Research

1

Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, pamphlets, clippings, and salary schedules generated or received by the Executive Assistant to the Commissioner. These files are fragmentary and non-comprehensive in nature. Subjects include: psychological services to schools; activities of .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

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New York (State). Motion Picture Division

 

 

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The Motion Picture Division reviewed each film intended for screening in New York State and issued a license for its exhibition unless the film was judged "obscene, indecent, immoral, inhuman, sacrilegious or of such character that its exhibition would tend to corrupt morals or to incite crime." The .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

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New York (State). Motion Picture Division

 

 

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Index cards list the titles of films released by various film distributors. Each card contains the name of the distributing company on the top left hand line; underneath are listed the titles and subtitles, if any, of the films released by the company, the type of film (silent or audio), the date a .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). Motion Picture Division

 

 

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This series documents through those films rejected or approved with elimination, the Motion Picture Division's concern with sex, violence, and adult situations such as infidelity or abortion. Information includes film's serial number, title, applicant and manufacturer's name, changes/eliminations required .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Motion Picture Division

 

 

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This series consists of an alphabetical index to motion pictures rejected or approved with eliminations. The index lists the film title (and subtitles if applicable); whether or not the film is foreign and if it was dubbed; a note stating if the film was rejected; and the serial number assigned to the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). Motion Picture Division

 

 

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This series contains correspondence, minutes of meetings, memoranda, reports, newspaper clippings and other printed material, budget summations and reports, copies of legislative bills pertaining to censorship, appeals and opinions regarding film censorship, and printed minutes of relevant federal committees .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

New York (State). Motion Picture Division

 

 

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This series consists of printed annual reports of the Motion Picture Commission and its successor, the Motion Picture Division. Each report contains a narrative text and accompanying statistical tables describing receipts and expenditures, examinations of and eliminations made on films reviewed, a brief .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

New York (State). Motion Picture Division

 

 

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This series is a card file index to the Motion Picture Division license application case files. Cards contain basic information regarding each film and notations of actions taken by the division and other censorship boards. The A1419-04 accretion consists of a computer-generated microfiche index produced .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

New York (State). Motion Picture Division

 

 

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The Motion Picture Division required film distributers in New York State to obtain permission to screen films. This series consists of applications for permits to exhibit motion pictures in New York State. Many of the files apparently relate to newsreels, educational and training films, and entertainment .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

New York (State). Governor (1921-1922 : Miller)

 

 

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Legislation of 1921 established a Board of Estimate and Control and directed it to conduct a survey of all state departments, offices, and institutions to determine where waste and duplication of effort existed. The Board was then to recommend improvements to each agency or recommend to the legislature .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives