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Title

Jamaica Bay - Peconic Bay Canal Board administrative files

Series Number

B0238

Summary

The Jamaica Bay - Peconic Bay Canal Board determined costs for bridges and rights of way for a proposed canal on the south side of Long Island. Consisting primarily of correspondence and exhibit files, records also include survey progress reports, town resolutions, minutes of meetings and public hearings, expense accounts, blueprints, maps, and photographs. Topics covered include property values, possible routes, construction estimates, possible obstacles to canal navigation, and opinions on proposed routes.

Creator

• Jamaica Bay - Peconic Bay Canal Board

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives dietary record books

Series Number

B1640

Summary

The series consists of dietary records of the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, which was renamed in 1919 as the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives. The registers list separate breakfast, dinner, and supper menus for family, employees, and pupils according to date and building.

Creator

• Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Photographs

Series Number

B1898

Summary

Craig Colony for Epileptics was established in 1894 to offer residential, educational, occupational, and medical facilities for epileptics. It remained an institution for epileptics until 1967. Photographs in this series depict patient and employee housing; patient activities and recreation; treatment facilities; facility grounds and surrounding areas; livestock and gardens; staff; and other aspects of center life.

Creator

• Craig 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

Commission on Public Integrity annual reports

Series Number

B2349

Summary

This series contains annual reports of the New York State Commission on Public Integrity and its predecessor entities, the New York Temporary State Commission on Lobbying and the New York State Ethics Commission. The reports include information on the commissions' education and outreach efforts, enforcement, legislation, disclosure requirements, investigations, advisory opinions, structure, and commission members. They also provide financial listings of lobbyists.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission On Public Integrity

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Conciliation case files

Series Number

17507

Summary

This series consists of fact-finding reports created by a Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) mediator. The reports summarize the disputed issues and recommend resolutions between public employers and employee organizations in contract negotiations that have reached an impasse. The case files in this series are signified by "M" numbers.

Creator

• New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Conciliation Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

County maps for highway improvement planning

Series Number

A4610

Summary

This series consists of maps created for highway improvement planning. Maps show improved county highways, those under contract for improvement, and those designated for improvement. Not all New York State counties are represented. Also included are folded paper duplicates of the above maps with all fifty-seven counties outside of New York City represented.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Register of military bounty land grants

Series Number

A0476

Summary

The published version of the Balloting Book contains documents and lists relating to the allotment of bounty lands in the Military Tract in central New York and includes. names of soldiers by regiment with location and acreage of grant and date of patent. Also provided are lists of officers and soldiers by unit; of lots in each township with acreage; and of Canadian and Nova Scotian Refugees entitled to land grants with lot numbers assigned to them.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Official seals and descriptions of seals of various state agencies and entities

Series Number

B1873

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

District Supervisors' correspondence and administrative files

Series Number

A4176

Summary

This series contains correspondence, memorandums, reports, travel orders, supply requisitions, time sheets ("employee depositions") and occasional employment applications ("personnel questionnaires"). These records were used by the district supervisors of the Historical Records Survey and were periodically transferred to the office of the state director. Most correspondence and memorandums in this series are between district supervisors and the state director, field workers, and administrative officials of the Works Progress Administration.

Creator

• Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Researchers must agree in writing not to divulge personally identifiable information from personnel related forms found in files (e.g. "Personnel Questionnaire"), before access is granted.

Title

Minutes of the Board of Commissioners constituted to examine Militia claims for clothing and equipment lost or destroyed while in the service of the United States since April 16, 1861

Series Number

A4162

Summary

The minutes date between June 13, 1862 and December 21, 1864 and contain the resolutions, procedures, abstracts of expenditures of board members, descriptions of claims presented, abstracts of claims allowed, transcriptions of witnesses' testimonies, and descriptions of claims disallowed along with the reasons for their rejection.

Creator

• New York (State). Board of Commissioners Constituted by Chapter 421, Laws of 1862

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Transportation legislation planning files

Series Number

11837

Summary

These records document Department of Transportation policy development through preparation, support, or opposition to legislative proposals concerning city, county, and interstate highways as well as other transportation issues. Included are bill proposals and laws; bill summaries, bill legislative history, and arguments; Governor's message of approval or veto of bills; maps depicting plans for highway construction or route designation; press releases; news clippings; and city council resolutions approving the Department's plans for highways.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Office of Planning and Development

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Boundary line maps

Series Number

B1867

Summary

This series consists of maps compiled by the Office of the Secretary of State in its capacity as the general recording office for the government of New York State. The maps depict boundaries between New York and other states such as New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Also included is a plan and profile relating to the Spuyten Duyvil Parkway which lays out the streets, avenues, roads, parkways, public parks, squares and places in the twelfth, twenty-third and twenty-fourth wards of the City of New York".

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Port Jervis meeting minute books and tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A4604

Summary

Microfilmed records consist of minutes of the board of trustees of the village of Port Jervis (1900-1907) and the common council of the city of Port Jervis (1907-1993); and tax assessment rolls for the village and city (1900-1993).

Creator

• Port Jervis (N.Y. : City)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Thruway Authority Department of Information and Commercial Affairs public relations planning and publications files

Series Number

B0589

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, itineraries, reports, news releases, photographs, promotional brochures and pamphlets concerning public relations activities conducted by the Thruway Authority. The files mostly relate to opening ceremonies for each newly completed section of the Thruway, and inspection tours conducted for groups interested in the Thruway. From its establishment in 1950, the Authority exercised an active public relations program designed to distribute information to the public and to promote support for and use of the Thruway.

Creator

• New York State Thruway Authority. Department of Information and Commercial Affairs

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Exhibit material

Series Number

B1697

Summary

The exhibit material, possibly from of the New York exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 includes illustrations of instructional techniques, student products, and educational programs. Also shown are student activities relating to music, physical education, and sewing from the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children (originally the New York State Asylum for Idiots). Other exhibit material includes reproductions of student progress reports and sample classwork like knitting, crochet, letters, and other writing exercises.

Creator

• Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

Access Restrictions

Restricted due to fragility, pending treatment.Use with assistance of archivist.

Title

Catholic parole agent's records of interviews with and institutional histories of inmates

Series Number

A3143

Summary

Catholic Chaplains served as parole agents for Catholic inmates. This series consists of background information on newly admitted inmates. Information includes inmate name and number; division to which assigned; interview date; date received; if previously institutionalized; cause of commitment; and if parents alive: location, occupation. A few entries include information on inmate's character or religious training. Records are restricted.

Creator

• New York (State). State 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

Administration Committee and Interpretive Programs Committee monthly agency meeting reports

Series Number

21704

Summary

This series consists of monthly reports, as well as minutes, agendas, and reports, received from relevant Adirondack Park Agency staff or units by the Administration and Interpretive Programs committees.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Base Mapping Unit

Title

Correspondence relating to research on the song of the wood pewee

Series Number

A3157

Summary

This series consists of correspondence to and from Dr. Wallace Craig concerning his research into the song of the wood pewee. Most of the correspondence is with observers of the wood pewee who sent Craig records of its song. Some song records are included.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Champlain (N.Y.) board of trustees minute books and tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A4638

Summary

Microfilmed records include minute books of the village Board of Trustees (1873-1998) and tax assessment rolls (1872-1997, with gaps) that include separately filed tax warrants/verifications.

Creator

• Champlain (N.Y. : Village)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Institutional accounts

Series Number

B1683

Summary

This series consists of accounts of money received and expended by the New York State Asylum for Idiots and the Syracuse Institution for Feeble-Minded Children. Accounts show bills paid; institutional receipts and disbursements and statements for goods purchased. Included are superintendent's accounts; receipts and disbursements; institutional expenses; and goods purchased from vendors.

Creator

• Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

Access Restrictions

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