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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

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

Historic Preservation Field Services Bureau project review files

Series Number

19423

Summary

This series consists of files created while reviewing state or federal projects which may affect so-called "cultural resources" (structures or archaeological sites) that are listed, or are eligible to be listed, on the national or state Register of Historic Places.

Creator

• New York (State). Historic Preservation Field Services Bureau

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Heritage area management plans

Series Number

21793

Summary

This series documents establishment of and provides information on the history and cultural resources of heritage areas. Each management plan includes description of area boundaries; inventory of cultural resources; goals and objectives statement; types of area uses; potential property acquisitions; proposed exhibits and programs; cost/benefit analysis; cultural resources preservation techniques; organizational structure; environmental reviews; park planning schedule; schedule for park development and State-issued approval; and photographs, other images, and historical records.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Heritage Areas System Bureau

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Pictorial map of New York State

Series Number

A3314

Summary

This map was published by the Department of Commerce to display scenic, economic, and historic sites of interest in the state. Entitled "New York The Empire State," it includes picture icons locating significant natural features, state parks, scenic areas, recreation/visitor and historic sites, museums, and significant public buildings. Text blocks summarize state history, natural and recreational features, and economic development and provide a description of state insignia.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Commerce

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Heritage Areas System Bureau program planning files

Series Number

21794

Summary

This series consists of planning documents and correspondence related to the creation, development, and evolution of the New York State Heritage Areas Program and New York State Urban Cultural Parks Program. The purpose of these programs has been to develop, preserve, and promote the state's cultural and natural resources "as an expression of [New York] state's heritage." The records document the purpose/objectives of the program, suggested community designations and legislative structure, as well as marketing and outreach functions.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Heritage Areas System Bureau

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Pamphlets and articles related to local history and historic sites

Series Number

B1772

Summary

This series consists of booklets, pamphlets, and other ephemera on topics related primarily to New York State history, local history, historic sites and buildings, historic preservation, historiography, or other subjects of interest to the state historian. Topics include archaeology, church histories, local history, school histories, historic buildings, churches and religion, museums, anniversary celebrations of events, historic markers and memorials, schools, biographic information, geographical place names, colonial history, military history, Indians, manners and customs, folklore, celebrations and pageants, and transportation.

Creator

• New York (State). State Historian

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Historic area/site marker files

Series Number

22353

Summary

This series documents area and site-specific markers erected along New York State roadways during the 1960s and thereafter by the State of New York and private organizations to commemorate events, persons, and places of historic interest. The files contain documentation of many, but not all, of the historical markers, including many markers which were later removed. Types of records include applications (approved and denied), correspondence, public online inventory, and other records concerning area and site-specific markers.

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

State/Federal Register of Historic Places adverse impact documentation files

Series Number

19309

Summary

This series consists of photographs, architectural drawings and elevations, and occasionally, narrative descriptions of historic structures which are to be razed. The Bureau of Historic Preservation Field Services is responsible for ensuring that owners of structures that are on, or are eligible to be on, the State or Federal Registers of Historic Places document those structures prior to their demolition. These files are probably the best graphic documentation of the designated structures just prior to demolition.

Creator

• University of the State of New York. Board of Regents

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Assistant Secretary for Reports subject and correspondence files

Series Number

B2331

Summary

This series consists of subject and correspondence files created by Assistant Secretary for Reports to Governor W. Averell Harriman, Daniel P. Moynihan. The records document the two major functions of the Assistant Secretary for Reports: to bring the State Government closer to the people and to keep the Governor informed on the developments and activities within the State departments and agencies. Many files concern the public relations and public informational aspects of New York State government.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor. Assistant Secretary for Reports

Access Restrictions

Income tax file in Box 6 is restricted to protect personal privacy.

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

Historical marker card files

Series Number

22355

Summary

This series documents basic information for historical markers erected throughout the state; for markers that were never erected; and for markers that were later destroyed. The cards are pre-printed with typewritten or handwritten information added. Each card contains information about the location of the marker, its inscription, when it was approved by the Office of State History staff, the date it was installed, and maintenance information. This is likely a partial inventory containing only those markers of which staff was made aware.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Office of State History

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

Historical marker survey files

Series Number

22356

Summary

This series documents the results of a survey of existing historical markers administered by staff of the Office of the State Historian, which was begun in 1994 to re-inventory all the standing site markers, whether erected by the State of New York or not, and to upgrade the inventory as an electronic database. The survey consists of a two-sided form, often with a photograph of the marker attached to the form.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of the State Historian

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Governor messages to the Legislature

Series Number

A0114

Summary

This series is composed of messages to the legislature from Governors Dewey, Harriman and Rockefeller. There is also one message from Lieutenant Governor Malcolm Wilson.The series consists of annual messages, which provide the listing of programs the Governor would like to institute that year; special messages intend to garner support for legislative bills recommended by the governor; and veto and approval messages, which respond to bills passed by the legislature and rationales for gubernatorial approval or disapproval.

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Conservation Department photographic prints and negatives

Series Number

14297

Summary

The series consists of glass plate and film negatives and photographic prints compiled by the Forest, Fish and Game Commission, the Conservation Commission, and the Conservation Department. They illustrate activities of these predecessors of the Department of Environmental Conservation. The images document fish and game control; forest management and conservation; protecting the wilderness; maintaining historic sites and recreational areas; and wide-ranging locations and activities.

Creator

• New York (State). Conservation Department

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.