Research

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Creator:

New York (State). Office of Mental Health. Public Affairs Office

 

 

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The series consists of photographic prints, negatives, and a small number of slides depicting staff and facilities of the Office of Mental Health and the people it serves. Included are images of various state hospitals (interiors and exteriors); staff at work (budget preparation, admission procedure); .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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These historic photographs were collected and displayed by Syracuse Developmental Center staff in the facility's museum. Most images date from the 1920s when the institution was the Syracuse State Institution for Mental Defectives; half of them are student portraits..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office

 

 

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This series consists of photographs and videotapes created and used for promotional or training purposes. The images document mandated and optional training courses for employees; therapy sessions; occupational education classes; buildings and grounds; as well as living/working conditions..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Office of Public Employment Practices and Representation

 

 

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This series consists of aerial photograph negatives and prints and corresponding photographic indexes depicting the state's roads and highway system. The aerial photography which forms the basis for the index was contracted by the Department of Public Works and its successor, the Department of Transportation, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York State Science Service

 

 

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These photographs and postcards depict geologic formations; fossil specimens; collection site maps; models and exhibits; charts, texts, diagrams, and illustrations; and portraits of geologists and paleontologists. Many were assembled from State Museum publications..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York State Council on the Arts

 

 

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The photographs in this series depict such arts events as theater, dance, and musical performances; exhibitions; poetry readings; art workshops; lectures; and craft demonstrations relating to or sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts. Each photograph usually includes date, location, identity .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Commission for the Blind

 

 

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These photographs and text documenting blind persons in training, at work, and in recreation may have been intended to publicize training and vocational rehabilitation or demonstrate how the working lives and opportunities for the blind had changed. They show blind and visually impaired individuals .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission

 

 

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This series consists of material related to the production of publications, television programs, and motion picture films by the New York American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. Records include subject and correspondence files of Dr. William A. Polf, director of publications, and Thomas E. Felt, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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These files include photographs, slides, audio and videotapes, brochures, and scrapbooks that depict operations at Syracuse Developmental Center and its predecessor, the Syracuse State School. Included are images of Special Olympics; celebrations and achievements of patients and employees; educational .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Conservation Department

 

 

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The series consists of glass plate and film negatives and photographic prints compiled by the Forest, Fish and Game Commission, the Conservation Commission, and the Conservation Department. They illustrate activities of these predecessors of the Department of Environmental Conservation. The images document .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of photographic materials such as prints, slides, postcards, and film from Willard Psychiatric Center. Images span the institution's history providing extensive visual documentation of most daily activities. Images of staff and patients, both in groups and individually, include .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center

 

 

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Prints, slides, and photo albums provide extensive visual documentation of the daily activities at several central New York state mental health facilities. Scenes include parties; sports; field trips; dining; ceremonies; entertainment, patient therapy and treatments and interior and exterior of buildings. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation. Graphic Arts Unit

 

 

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These photographs, slides, and logs document the state transportation system, its structures, and state facilities created by the Department of Public Works (1923-1967) and its successor agency, the Department of Transportation. Images depict bridge and highway construction, canals repair and maintenance, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Governor

 

 

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These photographic images were used as public relations vehicles for New York's governors. The photographs helped to publicize their official, and occasionally unofficial, activities. Most of the images reveal the routine activities that the governors' photographers were assigned to photograph. Records .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives