Correspondence and working files for Saratoga County Historical Survey

Alphabetic by city, town, or village.

The Historical Survey's goals were to locate and inventory public records and private manuscripts, identify marked and unmarked historic sites and structures, identify local cemeteries, and prepare brief historical essays. The project provided temporary employment to individuals on the Saratoga County relief rolls, and was conducted under the general supervision of the Division of Archives and History.

This series contains records resulting from a 15-week white collar relief project funded through the State Temporary Emergency Relief Administration.

Records of the survey include: memoranda on procedures and staffing of the project; correspondence of the survey supervisor, mostly with field workers, concerning progress and conduct of the survey; newspaper clippings about the survey and historical events related to survey work; descriptions of and extracts from public records and private manuscripts; drawings of markers and monuments on the Saratoga battlefield; and notes on the history of Saratoga County.

The file of work completed for each city, village, or town may contain all or some of the following: narrative history of the community; lists of public record series and private manuscripts; extracts from records; historic background information on homesteads, historic sites, buildings, and markers; historic narratives on churches and cemeteries, including lists of church records and selected headstone inscriptions; descriptions of historic markers; sketch maps showing the locations of buildings and sites; and summarized recollections of elderly residents.

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.