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Displaying 6074 Finding Aids
Title
- Correspondence and reports of the church archives editor
Series Number
- A4171
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, and radio program transcripts concerning the inventory of church archives conducted by the Historical Records Survey. The correspondence and memoranda are between the editor and Historical Records Survey district supervisors, field workers, members of the clergy, and state WPA administrators.
Creator
- Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of men claiming bounty money due
Series Number
- A4165
Summary
- This volume records the names of men who filed bounty claims. Each entry provides name, rank, company, and regiment. No information is provided on the date the claim was filed, amount claimed, or if the claim was awarded. There are no dates contained within the volume but it was probably compiled sometime between 1865 and 1868 when the majority of claims were filed.
Creator
- New York (State). Paymaster General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- George A. Fuller Company South Mall project central files
Series Number
- 16187
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, shop drawings, specifications, change orders, construction logs, diaries, status reports, contract transmittals, claims, delays, and damages related to various buildings constructed by the George A. Fuller Company as part of the Empire State Plaza (South Mall) project. Records pertain to the following buildings and/or facilities: Central Automated Control Facility (CACF); agency buildings 1, 2, 3, and 4; Legislative Office Building; Central Air Conditioning Plant and Transformer Vault; Swan Street Building; and Central Security System (CSS).
Creator
- New York (State). Office of General Services
Access Restrictions
- Documents relating to existing facilities may be withheld under New York State Freedom of Information Law sect. 87.2(f) ("if disclosed could endanger the life or safety of any person").
Title
- Green Island Union Free School District board of education meeting minutes and tax assessment rolls
Series Number
- A4603
Creator
- Green Island Union Free School District (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to aerial photographs of state highways
Series Number
- B1860
Summary
- This series consists of approximately 600 reference sheets, partially bound into 4 volumes that function as an index to accretion 10700-00A, Department of Transportation Aerial Photographs of State Highways. Each sheet measures approximately 20 x 24 inches. Also included are blueprint topographical maps indicating the general location of each section entry of the index.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Agricultural and Industrial School parole agents' registers of occupation and conduct of paroled inmates
Series Number
- A3144
Summary
- Catholic and Protestant Chaplain, who served as Parole Agents, kept these records about paroled inmates', home, schooling, occupation and conduct at the State Agricultural and Industrial School. Information may include inmate name and number; reference marker to inmate's case history; if died, discharged, "dropped" or "discontinued"; name and relationship of parent or guardian; address; parole date; age; and quarterly employment records. Records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c(1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).
Title
- Bids on contracts for materials used on the Barge Canal System
Series Number
- A4411
Summary
- This series consists of transmittal memoranda, correspondence, and comptroller's certifications, lists of vendors, and blank and completed proposal forms and specifications for materials contracts let by the Department of Public Works for use on the Barge Canal.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Certificates of election of Convention delegates
Series Number
- L0126
Summary
- The series contains copies of election certificates signed by the State Board of Canvassers and the Secretary of State certifying the election of the 186 delegates elected by voters to the Convention. The series also contains correspondence and corrected election certificates relating to filling delegate vacancies due to resignation or death.
Creator
- New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1967
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Minutes of Reception and Parole Committee
Series Number
- A2060
Summary
- These minutes summarize the committee's consideration of parole of new inmates, inmates eligible for parole, inmates who applied for parole, and inmates returned to the institution for violating parole. The minutes list inmates' names and numbers and the action to earn parole; investigation to be made; father applied in prison; denied; and parole approved.
Creator
- New York House of Refuge
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect personal privacy. Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- Program administration correspondence
Series Number
- A4377
Summary
- This series contains routine correspondence between administrators in the Office of War Training and those involved in specific programs, such as the School Bus Driver Training Program, the Bus and Truck Driver Training Program, and police and fire training. Topics discussed include: certificate distribution; pamphlet requests; equipment distribution; meeting and conference scheduling; instruction sites; and training film distribution.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of War Training
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Public health films
Series Number
- B2835
Summary
- These films ("TV Spots"), produced by the New York State Department of Health (DOH), were made to educate the public on health-related issues. Topics covered include dental health, vaccinations, cancer, and home safety. Film reels also document the construction of the DOH office building and the 1958 Polio Committee with Governor W. Averell Harriman and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health
Usage Restrictions
- Original media is not available for viewing and visual materials have not been reformatted.
Title
- Legal documentation relating to quit rents
Series Number
- A1227
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of correspondence, certificates, affidavits, copies of maps of land grants, surveys of patents and a list of persons forced to quit their farms for failure to pay quit rents. Most records are certificates and affidavits attesting to the amount of taxes due on real estate, ownership of land patents and lots, and remissions from quit rent. Also included are surveys of land patents and maps depicting lots and patents subject to quit rents.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Utica State Hospital personnel application records
Series Number
- B1482
Summary
- This series consists of summary information taken from employment applications at Utica State Hospital. Included are application date; name of applicant; age; height; weight; civil condition; degree of education; previous occupation; state or country of birth; town of residence; persons giving recommendations (usually blank); position examined for; person examining; civil service rating; date of appointment; and remarks.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Assorted records
Series Number
- B0944
Summary
- This series consists of unprocessed records, apparently from the Comptroller's Office. Records include: applications to revoke redemptions; letters and telegrams from appraisers; assessment rolls and lists of construction expenditures; documents on rejection of taxes in 1908 returned from towns; miscellaneous reports and papers; responses to circular letters sent to town clerks; documents pertaining to the tax sales and applications for issuance of deeds.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Tarrytown Clerk administrative, tax, and budget records
Series Number
- A4439
Summary
- This series includes planning board minutes, zoning board of appeals minutes, assessment/tax rolls, board of trustees minutes, water commissioners' minutes, and budgets.
Creator
- Tarrytown (N.Y. : Village). Clerk
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Governor account book
Series Number
- A3356
Summary
- This volume records payments made from various accounts of the governor's office. The bulk of the volume lists payments from the following funds or accounts: contingent fund; Executive Mansion fund; postage and express accounts; apprehension of fugitives; executive clemency; publishing account; Theodore Roosevelt, Albany; notarial and clerks' expenses; account for printing state papers; and salaries.
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this
- material.
Title
- Plans of the Cultural Education Center in the Empire State Plaza, Albany
Series Number
- A2048
Summary
- This series consists of oversize and rolled architectural, sanitary, engineering, and plot plans of the Cultural Center in Albany's "South Mall." Included are floor and ceiling plans, details, elevations, and section drawings. Planning for the Cultural Education Center began about 1963 and the building was first occupied in 1976.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Associate Commissioner for Cultural Education
Access Restrictions
- Documents relating to existing facilities may be withheld under FOIL sect. 87.2(f) ("if disclosed could endanger the life or safety of any person").
Title
- Office registers and related records
Series Number
- 21263
Summary
- This series contains summaries of the status of legal cases handled by the Department of Law. Types of cases include habeas corpus actions, workmen's compensation claims, mortgage foreclosures, incompetency actions, liens on public improvements, civil actions, and agricultural cases. Volumes contain lists of witnesses, notices of intentions, alphabetical and numerical indexes, judgments and dismissals received.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- City of Albany building permit plans
Series Number
- A3342
Summary
- Records include building plans of the city's building department exclusively. These "as-built" drawings are submitted to the department as part of its building permit and certificate of occupancy issuance records. The building permit plans are arranged by permit number; there is no index accompanying the microfilm.
Creator
- Albany (N.Y. : City)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Construction journals
Series Number
- B1496
Summary
- This series consists of account journals documenting expenses and payments for construction of the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica. Information includes account name; what payment is for; amount paid; check number; and the corresponding ledger page or account number. Also included is an accounting journal documenting expenses for construction of new buildings in 1844.
Creator
- New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.