New York State Education Department Division of Archives and History Historic Sites Bronze Marker File 11890

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Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

These files document the placement, with State financial aid, of hundreds of bronze tablets commemorating sites of historical significance in the colonial, revolutionary, or state formative periods. The files include financial application, historical importance of site, structure, person, or event commemorated and citation of sources for this information; description and sketch or plan of marker; text of inscription; and location of marker. The series does not contain information on the thousands of iron roadside markers erected under the same legislative appropriation.

Creator:

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

Title:

Historic sites bronze marker file

Quantity:

3 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1926-1942

Series Number:

11890

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