Preliminary Guide To Environmental Sources - Local Government Repositories

Preliminary Guide to Environmental Sources

Historical Records Repositories in New York State

Nassau County Historical Museum. Reference Library.

East Meadow, Long Island, NY

Long Island Association. Roadside Committee. Records, 1930-1958.
1.5 cubic ft.

Minutes, reports, announcements, correspondence, bulletins, press releases, memoranda, articles, clippings, financial records, and other records of the Roadside Committee pertaining to billboard advertising, tree plantings, beautification contests sponsored by the Committee, conservation, pest control, zoning changes, erection of memorials and parks, cleanup campaigns, Committee appointments, and the Prosser Pines tract in Suffolk County, N.Y. There are also photographs from service station contests in Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties, 1931-1937, and sketches of landscape plantings.

National Audubon Society. Library.

New York, NY

Buchheister, Carl W. Research notes, 1975-1985.
1 cubic ft.

Buchheister is a former president of the National Audubon Society.
Research notes compiled by Buchheister for an unpublished book about the history of the National Audubon Society. Included are transcriptions of taped interviews with various individuals affiliated with the National Audubon Society about its history. Also, information about sanctuaries, Audubon camps, Junior Club, Nature Planning Center, Plumage Campaign Lecture Series, and related topics.
National Audubon Society. Charles H. Callison records, 1969-1980.
10 cubic ft.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.

Callison was Executive Vice President of the National Audubon Society, 1966-1970s.
Callison's administrative records consisting of correspondence and reports reflecting his capacity as Executive Vice President. Much of the material deals directly with federal and state agencies as well as with national organizations and special interest groups dealing with conservation and related matters. His wide-ranging interests concerning wildlife and private conservation issues in which he was involved on a legislative level, encompass protection of birds and other animals and the use of land, oil, air, gas, and other natural resources.
National Audubon Society. Constitution and bylaws, 1956-1981.
.1 linear ft.

Printed copies of the certificate of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws of the National Audubon Society.

New City Library. Rockland Room.

New City, NY

New City Library (New City, NY). Rockland County vertical file, 1935-1987.
22.5 cubic ft.

Photocopies in part. Clippings, maps, booklets, reports, programs, pamphlets, surveys, articles, and other miscellaneous items pertaining to Rockland County and its towns and villages. Subjects include aged, architecture, artists, authors, anti-Semitism, banking, biography, bridges, business, celebrations, children, churches, crime, disasters, elections, fire companies, history, industries, natural resources, minorities, politics and government, power plants, prisons, railroads, schools, transportation, water, and weather.