New York State Library Memoranda on Records Storage B1552

New York State Library Memoranda on Records Storage

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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 consists of memoranda from staff of the New York State Library to Hugh M. Flick, and subsequently to State Education Commissioner Ewald B. Nyquist, reporting on transfer of department records to/from offsite storage. The memoranda include information on the transfer of the records as well as several summary lists of files and record series included in the group. They were based on a 1969 survey of offsite records conducted by State Library staff.

Creator:

New York State Library

Title:

Memoranda on records storage

Quantity:

0.1 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1969-1970

Series Number:

B1552

Administrative History

In 1969 a survey was conducted by State Library staff of records held at the Elm Street Garage in Albany (also known as "the cage") for the Library for the Blind. Staff recommended the records (300 boxes comprising records of the Department of Public Instruction, ca. 1953, and some plates of Museum publications) be transferred as archival to the State Library and moved to the library warehouse, or elsewhere. A section in the cage would be retained for storage of magnetic/audio tapes. The aim was to reunite the whole collection of materials relating to the Education Department and house the collection in the new Cultural Education Center.

Scope and Content Note

The series consists of a set of memoranda from staff of the New York State Library to Hugh M. Flick, and subsequently to State Education Commissioner Ewald B. Nyquist, reporting on transfer of department records to/from offsite storage. The memoranda include information on the transfer of the records as well as several summary lists of files and record series included in the group.