New York State Division of Science and State Museum Financial Statements, Bills, and Receipts Relating to Geological and…

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Repository
New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
This series consists of financial statements, bills, memorandums, and telegrams concerning the allocation and expenditure of State Museum funds. Most expenditures relate to geological and paleontological research conducted by Museum scientists. Projects include New York State's exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition; the Economic and Geological Map of New York; the final volumes of the Paleontology of New York; scientific investigation of the Livonia Salt Shaft and Museum Memoir 2, Palaeozoic Reticulate Sponges, Constituting the Family Dictyospongidae.
Title
Financial statements, bills, and receipts relating to geological and paleontological research
Quantity
1 cubic foot
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
B0581
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Arrangement

Roughly by funded activity.

Scope and Content Note

Financial statements, bills, receipts, memoranda, and a few telegrams concerning the allocation and expenditure of State Museum funds. Most expenditures relate to geological and paleontological research conducted by Museum scientists.

Specific projects included in those records are: New York State's exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition (1893); preparation of the Economic and Geological Map of the State of New York (1894); preparation of the final volumes of the Paleontology of New York (1847-1894); scientific investigation of the Livonia Salt Shaft (1891-1894); Acquisition and specifications for Museum exhibit cases; and preparation of Museum Memoir 2, Palaeozoic Reticulate Sponges, Constituting the Family Dictyospongidae (1898).

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