Research

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Creator:

New York (State). Superintendent of State Prisons

 

 

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These annual reports prepared by various project engineers summarize work done by State prison inmates on construction and maintenance projects on State, county, and town roads during the period 1916 to 1921. Often attached to the report are photos depicting roads, bridge construction, and inmates from .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Division of Highways

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence directed to and generated by the commissioner's office of the Division of Highways, Department of Public Works and its predecessor offices. The bulk of the files deal with the administration of federal highway construction aid appropriated by Congress in 1916. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Bureau of Town Highways

 

 

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This series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, memorandums, blueprints, plans, tracings, drawings, bridge measurements, computations, inspection notes, and cost estimates relating to the construction of highway bridges throughout New York State. Most documents date between 1921 and 1923. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Division of Highways

 

 

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This series contains expenditure reports and other related records generated by the Department of Public Works Division of Highways pertaining to the construction and maintenance of county and town highways. Also included are booklets created by the County Highway Superintendents Association..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

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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This series consists of card files documenting the employment history of individuals who worked in the Department of the State Engineer and Surveyor; the Department of Public Works, including Division of Canals and Waterways and Division of Highways; and Department of Highways. Cards typically contain .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives