's teacher certification records
Series Number
- A2010
Summary
- This series consists of Richmond County teacher certification records including name; address; age, number of terms taught; previous certification; examination dates; numerical scores in examination subject areas; and number, grade, and certificate issue date. Also included are names of persons granted first, second and third grade certificates, temporary licenses, endorsed certificates, uniform examination system examinees. In addition, the series contains stubs of second and third grade certificates which include summary information.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Public Instruction
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Investigation and reports files
Series Number
- L0156
Summary
- This series contains information on rents, banking, insurance, labor, and construction supply gathered during an investigation of the high cost of housing. Records include reports detailing abuses which increased housing costs; bylaws of labor and building supply associations; testimony transcripts; and exhibits. There are also lists, indices, and digests of witnesses, transcripts of court cases, and records relating to grand jury hearings.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Housing
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Orange County railroad and water drainage maps
Series Number
- A4461
Summary
- Microfilmed records include railroad maps, depicting the entire railroad system or specific branches for all railroads in operation in Orange County (1866-1939), including routes and stations; grade crossing elimination plans, consisting of blueprint depictions of locations of railroad crossings and parcels in Orange County; and water drainage maps created for Wallkill Valley Drainage Improvement District environmental studies.
Creator
- Orange (N.Y. : County). County Clerk
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Journals of governors' actions and decisions
Series Number
- A0607
Summary
- These volumes provide a chronological record tracking actions taken and decisions made by the governor. Pursuant to Laws of 1858, Chapter 64, the governor was required to record in these volumes all applications made to him for appointments, pardons, commutations of sentences, or other gubernatorial actions, and to keep on file the original documentation relating to each application.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Matteawan State Hospital requisition log
Series Number
- A1519
Summary
- This volume contains a listing of supplies received by one of the wards at Matteawan for the months of June, July and August of 1976. The entries record type of supplies, quantity, and date of receipt. The entries start on page 13 of the volume; the previous twelve pages are missing.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Petitions and other records
Series Number
- A0161
Summary
- This series may have originally been part of Series A0204, Legislative Petitions. Extreme burn damage precludes item-level identification or further description of the series. Records are restricted due to their condition.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature
Access Restrictions
- Restricted indefinitely due to extreme burn damage, which precludes any definitive identification or description.
Title
- Rationed resources coordination correspondence
Series Number
- A4313
Summary
- This series contains correspondence between the Bureau of Rationing and state agencies and local boards. The Bureau of Rationing was established to act as a liaison between the federal government's rationing program and local rationing boards. The correspondence details the procedures and requirements of the bureau in its efforts to coordinate rationing procedures. Much of the material documents appeals concerning automobile rationing decisions, but information on coffee, gasoline, rubber, shoes, sugar, and tires is also found.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Bureau of Rationing
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Daily journals from the office of the Attorney General
Series Number
- B0908
Summary
- This series consists of official daily journals of the Attorney General, in calendar format. Entries note meetings with individuals, many of who represented businesses, as well as reminders of court cases, arguments scheduled, briefs to file, correspondence to respond to, and assorted reminders. Some entries about court cases contain notes about the case.
Creator
- New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Subject files of correspondence received
Series Number
- A2004
Summary
- This series of unbound records consists of correspondence, narrative and statistical reports, certificates, and miscellaneous financial papers received by the Office of the Superintendent. The records relate to a wide variety of responsibilities of the Superintendents' Office, including specific programs authorized by statute, as well as ongoing administrative activities.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Lewis County records
Series Number
- A4475
Summary
- Civil court records (Supreme and County Court) include complaints, judgment rolls, referees' reports, sheriff's reports of sales, satisfactions, and documents relating to appealed cases. Separate Supreme Court files include affidavits, orders, executions, lunacy proceedings, infancy proceedings, and committee reports. Separate County Court files include orders and affidavits. Criminal court records include indictment files and records of convictions in town and village justice's courts. Other records include deeds, notary public appointments, lis pendens, coroner's inquisitions, and county treasurer's tax assessment rolls for the towns in Lewis County.
Creator
- Lewis (N.Y. : County). County Clerk
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Report and resolutions file
Series Number
- L0142
Summary
- This series contains material from the Committee's investigation of the State's public utility companies. Most of the material relates to rate structures used by the companies and to the policies and procedures for issuing securities to help finance these utilities. The preliminary report summarizes the scope of Committee activity with recommendations for improvement. Also included are copies of legislative resolutions and Committee Chairman John K. Dunnigan statement used in transmitting the preliminary report.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Public Utilities
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of the County Loan Commissioners
Series Number
- A1334
Summary
- This series contains accounts that provide a financial record of state money loaned via county loan commissioners. All such loans had to be approved by the Comptroller's Office. Arrange county by county, information includes the amount received; the amount in warrants issued; an alphabetical county list of maps with correlated numbers (which may or may not relate to the accounts); and a list of dates and financial actions such as interest, salaries, transfers, and payments for related services.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts for expenditures by the Buffalo Harbor Company
Series Number
- A1452
Summary
- Canal Commissioners were required to take receipts for all expenditures and to settle accounts with the comptroller relating to construction of a harbor or basin at Buffalo and Black Rock (western terminus of the Erie Canal). This series consists of accounts (receipts and bills) for expenditures by the Buffalo Harbor Company. Most accounts are receipts for cash salary payments for labor. Also included are itemized bills for purchases of food, produce, and materials.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Issues files
Series Number
- B1591
Summary
- The series consists of research files pertaining to a variety of financial issues involving state-federal cooperation. Issues include changes to federal assistance formulas; improving federal grant-in-aid programs; provision of federal disaster relief (Hurricane Agnes); testimony before the "Muskie Committee" on intergovernmental relations (1966-1967); amendments to major welfare-related federal family assistance legislation; and impact of the Water Quality Improvement Act (1968).
Creator
- New York (State). Division of the Budget. Research and Federal Relations Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Town of Stanford records
Series Number
- A3245
Creator
- Stanford (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.