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Title

New York State Education Department Commissioner's Office Administrative Assistant's subject files

Series Number

B0471

Summary

This series contains correspondence, reports, press releases, pamphlets, and news clippings compiled by Administrative Assistant R. Pratt Krull. Topics documented include racial imbalance in schools; pending appeals to the commissioner; education-related legislation; and a test case for decentralization in New York City public schools. Files relating to the test case, Ocean Hill-Brownsville Demonstration School District, discuss race relations, a 1968 teachers strike, and conditions and events in the district.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Register of bonds for the New York and Erie Railroad Company

Series Number

A1860

Summary

This series consists of a register of bonds issued to raise funds for the construction of the New York and Erie Railroad Company. The register contains copies of the original bonds - each of which is registered, countersigned, and compared with the original bond and is signed by Archibald Campbell, Deputy Secretary of State. Entries, numbered from one to 3,000, are for $1,000 and are dated August 17, 1847.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commissioner's files on Joint Legislative Committee to Revise and Simplify the Education Law hearing

Series Number

B0465

Summary

This series consists of materials from a public meeting of the Joint Legislative Committee to Revise and Simplify the Education. Included are official statements from school districts, New York State Assembly members, board of education members, and concerned individuals, mostly opposing centralization of school districts.Also included is Stony Brook Union Free School District 's report on district centralization, a map of Long Island school districts, Suffolk County resident questionnaire on reorganization plans, and bulletins on state aid for reorganizaton.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner

Access Restrictions

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

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Aerial photograph maps of quadrangles in various New York counties

Series Number

B2272

Summary

These aerial photographs depict United States Geological Survey (USGS) quadrangles in Onondaga, Cayuga, Oswego, Broome, Cortland, and Tioga Counties. They include highways, railroads, and municipalities.

Creator

• Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Planning Division

Access Restrictions

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

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Office of Indigent Legal Services archived websites

Series Number

B2514

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Office of Indigent Legal Services.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Indigent Legal Services

Access Restrictions

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

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Joint legislative resolution regarding the 332nd Regiment of the American Expeditionary Force

Series Number

B0303

Summary

This document is an original typed resolution issued by both houses of the New York State Legislature upon the return of the 332nd Infantry Regiment (part of the 83rd Division) of the American Expeditionary Force from the Italian front in World War I. The resolution was issued to recognize the "conspicuous services and devotion to duty" for which the 332nd Regiment was decorated by the Italian government upon its return to New York in 1919.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Registers of returns of writs of execution

Series Number

J1153

Summary

These registers contain entries of returns of writs of execution by sheriffs in counties served by the Albany office of the Supreme Court. The returns are mostly writs of fieri facias (fi. fa.) and capias ad satisfaciendum (ca. sa.), but there are a few for writs of habere facere possessionem and scire facias.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)

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

Title

Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital order and commitment books

Series Number

B1753

Summary

This series consists of certificates of lunacy, medical certificates, forms, petitions, and case histories documenting the process used to commit people to the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital. Early commitment orders include name, case number, address or residence, occupation, and by whom brought. The physician's certificates include a brief statement of symptoms. Indigent patients are noted. Name indexes appear at the front of each volume. There is no information for 1890-1892. Records are restricted.

Creator

• Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.

Title

Registers of state, county, and city appointed and elected officials

Series Number

A1848

Summary

This series consists of bound volumes listing appointments of state elected officials, including judges but excluding members of the Legislature.The appointment abstracts provide the name of the office, appointee's name, date of appointment and occasionally term of office.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.

Title

Dispensation orders

Series Number

A3087

Summary

This series contains War Council dispensation orders granted to industries to provide dispensations from peacetime restrictions on the hiring of minors to industries doing war-related work. Periodic orders were issued to grant a group of companies dispensation for up to six months. Later orders also granted dispensation renewals.

Creator

• New York State War Council. War Emergency Dispensation Committee

Access Restrictions

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

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Autopsy record book

Series Number

B1747

Summary

This series consists of autopsy reports for deceased patients of the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital. Reports include date and time of death; name of doctor performing autopsy; attending physicians; patient's age at death; form and duration of insanity; cause of death; external appearance of cadaver (nourished or malnourished); weight, in ounces, of organs; and indication whether the cranium, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen, and pelvic organs had been examined. Reports conclude with a detailed postmortem.

Creator

• Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records and the Personal Privacy Protection Law. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.

Title

State administered Civil Service examinations

Series Number

14109

Summary

This series consists of examinations for state and county positions. Included with each exam are examination announcements and instruction sheets. Announcements contain posting, closing, and exam dates; position title, duties, and salary; minimum qualifications to take the exam; examination subject and relative weight of components; general information; and civil service rules. Instruction sheets contain examination rules, number of questions, time allowed, and instructions for filling out forms and the answer sheet. The examination contains the actual questions.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Examination and Staffing Services Division

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Office of Real Property Services Executive Director's office subject and correspondence files

Series Number

15217

Summary

The series consists of subject and correspondence files of the Executive Director of the Division of Equalization and Assessment/Office of Real Property Services and ex officio secretary of the State Board of Equalization and Assessment. The records document the work of the division to carry out the policies and programs of the State Board, an independent agency subdivision within the Executive Department charged with establishing equalization rates for counties, cities, towns, and villages, as well as other special equalization rates.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Real Property Services. Executive Director's office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Education Department Deputy Commissioner's subject files

Series Number

B0459

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings, and other materials from the deputy commissioner's office under Lewis A. Wilson (1941-1950), James E. Allen (1950-1955), and Ewald B. Nyquist (1961-1970). The records contain routine administrative material, but also document educational policy formulation, development of legislation, the budget process, participation in education organizations, planning for and proceedings at Regents meetings, NYSED participation in national defense programs during World War II, public appearances, and the functioning of the departmental Cabinet.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Executive Deputy Commissioner's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Superintendent of Public Works Assistant Superintendent's Office photographs of culverts on the Western Division of the Erie Canal

Series Number

B1021

Summary

This is a series of photographs, circa 1900, of culverts, places where water passes below the Canal, on the Western Division of the Erie Canal.

Creator

• New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works. Assistant Superintendent's Office

Access Restrictions

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

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Municipal audit examination reports

Series Number

13100

Summary

The series consists of field audit reports for counties, cities, towns and villages. The reports were generated pursuant to Article 3 of the Municipal Law, which mandated state review of municipal fiscal policies and procedures and required municipalities to follow standard procedures relating to financial transactions. Each report includes a narrative summary of the examiner's findings noting any fiscal shortcomings and/or malpractice; tabulations of cash transactions, disbursements, and indebtedness; and a list of municipal officials at time of audit.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Municipal Affairs. Bureau of Municipal Affairs-Examinations

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

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Division of Human Rights discrimination case files

Series Number

10409

Summary

These case files were compiled by the New York State Division of Human Rights and its predecessor entities, the State Commission for Human Rights and the State Commission Against Discrimination, while investigating discrimination complaints. These bodies have been empowered to prevent and eliminate practices of discrimination because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, or physical disability. The files consist of correspondence, memoranda, publications, decisions, and copies of petitions, complaints, contracts, and agreements.

Creator

• New York (State). State Division of Human Rights

Access Restrictions

Restricted in part. Disclosable documents include the initial complaint and the final determination. Other documents will be disclosed as permitted by the New York State Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6).

Title

Correspondence and maps relating to tax searches and correction of property descriptions

Series Number

B2528

Summary

The State Comptroller's Office compiled these records in the process of performing tax searches on parcels of private land proposed for purchase as additions to the Adirondack Forest Preserve. A smaller quantity of records of these same types were submitted to the comptroller's office by supervisors of local tax districts for the purpose of correcting "imperfect" property descriptions.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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

Title

Records of the towns of Mamaroneck and Rye and the villages of Larchmont, Mamaroneck, and Port Chester

Series Number

A4515

Creator

• Mamaroneck (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Joint Legislative Committee on Legislative Practices and Procedures administrative files

Series Number

L0022

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, public hearing testimony, and drafts of interim and final reports generated by the Joint Legislative Committee on Legislative Methods, Practices, Procedures, and Expenditures in its study of the state legislative process. Areas studied included the quantity of bills introduced each session, assignment of bills to inappropriate committees, late filing of bills, difficulties with handling local government bills, and the possibility of dividing the legislative year into split sessions.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Legislative Practices and Procedures

Access Restrictions

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