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A Guide to Records in the New York State Archives
This Guide contains information on the complete records holdings of the State Archives as of December 1991
Published 1993 
497 pages

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A Spirit of Sacrifice: New York's Response to the Great War, A Guide to Records Relating to World War I
This guide describes 26 records series totaling over 440 cubic feet which reveal how the State's people and government responded to the First World War.
Published 1993
47 pages

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They Also Served: New Yorkers on the Home Front, A Guide to Records of the New York State War Council (World War II)
This finding aid provides general histories for War Council agencies, and summary descriptions of each series.
Published 1994 
90 pages

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Enduring Images: A Guide to Photographic Records in the New York State Archives
This guide describes record series in the New York State Archives that include a significant number of photographic images. About 70 series described here contain over 500,000 images relating to New York State's people, government, history, health, education, natural history, and a variety of other subject areas.
Published 1999 
29 pages

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The Mighty Chain: A Guide to Canal Records in the New York State Archives
This guide describes 360 series of records documenting New York's canals from the earliest Erie Canal surveys to the completion and operation of the Barge Canal. These records, spanning 1794-1958 (bulk 1817-1926) and totaling over 2,560 cubic feet, are part of the holdings of the New York State Archives and Records Administration.
Published 1992 
120 pages 

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The Lusk Committee: A Guide to the Records of the Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities
The records of the Lusk Committee are part of the holdings of the New York State Archives. The committee's records consist of 16 series totaling almost 50 cubic feet. These records have been microfilmed, and the film contains detailed container or folder lists. Microfilm copies are available on inter-library loan and are available for purchase at the cost of duplication. Microfilming of these records and preparation of this guide was supported, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This finding aid provides a general history of the Lusk Committee and descriptions of each series. It also contains an index of names, organizations, and subjects found within the records.
Published 1992 
35 pages

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Guide to Records of the Department of Correctional Services
This guide describes in detail records of the Department of Correctional Services available for research at the New York State Archives.
Published 1992 
65 pages 

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Duely & Constantly Kept: A History of the New York Supreme Court, 1691-1847 and an Inventory of Its Records (Albany, Utica, and Geneva Offices), 1797-1847
The publication is available in paper form only from the State Archives. It is available online from The Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York.
Published 1991 
128 pages

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Working Lives: A Guide to the Records of the New York State Factory Investigating Commission in the New York State Archives
This finding aid provides a general history of the Factory Investigating Commission, describing the range of issues it studied, although surviving records are primarily from the Wage Investigation. Descriptions of each record series generated by the Commission are arranged in groups by general type or subject of the records. Finally, a list is provided of those record series which have been microfilmed and are therefore available on inter-library loan or for purchase.
Published 1989 
27 pages 

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The Greatest Reform School in the World: A Guide to the Records of the New York House of Refuge
The substantial records of this institution are preserved in the New York State Archives and described in this guide. The records include over 350 volumes (100 cubic feet) of meeting minutes, reports, inmate case histories, and other documents.
Published 1989
34 pages

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Guide to the Records of the New York State Legislature
Describes selected records, dating from the colonial period to the 1980s.
Published 1989
45 pages

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Guide to Records Relating to Schools and School Districts
Published 1988
25 pages

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Guide to Records Relating to Native Americans
This finding aid describes selected State Archives records which are most likely to contain information useful for the study of Native American issues and history.
Published 1988
27 pages

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In the Words of the Delegates: Records of the 1938 Constitutional Convention
Published 1988

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Guide to Records Relating to the Revolutionary War
Published 1994
54 pages

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Guide to the Organization and History of State Government
Published 1994
122 pages

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Guide to Records of the Governor's Office in the New York State Archives
This guide describes the historical records of the Governor's Office that are preserved in the State Archives. The records date from 1777 to 1992 and document the official activities of New York's governors and their executive staff.
Published 1995
153 pages

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County Clerks in New York State
Published 1995

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Records Relating to African Americans in the New York State Archives
While it is often difficult to access records on individuals and groups by race or ethnic group, there are several dozen record series in the Archives that provide retrievable information on African-American residents of New York during the past 350 years. This publication describes record series pertaining to several broad subject areas: slavery and emancipation; military service; confinement in State institutions, performing arts, political radicalism, human rights, and education.
Published 1997

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