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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series contains applications by occupants or mortgagees of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes, seeking to redeem lands from sale upon payment of taxes. Most documents are affidavits of occupancy, giving detailed information on how long the occupant occupied the land and its use (usually farming .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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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
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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
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit
Abstract:
This series consists of map and photographic print indexes created or collected by the Department of Transportation and its predecessor agencies. Although many of the projects associated with this series are identified, none of the records indexed by the series are held by the New York State Archives. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Committee on Conservation and Recreation
Abstract:
These files were compiled under the leadership of Bernard C. Smith, one of the State's principal architects of major legislation in the areas of environmental protection, conservation, and recreation. Files include legislation and supporting memoranda of virtually all aspects of environmental law, including .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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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
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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
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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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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Base Mapping Unit
Title:
Series:
21704
Dates:
1998-2005
Abstract:
This series consists of monthly reports, as well as minutes, agendas, and reports, received from relevant Adirondack Park Agency staff or units by the Administration and Interpretive Programs committees..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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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
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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
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Creator:
Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (N.Y.)
Title:
Series:
B2116
Dates:
2006, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2019
Abstract:
This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Conservation Commission
Abstract:
George Dupont Pratt (1869-1935) served as a member of the New York State Conservation Commission during the period 1915-1921. This series consists of two photograph albums containing nearly 400 photographs, most of them of New York State scenes in the Adirondack region..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Title:
Series:
A0097
Dates:
circa 1940
Abstract:
This series consists of historic preservation photographs assembled by the New York State Division of Archives and History, evidently for the purpose of using them in a publication. The photographs depict public buildings, cultural institutions, state parks, bridges, schools, businesses, urban areas, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Title:
Series:
A1346
Dates:
1917-1925
Abstract:
This series consists of resumes summarizing transactions, recommendations, and appraisals of lands for potential purchase for new state parks. Once approved, the State Comptroller could issue bonds or warrants for payment. Records include a memorandum outlining the procedure to acquire new state park .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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