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Title

Lists of businesses, occupations, and code numbers used in the Wage Investigation

Series Number

A3010

Summary

This series contains rough notes and lists providing agents of the Factory Investigating Commission with information on the recording and coding of business establishments and occupations.

Creator

• New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

1967 Constitutional Convention records of Francis Bergan

Series Number

L0248

Summary

These records were compiled by Judge Francis Bergan, a Convention delegate who served as chair of the Committee on Education. The series consists mostly of constitutional article proposals, delegate correspondence, correspondence from Convention President Anthony Travis, reports, and speeches. Topics discussed include education; the Blaine amendment (prohibiting use of public monies for private education); higher education in New York; the proposed reorganization of the judicial branch in New York State government; and the "forever wild" status of the Adirondack Park.

Creator

• New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1967

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Environmental Conservation Office of General Counsel civil and administrative litigation files

Series Number

16945

Summary

This series contains records pertaining to litigation in state or federal court against or on behalf of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) including but not limited to Article 78 proceedings, federal Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) cases, and violators of the Environmental Conservation Law. Records include summonses, pleadings, affidavits, notices, briefs, memoranda of laws, findings of fact, opinions, decisions, correspondence, and court documents.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Office of General Counsel

Access Restrictions

Access to attorney-client privileged correspondence, attorney work-product, and certain inter-agency correspondence is restricted pursuant to Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Section 87(2)(g). State Archives staff will review requests and disclose records in accordance with FOIL.

Title

Estimates of blank forms required by Superintendents of Repai

Series Number

A1161

Summary

Estimates of blanks forms required for sixteen or seventeen month periods were submitted to the Chief Clerk or Auditor of the Canal Department. They list the number of forms on hand and the number required, in various categories. The series is an interesting early example of "forms management" and provides names and locations of superintendents of repair.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Fulton Correctional Facility inmate case files

Series Number

W0021

Summary

Fulton Correctional Facility (1975-2011), located in Bronx, N.Y., was a minimum security correctional facility for male felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

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

Surveyor General land survey field books

Series Number

A4019

Summary

This is a series of surveys of unappropriated state lands or, in a few cases, land being resold. Many volumes contain surveys of land in the New Military Tract, the Totton and Crossfield Purchase, or George Scriba's patent. Volumes generally provide survey notes; name of surveyor; name and/or number of township, tract, or lot; county; date survey was completed or filed; occasional rough maps; and/or valuations of lots.

Creator

• New York (State). Surveyor General

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Transcriptions of Civil War records

Series Number

A0257

Summary

This series consists of transcriptions of official reports, correspondence, and orders primarily relating to the volunteer artillery, cavalry, and engineer regiments furnished by New York during the Civil War. Most of these records were transcribed from the multi-volume U.S. War Department publication, <emph render="italic">The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies</emph>. These transcriptions provide a chronological record of the activities of individual units during the Civil War as reported in the Official Records.

Creator

• New York (State). State Historian

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Engineer and Surveyor Barge Canal contract cross section sheets

Series Number

B0394

Summary

The volumes in this series contain cross section drawings relating to Barge Canal Western Division Contracts No. 6 and No. 202 in Monroe County, New York. Drawings are done in pencil and ink on 16 x 20 inch sheets of 10 x 10 grids-to-one inch cross section graphing paper.

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 Prison financial records

Series Number

A1149

Summary

This series consists of abstracts and vouchers submitted to the State Comptroller for audit by the agent of Newgate Prison. Also included are balance sheets; pay rolls; inventories of property; lists of materials purchased; accounts of work done in prison factory, for prison construction, and for sheriffs for delivering prisoners; and "final accounts" on closing of the prison in 1828.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Community services files

Series Number

B2583

Summary

This series includes correspondence between the Community Services Department director and county commissioners from various social service departments regarding funding of programs and facility progress reports. Administration files include memorandums, policy and procedure updates, and interoffice correspondence. Reports and student evaluations from foster care facilities are also included in this series.

Creator

• Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth

Access Restrictions

Access administered according to the Freedom of Information Law. State Archives staff will confer with Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth regarding disclosure of student specific information.

Title

Beacon Correctional Facility inmate case files

Series Number

W0009

Summary

Beacon Correctional Facility (closed in 2013), located in Dutchess County, N.Y., was a medium security correctional facility for female felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated women.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

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

Topographical and geological highway and canal planning maps of New York

Series Number

A4031

Summary

This series contains topographical highway planning maps used for the preliminary location and planning of railroad lines and highway improvement; geological highway planning maps of the area north and west of Poughkeepsie used by the Highway Commission to test and analyze road surface materials; and topographical canal planning maps showing Cayuga, Seneca, Erie, and Champlain Canal routes used for planning canal enlargement.

Creator

• New York (State). State Highway Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

White House Conference on Child Health and Protection files

Series Number

A3038

Summary

The series consists primarily of memoranda and preliminary subcommittee reports (often including statistical summaries and charts) produced by the Committee on Special Classes which made recommendations for future programs, examined, commented on and set provisions for the education of "exceptional" children. Also included is memoranda and correspondence dealing with information requested for committee work. Also included are official proceedings of the conference and abstracts of other conference committees.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Vocational and Extension Education

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Secretary of State subject and correspondence files

Series Number

19486

Summary

This series documents the work of the Office of the Secretary of State. It includes division files, significant issue files, chronological files, board and committee files, and correspondence. Also included are letters, memoranda, notes, meeting minutes, and news clippings relating to the activities and affairs of the Griffiss Redevelopment Planning Council.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Investigation files of the Rapp-Coudert Committee

Series Number

L0260

Summary

The Rapp-Coudert Committee was charged with investigating individuals and organizations with suspected radical ties in New York City public schools and colleges. This series consists of the Committee's investigation files. Typical contents include correspondence; interview notes and hearing transcripts; minutes; and copies of Communist, anti-war, and civil liberties publications collected by the Committee during the course of investigations. Many files contain extensive notes on individuals under investigation, and include documentation on other persons with suspected ties to Communism.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on the State Education System

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Executive Director's outgoing correspondence files

Series Number

18940

Summary

This series includes mostly letters and memoranda from the executive director of the Low Level Radioactive Waste Siting Commission to consultants; site planners; federal, state, and New York City Personnel; and job applicants. The correspondence documents activities and topics such as the development of site classification criteria; method and site certification; communications; draft regulations; development of quality assurance guidelines and techniques; and selection of method and site to deal with the state's low-level radioactive wastes.

Creator

• New York (State). Low Level Radioactive Waste Siting Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Shelby (N.Y.) minute books

Series Number

A4757

Creator

• Shelby (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Education Department Chief of the Bureau of Social Studies subject and correspondence files

Series Number

B1934

Summary

This series consists of subject and correspondence files relating to the development of New York States' Social Studies curriculum. Subject files include conferences materials, announcements, newsletters, Regents exams, and news clippings regarding Social Studies curriculum development. Correspondence from teachers, administrators and principals concerns Social Studies records development in school curricula in New York and other states. Also included are theses, speeches, and Education Department organizational records.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Investigation case files of charges and complaints against public officials and agencies

Series Number

A0531

Summary

This series documents successive governors' authority to investigate the management, operations, and affairs of state and local government officials, agencies, and institutions. Records include correspondence, documents specifying charges, answers to charges, transcripts of testimony before the governor or investigating commissioner, supporting documentation (e.g. court records, financial records), reports to the governor of findings, and notices of removal from office of public officials found guilty of charges.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor

Access Restrictions

Restricted: Some later case files after 1907 document Moreland Act investigations. 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, as applicable. Requests for access to such materials are referred to the Governor's Office.

Title

Notes of issue

Series Number

J3089

Summary

This series consists of notes of issue filed with the Register or Assistant Register of the Court of Chancery. The court rules required a solicitor to file a note of issue at least four days before the beginning of a court term or his case would not be scheduled for a hearing.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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