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Displaying 6074 Finding Aids
Title
- Index to certificates and accounts for purchase of forage and account of hay pasture and grain supplied to the Continental Army
Series Number
- A0893
Summary
- This a list of certificates issued by Deputy State Agent William Brown for the purchase of supplies for the Continental Army. It gives certificate number; date; name; amount of certificate; date paid and amount paid with interest. It also contains a list of supplies furnished to the Continental Army by Brown, giving date; from whom purchased; to whom delivered; and type and amount of supplies and includes an account of Brown's expenses and receipts.
Creator
- New York (State). Auditor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Tax assessment rolls of real and personal estates
Series Number
- B0950
Summary
- Legislation enacted in 1799 (amended in 1801) established a system of assessing and taxing real and personal property and required tax commissioners or (beginning in 1801) county supervisors to submit to the State Comptroller a copy of the county's tax rolls and a list of unpaid taxes. This series consists of town and city tax assessment rolls (excluding New York City) prepared by county treasurers and filed with the State Comptroller's Office.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- Originals are in fragile condition. Microfilm is first use copy.
Title
- Entry documentation pertaining to the new emission of bills of credit
Series Number
- A1233
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of receipts, currency exchange ledgers, accounts of bills of credit, and cancelled lists of bundles of Continental money regarding the emission of currency by New York State. The receipts detail the cost of new printing plates, advertising costs, and cost of paper to print the new bills on. Also included is information on the amount of new emissions exchange for older notes and lists of bundles of old Continental notes.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Taconic Developmental and Disabilities Services Office routine administrative policies and procedures
Series Number
- B2821
Summary
- This series consists primarily of published procedures and administrative manuals, produced by the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, Wassaic Developmental Center, and the Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office, aimed at addressing critical functions and agency wide operations.
Creator
- New York (State). Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) declarations
Series Number
- J0017
Summary
- This series contains plaintiff's 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 the following parts: caption; venue; commencement; statement of cause of action; and conclusion.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Financial Restructuring Board for Local Governments archived websites
Series Number
- B2766
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the New York State Financial Restructuring Board for Local Governments.
Creator
- New York (State). Financial Restructuring Board for Local Governments
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Maps, blueprints, tracings, diagrams, plans, and cross sections of canal structures and sites
Series Number
- B0171
Summary
- These records primarily concern the Barge Canal system and its feeders. Series also contains items depicting the old Erie Canal and other canals such as the Black River Canal. Maps depict various canal structures such as bridges, diversion channels, dams, sewers, locks, culverts, stop gates, and aqueducts. Also shown are land patents, locations of towns and villages, land claims, towpath locations, roads, and streets in cities adjacent to canals.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Advisory Council on Vocational Education minutes and annual reports
Series Number
- B1509
Summary
- This series consists of reports and meeting minutes produced by the New York State Advisory Council on Vocational Education. Among there reports are annual reports to the Board of Regents, biennial reports to the United States Department of Education and Department of Labor, and reports on specific topics within vocational education, such as school-to-work opportunities, technology education, enterpreneurship, and training for specific industries.
Creator
- New York State Advisory Council on Vocational Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Blotter of legal papers sent and received
Series Number
- B0617
Summary
- This series consists of daily entries of legal papers sent, received, filed, served or otherwise handled in cases involving the State of New York. Most cases are voluntary dissolutions of incorporated companies. Other cases involve receiverships of bankrupt companies, probate proceedings, and private suits in which the state had an interest. There appear to be no criminal cases included. Included are names of Attorneys for opposing parties.
Creator
- New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- General orders tracking log
Series Number
- L0085
Summary
- This series contains a volume used to track all general orders considered by the Convention. A general order was required before an amendment could be voted on by the Committee of the Whole Convention. For each amendment, the volume provides: introducer; introductory number; print number; date referred to the Committee of the Whole; General order number; date sent for Third Reading; Third Reading number; and remarks (e.g., date reported, date sent to committee for revisions, date recommitted).
Creator
- New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1915
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York Guard service cards and enlistment records
Series Number
- B2000
Summary
- The New York Guard was created and later reactivated as a state defense force to replace the New York National Guard when the latter was mobilized into federal service during the two world wars. This series consists of service record cards for veterans of the New York Guard. Information varies but minimally includes name, address, date of enlistment, company, and regiment.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Military and Naval Affairs
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm roll no. 61 is partially restricted to protect personal privacy (medical reports).
Title
- New York State Constitutional Convention, 1915 committee hearing testimony
Series Number
- L0091
Summary
- The series consists of hearing testimony presented before several committees gathering evidence during the Convention. Volumes include the date and time of testimony, speaker and affiliation, and verbatim transcripts of testimony. The committees represented in the records are: Bill of Rights, Cities, Civil Service, Governor and State Officers, Judiciary, Public Utilities, and Taxation.
Creator
- New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1915
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Commission hearing and meeting files
Series Number
- B2014
Summary
- The Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Competitiveness was charged with studying the structure and operations of New York local government; reducing costs and improving the effectiveness of local government operations; and reforming election laws and procedures. The commission issued its final report, entitled "21st Century Local Government," in April 2008. These records consist of commission hearing and meeting files from 2007-2008, and transcripts of a State Assembly hearing on the commission's recommendations in 2008.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Department of Law schedules and calendars
Series Number
- 18569
Summary
- The series consists of daily and weekly schedules detailing the activities, appointments, and meetings of Attorney Generals: Robert Abrams (1980-1982), Dennis C. Vacco (1995-1997), Eliot Spitzer (1999-2006).
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Law
Access Restrictions
- 18569-07: Designated records may contain information that is exempt from disclosure pursuant to state or federal statute or common law. Requests for access to designated records are reviewed by staff of the State Archives and the Office of the Attorney General (Dept. of Law). In certain circumstances, designated records or portions of records may be withheld.
Title
- New York State Department of Audit and Control accounts of taxes on state lands
Series Number
- B0603
Summary
- This series contains schedules of state-owned taxable lots within the Adirondack Forest Preserve and the Catskill Forest Preserve. Tax figures include school, highway, and special district taxes, and taxes rejected because of erroneous assessments. Individual lots are usually listed under the name of the patent or tract of which they are a part. Entries include lot number, location, acreage, assessed valuation, and tax amount. Entries also often include remarks such as "lumbered," "second growth," "burned," etc.).
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York (State). Department of Health Bureau of Communicable Disease Control deceased and released typhoid carriers case files
Series Number
- B0165
Summary
- This series consists of information on deceased and released typhoid carriers including initial epidemiological investigation report; memorandums summarizing evidence for chronic carrier status; request for and receipt of legal declaration of this status; correspondence between state and local public health officials; correspondence with the carrier; periodic status reports; and notification of the carrier's death. The investigation report includes vital statistics; possible exposure sources; history of carrier's disease and treatment; carrier's work history; and cases traced to carrier. Records are restricted pursuant to state and federal laws.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
Access Restrictions
- Restricted by New York Public Health Law sect. 18 and New York Code of Rules and Regulations part 10, sect. 50-4; by New York Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6) sect. 87.2(b); by New York Personal Privacy Protection Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6-A) sect. 96; and by the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Acct (HIPAA), 42 U.S. Code sect. 1320d-6, and -7.
Title
- Recognizance rolls
Series Number
- J0003
Summary
- The recognizance roll is a record of the undertaking of bail, made before a justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature. The roll contains the same information as is found in the plaintiff's declaration, followed by a statement of the obligation of the bail. The recognizance roll was the formal record upon which a plaintiff could bring an action against the defendant's bail.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Permanent exhibit planning and design files
Series Number
- B2772
Summary
- Series consists of records related to all phases of the design and construction of the New York State Museum's permanent galleries, including exhibit scripts, design concepts, production notes, audiovisual materials, floor plans, and exhibit layouts. Record types also include photographs, slides, artist concepts, correspondence, and expense reports.
Creator
- New York State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Prison inventory and financial accounts ledger
Series Number
- B1253
Summary
- This series consists mostly of an inventory of furniture, equipment and property arranged by location at Clinton Prison. Quantity and value of each item are listed. Item values are totaled on each page and at the end of each section and at the end of the inventory. Also included are prison financial lists usually relating to prison debt that include names of individuals, amounts owed, and related journal pages or schedules.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Statement of bank failures
Series Number
- A1390
Summary
- This series consist of tables that list banks that failed between 1845 and 1876, giving year of failure, name of bank, and (presumably) amount owed to the state. The origin and purpose of the tables are unknown.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.