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New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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These index cards, arranged alphabetically by subject, list locations of various Barge Canal construction records, including maps; terminal field books; final contract estimates; and Barge Canal field computation, construction, and cross section books..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of School Registration

 

 

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These cards contain summary information on the admission to and membership of public and non-public secondary schools in the University of the State of New York. Information for each school includes name, county, incorporation date, name changes, amended charter, organization as union free or central .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of records of individuals released from Auburn Prison. Each card contains summary information on the incarcerated individual's background; criminal activity; behavior and progress during confinement, and release from Auburn. Information includes name and consecutive number; crime; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of 3" x 5" record cards probably used by Auburn's principal keeper to record locations of incarcerated individual's work assignments within Auburn Prison and at prison work camps. Each card includes name and consecutive number, length of sentence, location of each work assignment, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Dannemora State Hospital

 

 

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This series consists of index cards providing basic biographical, criminal and psychological histories of inmates housed at Dannemora State Hospital. Information includes inmate's name; alias; race; admission date ; birth; marital status; nativity; occupation; education; county of trial; court; religion; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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This series consists of materials produced from work done on the state's canal system including the Cayuga and Seneca Canal, the Auburn Extension, and the Erie, Oswego, and Champlain Canals. Records include information for contracts relating to maintenance of terminals; blueprints of land to be appropriated .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Commission on Acquisition of Land for Public Defense at Rockaway

 

 

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This series consists of 3" x 5" index cards that serve as the index to the Administrative files of the Rockaway Beach Commission (Series B0237). The index provides the following information: the date, name of correspondent or subject, number (if correspondence), letter (if exhibit), a brief description .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

 

 

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This series consists of 16mm negative microfilm of card files that were apparently part of the process to award bonus payments to New Yorkers for military service in the United States armed forces during World War I. The cards contain basic military service data, but do not show the amount of individual .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways

 

 

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This series consists of records of the superintendent of Section 6 of the Barge Canal at Lyons, New York, and lock operator's records for Lock 28B in Newark, near Lyons. The records document the work routine and environment along this section of the canal system and the working relationships among the .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

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This series indexes maps once maintained by the Region 2 Waterways Maintenance Office of the Department of Public Works. Maps and plans indexed included the first Erie Canal enlargement, the 1895 Improvement and the Erie Barge Canal, the Black River Canal, the Chenango Canal, the Northern and Southern .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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This series indexes field books held in the Canal Corporation Region 2 Office in Syracuse, New York. Field books referenced in the index document the construction and maintenance of the Chenango Canal, Black River Canal, the Northern and Southern Reservoirs and Oneida Lake portions of the Barge Cana.........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation

 

 

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Records in this series document highway projects; planning and programming; administration and program management; finance; training and recruitment; contracts, legislation, claims, and other legal affairs; agency bureaus and units; transportation-related authorities, commissions, and committees; meetings .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Division for Youth

 

 

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This series from the Division for Youth consists of summary data on former inmates of youth residential facilities. Information may include: name; date admitted or received; offense; date and/or county where committed; judge's name; birth date; birthplace; race/ethnicity; religion; court/trial dates; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works

 

 

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This volume indexes three series of records documenting work on the western division of the State's canal system: B0380, Western Division Maps and Plans; B1211, Roll Maps Relating to the Western Division of the Erie and Barge Canals; and B0730, Engineers' Field Books Pertaining to the Construction of .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

 

 

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This series consists of an abstract of military service for New York residents (men and women) who enlisted or who were inducted into the armed forces of the United States from 1917 through 1919 during the First World War. The abstracts, (aka service cards), document Army officers and enlisted men; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Westfield State Farm. Reformatory Division

 

 

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This series consists of record cards relating to women received at the Westfield State Farm and its predecessor, the New York State Reformatory for Women. Information includes inmate background (color, education, occupation, previous arrests, family, and marital status); crime; psychological testing .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control

 

 

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This series consists of cards used to track and categorize chronic carriers of typhoid fever, their status, and reasons they received state aid. Information includes carrier's name; address; birth date or age at operation; occupation; and household census, indicating relevant medical history of others .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York State Prison for Women

 

 

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This series consists of records for inmates released from the State Prison for Women. Information includes name; inmate number; crime; date and place of birth; color; height; weight; marital status; number of children; name and address of immediate relatives; religion; educational level; occupation; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Conservation Department

 

 

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Following passage of the Emergency Conservation Work Act in 1933, the federal government recruited and trained unemployed men ages seventeen to twenty-eight to develop forest lands and parks. In New York, the program commonly and later officially known as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) focused .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control

 

 

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Physicians across the state were required to report each case of designated communicable diseases to the State Department of Health. This series consists of data on victims of typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, salmonella, and (after 1950) salmonella carriers. Personal data includes patient's name; address; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives