Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Conservation Commission
Title:
Series:
A0280
Dates:
1886-1921
Abstract:
The series consists of individually bound property assessment rolls for towns, predominantly in the Adirondack Park, in which the state owned "wild or forest" lands. Each roll is divided into sections for taxable residents, lands of non-residents, and wild or forest lands belonging to the state..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
22
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
B2528
Dates:
1911-1922
Abstract:
The State Comptroller's Office compiled these records in the process of performing tax searches on parcels of private land proposed for purchase as additions to the Adirondack Forest Preserve. A smaller quantity of records of these same types were submitted to the comptroller's office by supervisors .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
23
Creator:
New York (State). Conservation Commission
Abstract:
The Conservation Commission was charged with creating fire districts and appointing forest rangers to oversee each district. This map of the Adirondack Forest and Adjoining Territory indicates the location and extent of fires caused by locomotives. Locomotives' coal burning engines were blamed in 1913 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
24
Creator:
Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of Adirondack Park Agency (APA) meeting minutes. Records include adopted meeting minutes, as well as committee reports and memoranda submitted at each meeting. Minutes from 1979 forward also include meeting agendas for both the full agency and individual committees within the agency. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
25
Creator:
Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Executive Director's Office
Abstract:
The series consists of the files of the executive director of the Adirondack Park Agency, who is responsible for the agency's overall administration, including oversight of the Adirondack Park Private Land Use and Development Plan, the State Land Master Plan, and various mandates to protect the Park .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
26
Creator:
Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Environmental Enforcement Unit
Title:
Series:
19507
Dates:
1975-2004 (with gaps)
Abstract:
The Adirondack Park Agency Planning Division maintains, revises, and amends the Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan Map. This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, environmental impact statements, positive and negative declarations, maps, narrative descriptions of map amendments, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
27
Creator:
New York (State). Conservation Commission
Abstract:
The Conservation Commission survey books record arboreal resources of the Adirondack Park in 1926-1936. It provides data about increases and death rates in tree species. The books contain photographs and maps as well as information about vegetation, insect damage, and size of trees..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Legal Division. Jurisdictional Inquiry Unit
Abstract:
The Jurisdictional Inquiry Unit provides advice and determinations to agency staff, local government officials, and the general public regarding permit requirements and procedures in the Adirondack Park. This series consists of maps and plans used to determine jurisdiction over projects built within .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
29
Creator:
Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Regulatory Programs Division
Abstract:
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) oversees new building in the Park and ensures that such development is carried out with a minimum adverse effect on the environment. They control development of the land through the issuance of permits for regional projects. This series consists of maps and drawings .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
30
Creator:
New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Title:
Series:
21734
Dates:
1977-1978, 1998-2005
Abstract:
The Regulatory Programs Division is responsible for review of all projects undertaken in the Adirondack Park that fall within the Adirondack Park Agency's (APA) jurisdiction and for coordinating and administering all permit related activity associated with review of the projects. This series consists .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
31
Creator:
Suffolk Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series from the Resource Analysis Unit consists of monthly reports, minutes, agendas, and reports received from Adirondack Park Agency staff or units by the Park Ecology Committee..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
32
Creator:
Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Planning Division
Abstract:
The Adirondack Park Agency's Planning Division's responsibilities include administering and maintaining the State Land Master Plan; identifying and developing Adirondack Park policy; and long-range planning and policy development. Topics addressed in the files include rivers, wetlands, Adirondack Park .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
33
Creator:
New York (State). Department of State
Title:
Series:
A0470
Dates:
1895-1896
Abstract:
Land belonging to William Seward Webb and the Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne Park Association was damaged after a dam across Beaver River formed a reservoir, which flooded. Reimbursement was granted. Shortly thereafter, the Commissioners of the Board of Fisheries, Game and Forest purchased the land. This series consists .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
34
Creator:
Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the Adirondack Park Agency..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
35
Creator:
New York (State). Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks
Title:
Series:
10984
Dates:
1967-1971
Abstract:
This series contains mainly correspondence, reports, studies, and project proposals involving the temporary commission. The studies and recommendations of the commission led directly to the creation of the Adirondack Park Agency in 1971. Topics that appear repeatedly in recommendations, proposals, and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
36
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Bureau of Real Property
Abstract:
Verplanck Colvin and his field assistants created this series using the field notes they compiled during their survey of the Adirondack wilderness of New York. The majority of the maps are topographical or cadastral maps and typically show elements of the natural and built environment (such as lakes, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
37
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Bureau of Real Property
Abstract:
This series consists of field books created by Verplanck Colvin during his survey of the Adirondack region. The volumes are made up predominantly of survey notes and sketches. Many also contain additional notes, topographical sketches, and letters. Indexes, legends, and conversion tables are also frequently .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
38
Creator:
New York (State). Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century
Title:
Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty First Century subject, correspondence, and meeting files
Series:
16290
Dates:
1989-1990
Abstract:
This series documents the Commission's study of the Adirondack Park economy, the Adirondack Forest Preserve, private and state land management, and subdivision and development trends. Records include subject files; correspondence; audio tapes of commission meetings; copies of public meeting presentations; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
39
Creator:
New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Title:
Series:
16573
Dates:
1968-2008
Abstract:
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is responsible for insuring that all building in the Park is compatible with the natural character of the land, and has a minimum adverse affect on the environment. The Operations Division, now the Regulatory Programs Division, is responsible for the review of all projects .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
40
Creator:
Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Executive Director's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of chronological correspondence files compiled and maintained by the office of the Executive Director of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). Within the series there are files created directly by the executive director and files created by the agency's chief legal counsel. Records .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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