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Displaying 6074 Finding Aids
Title
- County planimetric base maps
Series Number
- B1911
Summary
- Maps in this series cover 23 counties and vary in size from 27 x 30 inches to dimensions as great as 46 inches. Scale of maps is either 1:75,000 or 1:100,000. Maps show civil boundaries; roads; railroads; airports; publicly owned recreation areas; and non-recreation areas such as prisons, military installations, and university forests.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Applications for land grants
Series Number
- A0272
Summary
- The series consists of applications for grants of unappropriated land by letters patent from New York Colony and State. Along with the applications are related reports, surveys, maps, warrants for surveying lands and drafting of letters patent, objections to title, and letters.
Creator
- New York (State). Secretary of State
Access Restrictions
- A0272-19: Map is fragile and should be handled under the supervision of an archivist.
New York State Education Department Division of Archives and History Historic Area/Site Marker Files
Title
- Historic area/site marker files
Series Number
- 22353
Summary
- This series documents area and site-specific markers erected along New York State roadways during the 1960s and thereafter by the State of New York and private organizations to commemorate events, persons, and places of historic interest. The files contain documentation of many, but not all, of the historical markers, including many markers which were later removed. Types of records include applications (approved and denied), correspondence, public online inventory, and other records concerning area and site-specific markers.
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
- Records relating to sales of state lands
Series Number
- A4014
Summary
- This series contains records relating to sales of state lands, some titled "Book of Sales," listing: lots, amounts paid, amounts due, names of purchases, and town or tract.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Department of Transportation Commissioner's correspondence and subject files
Series Number
- 10487
Summary
- Records in this series document highway projects; planning and programming; administration and program management; finance; training and recruitment; contracts, legislation, claims, and other legal affairs; agency bureaus and units; transportation-related authorities, commissions, and committees; meetings and conventions of professional organizations; rights of way and land acquisition; federal aid; traffic safety, signals, and regulations; and highway research and development.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation
Access Restrictions
- Personnel records in this series are restricted to protect personal privacy. State Archives staff will review requests for specific records in the series and disclose in accordance with State Freedom of Information Law.
Title
- Index to Comptroller's miscellaneous papers
Series Number
- A1187
Summary
- This series consists of an alphabetical subject index to "miscellaneous papers" filed in office of Comptroller. Every subject involving state finances is included from academies to wolf bounties. The whereabouts of the "miscellaneous papers" is unknown.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Resurvey field notes of Onondaga Indian Reservation
Series Number
- B1722
Summary
- The Onondaga Indian Reservation was established by treaty between the Onondaga Indians and the State of New York in 1788. After various tracts were sold by the Onondagas, they petitioned the state for a re-survey of their reservation. This series consists of field notes of a United State Department of the Interior survey of the Onondaga Indian Reservation executed in 1938 to restore and remark the boundaries of the reservation established by an earlier re-survey executed in 1856.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of General Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Recorder's Court (New York) assignments and discharges of insolvent debtors
Series Number
- JN503
Summary
- An insolvent debtor could with consent of creditors assign his property to an assignee (trustee), who sold it to pay the creditors. The assignment consists of two parts: first, a summary of the insolvent debtor's petition for relief, the notice to creditors of the pending assignment, and the judge's direction that an assignment be made; second, the debtor's assignment of his real and personal property to an assignee. Accompanying the assignment is the judge's order discharging the debtor from debts contracted prior to the date of the assignment.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Access Restrictions
- Use of fragile microfilm may be restricted.
Title
- Boards of Cooperative Educational Services annual financial and statistical reports
Series Number
- 11000
Summary
- The BOCES provide shared educational services to school districts that pool their resources. These annual reports contain information on services provided, staff, receipts, and expenditures of each operating BOCES. The reports also include calculations and approval of state financial aid for the ensuing year.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Educational Finance
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Trial calendars
Series Number
- JN517
Summary
- The calendars in this series contain lists of civil cases commenced in the Supreme Court of Judicature and announced for trial in regular Circuit Court terms and in additional "sittings" in the city and county of New York.
Creator
- New York (State). Circuit Court (1st Circuit)
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Resident engineer's notebook
Series Number
- B1736
Summary
- This series consists of a notebook kept by the resident engineer at the Utica Canal Office, Information includes estimated costs for enlargements of the Erie Canal and Moses Kill Lock, Champlain Canal; costs of cutting stone for the North Lock of Lock No. 24, Whipples iron bridges and farm bridges; a water color of washers for Whipples bridges; pencil sketches of tunnel cross sections and railroad tunnels; notes on tunneling; and a sketch of pile driving at the Fort Edward Aqueduct.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Institution for the Blind stock book
Series Number
- B0428
Summary
- This series primarily consists of a record of the Institution for the Blind's expenditures for food, merchandise, contracted repair work, and construction materials. Also included are payroll lists for officers and teachers; entries for per diem labor; salary increases; authorized back pay; and a salary list, apparently pertaining to hired laborers. Information on expenditures includes amount; date; name of vendor; description; quantity, and price.
Creator
- New York State Institution for the Blind
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to invalid pensioners
Series Number
- A1193
Summary
- This series consists of an alphabetical index to invalid pensioners for Revolutionary War service. Records referenced in this index are found in volumes 3 and 5-7 of Series A0174, Certificates submitted by disabled Revolutionary War veterans claiming pensions and audited accounts of pensions, 1779-1789.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Governor Charles Evans Hughes central subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 13682_05
Summary
- Charles Evans Hughes was elected to two terms as governor before resigning the office to accept a nomination to the United States Supreme Court. As governor, he advocated progressive legislation, environmental conservation, and administrative reform. Among his accomplishments were securing passage of workmen's compensation legislation and the Moreland Act, and creating public service commissions with strong regulatory powers. This series consists of a bound volume and several files of correspondence, petitions, reports, and other materials compiled by the governor's office.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor (1907-1910 : Hughes)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Minutes of Court of Appeals decisions
Series Number
- J0228
Creator
- New York (State). Law Reporting Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Clinton Prison case files relating to inmate escapes
Series Number
- B2559
Summary
- This series includes files for six Clinton Prison inmates who escaped incarceration during the period 1914-1927. The files document attempts by the prison administration to notify law enforcement agencies and the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the escapes and to monitor attempts to apprehend the fugitives.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
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
- State Engineer and Surveyor monthly estimates for construction of the Barge Canal
Series Number
- B0366
Summary
- This series consists of a volume monthly estimate forms that outline estimated costs for the construction of the Barge Canal.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Commission of Appeals Clerk's calendars
Series Number
- J0200
Summary
- This series contains New York State Court of Appeals calendars for the period 1860-1869 and New York State Commission of Appeals calendars for the period 1870-1873. The Temporary Commission of Appeals was established to assist in disposing of the backlog of cases that had built up in the Court of Appeals prior to its reorganization under the Judiciary Article of 1869.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission of Appeals
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Certificates of election for treasurers of political committees
Series Number
- B0038
Summary
- This series consists of certificates attesting to the selection of treasurers of political committees. Each certificate includes the name and address of the treasurer chosen, the name of the committee he represents, the date he was chosen, and the signature of three other committee members certifying the selection.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing questionnaires returned by individuals
Series Number
- B1326
Summary
- The commission collected these completed questionnaires in order to compile information on financial interests in and business dealings with harness racing associations. The questionnaires require detailed information about individuals' stock and bond holdings and other financial interests or business connections with harness racing licensees, lessors, concessionaires, and contractors.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing
Access Restrictions
- All investigative materials in Moreland Act commission records are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 6 and 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Requests for access to such materials are referred to the Governor's Office.