New York State Institution for the Blind Balance Sheets

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Overview of the Records

Repository
New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
This series provides a breakdown of the sources of the institution's assets and liabilities. Debits and credits are shown and totaled at the bottom of each page. Grand totals appear for each month. Entries are recorded in the following categories: inventory; general and school room furniture; music; library; farm; merchandise; provisions; broom shop; broom machinery shop; bead and work room; fuel and lights; officers and teacher payroll; domestic payroll; and laborer's pay. Entries also appear by name of individual vendors and by county.
Title
Institution for the Blind balance sheets
Quantity
0.2 cubic feet; 1 volume(s); 1 35mm microfilm roll(s)
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
B0429
Creator
Arrangement

Chronological by month.

Scope and Content Note

The series provides a breakdown on the sources of the institution's assets and liabilities from October 1877 through September 1880. Legislation creating the institution (Laws of 1865, Chapter 587) required that such records be kept of all business and daily transactions. The series is found on pages 52-165 of an unlabeled volume which also contains stock and inventory lists for the school.

Entries for debits and credits are in adjacent columns. They are totaled at the bottom of each page and balances are carried forward. Grand totals appear for each month. "Page" or "Folio" numbers (often in red) may refer to corresponding journal or ledger entries in volumes which might no longer be extant.

Entries typically appear for the following categories: inventory; general furniture; school room furniture; music; miscellaneous library; embossed library, maps, etc.; farm (stock, carriages, utensils); merchandise; provisions; broom shop; broom machinery shop; bead and work room; fuel and lights; officers and teacher payroll; domestic payroll; and laborer's pay.

Entries also appear by name of individual vendors and by county (listed alphabetically). Chapter 587 of the Laws of 1865 provided that each county would be entitled to admission of its "blind population in indigent circumstances" in the proportion by which its whole blind population related to the whole blind population of the state. Each county paid on annual sum toward the support of such indigents.

Alternate Formats Available

Microfilm is available for use at the New York State Archives or through interlibrary loan.

This series is included in a volume which also contains related Series B0428 Institution for the Blind Stock Book.

This series is included in a volume which also contains related Series B0430 Institution for the Blind Inventory Lists.

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