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New York (State). Department of Audit and Control

 

 

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This series contains copies of Comptroller consents relating to issuance of bonds by towns and school districts for various improvements. Also included are consents of the Conservation Commission permitting state lands within the Adirondack Forest Preserve to be taxed; petitions and statements of towns .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Wilmington (N.Y. : Town)

 

 

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Microfilmed records include meeting minutes of the town board; burial records; chattel mortgages; election polls; government program records; entitlement program records; financial ledgers, annual budgets, and reports; fire district meeting minutes; and militia rolls (1850s)..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

3

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New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (2003-2020 : Elizabeth O'Connor Little)

 

 

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This series consists of archival copies of the official website of Senator Elizabeth O'C. Little..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

 

 

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Adirondack Correctional Facility, located in Essex County, N.Y., is a medium security correctional facility for male felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York

 

 

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This series contains mostly "field editorial copy" prepared by field workers for several statewide and local projects in District 1 (Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren, and Washington Counties) including New York: A Guide to the Empire State (published); New York State Encyclopedia; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Bureau of Real Property

 

 

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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, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Bureau of Real Property

 

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

 

 

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Moriah Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility, located in Essex County, N.Y., is a minimum security correctional facility for male felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists primarily of Lake George survey maps assessing water levels and gauge readings. Also included are three other maps pertaining to land boundaries and ownership that were also filed in the Office of the State Engineer and Surveyor: lots in Macomb's Purchase and Arthursborough Patent, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

10

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New York (State). Department of Law. Bureau of Real Property

 

 

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This series consists of deed files concerning the transfer of real property between private individuals and railroad companies. A typical file contains original deeds describing the amount paid for the real property; exact description of property being conveyed; seller(s) and buyer(s); signatures of .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

11

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New York (State). Board of Commissioners of the Land Office

 

 

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The series consists of correspondence, appraisal and survey descriptions, and a few maps relating to proposed land purchases for expansion of the Adirondack Forest Preserve. The files track activities surrounding purchase of land for the Forest Preserve from the purchase proposals made to the Board .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

12

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New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of maps, descriptions, reports, correspondence, and petitions relating to the examination and documentation of various state and town boundary lines. Included are documents relating to boundary lines between the state of New York and the states of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

13

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New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

 

 

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This series consists of one volume which documents purchases of privately owned land by New York State for inclusion in the Adirondack and Catskill Forest Preserves. Information for each purchase includes date of deed, certificate number, grantor, description and location of land, acres, consideration .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Adirondack Mountain Authority

 

 

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The series consists primarily of legal and administrative files dealing with the two major recreational ski areas in Warren (Gore Mountain) and Essex (Whiteface Mountain) counties. The authority worked closely with the Conservation Department, and the records relate to the authority's continuation of .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Division of Law Enforcement

 

 

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Series consists of records related to security operations of the 1980 Winter Olympics, which were held at Lake Placid, New York. The records include reports, manuals, maps of the area, security plans, budget files, emergency disaster plans, search and rescue procedures, communications plans, personnel .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Fire Laws

 

 

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This series consists of 34 annotated county maps showing boundaries of fire districts and fire protection districts, as well as related correspondence. These maps were used by the commission to assist in the development and revision of laws relating to volunteer firemen and to fire prevention and protection .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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This series contains tax assessors atlases of counties, boroughs, cities, and towns. The bulk of the records are assessors atlases of counties and towns in Kings and Richmond counties. They were apparently prepared to determine land ownership for the purpose of tax assessment. Also included are 38 published .........

 

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New York State Archives