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Title

New York State Comptroller's Office correspondence from the Board of Regents relating to appointments, resignations and salaries of employees

Series Number

A3208

Summary

This series consists of correspondence from officers of the State Board of Regents to the State Comptroller's Office transmitting personnel updates approved by the board. Correspondence relates to appointments, resignations, and salaries, predominantly of employees of the Board of Regents, State Museum, and State Library. Better known individuals to whom correspondence relates include James Hall, Melvil Dewey, and John M. Clarke.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Correctional Services Watch Commander's master logs

Series Number

20037

Summary

In the 1970s, the Department of Correctional Services began to adopt policies and procedures geared toward meeting accreditation standards of the American Correctional Association. In conjunction with this process, State correctional facilities began maintaining centralized security logs, known as Watch Commander's logs. Watch Commander's logs provide basic documentation of administrative procedure, as well as documentation of controversial events. Therefore, excerpts are used frequently in investigations, prosecutions, and litigation pertaining to inmate conduct and/or actions by employees of correctional institutions.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

Title

Journal of county tax levies

Series Number

B1537

Summary

The series consists of a one-volume "Comptroller's Tax Levy County Journal" which notes receipts and/or distributions of various funds, including direct state tax, school taxes, and special fees (e.g., stenographers tax, armory tax). Entries appear chronologically in a form of double-entry bookkeeping which shows date of entry, type of tax or fund, and total amount, followed by a list of counties and discreet amounts comprising the total.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Audit and Control

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Receipts of New York State Fair Commission

Series Number

A0932

Summary

These are receipts for expenses incurred by the New York State Fair Commission. The receipts are from newspapers or printing companies in return for publishing or printing an ad. They usually show the date, number of ads, and cost.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Chronological correspondence files

Series Number

16208

Summary

This series consists of carbon copies of outgoing correspondence pertaining to virtually all aspects of the South Mall (Empire State Plaza) construction project. The series also contains chronological log sheets (1971-1980 only), which were used to track incoming and outgoing correspondence. Subjects of correspondence include contract agreements and amendments, contract adjustment claims filed by contractors, specifications, cost estimates, personnel assignments, contract vouchers, and payments to contractors.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services. Office of South Mall Construction

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Volunteer recognition books

Series Number

B2758

Summary

These reports focus on award announcements given to exemplary senior volunteers who provided service to local agencies, advocacy groups, and other organizations such as schools, hospitals, and transportation programs. An award is given annually to a volunteer from each county. Each entry includes a picture, a brief biography, a list of agencies served, and a statement by the volunteer on their thoughts and motivations.

Creator

• New York (State). Office for the Aging

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica) writs of habeas corpus

Series Number

J0029

Summary

This series consists of writs of habeas corpus, which were orders of the Supreme Court commanding a judge, sheriff, or keeper of a prison or jail to deliver the body of a defendant, witness, or other individual into the custody of the court. It took several forms, the most common being the writ of habeas corpus cum causa. This writ was obtained by a defendant to remove himself from custody.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Notices to state regarding cutting of brush along highways on state land

Series Number

A1386

Summary

The Commissioner of Highways could assess the cost against the owner for removing weeds and brush growing on privately owned land abutting highways. This series consists of notices of assessment, bills, and other documentation charging the cost of cutting brush along state roads within town boundaries. Also included are letters protesting the assessment, typically disputing ownership of the land involved.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Sing Sing Prison Superintendent's diaries

Series Number

B1245

Summary

This series consists of daily diaries kept by warden W. L. Denno of Sing Sing Prison documenting his official activities. Entries include inspections of site personnel and security protocol; details of visitors to the prison, including police investigators; attempted escapes; misconduct of incarcerated individuals; and the warden's attendance at executions. Any official travel necessitating the absence of the warden from the prison is also reported.

Creator

• Sing Sing Prison

Access Restrictions

State Archives staff will review requests for specific documents and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.

Title

Oil and gas well logs

Series Number

20976

Summary

These logs contain data on thousands of oil, gas, and solution salt wells drilled since 1930. An oil or gas well log is a detailed graphic/narrative record that progressively describes the geological strata and any oil, gas, or water that is encountered during the drilling of a well. The logs provide details about the location of oil and gas resources in the state, and significant data concerning the geological characteristics of the areas where the wells are located.

Creator

• New York State Geological Survey

Access Restrictions

Logs may be restricted for up to two years after their creation, and disclosure of data regarding specific companies may be restricted indefinitely; Environmental Conservation Law, 23-0313.

Title

Rye records

Series Number

A4598

Summary

Microfilmed records include highway surveys and related land appropriation records; general account books; town tax collector's receipt books; minutes of the trustees of public lands; town clerk's record books; enrollments of men and women eligible for military service at the time of World War I; appointments of town officers and related records; account books and vouchers of the commissioner of highways; complaints received by the commissioners of health; other records pre-dating 1910; and tax assessment rolls.

Creator

• Rye (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Memorandum on conservation planning

Series Number

B1523

Summary

This series consists of a memorandum submitted to the New York State Planning Board in response to a request to supply views and recommendations for the scientific and educational utilization of selected state land as historical, biological, geological, and cultural "treasures." The memo highlights distinct localities, wildlife refuges and state conservation movements to reserve areas of the state as parks and preserves. Also included are letters requesting information and a reply.

Creator

• New York State Museum

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Complaint docket

Series Number

B2002

Summary

This series consists of a docket book documenting cases assigned to the State Commission Against Discrimination. Each entry typically gives case name, case number, date entered, to whom assigned, a very brief description of issue involved, other brief notes, and outcome (resolved, withdrawn, etc.).

Creator

• New York (State). State Commission Against Discrimination

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Register of bonds received

Series Number

B0615

Summary

This volume is a register of bonds received by the Attorney General's Office. The bonds appear to have been given by contractors for building of state facilities, such as prisons, schools, hospitals, etc. and by banks holding deposits of state funds. Each entry states the date of receipt, name of firm putting in bond, date bond was approved or not approved, and initials of person approving bond.

Creator

• New York (State). Attorney General's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Division of Military and Naval Affairs special orders

Series Number

B2764

Summary

This series contains special orders from the Division of Military and Naval Affairs, specifically the New York Air National Guard 174th Tactical Fighter Group and 174th Combat Support Squadron in Syracuse. Records include orders and rescinded orders for routine and special training exercises, promotions, and orders of duty.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Military and Naval Affairs
• New York (State). National Guard

Access Restrictions

Partially restricted to protect personal privacy. Social security numbers are found throughout the series.

Title

Declarations

Series Number

J0015

Summary

This series contains plaintiffs' declarations, which were the initial pleadings in common law actions. The declaration was made out by the plaintiff's attorney after the defendant had been arrested by a writ of capias ad respondendum. The declaration contains caption (name of the court and the term in which the writ of capias was to be returned); venue; commencement (names of the plaintiff and defendant and of the plaintiff's attorney); and statement of cause of action.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Governor's Office for Small Cities project administration files

Series Number

B2770

Summary

This series contains project administration files relating to affordable housing, community revitalization, and development. Records in this series include action, management, and consolidation plans; budget files; and project management files, contracts, and correspondence. Locations covered in these records include Davidson Avenue apartments in the Bronx and Sleepy Hollow Senior Housing, among many others.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor's Office for Small Cities

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Miscellaneous motions

Series Number

J0001

Summary

This series consists of fragments from other series originally filed in the Albany, Geneva, and perhaps Utica offices of the Supreme Court of Judicature. Most of the documents are motions, cognovits, writs of execution (usually fi. fa.), briefs, and affidavits of service of declarations. There are also a few returns to writs of certiorari, depositions de bene esse, returns to writs of commission, etc.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Annual reports

Series Number

B1279

Summary

This series consists of annual reports of the Western House of Refuge for Women. The reports include a list of officers and Board of Managers members; remarks about monthly meetings; lists of appropriations items relating to maintenance, equipment, construction and reports from the Superintendent, departments, farm operation, and parole program. Also included are yearly statistical tables totaling inmates by crime; county of commitment; occupation; age; religion; nationality and other categories; and photographs of buildings and the grounds.

Creator

• Western House of Refuge for Women. Board of Managers

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Office of Counsel legislative files

Series Number

12046

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, rough notes, newspaper clippings, proposed legislation, reports, publications, legal briefs, trial transcripts, and other printed material. In addition, this series contains files dealing with the Constitutional Convention of 1967, the Joint Legislative Committee on Mental and Physical Handicaps, discharges and conditional releases of patients in mental health facilities, community services, state aid programs, and draft files for new legislation pertaining to mental illness.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Mental Health. Office of Counsel

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.