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Title

Secretary letterpress copybook

Series Number

B2638

Summary

This series contains letters sent by James F. Maury, Secretary of the Burnham Industrial Farm Board of Directors. Correspondence includes acceptance and rejection notifications for applicants to the school, acknowledgments of contributions and payment, notices of future meetings, notices of resolutions passed, requests for payment, and letters relating to other administrative matters.

Creator

• Berkshire Industrial Farm

Access Restrictions

Access administered according to the Freedom of Information Law. State Archives staff will confer with Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth regarding disclosure of student specific information.

Title

U.S. Deposit Fund miscellaneous reports and correspondence

Series Number

B0991

Summary

This series consists of loan requests from the U.S. Deposit Fund, correspondence with mortgagors and with County Commissioners, notices of foreclosures, and reports of County Commissioners' transactions.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Audit and Control. Office of Unclaimed Funds

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Education Department Bureau of School District Organization reference file of school district boundary maps

Series Number

14219

Summary

Included are: Photostats of maps bound as a school district atlas, compiled by the Joint Legislative Committee on the State Education System in 1943 with some post-1943 consolidations or centralizations; political boundary maps showing municipal boundaries with a translucent overlay showing school district boundaries; and a miscellaneous maps of school districts.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of School District Organization

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Willard State Hospital parole registers

Series Number

B1457

Summary

This series consists of registers documenting patient paroles at Willard State Hospital. Early entries include parole date and name, relation, and address of person to whom the patient is paroled. Some entries include period of parole/expiration date. Most include results of parole (discharged, returned, parole extended). Later registers include parole date; aftercare; parole expiration/extension date; date of discharge or return to hospital; condition at end of parole; and to whom paroled, relation to patient, and address.

Creator

• Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

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

Survey map of Susquehanna and Chemung rivers

Series Number

A0852

Summary

This volume contains survey maps of a proposed railroad from Fort Plain on the Erie Canal to Otsego Lake and of the Susquehanna and Chemung rivers, "for a Slack Water Navigation." Maps show streams; lakes; towns; roads; bridges; mills; and town and county lines.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Adirondack Mountain Authority administrative subject files

Series Number

11349

Summary

The series consists of Adirondack Mountain Authority meeting files, correspondence, feasibility/construction estimates for various recreational projects, administrative files, and public relations contract files. In addition, there is a small quantity of meeting files of the superseded Whiteface Mountain Authority.

Creator

• New York (State). Adirondack Mountain Authority

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Office of the Professions archived websites

Series Number

B2176

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Office of the Professions, which is part of the New York State Education Department.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Professions

Access Restrictions

Attempting to search the online verification system will automatically redirect users from the archived websites included in this series to the current, live version of the website.

Title

Office of Mental Health patient case files

Series Number

14231

Summary

This series consists of the official forms and administrative data documenting the admission, legal status, assessment, treatment planning, treatment, and discharge of patients in the state's mental health facilities. Records include admission, death, and discharge records; patient photographs; census statistics; and autopsy reports of patients in facilities across the state.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Mental Health

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Registers of the clerk of the court of appeals

Series Number

J2010

Summary

The series consists of chronological log books recording daily appeals or motions argued or submitted to the court, and appeals and motions heard, listed by caption with arguing counsel. There is a significant gap in the series for the years 1917 through 1924.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Abstracts of appointments of Commissioners of Deeds for other states, territories, and foreign countries

Series Number

B0007

Summary

This series consists of abstracts probably provided by the Secretary of State's office accounting for the expiration date of the terms of office of commissioners of deeds in other states, territories and foreign countries. Volume 1 lists the appointee's name; residence; commission date and the previous officer. Volume 2 also includes the date the oath of office was taken or filed. Volume 3 includes the appointment date or expiration date of term in office and appointee name and residence.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing stockholder questionnaire files

Series Number

B1319

Summary

The commission collected these completed stockholder questionnaires in order to compile information on stock and bond holdings and transactions in harness racing associations. The questionnaires require detailed information about individuals' acquisition of, income from, and transfer of stock and bonds in harness racing licensees, lessors, concessionaires, and contractors.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing

Access Restrictions

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.

Title

Minutes of causes

Series Number

J0161

Summary

The Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Corrections of Errors was abolished by the Constitution of 1846. Thereafter its powers regarding corrections of errors rested in the Court of Appeals. This volume is a register of cases reviewed by or appealed to the court. Each entry gives the names of litigants and attorneys, type of case, and dates when papers were filed, arguments heard, and orders entered. The entries also indicate the final determination of the court.

Creator

• New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Manhattan State Hospital incident reports

Series Number

B2610

Summary

This series documents a wide variety of incidents involving patients and staff. Types of incidents reported typically include altercations between patients, escapes, accidents, staff complaints, and reports of staff infractions. Reports give details of investigations conducted and conclusions reached. Also included are copies of correspondence and reports of transfers to other facilities.

Creator

• Manhattan State Hospital

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

Orders of circuit judges on motions for new trials or for commissions

Series Number

J0175

Summary

This series consists mostly of orders of circuit judges granting or denying motions for new trials after hearing arguments on bills of exceptions. Also included are a few orders granting motions to take testimony from out of state material witnesses. Each order lists title of the cause, date and substance of the decision, and the judges' signature. Some decisions are accompanied by affidavits of motions for a commission.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Manhattan State Hospital annual reports

Series Number

B2604

Summary

The series consists of published volumes of annual reports of the board of managers of the Manhattan State Hospital summarizing the management and progress of the institution.

Creator

• Manhattan State Hospital

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Rural counties correspondence and events files

Series Number

19067

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, reports, brochures, and other records documenting contacts between the Office of Rural Affairs and local government officials in rural counties. The bulk of the records are files of events including dedications, celebrations, meetings, radio interviews, inter-county visits, and teleconferences. Records also include promotional brochures and correspondence sent by local officials to the governor and correspondence with officials in other states.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Rural Affairs

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commissions by the Governor for notaries public, recess appointments

Series Number

B0013

Summary

This series consists of commissions for notaries public appointed by the governor during legislative recesses. Information includes appointee name, residence by town, commission date, expiration date of term in office, county of appointment, and the names of the acting governor, deputy secretary of state and governor's secretary. Some volumes contain copies of the commissions with typed lists of all the appointments made on any particular day, arranged in alphabetical order by county.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Supreme Court Appellate Division Second Department records and briefs

Series Number

J2004

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division. Second 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

Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority archived websites

Series Number

B2162

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority.

Creator

• Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Register's notes of cases heard by Chancellor Walworth

Series Number

J1082

Summary

This series consists of notes made, presumably, by the register of the Court of Chancery, of cases heard by Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth. Entries include the title of the case, the name of the solicitor for the petitioner, claimant, or appellant and the outcome of the case.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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