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Displaying 6074 Finding Aids
Title
- Civil Service Commission correspondence
Series Number
- A0557
Creator
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Subject and bill files of Senator Manfred Ohrenstein
Series Number
- B1952
Summary
- This series contains the subject and bill files of New York State Senator Manfred Ohrenstein, who represented the 27th District of New York County from 1961-1994. The records document such topics as: state elections, civil defense, health, education, mental health, the Democratic Party, civil rights, capital punishment, and housing. Names of note include Eleanor Roosevelt, Nelson Rockefeller, Mark Lane, Herbert Lehman, and Arthur Levitt.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1961-1994 : Manfred Ohrenstein)
Access Restrictions
- Portions of these records are restricted to protect personal privacy. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon application and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- Evidence upholding territorial rights and jurisdiction of New York against Massachasetts, New Hampshire, and Vermonters
Series Number
- A1891
Summary
- This series consists of copies of documents supporting New York's territorial claims against those of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and the area that became Vermont. Included are briefs and supporting documents, including minutes of the Provincial Council; correspondence of New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts officials; colonial laws of New York; correspondence of Peter Stuyvesant and Dutch residents transferring territorial claims of New Netherland colony; and other related documents.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of school district establishment, consolidation, and centralization
Series Number
- B0494
Summary
- These school district registers include district numbers, names, and dates of organization for union free, town, consolidated, central high school and central rural school districts. This information was compiled after a fire in the State Capitol destroyed many school district records in 1911. Not all union free schools established before 1911 are included.
Creator
- New York (State). Central New York Developmental Disabilities Services Office
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Peekskill common council minutes and transcripts of ordinances and resolutions
Series Number
- A4731
Summary
- Common council minutes date from 1940 to 1998. The series also contains transcripts of ordinances and resolutions for the Village of Peekskill for August of 1916 only.
Creator
- Peekskill (N.Y. : City)
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary memoranda and report files
Series Number
- L0206
Summary
- This series contains records pertaining to bills referred to the Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary for consideration and reporting. The files include committee, staff, and bill memorandums; reports of committees and subcommittees; committee clerk's reports; status sheets on bills; and annotated committee meeting agendas.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on the Judiciary
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Legislative Ethics Commission archived websites
Series Number
- B2283
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the Legislative Ethics Commission.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Legislative Ethics Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Joint legislative resolution on the 75th Anniversary of the New York State and Local Retirement systems
Series Number
- L0212
Summary
- The series is an embossed resolution adopted jointly by the New York State Senate and Assembly on June 10, 1996 commemorating the 75th anniversary of the creation of a retirement system for state employees which was expanded in later years to include local employees as well. The resolution declares June 9 through June 15, 1996 as "New York State and Local Retirement Systems Week."
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Ithaca tax rolls
Series Number
- A4725
Creator
- Ithaca (N.Y. : City)
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Records of the Citizens Council on Traffic Safety
Series Number
- B1946
Summary
- This series consists of press releases, meeting minutes, and correspondence regarding the Citizens Council on Traffic Safety sent to Secretary to Governor Harriman, Jonathan B. Bingham. The council consisted of 100 members, half of them representing organizations active in the field of traffic safety, and the other half consisting of individuals who had taken an active interest in the issue. They coordinated activities with the Traffic Safety Policy Coordination Committee, of which Jonathan Bingham was chair.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor. Secretary to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Warrants of survey, powers of attorney, Indian deeds, and other records
Series Number
- A1885
Summary
- This series contains mostly warrants of survey but includes also a few unrelated legal documents. Colonial governors ordered surveys of all lands for which settlers applied for purchase. The warrants are the governor's orders to the surveyor general to carry out the survey. They provide name of governor; name of surveyor general; for whom land is to be surveyed; acreage and location of land; and date of warrant. The records suffered some burn damage in the 1911 State Capitol fire.
Creator
- New York (Colony). Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Reference files
Series Number
- B0480
Summary
- This series consists of copies of pamphlets, speeches, bulletins, reports, surveys, questionnaires, clippings, and occasional memoranda maintained as a general information file by the Bureau of Rural Administrative Services and its predecessors. Subjects include rural schools, Rural School Survey of ca. 1922; school district organization and centralization; agricultural education; curricula; transportation of students; evaluation of recommendations by the Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education; and school systems outside of New York State.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Rural Administrative Services
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Geology field notes
Series Number
- A0225
Summary
- This series contains field notes of geological investigations, organized into three groupings according to the particular survey to which they pertained: the Geological and Natural History Survey, ca. 1832-1845; the Geological Survey, 1885-1939; and the Capitol District Ground Water Survey, 1938. The records include notes on field work conducted; reports on mineral resources and industries in New York State; reports on specific mines, quarries, wells, and mineral processing plants in New York State; and reports and notes on various geological formations.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Occupational health investigation files
Series Number
- 16089
Summary
- This series contains occupational health investigation files, predominantly for manufacturing and industrial companies. The series includes "Assignment and Report Digest Sheets"; short narrative reports; data recorded from site visits or laboratory analyses; engineering surveys; equipment plans, and certificates of final approval for equipment installations at factories; and correspondence related to reported and remediated hazards.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Industrial Hygiene
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in part pursuant to Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) sect. 87.2. Records are subject to review and redaction prior to disclosure. Workmen's/Workers' Compensation Board documents identifying claimants are exempt from disclosure under Workers' Compensation Law sect. 110-a.
Title
- Ulster Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0053
Summary
- Ulster Correctional Facility, located in Ulster County, N.Y., is a medium 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
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York transcript of docket of judgments
Series Number
- JN597
Summary
- This volume is a transcript of the docket of money judgments rendered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and docketed by the court clerk, whose office was located in New York City.
Creator
- United States. District Court (New York : Southern District)
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- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Women's Division correspondence and subject files
Series Number
- 13697
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, memorandums, photographs, and working papers created or compiled by the director and staff of the Women's Division. Records pertain to all aspects of the division's operation. Files are maintained in separate subseries for each staff person. Also included are eighteen video tape cassette recordings of conference proceedings.
Creator
- New York (State). Women's Division
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Moreau town board minutes and annual budgets
Series Number
- A4719
Summary
- This series contains town board minutes dating from 1805 through 1937 and annual budgets dating from 1947 through 1999.
Creator
- Moreau (N.Y. : Town)
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Shawangunk Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0047
Summary
- Shawangunk Correctional Facility, located in Ulster 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
- 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
- Inventory of state property by the Commissioners of Quarantine
Series Number
- B1942
Summary
- This series consists of an inventory of property belong to the State of New York and of which the Commissioners of Quarantine are custodians. Listed are objects of value, such as rungs, desks, china, and glassware from the Office of the Commissioners of Quarantine, Swinburne Island, Hoffman Island, and the Steam Propeller, "State of New York."
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.