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Displaying 6074 Finding Aids
Title
- Temporary State Commission on State and Local Finances legal consultant's subject and report files
Series Number
- 15213
Summary
- This series consist of the subject and report files of Robert L. Beebe, legal consultant for the Temporary State Commission on State and Local Finances. The records deal with general municipal assistance programs of the state; the origins and development of local government in New York; the legal structure of the state; local relationships; state mandates; and various taxes.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary State Commission on State and Local Finances
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Commission in Lunacy visitation book
Series Number
- B1743
Summary
- This series consists of periodic reports by the State Commission in Lunacy concerning visits to the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital. Reports include information on buildings and grounds; the general administration and condition of the hospital; and the names of patients who were spoken to during visits.
Creator
- Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Records identifying 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 of Mental Health.
Title
- Petitions from the Bronx Coordinating Committee for Child Care
Series Number
- A3083
Summary
- The Bronx Coordinating Committee for Child Care circulated these petitions requesting the governor to establish adequate child care facilities in New York City. The petitions are on standard printed forms and are signed by residents of Bronx County.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Medicine and dentistry scholarship candidate lists
Series Number
- B0449
Summary
- This series consists of candidate lists for state scholarships for the professional study of medicine and dentistry. Information includes name; address; scholarship number; rank; acceptance or declination and college attended. Examination score and graduation date are sometimes listed. Also included is an undated table of stipend amounts correlated with income levels and two lists of applicants who withdrew from previous examinations to enter subsequently.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Examinations and Testing
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Open ward and honor card reports
Series Number
- B1757
Summary
- This series consists of reports regarding patients. Information includes statistics on the number of open wards, the number of patients in open wards, and the number of male and female patients on ground parole. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Middletown State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted permanently in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records and the Personal Privacy Protection Law.Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- Affidavits of justification of special bail
Series Number
- J3026
Summary
- This series consists of affidavits of defendants' bail. Each affidavit states that the bail is worth a specified sum of money after payment of the defendant's outstanding debts (the amount was required to be double the amount of debt or damages claimed by the plaintiff in the writ of capias ad respondendum).
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Notes of issue and correspondence
Series Number
- J1157
Summary
- This series consists of notes of issue, notices of argument, and additional correspondence received by the Clerk of the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors (known as the "Court of Errors"). These records document the legal process by which cases were appealed to the Court of Errors, the specific actions taken to move cases through the appeals process, and the court clerk's role as the primary source of information regarding cases pending before or previously heard by the court.
Creator
- New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Public library systems annual reports
Series Number
- B2538
Summary
- The Division of Library Development seeks to develop, strengthen, and improve library services to the people who use New York's academic, public, school, and special libraries. This series consists of annual reports submitted by public libraries and library systems to the Division of Library Development for use in statistical publications. The reports contain data on library collections, services, transactions, staffing, public services information, operating budgets, capital funds, and other aspects of library operation and development.
Creator
- New York State Library. Division of Library Development
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Woodbourne Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0059
Summary
- Woodbourne Correctional Facility, located in Sullivan 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
- Woodbourne Correctional Facility
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
- Interstate water quality standards files
Series Number
- A1119
Summary
- This series contains files on the establishment of enforceable water quality standards for interstate and coastal waters. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1965 required each state to adopt water quality standards applicable to interstate waters within or on its borders. The Department of Health's Division of Pure Waters drafted the New York standards. Files include reports, hearing summaries, correspondence, memorandums, and maps.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Pure Waters
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Transcript of Civil War payroll for company A of the 70th regiment of the New York State Volunteers
Series Number
- B1964
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Senator Franz S. Leichter issue and newsletter/questionnaire files
Series Number
- L0230
Summary
- Senator Franz S. Leichter was particularly active with issues relating to mass transit, consumer banking, taxation, and governmental ethics. This series consists primarily of correspondence, reports, memorandums, copies of testimony, news clippings, press releases, and newsletters or questionnaires mailed to district voters to inform them of the senator's legislative activities and to solicit public opinion.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1974-1998 : Franz S. Leichter)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Yorktown (N.Y.) records
Series Number
- A4707
Summary
- This series contains administrative records (1769-1886) including Record of Strays for Cortlandt Manor (1769-1886) and Record of Negro Children Born of Slaves After 1799 (1803-1821); Manumissions of Slaves in the Town of Yorktown (1794-1825); court records (1867-1944); election records (1799-1956); town board minutes (1862-1939); school district records (1812-1956); and tax assessment rolls (1817-1916).
Creator
- Yorktown (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Dobbs Ferry board of trustees minutes
Series Number
- A4713
Creator
- Dobbs Ferry (N.Y. : Village)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Education Committee files
Series Number
- L0224
Summary
- These subject files mainly relate to Senator Donovan's chairmanship of the Senate Education Committee. Records include correspondence, legislative bills, press releases, notes, agendas, reports, and press clippings. Subjects include licensing and education of acupuncturists; promotion of workforce education programs for welfare recipients; school boards; services to youth; financial assistance to school districts; school construction and repair; New York City school governance (Marchi Commission); and the passing of Senator Donovan in 1990.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Trails Council records
Series Number
- 22454
Summary
- This series consists of meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, resolutions, bylaws, memoranda, notes, and related background materials of the New York State Trails Council. The Trails Council is a citizen's advisory board that advocates trail interests to all levels of government and to the public; provides a reliable source of information on trail-based recreation and the needs of trail users; coordinates efforts to construct and maintain trails; fosters responsible trail use ethics; and provides a forum for mediating differences among trail user groups. Also included in the records are Trails Day proclamations, brochures, publications, reports and directories, opinion survey information, and records relating to the 1980 New York State Trails Symposium.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Planning Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Canal Commissioners contracts and accounts for construction and repair
Series Number
- A1125
Summary
- This series consists of accounts submitted by the Canal Commissioners for audit by the Comptroller's office. It includes original contracts made by the Commissioners for the Construction of the Erie and Champlain Canals with their locks, feeders, aqueducts, etc., accompanied by contractors' receipts for payment; check rolls for labor submitted by Superintendents of construction; abstracts and vouchers of the principal engineers and their assistants; and various documents relating to canal finances.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0065
Summary
- Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility, located in Clinton County, N.Y., was a minimum security correctional facility for male felons. The facility opened in 1984 and was closed by the State of New York in 2011. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men. This series contains the case file of one inmate incarcerated in Attica Correctional Facility at the time of the 1971 uprising.
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
- Registers of escapes from farm colonies
Series Number
- A3054
Summary
- This series contains information on escaped inmates including name of colony from which escaped; date of escape; name of inmate; inmate's city of residence (occasionally); and if returned or sent to another institution. Similar information is provided for inmates who escaped from hospitals or during trips to or from hospitals. 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
- Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Cabinet archived websites
Series Number
- B2289
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the New York State Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Cabinet.
Creator
- New York State Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Cabinet
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.