Civilian Conservation Corps camp and personnel files
Series Number
A3268
Summary
Following passage of the Emergency Conservation Work Act in 1933, the federal government recruited and trained unemployed men ages seventeen to twenty-eight to develop forest lands and parks. In New York, the program commonly and later officially known as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) focused on recreation, fishery, forestry, and pest control projects. The series consists of correspondence, reports, work plans, general orders, work applications, and personnel files related to New York's CCC camps.
Creator
New York (State). Conservation Department
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Card index to administrative matters and regulatory and special permit cases
Series Number
B1590
Summary
The series is a card file indexing matters of general administration, regulatory violations, and special permit actions handled from September 1, 1930 through December 31, 1937. Cards typically list name and place of residence of the applicant or person cited for an infraction, date, brief description of action, and page number. Cards for personnel appointments often show salary information and date of hiring or retirement.
Creator
New York (State). Conservation Department
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State Engineer and Surveyor administrative subject files
Series Number
B0247
Summary
These files document the duties and functions of the State Engineer and Surveyor. Topics covered include personnel matters; supply inventories, equipment purchases; Barge Canal construction and maintenance projects; joint topographical survey of the state with the U.S. Geological Survey; state and local boundary line surveys; land appropriations; easements; "blue line" surveys; abandonment and sale of canal lands; operation and navigation of the Barge Canal, canal alternations; and damage claims filed against the state.
Creator
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
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State Engineer and Surveyor payrolls for employees in military service
Series Number
A3260
Summary
This series documents payment to State Engineer and Surveyor employees for the differential between their military pay and their state salaries, and mostly consists of monthly payrolls providing: name; state title; military rank; monthly state salary; monthly military pay; amount due from state; and governor's approval number. These payments were made pursuant to a law stipulating that state employees would not lose any of their employment privileges due to absence in military service during World War I.
Creator
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
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