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Displaying 6074 Finding Aids
Title
- Historical information subject files
Series Number
- 13917
Summary
- These files are correspondence, with occasional memoranda, notes, transcripts of historical documents, and papers on historical topics. Correspondence primarily concerns questions received by the State Historian on a variety of topics relating to New York history. Sample subject headings include: Bibliographies; Colonial Citizens of New York; Education, Schools, Academies, Laws, etc.; Histories - counties; Land Patents and Grants, Indian Treaties, Deeds; Military Records - Civil War; Revolution, Battles, Campaigns, etc.; and War of 1812 - Military Records.
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
- Jones Beach Photographs
Series Number
- B1836
Summary
- This series consists of 16 black and white photographs depicting beach scenes and facilities at Jones Beach State Park. Subjects include beaches, swimming pools, parking lots, dining facilities, and dance floor. Some photos are aerial views.
Creator
- Long Island State Park Commission
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Adirondack Park Agency Environmental Enforcement Unit environmental enforcement files
Series Number
- 18842
Summary
- This series consists of complaints, correspondence, memorandums, project-related records, and other materials concerning the investigation and resolution of violations of statutes enforced by the Adirondack Park Agency.
Creator
- Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Operations Division
Access Restrictions
- The State Archives holds only master microfilm of this series. Researchers should contact the Adirondack Park Agency for access to use copies.
Title
- Pelham board of trustees minute books
Series Number
- A4641
Creator
- Pelham (N.Y. : Village)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Joint Legislative Committee on Lake George Water Conditions exhibit files
Series Number
- B1822
Summary
- The Joint Legislative Committee on Lake George Water Conditions compiled these exhibits while conducting public hearings and research. Exhibits include a map of all locations of International Paper Company mills at Ticonderoga; an engineering plan detailing International Paper Company's old and new dams at Ticonderoga; diagrams showing variations in Lake George's height, draft, and accumulated precipitation at Ticonderoga; photographs and blueprint survey maps of islands in Lake George; and legal documents from the suit filed by the state against System Properties Inc.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Lake George Water Conditions
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Administrative Procedure Act case files
Series Number
- B2495
Summary
- This series consists of case files of the New York State Administrative Procedure Act (SAPA), which defines the obligations and procedures of New York State agencies in the development of rules and regulations and how hearings and proceedings are conducted before an agency. Failure to follow SAPA in the rulemaking process or in conducting proceedings may form the basis of an appeal.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence and related records concerning claims
Series Number
- A4127
Summary
- This series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, letters of transmittal, affidavits, questionnaires, and statements of service, mostly concerning claims submitted by Civil War veterans for bounty money due. Many of these claims contain questionnaires mailed by the Paymaster General's Office to claimants and statements of service sent from the United States War Department. Both of these forms provide information on a veteran's military record such as: name; rank; company; regiment; date of enlistment; date of discharge; and other information.
Creator
- New York (State). Paymaster General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Background material for report on World Trade Center economic recovery
Series Number
- 21769
Summary
- Empire State Development (ESD) hired Mt. Auburn Associates (MAA) to prepare a report on ESD's response to the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks and its role in the recovery of Lower Manhattan. Material in the series is mostly records MAA collected while writing the report and material provided by ESD to MAA. Records include publications, studies, internal assessments and reports, audits, and a floor by floor assessment of loss of life in the attacks. Interviews of staff are also included.
Creator
- Empire State Development
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Engrossed minutes and index
Series Number
- A1077
Summary
- The Commissioners of the Canal Fund managed both revenues and debts associated with the development of the state's canal system. Subjects documented in this series include disbursement of funds, stock purchases, redemption of canal stock by individual stock holders, and the Erie Canal enlargement fund. These are final minutes of the Rough Minutes in series A1076. Series B0316, Index to Minutes indexes this series from 1817-1854.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Partial index to transcriptions of Chancery and Vice-Chancery decrees filed in New York City
Series Number
- JN395
Summary
- This volume partially indexes transcriptions of enrolled decrees of the Court of Chancery and Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) filed in New York City. Also indexed are a small number of judgments of the Supreme Court in Equity (New York County) after July 1, 1847, when the Court of Chancery was abolished.
Creator
- New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers transcripts of hearings
Series Number
- A3106
Summary
- The series consists of typescript copies, with infrequent annotations, of testimony given to the commission and its subcommittees on the question of relief for widowed mothers caring for dependent children. The commission, as authorized by Chapter 588 of the Laws of 1913, called representatives of many charitable organizations to confer with commission members on the objectives, policies, and work of their respective organizations in providing such relief.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Pulaski Central School District board of education meeting minutes
Series Number
- A4669
Creator
- Pulaski Central School District (N.Y.)
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Division of Employment Executive Director's subject files
Series Number
- 15382
Summary
- These records document the administrations of Division of Employment Executive Directors Milton O. Loysen (1940-1952), Richard C. Brockway (1954-1957), and Alfred L. Green (1961-1971). Files document a broad spectrum of subjects relating to the administration of unemployment insurance in New York State. A significant subset of records documents the Division of Employment's participation in the Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies (ICESA).
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Employment
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Files relating to the Temporary State Commission on Coordination of State Activities and Department Reorganization
Series Number
- 14088
Summary
- This series consists of records created in response to the Mahoney Commission's recommendations for departmental reorganization. Records include correspondence, records outlining procedures and regulations; internal memoranda; the Temporary State Commission's published staff reports and list of recommendations to the Department; Department replies to the Temporary Commission's reports; and actual reorganization records, including organizational charts, reorganizational surveys, and drafts of reorganization plans.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Civil Service
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Enlistment papers and reports of the New York State Boys' Working Reserve (Farm Cadet Program)
Series Number
- A3112
Summary
- The series consists mostly of narrative final reports of participants in the State Boys' Working Reserve, also known as Farm Cadets, as well as occasional daily logs of cadets' activities, a few enlistment forms by which high school students joined the cadets, and correspondence by district superintendents transmitting reports to the Education Department. This program was created to alleviate a shortage of farm labor caused by mobilization during World War I, and allowed certain high school boys and girls to obtain school credit for their work.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Agricultural and Industrial Education
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Employee relations formal communication records
Series Number
- 11696
Summary
- This series contains memorandums that were distributed from Human Resources Management to various individuals and units throughout the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. These memorandums pertain to important employee relations topics including unions and contracts, military leave, pay and negotiations, and fiscal years.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Airport construction project files
Series Number
- 13081
Summary
- The series consists of project files documenting airport design and construction statewide. Constituent groupings are fairly consistent. Each project file contains components for design and construction; federal aid/approval; engineering; and programming.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Aviation Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Copies of certificates of appointment of notaries public
Series Number
- A1063
Summary
- This series contains copies of certificates of appointment, submitted by the county clerk to the State Comptroller. Each form gives name of notary public, term of office, signature of governor's private secretary, and sworn affidavit. Forms are present only for Rensselaer County, and even these are apparently a fragmentary series.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Canal Board sample form book compiled by Canal Department
Series Number
- A1088
Summary
- This series of sample forms includes circular letters from the Canal Department to Superintendents of Canal Repairs and to Collectors of Canal Tolls and resolutions of the Canal Board regarding routine maintenance of the canal and other canal business.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Board
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- General legislative orders
Series Number
- A0396
Summary
- The series is a volume used for tracking the progress of legislative bills. Beneath printed headers, handwritten entries appear for general order number; printed bill number; introduction number; title of the act; when legislation was referred to the Committee of the Whole; and when passed, or other disposition of the bill.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Clerk of the Senate
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.