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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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The series consists of approximately 120 picture post cards, most of which were sent by employees or students of the Syracuse State School to staff members. All cards are stamped and cancelled. The color pictures typically show cities and landscapes primarily, but not exclusively, within New York State. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series resulted from a survey done prior to a renovation undertaken at Syracuse State School in 1969-1970. The survey included Bill Rothschild's photo-documentation of the exterior and interior views of the institution's historic buildings including the main building, grounds, out-buildings, and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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These exhibits, created as part of its closing ceremonies, consist of mounted photographs forming a retrospective on the Syracuse Developmental Center (SDC). The images depict facilities and programs; farm colonies; original buildings; demolition of the Syracuse State School and construction of the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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The series consists of scattered single issues of publications and newsletters pertinent to the field of mental retardation. They were probably retained based on the presence of articles relating to the school's programs or facilities, or to staff development. Included are copies of "Mental Hygiene .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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The series consists of annual reports that were transmitted to the State Legislature or the Department of Mental Hygiene as required by law. Included are annual reports of the trustees of the New York State Asylum for Idiots and annual reports of the Syracuse State School..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Consumer Counsel to the Governor

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, notes, flyers, press releases, minutes, booklets, schedules, lists, and other records relating to the New York State Fair. Many of these records relate to the booths, exhibits, and demonstrations put on by the Office of the Consumer Counsel at the Fair .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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This series contains meeting minutes, memoranda, closure lists, planning documents, notes, and reports relating to the closure of the Syracuse Developmental Center. Also included are some Rome Developmental Center closure documents, which were used as a model on which to base the Syracuse closure..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State University Construction Fund. Counsel's Office

 

 

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This series consists of New York State University Construction Fund procedures and/or directives relating to by-laws, equal employment and non-discrimination practices, and rules and regulations which have been superseded by amendment or revision..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Library

 

 

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These are small amounts of unrelated archival materials from several sources. They were gathered and retained by the State Library but remained unprocessed prior to transfer to the State Archives as state government records..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers

 

 

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The series consists of typescript copies, with infrequent annotations, of testimony given to the commission and its subcommittees on the question of relief for widowed mothers caring for dependent children. The commission, as authorized by Chapter 588 of the Laws of 1913, called representatives of many .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Audit and Control

 

 

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In 1950, a survey was conducted of inactive records filed with the Department of Audit and Control with only a 5 per cent sample preserved. Historical records from the sample were inadvertently taken for disposal to Quebec, Canada; about one-third of which were recovered. This series consists of inventory .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Governor (1975-1982 : Carey)

 

 

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This series consists of travel briefing notebooks prepared for Governor Hugh Carey for trips to Onondaga and Monroe counties, including the cities of Syracuse, Rochester, and Binghamton; and to Broome, Chemung and Steuben counties. Material in the notebooks typically includes lists of appointments; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

 

 

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This series contains correspondence and memoranda sent to the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) by its field representatives or local war councils reporting on activities, personnel changes, and organizational issues. The OCM used the reports to monitor problems within the local councils. Topics .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives

 

 

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The series consists of dietary records of the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, which was renamed in 1919 as the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives. The registers list separate breakfast, dinner, and supper menus for family, employees, and pupils according to date and b.........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series consists of reports, checklists, and notes of visits to the Syracuse State School and its colony facilities, by Department of Mental Hygiene medical inspectors. Earliest reports show Inspector's arrival and departure dates and times; patient census; new admissions; accidents; educational .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series consists of a heredity analysis of applicants to the Syracuse State School. Most entries include multigenerational data on mental conditions or predisposition to "feeble-mindedness" as well as remarks on individual or family medical history or living conditions. Entries include name, date, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series consists of a Syracuse State School's record of patient surgeries. Typical procedures include appendectomy, suturing, tonsillectomy. Entries include type of operation; date; patient name; surgeon; surgical assistant; anesthetist (sometimes), and nurse. Early listings note patient's sex; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse State School

 

 

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This series consists of logbooks recording receipt of packages and letters and Christmas gifts sent to Syracuse State School patients. Log entries include receipt date; recipient name; name and address of sender. Sometimes there is a note that the package remained "unopened." Volumes listing letters .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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This series consists of field books; engineer's diaries of land surveys and contract work on the Syracuse Psychopathic Hospital; Newark State School and Hospital; Syracuse State Forestry College; the Oneida Fish Hatchery and colonies of the Syracuse State School. Records include engineer's diaries for .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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Subject files of the director of Syracuse Developmental Center include staff meeting minutes, statistical charts on residents, monthly and annual departmental reports, manuals, handbooks, publications, and a small amount of general planning and administrative files. Of special interest is a small number .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives