Research: Topics: Environment: Preliminary Guide to Environmental Sources
Preliminary Guide to Environmental Sources
Onondaga County Dept. of Parks and Recreation.
Office of Museums and Historical Sites.
Liverpool, N.Y.
- Onondaga County (N.Y.). Regional Planning and Parks Commission.
Records, [ca.1820]-1985.
5.7 cubic ft.
Records pertaining to the Onondaga County Parks System, created by the Regional Planning and Parks Commission, including field books and notes from the Onondaga County Emergency Work Bureau survey of Onondaga Lake, the lake shore, and other park sites, 1925-1948; correspondence concerning park development, the parkway, and park jobs, 1928-1946; reports, drawings, petitions, articles, and booklets concerning park development, 1932-1977; deeds and title searches for park land (partly copies), ca.1820-1934; notebook of photographs, maps, diagrams, sketches, and notes from excavation of French fort site, 1974; board minutes, 1925-1960; minutes of the Conservation and Recreation Committee, 1962-1968, of the Public Works Committee, 1967-1968, and of the Scenic Roads Committee, 1968; correspondence, brochures, reports, and petitions concerning Carpenter's Brook Fish Hatchery and Highland Forest, 1930-1965; brochures, reports, guidebooks, newsletters, programs, and press releases about the Onondaga County Parks System, 1935-1985; and materials on the history of Onondaga Lake including articles, programs, drawings, maps, clipppings, 1907-1983, and excerpts from the diary of Joseph Hecker, 1907-1912, proprietor of Rockaway Beach Hotel.
Riverhead Town Historian.
East Lawn House, 540 East Main Street, Riverhead, N.Y. 11901.
- Wines, Virginia, collector. Long Island history collection, 1873-1989.
1.5 cubic ft.
Includes photocopies, transcriptions.
Virginia Downs Wines (b. 1920) is a resident of Riverhead.Letters, memos, minutes, maps, photographs, postcards, clippings, pamphlets, newsletters, and transcriptions and photocopies of materials pertaining to Long Island history and development. Much of the material concerns the Northville area in the town of Riverhead and environmental issues in Suffolk County, including aquifer and wetlands preservation, zoning, and the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) nuclear power plant at Shoreham; papers include minutes of the Riverhead Conservation Advisory Council, 1976, and letters or other material from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Other items of note include an apprentice's agreement indenturing Thomas Williams of Jamesport, L.I., to the New York House of Refuge in New York City, 1875; title abstract to the farm of Merrit S. Hallock at Rocky Point, L.I., with ms. maps; papers and essays of Mildred Y. Robinson on local history; and a notebook of Addison J. Wells, listing pupils and schools he taught at in Aquebogue, Bayport, Blue Point, Mattituck, Riverhead and Smithtown (all Suffolk County), 1868-1885. Also information on buildings and architecture on the East End of Long Island; a log of the ship's radio operator (possibly Cuyler B. Tuthill) aboard the S.S. Standard on a voyage from New York to Mexico, September 1917; and genealogical material on Elmer P. Smith, and the Tuthill, Laws, Wardell and Hallock families.
Rush Town Historian
Rush Town Hall, 5977 East Henrietta Road, Rush, New York 14543
- Subject File, 1930(ca.)-1980.
12.0 cubic ft.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Various materials relating to local agriculture; buildings; schools; genealogy; churches including St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, North Rush United Church of Christ, Rush United Methodist Church, and Rush Baptist Church; celebrations; government; social organizations; the Rush landfill; and the State School at Industry.
Southampton Town Archives.
Southampton Town Hall, 116 Hampton Road, Southampton, N.Y.
- Southampton (N.Y. : Town). Conservation Board. Records, 1974-1986.
ca. 1 cubic ft.
The Southampton Town Conservation Board advises the Town Board on natural resource and environmental issues.
Records include letters, maps, plans, applications, and referrals from the Board of Zoning Appeals.Finding aids: Box list.