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Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

 

 

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This series contains film negatives and photographic prints of historic sites, buildings, bridges, statues, monuments, and a few persons of statewide or local significance. It apparently contains interfiled photographs resulting from several projects to document historic sites in New York State. The .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

42

Creator:

Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Resource Analysis Unit

 

 

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This series documents one of several regional transportation studies undertaken by New York State in compliance with the U.S. Federal Aid Highways Act of 1962. The series consists of 18" x 18" aerial photographs (scale 1:48,000) of Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and the Upper Hudson region taken in April .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

43

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New York (State). Board of New Capitol Commissioners

 

 

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This series consists of a bound volume of photographs depicting progress of construction of the New State Capitol from 1869 through 1877. The photographs were produced for Thomas Fuller, the original architect of the New State Capitol, by photographer Eugene M. Haines and published in a limited edition. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

44

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New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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These photographs depict the New York State Agricultural and Industrial School's new facility at Industry, New York. The photographs, mostly mounted, provide views of: annual fairs; farm land; grounds; interiors of buildings; inmates, school officers and visitors; and physical facilities. A few of these .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

45

Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Visual Instruction

 

 

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Lantern slides were compiledas instructional aids for the public school curriculum. More than 20,000 unique images dating from 1856-1939 document a wide variety of subjects, including New York State, North American and world geography, history, natural sciences, fine arts, trades, industries, education, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Visual Instruction

 

 

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Lantern slides were compiled as instructional aids for the public school curriculum. More than 20,000 unique images dating from 1856-1939 document a wide variety of subjects, including New York State, North American and world geography, history, natural sciences, fine arts, trades, industries, education, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

47

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New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum

 

 

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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

 

48

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

 

49

Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

 

 

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This series includes photographs of varying size, some are cut from larger images, feature Dr. Albert B. Corey, state historian. All images are dated between 1948-1960 and identified, some with brief captions. Photos may have been provided by a publicity service of the Capital Newspapers..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

50

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Highways

 

 

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These photographs show damaged roads in eastern upstate New York; machinery used to construct or resurface roads; work in progress; roads before and after repair; various road surfaces like macadam or concrete; road signs; and automobile accidents. These were probably created by the Albany division .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

51

Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

 

 

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Series includes three black and white photographic prints (16" x 20") of an unidentified man, presumably a representative to the 1915 Convention, which are stored separately from the negatives. The negative from which the prints were produced is not present in the series, and is presumed lost..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

52

Creator:

New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum

 

 

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Approximately 300 images depict mineral mines, quarries, cement plants, terra cotta factories, and stone crushing plants; natural features of specific communities; industrial development; geologic formations; and geological exhibits. Many were made by Geological Survey geologists to illustrate State .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

53

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Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

 

 

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These photographs of Clinton Prison, mostly from 1932-1945, depict buildings and facilities, such as prison shop; barber shop; kitchen; mess hall; reservoir; athletic facilities; and hospitals. Also depicted are locations of accidents, assaults, suicides, and other special occurrences. Also included .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

54

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Public Works. Division of Engineering

 

 

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These negative photographs were taken for use in settling Court of Claims litigation such as State contracts for the construction of highways, buildings, and other structures; appropriation of land and water; employee negligence; damages due to defects in the State's highway system. The negatives are .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

55

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Jamaica Bay - Peconic Bay Canal Board

 

 

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The Jamaica Bay - Peconic Bay Canal Board determined costs for bridges and rights of way for a proposed canal on the south side of Long Island. Consisting primarily of correspondence and exhibit files, records also include survey progress reports, town resolutions, minutes of meetings and public hearings, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

56

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of memoranda of agreements, drafts of legislative bills, tracings, and photographs of New York State and county boundary lines. The agreements provide exact location for boundary lines, the date of agreement and, in some cases, seals of offices involved with the agreement. The proposed .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

57

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New York (State). Department of Civil Service

 

 

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This series consists mostly of photographs, news clippings, and press releases used by the Public Relations Office to promote Civil Service Commission and Department of Civil Service activities. The series also includes some planning files, copies of historical documents, and publications. Subjects .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

58

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Temporary Health Insurance Board

 

 

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This series consists of the Temporary Health Insurance Board's minutes, historical files relating to the development of the first comprehensive state employees' health insurance plan, and health insurance specifications and proposals. Information includes minutes; correspondence; reports and special .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

59

Creator:

New York (State). New Capitol Commission

 

 

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This series consists of photographs depicting the excavation and beginning construction of the present State Capitol in Albany, New York. Many of the images in accretion B0701-03 are duplicates of photographs contained in B0701-85, but some later photographs show partially completed first and second .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

60

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University of the State of New York. Planning Committee for the Shrine for the Emancipation Proclamation

 

 

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This series contains files kept by the secretary relate to the Planning Committee for the Shrine for the Emancipation Proclamation activities. The series provides information on the work of the committee, design of the proposed shrine, and other displays of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives