Finding Aid Search Results
1
Creator:
New York State Museum
Title:
Series:
B2427
Dates:
1961-1962
Abstract:
This series consists of records of the Commissioner's Committee on Museum Resources. These records document planning for a variety of museum activities and functions..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York State Museum
Title:
Series:
B2428
Dates:
1961-1962
Abstract:
This series consists of minutes of the Cultural Center Planning Committee, which was appointed to procure and coordinate consultation with the firm of Harrison and Abramovitz, architects for the soon to be constructed Cultural Education Center..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Deputy Commissioner's Office
Title:
Series:
B2698
Dates:
1922-2016
Abstract:
Records include copies of petitions, charters, questionnaires, governing and fiscal documents, nonprofit documentation and tax forms, annual reports, informational and promotional materials, facility onsite review materials, recommendations prepared for Board of Regents, charter approval notices, correspondence, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
New York State Museum
Abstract:
Series consists of records related to all phases of the design and construction of the New York State Museum's permanent galleries, including exhibit scripts, design concepts, production notes, audiovisual materials, floor plans, and exhibit layouts. Record types also include photographs, slides, artist .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
New York State Museum and Science Service
Abstract:
none
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
Creator:
New York State Museum and Science Service
Title:
Series:
B0585
Dates:
1961-1964
Abstract:
The Commissioner's Committee on Museum Resources was established to study museum needs statewide and the feasibility of and requirements for state aid to museums. Questionnaires were sent to museums requesting information on educational services performed. This series consists of meeting minutes, reports, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
7
Creator:
New York State Museum of Natural History
Abstract:
The register lists names and places of residence of visitors to the Geological and Agricultural Hall in Albany..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Title:
Series:
A3164
Dates:
1928-1944
Abstract:
These files include records from departmental inquiries into the operation of the State Museum. Various reports, correspondence, photographs and background notes provide detailed information on the museum's functions and needs. Also included are planning documents, including plot and floor plans for .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
9
Creator:
New York State Museum of Natural History
Title:
Series:
A4193
Dates:
1874
Abstract:
This series consists of original pencil illustrations for Volume V of the Natural History of New York: Paleontology, written by James Hall and published in 1874. The drawings are of fossil specimens of radiata, crinoidea, and corals..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
New York State Museum and Science Service
Title:
Series:
B0586
Dates:
1966-1968
Abstract:
This series consists of drafts and final copies of news releases, public relations publications, and occasional correspondence relating to public educational activities of the State Museum. News releases constitute the bulk of the series..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
11
Creator:
New York State Museum and Science Service
Title:
Series:
11843
Dates:
1947, 1952, 1954-1970
Abstract:
This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, and press releases between the Director of the State Museum, later the Assistant Commissioner for State Museum and State Science Service, and Museum scientists and other staff, administrators and scientists at other institutions, private citizens, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
New York State Museum of Natural History
Title:
Series:
B0578
Dates:
1840-1948
Abstract:
This series contains draft materials including notes, texts, galleys, illustrations, tables, and maps for Museum publications. Includes approximately 100 photoprints and drawings apparently used to illustrate publications and reports in geology, paleontology, and other areas of natural history. Of note .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York State Museum of Natural History
Title:
Series:
B0579
Dates:
1844-1900
Abstract:
This series consists of correspondence; drafts publications; notes; photographs of fossils and geological features and formations; maps; pamphlets; and drawings of geological sections. The records were accumulated by James Hall, State Geologist, State Paleontologist, Curator of the State Cabinet of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Abstract:
This series consists of working, proof, and published copies of geologic maps and drawings prepared by the Geological Survey staff in the State Museum to accompany scientific articles or monographs. Most maps depict surface geological features in color on standard printed topographic base maps and range .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Title:
Series:
B0949
Dates:
[ca. 1870s]-1902]
Abstract:
This series includes blueprints showing the layout of exhibit cases of the Museum of Geology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the New York State Mining Exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915; plans of exhibit cases for the State Museum; space allocation in the State Education Building; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department
Title:
Series:
A4611
Dates:
1975-1976
Abstract:
This series contains planning and promotional documents for the grand opening celebration of the New York State Museum (July 1-4, 1976) at its new location at the Cultural Education Center in the Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York. Included are Museum Opening Committee agendas and meeting minutes, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York State Museum
Abstract:
This series contains the planning and design files of temporary exhibits of the New York State Museum. Files include records of exhibits that were internally or externally sourced as well as travelling exhibits. Records in this series include brochures, exhibit scripts, planning schedules, exhibit drawings, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
18
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Division of Visual Instruction
Title:
Series:
A4208
Dates:
1804-1919
Abstract:
This series consists mostly of correspondence received by John M. Clarke, paleontologist and geologist while employed by the State Museum. Also included are a few letters to James Hall; letters received by "Professor Rupert Jones"; and notes and maps of amateur paleontologist Olof O. Nylander concerning .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
19
Creator:
New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Title:
Series:
B0561
Dates:
1828-1944
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence files of the Director of the State Museum, State Geologist, and State Paleontologist with such entities as scientists within and without New York State, museums and institutions of science or higher learning, the Board of Regents, private citizens, the Works Progress .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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