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Displaying 6074 Finding Aids
Title
- Register of actions requested on legislative bills
Series Number
- A3351
Summary
- Staff of the governor's office maintained this volume to monitor actions the governor was requested to take on legislative bills. The volume is divided into four sections, one for each of the types of action requested: veto is requested; signature is requested; parties wish to be advised upon passage of the bill; and hearing is requested or scheduled.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Utica State Hospital patient indexes
Series Number
- B1485
Summary
- This series consists of patient indexes maintained by staff of the State Lunatic Asylum (later Utica State Hospital). Patient references are arranged by county or roughly alphabetically. Information includes name, case book and page number, date admitted, and date discharged. Some references also include burial information; number of attacks; number of admissions; date of attack; officer committing (name, position, or title); and result and observations.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Reports of occupancy of lands purchased by the state in tax sales
Series Number
- B0943
Summary
- This series consists of documents listing lots acquired by the State in the Adirondack and Catskill Forest Preserves through Comptroller's tax sales. Each list provides the town, lot number, description of the parcel, name of the occupant, if any, and acreage.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Commission in Lunacy policy and meeting records
Series Number
- B1491
Summary
- This series consists of informational and policy documents issued by the State Commission in Lunacy and maintained by the Utica State Hospital. Documents include meeting minutes; conference transcripts; patient transfer orders; Commission decisions; guidelines; policy resolutions; samples forms; and laws relating to the insane. Issues discussed at the meetings include proposed expenditures, repairs, and construction; condemnation and acquisition of property; personnel issues claims against the hospitals; licensing of private mental health facilities; and other legal and procedural issues and policies.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of tax relevied
Series Number
- B0957
Summary
- This series consists of a register of taxes re-levied by the Comptroller on lands of non-residents after a previously unpaid tax levy had been ascertained to be illegal or void, either before or after a tax sale. Entries include the date and cause of re-levy; a description of the parcel taxed; acreage; the year of erroneous tax; and the amount levied.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commissioner's photograph albums
Series Number
- B2198
Summary
- George Dupont Pratt (1869-1935) served as a member of the New York State Conservation Commission during the period 1915-1921. This series consists of two photograph albums containing nearly 400 photographs, most of them of New York State scenes in the Adirondack region.
Creator
- New York (State). Conservation Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Records
Series Number
- A3345
Creator
- West Carthage (N.Y. : Village)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- National Core Indicator Project Files
Series Number
- B2826
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Report of the joint committee of the Senate and Assembly on the subject of quit rents
Series Number
- A1234
Summary
- This series consists of a report of a joint committee of the Senate and Assembly on quit rents. The report is a plea for the passage of a bill "releasing and discharging all arrears of quitrents, and abolishing them forever in this state" and contains the rationale of the joint committee's decision.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Senate resolutions confirming commissions by the Governor
Series Number
- B0002
Summary
- This series consists of official copies of Senate resolutions confirming the governor's nomination of candidates for appointive office. The resolutions contain the appointee's name, residence, office, date of resolution, and the signatures of the president and clerk of the senate.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Manhattan State Hospital statistical data sheets for female patients
Series Number
- B2615
Summary
- This series consists of carbon copies of printed forms containing raw statistical data on individual female patients.
Creator
- Manhattan State Hospital
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
- Bonds for costs on writs of error to the U.S. Supreme Court
Series Number
- J0164
Summary
- The series consists of bonds or sureties given by appellants for cases appealed as writs from the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors (decided by the U.S. Supreme Court). Appellants were required to guarantee payment of costs incurred if the case was not decided in their favor.
Creator
- New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Museum archived websites
Series Number
- B2173
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Museum.
Creator
- New York State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Regents' certificates of law students' qualifying education
Series Number
- J2015
Summary
- The series consists of original certificates issued by the State Board of Regents endorsing the qualifying education of students who learned the practice of law through clerking rather than attendance at law school. Students were examined in accordance with regulations established by the Regents in subjects prescribed by rules of the Court of Appeals (arithmetic, grammar, geography, orthography, English and American history, and English composition). If the student was deemed qualified, certificates were issued.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Appeals
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Executive Director's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 14220
Summary
- These files were created by Economic Development Board Executive Directors Richard W. Richardson and William E. Redmond. Records reflect every aspect of the board's mandate to oversee and coordinate economic development planning and research activities in the state and advise the governor on economic issues. Much of the series documents the board's administration of federal economic development planning grants and its review of pending legislation on behalf of the governor.
Creator
- New York State Economic Development Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Records and briefs on appeal
Series Number
- J2001
Summary
- This series consists of records and briefs filed in the Third Department of the Supreme Court's Appellate Division.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division. Third Department
Access Restrictions
- Restricted: any volume containing a Family Court case or a Supreme Court matrimonial case is restricted; restrictions are permanent for Family Court cases; 100 years for matrimonial cases.
Title
- Craig Developmental Disabilities Services Office client case files
Series Number
- 16437
Summary
- This series includes master microfilm copies of original terminated case files of clients served by the Craig Developmental Disabilities Services Office (CDDSO). The records filmed chronicle all services provided to clients, including administrative, legal, and programmatic. As such they provide clinical and administrative information documenting the state's institutional services to a substantial number of its developmentally disabled population.
Creator
- Craig Developmental Disabilities Services Office. Client Records Unit
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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Education Department Office of the Counsel archived websites
Series Number
- B2167
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the Office of the Counsel, which is part of the New York State Education Department.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Counsel
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State School for the Blind financial records
Series Number
- B2601
Summary
- This series contains a treasurer's account book documenting an account kept of monies received by the Superintendent of the New York State School for the Blind and deposited monthly with the treasurer.
Creator
- New York State School for the Blind
Title
- Payments for land sold for taxes
Series Number
- A0895
Summary
- This series from the Land Tax Bureau is an index listing payments made for the purchase of lands sold for arrears of taxes. The list contains the name of the purchaser; county in which the land was located; and the amount paid for each piece of land.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.