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New York State Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty First Century Subject, Correspondence, and Meeting Files


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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 documents the Commission's study of the Adirondack Park economy, the Adirondack Forest Preserve, private and state land management, and subdivision and development trends. Records include subject files; correspondence; audio tapes of commission meetings; copies of public meeting presentations; audio tapes of public meetings; and copies of consultants' reports on such issues as forest preserve management, outdoor recreation, the role of nonprofit third parties in land acquisition, and the history of private land use regulation in the Adirondack Park.
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Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty First Century subject, correspondence, and meeting files
Quantity:

13 cubic feet

88 audiocassettes

Inclusive Dates:
1989-1990
Series Number:
16290

Arrangement

Subject files are alphabetical; correspondence is chronological, with a name index.

Administrative History

The State Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century was appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo. Peter A. A. Berle was chairman, and George D. Davis was executive director of the commission. Issues studied by the commission and for which technical reports were prepared include: Adirondack Park economy and quality of life; private land regulation; subdivision and development trends, including zoning rules and regulations; forestry, the Adirondack Forest Preserve, and state land classification and management; land acquisition, management, and parking planning; and natural resources, including biological diversity, aesthetic resources, water quality, and soil productivity.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists primarily of subject files; correspondence; audio tapes of commission meetings; copies of public meeting presentations; audio tapes of public meetings; "APA Act Implementation and Compliance Field Data Collection Form" for Jay Mountain, Herkimer County, Edinburg, and Harrietstown; and copies of consultants' reports on such issues as forest preserve management, outdoor recreation, the role of nonprofit third parties in land acquisition, and the history of private land use regulation in the Adirondack Park.

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Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty First Century subject, correspondence, and meeting files, 1989-1990

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box Item Folder

Accretion: 16290-99
1989 February 23-24 Albany (NY) Commission meeting records

1 1
1989 March 30-31 Albany (NY) Commission meeting records

1 2
1989 March 30-31 Albany (NY) Commission meeting records

1 3
1989 March 30-31 Albany (NY) Commission meeting records

1 4
1989 May 4-6 Lake George (NY) Commission meeting records.

1 5
1989 May 4-6 Lake George (NY) Commission meeting records; 1985 NYS Forest Preserve map of the Adirondack Park Centennial Edition

1 6
1989 May 4-6 Lake George (NY) Commission meeting records.

1 7
1989 May 25-27 Commission meeting records

2 1
1989 May 25-17 Commission meeting records

2 2
1989 May 24-27 Commission meeting records - info packet

2 3
1989 June 28-30 Commission meeting records - minutes

2 4
1989 June 28-30 Commission meeting records

2 5
1989 June 28-30 Commission meeting records

2 6
1989 June 28-30 Commission meeting records (Blue Mtn. Lake)

2 7
1989 June 28-30 Commission meeting records (Blue Mtn. Lake)

2 8
1989 August 3-5 Records from Westport and Elizabethtown (NY) Commission meeting

3 1
1989 August 3-5 Records from Westport and Elizabethtown (NY) Commission meeting

3 2
1989 August 30-September 1 Records Old Forge (NY) Commission meeting

3 3
1989 August 30-September 1 Records Old Forge (NY) Commission meeting

3 4
1989 August 30-September 1 Records Old Forge (NY) Commission meeting

3 5
1989 August 30-September 1 Records Old Forge (NY) Commission meeting

3 6
1989 October 5-7 Records from Elk Lake (NY) Commission meeting

3 7
1989 October 5-7 Records from Elk Lake (NY) Commission meeting

4 1
1989 October 25-27 Records from Rensselaerville (NY) Commission meeting

4 2
1989 October 25-27 Records from Rensselaerville (NY) Commission meeting

4 3
1989 November 29- December 1 Records from Saratoga Springs (NY) Commission meeting

4 4
1990 January 4-6 Records from Saratoga Springs (NY) Commission meeting

4 5
1990 January 4-6 Records from Saratoga Springs (NY) Commission meeting

4 6
1990 January 24-26 Records from Commission meeting

4 7
1990 January 24-26 Records from Commission meeting

5 1
1990 February 26-27 Records from Commission meeting

5 2
1968-1986 Records from various Commission meetings

5 3
1968-1986 Records from various Commission meetings

5 4
1989 Conservation Foundation meeting records

5 5
1990 Open Space proposal records

5 6
1990 Land Use Program records

5 7
1989-1990 Heath and education related records

5 8
1989 Documents and correspondence regarding Commission Advisors

6 1
1989 Documents and correspondence regarding Commission Advisors

6 2
1989 Documents and correspondence regarding Commission Advisors

6 3
1989 Adirondack Council records

6 4
1990 Adirondack Land Trust correspondence and pamphlets

6 5
1974-1989 Association for the Protection Adirondacks publications

6 6
1989 Association for the Protection Adirondacks publications

6 7
1989 Commission Advisors - lists and related records

6 8
1989-1990 Adirondack Park Agency - correspondence and reports from Executive Director, Robert Glennon

7 1
1989-1990 Adirondack Park Agency - correspondence and reports from Executive Director, Robert Glennon

7 2
1990 Copy "Bond Act," (proposed)

7 3
1989-1990 Commission Consultants - contracts, correspondence and financial records

7 4
1989-1990 Commission Consultants - contracts, correspondence and financial records

7 5
1989-1990 Task Force on the Forest Industry - reports and correspondence

7 6
1989 Gleneagles Resort - report and newspaper clippings

8 1
1990 Draft Study for a Hudson River Valley Greenway (includes 2 maps)

8 2
1989-1990 Commission Interns - correspondence, reports and financial records

8 3
1989-1990 Commission Interns - correspondence, reports and financial records

8 4
1989 Issue Papers - title lists

8 5
1990 Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks - correspondence

8 6
1989-1990 Department of Environmental Conservation - reports and correspondence

8 7
1989-1990 Department of Environmental Conservation - reports and correspondence

8 8
1989 Department of Economic Development - correspondence

8 9
1989 Department of Transportation (DOT) - correspondence

9 1
1990 Advisory opinion regarding Freedom of Information Law

9 2
1990 Conservation Council (NYS) - correspondence

9 3
1989-1990 Inter-county Legislative Committee - correspondence and reports

9 4
1990 Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - correspondence and reports

9 5
1989 Land acquisition - correspondence and reports

9 6
1989-1990 Legislation - correspondence and reports

9 7
1989-1990 Legislators - correspondence

9 8
1989-1990 Correspondence with local governments

9 9
1989-1990 Media relations - related correspondence

9 10
1989-1990 Commission meeting schedules

9 11
undated U.S. Man and Biosphere (MAB) Directorates - membership application

9 12
1990 Letters to Frank Murray

9 13
1990 Northern Forest Land Study - reports and related correspondence

9 14
1989 Documents regarding over-flights in the Adirondacks

9 15
1989 Commission conference and meeting presentations - arrangement records

9 16
1989 Commission conference and meeting presentations - arrangement records

10 1
1989 Commission conference and meeting presentations - arrangement records

10 2
undated Rivers and waterways - reports

10 3
1989 Office of Rural Affairs - correspondence and draft report

10 4
1990 Schedules and related records

10 5
1967-1989 Sportsmen

10 6
1989 Stationary - examples, orders and receipts

10 7
circa 1989 Commission technical reports - recommended reading list

10 8
1989 Timber Trust - memorandum and correspondence

10 9
1988-1989 Vincent Vaccaro - records related to taking of his Hamilton County property

10 10
1990 Minority Report "Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century"(3 copies)

10 11
undated Lyons Falls - pamphlets and conservation easement documents

10 12
1989 Fairness Coalition reports

11 1
1989 November 10 Newspaper clippings sent

11 2
1989 October 9 Newspaper clippings distributed

11 3
1989 Newspaper clippings

11 4
1989 July 12 Newspaper clippings distributed

11 5
1989 Adirondack Park Agency - related newspaper clippings, set no. 4

11 6
1989 May 19 Newspaper clippings sent

11 7
1989 April 4 Newspaper clippings sent

11 8
1989 March 22 Newspaper clippings sent

11 9
1989 March14 Newspaper clippings sent

11 10
1989 March 14 Newspaper clippings sent

11 11
1990 Newspaper clippings

11 12
1990 Newspaper clippings

11 13
1990 Newspaper clippings

11 14
1989 Herb Steele - Commission files - Park Personnel Management

12 1
1989 Herb Steele - Commission files - Park Personnel Management

12 2
1989 Herb Steele - Commission files - Civil Service related reports and correspondence

12 3
1989 Herb Steele - Commission files - Civil Service related reports and correspondence

12 4
1989 Herb Steele - Commission files - Civil Service related reports and correspondence

12 5
undated Herb Steel - Commission files - job descriptions and related materials

12 6
undated Herb Steel - Commission files - job descriptions and related materials

12 7
1989 Commission Issue Papers - letters to advisors

12 8
1989 Commission Issue Papers - letters to advisors

12 9
1989 Commission Issue Papers - letters from advisors

13 1
1989 Commission Issue Papers - letters from advisors

13 2
1989 Commission Issue Papers - letters from advisors

13 3
1989 Commission Issue Papers - advisor reviews

13 4
1989 November 13-16 Recommendation materials

13 5
1989 Issue paper comments

13 6
1989 Issue paper comments

13 7
1989 October 10 - November 4 Public meeting registrations

13 8
1989 Issue papers, executive summaries

14 1
1989 Vision statements

14 2
1989 Commission public meeting summaries

14 3
1989 Commission public meeting summaries

14 4
1989 Commission public meeting summaries

14 5
1989 Commission public meeting summaries

14 6
1989 Harrietstown field data collection forms

14 7
1989 Harrietstown field data collection forms

14 8
circa 1989 Edinburg field data collection forms

15 1
circa 1989 Edinburg field data collection forms

15 2
1989 Herkimer County field data collection forms

15 3
1989 Herkimer County field data collection forms

15 4
1989 Jayfield field data collection forms

15 5
1989 Jayfield field data collection forms

15 6
1989 Greig field data collection forms and 12 maps (folded)

16 1
1989 Greig field data collection forms and 12 maps (folded)

16 2
circa 1989 Jay photo data collection forms

16 3
circa 1989 Jay photo data collection forms

16 4
circa 1989 Harrietstown photo data collection forms

16 5
circa 1989 Edinburg photo data collection forms

16 6
circa 1989 Extra Jayfield forms all Ausable Forks

16 7
1989 Consultant produced Issue Papers (complete copy)

16 8
1989 Consultant produced Issue Papers (complete copy)

16 9
1989 Consultant produced Issue Papers (complete copy)

17 1
1989 Consultant produced Issue Papers (complete copy)

17 2
1989 Consultant produced Issue Papers (complete copy)

17 3
1989 Consultant produced Issue Papers (complete copy)

17 4
1989 Consultant produced Issue Papers (complete copy)

17 5
1989 Consultant produced Issue Papers (complete copy)

17 6
1989 Consultant produced Issue Papers (complete copy)

17 7
1989 Consultant produced Issue Papers (complete copy)

17 8
1989 Consultant produced Issue Papers (complete copy)

18 1
1989 Consultant produced Issue Papers (complete copy)

18 2
1989 Consultant produced Issue Papers (complete copy)

18 3
1989 Charge and press releases

18 4
1989 Commission public meetings - correspondence1989

18 5
1989 Commission public meetings - letters from attendees (loose)

18 6
undated Index to public letters received following public meetings

18 7
undated Index to public letters received following public meetings

18 8
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings nos. 1-99

18 9
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings nos. 1-99

18 10
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 100-599

19 1
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 100-599

19 2
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 100-599

19 3
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 100-599

19 4
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 100-599

19 5
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 100-599

19 6
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 100-599

19 7
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 100-599

19 8
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 100-599

19 9
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 600-1019 and misc.

20 1
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 600-1019 and misc.

20 2
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 600-1019 and misc.

20 3
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 600-1019 and misc.

20 4
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 600-1019 and misc.

20 5
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 600-1019 and misc.

20 6
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 600-1019 and misc.

20 7
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 600-1019 and misc.

20 89
1989 Letters received from public regarding public meetings, nos. 600-1019 and misc.

20 9
undated 1 floppy disk (unreadable)

20 10
undated Commissioners' Biographies

21 1
1989-1990 Commissioners - correspondence

21 2
undated Public meeting presentations - V.I. Binghamton to Saranac Lake

21 3
undated Public meeting presentations - V.I. Binghamton to Saranac Lake

21 4
undated Public meeting presentations - V.I. Binghamton to Saranac Lake

21 5
undated Public meeting presentations - V.II Schenectady-Syracuse, Utica

21 6
undated Public meeting notes - what speakers said; Binghamton to Old Forge and what people said; Plattsburgh to Watertown

21 7
undated Public meeting notes - what speakers said; Binghamton to Old Forge and what people said; Plattsburgh to Watertown

21 8
1989 January-1990 January Minutes of public meetings

22 1
1989 January-1990 January Minutes of public meetings

22 2
1989 Public meetings - general records

22 3
1989 Public meetings - general records

22 4
1989 Assistant Director Daniel McGough's letter book (alphabetical)

22 5
1989 Assistant Director Daniel McGough's letter book (alphabetical)

22 6
1989-1990 Deputy Director Judith LaBelle's letter book (chronological)

22 7
1989-1990 Deputy Director Judith LaBelle's letter book (chronological)

22 8
1989-1990 General correspondence, memos, and reports

23 1
1989-1990 General correspondence, memos, and reports

23 2
1989-1990 General correspondence, memos, and reports

23 3
1989-1990 General correspondence, memos, and reports

23 4
1989-1990 General correspondence, memos, and reports

23 5
1989 February 23-24 Saranac Lake

24 1
1989 February 23-24 Saranac Lake

24 2
1989 February 24 APA presentations

24 3
1989 February 24 APA presentations

24 4
1989 March George Davis at APA

24 5
1989 March George Davis at APA

24 6
1989 March 30-31 Albany

24 7
1989 March 30-31 Albany

24 8
1989 March 30-31 Albany

24 9
1989 May 4-6 Lake George

24 10
1989 May 4-6 Lake George

24 11
1989 May 25-27 Tupper Lake

24 12
1989 May 25-27 Tupper Lake

24 13
1989 June 28-30 Blue Mountain Lake

24 14
1989 June 28-30 Blue Mountain Lake

24 15
1989 June 28-30 Blue Mountain Lake

24 16
1989 June 28-30 Blue Mountain Lake

24 17
1989 June 28-30 Blue Mountain Lake

25 1
1989 June 28-30 Blue Mountain Lake

25 2
1989 June 28-30 Blue Mountain Lake

25 3
1989 August 3-5 Westport

25 4
1989 August 3-5 Elizabethtown

25 5
1989 August 3-5 Elizabethtown

25 6
1989 August 3-5 Elizabethtown

25 7
1989 August 3-5 Elizabethtown

25 8
1989 August 3-5 Elizabethtown

25 9
1989 August 3-5 Elizabethtown

25 10
1989 August 30-September 1 Old Forge

25 11
1989 August 30-September 1 Old Forge

25 12
1989 August 30-September 1 Old Forge

25 13
1989 August 30-September 1 Old Forge

25 14
1989 August 30-September 1 Old Forge

25 15
1989 August 30-September 1 Old Forge

25 16
1989 August 30-September 1 Old Forge

25 17
1989 October 5-7 Elk Lake and Newcomb

26 1
1989 October 5-7 Elk Lake and Newcomb

26 2
1989 October 5-7 Elk Lake and Newcomb

26 3
1989 October 5-7 Elk Lake and Newcomb

26 4
1989 October 5-7 Elk Lake and Newcomb

26 5
1989 October 25-27 Rensselaerville

26 6
1989 October 25-27 Rensselaerville

26 7
1989 October 25-27 Rensselaerville

26 8
1989 October 25-27 Rensselaerville

26 9
1989 October 25-27 Rensselaerville

26 10
1989 October 25-27 Rensselaerville

26 11
1989 November 29-December 1 Gideon Putnam

26 12
1989 November 29-December 1 Gideon Putnam

26 13
1989 November 29-December 1 Gideon Putnam

26 14
1989 November 29-December 1 Gideon Putnam

26 15
1989 November 29-December 1 Gideon Putnam

26 16
1989 November 29-December 1 Gideon Putnam

26 17
1989 January 4-6 Gideon Putnam II

27 1
1989 January 4-6 Gideon Putnam II

27 2
1989 January 4-6 Gideon Putnam II

27 3
1989 January 4-6 Gideon Putnam II

27 4
1989 January 4-6 Gideon Putnam II

27 5
1989 January 4-6 Gideon Putnam II

27 6
1990 January 24-26 Gideon Putnam III

27 7
1990 January 24-26 Gideon Putnam III

27 8
1990 January 24-26 Gideon Putnam III

27 9
1990 January 24-26 Gideon Putnam III

27 10
1990 January 24-26 Gideon Putnam III

27 11
1989-1990 Public meeting registration cards - attendees

28
1989-1990 Public meeting registration cards - speakers

29
1989 October 10 Glens Falls

30 1
1989 October 11 Old Forge

30 2
1989 October 12 Binghamton

30 3
1989 October 12 Binghamton

30 4
1989 October 16 Buffalo

30 5
1989 October 17 Rochester

30 6
1989 October 17 Rochester

30 7
1989 October 17 Rochester

30 8
1989 October 19 Utica

30 9
1989 October 19 Utica

30 10
1989 October 23 Plattsburgh

30 11
1989 October 23 Plattsburgh

30 12
1989 October 24 Saranac Lake

30 13
1989 October 24 Saranac Lake

30 14
1989 October 24 Saranac Lake

30 15
1989 October 24 Saranac Lake

30 16
1989 October 30 Schenectady

30 17
1989 October 30 Schenectady

30 18
1989 October 30 Schenectady

30 19
1989 November 2 Mineola

30 20
1989 November 2 Mineola

30 21