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Title

Entry documentation for state asylums

Series Number

A1226

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of payrolls, correspondence, bills, receipts, contracts, abstracts of vouchers, and one resolution for various New York State asylums including: New York State Asylum for Idiots, New York Lunatic Asylum, Binghamton Asylum for the Insane, New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women, New York State Inebriate Asylum, New York State Soldiers and Sailors Home, New York State Institution for the Blind, and the Long Island State Hospital.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Bank and insurance company investment pattern exhibits

Series Number

A0138

Summary

This series details financial activities of the banking and insurance industries under investigation related to availability of funds for mortgages and housing investments. The volumes contain charts revealing the patterns of investment of those industries.

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

Temporary Commission of Investigation physical evidence and bulky exhibit files

Series Number

B2834

Summary

This series contains documentary, photographic, and physical evidence that was acquired by the Temporary Commission of Investigation during investigations.

Creator

• New York (State). Temporary Commission of Investigation

Title

Photographs of the Empire State Plaza, Albany

Series Number

A2049

Summary

Two panoramic photographs of Albany's Empire State Plaza, or"South Mall," under construction. Photographs were taken in February and December of 1966. Photographs are mounted on mat board.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Minutes of the Panama-Pacific Exposition Commission

Series Number

A3357

Summary

This series consists of a binder of typed minutes which served as the official record of the meetings held by the Panama-Pacific Exposition Commission to plan and promote the New York State exhibits of commercial, educational, industrial, artistic, military, naval and other interests at this exposition. The minutes summarize discussions of such matters as: exhibit site selection; architectural plans for the exhibit building; solicitation of exhibitions; exhibit proposals and progress; and contract bids.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Governor's bill files

Series Number

A4438

Summary

This series consists of legislative bills and memoranda prepared by the Governor's Counsel's Office to promote the governor's legislative program. Each bill relates to a particular program area, law, or department of state government, such as agriculture, education, health, social services, or tax. These files contain original versions of bills which often differ from the final versions. In some cases these might be the only existing copies of the proposed legislation.

Creator

• New York (State). Counsel to the Governor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Comptroller's Office tax sale notices to occupants of lands sold

Series Number

B0945

Summary

This series consists of tax sale notices to occupants of lands sold and summary information derived from tax sale notices. Notices record name of occupant, date of tax sale, location of premises sold, purchase price, and date of conveyance. Bound volumes in accretion B0945-99 provide summary information taken from the original notices found in accretions B0945-85 and B0945-99A.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Employee payroll records

Series Number

B1483

Summary

This series consists of payroll records for employees of the State Lunatic Asylum (later Utica State Hospital). Information for each month includes employee name; position; rate per month; time worked; expenses or any additional payment and amount due. Employees leaving the payroll are noted. Total numbers are given for each month.

Creator

• New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Managers' facility inspection reports

Series Number

A2061

Summary

This series consists of reports on the condition of shops, dormitories, hospital facilities, other buildings and on the inmates at the institution. Facility conditions include needs painting; in good order; panes of glass out; freshly painted; floor need repairing and recover steam pipes with asbestos and canvas. Margin notes provide comments, regarding actions needed or to be taken.

Creator

• New York House of Refuge

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Assembly standing committee agenda and bill files

Series Number

L0127

Summary

This series contains materials sent to committee members for use at meetings. Records include meeting agenda with name of committee, committee chair, meeting date, list of bills to be discussed including bill title, sponsor and print number; copies of each bill and sponsor memorandum of support which typically includes bill title, sponsor, subject and purpose, summary of provisions, statement of support, prior legislative history, fiscal implications, and legislation effective date. There is no information on committee discussions or voting.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Daily administrative lock reports

Series Number

A4410

Summary

This series consists of daily reports on the operation of locks on the Erie and Champlain Barge Canals. These reports document day-to-day traffic on the canal as well as specific information on the lock. Records consist primarily of daily lockage reports; weekly operation work force logs; records of rainfall and snowfall; river and climatological observations; phone logs; station logs; and status logs.

Creator

• New York State Canal Corporation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Food and drug chemists institute organization files

Series Number

A4376

Summary

This series contains information from two institutes, arranged by the Office of War Training, to teach food and drug professionals about threats to food and drug supplies (contamination, spoilage, improper labelling, etc.). The series contains a transcript of the first two days of the first institute, and registration forms from the second institute. Also found is routine correspondence detailing speakers' arrangements, meeting places, and other organizational details of the two institutes.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Office of War Training

Access Restrictions

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

Title

War Council executive secretary's correspondence with civil defense administrators

Series Number

A4362

Summary

This series contains correspondence between Thomas L. J. Corcoran, the War Council's Executive Secretary, and various state and federal administrators who coordinated civil defense work. Topics covered include: air raids; auxiliary police and fire fighters; blackouts; Civil Air Patrol; information distribution; and fire fighting. A large number of correspondence referral forms kept by Corcoran about letters forwarded to the director of the New York State War Council's Office of Civilian Protection (OCP) are also found.

Creator

• New York State War Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York City Watershed subject and correspondence files

Series Number

B2808

Summary

This series consists of a wide range of subject and correspondence files resulting from the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) participation in the development and the subsequent implementation of the New York City Watershed Agreement.

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of Watershed Management

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State and local tax deductibility files

Series Number

15689

Summary

These records document efforts by a coalition of state education departments to oppose elimination of the deductibility of state and local taxes on itemized federal income tax returns. These records, created by the Federal Legislation Unit to monitor and promote the State Education Department's position (commonly referred to as "SALT-D"), consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, testimony, speeches, U-matic and VHS video tapes, and other documents.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Office for Federal Legislation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

General fund ledger

Series Number

B0979

Summary

This series consists of ledgers listing accounts of New York State with various banks.

Creator

• New York (State). Treasurer's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York House of Refuge visitors' registers

Series Number

A2075

Summary

All visitors to the institution were required to sign in. These volumes list the name, city, state or country of each visitor. Visitors included legislators, jurors, students, teachers, professors, and members of the state legislature. Most visitors were from the New York City area; others included 25 other states, Washington D.C., Latin America, the West Indies, Canada, Europe, India, China, and Japan.

Creator

• New York House of Refuge

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Complaint correspondence file

Series Number

A4404

Summary

This series contains correspondence between the War Transportation Committee (WTC) and its subordinate organizations detailing complaints and problems regarding WTC programs and decisions, and documenting the committee's efforts to enforce both state and federal war-time energy and resource regulations. Issues include: charter bus regulation; school bus routes; gasoline ration allotment; and continuation of routes. Complaints include: parental concerns with bus stop proximity to homes; children's right to ride the school bus; gasoline rationing inequities; and cancellation of charter bus routes.

Creator

• New York State War Council. War Transportation Committee

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

Title

New York State Assembly Task Force on Toxic Substances interviews and hearing files regarding alleged Army toxic dumping

Series Number

L0133

Summary

The series consists of evidence gathered during the Task Force investigation of alleged Army dumping of radioactive materials into the Love Canal. The evidence was given at public hearings, in interviews conducted by Task Force investigators, and in interviews conducted by the Army during its own investigation. Evidence includes eyewitness accounts of Army dumping and contamination in the Love Canal and details related to procedures for production, storage, handling, and disposal of hazardous materials at government facilities.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Task Force on Toxic Substances

Access Restrictions

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

Title

U.S. Deposit Fund title searches

Series Number

B0992

Summary

This series consists of standard title searches, showing chains of title for property mortgaged to secure loans from the U.S. Deposit Fund.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

Access Restrictions

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