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Displaying 35 Finding Aids
Title
- Subject files related to interaction with Hooker Chemical Corporation and others
Series Number
- 22573
Summary
- This series consists of documents on various topics relating directly to Hooker Chemical Corporation and other entities potentially connected to the Love Canal hazardous waste site, as well as general information about solid waste and wastewater disposal. Several of the files appear to contain detailed, original documentation and reports on various aspects of the Love Canal event.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Canal engineer's field notes for state canals
Series Number
- A1078
Summary
- This series consists of field notes from surveys made for the Canal Commissioners (Revised Statutes 1827), which directed that the Commissioners have maps and field notes made for all canals constructed by the state. Field notes in this series were submitted by the Canal Commissioners to the Canal Board for approval, and upon approval were certified by the commissioners and filed in the Comptroller's Office. The Erie, Chenango, Chemung, Crooked Lake, Cayuga and Seneca, and Oswego canals are covered.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Report and abstract of sales of land forfeited to New York State by Roger Morris and claimed by John Jacob Astor
Series Number
- A4013
Summary
- These records were generated because of a claim by John Jacob Astor to lands forfeited by Roger Morris and wife Mary Philipse. Included are abstracts of sales of land by the commissioners of forfeitures giving descriptions of lands; acreage; purchaser's names; purchase date and price paid. Also included is a report prepared for the surveyor general providing information on certain lots in Morris' estate.
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Department of Health Bureau of Environmental Radiation Protection radioactive waste site records
Series Number
- 20691
Summary
- This series documents the State's efforts to identify, decontaminate, track, and monitor radioactive and nuclear-manufacturing sites, exclusive of nuclear power plants regulated by other offices or agencies. Records include assessment plans, feasibility studies, contracts, survey reports, lab analyses, correspondence, and photographs. Particularly noteworthy are records relating to the cleanup of the former site of EAD Metallurgy, Inc. in the town of Tonawanda.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Environmental Radiation Protection
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Waterfowl research correspondence and subject files
Series Number
- B2706
Summary
- This series consists of a broad range of materials generated by the Bureau of Wildlife's Biometrics Unit pertaining to waterfowl and bird banding/tracking. This work, published in Department of Environmental Conservation publications and reports, was some of the first in the United States using computer automation and tabulation in support of environmental conservation and management of endangered species.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Wildlife. Biometrics Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Local war council records inventory forms and correspondence
Series Number
- A4245
Summary
- Amendment to the War Emergency Act authorized the War Council to provide a uniform method for the care, custody, control, and disposition of records maintained by the 108 local war councils in New York State during World War II. This series contains the correspondence and standardized Inventory of Records forms (Inventory Check Sheets) associated with the New York State War Council's records inventory of the holdings of local war councils. Files on individual localities vary in scope and content.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Division of Records
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Copies of survey maps of lands acquired for John Boyd Thacher Park
Series Number
- A3242
Summary
- This series consists of copies of survey maps of lands acquired for John Boyd Thacher Park by the State Engineer and Surveyor.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Returns of surveys of state land
Series Number
- B0264
Summary
- Returns of surveys of state land in this series include name of governor or lieutenant governor; for whom land was surveyed; county and location of land; survey data; date of survey; and name of Surveyor General.
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Assorted New York State Barge Canal System maps
Series Number
- B1794
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Access Restrictions
- Series is closed to research pending processing and arrangement.
Title
- Cockburn field notes, land records, and maps
Series Number
- B1773
Summary
- This series is comprised of land records (survey notes, copies of deeds, maps, quit claims, and indentures) created or accumulated by William Cockburn, his sons William Jr. and James, and his grandson Walter A. Cockburn, and maintained by the Division of Lands and Forests. The series contains three small bound volumes; miscellaneous survey notes, drawings, and maps arranged by date; and one disbound folio containing miscellaneous large maps.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Lands and Forests
Access Restrictions
- Restricted. Material is fragile. Use under supervision of an archivist.
Title
- Whiteprint copies of maps of portions of canal lands belonging to the State of New York
Series Number
- A0867
Summary
- The whiteprint copies of original "blue line" maps are arranged geographically by portfolio then numerically by map number. The maps show boundaries of state-owned lands along the Erie, Champlain, Black River, Cayuga, and Seneca Canals and depict old and new canal lines; structures, streets and adjacent roads; and state and privately owned land. Each portfolio includes full titles. The maps depict in minute detail lands acquired for canal purposes.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Blueprint copies of survey maps of East Oswego
Series Number
- A3244
Summary
- This series consists of three blueprint copies of survey maps of East Oswego.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Barge Canal System residency maps
Series Number
- B1762
Summary
- This series consists of approximately 240 linen maps showing locations of channels, structures, appropriated lands, and terminals of the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga and Seneca Canals, as well as the location of old canals in relation to the Barge Canal System as improved under laws of 1903, 1909, and 1911. The improved canals would become the Barge Canal System. The maps contain information regarding individual structures and appropriated lands not found on other maps of canal lands.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Engineer and Surveyor administrative subject files
Series Number
- B0247
Summary
- These files document the duties and functions of the State Engineer and Surveyor. Topics covered include personnel matters; supply inventories, equipment purchases; Barge Canal construction and maintenance projects; joint topographical survey of the state with the U.S. Geological Survey; state and local boundary line surveys; land appropriations; easements; "blue line" surveys; abandonment and sale of canal lands; operation and navigation of the Barge Canal, canal alternations; and damage claims filed against the state.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Whiteprint copies of maps of lands permanently appropriated by the state for canal purposes
Series Number
- B0252
Summary
- This series, known as the "blue line maps," depicts lands acquired for canal purposes up to and including the construction of the Barge Canal. The maps show inner angles of the towpaths on the old canal; state owned property prior to Barge Canal construction; property appropriated for Barge Canal projects; various structures, roads, streets, and other landmarks; and the names of owners of private property adjacent to the canal.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- Restricted: Some portfolios unusable because of physical condition. Use under supervision or with assistance of archivist due to poor condition.
Title
- Legal documentation for sale of unappropriated land
Series Number
- A0823
Summary
- The series consists of records of transactions and legal business concerning land: deeds; mortgage bonds; state claims; sales and purchases; surveys and maps; tax receipts; foreclosures; correspondence; and other land records. There are also some records concerning the transfer of Indian lands to the state.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- McFarland-Johnson photo survey of canal structures
Series Number
- B1803
Summary
- This series consists of color photoprints, slides, and negatives documenting all aspects of canal structures including dams, locks, gates, sluices, walls, and bridges. This statewide survey was conducted in 1988 by a private firm under contract to the Dept. of Transportation's Division of Waterways Maintenance.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Access Restrictions
- Closed to research pending processing and arrangement.
Title
- Records
Series Number
- A0782
Summary
- The New York and New Jersey Joint Boundary Commission sought to determine "the true location of the monuments which mark the several boundaries of the State". Volumes in the series contain field notes on the boundary survey (1882), descriptions of boundary monuments, and text of the 1883 settlement.
Creator
- New York and New Jersey Joint Boundary Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Returns of surveys
Series Number
- A1886
Summary
- Surveys in this series contain description of land; purchaser's name; location of land; and return date. The warrant of survey, giving government authorization for the survey to be done, is sometimes included also. Philip Welles did most of the surveys; a few were done by Robert Fullerton.
Creator
- New York (Colony). Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Old index to field books and maps
Series Number
- A4694
Summary
- This manuscript volume, once used by the Secretary of State and other state officials to access land records, was superseded for all practical purposes by Mix, David E.E. "Catalogue of Maps and Surveys in the Office of the Secretary of State, State Engineer and Surveyor, and Comptroller and the State Library" (Albany: 1859).
Creator
- New York (State). Board of Appraisers
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.