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Displaying 29 Finding Aids
Title
- Registers of terminated stoneworkers
Series Number
- A3172
Summary
- This series consists of listings of terminated stoneworkers for the new State Capitol building construction project. Entries for each worker include the name, beginning and ending dates of employment, and reason for termination, such as "not attending to his work"; "too long on his stone"; "spoiled his stone"; or "delinquent on stone."
Creator
- New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Record of hours worked
Series Number
- A3181
Summary
- This series consists of records documenting hours worked by employees hired for construction of the new State Capitol building. Information includes the worker's name; starting dates of the work period; and a mark representing each eight-hour shift worked. Entries for some employees note employee had been paid or transferred to another job on the construction site.
Creator
- New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Record of hourly wages of workers
Series Number
- A3180
Summary
- This series consists of an unbound volume recording names and hourly wages of employees hired for construction of the new State Capitol building. Employees are divided into two categories: casting derricks, and laborers. Only two wage rates are indicated.
Creator
- New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Directory of prospective workers
Series Number
- A3173
Summary
- This series consists of names of prospective workers on the new State Capitol building construction project. Included are the person's name and position for which they are being considered, and, in most cases, their address. Information about relevant employment experience, desirability as an employee, and references are sometimes noted. Comments referring to the applicant's personal and familial circumstances may be included.
Creator
- New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State New Capitol Commission employee time books
Series Number
- B0111
Summary
- This series consists of booklets used to record the amount of time each employee worked on the construction of the New York State Capitol. Each booklet covers a two-week period and contains each employee's name; trade or job; hourly wage rate; number of hours worked each day during the two-week period; aggregate hours; and wages earned.
Creator
- New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Historic structures report for the Capitol
Series Number
- L0001
Summary
- This series consists of an unbound copy of the report created by the Temporary State Commission on the Restoration of the Capitol to facilitate preparation of a long range plan for the building's restoration and rehabilitation. Included are photo-prints showing both historical and contemporary views of the exterior and interior of the building. Prints depict views that span the period from about 1850 to 1982.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary State Commission on the Restoration of the Capitol
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Plans and drawings pertaining to the construction of the State Capitol
Series Number
- B0700
Summary
- This series consists of roughly 1,200 architectural plans and drawings documenting the construction and subsequent renovation of the New York State Capitol building. The records include floor plans, interior and exterior elevations, alterations, proposed projects never completed, and details of stone carvings and the building's mechanical systems.
Creator
- New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commission on the Restoration of the Capitol Executive Director's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- B2895
Summary
- This series consists of the correspondence files of former executive directors of the State Commission on the Restoration of the Capitol, Walter Mahoney and Andrea Lazaski. The correspondence covers a plethora of topics including major works of art to purchase for the Capitol, areas of current restoration, and the historical significance of the architecture. Expenses and topics of committee meetings are also included.
Creator
- New York State Commission on the Restoration of the Capitol
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Capitol construction progress photographs
Series Number
- B0701
Summary
- This series consists of photographs depicting the excavation and beginning construction of the present State Capitol in Albany, New York. Many of the images in accretion B0701-03 are duplicates of photographs contained in B0701-85, but some later photographs show partially completed first and second floor levels of the Capitol. The series also contains images taken by photographer Thomas Fuller and a landscape plan by Frederick Law Olmsted of the East Park (1898).
Creator
- New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of visitors to the State Capitol building
Series Number
- A0047
Summary
- The series consists of pages from a register of visitors to the New York State Capitol at Albany. Entries include date, name (signature) of visitor and place (city) of residence.
Creator
- New York (State). Executive Department
Access Restrictions
- A0047-78: Restricted in part because of severe burn damage.Use under supervision of an archivist.
Title
- Photographs of the new State Capitol during construction
Series Number
- A1897
Summary
- This series consists of a bound volume of photographs depicting progress of construction of the New State Capitol from 1869 through 1877. The photographs were produced for Thomas Fuller, the original architect of the New State Capitol, by photographer Eugene M. Haines and published in a limited edition. Each photograph is identified by date and either street location or structure, or both.
Creator
- New York (State). Board of New Capitol Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Labor registers
Series Number
- A3176
Summary
- This series consists of names of workers engaged in the construction of the new State Capitol building. Entries include dates of hire, lay off and reinstatement; name of person recommending worker for a position; and "remarks". Job titles include stonecutters, machinists, blacksmiths, carpenters, painters, masons and plasterers, laborers, and day/night watchmen. Also included are lists of appointees to administrative posts. Entries include appointment date, appointee's municipality of residence, and date of retirement from post.
Creator
- New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Record of stone transported by canal boats
Series Number
- A3177
Summary
- This series documents the shipment via canal vessels of stone used for the construction of the new State Capitol building. Entries include the name of the transporting vessel and the date of shipment. Also included is information that apparently pertains to the platform cars used to transport the material; type of stone shipped; "set"; "mark"; and "repair".
Creator
- New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Check stubs
Series Number
- A0391
Summary
- This series contains check stubs documenting payments made for expenses relating to the construction of the new State Capitol building, such as payroll of workers, architects, and other personnel; materials; and shipping charges. The check stubs indicate the date of issue, to whom issued, and amount. The occupation and number of hours worked are provided on stubs for employee checks, but not all stubs give the purpose of the payment. Checks are numbered sequentially with several interruptions and restarts.
Creator
- New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Temporary State Commission on the Capital City report, meeting and hearing files
Series Number
- 10822
Summary
- The Temporary State Commission on the Capital City was created for the purpose of cooperating with local officials and groups in developing recommendations for a realistic and fiscally sound program for the rehabilitation of the City of Albany. The series consists of commission staff files that document its various activities. Records include architects' proposals, consultant contracts, South Mall progress reports, reports to the State Legislature, meeting minutes, public hearings, and newspaper clippings. Also included are several dozen photographs and slides.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary State Commission on the Capital City
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State New Capitol Commission specifications of new State Capitol
Series Number
- B1628
Summary
- This series consists of the general bill of specifications for the construction of the new State Capitol building, signed by the architect, Thomas Fuller. Included are specifications for ironwork; stonework; brick and plaster work; carpentry; plumbing; and wrought ironwork.
Creator
- New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Architect's letter books
Series Number
- B0336
Summary
- This series consists of copies of outgoing correspondence from the State Architect, Lewis F. Pilcher about the reconstruction and other improvements of the State Capitol following the 1911 fire. Addressees include the Trustees and Superintendent of Public Buildings, State Comptroller, heads of state agencies housed in the Capitol, contractors, building materials and furnishings manufacturers, and periodicals in which notices to contractors were published. Topics include contract specifications, bids, awarding and payment of contracts, progress and approval of completed work.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Architecture
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of running totals of payments to workers
Series Number
- A3182
Summary
- This series consists of lists of running totals of payments made to employees engaged in the construction of the new State Capitol building. Information includes the entry number, surname, and amount paid.
Creator
- New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Purchase requisition stub book
Series Number
- A3183
Summary
- This series consists of a book of stubs from requisitions for materials needed in the construction of the new State Capitol building. Each stub lists requisition date, requisition number, to whom the requisition was made, and the name and quantity of the articles requisitioned.
Creator
- New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Capitol restoration feasibility studies and reports
Series Number
- B1864
Summary
- This series consists of feasibility studies, budget plans, project reports, and historical background information relating to restoration projects proposed for or undertaken at the State Capitol building in Albany, New York. Projects include the restoration of third floor rooms; creation of additional office space; improvement of handicap accessibility; restoration of the Great Western Staircase masonry and lighting; restoration of the Great Western Staircase skylight and roof; and restoration of the skylights over the Assembly and Senate Staircases.
Creator
- New York State Commission on the Restoration of the Capitol
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.