Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This series is a scrapbook which has various laws of New York pasted into it. This book belonged to Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr., who served as attorney general of New York State from January 1, 1878 to December 31, 1879. The laws do not seem to have any connection to each other. The book also contains .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Legislature. Legislative Library
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Series:
L0008
Dates:
1936-1939
Abstract:
Joseph J Early compiled and presented to the Governor and Legislature this scrapbook at the dedication of the Father Isaac Joques Memorial in 1939. It contains clippings, photographs, brochures, and other items relating to Joques' career and the dedication of his memorial at Fort George State Park..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of a scrapbook of legal notices of the sale of real property mortgaged to the State of New York and put up for sale by the Attorney General or the State Engineer and Surveyor after the mortgagors defaulted. Also included are letters to the Attorney General pertaining to the sale.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State School for the Blind
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This series contains eight scrapbooks documenting the events and activities of the New York State School for the Blind. Subjects include teachers' social activities, commencement recitals, programs, concerts, plays, Christmas parties, candlelight services, and luncheons. The scrapbooks include black .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York Civil War Centennial Commission
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This series consists of two large scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, along with many unmounted clippings, relating to the activities of the New York Civil War Centennial Commission and of local commissions across the state..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Food Supply Commission
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The clippings and correspondence in this scrapbook relate broadly to statewide operations of the Food Commission. The commission oversaw state policy relating to production, supply, and distribution control of food, ensuring that there were adequate supplies at reasonable and preventing speculation .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
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Series:
A4132
Dates:
1897-1908
Abstract:
These scrapbooks include newspaper clippings from various American as well as international newspapers, and document military operations in the Spanish-American, Russo-Japanese, and Philippine-American Wars, as well as the 1905 Russian Revolution..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council
Abstract:
This series contains resolutions, official bulletins, correspondence, and booklets documenting events and actions taken by the Council of Defense and the War Council, which were collected to document the work of these organizations. Many, if not all, of the documents found in this series duplicate records .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, magazine articles, legislative bills, programs, reports and correspondence dealing with the transformation of Albany into a world port through the deepening of the Hudson River, and the construction of a terminal..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Auburn Prison
Abstract:
This scrapbook kept by an individual incarcerated in Auburn Prison, titled "Revolutionary Thoughts and Liberation," consists of clippings from magazines and newspapers related to political protests of the 1960s and 1970s, the Black liberation movement, police violence and war..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
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This series consists of a scrapbook of memoranda to staff written by State Historian Hugh Hastings. Memos relate to office operations and various publishing projects (e.g., the Clinton Papers)..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of a scrapbook containing information on companies that offered employment to incarcerated individuals upon their release. Included are letterheads, clippings showing type of work and wages, and occasional correspondence from companies enclosing applications for employment and/or .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Correction
Abstract:
This series consists of appointment cards or visitor passes issued by the superintendent of an unnamed (presumably) correctional facility authorizing interviews or visits between inmates and visitors. Slips provide name of inmate and brief relationship to visitor and are signed by the clerk of the "cage .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State Employees Merit Award Board
Abstract:
The State Legislature established experimentally in 1946 and permanently in 1948 a three-member State Employees' Merit Award Board to plan and administer awards programs for meritorious suggestions and accomplishments. This series consists of the Board's minutes, scrapbooks, and few miscellaneous files. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Health. Wadsworth Library
Abstract:
This series consists of six scrapbook volumes of newspaper clippings relating to the career and public activities of Dr. Edward S. Godfrey (1878-1966) who served as Commissioner of Health from 1936-1947. Also included is one scrapbook volume of black-and-white photographic prints (ca. 50 photos) depicting .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
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Series:
B1635
Dates:
1969-1978
Abstract:
These files document the activities, celebrations, and projects of local commissions, schools, universities, and colleges held in observance of the bicentennials of the American Revolution and of New York statehood. Records consist largely of correspondence and applications, submitted by local commissions .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State Science and Technology Foundation
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This series consists of a scrapbook with programs, photographs and press releases promoting grants around the state funded by the New York State Science and Technology Foundation..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Newark Developmental Center (N.Y.)
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This series of scrapbooks created at the Newark Developmental Center primarily contain newspaper clippings relating to the facility, its staff, and patients. Special events, such as the arrival of distinguished visitors, graduation ceremonies, holiday celebrations, festivals, visitors' days, and field .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York House of Refuge
Abstract:
Scrapbooks consist mostly of news clippings concerning conditions at the House of Refuge (Vol. 1 and 2) and crime and prison conditions in New York (Vol. 5) and throughout the United States (Vols. 3 and 4).. Included are programs for shows/events and clippings related to the Freedom of Worship Act and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Industrial School
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Series:
A3125
Dates:
1888-1905
Abstract:
This series consists of a scrapbook of programs for school events, such as holiday meal menus; schedules for entertainment, chapel services, and military exercises;, notices and orders, and clippings including "A Boy's Duty" or "A Child's Duty," a listing of juvenile reformatories by state, and newspaper .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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