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New York State Engineer and Surveyor Index to Glass Plate Negatives Depicting Construction of the Western Division of the Barge Canal


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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 is an index for Series B0727, Glass plate negatives depicting construction of the Western Division of the Barge Canal, and Series 11833, Barge Canal construction photographs. Each card contains some or all of the following information: contract number, index number, subject, location, number of prints sent to Albany, remarks, date, building appropriated, parcel number, town and county.
Creator:
Title:
New York State Engineer and Surveyor index to glass plate negatives depicting construction of the Western Division of the Barge Canal
Quantity:

1 cubic foot

Inclusive Dates:
approximately 1907-1921
Series Number:
B0728

Arrangement

Card file boxes labeled Drawers 1-5 are arranged by contract number; box labeled Drawer 6 contains miscellaneous items and benchmark cards.

Scope and Content Note

This series is an index for Series B0727, Glass plate negatives depicting construction of the Western Division of the Barge Canal, and Series 11833, Barge Canal construction photographs. Placed within 1 cu. ft. box are six smaller boxes, titled "Drawers," of index cards containing descriptive information about the corresponding negative/photograph. Drawer 1-5 is arranged by contract number while Drawer 6 contains miscellaneous items and benchmark cards.

Each grouping of contract numbers encompasses smaller sub groups organized by structure type (e.g. appropriations, embankments, bridges, culverts and plants) and chronologically by index number. Each card contains some or all of the following information: contract number, index number, subject, location, taken, number of prints sent to Albany, remarks, date, building appropriated, parcel number, town and county. The index is not inclusive; only the miscellaneous items and the following contract numbers are indexed: 6, 9, 19, 21, 23, 38, 40, 41, 47-49, 59, 60-64, 66, 67, 76 and 77.

Related Material

B0727 Glass plate negatives depicting construction of the Western Division of the Barge Canal, contains the negatives indexed by Series B0728 and

11833 Barge Canal construction photographs, contains prints of the negatives found in Series B0727 and indexed by Series B0728.

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Detailed Description

Contents Box

Accretion: B0728-85
1) Contracts 47, 48, 49, 76 and 77; 2) Contracts 21, 23, 38, 41, 59 and 63; 3) Contracts 6, 60 and 61; 4) Contracts 9, 62 and 64; 5) Contracts 19, 40, 66 and 67; 6) Miscellaneous items and benchmark cards 1