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Displaying 139 Finding Aids
Title
- Manuals, bibliographies, and indexes published by the Works Progress Administration
Series Number
- A4178
Summary
- This series contains catalogs, indexes, and bibliographies produced by the Works Progress Administration. The subjects of these publications are quite varied. Generally they are bibliographies or indexes of WPA studies or surveys. Guides include, but are not limited to, the following studies: records survey; real property survey; real estate activity; land use; dwelling survey; pedestrian traffic volume; suggestions for local government administration; and guidelines for preparing written materials.
Creator
- United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Original drawings for Volume V of the Natural History of New York: Paleontology
Series Number
- A4193
Summary
- This series consists of original pencil illustrations for Volume V of the Natural History of New York: Paleontology, written by James Hall and published in 1874. The drawings are of fossil specimens of radiata, crinoidea, and corals.
Creator
- New York State Museum of Natural History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Correspondence and working files of the Schenectady County Office
Series Number
- A4187
Summary
- This series consists of administrative and research files maintained by the Schenectady County office of the Federal Writers' Project and used to prepare publications about Schenectady County. Included is information on the county and city of Schenectady's history; genealogical data on early families in the county; and property ownership genealogies in the Stockade Area. Most records are notes and essays by field workers and extracts of local records. Also included are reports, photographs and administrative correspondence of the Schenectady County Supervisor.
Creator
- Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Files on local historic sites and monuments
Series Number
- A3113
Summary
- This series includes photographs, data cards, correspondence, a map and newspaper clippings giving information on marked and unmarked historic sites in the State by county and locality. The information was collected from local historians who responded to a 1922 request to catalog of historic sites.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary issue files
Series Number
- L0175
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence; memorandums in support of or opposition to legislation; draft and final versions of legislation; court opinions; background reports; staff notes; press clippings; and a journal on issues and proposed legislation. Primary topics include proposed legislation relating to court administration, reorganization, and the unified court system. Other topics include court reform, court selection and salaries, code of evidence, cameras in the courtroom, sentencing guidelines, the Domestic Relations Law, surrogate parenting, adoption procedures, and the Equitable Distribution Law.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on the Judiciary
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Research documentation and findings files
Series Number
- 16002
Summary
- This series consists of narrative and statistical material generated in the planning, development, and execution of various analytical and research projects in the Division of Operations. Such projects are undertaken to improve administrative and operating practices and to develop new operating systems. The files address findings, results, recommendations, and final reports.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Social Services. Division of Operations Analysis
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Unpublished typescript, galleys, and page proofs of "Military Papers of General Peter Gansevoort"
Series Number
- A0131
Summary
- This proposed publication, prepared by the State historian, consists of transcripts of correspondence and a few related documents of Revolutionary War Colonel Peter Gansevoort, commander of the Third New York Line regiment. Included are chronological and alphabetical lists of Gansevoort documents.
Creator
- New York (State). State Historian
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Paleontologist's publications and professional meetings file
Series Number
- B0582
Summary
- This series consists of copies of selected State Museum publications, memorandums, circulars, and professional meeting programs. Records include program information for the 12th-18th International Geological Congresses; the newsletter of the Committee on Paleontology of the National Research Council; program information from various professional meetings of geologists and paleontologists; and "Museum Notes" and miscellaneous State Museum publications.
Creator
- New York State Science Service
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Zoologist's correspondence files
Series Number
- B0569
Summary
- This series contains correspondence and memorandums between zoologists or assistant zoologists and other scientists, collectors, specimen suppliers, private citizens, and the State Museum Director. Early correspondence primarily pertains to the zoology collections. Later subjects include preparation of a checklist of New York birds ("Ornithological Letters"); acquisition of museum specimens; field collection or observation activities; research projects; preparation of scientific papers; information exchange; preparation of zoological exhibits; and questions about characteristics and life cycles of animals.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Temporary State Commission to Study the Organizational Structure of the Government of the City of New York subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- B2424
Summary
- The Temporary State Commission to Study the Organizational Structure of the Government of the City of New York was created to make a study of the city's government with the ultimate goal of attaining economy, efficiency, and improved management. Record types include correspondence, drafts of proposed changes to New York City Charter with revisions and annotations, background material, and one private hearing transcript (August 25, 1953).
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Education Department Division of Archives and History photographs of historic sites and structures
Series Number
- A0245
Summary
- This series contains film negatives and photographic prints of historic sites, buildings, bridges, statues, monuments, and a few persons of statewide or local significance. It apparently contains interfiled photographs resulting from several projects to document historic sites in New York State. The projects included a Federally sponsored historic sites survey (circa 1936-1939); preliminary work on the Historical Album of New York State (1941-1942); and a resurvey of historic sites conducted by the Division of Archives and History (circa 1947-1949).
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Extracts from minutes of the annual sessions of the Buffalo Baptist Association
Series Number
- A4182
Summary
- This series consists of typed extracts of the Buffalo Baptist Association. The abstracts contain the following kinds of information: deaths of prominent Baptist clergy; admission of churches into the association; missionary work performed by association members; historical sketches of member churches; and resolutions passed by the association.
Creator
- Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Legislature statement to the Legislature of the State of New York in support of a tax program for New York City
Series Number
- B2425
Summary
- In 1963, New York City Mayor Robert Wagner constituted the Temporary Commission on City Finances to recommend ways to end the city's annual budget crises. The records in this series include correspondence, state publications, research and data, reports, committee records and correspondence, policy and position statements, technical memorandums, recommendations of the Temporary Commission on City Finances, and the mayor's final statement to the legislature.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Bibliographies of entomological writings
Series Number
- A4215
Summary
- These volumes contain lists of scientific articles on entomology, largely on harmful insects. One volume contains citations to articles and reports dating ca. 1825-1897 arranged by subject (usually name of insect). The other volume contains a chronologically arranged bibliography dating ca. 1847-1910 (most after 1880).
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Entomologist's topical file
Series Number
- B0573
Summary
- This series consists of outgoing correspondence, memoranda, notes, bibliographies, articles, information pamphlets, photographs and original illustrations for publications. Subjects include identification of insect specimens; insect control; use, application, and effect of insecticides; the European Corn Borer; insect classification; State Museum exhibits; nomenclature; and quarantines of agricultural products. Also included are files of Robert Douglas Glasgow which predate his tenure as State Entomologist.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Museum Director's, State Geologist's, and State Paleontologist's incoming correspondence relating to research on the Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec
Series Number
- A0260
Summary
- Incoming correspondence to John M. Clarke, State Museum director and State Geologist (1904-1925), and State Paleontologist (1898-1925). Topics include Clarke's publication of a monograph on early Devonic history, his receipt of the Hayden Memorial Gold Medal, and his research of the geology and paleontology of the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Director's correspondence concerning surveys
Series Number
- A4172
Summary
- This series consists of three subseries, each concerning a different survey conducted by the Historical Records Survey (HRS). They contain: Subseries 1, correspondence concerning survey of town and village records; Subseries 2, correspondence concerning survey of county records; Subseries 3, correspondence concerning American Imprints Inventory.
Creator
- Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence and research files concerning the oil and natural gas industries in New York state
Series Number
- A4210
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes, reports, surveys, well logs, and maps mostly relating to oil and natural gas location and production in New York State. Most of the files were created by two Geological Survey geologists whose specialties were "economic geology." Included is information on the identification and location of oil and natural gas fields; commercial development; assessments and production. The records also document the dissemination of information to oil and natural gas firms, other scientists, and landowners.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Director's general correspondence files
Series Number
- A4173
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence concerning the administration of the Historical Records Survey in New York State. It contains: Subseries 1, correspondence with district supervisors; Subseries 2, correspondence with state and national officials; Subseries 3, correspondence concerning distribution of county inventories.
Creator
- Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Reference file
Series Number
- A2099
Summary
- This series consists of pamphlets, reports, conference materials, newsletters, news clippings, press releases, and correspondence relating to vocational education programs. Most records pertain to adult education; apprenticeship programs; art education; commercial education; continuation schools; curriculum development; home economics education; vocational and trade schools; and vocational rehabilitation.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Assistant Commissioner for Vocational and Extension Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.