Research

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New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Planning Section

 

 

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This series consists of project files and reports of the Planning Section. Report topics include turnover of civil service technicians, professional entrance program, nationwide recruitment activities, reasons for resignation from state service, and management improvement. Project files include surveys .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Division of the Budget. Public Authorities Control Board

 

 

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The series consists of regular and special meeting files of the Public Authorities Control Board (PACB), which regulates financing, bonding, property acquisition, and construction projects of major public authorities. Some of the records, including exhibits, draft resolutions, and summaries outlining .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation. Base Mapping Unit

 

 

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This series documents the production of a variety of maps created by the Base Mapping Unit. The files contain background information relative to special one-time mapping projects explaining why the maps were created, their revisions, and information they contain. Specific examples of these special projects .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit

 

 

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These records document the production of major ongoing series of maps created by the Base Mapping Unit. These files contain metadata and other background information relative to cartography projects and also include information on creation of the individual series of maps, sources of information used, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Assistant Commissioner for Compensatory Education. Division of Urban Education

 

 

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This series contains project files, reports, and correspondence concerning projects funded by the State's Urban Education Program. Files include grant applications (which describe the project, its objectives, and budget), proposed evaluation plans, evaluation review sheets, proposal strength and weaknesses .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets. Division of Marketing

 

 

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These files from the director's office relate principally to promotion and distribution of agricultural products. They include a variety of material within a wide range of subjects, such as ACF Center Flow Conditionaire, eggs, flowers, potatoes, seed, and U.S.D.A. Home and Food Fair..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Office of Educational Television and Public Broadcasting

 

 

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This series consists of records from the Whittle/Channel One program initiative which was a 1990s-era project to bring cable television into the classroom to assist teachers in presenting educational news programs to their students. These records document the planning and implementation of the initiative. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Office of General Services

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence, shop drawings, specifications, change orders, construction logs, diaries, status reports, contract transmittals, claims, delays, and damages related to various buildings constructed by the George A. Fuller Company as part of the Empire State Plaza (South Mall) .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Office of General Services. Office of South Mall Construction

 

 

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This series consists of subject files and other materials related to each general contract in the project to construct the Empire State Plaza (South Mall). It provides documentation of the structures and processes that went into individual aspects of the project. The series includes correspondence, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Division of the Budget

 

 

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The Division of the Budget analyzes and reviews agency appropriations requests and coordinates state agency expenditures. This series consists of records relating to major and minor construction, repair, or improvement projects at various state facilities. Files may include correspondence, memoranda, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Environmental Management Bureau

 

 

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This series consists of environmental impact statements (EIS) developed by the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation's Environmental Management Bureau, which is responsible for reviewing proposed projects affecting the agency's parks to evaluate their environmental impact. Each EIS provides .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Pollution Prevention Unit

 

 

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This series contains project files and studies documenting the Department of Environmental Conservation's effort to create measurable objectives in the field of environmental protection and restoration in the 1990s..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Assistant Commissioner for Compensatory Education. Division of Urban Education

 

 

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This series contains correspondence, project applications, evaluation forms, and other records documenting the work of the Division of Urban Education in administering the New York City School-Community Interaction Umbrella Program. Included are files documenting the operation of the program as a whole, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.)

 

 

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These files document the Adirondack Park Agency's function of implementing the Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan through evaluation of proposed development projects. Many such projects, including the Loon Lake Estates project, had a significant environmental impact beyond their immediate .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Commission on Cultural Resources

 

 

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The Commission on Cultural Resources studied the fiscal needs of cultural institutions in the state and made recommendations for meeting their short and long-term needs. This series includes publications by state agencies and private and public cultural institutions; project files related to cultural .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Division of the Budget

 

 

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Records in this series document the monitoring and oversight of expenditures for construction and other projects undertaken by state agencies. Specifically, this series examines the fiscal and budgetary impact of major capital projects. Records include capital budget requests, capital plans, project .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Council of Environmental Advisers

 

 

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The Council of Environmental Advisors was created in 1970 to provide special counsel to the governor on environmental policy development. This series consists of correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, hearing materials, budget materials, legislation, taskforce reports, project files, and publications .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Moreland Act Commission on the Urban Development Corporation and Other State Financing Agencies

 

 

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The series consists primarily of the commission's project, research, report, hearing, and financial investigation files related to the commission's investigation into the New York State Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and other public benefit corporations engaged in financing construction or the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation. Aviation Bureau

 

 

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The series consists of project files documenting airport design and construction statewide. Constituent groupings are fairly consistent. Each project file contains components for design and construction; federal aid/approval; engineering; and programming..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York State Archives and Records Administration. State Archivist

 

 

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This series documents the work of the state archivist/assistant commissioner as chair of the State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB). It contains membership and project files, correspondence, grant applications, administrative records, annual and special reports, and board meeting files containing .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives