Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Office of Planning and Development
Abstract:
This series documents the Department of Transportation's planning and implementation of federal and state highway legislation. The Correspondence and Planning Information Files relate to implementation of Federal-Aid Highway Acts; development of the interstate highway system; urban transportation systems .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Office of Planning and Development
Abstract:
These records document Department of Transportation policy development through preparation, support, or opposition to legislative proposals concerning city, county, and interstate highways as well as other transportation issues. Included are bill proposals and laws; bill summaries, bill legislative .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0667
Dates:
1897-1907
Abstract:
The series consists of blueprint maps and descriptions of lands temporarily appropriated by New York State for use in constructing, improving, and maintaining state canals. The maps were prepared by the Office of the State Engineer and Surveyor as part of its responsibilities in surveying, mapping, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Commission of Highways
Abstract:
This series consists of sections of U.S. Geological topographic map sheets containing notations representing highway planning or maintenance. The maps use standard topographic symbols to show features which include cities, towns, and villages; county, state, and national boundaries; contour lines and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Surveyor General
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Series:
A4006
Dates:
1820-1830
Abstract:
This series contains a map drawn by engineer John Randel, Jr. showing the Hudson River from Troy south to New Baltimore. The map includes river depth; adjacent cities; some street names and buildings; nearby waterways; and route of a proposed canal alongside part of the river. Also included is a certification .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Dexter (N.Y. : Village)
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Series:
A4608
Dates:
1855-1936
Abstract:
Microfilmed records include minutes of the village board of trustees (1855-1995), official maps (1891-1995), and tax assessment rolls (1859-1995)..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Hempstead (N.Y. : Town)
Abstract:
Microfilmed records from the Town of Hempstead include record and minute books of the town clerk (1644-1901 with gaps), including proceedings of town meetings, and notices of stray cattle, election returns, emancipated slaves, etc.; highway maps (1830-1958); survey maps (1797-1958); and maps of waterways .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Public Transportation Safety Board
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Series:
16444
Dates:
1985-1990, undated
Abstract:
This series documents each system's safety plan. Plans include safety goals and objectives; compliance reports and detailed descriptions of the transit system, its organizational structure, safety programs, and equipment; accident history; how the plan will be implemented; and compliance reports. The .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Graphic Arts Unit
Title:
Series:
17672
Dates:
circa 1920-1980
Abstract:
These photographs, slides, and logs document the state transportation system, its structures, and state facilities created by the Department of Public Works (1923-1967) and its successor agency, the Department of Transportation. Images depict bridge and highway construction, canals repair and maintenance, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
This series consists of maps of highways and other cultural and natural features in New York State counties outside New York City. Maps record state and county highways; construction contract numbers for state highways; Public Service Commission railroad grade elimination project numbers; dates of abandonment .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Olympic Transportation Committee
Abstract:
This series contains policy and procedure manuals regarding preparations for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Records include environmental impact statements, disaster operations manuals, operation manual and plans, newspaper clippings, and the Department of Transportation's operating .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Highways
Abstract:
The series consists of annotated U.S. Geological Survey maps bound into two volumes. The printed topographic sheets are annotated with black and red lines representing some aspect of highway planning or maintenance. The arrangement is apparently by geographic quadrangle, with successive maps depicting .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Maps and descriptions of western division lands permanently appropriated for use of the state canals
Series:
B0674
Dates:
1899-1907
Abstract:
The series consists of blueprint maps and descriptions of lands permanently appropriated for use of state canals. The blueprints, arranged by district, are tracings of maps of land appropriations along the Erie Canal in Wayne County (District No. 3) and Monroe and Orleans counties (District No. 4). .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B1212
Dates:
1830-1890
Abstract:
These maps were created to show changes to the narrow and crooked parts of the Erie, Oswego, and Cayuga and Seneca Canals in order to admit larger boats. They typically depict property boundaries and names of property owners; character or cultivation of the land; bodies of water; roads and streets; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Fulton (N.Y. : County)
Title:
Series:
A4602
Dates:
1785-1996
Abstract:
This series contains Fulton County Clerk maps (1785-1996), including highway maps, tax maps, and other filed maps; Board of Supervisors minutes and special proceedings (1874-1980); and tax assessment rolls (1978-1990) for the towns of Bleeker, Caroga, Ephratah, Johnstown, Mayfield, Northampton, Oppenheim, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
This series consists of Harold Jerry's personal copies of records compiled during public service with the Office for Regional Development, the Temporary Commission on the State Court System, the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks, the Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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