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Title

Photographs of the new State Capitol during construction

Series Number

A1897

Summary

This series consists of a bound volume of photographs depicting progress of construction of the New State Capitol from 1869 through 1877. The photographs were produced for Thomas Fuller, the original architect of the New State Capitol, by photographer Eugene M. Haines and published in a limited edition. Each photograph is identified by date and either street location or structure, or both.

Creator

• New York (State). Board of New Capitol Commissioners

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Videocassettes

Series Number

B1954

Summary

This series consists of VHS videocassettes documenting activities overseen by, or undertaken by, the Office of Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies (OBE/FLS). Included are videotapes related to Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute, regional BOCES OBE-funded programs, and NYC Department of Education 2003 orientation videos for parents of English-language learners.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Office of Bilingual Education

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Federal Writers' Project Director's publications working files

Series Number

A0551

Summary

This series contains files relating to proposed publications of the New York State Federal Writers' Project (FWP). Included are files of projects undertaken at both statewide and local levels. Publications included travel and tourism guides to New York State and local communities; the New York State Almanac; the New York State Encyclopedia; and publications on such topics as health, wildlife, and agriculture.

Creator

• Federal Writers' Project (N.Y.)

Title

New York State Theatre Institute responses to Inspector General's report

Series Number

22470

Summary

This series contains financial statements, vouchers, internal memorandums, and correspondence that were gathered in preparation of the New York State Theatre Institute's response to the 2010 New York State Inspector General's Office report that alleged improper conduct by director Patricia Snyder. A copy of the report is also included.

Creator

• New York State Theatre Institute

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Transcript of testimony taken by a special committee of the Board of Social Welfare investigating conditions at the school

Series Number

A3058

Summary

This series consists of hearing transcripts of a committee investigating conditions at the Agricultural and Industrial School. Testimony of management and staff concerned background and experience; methods of discipline and punishment and their effectiveness; responsibilities and extent of cooperation among staff; contact with and responsibilities toward inmates; work, education, and recreation programs; bureaucratic obstacles, method for assigning inmates to cottages or skill training programs; and criteria for granting inmates visits home or parole.

Creator

• New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Lake Luzerne records

Series Number

A4737

Summary

Records in this series include election records (1798-1919), highway records (1797-1897), justice records (1795-1916), school district records (1795-1920), tax assessment rolls (1800-1934), town records (1795-1920), military assessment rolls (1851), school district account book (1862-1993) and vital records transcriptions (1828-1879).

Creator

• Lake Luzerne (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence file

Series Number

L0200

Summary

These records contain letters from constituents on a variety of issues and Assemblyman Hinchey's replies. Material also includes one folder of form letters. Correspondence to which the form letters respond is attached to each form letter as well as a list of names and addresses to whom the form letter was sent.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1975-1992 : Maurice D. Hinchey)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Transportation Map Information Unit county index maps

Series Number

B2285

Summary

This series consists of maps, plans, and aerial photographs created by the Map Information Unit apparently for the purpose of creating or updating county maps. The material was created by several private companies and is commonly annotated. Indexes may not be present for all counties.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Weekly statements of canal shipments to or from tide water

Series Number

A1172

Summary

Toll collectors submitted weekly statements of merchandise and produce shipped via the Erie Canal through the ports of New York, Albany, West Troy, and Waterford to the Comptroller. Statements give the quantities of merchandise (sugar, coffee, nails, iron, etc.) cleared to, and of produce (wheat, flour, ashes, beef, pork, etc.) left from the Erie and Champlain Canals.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Marcy Correctional Facility inmate case files

Series Number

W0032

Summary

Marcy Correctional Facility, located in Oneida 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

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

Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Environmental Enforcement original orders of consent

Series Number

16942

Summary

This series consists of non-routine consent orders involving cases relating to hazardous waste; cases encompassing multiple Department of Conservation (DEC) regions; cases involving novel issues of policy or law; cases appearing to conflict with DEC policy; or cases involving sensitive or controversial issues. Each consent order includes finding of violation, remedial program description, compliance timetable, interim proposals, orders to pay costs of investigation and remediation, penalties for non-compliance, and provisions for modifications or summary abatement orders.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Division of Environmental Enforcement

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Background report on Buffalo department stores employees strike

Series Number

A3017

Summary

This series consists of a background report on the 1913 department store worker strike in Buffalo, New York. The report deals mainly with wages, although in addition to higher wages, strikers were demanding Saturday night closing of stores, an eight-hour day, and better sanitary conditions. Packard's report recommended that the Factory Investigating Commission hold a public hearing on the issues raised by the strikers.

Creator

• New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Rondout Valley Central School District school tax rolls and school board meeting minutes

Series Number

A4778

Summary

This series consists of tax rolls for the Rondout Valley Central School District for the years 1977 to 1993 and school board minutes for the years 1956 to 1990.

Creator

• Rondout Valley Central School District (Accord, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Greene Correctional Facility inmate case files

Series Number

W0026

Summary

Greene Correctional Facility, located in Greene 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
• Greene 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

Superintendent of Prisons' vouchers for services and expenses of engineers for prison highway construction

Series Number

A1166

Summary

This series consists of abstracts of expenditures and accompanying vouchers for services and expenses (mainly travel) submitted by the Superintendent of Prisons to the Comptroller's Office. The Engineer of Prison Highways could spend up to $50,000 on highways designated by the State Commissioner of Highways to be built by prison labor.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Highway planning aerial photographs of cities and villages

Series Number

A4036

Summary

Approximately 1000 aerial photographs depict cities and villages in downstate counties from Dutchess County southward, including Long Island. There are also a a few from Ontario County. These may have been taken as part of a reclassification study initiated in 1963 to determine which highways should be under state, county, or local jurisdiction and to prepare a new State Highway System Map for highway route selection or design purposes.

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

Title

Office of Mental Health research studies

Series Number

11963

Summary

This series documents research projects in areas pertaining to mental health and policy. One copy of each resesarch report is kept.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Mental Health

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Executive Director's financial records

Series Number

B2584

Summary

This series contains information about the day-to-day operation and finances of the Berkshire Farm Center. Included are copies of published budgets, annual financial statements, and audits. The audits specifically cover the operation of the Berkshire Farm for Boys, the Union Free School District, and the Berkshire Farm Institute for Training and Research.

Creator

• Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Public Employment Relations Board Counsel's Office injunctive relief case files

Series Number

22371

Summary

This series documents injunctive relief cases ("A" case files) in which the Public Employment Relations Board Counsel's Office issued a decision, either supporting or rejecting the application. No records of cases which did not result in decisions, either because the applications were withdrawn before Counsel's decision or because the applications were found to be procedurally defective and were not remedied by the applicants, are included.

Creator

• New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Counsel's Office

Access Restrictions

Restricted in part. State Archives staff will review requested files and disclose in accordance with New York State Freedom of Information Law.

Title

New York State Engineer and Surveyor Barge Canal contract final estimate folios

Series Number

B0393

Summary

The final estimates in this series constitute the official record that specified exactly and in detailed fashion just what was built upon completion of Barge Canal contracts. Contracted work documented in the series includes the construction of such structures as canal locks, bridges, and channels.

Creator

• New York (State). Executive Department

Access Restrictions

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