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.
The series documents New York's participation in several interstate sanitary and water pollution control commissions including those related to following draingage basins: boundry waters, Delaware River, Susquehanna River, Ohio River Valley, and Great Lakes. The files include correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings and hearings, transcripts, analytical data, and investigation studies. Maps, diagrams, and some photographs are also present, most often in copies of commission reports, promotional literature, or special research projects.
Creator
New York (State). Division of Water
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Evidence upholding territorial rights and jurisdiction of New York against Massachasetts, New Hampshire, and Vermonters
Series Number
A1891
Summary
This series consists of copies of documents supporting New York's territorial claims against those of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and the area that became Vermont. Included are briefs and supporting documents, including minutes of the Provincial Council; correspondence of New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts officials; colonial laws of New York; correspondence of Peter Stuyvesant and Dutch residents transferring territorial claims of New Netherland colony; and other related documents.
Creator
New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
This series contains files on the establishment of enforceable water quality standards for interstate and coastal waters. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1965 required each state to adopt water quality standards applicable to interstate waters within or on its borders. The Department of Health's Division of Pure Waters drafted the New York standards. Files include reports, hearing summaries, correspondence, memorandums, and maps.
Creator
New York (State). Division of Pure Waters
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Accounts and receipts of Commission for Settling Claims for Land Ceded to Vermont
Series Number
A0807
Summary
This series consists of accounts and receipts for services rendered or for money paid out by the Commissioners for Settling Claims for Land Ceded to Vermont for office supplies and newspaper advertisements addressed to potential claimants. The Commission was responsible for settling claims of persons who had received land grants from New York in what is now Vermont.
Creator
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Lake Champlain Bridge Commission construction, maintenance, and administrative records of the Lake Champlain (or Crown Point) Bridge and the Rouses Point Bridge
Series Number
B1417
Summary
This series consists microfilmed records of the New York and Vermont Joint Bridge Commission and the Lake Champlain Bridge Commission. These records document commission activities from its founding to dissolution and include minutes and correspondence; bridge planning, construction, operation, and repair documentation; and contracts, land title documentation, and other legal records. Original records at the Vermont State Archives.
Creator
Lake Champlain Bridge Commission
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Petitions and correspondence regarding the New York-Vermont boundary dispute
Series Number
A1826
Summary
Records include petitions from New Yorkers requesting help in defending their land rights; minutes and resolutions of local and congressional committees concerning proposed solutions; correspondence of government officials and local committees regarding use of armed forces to protect New York's land claims, actions taken against New York by Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys, and Congressional response to the dispute; records regarding patents for land granted by New York State to compensate property holders for land lost; and lists of names of "Vermont sufferers" entitled to land.
Creator
New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1846
Access Restrictions
Access to original records is restricted due to burn damage sustained in the 1911 New York State Capitol building fire.
These survey maps were made for landholders, for partitioning of land, and for disposition of as yet unappropriated lands. Most maps depict areas of eastern upstate New York; some show lands bordering on or within Vermont. The maps generally provide: name, location, or number of the town, tract, patent, or Indian reservation surveyed; lot boundaries and dimensions; lot numbers; names of landholders (sometimes); waterways; and the number of acres in area surveyed (sometimes).
Creator
New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.