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Displaying 28 Finding Aids
Title
- Adirondack Mountain Authority administrative subject files
Series Number
- 11349
Summary
- The series consists of Adirondack Mountain Authority meeting files, correspondence, feasibility/construction estimates for various recreational projects, administrative files, and public relations contract files. In addition, there is a small quantity of meeting files of the superseded Whiteface Mountain Authority.
Creator
- New York (State). Adirondack Mountain Authority
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Division of Solid & Hazardous Materials rulemaking records
Series Number
- B2813
Summary
- This series consists of records documenting the changes to rules for the development and intent of the Department of Environmental Conservation's rules and regulations, including normal, emergency, and consensus rulemaking.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Solid & Hazardous Materials
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Assemblyman William B. Hoyt bill files
Series Number
- L0190
Summary
- These records document the origin, development, progress, and intent of bills, resolutions, and regulations sponsored by Assemblyman Hoyt. Topics include child abuse prevention, protecting the environment, developing energy resources, and promoting the state's historical and cultural heritage. Included are proposed bills; memorandums in support of legislation; references to prior laws or regulations; responses to requests for comments and recommendations on Senate bills; legislative program briefs; internal memorandums; handwritten work notes; and legislative support/advocacy letters.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1974-1992 : William B. Hoyt)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Closed pollution/permit application hearing files
Series Number
- 16860
Summary
- This series consists of files relating to adjudication hearings on environmental permit applications and/or pollution cases. Files may include background material, briefs, hearing transcripts, decisions, correspondence, commissioner's orders, notices of hearing and complaint, stipulations of discontinuance, and inspection or complaint reports. Included are copies of the United States Atomic Energy Commission's public hearings on the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks subject, correspondence, and meeting files
Series Number
- 10984
Summary
- This series contains mainly correspondence, reports, studies, and project proposals involving the temporary commission. The studies and recommendations of the commission led directly to the creation of the Adirondack Park Agency in 1971. Topics that appear repeatedly in recommendations, proposals, and letters of concern are public and private land; wildlife; water resources, quality and pollution; snowmobiles; hunting; the Gooley Dam; airplanes; scenic easements; logging; zoning; and recreation.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks
Access Restrictions
- Partially restricted to protect personal privacy. Resumes and social security numbers are found throughout the series.
Title
- Environmental Facilities Corporation archived websites
Series Number
- B2090
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation.
Creator
- New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Adirondack Mountain Authority legal and administrative files
Series Number
- 11263
Summary
- The series consists primarily of legal and administrative files dealing with the two major recreational ski areas in Warren (Gore Mountain) and Essex (Whiteface Mountain) counties. The authority worked closely with the Conservation Department, and the records relate to the authority's continuation of development begun under preceding authorities and commissions and new development financed by a succession of legislative appropriations.
Creator
- New York (State). Adirondack Mountain Authority
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Copies of survey maps of lands acquired for John Boyd Thacher Park
Series Number
- A3242
Summary
- This series consists of copies of survey maps of lands acquired for John Boyd Thacher Park by the State Engineer and Surveyor.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Interstate water quality standards files
Series Number
- A1119
Summary
- 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.
Title
- Maps, plans, and sketches for improvement and development of parks and parkways on Long Island
Series Number
- A3320
Summary
- This series documents the Long Island State Park Commission's responsibilities to oversee the state of parks and parkways on Long Island. Consisting primarily of maps and plans, the series also includes sketches of parks, recreational areas, and other facilities; conveyances for realignments of roads; aerial surveys of the south shore of Long Island; and sanitation survey application data for Suffolk County.
Creator
- Long Island State Park Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Historic Tree program files
Series Number
- B2923
Summary
- This series consists of records related to the creation of New York State's Historic Tree Register. Files pertaining to the register include applications, correspondence, press releases, acceptance and rejection letters, and descriptions of the trees. Also included are State Botanist records from the 1910s, correspondence regarding the planting of Moon Trees (trees grown from seeds taken into orbit around the Moon) in the 1970s, and surveys of large and historical trees in the state from the 1960s-1980s.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Lands and Forests
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Adirondack Park Agency Planning Division administrative files of the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks
Series Number
- 18876
Summary
- This series consists of transcripts of public hearings held by the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks. Copies of these transcripts are also contained in Series 18880, Administrative Files on Establishment and Early Planning of the Adirondack Park Agency.
Creator
- Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Planning Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to Conservation Dept. Photographic Prints and Negatives
Series Number
- B1786
Summary
- Grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities allowed State Archives staff to undertake a preservation project by which duplicate negatives and contact prints were created for most of the negatives in Series 14297. This series consists of 5,206 positive contact prints made from duplicate negatives in Series 14297, Conservation Department Photographic Prints and Negatives, and functions as a visual index to that series.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Division director's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 16481
Summary
- The records in this series reflect the Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources' responsibility for legislating, implementing, operating, and monitoring programs designed to protect the fish and wildlife environment. Topics addressed include wetlands, water contamination (PCBs, acid rain), dredging, flood control, wildlife inventories, fish hatcheries, and hunting and fishing policies.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources. Director's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Adirondack Park land use planning county maps
Series Number
- A3318
Summary
- The series consists of maps produced by the Adirondack Park Agency for the Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan of 1973. The maps consist of a printed base map of each county (sometimes done in sections) prepared by the Office of Planning Services, with an attached plastic film overlay in colors representing the various land use classifications. Additionally, wilderness areas and "primitive areas" are represented.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Usage Restrictions
- Use under supervision or with assistance of archivist due to fragile condition of the plastic film overlays.
Title
- Issues files
Series Number
- L0221
Summary
- The series consists of memoranda, news clippings, draft copies of propositions, copies of hearing testimony, lists of citations to legislation, and related research materials pertinent to substantive issues discussed at the convention by committees on natural resources, education, and local government. Topics include a forest preserve, a state structure governing education, and a "bill of rights" for local government.
Creator
- New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1967
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Environmental Conservation Pollution Prevention Unit studies of metrics, environmental indicators, and economic incentives
Series Number
- B2886
Summary
- This series contains project files and studies documenting the Department of Environmental Conservation's effort to create measurable objectives in the field of environmental protection and restoration in the 1990s.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Pollution Prevention Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Sewage treatment works construction planning grants files
Series Number
- 11460
Summary
- The series consists of project files for sewage treatment works in state municipalities for which state planning aid was requested. The records include correspondence, memoranda, discharge permits, certificates of expenditures, engineers' field reports, and applications for state grants to fund preliminary and detailed plans for public sewer systems or treatment works. Typical projects include construction of sanitary sewers, truck sewer extensions, garbage incinerators, outfall sewers, and new disposal plants or proposed additions and alterations to existing sewage treatment plants.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty First Century subject, correspondence, and meeting files
Series Number
- 16290
Summary
- This series documents the Commission's study of the Adirondack Park economy, the Adirondack Forest Preserve, private and state land management, and subdivision and development trends. Records include subject files; correspondence; audio tapes of commission meetings; copies of public meeting presentations; audio tapes of public meetings; and copies of consultants' reports on such issues as forest preserve management, outdoor recreation, the role of nonprofit third parties in land acquisition, and the history of private land use regulation in the Adirondack Park.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Harold A. Jerry, Jr. professional papers
Series Number
- B1830
Summary
- This series consists of Harold Jerry's personal copies of records compiled during public service with the Office for Regional Development, the Temporary Commission on the State Court System, the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks, the Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century, and the Adirondack Highway Council. Records include correspondence; working, policy, and issue papers; press releases; economic and environmental studies; environmental field reports; draft legislation; meeting minutes, summaries, and agendas; budget materials; and clippings.
Creator
- Jerry, Harold A., Jr., 1920-2001
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.