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Title

Lists of freight on Baxter Steam Canal Boats

Series Number

A1034

Summary

This series consists of lists of charges for freight carried by boats of the Baxter Steam Canal Boat Transportation Company. Information by boat includes number of trips made by each boat; boat's name; weight; and freight. Also included is information by destination; weight in pounds; and freight cost in dollars and cents.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Register of bounty applications

Series Number

A4164

Summary

This volume documents applications for state bounty monies. Each entry in the register provides date application was received; name; company; regiment; bounty claimed; and remarks. The remarks usually consist of brief statements concerning date of enlistment, desertions, dates of previous bounty payments, or length of service. At the end of each month, the number of applications received and amounts awarded are totaled.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Transcripts of budget hearings

Series Number

A0302

Summary

This series consists of transcripts of the New York State Division of the Budget hearings on appropriations requested by most State agencies and various commissions, councils and authorities. The hearings document major fiscal issues and administrative concerns of New York State agencies. All transcripts note the names of those present at the hearings and speakers are clearly identified. Some transcripts are followed by an index to that individual hearing.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of the Budget

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Medical inspectors' notes of visitation of state hospitals and private institutions

Series Number

B1861

Summary

This series was created by the medical inspector for the State Hospital Commission (later the Department of Mental Hygiene) to document observations made on inspection visits to state hospitals, state schools, hospital psychiatric wards, and private mental health care institutions. Narrative notes include date and time of arrival; professional staff on duty; list of staff vacancies; patient census statistics; notes on new admissions; discharges; deaths; and special interviews with patients about complaints regarding care and treatment, accidents, and injuries.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene. Medical Inspector of the State Hospital Commission

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

New York State Department of State original deeds and title papers

Series Number

A0464

Summary

This series contains original deeds or releases to the State of New York, leases from the state to private individuals or business firms, certified copies of deeds to the United States for government facilities (including cessions of jurisdiction for military and naval installations), and easements for Federal flood control projects. The form of the deed, lease, or release varies considerably throughout the series, but all such documents state the exact boundaries and quantity of land (or the rights in land) conveyed.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Fulton County maps, board of supervisors meeting minutes and special proceedings, and town tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A4602

Summary

This series contains Fulton County Clerk maps (1785-1996), including highway maps, tax maps, and other filed maps; Board of Supervisors minutes and special proceedings (1874-1980); and tax assessment rolls (1978-1990) for the towns of Bleeker, Caroga, Ephratah, Johnstown, Mayfield, Northampton, Oppenheim, Perth, and Stratford.

Creator

• Fulton (N.Y. : County)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Rockville Centre tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A4616

Creator

• Rockville Centre (N.Y. : Village)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Stone cutters' job application register

Series Number

A3179

Summary

This series consists of the names of persons applying for positions as stonecutters to work on construction of the State Capitol building. Information includes the name of applicant and of the person recommending applicant. Also included are remarks apparently tracking that person's application and employment status.

Creator

• New York (State). New Capitol Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Documents relating to acquisition of land from William Seward Webb and the Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne Park Association

Series Number

A0470

Summary

Land belonging to William Seward Webb and the Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne Park Association was damaged after a dam across Beaver River formed a reservoir, which flooded. Reimbursement was granted. Shortly thereafter, the Commissioners of the Board of Fisheries, Game and Forest purchased the land. This series consists of bonds, deeds, land contracts, Certificates of Search, and Abstracts of Title recording the purchase of the damaged land in the town of Wilmurt, Herkimer County for the Adirondack Park.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Office of South Mall Construction main project files

Series Number

16192

Summary

This series consists of subject files and other materials related to each general contract in the project to construct the Empire State Plaza (South Mall). It provides documentation of the structures and processes that went into individual aspects of the project. The series includes correspondence, meeting minutes, change orders, copies of contracts, inspection and progress reports, cost estimates and payment vouchers, and claim documentation.

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

Memorial album of the second New York Veteran Cavalry

Series Number

A4170

Summary

This series consists of documents pertaining to the Second Veteran Cavalry's organizational history during the Civil War. Included are special orders authorizing the organization of the unit; orders transferring the regiment to the Department of the Gulf; a letter requesting the resignation of the unit's adjutant; a signed petition requesting the regiment be mustered out of service; telegrams concerning the mustering out of the regiment; and portraits of Commissary Sergeant Charles E.

Creator

• New York (State). State Historian

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Accounts of money received

Series Number

B0982

Summary

This series consists of volumes were kept by the Treasurer's Office and its successor the Department of Taxation and Finance. They contain daily entries of moneys received from various state agencies and funds, distributed in unlabeled columns.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. Division of Finance

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Agriculture and Markets marketing order ballot and voter registration files

Series Number

13565

Summary

These files from the Department of Agriculture and Markets, Division of Marketing contain marketing orders, petitions, hearing notices, transcripts, memoranda regarding referendum results, lists of growers for specific products, and original ballots. Marketing orders are issued to regulate the sale of commodities, encourage balance between supply and demand and prevent price extremes detrimental to producers and consumers alike. The records document procedures for issuing marketing orders and the process of hearings, voting, and amendment of orders as prescribed by law.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets. Division of Market Information

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Panel of inquiry transcripts

Series Number

B1444

Summary

This series consists of transcripts of testimony before a panel of inquiry of the State Mediation Board where the parties could not come to agreement using mediation. Participants in the inquiry included Bee Line, Inc.; Rockville Centre Bus Corporation; and Long Island Local 252 Transport Workers Union, CIO. Issues include work week length; payment during breaks, layovers, and peak periods of ridership; time off for jury duty; salary increases; uniform allowances; physical examinations; vacation allowances; pensions overtime; and overtime pay.

Creator

• New York (State). State Mediation Board

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Account book for lumber business

Series Number

A0841

Summary

This volume contains miscellaneous accounts of an unidentified private firm, probably in Albany, dealing in lumber and firewood. It includes sales of firewood to the steamboats "Red Jacket" and "Victory."

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing transcripts of public hearings

Series Number

B1322

Summary

This series consists mainly of transcripts of testimony taken at three sets of public hearings conducted for three areas of investigation: Roosevelt Raceway program concession and the interest of a sitting Nassau County Judge; waste, mismanagement, and diversion of moneys belonging to the Welfare Fund of Local 32-E, Building Service Employees' International Union, and the effects on benefits to union members; and pari-mutuel harness racing (general investigation).

Creator

• New York (State). Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Civil Rights Law, Section 73.8, and other statutes. Public hearing transcripts, press releases, published material, and other records that have been previously available to the public are available without restriction. Access to other information is permitted only by permission of the commission or the Governor's office.

Title

School district centralization and reorganization files

Series Number

15672

Summary

This series contains the primary administrative and legal documentation on formation of central school districts and enlarged city school districts, annexations and reorganizations of districts. Reorganization records may include correspondence; memoranda; feasibility studies; budget and state aid estimates; maps of proposed districts; publicity material; applications to lay out new districts; legal notices, vote totals, sample ballots, and copies of final orders laying out or altering the districts. There are files for successful and unsuccessful reorganizations.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of School District Organization

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Director's subject files

Series Number

A4399

Summary

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, and pamphlets detailing the work of War Transportation Committee director, R. C. Georger, in implementing, supervising, and coordinating the committee's work to promote the conservation of transportation resources. The series primarily contains correspondence between Georger and either committee personnel or other organizations involved in war transportation issues. Topics include: car pooling; publicity; rationing; review of spur, or alternate, routes to avoid congestion; and school bus conservation. Routine administrative matters are also detailed.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Social Welfare

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Ledgers of accounts with attorneys

Series Number

J1244

Summary

These volumes contain accounts with attorneys practicing in the Supreme Court of Judicature in Albany, Utica, and Geneva. Accounts include name of attorney and debits for filing documents, sealing writs, certifying copies, searching for judgments unsatisfied, and other fees.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Basic Educational Data Systems personnel master file

Series Number

18356

Summary

The Basic Educational Data System (BEDS) Personnel Master File contains detailed data on the demographic and professional characteristics of public school professional staff and their teaching and non-teaching assignments. Information includes the professional's name, sex, marital status, age, educational level, and professional experience, as well as assignment code, assignment name, grade level of students, ability levels of students, and the professional's assignment certification status.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Information Center on Education

Access Restrictions

Some personal data on teachers is restricted.