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Title

Public Authorities Control Board Secretariat files

Series Number

20726

Summary

This series documents the Division of the Budget's role as secretariat for the Public Authorities Control Board. Records consist of applications submitted by public authorities for approval of project financing, which may include correspondence, project proposals, exhibits and cost-benefit analyses, board meeting minutes to review applications, and resolutions granting or denying approval of projects. Most of the files concern Empire State Development Corporation and Dormitory Authority of the State of New York projects.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of the Budget. Public Authorities Control Board

Title

Map of the village of Geddes

Series Number

A4276

Summary

This survey map of the village of Geddes, Onondaga County, was created by Deputy Surveyor John Randel, Jr. on the orders of Surveyor General Simeon DeWitt.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Washington County county and town records

Series Number

A4510

Summary

Microfilmed records include proceedings of the Washington County Board of Supervisors; town clerk's record and minute books for several towns within the county; and tax assessment rolls for all towns in the county. Also microfilmed were the judgments and orders of the Supreme Court and County Court.

Creator

• Washington (N.Y. : County)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities mass meetings investigation files

Series Number

L0027

Summary

This series contains reports compiled by investigative staff of the Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities (known as the "Lusk Committee for its chairman Clayton R. Lusk) while attending mass meetings of suspected radical groups in New York City. Information includes date of meeting; time; sponsoring organization; attendance; ethnic makeup and political orientation of the audience; names of radical suspects in attendance; and a summary of the meeting's proceedings.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Canal Board testimony and brief in case of Black River claims heard by Canal Appraisers

Series Number

A1468

Summary

These volumes contain testimony concerning claims against the state for damages caused by the rupture of the dam at the North Lake Reservoir on the Black River in winter, 1869. Testimony includes extensive hydrologic and engineering data and also provides considerable information about mills, bridges, and other property damaged by the flood.

Creator

• New York (State). Canal Board

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Public Service Commission calendars and notes of conferences

Series Number

A0776

Summary

This series consists of conference calendars and conference notes documenting decisions rendered by the Public Service Commission at its meetings. Records pertain to issues such as rate increases, licenses, permits, etc.

Creator

• New York (State). Public Service Commission

Access Restrictions

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

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List of corporations dissolved and annulments of dissolutions of corporations

Series Number

12958

Summary

This series contains official lists of corporations to be dissolved, notices of erroneous inclusion in dissolutions of corporations, copies of the New York State Bulletin, and memorandums from the Department of Taxation and Finance to the Secretary of State regarding announcements of proclamations of dissolution.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Finnish Information Bureau seized files

Series Number

L0033

Summary

The Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities, known as the "Lusk Committee" for its chairman Clayton R. Lusk, seized these records in raids of the Finnish Information Bureau, a propaganda office set up in the United States by the exiled Red Government of Finland. Records include correspondence, texts of speeches, and articles from American and Finnish newspapers and journals. Records pertain to alleged atrocities committed by the White government in Finland and to events occurring in Russia during the period.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Council of Environmental Advisers subject files

Series Number

11289

Summary

The Council of Environmental Advisors was created in 1970 to provide special counsel to the governor on environmental policy development. This series consists of correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, hearing materials, budget materials, legislation, taskforce reports, project files, and publications produced by the council.

Creator

• New York (State). Council of Environmental Advisers

Access Restrictions

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

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New York State Department of Transportation Passenger and Freight Safety Division railroad regulatory case files

Series Number

20054

Summary

This series consists of the original case files documenting the Department of Transportation's (DOT) regulation of the state's railroads from 1971 onward. DOT initially placed regulatory responsibility in its Regulation Division, although that function was later the responsibility of the Passenger and Freight Safety Division. Despite the title of the division, the cases actually concern all regulatory matters, including those with no safety implications.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Passenger and Freight Safety Division

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Speech files

Series Number

20732

Summary

These files from the Division of the Budget include invitations from various groups, speeches, relevant background information for the speeches, charts and visual aids used during the speeches, press clippings, and other material related to presentations given by the Executive Director.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of the Budget. Executive Offices

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Register of fires investigated

Series Number

A4262

Summary

This series consists of a register of fires investigated. Included are extracts of letters, most addressed to Thomas J. Ahearn, State Fire Marshal, recommending that a case be closed or stay open pending further investigation. The volume includes an alphabetic name index to person or business that experienced a fire or to the attorney or agent investigating it.

Creator

• New York (State). Fire Marshal

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Cashbook

Series Number

B1232

Summary

This series consists of a cashbook that served as an on-going record of the prison's income, expenditures, and cash balances. The funds relate principally to prison industries. Recorded under various prison accounts, information includes cash receipts, deposits, balances and cash disbursements.

Creator

• Auburn Prison

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Office of South Mall Construction central subject files

Series Number

15762

Summary

This series consists of subject files created and used by the Director of the Office of South Mall Construction. Files cover aspects of the South Mall construction project (including planning, design, and construction) as well as legal issues generated by the project. Records include correspondence, project and event related photographs, reports, engineering drawings, published materials, labor documentation, contracts, legal and financial documents, claim materials, and information on contractors and consultants employed on the project.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

Documents relating to existing facilities may be withheld under New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Section 87.2(f) ("if disclosed could endanger the life or safety of any person"). State Archives staff will review requests for specific records and disclose in accordance with FOIL.

Title

War Council citizen assistance and preparation films

Series Number

A4289

Summary

This series contains five black-and-white, 16mm films produced by the Department of Health singly or in conjunction with the New York State War Council. These films explain the programs of the Health Department or War Council which offered aid or advice to citizens. With these films, these government bodies hoped to alleviate citizens' concerns about war time disruptions of their lives and to boost efficiency and productivity.

Creator

• New York (State). Nursing Council for War Service

Access Restrictions

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

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New York State Department of State photocopy of list of records and original wills delivered by Samuel Bayard, Secretary of the Colony, to John Morin Scott, Secretary of State

Series Number

A3280

Summary

This series contains photocopies of documents, the originals of which are in the records of the Colonial Office in the Public Record Office (Series C.O. 5, vol. 175). The documents include a list of record books kept by, and original wills filed with, the Secretary of the Colony of New York during the period of British occupation of New York City and Long Island during the American Revolution.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

List of newspapers for publishing proposals for printing Session Laws of 1862

Series Number

A0945

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of lists of newspapers authorized to publish proposals for printing the session laws. List names newspapers by county, gives a date (of publication), and is signed at the end by the Secretary of State.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Issues of "Marcy News" newsletter

Series Number

B1540

Summary

This series consists of approximately 100 issues of "Marcy News" produced at Marcy State Hospital (later Marcy Psychiatric Center). Newsletters feature or document remarks by director and chaplain; staff activities, commendations, and achievements; initiatives such as blood donation drives and bake sales; reports from various units and buildings; announcements of social events; and sponsor advertisements.

Creator

• Marcy Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

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

Title

Office of Addiction Services and Supports archived websites

Series Number

B2049

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the Office of Addiction Services and Supports, which until September 2019 was named the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Addiction Services and Supports

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Accounts of unpaid taxes assessed on non-resident lands

Series Number

11276

Summary

This series contains accounts of unpaid taxes on lands owned by non-residents. Through 1893 the records cover all counties except New York (Manhattan); after 1893 only Forest Preserve counties are represented. The accounts were prepared by the town tax collectors, certified as accurate by the county treasurer, and forwarded to the state comptroller for filing. Accounts list parcels owned by non-residents on which taxes were unpaid, and show the acreage, assessed valuation, and amount of tax due.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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