Long Island State Park Commission General Correspondence

This series is arranged alphabetically.

The original correspondence digitized to form this series was created and maintained by the Long Island State Park Commission (LISPC), Jones Beach State Parkway Authority (JBSPA), and Bethpage Park Authority (BPA) during the early to mid-twentieth century. Since the LISPC, JBSPA, and BPA shared headquarters and their functions were intricately intertwined, records created by these entities were retained collectively. While the records span the existence of these organizations from inception to dissolution, the bulk date from the decades when the commission and authorities were under the direction of Robert Moses.

This series consists of digital surrogates of some of the general correspondence files compiled and maintained by the Long Island State Park Commission. The majority of the correspondence and memorandums relate to land appraisals and acquisition of land for state parks and parkways including Bethpage State Park, Belmont Lakes State Park, Valley Stream State Park, Northern State Parkway, and Southern State Parkway. There is also correspondence related to bird and wildlife care and conservation.

Only folders 1-3 from Box 1 of the original 20 boxes of records were digitized and included in this series. The remaining records are available in original format at the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation's Long Island Parks Regional Archives facility.