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Title

New York State Department of Commerce Casino Gambling Study Panel files

Series Number

19265

Summary

This series consists of proposed legislation that would have permitted casino gambling at certain resort areas in New York State; a number of research reports bearing on the topic of casino gambling collected or solicited by panel staff; and a small quantity of news clippings related to the panel's inquiry.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Commerce

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Manhattan State Hospital patient identification cards

Series Number

B2406

Summary

This series gives basic identifying information for Manhattan State Hospital patients.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Quarterly civil service position reports

Series Number

B1668

Summary

This series consists of forms in a "Civil Service Report for the Quarter" covering quarterly time periods ending June 3, 1890 through September 30, 1912. The volume profiles the workforce of the New York State Asylum for Idiots, the Syracuse State School for Feeble-Minded Children, and later the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives. Information is found under four categories: appointments, removals, deaths, and promotions.

Creator

• Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Paleontologist's reports

Series Number

B0576

Summary

This series consists of State Paleontologist's reports detailing the activities of the paleontology section of the State Museum. Reports concern staffing; equipment needs; research; loans and exchanges of specimens; and work completed on State Museum collections and exhibits. Also included are narrative reports on the histories of the State Museum and paleontology section; a five-year report on the paleontology section; and a memorandum on gifts, loans, and exchanges of specimens.

Creator

• New York State Science Service

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Bonds of guardians, committees and receivers

Series Number

J6061

Summary

This series consists of bonds for the performance of duties executed by guardians, committees, and receivers. A law of 1815 required a court appointed guardian to give bond to the infant-trustee. The bond was to be filed with the court. In practice such bonds were also required from committees for lunatics and habitual drunkards, receivers of property of insolvent corporations, and administrators of estates.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Public Service Motor Carrier Bureau motor truck docket books

Series Number

B2407

Summary

This series consists of "docket books" which summarize proceedings for each case pertaining to certification of vendors to engage in motor transportation of consumer goods to the point of sale.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Public Service. Motor Carrier Bureau

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Chronological list of statutes relating to canals

Series Number

B0210

Summary

This series consists of a list of canal statutes passed in New York generated as an in-house reference tool.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Index to Barge Canal minute books

Series Number

B0204

Summary

These volumes index a set of "Barge Canal Minutes" and "Barge Canal Books" relate to records that may not have survived. The indexes are arranged in alphabetical subject categories. Some have special categories for deeds, permits, agreements, appropriations, and contracts.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Lake Champlain Bridge Commission Crown Point Bridge publicity files

Series Number

B2413

Summary

This series consists of publicity records that were created as a commemoration to the opening of the new Lake Champlain Bridge. The content of the records spans the history of the original Crown Point Bridge from its design to its demolition and gives an overview of the construction and opening of the new bridge.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Colony journal/telephone log

Series Number

B2375

Summary

These books record the use of the colony telephone by patients at one of the colonies at the Rome Developmental Center. The entries are recorded in diary or journal fashion by the ward attendee or other staff. Information includes names of patients and attendees, date and time phone calls were made, and duration of phone calls. The series also contains notes pertaining to the content of phone calls and patients' activities and behavior.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene

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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Title

Daily population summaries

Series Number

A1967

Summary

This series consists of daily entries listing the total number of inmates present in the morning and in the evening, and the names and case numbers of newly admitted or discharged inmates. After 1913, the religion of newly admitted or discharged inmates is also noted. Male and female inmates are counted in separate books. These records are restricted.

Creator

• New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c(1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).

Title

Higher Education Data System data collection forms

Series Number

B0562

Summary

The State Education Department serves as data collector for the Federal Higher Education General Information Survey. This series contains statistical reports and information for each public and private institution of higher education in the state. Reports contain data on degrees conferred; enrollment levels; student, faculty, and staff demographics; institutional finances; library collections; projected enrollment, degrees to be granted, staffing, and student tuition; and selected adult education activities.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Statistical Services

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Record of hourly wages of workers

Series Number

A3180

Summary

This series consists of an unbound volume recording names and hourly wages of employees hired for construction of the new State Capitol building. Employees are divided into two categories: casting derricks, and laborers. Only two wage rates are indicated.

Creator

• New York (State). New Capitol Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Civil War muster roll abstracts of New York State Volunteers, United States Sharpshooters, and United States Colored Troops

Series Number

13775

Summary

This series consists of abstracts compiled from original muster rolls of New York State units that fought in the Civil War, including the 20th and 31st U.S. Colored Troops. For individual members, the data includes: date of enlistment; age (in years); place of enlistment and for how long; date mustered in; grade; company; regiment; date left organization; reason for leaving (killed, discharged, deserted, etc.); in what grade; explanation; and remarks.

Creator

• New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Syracuse State School meeting minutes and reports of board of visitors and director

Series Number

B1654

Summary

The series consists of monthly reports of the board of visitors and the director of the Syracuse State School, as well as minutes of general and girls' staff meetings held at the school. Laws establishing the school and appointing its board of visitors and superintendent (later director) required such reporting. Transmittal letters are typically included. Reports of the school's director, which include general statistics on patients and frame the narrative of the visitors' reports, are very often attached.

Creator

• Syracuse State School

Access Restrictions

Records identifying individual students 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

Indexes to Vice-Chancery decrees filed in New York City

Series Number

JN313

Summary

These volumes index enrolled decrees and transcribed enrolled decrees of the Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) filed by the court clerk. The indexes include adversarial cases, commenced by complaint, but not non-adversarial cases commenced by petition. The three volumes index the Vice-Chancellor's enrolled decrees that were filed by the Clerk of the Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) in New York City. The volumes contain essentially the same kinds of data, but the third volume is the most complete.

Creator

• New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office

Access Restrictions

Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.

Title

Correspondence and working files of the Long Island Office

Series Number

A4189

Summary

This series contains administrative and working files of Federal Writers' Project District Number 4 (Long Island). Included are notes, drafts of editorial copy, extracts from primary sources, sketch maps, and correspondence between the district supervisor and field workers or the state director concerning publications in progress such as the New York State Guide, New York State Almanac, and a variety of local guides and planned but apparently never published local guides to Babylon and Hempstead.

Creator

• Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Clerk's register of guardians, committees, and receivers

Series Number

J1054

Summary

This series is a listing of information on cases in which a guardian, committee, or receiver was appointed by the Vice Chancellor in the Third Circuit.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Regents charters and amendments

Series Number

17261

Summary

These records were created by the State Board of Regents for the purpose of certifying the legal status of educational institutions or certifying changes in existing status. The records consist of photostatic duplicates of charters and amendments issued to the institutions.

Creator

• University of the State of New York. Board of Regents

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Enrolled decrees transcribed into libers

Series Number

JN307

Summary

This series contains original enrolled decrees that were transcribed into the bound volumes that comprise Series JN306, Transcriptions of Enrolled Decrees into Libers. The enrolled decree was the final determination in an equity case involving a complainant and defendant.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

This series is closed to researchers due to its fragile physical condition. Researchers should use the transcription of the case papers found in Series JN306, Transcriptions of Enrolled Decrees into Libers.