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Title

Lake Champlain Bridge Commission Crown Point Bridge publicity files

Series Number

B2413

Summary

This series consists of publicity records that were created as a commemoration to the opening of the new Lake Champlain Bridge. The content of the records spans the history of the original Crown Point Bridge from its design to its demolition and gives an overview of the construction and opening of the new bridge.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Transportation archived websites

Series Number

B2191

Summary

This series consists of a copy of the New York State Department of Transportation Permits site produced on December 22, 2006, shortly before Governor George E. Pataki (1995-2006) left office. It documents the department's history and mission, as well as the organizational structure of the department's Central Permit Office. In addition, content includes information on the Divisible Load Overweight Permit Program, and a list of fines for overweight vehicles (2006).

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Moreland Commission on Welfare correspondence and subject files

Series Number

10991

Summary

The commission's correspondence and subject files document citizen concern about public assistance programs and the examination of practices, procedures, and costs. Administrative files include budget data, studies, reports, minutes, transcripts, news clippings, and press releases. Correspondence, mostly routine, documents communication with the governor's office, public and private social welfare officers, civic groups, and citizens. Studies, reports, statistics, and articles contain information on public assistance, provided by social welfare organizations and experts in New York and other states.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

All investigative materials in Moreland Act commission records are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 6 and 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Requests for access to such materials are referred to the Governor's Office.

Title

Department of Transportation annual reports

Series Number

B2466

Summary

The series consists of annual reports of the Department of Transportation and its predecessor agency, the Department of Public Works. Reports for some years are missing. Early reports typically include both narrative and exhaustive statistical information on department activities; later reports tend to include fewer statistics. Reports for some years are missing. Post-World War II era reports document the planning, design, and implementation of a modernized state highway system, including the New York State Thruway.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Indexes to historical aerial photographs

Series Number

B2711

Summary

This index consists primarily of mosaic aerial photographic prints depicting individual aerial photographs found in Series , Department of Transportation Historical Aerial Photographs. Also included are a printed index by name of municipality; other mosaic maps (some unidentified) that may be related to other unknown map series; and lists of other maps and printed annotated maps which appear to be related to the areas covered by the index.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Town highway improvement program annual reports

Series Number

B2432

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Transportation cultural resources survey reports

Series Number

B2479

Summary

This series consists of studies of undertaken to determine the impact on cultural and/or historical resources of proposed Department of Transportation projects. The Department of Transportation's Environmental Analysis Bureau enters into contracts with the New York State Museum, which conducts some of the studies itself and sub-contracts others to State University of New York academic departments and/or private contractors.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Historical aerial photographs

Series Number

B2700

Summary

These aerial photographs were created by various federal agencies prior to and during the Second World War. They were collected and annotated by the Department of Public Works and/or the Department for Transportation for use in design, remediation, and emergency repair purposes. Photos depict areas located in counties which comprised the former Department of Transportation Region 3.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Lands under water survey project index cards

Series Number

B2645

Summary

This series of 5 x 8 inch cards indexes Series B2643, Lands under water survey project records. The index cards provide the name of applicant, survey location, county, tube number, and 222 series number. Some index cards also include project date. The cards also provide an "H" series number, which is the designation for highway/Department of Public Works projects. The last set of numbers in the "H" series number correlate to the project survey file number in Series B2643.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Mental Hygiene Departmental reorganization records

Series Number

A1110

Summary

This series consists of files compiled by John C. McEvoy, Executive Director of the Steering Committee for Departmental Reorganization. The files detail the development and implementation of plans for the reorganization of the Department of Mental Hygiene. Subjects range from agency-level policy development to day-to-day facility operations and staffing. Records include inter-departmental memorandums; meeting agendas and minutes; background and research materials; policy papers; organizational charts; worksheets; and sample office forms. A significant volume of documents detail the functions of various offices and divisions within the former department and the staffing levels at which these units operated.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Lands under water survey project records

Series Number

B2643

Summary

This series consists of lands under water survey project records, which resulted from surveys conducted on behalf of applicants for lands under water transactions. The records also include some documentation of transfer of jurisdiction to other state agencies. Documented projects were located in the five boroughs of New York City and Long Island as well as Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange, and Greene counties. Typed of records include survey receipts, payroll logs, survey descriptions, phone message slips, survey calculations, copies of adjacent upland deeds, newspaper articles, and survey maps.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Transportation Master Plan records

Series Number

19746

Summary

This series consists of the State Transportation Master Plan, created in 1987, which was a twenty-year guide for transportation policy in New York State. It provides goals and action steps to reach a desired level of transportation statewide.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Transportation Commissioner's correspondence and subject files

Series Number

10487

Summary

Records in this series document highway projects; planning and programming; administration and program management; finance; training and recruitment; contracts, legislation, claims, and other legal affairs; agency bureaus and units; transportation-related authorities, commissions, and committees; meetings and conventions of professional organizations; rights of way and land acquisition; federal aid; traffic safety, signals, and regulations; and highway research and development.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

Personnel records in this series are restricted to protect personal privacy. State Archives staff will review requests for specific records in the series and disclose in accordance with State Freedom of Information Law.

Title

Airport Commission files

Series Number

B2500

Summary

This series includes meeting minutes, resolutions, plans, and studies of the Republic Airport Commission. This commission, which consists of Department of Transportation officials and representatives from the local community, sets policy for the airport and studies the relationship between airport operations and the surrounding community.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Emergency management records

Series Number

B2353

Summary

This series consists of guidelines, directives, assessments, correspondence, and other documentation related to emergency and disaster management and recovery.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Aerial photographs of western New York

Series Number

B1936

Summary

These aerial photographs of Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Niagara counties created in 1938 by the Department of Transportation.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

Photographs are labeled asrestricted and confidential due tonational security concerns.

Title

Route books for Federal-Aid highways

Series Number

14156

Summary

This series contains letters designating New York highways as eligible for federal aid, letters approving revisions or additions to the system as of 1931, and letters approving federal aid for highways. Included are descriptions of routes approved as of January 9, 1931, including beginning and ending points, intermediate cities, villages, and hamlets; and correspondence concerning designations of "urban areas." as defined by the Federal-aid Highway Act. Many of the letters refer to maps that are not in the State Archives.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Index to aerial photographs of state highways

Series Number

B1860

Summary

This series consists of approximately 600 reference sheets, partially bound into 4 volumes that function as an index to accretion 10700-00A, Department of Transportation Aerial Photographs of State Highways. Each sheet measures approximately 20 x 24 inches. Also included are blueprint topographical maps indicating the general location of each section entry of the index.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Federal-Aid urban area boundary maps

Series Number

14155

Summary

This series consists of maps of urban area boundaries drafted in district offices or modified from, U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle maps. Maps had to be approved by the U.S. Public Roads Administration or Bureau of Public Roads for states wishing to receive special aid for highways lying within urban areas. Some maps show all Federal-Aid highways systems; older maps show only primary, secondary, and urban routes.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Transportation accident investigation manuals

Series Number

B2675

Summary

This series contains accident investigation manuals detailing the step by step procedures used to investigate rail and bus accidents.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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