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Title

Division of Mineral Resources oil and gas annual well reports

Series Number

B2625

Summary

This series consists of reports on oil or gas produced annually by every producing well in the state.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Mineral Resources

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Field agents' supervision files

Series Number

A4397

Summary

The War Transportation Committee directed field agents to execute its programs and supervise local war council efforts. This series contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets and newspaper clippings documenting the work of, and the committee's supervision of, field agents in their efforts to conserve transportation resources. Included are weekly summaries of each agent's activities including meetings attended, local war councils visited, and individuals consulted, as well as form letters and pamphlets which clarified policies and promoted programs.

Creator

• New York State War Council. War Transportation Committee

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Counsel to the Governor office files

Series Number

B2341

Summary

This series consists of records, including subject and personnel files, maintained by various staff members of the Counsel to the Governor's office. Other types of records include news clippings, correspondence, invitations, memorandums, press releases, and reports. Records in the series relate to subjects such as the National Guard legislative program, civil defense in the event of a natural disaster, military pension increases, amendments to the Waterfront Commission Act, and conflicts within county-level Democratic Party committees.

Creator

• New York (State). Counsel to the Governor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Unpublished lists and monographs submitted to the state historian

Series Number

A4195

Summary

This series contains drafts or typescripts by or for the state historian apparently considered for publication. Included is a preface and four articles intended as an introduction to published papers of military officer and Indian negotiator Sir William Johnson. The unused articles are by James Austen Holden, Robert W. Chambers, Wolcott W. Ellsworth, and Richard E. Day. Also included are two versions of a George Clinton biography, and lists of records in the British Public Record Office and British Museum.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Museum Commissioner's Committee on Museum Resources minutes and planning files

Series Number

B2427

Summary

This series consists of records of the Commissioner's Committee on Museum Resources. These records document planning for a variety of museum activities and functions.

Creator

• New York State Museum

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Engineer and Surveyor contractor's monthly estimates

Series Number

B0230

Summary

This series consists of "estimates of work done and material delivered," compiled monthly by contractors who had been awarded canal projects. Estimates provide name of contractor; date of contract; description of the canal project; authorizing statute(s); quantities of materials; description of items; contract and relative prices; and the total estimate figures.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Power Authority contract records

Series Number

B2340

Summary

This series consists of copies of proposed and accepted contracts and other records, generated by the Counsel to Governor W. Averell Harriman, documenting the sale of St. Lawrence power by the New York State Power Authority. The Counsel to the Governor was responsible for clearing all contracts, as to content and form, which required the Governor's signature. Approximately half of the records in the series relate to contracts with the Reynolds Metals Company and the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.

Creator

• New York (State). Counsel to the Governor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Foreman's sheets of items delivered to the storekeeper

Series Number

B1649

Summary

This series consists of receipts for articles delivered to the storekeeper from various departments of the Syracuse State School (e.g., knitting room, mending department, and sewing department). Each sheet lists the department from which the items were received; date; and the quantity, size, and description of the articles.

Creator

• Syracuse State School

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Annual financial and statistical reports of universities, colleges, and junior colleges

Series Number

B0557

Summary

This series consists of annual reports submitted by higher education institutions, including overseas schools, chartered by the Board of Regents. The reports provide information on students, faculty, finances, and facilities. Data includes academic session length; names of officers and deans; number of faculty by academic rank and field; degrees conferred; library holdings and circulation statistics; property values; receipts and expenditures; endowment; and length and type of degree programs. Annual surveys of college and university libraries may be included in later reports.

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

Sample lottery tickets

Series Number

B1891

Summary

This series consists of informational copies of lottery tickets. The tickets convey information about ticket prices, prizes, frequency of prize drawings, and procedures for claiming prizes. Many tickets also bear seasonal artwork and slogans encouraging future ticket purchases and highlighting the lottery's role in supporting public education.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of the Lottery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Weekly reports of engineers regarding the Barge Canal

Series Number

B0231

Summary

These reports submitted to the State Engineer and Surveyor by division and senior assistant engineers document weekly progress on construction projects in progress or begun in 1921. The reports detail work done in offices and bureaus; surveying, mapping, and planning; canal maintenance and repairs; unusual events such as accidents or sinkings; and the disposition of applications for grants of land under water.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Museum Conference on New York State History files

Series Number

B2426

Summary

This series consists of College Conference on Teaching New York History and later Conference on New York State History administrative files. Files contain conference planning information and notes, agendas, lists of attendees, receipts, and correspondence from 1957 to 2001.

Creator

• New York State Museum

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence and working files for Saratoga County Historical Survey

Series Number

A4194

Summary

This series contains records resulting from a 15-week white collar relief project funded through the State Temporary Emergency Relief Administration. Records of the survey include: memoranda on procedures and staffing of the project; correspondence of the survey supervisor; newspaper clippings about the survey and historical events related to survey work; descriptions of and extracts from public records and private manuscripts; drawings of markers and monuments on the Saratoga battlefield; and notes on the history of Saratoga County.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Court of Chancery register's minutes of foreclosure decrees

Series Number

J1049

Summary

This series contains copies of decrees issued by the Chancellor authorizing the sale of land in mortgage foreclosure cases. The minute books were created by the Register, whose office was in Albany.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Town highway improvement program annual reports

Series Number

B2432

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Inventory of town, village, and city records

Series Number

A4180

Summary

This series consists primarily of inventory forms completed by Historical Records Survey workers for each series of records surveyed in town, village, and city offices in upstate counties. The files contain all or some of the following: handwritten copies of survey forms prepared by field workers; typewritten copies of field workers' survey forms; typewritten copies of survey forms prepared after review and field checking; historical sketches of town, village, and city offices; and correspondence concerning transmittal of survey forms.

Creator

• Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence files

Series Number

B0225

Summary

These files contain incoming and outgoing correspondence, photographs, reports, blueprints, and maps generated by or directed to the Advisory Board of Consulting Engineers (predecessor to the Board of Consulting Engineers). The files deal with detailed technical matters concerning the location and construction of the Barge Canal, and administrative issues.

Creator

• New York (State). Advisory Board of Consulting Engineers

Access Restrictions

B0225-15: These records have been treated for mold; some researchers may be affected. Selected records are not available for use due to their fragile condition.

Title

Rules and plans of municipal and county Civil Service Commissions

Series Number

B0543

Summary

The State Civil Service Commission reviews and approves municipal civil service commission rules and regulations. This series tracks the adoption, approval, or modification of rules, regulations and classification plans of most if not all rules ever adopted by a municipality. Also included are a few files containing model municipal rules and regulations, Commission resolutions concerning five counties whose civil service system was State administered until 1965, and classification plans and surveys for certain school districts.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Municipal Services Division

Access Restrictions

Municipal Services Division reserves right to borrow files for up to 30 days.

Title

Indexes and translations of Dutch patents

Series Number

A0480

Summary

This series includes a manuscript index to Volumes GG and HH of Dutch colonial land patents, and Volume II of Dutch colonial deeds. The index to Volumes GG and HH is arranged by volume and then by first letter of surname of grantee. It lists page number, grantee name, location of patent, and year. The index to Volume II is chronological and lists date, names of grantor and grantee, location of land, and page number. Series also includes manuscript translations of Volumes GG, HH, and II.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.

Title

Field notes of surveys for state roads

Series Number

B1885

Summary

This series consists of ten field books documenting surveys for proposed state roads. Two of the field books contain data on a state road from Lake Erie to the Hudson River that was proposed and surveyed, but never built. It is unknown whether the other field books refer to any roads that were actually built. The notes very occasionally include brief descriptions of soil conditions, terrain, and establishments on route.

Creator

• New York (State). Surveyor General

Access Restrictions

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