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Displaying 6074 Finding Aids
Title
- New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Market and Consumer Information Service Utica regional livestock market reports
Series Number
- A0720
Summary
- Quotes for prices paid at Burton's Livestock Auction, Vernon, New York and Welch's Livestock Auction, West Edmeston, New York, were reported by the Senior Marketing Representative for the Utica State Office Building. The prices paid are per hundredweight except for cattle replacements which are sold by the head. The reports cover market prices for steers and heifers, cattle, dairy type slaughter cattle, calves, and dairy replacements.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets. Market and Consumer Information Service
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Oneonta building plans, maps, drawings, and figures
Series Number
- A4546
Creator
- Oneonta (N.Y. : City)
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
- Joint Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions postwar planning background files
Series Number
- L0071
Summary
- These records were gathered by the Joint Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions in planning programs to foster economic expansion in the State after World War II. They contain information from federal and state agencies as well as private industries and organizations. Records include correspondence, reports, bulletins, pamphlets, and articles on topics such as veteran's employment, training, public works programs, agricultural development, and expansion in construction and manufacturing industries.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Joint Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State, district, county, and special highway planning maps
Series Number
- A3229
Summary
- This series consists of state and county highway maps showing completed, improved, and proposed roads. Most are official published county highway maps, annotated to show state and county highway systems corrected to 1936. Also included are publications and correspondence on special highway projects in New York City, dating from the 1940s and early 1950s, and a number of World War II maps indicating military priority highways.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Public Works. Bureau of Research and Statistics
Access Restrictions
- Use is restricted: Use only under supervision or with assistance of archivist due to fragile physical condition.
Title
- Council on the Arts Folk Arts Program folk music concert recordings
Series Number
- 20016
Summary
- This accretion consists of a series of eight two-hour digital audiotape (DAT) cartridges of folk music concerts entitled "Families of New Yorkers" sponsored by the Council's Folk Arts Program. The concerts feature authentic folk music by performers from a wide variety of New York ethnic and geographic backgrounds, most of whom had never before been recorded. In addition to the actual performances, each tape contains ca. 10-15 minutes of introductory remarks that discuss the backgrounds of the performers and attempt to place the music in context.
Creator
- New York State Council on the Arts. Folk Arts Program
Title
- Ledger of accounts with attorneys
Series Number
- B0608
Summary
- This series consists of what appears to be a ledger of accounts with attorneys. It is unknown if it is a record of the Attorney General's Office or of a private law firm. The notes accompanying the debit and credit entries are brief and cryptic.
Creator
- New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Syllabi and bulletins for guidance of nurse training schools
Series Number
- B1516
Summary
- This series consists of bulletins (pamphlets) published by several agencies related to the training of nurses. Topics include Public Health Law on nursing topics; nursing in state institutions; schools for trained attendants; violations of Public Health Law; and the Nursing Advisory Council. Also included is a syllabus for nurses training; special rules relating to registration of nursing schools; and names and institutional affiliations of members of the Board of Nurse Examiners and the Nurse Advisory Council.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Board of Nursing
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Wholesale dry bean and grain crop reports
Series Number
- 13437
Summary
- This series consists of official wholesale price reports that were used to exchange information by those in the trade who made decisions relating to production and marketing. These reports pertain only to beans.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets. Division of Marketing
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- County clerks' certificates of searches for New York and Erie Railroad Company records
Series Number
- A0913
Summary
- This series consists of reports of county clerk searches made for records of contracts made by, mortgages and conveyances given by, and judgments against the New York and Erie Railroad Company. Also included is a form requesting the clerk of a county Supreme Court to search for records of judgment against the company. Information includes county; date; records found, if any; and the clerk's certification.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Elmira Reformatory Classification Clinic receiving register
Series Number
- B1270
Summary
- This series consists of a register of incarcerated individuals received at Elmira Reformatory. The volume relates to consecutive numbers 42170 to 49999. The register contains the incarcerated individual's name and number; date received; room number; room moved to; age; county; religion; and color. In cases where the person was transferred to another prison, the register includes the date of transfer and name of other prison.
Creator
- Elmira Reformatory. Classification Clinic
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
- Pathology/necropsy related index cards and registers
Series Number
- B2779
Summary
- Records consist of index cards with information related to wildlife necropsies (autopsies). Files appear to be the earliest Department of Environmental (DEC) records related to wildlife necropsies in New York State. Information consists of raw laboratory observations and data. Records document government efforts to document, track, and mitigate wildlife disease.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Wildlife
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Original proceedings case files
Series Number
- J0008
Summary
- This series consists of cases and briefs from two cases originally introduced in the Appellate Division, Third Department, appealed to the Court of Appeals, and then remitted to the Appellate Division. The cases include a 1942 proceeding to remove a local fire department chief under a provision of the Public Officers Law and a 1954 habeas corpus proceeding.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division. Third Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Antitrust investigation and litigation files
Series Number
- 17123
Summary
- The Antitrust Bureau of the Department of Law reviews anti-competitive practices that raise prices paid by consumers and government to purchase goods and services necessary for everyday living and the proper functioning of government. The series consists of legal case files, briefs, settlement negotiations, investigation files, hearing records, related correspondence and memoranda, and some administrative records produced by the Antitrust Bureau and its predecessor agencies in investigating complaints and bringing civil and criminal actions against violators of the antitrust laws.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Law. Antitrust Bureau
Access Restrictions
- Records may contain grand jury testimony which is closed under the Criminal Procedures Law, and other records that may contain information that is exempt from disclosure pursuant to state or federal statute or common law. Use under supervision; reference archivist should scan contents and withhold any grand jury testimony for return to the Department of Law.
Title
- Public Service Commission annual reports of public utility companies
Series Number
- 13345
Summary
- This series consists of annual reports submitted by public utilities (water, gas, electricity, steam, telephone, telegraph, railroad, and radio-telephone companies) to the Public Service Commission and then the Department of Public Service. Reports are filed by three types of public entities operating public utilities subject to regulation by the Public Service Commission: commercial, municipal, and private associations. The original statute establishing the Commission and subsequent amendments to the law required public utilities to prepare and file an annual report.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Board of Visitors sign-in logs
Series Number
- B1502
Summary
- This series consists of sign-in logbooks for the Willard State Hospital (later Willard Psychiatric Center) Board of Visitors. Special visits by board members to specific areas of the hospital are noted with dates and signatures, as well as attendance at regularly scheduled board meetings. Minutes of board meetings are included for the earliest years.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Entry documentation for Utica and Schenectady railroad and Schenectady and Troy railroad
Series Number
- A0907
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office contains records of the Utica & Schenectady and Schenectady & Troy Railroads. Records include statements and reports related to property on the railroad (agricultural and manufactured products, stocks.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Air contamination source files
Series Number
- 18576
Summary
- The Bureau of Stationary Sources (formerly Bureau of Application Review and Permitting), a sub-division of the Division of Air Resources, coordinates all air permitting activities within the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The records document the implementation of an ambient air monitoring program, including meteorological monitoring. Documents detail the results of sampling and analyses conducted under the Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan (Work Plan) approved by DEC in 1992. Included are reports, description of the model, and analytical and laboratory data packages.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Bureau of Application Review and Permitting
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Harbor Commission description of the bulkhead and pier lines of the Port of New York
Series Number
- B0634
Summary
- This series contains descriptions of maps of bulkhead, pier lines and encroachments of New York Harbor, as well as portions of the shores of New Jersey, the Harlem River, the East River, Long Island, and Westchester County, created pursuant to Chapter 121 of the Laws of 1855. Many of the maps described are part of Series B2570, New York State New York Harbor Commission Bulkhead and Pier Lines and Encroachment Maps, although some are still held by the New York State Office of General Services.
Creator
- New York (State). Harbor Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Tri-State Transportation Committee aerial photographs
Series Number
- B2023
Summary
- This series consists of transparent aerial photographic maps depicting southern New York State, western Connecticut, and northern New Jersey. The maps were created to facilitate landmark planning studies in the areas of rapid transit and the interstate highway system. Names of most streets and roads are printed on the maps, as well as the names of some physical features.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Franklin County town and village records
Series Number
- A4591
Summary
- Microfilmed records include town clerk's record and minute books (and in some cases other records as well) for the towns of Bellmont, Bombay, Brighton, Burke, Chateaugay, Franklin, Harrietstown, and Westville; and for the villages of Chateaugay and Malone.
Creator
- Franklin (N.Y. : County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.