Entry documentation for Emergency Fund (Capitol Fire)
Series Number
A2014
Summary
This series documents expenditures from the Emergency Fund established after the 1911 State Capitol fire which destroyed most of the book and manuscript holdings of the New York State Library. The records include itemized, receipted vouchers from vendors and summary statements of amounts paid to vendors.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Administration Division
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This series contains receipted invoices for expenses of the Board of Regents. Most items billed are for books, supplies, and labor for the New York State Library for which the Regents were appointed Trustees in 1844. Some invoices are for expenses such as staff travel costs to the Regents' annual meetings and to visits to New York colleges. Some volumes are burned and fragile.
Creator
University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
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Legislation of 1921 established a Board of Estimate and Control and directed it to conduct a survey of all state departments, offices, and institutions to determine where waste and duplication of effort existed. The Board was then to recommend improvements to each agency or recommend to the legislature that agencies or functions be consolidated or discontinued. This series consists mainly of typescript studies or "surveys" made by Board employees concerning particular state agencies or institutions.
Creator
New York (State). Governor (1921-1922 : Miller)
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Minutes and accounts of Standing Committee on the State Library
Series Number
A2019
Summary
This series consists of two badly burned volumes of minutes of the Board of Regents' Standing Committee on the State Library. The first volume also contains some accounts, apparently of the Standing Committee.
Creator
University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
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Education Department Commissioner's Office correspondence concerning reception for New York State Library at World's Fair
Series Number
A3219
Summary
This series consists of correspondence related to the June 2, 1940 reception for an exhibit organized by the New York State Library at the 1939-1940 World's Fair.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.