Research

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New York State War Council. Division of Records

 

 

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Amendment to the War Emergency Act authorized the War Council to provide a uniform method for the care, custody, control, and disposition of records maintained by the 108 local war councils in New York State during World War II. This series contains the correspondence and standardized Inventory of Records .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of three blueprint copies of survey maps of East Oswego..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series contains catalogs, indexes, and bibliographies produced by the Works Progress Administration. The subjects of these publications are quite varied. Generally they are bibliographies or indexes of WPA studies or surveys. Guides include, but are not limited to, the following studies: records .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Fire Laws

 

 

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This series consists of completed questionnaires on liability insurance coverage costs and loss experience gathered as evidence on ways to improve the system of providing liability insurance benefits to volunteer firefighters killed or injured in the line of duty filled out by village officials. Also .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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Returns of surveys of state land in this series include name of governor or lieutenant governor; for whom land was surveyed; county and location of land; survey data; date of survey; and name of Surveyor General..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of maps, plans, deeds, correspondence, field notes, survey data, descriptions of lands, statements of water power, and other related working notes apparently created to analyze the condition and ownership of lands related to state facilities. Facilities include the Schuyler Mansion; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Environmental Radiation Protection

 

 

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This series documents the State's efforts to identify, decontaminate, track, and monitor radioactive and nuclear-manufacturing sites, exclusive of nuclear power plants regulated by other offices or agencies. Records include assessment plans, feasibility studies, contracts, survey reports, lab analyses, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York and New Jersey Joint Boundary Commission

 

 

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The New York and New Jersey Joint Boundary Commission sought to determine "the true location of the monuments which mark the several boundaries of the State". Volumes in the series contain field notes on the boundary survey (1882), descriptions of boundary monuments, and text of the 1883 settlement..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

 

 

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The series consists of records of transactions and legal business concerning land: deeds; mortgage bonds; state claims; sales and purchases; surveys and maps; tax receipts; foreclosures; correspondence; and other land records. There are also some records concerning the transfer of Indian lands to the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (Colony). Governor

 

 

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Surveys in this series contain description of land; purchaser's name; location of land; and return date. The warrant of survey, giving government authorization for the survey to be done, is sometimes included also. Philip Welles did most of the surveys; a few were done by Robert Fullerton..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of copies of survey maps of lands acquired for John Boyd Thacher Park by the State Engineer and Surveyor..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Board of Appraisers

 

 

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This manuscript volume, once used by the Secretary of State and other state officials to access land records, was superseded for all practical purposes by Mix, David E.E. "Catalogue of Maps and Surveys in the Office of the Secretary of State, State Engineer and Surveyor, and Comptroller and the State .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance

 

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Conservation Commission

 

 

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The Conservation Commission survey books record arboreal resources of the Adirondack Park in 1926-1936. It provides data about increases and death rates in tree species. The books contain photographs and maps as well as information about vegetation, insect damage, and size of trees..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation

 

 

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This series consists of documents on various topics relating directly to Hooker Chemical Corporation and other entities potentially connected to the Love Canal hazardous waste site, as well as general information about solid waste and wastewater disposal. Several of the files appear to contain detailed, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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These records were generated because of a claim by John Jacob Astor to lands forfeited by Roger Morris and wife Mary Philipse. Included are abstracts of sales of land by the commissioners of forfeitures giving descriptions of lands; acreage; purchaser's names; purchase date and price paid. Also included .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Division of Vocational and Extension Education. Physically Handicapped Children's Bureau

 

 

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The series consists of correspondence and related survey materials concerning a study of the vocational guidance, training, and placement needs of the blind and deaf in New York State. The study was undertaken for the Committee on the Study of Vocational Guidance of the Deaf and Blind Records include .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance

 

 

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This series consists of color photoprints, slides, and negatives documenting all aspects of canal structures including dams, locks, gates, sluices, walls, and bridges. This statewide survey was conducted in 1988 by a private firm under contract to the Dept. of Transportation's Division of Waterways .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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

 

 

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This series documents a typhoid fever outbreak which occurred in Orleans County, New York in the summer of 1989. Records consists of forms which document individual typhoid cases and potential cases. The information on the forms includes personal identifiers, where meals were taken, food consumed, symptoms, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives