New York State Department of Health Photographs of Laboratory Research Activities B1629

New York State Department of Health Photographs of Laboratory Research Activities

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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 photographs of health research operations. Some depict the Center for Laboratories and Research and an exhibit of herbals. Others show construction and evacuation processes during the work of the interagency task force handling the Love Canal disaster in Niagara Falls.

Creator:

New York (State). Executive Department

Title:

Department of Health photographs of laboratory research activities

Quantity:

0.1 cubic feet

15 photographs

Inclusive Dates:

1917, 1956, 1984

Series Number:

B1629

Scope and Content Note

The series consists of 14 black and white photographs (various sizes), mounted on three panels. There is no production attribution or captioning documentation available, but it is likely that the photographs were mounted as part of an exhibit display.

Two of the three displays show the Center for Laboratories and Research, in 1917 (1 photo) and 1984 (6 photos), respectively. The other display is of Love Canal construction and evacuation processes (7 photos), including images of home removal, effluent processing, and trench line drainage construction. The Health Department was involved in an interagency task force to aid recovery from the Love Canal disaster in Niagara Falls.

B1629-02: This accretion consists of a single black and white photoprint depicting an exhibit of herbals mounted by the Dept. of Health's Division of Laboratories and Research in 1956. The material depicted in the photograph was borrowed from the New York State Medical Library

Custodial History

B1629-02: This accretion was transferred by the Manuscripts and Special Collections Unit of the New York State Library in June 2001 and accessioned by the Archives in March 2002.