Research

1

Creator:

New York (State). Office of General Services. Bureau of Records Management

 

 

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The State Office of General Services (OGS) operated the state's record center storage facility until the establishment of the State Archives in 1978. These forms were completed in response to a statewide survey carried out by OGS in 1975 to determine the total volume of records in state agency custody. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

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New York (State). Department of Health

 

 

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This series consists of a log of microfilmed contagious diseases records produced by the Department of Health. The log shows a type and year of communicable disease outbreak, apparent reel numbers, and date sent for filming. Scattered throughout the log are notes on outcomes of film processing, such .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

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New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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This index was apparently created by the Comptroller's Office as a reference to legislation relevant to its functions. For each subject a brief title or description of the pertinent law and its citation (year, chapter, and section) are included..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

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New York (State). State Board of Charities

 

 

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This series consists of blank forms created for recording and reporting purposes by the State Board of Charities. Form types include certificates of incorporation, authorizations to conduct pharmacies, financial reporting forms, inmate case record forms, receipts, forms for official monthly reports, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York State Library

 

 

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This series consists of memoranda from staff of the New York State Library to Hugh M. Flick, and subsequently to State Education Commissioner Ewald B. Nyquist, reporting on transfer of department records to/from offsite storage. The memoranda include information on the transfer of the records as well .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

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New York (State). Department of Correction

 

 

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The series consists of a manual for developing case records of prisoners confined in state prisons or reformatories. The manual was prepared by the Work Projects Administration as part of a technical series of federal guidelines for improving prisoner records in state correctional institutions. Projects .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

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

 

 

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The series consists of memoranda, correspondence, inventories and descriptions, and related files pertaining to the retention and disposition of historical records from executive branch state agencies. The bulk of material relates to records transfers, but there is a small amount of information on retention .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

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

 

 

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This series consists of agendas and minutes of State Records Management Advisory Council meetings, as well as background material associated with topics discussed at the meetings. Extensive documentation is present concerning the creation of the State Records Center..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

New York (State). Department of State

 

 

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The series consists of registers, daybooks, and lists of officials, individuals, agencies, libraries, and other organizations receiving or purchasing copies of published state government documents, including session laws and research materials on the natural and colonial history of New York State. The .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

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The series consists of a variety of documents, without apparent relationship, apparently deposited with the Secretary of State as the copy of record. They include records of appointments, fees, and oaths of office; descriptions of city seals and notary public signatures; receipts for company charters; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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Estimates of blanks forms required for sixteen or seventeen month periods were submitted to the Chief Clerk or Auditor of the Canal Department. They list the number of forms on hand and the number required, in various categories. The series is an interesting early example of "forms management" and provides .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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The series consists of an informal, handwritten subject index to laws pertaining to responsibilities of the state comptroller. Laws dating from 1784 to 1915 are referenced. The creation date is unknown, but entries are by several hands, perhaps added over time, and represent a working copy. Subjects .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

13

Creator:

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

 

 

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This series contains files pertaining to federal archives and records management programs during the 1940s. They were probably compiled for an ill-fated postwar proposal to establish a State Archives program..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

14

Creator:

New York State War Council. Division of Records

 

 

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This series contains publications about home front activities such as salvage, child care, education, and collection and preservation of war records. These records were kept as part of the organization's efforts to document the war effort on the home front. The series includes a nearly complete run .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

15

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

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This series contains copies of evaluations and reviews of plans conducted in order to establish a records program at the State War Council. This set was held by Division of Records Director Karl Hartzell, possibly as a model for the War Council's record collection program..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

16

Creator:

New York (State). Department of State

 

 

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This series consists of registers or lists of summary information. Included are lists of towns to which state publications were delivered; pardons issued and delivered, listing slaves and their owners, other blacks, by name; patents delivered, after recording; receipts by counties of state official .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

17

Creator:

New York (State). Department of State

 

 

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This series consists of memorandum books of filings, recordings, documents received and delivered and assorted lists; and a memorandum book relating to the distribution of state laws and other documents. Information on publications may be of interest for the history of bibliography and printing. Data .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

18

Creator:

New York (State). Board of Appraisers

 

 

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The volume contains approximately 60 documents mostly related to deeds ceding land and/or jurisdiction of property to New York State or the federal government, largely for military and protective purposes..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

19

Creator:

New York State War Council. Division of Records

 

 

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This series contains correspondence between State Historian Albert Corey and numerous county and local historians regarding the disposition of home front war records. This operation was undertaken as part of the State Historian's role to help preserve the State's heritage. The letters discuss the appointment .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

20

Creator:

New York State Library

 

 

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This series consists of transfer documentation primarily concerned with land records transferred among offices of the Secretary of State, the Office of General Services (OGS), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the New York State Library. Records include a list of maps, field books, inventories, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives