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Title

Register concerning Militia general officers and communications received and sent

Series Number

A4140

Summary

This volume provides a detailed reporting on activities for units of the New York State Militia dealing with the imposition and collection of fines. Also included at the front of the volume are blank circulars and forms for the imposition and collection of militia fines. The record was generated pursuant to Chapter 222 of the Laws of 1818 and Chapter 219 of the Laws of 1819.

Creator

• New York (State). Judge Advocate General's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Record of Militia fines

Series Number

A4154

Summary

This brief series of four pages documents individuals who were assessed fines for delinquent behavior while in the New York State Militia. Fines could be levied against militiamen for a variety of delinquent behaviors, among them: not appearing at a regimental parade or place of rendezvous when summoned; disobeying orders of a superior officer; leaving ranks without permission; neglecting or refusing to obey any order or warrant; and appearing for duty without being properly armed and equipped.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Vice Chancellor's draft decrees and orders

Series Number

J1089

Summary

This series consists of drafts of decrees and orders entered in Series J0048, Clerk's Minutes of Decrees, 1830-1847, and Series J0047, Clerk's Minutes of Common Orders, 1830-1847. Within some court sessions common orders, special orders, and decrees are bundled separately.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Thomas Indian School monthly farm production reports

Series Number

B0597

Summary

This series consists of statistical reports for farm and/or garden products raised at the Thomas Indian School. The school furnished the children with care, moral training, education and "instruction in husbandry." Separate monthly reports for each product gave a daily account of quantity produced and its disposition. Reports also indicate the market value of produce. Examples of products include: milk, chicken,; pork, eggs, tomatoes, onions, apples, grapes, oats, and corn silage.

Creator

• Thomas Indian School

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Reports on non-institutionalized epileptics receiving public relief

Series Number

A1992

Summary

Town and city overseers of the poor submitted these standard-form reports to the Board of Social Welfare. Information about each person includes name; gender; age; marital status; how long an epileptic; physical condition; mental condition; and weekly amount of aid.

Creator

• New York (State). State Board of Charities

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division Third Department index to Records and Briefs on Appeal

Series Number

B1851

Summary

This series indexes Series J2001, New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division Third Department Records and Briefs on Appeal, for the years 1969-1983 only. The cases listed were appealed to the Appellate Division from the Special Terms of the Supreme Court. Each entry gives volume number, case numbers included in each volume, title of case, and docket number. Records are partially restricted.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division. Third Department

Access Restrictions

Restricted: any volume containing a Family Court case or a Supreme Court matrimonial case is restricted. Restrictions are permanent for Family Court cases, 100 years for matrimonial cases.

Title

Transcriptions of mortgages securing loans from the U.S. Deposit Fund and a state loan fund

Series Number

A0454

Summary

These volumes contain typewritten transcripts of mortgages of real property to county commissioners appointed to loan monies of the state pursuant to acts of the Legislature passed in 1792 and 1837. The source of the monies loaned under the latter act was the United States Deposit Fund. Except for a few early mortgages in the first volume, the rest of the mortgages transcribed in these volumes related to loans from the U.S. Deposit Fund. The transcripts were examined and compared with the original documents for accuracy by the Second Deputy Secretary of State. The location of the original mortgages is unknown.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

Microfilm at the New York State Archives is not available through inter-library loan or for duplication.

Title

Governor's copies of reports of directors of mental health facilities to boards of visitors

Series Number

B1689

Summary

This series consists of copies of reports made by the directors of several mental health institutions to their respective boards of visitors and forwarded to the Governor's office. Reports contain a variety of narrative and statistical information including incident reports, institutional censuses, goals and objectives, and personnel status. Transmittal letters from the directors to the governor are usually included. Names of patients appear throughout the series.

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.

Title

Rome Developmental Center visitors register

Series Number

B2380

Summary

This volume documents date of visit, name of visitor, address or agency, and sometimes title of visitor to the Rome Developmental Center and its predecessor, the Rome State School. The volume seems to have been used only occasionally and only scattered dates are documented. The register is only partially filled and documents about 150 visitors.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Allegany (N.Y.) town, village, and school district records

Series Number

A4632

Summary

Microfilm reproduces records of five different jurisdictions located in three counties. Records include village of Allegany (Cattaraugus County) Board of Trustees minute books and Board of Water Commissioners minute books; town of Andover (Allegany County) Town Board minute books and Highway Commissioners' record books; town of Ashford (Cattaraugus County) Town Clerk's record and minute books; and Town of Hinsdale (Cattaraugus County) Town Board minutes. Also microfilmed are minute books of the Clymer Central School District (Chautauqua County) Board of Education and records of predecessor school districts.

Creator

• Allegany (N.Y. : Village)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Card index to statements of tolls on canal passenger boats

Series Number

B1879

Summary

This series consists of a card index to Series A1057, Statements of tolls on canal passenger boats. Arranged chronologically by year and then alphabetically by name of boat; the index lists name of boat, city of origin, and date of toll. No passenger names are given.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New Capitol Commission record of granite cut

Series Number

A3175

Creator

• New York (State). New Capitol Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital patient case files

Series Number

14231_01

Summary

This accretion consists of 22 bound volumes documenting patients admitted to Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (later Middletown Psychiatric Center) between 1874 and 1898 and discharged through 1936. Case numbers range from 1 to 5258. Information on each patient includes name; place/ county of residence; date admitted; case number; class (public, private, county, or indigent); source of maintenance; sex; civil condition; number of children; occupation; education; religion; place of birth; insane relations; number of previous admissions; date, duration,and form of present attack; physical condition on entrance; cause of illness; and correspondent (individual to contact).

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.

Title

Supplemental nutrition assistance program homeless/destitute files

Series Number

15483

Summary

The series contains project files, equipment grant files, and administrative records of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which provides funds to private non-profit programs to alleviate hunger among target populations in New York State. Files include grant proposals, contracts, budgets, reports, minutes, memorandum, summary statistics, correspondence, and review records for about fifty ongoing projects. There is information on soup kitchens and food pantries and their destitute and homeless clientele.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Nutrition

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Accession data for the Benjamin W. Arnold Oological (Bird's Egg) Collection

Series Number

A3161

Summary

Original data slips, a collection listing, and some correspondence and photographs relate to the Benjamin W. Arnold Collection of Birds Eggs donated by Arnold to the State Museum in 1917. The small quantity of correspondence, 1908-1917, is between Arnold and other collectors and concerns the acquisition of specimens by Arnold. The photographs were sent to Arnold by fellow collector Walter Raines and depict specimens in Raines' collection, including displays, as well as nests observed in the field.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Title papers pertaining to the erection of monuments on the Gettysburg and Chattanooga Battlefields

Series Number

A0468

Summary

Most records pertain to land conveyed and dedicated to erecting monuments and markers of the location of New York military units during the battle of Gettysburg. Included are transmittal letters, agreements, legislative bills, correspondence, maps, deeds of conveyance and dedications. Information includes a deed of conveyance and dedication to land in Hamilton County, Tennessee, where the battles of Wauhatchie and Lookout Valley were fought by New York Regiments and Batteries.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

General election committee statements

Series Number

B0024

Summary

This series consists of statements of campaign receipts and payments submitted to the Secretary of State's office by the treasurers of political committees. Statements include amount received, name of the person or committee from whom the amount was received and/or to whom it was made, receipt date, expenditures and/or disbursements, the payment date. Each statement lists the name of the party, county, city, assembly, district, town, ward or election district and the Chairman or Treasurer submitting the statement.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence with local war councils and other war agencies

Series Number

A4381

Summary

This series contains correspondence between the Office of War Training and agencies interested in the office's programs and materials. While Albany and New York City organizations are well-represented, organizations from across the state as well as other states are also represented. The correspondence usually discusses: instructor training and availability; handbook preparation and distribution; film preparation and distribution; certification of individuals for the office's many programs; and preparation and proctoring of qualification tests.

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

New York State School for the Blind scrapbooks

Series Number

B2633

Summary

This series contains eight scrapbooks documenting the events and activities of the New York State School for the Blind. Subjects include teachers' social activities, commencement recitals, programs, concerts, plays, Christmas parties, candlelight services, and luncheons. The scrapbooks include black and white photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera documenting individual events.

Creator

• New York State School for the Blind

Access Restrictions

Access to records is administered according to provisions of the New York State Freedom of Information Law.

Title

Index to dockets of judgments

Series Number

J0142

Summary

This series is an index to losing parties in judgments awarded by the Supreme Court of Judicature. Following the date are the letters 'U', 'G', or 'N', standing for judgments filed at Utica, Geneva, and New York, respectively. If there is no letter, the judgment roll was filed at Albany.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

Access Restrictions

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