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Title

Correspondence relating to the payment of interest on loans from the Common School Fund

Series Number

A1249

Summary

The Comptroller was authorized to loan monies to towns and school districts from the school fund. This series consists of cover letters that accompanied payment of interest on those loans. Records include the amount for which the draft was made and may include the interest charged.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Daily disciplinary record

Series Number

B0094

Summary

This series consists of daily records of disciplinary actions at Clinton Prison. Information includes number and name of inmate, name of officer, nature of offense, and form of punishment. The record from 1895-1896 includes discharges from solitary confinement, executions, inmate location changes, and special guards assignments. The record from 1929-1940 includes complaints about food, lack of clothing, or cruel or unjust treatment by a guard. Also included are a few disciplinary records for Camp Adirondack.

Creator

• Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

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

Field directors' local war council master reports

Series Number

A4331

Summary

This series contains 11-page report forms completed by field directors (also called field representatives) for each local war council detailing their personnel, organization, and operations. Filed only once, these forms were used by the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) to examine local councils to ensure they operated as well as possible and according to the State War Council's standards. Each form lists the local war council's address, territory, and population, and provides detailed information on the council and the OCM divisions operating in the council.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Rome Developmental Center photographs

Series Number

B2683

Summary

This series includes photographs, negatives, videocassettes and slides produced by or specifically for the Rome Developmental Center and its predecessors.

Creator

• Rome Developmental Center (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Photographs depicting patients are 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 for People With Developmental Disabilities.

Title

Defense programs coordination correspondence

Series Number

A4325

Summary

This correspondence documents the cooperative efforts of the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM), state and federal agencies, and private organizations as they sought to to coordinate, publicize, and implement programs related to home front activities such as child care, recreation, nutrition, health care, agriculture, and education. This effort was in response to manpower shortages, and because the continuation of volunteer services was crucial to the overall well-being of New Yorkers.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Syracuse Developmental Center patient case files

Series Number

B2697

Summary

This series consists of patient case files from the Syracuse Developmental Center and its predecessors. Case files typically contain documentation of court commitment or voluntary admission, patient mental and medical history, progress reports, records of medical treatments, family contacts, transfers among residential units, disciplinary measures, and discharges.

Creator

• Syracuse Developmental Center

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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Title

Report of the Erie County Clerk of naturalizations

Series Number

B0080

Summary

This series consists of a volume containing the names of persons naturalized in Erie County. Information includes names and residences of naturalized citizens, date of naturalization, and court granting naturalization.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Index to notary appointments and ledger of applications for office

Series Number

A0625

Summary

This volume contains information compiled from Series A0607, Journals of Governors' Actions and Decisions, to provide the governor's staff with improved access to especially heavily-used types of information recorded in the journals. The volume is divided into two sections: an index to notary public appointments, and a ledger containing information about applicants for offices.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

List of normal school graduates

Series Number

A2032

Summary

This series contains lists of graduates from the state normal schools at Albany, Brockport, Buffalo, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo, Jamaica, New Paltz, Oneonta, Oswego, Potsdam, and Plattsburgh. For each graduate the following information is provided: name; residence; course of study completed; and date of graduation.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Memorandums and draft legislation submitted to the Assembly by departments

Series Number

L0174

Summary

This series consists of memorandums and draft legislation submitted to the Assembly by various New York State executive branch departments.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Office of the Majority Leader

Access Restrictions

Restricted: Access is prohibited without prior permission of Assembly Majority Leader's Office.

Title

Eastchester records

Series Number

A4443

Creator

• Eastchester (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Architectural drawings of additions and alterations to public schools

Series Number

B0916

Summary

This microfilm contains copies of floor plans, framing plans, plot plans, and elevations of school buildings being built or altered. These plans were submitted to the Education Department for approval pursuant to law. Plans are unarranged and un-indexed.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Administration Division

Access Restrictions

Documents relating to existing facilities may be withheld under FOIL sect. 87.2(f) ("if disclosed could endanger the life or safety of any person").

Title

Matteawan State Hospital log of inmate visits to physicians

Series Number

A1513

Summary

This series records the names of inmates who left their ward to visit one of the physicians at the Matteawan State Hospital. Each entry provides the date of visit, name and number of inmate, ward number, physician's name, inmate visited, date returned, and name of doctor who returned the inmate. Some entries also provide times left and returned. Records are restricted.

Creator

• Matteawan State Hospital

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Roll of delegates to the 1821 Constitutional Convention

Series Number

A3304

Summary

This is a roll of delegates to the convention that framed the New York Constitution of 1821. It records occupations and other personal information about the delegates.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Long Island State Park Commission administrative brochures

Series Number

B2867

Summary

This series contains digital copies of promotional booklets that contain information about and concise histories of state parks, parkways, and related locations and activities in the Long Island region and elsewhere in New York State.

Creator

• Long Island State Park Commission

Title

Special Deputy State Engineer's monthly reports

Series Number

A1275

Summary

This series consists of canal construction reports and cover letters from the Special Deputy State Engineer to the State Engineer and Surveyor. The reports include contract number; location of construction; contractors; summary of work done; and percentage of work done.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Governor's Commission on the Future of Horse Racing in New York State research and report files

Series Number

13297

Summary

The series consists of records of the "Delafield Commission" appointed to study the impact of off-track betting, legalized gambling, and other legislative regulatory or financial measures on the horse racing industry. Records include correspondence; public hearing testimony; opinion letters; public relations materials; reports and market studies on racetracks; information on out-of-state racetracks; gambling statistics; annual reports and financial statements of the New York Racing Association (NYRA); data on horse breeding; and photographs of racetracks and events.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor's Commission on the Future of Horse Racing in New York State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Entry documentation concerning the estate of Abraham De Peyster

Series Number

A1261

Summary

These records were created to assist with the recovery of unpaid duties from DePeyster's tenure as treasurer. The series contains list of bonds and notes, a maps of lots owned by DePeyster and then sold by his executors which list location, purchaser, sale terms, and the date; and accounts of sale that provide scattered inventory of what was bought from the DePeyster Estate.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Long Island State Park Commission. Engineering Department project files

Series Number

B2873

Summary

This series consists of records documenting building projects, improvement and rehabilitation projects, and maintenance and repairs undertaken by the Long Island State Park Commission on parkways, bridges, and within parks at various locations in the Long Island region.

Creator

• Long Island State Park Commission

Title

Natural resource damages case files

Series Number

20891

Summary

This series contains the Natural Resources Damages Unit's case files for compensation, which pay for cleanup and restoration, for injuries to natural resources resulting from a spill or release of contaminants into the environment. Files include pre-assessment screening records, preliminary estimates of damages; Restoration and Compensation Determination Plan; Public Participation Plan; public comments; documentation of damages to natural resources. Included are case files for Lake Ontario natural resource damages.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources. Director's Office

Access Restrictions

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