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Displaying 6074 Finding Aids
Title
- Research reports
Series Number
- B2661
Summary
- This series contains research studies measuring the effectiveness of existing travel promotional programs, investigating the travel habits of New Yorkers and Americans, and surveying the market/business community's attitudes toward and perceptions of the development of New York advertising. Most of the reports document research relating to the <emph render="italic">I Love New York</emph> campaign, business improvement and development, the extent of pleasure travel in New York and other states, and the impact of changing seasons on travel in New York.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Economic Development. Advertising and Marketing Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing investigation and exhibit files on corporations
Series Number
- 10998
Summary
- This series consists of background information and supporting documentation compiled by the commission during its investigation of harness track owners and the associations licensed by to conduct pari-mutuel harness racing. The commission traced stock ownership, studied financial records, and questioned witnesses related to the operations and management of licensees and lessors. The files include correspondence; interviews; transcripts of intercepted telephone conversations; and police records. Investigation reports on stockholders provide names, place of birth, parents' names, marital status, and occupations.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing
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- All investigative materials in Moreland Act commission records are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 6 and 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Requests for access to such materials are referred to the Governor's Office.
- Executive Session (private hearing) materials: Restricted; Executive Law, Section 63.8.
- Investigation background reports on individuals: Restricted; Personal Privacy Protection Law, Section 96.1.c and personal privacy exemption of Freedom of Information Law, Section 87.2.b.
- Federal and state tax returns: Restricted: Closed permanently; exempted from public disclosure by specific statutes, therefore deniable under Freedom of Information Law, Section 87.2.a.
- Finding aid to the records, which lists subjects of investigations: Restricted; Executive Law, Section 63.8, Civil Rights Law, Section 73.8.
Title
- Department of Transportation accident investigation manuals
Series Number
- B2675
Summary
- This series contains accident investigation manuals detailing the step by step procedures used to investigate rail and bus accidents.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Certificates of clerkships
Series Number
- J0104
Summary
- This series contains documents relating to clerkships served by persons who eventually would seek admission to practice as attorneys in the Supreme Court of Judicature. Records concerning law clerkships include certificates stating that a student began a clerkship and setting the term of the clerkship; affidavits of clerkship applicants; certificates attesting to the clerk's moral character; reports of examiners on whether individual candidates passed; and related documents.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Auburn Prison daily reports of male population
Series Number
- B0062
Summary
- This series consists of statistical records of Auburn prisons' population of incarcerated individuals. Information may include total number: in prison; in prison at morning and in evening; received; discharged; lodgers; applications for treatment; treated; not treated; excused from labor; pardoned; died; sent to other locations; new commitments; transfers from other correctional institutions; returned from parole, courts or escape; released by parole, expiration of sentence or commutation; escaped, condemned; and housed in cells, dormitories, hospital; and at other locations.
Creator
- Auburn Prison
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Proposals received for work done on the Middle Division of the Erie Canal
Series Number
- B0704
Summary
- This series consists of printed forms of proposals for work to be done on the Middle Division of the Erie Canal. The proposals contain information on materials used, descriptions of work, and costs of projects.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Legislative Commission on Expenditure Review budget study reports
Series Number
- L0196
Summary
- Budget study reports in this series typically include a summary of the organizational and funding structure of the agencies studied; program budgeting and cost levels; comparative information on similar programs; related issue papers; supporting documentation; and supplemental data. There are also summaries of legislative actions ("Green Book" studies) which provide fund/program name; appropriation increase/decrease; legislative statement of intent; actions taken to implement the legislative intent; and the budgetary effect of actions taken.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Legislative Commission on Expenditure Review
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Homes and Community Renewal archived websites
Series Number
- B2113
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal and New York State Homes and Community Renewal, which was created in 2010 through the administrative integration of the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, the Housing Finance Agency, the State of New York Mortgage Authority, the Housing Trust Fund Corporation, the Affordable Housing Corporation, the State of New York Municipal Bond Bank Agency, and the Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation.
Creator
- New York State Homes and Community Renewal
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Commission in Lunacy annual reports
Series Number
- B1432
Summary
- This series consists of published copies of selected annual reports prepared by the commission to summarize its work and make recommendations. Typically the reports include general information on the state system, and certain early reports address the licensed private institution systems and the general hospital system. Reports also give a summary of recommendations, general statistics, and the annual reports submitted to the commission by the boards of managers of the various state hospitals.
Creator
- New York (State). State Commission in Lunacy
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Computer-produced appropriation ledger abstracts for state agencies
Series Number
- A0837
Summary
- These records were generated to maintain clerical accounting records for the state. Records are computer print outs summarizing information on appropriations for state agencies. They detail the amount of original appropriations; adjusted appropriations; payments; unallocated balance; and encumbered balance. The ledger abstracts do not include all agencies and years covered vary for agencies.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Report of recommendation on recodification of the Insurance Law (L. 1984, Ch. 367)
Series Number
- 15162
Summary
- This series consists of an unbound report prepared by the Law Revision Commission related to the recodification of New York State's Insurance Law (L. 1984, Ch. 367).
Creator
- New York (State). Law Revision Commission
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Sharon Springs Central School District board of education minute books and tax assessment rolls
Series Number
- A4489
Summary
- Microfilmed records include minute books of the Sharon Springs Central School board of education (1928-1991), record and minute books of predecessor districts, and tax assessment rolls for the district and its predecessors (1904-1990).
Creator
- Sharon Springs Central School District (N.Y.)
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Commission of Appeals orders of dismissal
Series Number
- J1232
Summary
- Chapter 9 of the Laws of 1873 provided that any case placed on the calendar of the Commission of Appeals, called for argument, and no other disposition made thereof at the time of the call, shall stand dismissed. In such instances, the commission would enter an order of dismissal that was to be considered absolute unless, on the first day of the next term, one or more of the parties resubmitted the case to be heard by the commission. This volume lists names of parties to cases called for argument on May 5, 1874 and dismissed without being resubmitted.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission of Appeals
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Quartermaster's abstracts of articles expended, lost, or destroyed in the public service
Series Number
- A0189
Summary
- This series consists of imprints completed by the quartermaster for the 77th Battalion, New York State (Militia) Volunteers. The forms consists mainly of special requisitions listing materials that need to be replaced because of excessive use, damage, or loss; monthly abstracts detailing stores that were expended; and monthly abstracts listing items received.
Creator
- New York (State). Militia Volunteers. Battalion, 77th
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commission on the Real Property Tax meeting, hearing, and research files
Series Number
- 15604
Summary
- This series consists of the meeting, hearing, and research files of the Temporary State Commission on the Real Property Tax.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary State Commission on the Real Property Tax
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Resolution, agreements, and purchase list of the sale of college land scrip
Series Number
- A1297
Summary
- The Comptroller was authorized to sell land scrip for establishing a land grant college. This series records the names of individuals who purchased land scrip. Entries include, date the transaction was recorded, purchaser's name, residence, number of pieces of scrip purchased, total number of acres purchased, purchase price and scrip numbers. Also included are copies of agreements and contracts and resolutions made between the state and Ezra Cornell. These entries mostly pertain to the purchase of unsold scrip by Cornell.
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
- Final estimate book for several Barge Canal Middle Division contracts
Series Number
- B1354
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Outgoing correspondence relating to audits and vouchers and state expenses
Series Number
- A1283
Summary
- This series consists of bound carbon copies of outgoing correspondence relating to audits conducted by the comptroller's office, and other transactions of state agencies overseen by the comptroller. Each volume is indexed individually.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Special Commission on Attica motion picture film and videotapes of Attica Correctional Facility riot
Series Number
- B1340
Summary
- This series consists of motion picture film depicting events associated with the Attica Correctional Facility uprising in September of 1971. Footage depicts inmates holding prison yard; State Police control center; hostages; arrival of observers and Black Panther Party chairman Bobby Seale; deployment of tear gas and arrival of armed law enforcement officers; retaking of facility; aerial footage following retaking of facility; and law enforcement officers compiling evidence. The series also includes video recordings of the first day of hearings of the Special Commission on Attica (McKay Commission).
Creator
- New York (State). Special Commission on Attica
Access Restrictions
- Film content is disclosable. Original motion picture film and videotape formats are restricted. Digital copies are available by request from the State Archives.
Title
- Consumer Counsel to the Governor State Advisory Committee records
Series Number
- B2649
Summary
- This series contains records relating to the creation and activities of the State Advisory Committee to the Consumer Counsel. The series contains documents relating to the establishment of the committee; lists, agendas, and summaries of the committee's meetings; and correspondence between Dr. Campbell and committee members. Subjects covered include protection for elderly consumers, consumer education, and the regulation of chemical additives in food.
Creator
- New York (State). Consumer Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.