Managing Records: Storage & Preservation
New York State Records Center
The State Archives operates the State Records Center (SRC), located in Building 21 on the New York State Office Campus in Albany. The Records Center offers centralized, safe, efficient and low-cost storage, and reference for inactive paper and special media records, such as computer tapes, silver-master microfilm, and optical disks, for New York State agencies and a state contract for disposing of state and local government paper records by recycling.
For more detailed information see:
Publication #83, Using the State Records Center
Contact information:
State Records Center
Building 21
State Office Building Campus
Albany, NY 12226
Phone: (518) 457-3171
Fax: (518) 457-2009
E-mail: records@mail.nysed.gov
Downloadable SRC forms for transfer, reference, withdrawal or interfile transmittal of materials
- Records Center Transfer List (REC-1) and Continuation Sheet (REC-1A)
- Records Center Reference Request (REC-2)
- Records Center Interfile Transmittal (REC-8)
- Records Withdrawal Authorization (REC-10)
Hours of operation: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closed on state holidays.
State Wastepaper Recycling Contractor:
Yank Waste Company Inc.
112 Karner Road
Albany NY 12205
(518) 456-2345
For more information about the Archives’ state wastepaper recycling contract, refer to Publication #83, Using the State Records Center, Appendix I.
