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New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

 

 

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This series documents the director's administration and coordination of the Office of Civilian Protection with local and private agencies involved in civil defense work, particularly the initial organization of the Office and the materials required for civil defense activities. Included in this series .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Court of Appeals

 

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of State

 

 

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This series consists of original, certified copies of descriptions of real property appropriated for parks and parkways by regional state park commissions, pursuant to Section 676a of the State Conservation Law. Most appropriations also include paper, linen, or blueprint maps of the property acquired .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit

 

 

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At one time the Department of Transportation possessed very sophisticated cartographic equipment and techniques, which were utilized by state agencies to create maps not directly related to transportation functions. This series consists of detailed maps depicting assembly and senate election districts .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Office of Planning Coordination

 

 

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This series consists of records maintained by D. David Brandon, who served as director of the Office of Planning Coordination between 1969 and 1971. Records include correspondence, speeches, articles, maps, and reports. Topics addressed include conservation of rural farmlands and open spaces, development .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit

 

 

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This series consists primarily of paper copies of large scale maps of the State of New York, created for sale by the Department of Transportation. Each sheet depicts one of four regions of the state and measures approximately 40 x 55 inches. When joined together, the sections create a map of the entire .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State Urban Development Corporation

 

 

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These records document D. David Brandon's tenure as Director of Program Development for the New York State Urban Development Corporation (UDC). Records include correspondence, memorandums, and pamphlets and brochures publicizing UDC projects. Notable topics covered by these records include the development .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Division of Lands and Forests

 

 

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This series consists of one photocopy of a tracing of a survey map and field notes made by surveyor Ebenezer Worster (or Wooster) in 1749. Map shows boundaries and names of land owners, lot numbers, and rivers. Field notes record survey delineations. The tracing was made by or for the State Conservation .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Erie County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office

 

 

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This series consists of copies of two maps of the Cattaraugus Reservation. One includes lot numbers, acreage, and boundary lengths in chains; roads; major streams; and scale in chains. The second includes location of houses with last names of residents; roads; boundaries with magnetic courses and chain .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation

 

 

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This series consists of maps of urban area boundaries drafted in district offices or modified from, U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle maps. Maps had to be approved by the U.S. Public Roads Administration or Bureau of Public Roads for states wishing to receive special aid for highways lying within urban .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Legislature. Legislative Advisory Task Force on Reapportionment

 

 

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This series consists of 66 oversize maps collected by the Legislative Advisory Task Force on Reapportionment in fulfilling its legislative mandate of preparing for and developing, if deemed necessary, a reapportionment plan for the state..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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These 48 blueprint maps were produced in compliance with the legal requirement for villages applying for incorporation to have a survey and survey map of the village made. The maps show name of village; name of county; date surveyed; name of surveyor; village corporation boundary lines and measurements; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation. Office of Planning and Development

 

 

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This series documents the Department of Transportation's planning and implementation of federal and state highway legislation. The Correspondence and Planning Information Files relate to implementation of Federal-Aid Highway Acts; development of the interstate highway system; urban transportation systems .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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These are maps of surveys made for landholders, for partitioning of land, and for disposition of as yet unappropriated state lands. The Surveyor General and his successor State Engineer and Surveyor produced these maps in keeping with his responsibilities for surveying and mapping state lands. A number .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Public Service Commission

 

 

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Laws of 1907, Chapter 429, Section 53 stipulated that no railroad corporation, street railroad corporation, or common carrier shall begin the construction of a railroad or street railroad, or any extension thereof, without first having obtained the permission and approval of the Public Service Commission. .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council. War Transportation Committee

 

 

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As part of the effort to conserve transportation resources, the United States Office of Defense Transportation directed the War Transportation Committee to review school bus routes to ensure that buses were employed according to regulations designed to minimize school bus usage, while still providing .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Audit and Control

 

 

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This series contains case files related to the state's acquisition of real property, either by purchase, appropriation, or court judgment. Files include sale contracts, final deed or court award, title and lien histories, correspondence, maps, etc. Files document acquisition of lands for purposes such .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of School District Organization

 

 

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In 1958, the Commissioner's Advisory Committee on the Master Plan for School District Reorganization issued a revision of the 1947 Master Plan. These study files contain minutes of Advisory Committee meetings, proposed changes in the Master Plan, notes and memoranda concerning public hearings held about .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation. Office of Planning and Development

 

 

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These records document Department of Transportation policy development through preparation, support, or opposition to legislative proposals concerning city, county, and interstate highways as well as other transportation issues. Included are bill proposals and laws; bill summaries, bill legislative .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Division of the Budget

 

 

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The temporary state commission on Postwar Public Works Planning was created to oversee the progress of such state projects as railroad grade crossing eliminations, highways buildings and public housing projects, and to order the preparation of plans and specifications for those state projects. This .........

 

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New York State Archives