Survey of buildings housing state and local government records
Series Number
A4184
Summary
This series contains forms documenting buildings and rooms (including state offices in Albany) used to store state and local government records in the late 1930s. Many privately owned buildings, including private residences and business establishments, were surveyed if the premises were used to store public records.
Creator
Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Work reports and personnel, travel, and purchasing files
Series Number
A4177
Summary
This series consists of various types of administrative records relating to work progress, personnel matters, travel, and purchasing activities. The following types of records are included: monthly narrative and statistical reports by district supervisors; periodic work status reports by the central office; lists of workers in each district; personnel reports; labor reports; district supervisors' weekly itinerary reports; employee depositions; requisitions for workers; travel orders; purchase orders; and correspondence concerning personnel, travel, and purchasing matters.
Creator
Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
Researchers must agree in writing, before access is granted, not to divulge personally identifiable information from personnel-related forms found in files (e.g. "Personnel Questionnaire"); restricted until 55 years after end date of series.
Correspondence and working files of the Long Island Office
Series Number
A4189
Summary
This series contains administrative and working files of Federal Writers' Project District Number 4 (Long Island). Included are notes, drafts of editorial copy, extracts from primary sources, sketch maps, and correspondence between the district supervisor and field workers or the state director concerning publications in progress such as the New York State Guide, New York State Almanac, and a variety of local guides and planned but apparently never published local guides to Babylon and Hempstead.
Creator
Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
District Supervisors' correspondence and administrative files
Series Number
A4176
Summary
This series contains correspondence, memorandums, reports, travel orders, supply requisitions, time sheets ("employee depositions") and occasional employment applications ("personnel questionnaires"). These records were used by the district supervisors of the Historical Records Survey and were periodically transferred to the office of the state director. Most correspondence and memorandums in this series are between district supervisors and the state director, field workers, and administrative officials of the Works Progress Administration.
Creator
Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
Researchers must agree in writing not to divulge personally identifiable information from personnel related forms found in files (e.g. "Personnel Questionnaire"), before access is granted.
This series consists of three subseries, each concerning a different survey conducted by the Historical Records Survey (HRS). They contain: Subseries 1, correspondence concerning survey of town and village records; Subseries 2, correspondence concerning survey of county records; Subseries 3, correspondence concerning American Imprints Inventory.
Creator
Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
This series consists of correspondence concerning the administration of the Historical Records Survey in New York State. It contains: Subseries 1, correspondence with district supervisors; Subseries 2, correspondence with state and national officials; Subseries 3, correspondence concerning distribution of county inventories.
Creator
Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.