Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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New York (State). Bureau of Game
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These volumes document the Conservation Department's program of waterfowl banding and tracking. Volumes contain the following information about each bird which was banded: species, sex, age, band number, source, date banded, and place liberated. For birds which were later recovered, the place and method .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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New York (State). Bureau of Wildlife. Biometrics Unit
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This series consists of a broad range of materials generated by the Bureau of Wildlife's Biometrics Unit pertaining to waterfowl and bird banding/tracking. This work, published in Department of Environmental Conservation publications and reports, was some of the first in the United States using computer .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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New York (State). Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources. Director's Office
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The records in this series reflect the Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources' responsibility for legislating, implementing, operating, and monitoring programs designed to protect the fish and wildlife environment. Topics addressed include wetlands, water contamination (PCBs, acid rain), dredging, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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New York (State). Bureau of Wildlife. Endangered Species Unit
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This series documents the history and development of the Endangered Species Unit. Records include correspondence; email; memorandums; articles/clippings; data and drafts of articles published in Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) publications and reports; pathology records; and photograp.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Long Island State Park Commission
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This series consists of 16 black and white photographs depicting beach scenes and facilities at Jones Beach State Park. Subjects include beaches, swimming pools, parking lots, dining facilities, and dance floor. Some photos are aerial views..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Conservation Commission
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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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Grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities allowed State Archives staff to undertake a preservation project by which duplicate negatives and contact prints were created for most of the negatives in Series 14297. This series consists of 5,206 positive contact prints made from duplicate .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Division of Water
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This series from the Division of Water and predecessor offices reveals a part of the state's effort to control water pollution. It contains studies on the causes of water pollution, status reports on sewerage systems, memorandums, correspondence, public hearing transcripts, maps, letters from citizens .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Division of Environmental Management
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Series:
B1882
Dates:
1962-1974
Abstract:
This series consists of files created by the Deputy Commissioner for Environmental Management and relate to the state's response to federal water-quality legislation. The files which contain information gathered at meetings of the Great Lakes Basin Commission and other federal-state water-protection .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Division of Water
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The series consists of subject files documenting cooperative state and federal government efforts to monitor and control pollution and water resources development in New York State drainage basins. Each river basin's file contains information pertinent to locations (of towns or rivers) within that basin. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Division of Water
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This series from the Division of Water and predecessor units consists of files on the planning and development of sewage waste disposal and treatment systems, and testing done to determine water pollution or contamination at state parks and campsites. The records include memorandums, correspondence, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Long Island State Park Commission
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Series:
A3320
Dates:
1928-1954
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This series documents the Long Island State Park Commission's responsibilities to oversee the state of parks and parkways on Long Island. Consisting primarily of maps and plans, the series also includes sketches of parks, recreational areas, and other facilities; conveyances for realignments of roads; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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New York (State). Bureau of State Publicity
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Series:
A3324
Dates:
1939
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This series consists of materials prepared for the Bureau of State Publicity by the Barlow Advertising Agency of Syracuse to promote nationwide attendance of the World's Fair of 1939-1940, specifically to encourage out-of-state travel to and from the fair through New York State rather than through Pennsylvania. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Executive Office
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This series consists of subject and correspondence files of the commissioner. Typical records include briefing documents; reports; meeting files; speeches; interdepartmental memorandums; correspondence between members of the executive office; and correspondence with state and federal agencies, private .........
Repository:
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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Creator:
New York (State). Division of Water
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The series documents New York's participation in several interstate sanitary and water pollution control commissions including those related to following draingage basins: boundry waters, Delaware River, Susquehanna River, Ohio River Valley, and Great Lakes. The files include correspondence, memoranda, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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