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Displaying 6074 Finding Aids
Title
- Assembly files of D. Mallory Stephens
Series Number
- L0271
Summary
- This series contains files created and maintained by D. Mallory Stephens during his tenure as a member of the New York State Assembly. Included are booklets, newspaper articles, publications, and other assorted documentation that reflect his interests in the budget and taxation. Republican Party campaign literature and materials related to Stephens' involvement with the New York State War Council are also included.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Glass plate negatives and photographic prints of factory and housing conditions
Series Number
- A3029
Summary
- These glass plate negatives and prints depict views of conditions inside factories, usually showing workers in chemical, food, glass, clothing, and other industries. The images show inadequate ventilation or exhaust systems; dirt and animals contacting food products; unguarded machinery; overcrowding of machinery and narrow or obstructed aisles; young children working; excessive heat and humidity; inadequate lighting; inadequate sanitation and other unhealthy conditions; and structural deficiencies in buildings and other physical dangers. Also included are views of workers' homes.
Creator
- New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bill and chapter files of Senator Mary Lou Rath
Series Number
- L0259
Summary
- This series documents bills introduced by Senator Mary Lou Rath. Also included are resolutions she sponsored, correspondence, and published reports of task forces and committees on which she served. During her tenure in the Senate, Senator Rath served at different times as Chair of the Tourism, Recreation and Sports Development Committee, Chair of the Children and Families Committee, and Chair of the Local Government Committee.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1993-2008 : Mary Lou Rath)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Public Employment Relations Board representation case files
Series Number
- 17492
Summary
- These files have "C" case numbers, and document "general representation" cases, involving establishment of bargaining units and certification of negotiating organizations in cases when employers or employees dispute these actions. The files contain petitions, notices, answers, briefs, exhibits, affidavits, hearing transcripts, withdrawals, decisions, and correspondence.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Office of Public Employment Practices and Representation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Lincoln Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0030
Summary
- Lincoln Correctional Facility, located in New York City, is a minimum 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
- List of grants to Revolutionary War soldiers
Series Number
- A4008
Summary
- These incomplete lists of soldiers who received land grants in return for military service during the Revolutionary War include soldier's name; file number; number of acres; and by whom delivered. There is also a list of muster masters and the amount of acreage distributed to their soldiers.
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bonds of banks holding deposits of Canal Fund monies
Series Number
- A1170
Summary
- This series consists of articles of agreement between the State of New York in a bank, specifying terms and conditions of deposit of monies of the canal fund; and of forms supplied by the Canal Department outlining the terms and conditions of the bank directors acceptance of the agreement. Also included are letters, memoranda, and canceled checks.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Monthly schedules of accounts and balances in bank
Series Number
- A1164
Summary
- This fragmentary series consists of monthly schedules of Comptroller's accounts, including the canal funds and municipal bond issues across the state. Also included are lists of balances of Canal Fund monies in various banks.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Great Meadow Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0024
Summary
- Great Meadow Correctional Facility, located in Washington County, N.Y., is a maximum 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
- Great Meadow Correctional Facility
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
- New York State Department of Transportation Governmental Relations Division Westway trade-in files
Series Number
- B1919
Summary
- The Westway was a transportation project conceived and planned in part by Governor Nelson Rockefeller's administration as a replacement for the elevated West Side Highway on the west side of Lower Manhattan, New York City. This series documents the Westway trade-in, a plan in which the funds allocated for the Westway project were divided between the Route 9A project and the New York City Transit Authority. Records include reports, correspondence, and planning material.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Governmental Relations Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School District district reorganization and litigation records
Series Number
- A4742
Summary
- This series consists of microfilm copies of correspondence, memorandums, reports, tables, district maps, newspaper clippings, and other documents, mostly relating to the studies and the process of district reorganization.
Creator
- Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School District (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- A small quantity of documents in this series is exempt from disclosure, in whole or in part, under New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL). Restricted materials include privileged attorney-client communications, attorney work product, material prepared for litigation, certain other inter- and intra-agency materials, and social security account numbers.
Title
- Sing Sing Prison newspaper, "Star of Hope"
Series Number
- B0144
Summary
- This series consists of issues of "Star of Hope," a bi-weekly periodical edited and printed by and for the incarcerated individuals at Sing Sing Prison. Issues contain articles on world news, health, and sports. Also included were editorials, fiction, and poetry.
Creator
- Sing Sing Prison
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Canvasses of proposals for enlargement of Erie Canal and completion of Genesee Valley Canal
Series Number
- A1399
Summary
- These canvasses, arranged numerically by canal section number, are for proposals for the enlargement of the Erie Canal and completion of the Genesee Valley Canal. Each sheet contains section number, proposition number, name of bidder, amount of work to be done (grubbing, cleaning, bailing, draining, excavation, masonry, etc., in cubic yards), and quantity of materials needed, and dollar amounts proposed by each bidder.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Work assignment record cards
Series Number
- B1272
Summary
- This series consists of 3" x 5" record cards probably used by Auburn's principal keeper to record locations of incarcerated individual's work assignments within Auburn Prison and at prison work camps. Each card includes name and consecutive number, length of sentence, location of each work assignment, date each work assignment began, date discharged, and method of discharge. Records are restricted to protect personal privacy.
Creator
- Auburn Prison
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect personal privacy. Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- Sing Sing Prison photographs
Series Number
- B1514
Summary
- This series consists of approximately 50 black-and-white photographs related to Sing Sing Prison. Included are images of incarcerated individuals, officials, buildings, cell interiors and exteriors, automobiles, the chapel, prison money, cemetery and the electric chair. Several photos are copies of early prints. Photographs are not captioned and neither people nor groups are identified.
Creator
- Sing Sing Prison
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- General orders tracking log
Series Number
- L0098
Summary
- This series consists of a one volume record used to track all General Orders considered by the delegates. A General Order was required before an amendment could be voted on by the Convention delegates. For each amendment, the volume provides: date ordered to General Orders; General Order number; introductory number; printer's number; introducer; when ordered to Third Reading; and remarks (e.g., date reported, date restored, date recommitted, not advanced).
Creator
- New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1938
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Transportation Map Information Unit aerial photographs
Series Number
- B2009
Summary
- Photographs in this series were created during aerial flights that spanned multiple decades and are either 1:24000 or 1:40000 in scale. The envelopes containing the photographs include information such as quadrangle name, date, scale, "flown for," and "flown by." Envelopes also have annotated photocopies indicating the portions of quadrangles covered by the photographs. Coverage is statewide.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Law records of Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz
Series Number
- 18574
Summary
- This series includes administrative files, legal opinions, reports, litigation and investigation files, and requests for legal opinions from Governor Hugh Carey and Comptroller Arthur Levitt. The series also documents legal cases involving labor unions and the New York State Retirement System; the Moreland Act Commission Investigation of nursing homes (Hynes Commission); the Organized Crime Task Force investigation of the state's harness racing industry; and development of civil rights legislation. Two training films entitled, "The Fine Art of the Fraud" and "Caveat Emptor," are also included. Records are restricted.
Access Restrictions
- Restricted: Records may contain information that is exempt from disclosure pursuant to state or federal statute, or common law.
Title
- Reference copy of published statistics on British insane
Series Number
- B1500
Summary
- This series consists of a copy of the "Statistical Appendix to the Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy." This published appendix, pertaining to patients in institutions for the insane in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, was kept as a reference work at the State Asylum for the Insane in Utica, N.Y. It includes statistics for admissions; re-admissions; discharges; deaths; cures; forms and causes of insanity; hereditary dispositions; and causes of deaths.
Creator
- New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Resolutions and reports of the Commissioners
Series Number
- A0905
Summary
- This series documents the activities of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund. It includes an 1818 report listing receipts and payments and explaining certain aspects of the report; resolutions passed by the commissioners in 1825 regarding tolls, contracts, and other matters and providing the date and names of the commissioners present at the meeting.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.