Planning and promotional records for the opening of the New York State Museum
Series Number
A4611
Summary
This series contains planning and promotional documents for the grand opening celebration of the New York State Museum (July 1-4, 1976) at its new location at the Cultural Education Center in the Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York. Included are Museum Opening Committee agendas and meeting minutes, press releases, transcripts of speeches, invitations and programs, posters, pamphlets, and other promotional materials, plans for various events, exhibit planning notes, and black and white photographic prints.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Assistant Commissioner's files relating to the Commissioner's Committee on Museum Resources
Series Number
B0585
Summary
The Commissioner's Committee on Museum Resources was established to study museum needs statewide and the feasibility of and requirements for state aid to museums. Questionnaires were sent to museums requesting information on educational services performed. This series consists of meeting minutes, reports, statistical tabulations, mailing lists, and working papers relating to the committee. Statistical tabulations from the questionnaires are included, but not the questionnaires themselves.
Creator
New York State Museum and Science Service
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Museum and cultural institution charter and registration files
Series Number
B2698
Summary
Records include copies of petitions, charters, questionnaires, governing and fiscal documents, nonprofit documentation and tax forms, annual reports, informational and promotional materials, facility onsite review materials, recommendations prepared for Board of Regents, charter approval notices, correspondence, and other related material.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Deputy Commissioner's Office
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Assistant Commissioner's correspondence and subject files
Series Number
11843
Summary
This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, and press releases between the Director of the State Museum, later the Assistant Commissioner for State Museum and State Science Service, and Museum scientists and other staff, administrators and scientists at other institutions, private citizens, and officials in other State agencies. The records document research projects; exhibit planning; acquisition and management of collections; field work; publications; advice to other institutions; education; research grants; professional development; and museum legislation.
Creator
New York State Museum and Science Service
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Incoming correspondence of the Assistant State Paleontologist, State Paleontologist, State Geologist, and State Museum Director
Series Number
A4208
Summary
This series consists mostly of correspondence received by John M. Clarke, paleontologist and geologist while employed by the State Museum. Also included are a few letters to James Hall; letters received by "Professor Rupert Jones"; and notes and maps of amateur paleontologist Olof O. Nylander concerning paleontological research done in Maine.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Division of Visual Instruction
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
New York State Museum Commissioner's Committee on Museum Resources minutes and planning files
Series Number
B2427
Summary
This series consists of records of the Commissioner's Committee on Museum Resources. These records document planning for a variety of museum activities and functions.
Creator
New York State Museum
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
This series contains the planning and design files of temporary exhibits of the New York State Museum. Files include records of exhibits that were internally or externally sourced as well as travelling exhibits. Records in this series include brochures, exhibit scripts, planning schedules, exhibit drawings, inventory lists, and publicity and press materials.
Creator
New York State Museum
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
State Museum Director's, State Geologist's, and State Paleontologist's correspondence files
Series Number
B0561
Summary
This series contains correspondence files of the Director of the State Museum, State Geologist, and State Paleontologist with such entities as scientists within and without New York State, museums and institutions of science or higher learning, the Board of Regents, private citizens, the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.), and Museum staff. Until 1925, the Director also held the position of State Geologist. Until 1894 and from 1904 to 1925, he also served as State Paleontologist.
Creator
New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
This series consists of working, proof, and published copies of geologic maps and drawings prepared by the Geological Survey staff in the State Museum to accompany scientific articles or monographs. Most maps depict surface geological features in color on standard printed topographic base maps and range from single U.S. Geological Survey quadrangles to the entire state. They usually include title, date, bulletin number, plate number, and preparer.
Creator
New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Pre-publication texts and illustrations for State Museum publications
Series Number
B0578
Summary
This series contains draft materials including notes, texts, galleys, illustrations, tables, and maps for Museum publications. Includes approximately 100 photoprints and drawings apparently used to illustrate publications and reports in geology, paleontology, and other areas of natural history. Of note are records and correspondence relating to James Hall's publications. Also included are annual reports of the state geologist, State Museum director, and State Cabinet of Natural History; and volumes of the Paleontology of New York.
Creator
New York State Museum of Natural History
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
State Museum Director's, State Geologist's, and State Paleontologist's correspondence, drafts of publications, and photographs
Series Number
B0579
Summary
This series consists of correspondence; drafts publications; notes; photographs of fossils and geological features and formations; maps; pamphlets; and drawings of geological sections. The records were accumulated by James Hall, State Geologist, State Paleontologist, Curator of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and Director of the State Museum of Natural History. Much of the material concerns the preparation and publication of the Paleontology of New York.
Creator
New York State Museum of Natural History
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Files relating to the Commissioner's Museum Inquiry Committee and proposed State Museum building
Series Number
A3164
Summary
These files include records from departmental inquiries into the operation of the State Museum. Various reports, correspondence, photographs and background notes provide detailed information on the museum's functions and needs. Also included are planning documents, including plot and floor plans for a proposed new museum building in Albany (1930-1934). Photographs show birds, plants, mosses, and insects studied by State Museum staff; downtown Albany, State Education Building, State Capitol, and Alfred E. Smith State Office Building.
Creator
New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
State Museum and Science Service news release and public relations files
Series Number
B0586
Summary
This series consists of drafts and final copies of news releases, public relations publications, and occasional correspondence relating to public educational activities of the State Museum. News releases constitute the bulk of the series.
Creator
New York State Museum and Science Service
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Original drawings for Volume V of the Natural History of New York: Paleontology
Series Number
A4193
Summary
This series consists of original pencil illustrations for Volume V of the Natural History of New York: Paleontology, written by James Hall and published in 1874. The drawings are of fossil specimens of radiata, crinoidea, and corals.
Creator
New York State Museum of Natural History
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New York State Museum Cultural Center Planning Committee minutes
Series Number
B2428
Summary
This series consists of minutes of the Cultural Center Planning Committee, which was appointed to procure and coordinate consultation with the firm of Harrison and Abramovitz, architects for the soon to be constructed Cultural Education Center.
Creator
New York State Museum
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Series consists of records related to all phases of the design and construction of the New York State Museum's permanent galleries, including exhibit scripts, design concepts, production notes, audiovisual materials, floor plans, and exhibit layouts. Record types also include photographs, slides, artist concepts, correspondence, and expense reports.
Creator
New York State Museum
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Plans and drawings of museum facilities and exhibit cases
Series Number
B0949
Summary
This series includes blueprints showing the layout of exhibit cases of the Museum of Geology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the New York State Mining Exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915; plans of exhibit cases for the State Museum; space allocation in the State Education Building; architectural plans for the Iroquois Exhibit in the State Museum, ca. 1902 and diagrams of the position of the figures and artifacts for the various cases.
Creator
New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
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