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Title

Historical background and research files

Series Number

B1440

Summary

This series consists of various records considered to be historical that were collected or retained by the Willard Asylum for the Insane (later Willard State Hospital and Willard Psychiatric Center). Records include chapel books; hospital rules and regulations; patient and staff handbooks; orientation material; histories of Willard facilities; biographies of founders and officials; training materials; legal documents and photographs of groups and activities. Also included are early reference works on psychoanalysis, demonic possession, hysteria epidemics, and double consciousness.

Creator

• Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Banking Department photographs of proposed branch bank sites

Series Number

B1508

Summary

These photographs were included in applications submitted to the Superintendent of Banks for authorization to establish or alter branch offices in accordance with State Banking Law. Subjects depicted include existing banking sites; proposed sites; building entrances; shopping centers; shopping malls, residences, schools, businesses, and industries in proposed service areas; aerial views; transportation and parking facilities; and pedestrian traffic.

Creator

• New York (State). Banking Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Taconic Developmental and Disabilities Services Office promotional and training material

Series Number

B2820

Summary

This series consists of photographs and videotapes created and used for promotional or training purposes. The images document mandated and optional training courses for employees; therapy sessions; occupational education classes; buildings and grounds; as well as living/working conditions.

Creator

• New York (State). Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office

Access Restrictions

Photographs depicting patients are restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Title

Photographs of custodial institutions for the mentally deficient

Series Number

A4228

Summary

This series consists of several hundred black and white photographs illustrating conditions at custodial institutions for the mentally deficient in New York and other states. The photographs were gathered by the Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient to illustrate its final report. The photographs show a wide range of views including building exteriors, interior facilities and rooms, and patients working, eating, in classroom activities, and at play or rest.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

Access Restrictions

Access to photographs depicting patients is restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Title

Land Use and Natural Resources Inventory and Land Related Information System aerial photographs

Series Number

B1052

Summary

These aerial photographs were taken to produce overlay maps for the LUNR and LRIS projects as part of a natural resource inventory in New York State. The base maps for the overlays were United States Geological Survey/New York State Department of Transportation quadrangle maps. The photographs document general and specific use of land for analysis by government and private planning, development, and conservation agencies. Discernible features include agricultural land, forest land, waterways, residential developments, commercial/industrial developments, buildings, and roads.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Planning Services

Access Restrictions

B1052-88: Photonegatives closed for research. Photographs are use copy.

Title

State and federal institution wastewater disposal files

Series Number

A1121

Summary

The series consists of memorandums, reports, plans, and correspondence relating to the inspection, construction, and upgrading of sewage treatment plants and the establishment and monitoring of waste water pollution controls for various state and federal institutions.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Water

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Slides and photographs of the Empire State Games

Series Number

22493

Summary

Formerly a program of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Empire State Games are conducted as a series of annual Olympic-style competitions for amateur athletes from all over New York State. This series consists of processed photographs and slides of events during the Empire State Games.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Superintendent of Public Works Assistant Superintendent's Office photographs of culverts on the Western Division of the Erie Canal

Series Number

B1021

Summary

This is a series of photographs, circa 1900, of culverts, places where water passes below the Canal, on the Western Division of the Erie Canal.

Creator

• New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works. Assistant Superintendent's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Advisory correspondence with local salvage committees

Series Number

A4353

Summary

This series reveals the activities of the city and county salvage committees and their coordination of local salvage efforts, particularly those concerning periodic waste paper and tin collection drives. Salvage Division correspondence includes letters of program descriptions, letters of support and congratulations, letters requesting assistance, letters concerning the resolution of problems, and letters regarding promotional materials and awards to children for outstanding service. Field representatives' reports; newspaper clippings; and some reports of tin salvage figures are also included.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Salvage Division

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Paleontologist's research and publication files

Series Number

B1511

Summary

This series consists primarily of research material and articles written by the New York State Paleontologist for publications, such as "The Conservationist," and journals of professional scholarship. Topics include taxonomy, classification, and description of fauna and flora fossils; descriptions of strata; geology of specific localities throughout New York State; tectonics and geological nomenclature. Also included are articles written by other authors; correspondence, hand drawn maps; field notes; photographs; drawings; diagrams; galleys; and reprints of published articles.

Creator

• New York State Geological Survey

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Governor's Love Canal Inter-Agency Task Force Chairman's files

Series Number

13430

Summary

This series consists of files generated by commissioner William C. Hennessy, while serving as chairman of an emergency multi-agency task force on the Love Canal disaster. Files also contain records sent to Hennessey's office in Albany from the DOT regional office in Buffalo. That office managed department policies in Region 5 (Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Niagara counties). Records include copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, toxicity maps, affidavits and exhibits, meeting minutes, contract documents and specifications, and subject files.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor's Love Canal Inter-Agency Task Force

Title

Empire State Plaza (South Mall) construction progress photographs

Series Number

15727

Summary

This series consists of slides, negatives, and photographic prints documenting construction of the Empire State Plaza (South Mall) in Albany, New York. The images depict construction from overall aerial shots of the site and surrounding vicinity to closeups of construction details; progress on concrete structures; work on office buildings; as well as non-typical events such as accident sites, repairs, a discovery during excavation of human remains, and a visit to the construction site by Governor Nelson Rockefeller.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services

Access Restrictions

Records relating to existing facilities may be withheld under FOIL sect. 87.2(f) ("if disclosed could endanger the life or safety of any person").

Title

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Negative photographs of State institutions, Barge Canal locations and structures, and highways

Series Number

B0223

Summary

These negative photographs were taken for use in settling Court of Claims litigation such as State contracts for the construction of highways, buildings, and other structures; appropriation of land and water; employee negligence; damages due to defects in the State's highway system. The negatives are filed in jackets with the Court of Claims number, negative number, name of facility, institution or location, direction of view, by whom taken, date, and pertinent remarks written on each jacket.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Public Works. Division of Engineering

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commission on Acquisition of Land for Public Defense at Rockaway administrative files

Series Number

B0237

Summary

This series consists of documents relating to the acquisition of land deemed necessary by the federal government for establishment of defensive works at Rockaway Beach, Queens County, New York during World War I. Included are correspondence, minutes of meetings, exhibit materials, a few photographs, and copies of maps, plans, and legislation documenting work of the commission in acquiring and making improvements to the land for purposes of public defense.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission on Acquisition of Land for Public Defense at Rockaway

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Maps, charts, and illustrations prepared by Historical Records Survey staff

Series Number

A4192

Summary

This series consists of printed half tones charts and maps, and negative photostats of maps prepared by the Historical Records Survey for publications. Included are half-tones of colonial and revolutionary era buildings; organization charts of the colonial and state court system and county government; Revolutionary era county boundaries maps; floor plans of the Onondaga County Court House; and maps showing town, village, and city boundaries in Allegany, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Lewis, Monroe, Montgomery, Oneida, and St. Lawrence counties.

Creator

• Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Negatives and prints of Thruway interchanges and facilities

Series Number

B0592

Summary

This series includes film negatives and prints, grouped by Thruway Region, showing aerial, oblique views of Thruway interchanges and facilities. There are usually several views of each taken from different angles and distances

Creator

• New York State Thruway Authority. Department of Public Information

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Education Department Division of Visual Instruction photographic prints from lantern slide negatives

Series Number

B1713

Summary

This series of photographs, made from negatives found in Division of Visual Instruction Series A3045, depicts street scenes in Manhattan during May 1916. Photos measure approximately 6 x 8 inches. All are captioned in pencil on verso.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Visual Instruction

Access Restrictions

Restricted due to fragility. Use only under supervision of State Archives staff.

Title

War Council Office of Civilian Protection awards committee case files

Series Number

A4385

Summary

This series contains correspondence and other materials sent to the Office of Civilian Protection's Committee on Awards from local volunteers who nominated individuals for letters of commendation in recognition of actions taken during emergencies. The case files contain letters, memoranda, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

Access Restrictions

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