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Title

Local war councils newspaper clippings file

Series Number

A4329

Summary

This series contains clippings collected by the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) documenting the activities of local war councils in home front programs; civil defense work; and sometimes the communities' war-related activities such as war plant production. Typical subjects found in this series include: Block Plan (in which volunteers promoted OCM activities in their neighborhoods); child care; civil defense; farm labor; first aid; nursing; nutrition; salvage; volunteer recruitment; war training; and women's volunteer activities.

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

Executive pardons and commutations

Series Number

B2843

Summary

This series consists of executive pardons and commutations issued to convicted adult and youthful offenders during the administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo. Records include the certificate signed by the Governor and the Secretary of State as well as correspondence and press releases pertaining to the clemency process.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor (2011-2021 : Cuomo)

Title

Maps, plans, and sketches for improvement and development of parks and parkways on Long Island

Series Number

A3320

Summary

This series documents the Long Island State Park Commission's responsibilities to oversee the state of parks and parkways on Long Island. Consisting primarily of maps and plans, the series also includes sketches of parks, recreational areas, and other facilities; conveyances for realignments of roads; aerial surveys of the south shore of Long Island; and sanitation survey application data for Suffolk County.

Creator

• Long Island State Park Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary bottle bill files

Series Number

L0178

Summary

Records in this series relate to the passage and implementation of the mandatory bottle deposit bill. These records collected by bill sponsor, Oliver G. Koppell, consist of reports from interested parties analyzing the bill and its effects before and after its passage, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on the Judiciary

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Executive clemency and pardon application ledgers and correspondence

Series Number

A0629

Summary

Article 18 of the 1777 State Constitution authorized the governor to grant pardons and reprieves. This power was continued in the constitutions of 1821 and 1846 and expanded to include commutations by Article 5 of the Constitution of 1894. This series consists of ledgers and correspondence maintained by the governor's office to track actions taken and decisions made regarding applications for executive clemency. These volumes document various types of clemency including pardons, commutations, and restorations of citizenship rights.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Affidavits of publication of county treasurers' notices of tax sales

Series Number

B0932

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Photographs and plans of Roberts Hall, East Roberts Hall, and Stone Hall, Cornell University

Series Number

B0926

Summary

This series of photographs and plans documents interiors and exteriors of Roberts Hall, East Roberts Hall, and Stone Hall, the original buildings of the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. Binders contain information on the history of the three buildings and the complex. Also included are chronological history tables, floor plans, and elevations.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Educational Facilities Planning

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Matteawan State Hospital inmate transfer register

Series Number

A1523

Summary

This series records the names of inmates transferred to different wards or institutions or discharged from Matteawan State Hospital. The entries record the inmate's name, number, date of admission, from where received (Volume 2 only), place of transfer, and date. Ward numbers are typically entered in the "transferred from" column. 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

Ogdensburg records

Series Number

A3334

Summary

Microfilmed records include minutes of the board of trustees of the village of Ogdensburg (1837-1868), minutes of the common council of the city of Ogdensburg (1868-1989), records of the water commissioners, park commission, recreation commission, board of public works, board of public control, and civil service commissioners. Also microfilmed were police blotters (1926-1990).

Creator

• Ogdensburg (N.Y. : City)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Committee on Legislative and Executive Compensation archived website

Series Number

B2857

Creator

• New York (State). Committee on Legislative and Executive Compensation

Title

Coal and wood bids from dealers for provision of fuel for state buildings

Series Number

A1245

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of bids from various dealers offering to supply coal and wood for the State Hall, Capitol, and State Geological Hall. A newspaper article calling for bids is attached to one of the bids. Each bid contains price information on either the wood or coal or both.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Clinton Prison inmate admission ledgers

Series Number

B0098

Summary

This series consists of volumes providing physical description and summary personal, criminal conviction, and sentencing information regarding each inmate admitted to Clinton Prison.

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

Public relations coordination files

Series Number

A4315

Summary

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, and a small amount of posters, broadsides, and pamphlets detailing the service's coordination of public relations for the War Council. Included are "clipping summaries" which briefly describe a press release and list the newspapers which carried it; files of Alice Tierney Scanlan, an assistant in the service who worked with the War Transportation Committee; director's material; and discussions of the "Sappy and Silly Sabotire" comic strip, used to promote tire and automobile rationing.

Creator

• New York State War Council. War Information Service

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commission on Government Integrity election campaign financial disclosure reports

Series Number

15826

Summary

These reports on election campaign contributions and expenditures were developed to investigate campaign financing as part of the wider investigation of violations of ethical and legal standards of conduct by public officials, employees, and political action committees (PACs). Compiled from information obtained from Campaign Finance Disclosure Forms, the reports provide name of public office; political party; county; district; and income, expenditures, loans, and unitemized contributions.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission on Government Integrity

Title

New York State Auditor General fragments from the Auditor General's memorandum book

Series Number

A0173

Summary

This series consists of surviving fragments of the Auditor General's memorandum book, dated approximately 1780. These records are restricted due to severe burn damage.

Creator

• New York (State). Auditor General

Access Restrictions

Restricted due to severe burn damage. Use only under supervison of archivist.

Title

Proceedings, recommendations, and background files of the Governor's Conference on Crime, the Criminal and Society

Series Number

A0615

Summary

This series documents the activities and recommendations of the 1935 crime conference which served as the basis for Governor Lehman's anti-crime program of 1936. The conference stressed the need for a nationally coordinated law enforcement program. The series includes: transcripts of proceedings of General Sessions 1-4; transcripts of proceedings of Round Tables 1-5 concerning 1) crime prevention, 2) detection and apprehension, 3) prosecution and the courts, 4) institutional care, and 5) probation, parole and rehabilitation; conference planning and organization materials.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor (1933-1942 : Lehman)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.) project files

Series Number

14286

Summary

These files document the Adirondack Park Agency's function of implementing the Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan through evaluation of proposed development projects. Many such projects, including the Loon Lake Estates project, had a significant environmental impact beyond their immediate area. The files contain correspondence, maps, plans, permits, hearing records, press clippings, deeds, public comments, administrative decisions and rulings, inspection reports, and litigation documents. Also included are photographs depicting sites being considered for and at various stages of development.

Creator

• Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Registers of telegrams sent

Series Number

A2002

Summary

This series consists of books of stubs containing copies of telegrams sent by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The telegrams relate to teachers' institutes; apportionment of public funds for schools; appeals to the Superintendent; state normal schools; and routine administrative activities.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Fleming (N.Y.) cemetery lot book and chattel mortgage register

Series Number

A4473

Summary

Microfilmed records include the lot book of the Owasco Lake Cemetery Association (1871-1976) and a register of chattel mortgages for the town of Fleming (ca. 1879-1897).

Creator

• Fleming (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Hearing testimony

Series Number

L0144

Summary

This series consists of hearing testimony gathered by the Committee in its investigation of highway conditions throughout the State. The testimony was given principally by county officials about the financing, construction, and maintenance of roads. A large portion of the testimony deals with State-local cooperation in maintaining the roads system and with continuing problems of finding qualified personnel to work on the roads.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Good Roads

Access Restrictions

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