Capital District Regional Planning Commission Records, 1934-2013
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Capital District Regional Planning Commission
- Abstract:
- This collection documents the comprehensive planning work of New York's Capital District Regional Planning Commission across several decades.
- Extent:
- 55.07 cubic ft.
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Capital District Regional Planning Commission Records, 1934-2013. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Capital District Regional Planning Commission Records).
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains plans; proposals; maps; reports; studies; booklets on codes, regulations, and zoning laws; and correspondence. The materials discuss plans for cities and counties in New York's Capital Region as well as the Adirondacks.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Capital District Regional Planning Commission (CDRPC) is a regional planning and resource center, established pursuant to New York State law, serving Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady counties. CDRPC was created in 1967 by a cooperative agreement amongst these four counties. Its original purpose was to perform and support comprehensive planning work, including surveys, planning services, technical services, and the formulation of plans and policies to promote coordinated development of the entire Capital Region. Over time, the mission of the CDRPC evolved in response to changes in the needs of the Capital Region, funding sources, organizational structures, and information technology. While continuing to provide a wide variety of comprehensive planning services, CDRPC has also assumed the functions of Data and Information Center, Economic Development District, Foreign-Trade Zone Administrator, Climate Smart Communities Coordinator, and Water Quality Manager.
- Acquisition information:
- The Capital District Regional Planning Commission donated all materials in this collection to the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives in July 2019 .
- Processing information:
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This collection was arranged and described in 2019-2020 by Jesse McCaughey.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged into six series: Albany County, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, Schenectady County, Capital District, and Greater Region. Planning documents that describe work sited in only one of the four home counties of the Capital District are filed in the series named for that county, labeled with the most relevant village, town, or city. For documents that include plans that span county boundaries within the Capital District -- e.g., the Port of Albany or the I-87 Northway -- those have been filed in the series entitled "Capital District." All other documents in the series, whose plans pertain to areas entirely outside the four home counties of the Capital District, are filed in the series entitled "Greater Region." Examples of the last category include plans for the Adirondack Park, the Lower Hudson River, and western New York. Some common file types within the collection include comprehensive/master plans, local waterfront revitalization plans, environmental impact assessments, soil surveys, and water/sewer plans. A special indication is present for those documents that contain either a supplemental or a fold-out map. Particular sites for which there are a substantial number of documents include the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, the Port of Albany, Albany Airport, and Adirondack Park. The earliest dated documents in the collection are USGS soil surveys from the 1930s. However, the great majority of documents date from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
- Physical location:
- The materials are located onsite in the department.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Access to this collection is unrestricted.
- Terms of access:
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- Preferred citation:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Capital District Regional Planning Commission Records, 1934-2013. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Capital District Regional Planning Commission Records).
- Location of this collection:
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M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & ArchivesScience Library 3501400 Washington AveAlbany, NY 12222, United States
- Contact:
- 518-437-3933