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State Coordinating Committee on the South Mall Project monthly progress reports


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

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

Summary:
This series from the Office of General Services Design and Construction contains reports of the South Mall Coordinating Committee. Many reports include black-and-white photographs, annotated site plans, and other documentation of ongoing construction. Included is the general manager's report the problems on the South Mall and a general picture of the situation as it existed at the time.
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State Coordinating Committee on the South Mall Project monthly progress reports
Quantity:

4 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1962-1971
Series Number:
16204

Arrangement

16204-97:Chronological by year.

Scope and Content Note

16204-97: This accretion contains a set of reports (weekly, monthly, and later bi-monthly) of the South Mall Coordinating Committee. Many of the reports include loose black-and-white photographs (reproduced), annotated site plans, and other documentation of ongoing construction.

Of special note is a copy of a report dated February 5, 1971 from C.F. Dodge, Project Manager (George A. Fuller Company) to OGS commissioner A.C. O'Hara. Prepared in April 1970, the purpose of the report was to give deputy coordinator John C. Byron an idea of the problems existing on the South Mall and a general picture of the situation as it existed at the time.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

16204-97: Container list.

Custodial History

16204-97: The material was sent to the State Library in 1982 by Robert D. Stone, chief counsel of the Education Department, who requested and received a complete set from Joan Whitbeck of OGS. This accretion resulted from a project by Archives staff in 1997 to identify or integrate estrayed or unidentified records.

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