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Title

Milk Control Board orders

Series Number

B1914

Summary

The Milk Control Board supervised and regulated all facets of New York State's Milk Industry; investigated milk industry matters; mediated and arbitrated milk related issues; and adopted and enforced rules and orders. This series consists of Milk Control Board orders. Topics include pricing, dealer licensing requirements and procedures, exemptions from requirements and regulations, pricing regulations, definition of standards and terminology, record keeping, and product labeling. Also included are copies of notices of public hearings.

Creator

• New York (State). Milk Control Board

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Assembly bill drafts

Series Number

L0268

Summary

This series consists of selected State Assembly bill drafts. The drafts include the bill number, a brief description of the bill, name of Assembly member who introduced it, and a copy of the bill.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Notes and tables for a study on "Dependence and Wages"

Series Number

A3030

Summary

These data cards and other records document a study on "Dependence and Wages". The series provides information about the relationship between wages and dependence on charity. Records were compiled about causes of destitution, wages by occupation, family size, weekly income, and housing for a report that was never published.

Creator

• New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Documents relating to refund of overpaid tolls

Series Number

A1141

Summary

Vouchers in this series contain affidavit of the master of a boat stating that he did not proceed to the point for which the original clearance was issued, and a receipt for amount of difference paid him. Attached is a copy of the original clearance given by the toll collector, giving name of boat; where from; where bound; nature, quantity, and weight of cargo; miles to travel; tolls due; and total charges.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Inventory of the furnishings in state buildings and offices in Albany

Series Number

A4039

Summary

The Bureau of Public Buildings allotted rooms to state agencies and officials, saw that the rooms were furnished, and took measures to preserve the furniture and other property in those offices. This series consists of a carbon transcript inventory listing: building; floor; name or room number or agency name; and quantity of each type of furniture, equipment, and machinery in each room. Durable goods such as desks, chairs, bookcases, typewriters, fire extinguishers, wastebaskets, and rugs were inventoried.

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of Public Buildings

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Adirondack Correctional Facility inmate case files

Series Number

W0001

Summary

Adirondack Correctional Facility, located in Essex County, N.Y., is a medium security correctional facility for male felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

Access Restrictions

Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.

Title

Collins Correctional Facility inmate case files

Series Number

W0015

Summary

Collins Correctional Facility, located in Erie County, N.Y., is a medium security correctional facility for male felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

Access Restrictions

Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.

Title

Vouchers for expenses submitted by Board of Barber Examiners

Series Number

A1155

Summary

This series contains vouchers for travel and other expenses incurred by members of the Board of Barber Examiners and submitted to the Comptroller's Office. Also included are receipts and cancelled checks.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Record books of watersheds and related improvements in the Western Division of the Barge Canal

Series Number

B0388

Summary

This series consists of data, reports, maps, and related records on watersheds and related improvements in the Western Division of the Barge Canal. Records include reports on investigations of flood damage; proposed improvements; data and computations on discharges, river slopes, elevations, water levels, and flow; narratives on legal rights, statutes, and engineering issues relating to dams, bridges, and waterway access; descriptions of surveys done at state institutions; and lists of appropriation bills for work done on Indian reservations.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Superintendent of Common Schools calendar of appeal cases

Series Number

B1928

Summary

The judicial power to interpret school laws was vested in the Superintendent of Common Schools (later with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and beginning in 1904 with the Commissioner of Education). Any person can appeal the official actions of any local school official to the commissioner, whose decision is binding. This series consists of a calendar of cases appealed to the Superintendent of Common Schools. No original papers related to these cases exist.

Creator

• New York (State). Superintendent of Common Schools

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Factory Investigating Commission proofs of brief supporting the conviction of Jacob Balofsky

Series Number

A3024

Summary

This series consists of a brief submitted the Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department by the Factory Investigating Commission in the case of People of the State of New York v. Jacob Balofsky. The commission's brief argued against Balofsky's appeal of his conviction of violating Section 104 of the Labor Law for contracting with a woman to finish coats in a tenement residence.

Creator

• New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Senator Martin Connor archived website

Series Number

B2212

Summary

This series consists of an archival copy of the official website of Senator Martin Connor.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1978-2008 : Martin Connor)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Federal-Aid urban area boundary maps

Series Number

14155

Summary

This series consists of maps of urban area boundaries drafted in district offices or modified from, U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle maps. Maps had to be approved by the U.S. Public Roads Administration or Bureau of Public Roads for states wishing to receive special aid for highways lying within urban areas. Some maps show all Federal-Aid highways systems; older maps show only primary, secondary, and urban routes.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Engrossed copy of the United States Constitution ratified by the Convention of New York State with proposed amendments

Series Number

A1800

Summary

This copy of the proposed United States Constitution and of the ratification instrument was engrossed by order of the Poughkeepsie Convention, July 26, 1788. It consists of seven folio parchment sheets bearing the text of the Constitution and of the "Declaration of Rights, Ratification of the Constitution and Explanatory Amendments" adopted by the Convention on July 25. It also contains an appeal to other states to call a second convention.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

Access to original records is restricted: digitized and published versions are first-use copies.

Title

State Education Department archived websites

Series Number

B2165

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Education Department.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Internal case reports files

Series Number

J2003

Summary

The series consists of internal case reports, memoranda, and a small number of draft opinions, opinions, and dissenting opinions prepared by judges of the Court of Appeals, the state's highest court. The reports give background information on a case; outlines of the issues; points of law; and often a recommendation (e.g., that the judgment be affirmed without opinion; that a motion should be granted).

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

Access Restrictions

Restricted according to Memorandum of Understanding between Court of Appeals and State Archives, dated January, 1993.

Title

New York State Post Vietnam Coordinating Committee correspondence files

Series Number

14222

Summary

Records of the Post Vietnam Coordinating Committee clearly document its focus on the deescalation of the Vietnam War, but they also relate to other topics such as educational opportunities for returning veterans, establishment of public works projects, encouragement of labor unions to develop on-the-job training programs, and housing needs of veterans. This series consists predominantly of correspondence, but also includes memorandums, reports, news clippings, journal articles, press releases, minutes of meetings, photographs, and meeting agenda.

Creator

• New York (State). Post Vietnam Coordinating Committee

Access Restrictions

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

Title

County treasurers' returns of unpaid taxes on non-resident lands

Series Number

B0941

Summary

This series consists of returns listing parcels owned by non-residents who had not paid their taxes. Their property was subsequently sold in the tax sales. Each entry on a list states the parcel location, lot number, acreage, assessed value, and amount of tax due. Each list includes the town tax collector's affidavit that the taxes remain unpaid.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Daily reports and census records

Series Number

B1487

Summary

This series consists of daily census records maintained by staff of the State Lunatic Asylum (later Utica State Hospital). Records include total number of male and female patients with number admitted and discharged. Information generally includes brief notes concerning visitors; religious services or entertainment programs; departures, destinations and return of staff; thermometer and barometer readings; weather; meetings and unusual canal conditions. Of note are census statistics when half the population was transferred to Marcy State Hospital.

Creator

• Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Scarsdale Village Clerk records

Series Number

A3353

Creator

• Scarsdale (N.Y. : Village)

Access Restrictions

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