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Displaying 14 Finding Aids
Title
- Thruway Authority Department of Information and Commercial Affairs press clippings file
Series Number
- B0588
Summary
- This series consists of newspaper articles, press releases, and editorials relating to all aspects of Thruway construction, openings, and operations. They were collected to monitor the effects of the public relations campaign mounted by the Thruway Authority and serve as a record of progress in construction and Thruway operations. Topics include individuals connected with the Thruway; communities along the Thruway corridor; economic effects; bonds; facilities; and safety.
Creator
- New York State Thruway Authority. Department of Information and Commercial Affairs
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Thruway Authority Department of Information and Commercial Affairs public relations planning and publications files
Series Number
- B0589
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, itineraries, reports, news releases, photographs, promotional brochures and pamphlets concerning public relations activities conducted by the Thruway Authority. The files mostly relate to opening ceremonies for each newly completed section of the Thruway, and inspection tours conducted for groups interested in the Thruway. From its establishment in 1950, the Authority exercised an active public relations program designed to distribute information to the public and to promote support for and use of the Thruway.
Creator
- New York State Thruway Authority. Department of Information and Commercial Affairs
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Thruway Authority Department of Public Information speech and news release file
Series Number
- B0590
Summary
- Series includes speeches, papers, and presentations by Thruway Authority public relations staff and Department of Public Works staff. These speeches were made before a variety of professional, community, and public interest groups and cover topics ranging from engineering problems to advocacy for the Authority. News release files include releases from the Department of Public Works, State Comptroller, and the Executive Chamber, as well as the Thruway Authority. Releases pertain to the establishment of the Authority and construction and financing of the Thruway.
Creator
- New York State Thruway Authority. Department of Public Information
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Aerial photographs and index to aerial photographs of state highways
Series Number
- 10700
Summary
- This series consists of aerial photograph negatives and prints and corresponding photographic indexes depicting the state's roads and highway system. The aerial photography which forms the basis for the index was contracted by the Department of Public Works and its successor, the Department of Transportation, to document the statewide infrastructure for planning and construction purposes. A relatively small number of images depict state institutions, such as state university campuses, and other geographic features.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Office of Public Employment Practices and Representation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Governor public information photographs
Series Number
- 13703
Summary
- These photographic images were used as public relations vehicles for New York's governors. The photographs helped to publicize their official, and occasionally unofficial, activities. Most of the images reveal the routine activities that the governors' photographers were assigned to photograph. Records tend to be arranged by gubernatorial administration for the following governors: Thomas E. Dewey, W. Averell Harriman, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Malcolm Wilson, Hugh L. Carey, Mario M. Cuomo, and Eliot Spitzer.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Health Commissioner's Office subject files
Series Number
- 13307
Summary
- These subject files contain correspondence, memorandums, newspaper clippings, printed materials, reports, press releases, speeches, legislative and grant proposals, and hearing testimony. The files deal with such health related issues such as abortion, care for the disabled and handicapped, substance abuse, public health education, and rising medical costs. Files also document health-related research projects and the various commissioners' relationships with health care organizations.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- 13307-09: Use of originals is restricted; consult photocopies of letters in master file.
Title
- Motion pictures of Thruway construction and related matters
Series Number
- 14512
Summary
- This series contains promotional films produced by either the Thruway Authority Motion Picture Unit or the Photographic Bureau within the Department of Public Information. The films cover subjects such as construction; opening ceremonies for different road sections and bridges; portrayals of the road's benefits to the state in prosperity, convenience, and safety; portrayals of the advantages of tandem-trailer trucking; maintenance programs; and traffic studies.
Creator
- New York State Thruway Authority
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Governor audiovisual records
Series Number
- 13700
Summary
- This series consists of audio and video tape cassettes, motion picture films, and reel-to-reel audio tapes documenting the activities of New York's governors. Included are tapes and films of Thomas E. Dewey, W. Averell Harriman, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Malcolm Wilson, Hugh L. Carey, and Mario M. Cuomo. The tapes and films cover such events as: gubernatorial inaugurations; annual state-of-the-state addresses; budget messages; press conferences; interviews; radio and television announcements; award and dedication ceremonies; and meetings with government officials and representatives.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
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
- Negatives and prints of Thruway interchanges and facilities
Series Number
- B0592
Summary
- This series includes film negatives and prints, grouped by Thruway Region, showing aerial, oblique views of Thruway interchanges and facilities. There are usually several views of each taken from different angles and distances
Creator
- New York State Thruway Authority. Department of Public Information
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Audio recordings of programs about the Thruway
Series Number
- B0593
Summary
- This series consists of audio disks of programs about the Thruway. Programs include "Four Hundred Miles of Progress," A Documentary on the New York State Thruway Narrated by Alan Cole/Danny Fusco; and "Thruway Discussion, Citizen's Committee." Records are restricted subject to approval by conservation supervisor regarding playback equipment.
Creator
- New York State Thruway Authority. Department of Public Information and Business Promotion
Access Restrictions
- Restricted:Subject to approval by conservation supervisor regarding playback equipment.
Title
- Miscellaneous maps
Series Number
- B1903
Summary
- Many of the maps in this series either directly or tangentially relate to transportation functions. The maps pertain to numerous subjects including the state's canal system, coastal areas, community water systems, power pools, gasoline facilities, recreation, tourism, Adirondack Northway motorist assistance facilities, Empire State Plaza, Adirondack Park, municipal boundaries, and the New York State Thruway. Other items include state atlases and gazetteers, highway condition maps, highway planning material, and motorist maps.
Creator
- Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Planning Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Department of Transportation Graphic Arts Unit transportation and state facilities related photographs and photo logs
Series Number
- 17672
Summary
- These photographs, slides, and logs document the state transportation system, its structures, and state facilities created by the Department of Public Works (1923-1967) and its successor agency, the Department of Transportation. Images depict bridge and highway construction, canals repair and maintenance, and construction of state facilities. Some show employees and officials or landscapes and historic sites. Album pictures depict bridges, waterways, grade crossings, accidents, highways, hospitals, prisons, and schools. Some images document construction progress on the South Mall Project.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Graphic Arts Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Highway design project correspondence and plans
Series Number
- 13377
Summary
- The series consists of files maintained by the DOT's Consultant Management Office. Records include correspondence plans, and an environmental impact statement pertaining to design of highways by outside consulting firms. Projects include Freeman's Bridge, South Park Avenue bridges, Hamilton Avenue Bridge in White Plains, New York State Thruway riverside ramps, work on Maurice Avenue to the Grand Central Parkway, sections of Rte. 74 and the Long Island Expressway.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Facilities Design Division. Consultant Management Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.