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
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
This series consists of account books documenting the disbursement of funds related to the State Board of Health's responsibility for reporting on and investigating health threats such as infectious diseases. Expenses include wages and salaries; travel reimbursement; food, drug, and disease analysis and testing; and office supplies. Entries may include date; name; position; itemized charges; description of why or how the expense was incurred; amount of expense/disbursement; and total amounts by account, year, and/or appropriation.
Creator
New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Coordination of State Activities
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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
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Health and hospital resources files from the Adjutant General's Office
Series Number
A4238
Summary
With the declaration of World War I, the State Department of Health placed its organization and resources at the disposal of the New York State Defense Council and the Adjutant General's Office. This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, lists and reports, census data, and some bulletins and newspaper clippings on work undertaken by the Council to inventory and apply the state's medical resources to aid troop mobilization and the casualties of war.
Creator
New York State Defense Council. Division of Health and Hospitals
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.