Research

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New York (State). Department of Health. Office of the Commissioner

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of expert testimony presented before Department of Health hearing officers to refine proposed code policies and formulas for hospitals, nursing homes, and other health related facilities. Witnesses include representatives of hospitals, Blue Cross plans, physicians' groups, labor .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Epidemiology

 

 

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This series consists of medical and circumstantial evidence collected by State Department of Health epidemiologists to determine the source and type of reported cases of typhoid fever, plus medical information on the course of the illness. Documentation includes a case investigation form detailing vital .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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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). Governor (1921-1922 : Miller)

 

 

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Legislation of 1921 established a Board of Estimate and Control and directed it to conduct a survey of all state departments, offices, and institutions to determine where waste and duplication of effort existed. The Board was then to recommend improvements to each agency or recommend to the legislature .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

 

 

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This series contains minutes from meetings of both the Division of Civilian Mobilization and Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) which were kept by the OCM's director to document and facilitate plans and activities of the OCM. The Division of Civilian Mobilization worked with the OCM and other state .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Public Service Training

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series primarily contains the correspondence, memoranda, program schedules, and syllabi of Albert H. Hall, chief of the Bureau of Public Service Training. The bureau provided instruction to state employees on subjects related to their vocations. Though it was part of the Education Department, it .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control

 

 

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Physicians across the state were required to report each case of designated communicable diseases to the State Department of Health. This series consists of data on victims of typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, salmonella, and (after 1950) salmonella carriers. Personal data includes patient's name; address; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Division of Water

 

 

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Abstract:  

The series consists of waste water sewage disposal files, including records on state inspection and regulation of sewage treatment facilities and projects and efforts to control water pollution resulting from unsanitary disposal of waste by corporate and private entities..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

49

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

 

50

Creator:

New York (State). Division of Water

 

 

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Abstract:  

The series consists of memorandums, reports, plans, and correspondence relating to the inspection, construction, and upgrading of sewage treatment plants and the establishment and monitoring of waste water pollution controls for various state and federal institutions..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

51

Creator:

New York State Veterans' Home

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of case files for individuals who died or were discharged from the New York State Veterans' Home in Oxford (formerly known as the New York State Woman's Relief Corps Home). While the contents of the case files vary, each contains the completed application form for admission into .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

52

Creator:

New York State Health Planning Commission

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series documents the 1975 reorganization of area Health Systems Agencies, the selection process for membership on state health councils, and the formation and initial activities of the State Health Planning Advisory Council and the State Advisory Council on the Handicapped. The records concern .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

53

Creator:

New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Planning Unit

 

 

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Abstract:  

Ivan P. Vamos served as deputy commissioner of Planning and Operations from 1978 to 1993, under Commissioner Orin Lehman in the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). This series contains correspondence, memoranda, copies of deeds, geological surveys, research studies/reports, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

54

Creator:

New York (State). Office of Public Health

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains agendas, bulletins, news clippings, correspondence, guidelines, memorandums, notes, pamphlets, press releases, reports, and speeches generated by the Office of Public Health. Topics include the onset of the AIDS epidemic; environmental toxicology; maternal and child health; New .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

55

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of information on deceased and released typhoid carriers including initial epidemiological investigation report; memorandums summarizing evidence for chronic carrier status; request for and receipt of legal declaration of this status; correspondence between state and local public .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

56

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Social Welfare

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains correspondence, reports, project applications, proposals, news releases, articles, newspaper clippings, speeches, programs, publications, charts, maps, schedules, and other literature about public health in New York State. Most records which document public health, public assistance, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

57

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Acute Communicable Disease Control

 

 

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Abstract:  

Physicians across the state were required to report each case of designated communicable diseases to the State Department of Health. This series consists of personal and medical data of polio victims. Personal data includes patient's name; address; occupation; age; sex; color/race; and national origin. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

58

Creator:

New York (State). Division of Pure Waters

 

 

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This series contains files on the establishment of enforceable water quality standards for interstate and coastal waters. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1965 required each state to adopt water quality standards applicable to interstate waters within or on its borders. The Department of Health's .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

59

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Tuberculosis Control

 

 

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Abstract:  

The administrative files of the Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis Control contain background research, correspondence, memorandums describing program development and policies, statistical summaries, equipment records, and individual hospital program files. The series documents department .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

60

Creator:

New York (State). Division of Water

 

 

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Abstract:  

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