State Reservation at Niagara (N.Y.)

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1 portrait (sepia) of Fredrick Law Olmsted who designed the state park.

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Folder contains a commencement program for Niagara Falls High School, an invitation for the opening of the State Reservation at Niagara, and a guidebook to Niagara Falls parks.

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Publications: National Magazine, McClure's Magazine, How Lake Commerce Began. Porter Invitation to capitalists and manufacturers. Programs and documents (HAI 2020).

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Report of Commissioners' proceedings and actions associated with development of Niagara Falls State Park

Scope and Contents State of New York Department of Conservation Maps of Niagara Reservation (1936), Goat Island's electrical layout (1939), Goat Island's Structures layout (1930), Prospect Park and Riverway (1931), Topographical Map of Goat Island (1932), Southern extentension of State Whirlpool Park (1930), Rainbow Bridge Plaza (1941), 2 Devil's Hole State Park Planning Map (1932), Department of Planning and Development Residential Map for Niagara Falls (1970), American Falls Study 1969 Topographical Map,...

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Archeology and historical resource reports related to Old Fort Niagara and the Niagara Reservation as well as four Niagara Falls Historical Society newsletters

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Meeting minutes of the New York State Council of Parks related to Civil Works Administration, budget hearings, elections, relief funds, land purchases and park improvements and projects, correspondence with Chambers of Commerce and city council related to resignations, appointments and potential new armory building