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Title

Licensing receipts account book

Series Number

A1355

Summary

This series consists of a monthly summary of fees received from various counties, usually the County Clerk. Arranged by county, the accounts list fees received by the Comptroller for some or all of the following: notary fees; dog licensing; stenographer's tax; and armory tax.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

License application summary books for films sent to Albany

Series Number

A1433

Summary

Bound volumes contain information on films received and the actions taken on each film. Figures are totaled daily for the various categories of information, and totals are also entered at the end of each month. It is unclear why these films were sent to Albany.

Creator

• New York (State). Motion Picture Division

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Bank account book for State Fire Marshal boiler fund

Series Number

B0836

Summary

This series consists of an account book with the First National Bank of Albany, New York, of Thomas J. Ahearn for the "State Fire Marshall Boiler Fund." The book shows manuscript entries (apparently credits/debits, with ending balances). The records may represent fees paid or equipment charges for boiler inspections.

Creator

• New York (State). Fire Marshal

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence and reports concerning vocational teacher training and certification

Series Number

A3224

Summary

This series contains correspondence, memorandums, reports, and lists concerning vocational teacher training and certification. Much of the material consists of lists of teachers, librarians, nurses, and health teachers approved by the Education Department in fulfillment of school districts' quotas for specialized teachers required for the districts to receive special state aid. Also included is information on: certification of teachers of the handicapped; entrance requirements for colleges with home economics programs; home economics curricula; and training of home economics teachers.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Teacher Training and Certification Bureau

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Postwar planning commission maps

Series Number

A0705

Summary

The temporary state commission on Postwar Public Works Planning was created to oversee the progress of such state projects as railroad grade crossing eliminations, highways buildings and public housing projects, and to order the preparation of plans and specifications for those state projects. This series consists of maps of proposed and completed state, county and municipal public works projects and depict two types of construction: highways and non-highway projects (barge canal, bridges, schools, sewer systems, housing projects, water supply, etc.).

Creator

• New York (State). Division of the Budget

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Assembly members' bill introduction books

Series Number

L0054

Summary

This series contains a record of the introduction and subsequent progress of every bill introduced in the Assembly during legislative session. It includes information from introduction to when it was delivered to the Governor and its final disposition. In addition to tracking its progress each bill includes: by whom and when introduced; Senate reprint number of Assembly bill, title; first , second and third readings; when sent to and returned from Senate; when delivered to Governor; chapter number; and remarks.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Clerk of the Assembly

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Chemung County survey maps and field books

Series Number

A4563

Summary

Microfilmed records consist of survey maps and field books. Flat maps of land tracts and parcels (ca. 1800-1965) include many copies or tracings of nineteenth century maps. Surveyor's field books (some of them undated) contain courses and distances, elevations, sketches, notes, and other survey data. Indexes to surveys were also microfilmed.

Creator

• Chemung (N.Y. : County)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Abstracts of vouchers certified by the governor

Series Number

A4205

Summary

This volume contains abstracts of vouchers pertaining to the support of the state's military at the outset of the Civil War. Each entry provides date, voucher number, description, and amount. The bulk of the series pertains to three million dollars appropriated to raise and equip 30,000 troops for federal service with vouchers for rations, bedding, eating utensils, uniforms, arms, equipment, and transportation costs. Other accounts relate to purchase of arms and equipment for the state's militia, for military hospital supplies, for quartering costs, and for personnel in the military bureaucracy.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor (1859-1862 : Morgan)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Press clippings and background files concerning the Board of Regents literacy test

Series Number

A0063

Summary

This series consists of newspaper clippings, memorandums, notes, and pamphlets documenting the State Education Department's response to changes in voting requirements, including the introduction and administration of the Regents literacy test. Background files discuss immigrant, adult, and rural education. The bulk of the series consists of a scrapbook of clippings, extracted from local newspapers, documenting the literacy test program.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Adult Education and Library Extension

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Accounts of courts of inquiry and fines

Series Number

A1369

Summary

This series contains accounts of fines levied against members of the State Militia. Chapter 222 of the Laws of 1818 reestablished the New York State Militia and provided (Section 25) for the accounting of fines levied by Courts of Inquiry (Courts Martial) by the state comptroller, and for collection of delinquent accounts by the sheriffs. Accounts contain general information about court proceedings, fines imposed, and payments made. In a few cases, the name of defendant and the nature of the charges are mentioned.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence and lists concerning fossils borrowed, loaned, or exchanged by the State Paleontologist

Series Number

A4211

Summary

This series consists of records of fossils borrowed, loaned, or exchanged by the state paleontologist James Hall in the course of his research. Also included are lists of sets of duplicated fossils donated to colleges and secondary schools and correspondence related to the disposition of these sets.

Creator

• New York State Museum of Natural History

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New Castle (N.Y.) tax assessment rolls and police blotters

Series Number

A4577

Summary

Town of New Castle tax assessment records (1968-1995) include tax map, parcel number (section, block, lot); property location and class; school district; parcel size; assessment; exemption code; taxable value; town and school tax amount due; and date paid. Police blotters (1950-1980) record date and description of police activities and subsequent outcome.

Creator

• New Castle (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence and administrative files

Series Number

L0040

Summary

This series consists of correspondence between Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities members, staff, and investigators relating to the committee's objective to gather information and evidence about suspected radical groups and individuals. Additional documentation of the body, known as the "Lusk Committee" for its chairman Clayton R. Lusk, includes memorandums, expense records, employment applications, and reports on the use of committee investigators.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Governor alphabetic card index to governors' correspondence files

Series Number

A3218

Summary

Staff of the Governor's office maintained this index to facilitate access to governors' correspondence files. The series indexes portions of three series: 1) Appointment Correspondence Files (series A0612), indexing files from 1907-1928; 2) Central Subject and Correspondence Files (series 13682), indexing files of Governor Alfred E. Smith; and 3) Investigation Case Files of Charges and Complaints Against Public Officials and Agencies (series A0531), indexing case files from about 1907-1920.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Unidentified indexes

Series Number

A1180

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of personal or corporate name to page number references. They probably indexing accounts submitted to the comptroller for payment, documented in unspecified account books.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Archeologist's Office correspondence files

Series Number

15513

Summary

This series contains the correspondence and memoranda of the State Archeologist. The files of the following individuals are included: Arthur C. Parker, 1906-1924 (assistant in archeology, 1904-1906); Noah Clarke, 1925-1949 (State Archeologist after 1933); William A. Ritchie, 1949-1971; and Robert E. Funk, 1972-1979. Most of the correspondence is with other archeologists or ethnologists, artifact dealers or collectors, members of New York Indian tribes, amateur archeologists, and other private citizens.

Creator

• New York State Museum. Division of Research and Collections

Access Restrictions

Restricted to protect sensitive archeological site data; pursuant to Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law Sect. 14.07.1(d) and 9 NYCRR Sect. 427.8.

Title

New York State Supreme Court (New York County) certificates of clerkships and other attorney admission documents

Series Number

JN504

Summary

Most documents in this series are certificates of clerkships of applicants for admission as attorney or counsellor in the Supreme Court of Judicature and (after July 1, 1847) the Supreme Court. Other documents include reports of examiners of candidates for admission; copies of orders admitting attorneys to practice; attorney licenses (most on parchment); certificates of education in a college or academy; and affidavits of age, citizenship, residence, and good character of candidates for admission. A few documents relate to admission to practice in the Court of Chancery and in county-level courts.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court (New York County)

Access Restrictions

Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.

Title

Card index to extradition case files

Series Number

B1725

Summary

This series consists of card indexes to Series B1416, Extradition Case Files. The cards are typed carbon copies of the extradition case control cards included in each case file. Each card typically includes case number; name; state and locality seeking extradition; crimes; location where fugitive is held in New York; supporting papers; date of request; date request received; date request granted or denied; status of warrant; names of agents to return fugitive; and other remarks.

Access Restrictions

Restricted: Portions of the files are restricted under provisions of the Public Officers Law Art. 6 (Freedom of Information Law).

Title

Correspondence relating to convocation ceremonies and honorary degrees

Series Number

B1731

Summary

This series consists of correspondence from recipients of honorary degrees and recipients of invitations to University of the State of New York convocation ceremonies. The letters typically include declinations or acceptances of invitations and plans for convocation addresses. Correspondents include, among others, Albert Einstein, Elihu Root, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Alfred E. Smith, William H. Taft, and John J. Pershing.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Governor Hugh L. Carey central subject and correspondence files

Series Number

13682_82;_13682_83

Summary

Hugh L. Carey served as governor of New York from 1975 to 1982. He practiced fiscal conservatism by limiting government spending, while avidly defending social welfare programs that benefited the less fortunate. Records in this series document the governor's response to the New York City fiscal crisis and his efforts to overhaul the state's approach to care of the developmentally disabled. Records also document the governor's efforts in the areas of economic revitalization, environmental conservation, education policy, and criminal justice reform.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor (1975-1982 : Carey)

Access Restrictions

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