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Title

Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) transcripts of docket of judgments

Series Number

J0138

Summary

This series consists of transcripts of judgments docketed by the clerk of the Supreme Court at Geneva. Information includes name of party against whom judgment has been obtained, name of party in whose favor judgment has been obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and costs, date and hour of filing judgment roll, name of attorney for losing party, and date of satisfaction, if any.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Ulster County Board of Cooperative Educational Services board of education meeting minutes and tax assessment records

Series Number

A4597

Summary

Microfilmed records of the Wallkill Central School district include board of education meeting minutes, tax assessment rolls, and records of district meetings for two former common school districts in the town of Shawangunk. Microfilmed records of the Onteora Central School District include board of education meeting minutes and tax assessment rolls.

Creator

• Ulster County Board of Cooperative Educational Services (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Inventory of aerial photography

Series Number

20979

Summary

These inventories list aerial imagery including details of imagery obtained by federal, state, and local agencies; public utilities; commercial firms; and other sources.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Letters of administration

Series Number

J0032

Summary

This series consists of letters of administration of estates of New York residents who died out-of-state, or non-residents who died in the state. Most of the letters are for estates of persons who died intestate (without a will). Microfilm copy covers the period 1778-1797 only.

Creator

• New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation photographic files

Series Number

B2743

Summary

This series consists of black-and-white/color photographs, slides, and negatives that document community development and the construction of urban housing and structures on Roosevelt Island.

Creator

• Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation

Access Restrictions

Photographs in two folders of Box 10 cannot be viewed due to severe water damage.

Title

Letter orders

Series Number

14404

Summary

This series consists of letter orders generated by the Adjutant General's Office. The orders deal with various topics pertinent to specific New York National Guard members. Included are orders concerning assignments; grants of attendance to an Army Area School or to a Service School; travel orders; orders for appearances; awarding of assorted medals and honors; establishment of assorted offices; and rescindment, corrections, and amendments of previously issued letter orders.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

Some volumes contain social security numbers and are thus restricted to protect personal privacy.

Title

Report of A.J. Davis on irregularities in performance of repair of Chemung Canal Feeder, submitted to Commission to Investigate Canal Frauds

Series Number

A1389

Summary

This series consists of a report to Governor's Commission to Investigate Canal Frauds concerning repairs made to the Chemung Canal Feeder after a break that occurred in the freshet of April 19, 1870. The report charges contractor Jarvis Lord with excessive hiring at unnecessary cost to the state. Attached are copies of depositions, letters, receipts, and statements of labor performed and materials furnished.

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

Education Department Division of Archives and History historic preservation photographs

Series Number

A0097

Summary

This series consists of historic preservation photographs assembled by the New York State Division of Archives and History, evidently for the purpose of using them in a publication. The photographs depict public buildings, cultural institutions, state parks, bridges, schools, businesses, urban areas, and geographic features like rivers, mountains, and waterfalls. The photographs cover the following geographic regions of New York State: Long Island, New York City, Upstate New York, Albany, Adirondacks, Finger Lakes, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Deferred Compensation Board policy files

Series Number

17125

Summary

The Deferred Compensation Board (DCB) establishes and administers deferred compensation plans for State and local government employees, as authorized by the Internal Revenue Code. This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, minutes of meetings, resolutions, testimony delivered at public hearings, state and model plans, by-laws, regulations, and background and research material.

Creator

• New York (State). Deferred Compensation Board

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Reports by county clerks and treasurers of land owned by counties and mortgaged to loan commissioners

Series Number

B1262

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Supporting documents for the published public papers of the governor

Series Number

15732

Summary

Public Papers Project staff compiled these copies of documents in preparation for the annual publication of the gubernatorial Public Papers. Among the documents included in the series are annual messages; budget messages and presentations; legislative approval and veto messages; emergency messages and messages of necessity (governor's requests that the legislature take immediate action on particular legislation); executive orders; judicial designations; pardons; statements and addresses; and appointments.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Meeting minutes of Executive Committee and Director's Cabinet

Series Number

B1504

Summary

This series consists of meeting minutes of the "Director's Cabinet" of Willard Psychiatric Center and its predecessor, the Executive Committee. Permanent members of these groups included the director, deputy directors, chief of psychiatry, director of nursing, director of personnel, and business officer.

Creator

• Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

County treasurer's receipts for fees

Series Number

J7013

Summary

This series consists of receipts from county treasurers for money collected from attorneys for fees due to the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature. The county treasurers transmitted these monies pursuant to legislation of 1829 requiring them to receive and pay over all monies belonging to the state.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Law telephone messages and logs

Series Number

18570

Summary

The series consists of notebooks and logs of telephone messages taken by agency support staff and forwarded to Attorney Generals Robert Abrams (1979-1993) and Eliot Spitzer (1999-2006) for response. Records include telegrams, typescripts of telegram texts with annotations, and copies of telephone bills and standard telephone vouchers. Some records may be restricted.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Law

Access Restrictions

18570-07, 18570-08: 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 Constitutional Convention, 1915 file of amendments introduced

Series Number

L0088

Summary

This series consists of both a typewritten copy and a printed copy of each of the 725 new amendments introduced by delegates in the Constitutional Convention. Printed copies of the amendments contain the following: print number; introduction number; date introduced; introducer; name of committee to which amendment referred; title of amendment; and text of amendment. Typewritten copies contain this same information with the exception of the print number.

Creator

• New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1915

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Incarcerated individual employment scrapbook

Series Number

B2019

Summary

This series consists of a scrapbook containing information on companies that offered employment to incarcerated individuals upon their release. Included are letterheads, clippings showing type of work and wages, and occasional correspondence from companies enclosing applications for employment and/or describing positions available. Information on specific individuals is not included. Records are restricted due to condition of the materials.

Creator

• New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted due to physical condition of the materials; use under supervision of archivist.

Title

Attorney General subject files

Series Number

18564

Summary

This series consists of outgoing and incoming correspondence, memorandums, news clippings, published and unpublished reports, copies of draft legislation (federal and state), notices of appointments, and other materials created by the Attorney General and support staff for reference and to document activities.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Law

Access Restrictions

18564-07: 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

Summaries of felony processing reports

Series Number

16549

Summary

This series consists of computer printout summaries of felony processing reports for the entire state. The summaries present data on post-indictment criminal justice activity and final disposition of felony indictments. Summaries include up to twenty-three unique statistical tables containing data relating to felony indictments as a whole, indictments on drug charges, and indictments on Class A drug charges.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Justice Systems Analysis

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Newspaper receipt for printing notice

Series Number

A0915

Summary

This series consists of a receipt of payment of a bill for the publication of a notice in the <emph render="italic">Albany Morning Express</emph>. The notice set the terms for submission to the canal commissioners of contract proposals for work on the Black River Canal. The bill was paid by the commissioners, and the receipt gives the date; name of newspaper, publisher, and commissioner who made the payment; amount paid; and a newspaper clipping of the printed notice.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Copies of maps of location and construction of the state's canal system showing enlarged Erie Canal

Series Number

B1510

Summary

This series consists of a fragmentary volume of color copy tracings, derived from State Engineer and Surveyor Map and Plan Books of the Location and Construction of the State's Canal System, depicting the enlarged Erie Canal extending from western Montgomery County to eastern Oneida County. Information in the tracings may differ from that in the original paper maps.

Creator

• New York (State). Executive Department

Access Restrictions

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