University of the State of New York Board of Regents Microfilmed Charters and Amendments

Chronological by date of action, corresponding to numerical order of charters.

The following statutory citations are relevant to "charter" records:

L. 1784, Ch. 51: Established University of the State of New York headed by the Board of Regents

L. 1787, Ch. 82: Amended earlier statute and authorized Board of Regents to grant charters of incorporation to academies and colleges

L. 1853, Ch. 184: Regulated procedures for Regents' incorporation of a college, university, academy, or other "institution of learning"

L. 1889, Ch. 25: Required certificate of dissolution of an academy to be filed in the office of secretary to the Board of Regents

L. 1889, Ch. 529: Clarified procedures for incorporation by the Board of Regents, specifically including libraries, museums, and "other educational institution[s]"

L. 1892, Ch. 378 ("University Law"): Codified provisions of L. 1889, Ch. 529

Education Law, sect. 216-223: Current provisions relating to Regents' charters (deriving from Consolidated Laws of 1909 and recodified Education Law of 1947)

This series consists of microfilmed duplicates of original charters and amendments created by the Board of Regents for the purpose of certifying the legal status of institutions for whom the charters and amendments were made.

Documents may include the following: provisional and absolute charters of educational institutions, including colleges, libraries, museums, historical societies, other learned societies, and other entities with an educational purpose; amendments to charters (including name changes); terminations or revocations of charters; admissions of schools offering academic instruction (i.e. high school courses) to the University of the State of New York, including private "academies" (mostly Catholic), other private schools, "high schools" in New York City, "intermediate schools" in New York City, and "union schools" (i.e. schools operated by union free school districts outside of cities), mostly present for the late 19th and early 20th Centuries; and approvals of transfer of property to and from educational corporations.

19237-97: This accretion consists of charters and amendments from January 1917 (#2687) through November 1995 (#22002). Actions recorded in the charters and amendments include changes of charter status from provisional to absolute; orders of consolidations; certifications of incorporations; amendments of language; approval of bylaws; extensions of provisional charters; consents to merger; and dissolutions of charters.

19237-98: This accretion of microfilmed duplicates of chargers and amendments documents the usual changes of charter status for institutions certified by the Board of Regents. Included are charters and amendments from December 1995 (#22,003) through March 1997 (#22,288).

19237-99: This accretion of microfilmed duplicates of charters and amendments documents the usual changes in charter status for institutions chartered by the Board of Regents. The charters and amendments range from March, 1996 (#22,067) through February, 1999 (#22,679); there is a gap, however, from late April, 1996 (#22,107) through late April, 1997 (#22,289).

Microform is available at the New York State Archives through interlibrary loan.

19237-97: Microfilm 10 reels; 16 mm.

19237-98: Microfilm 1 reel; 16 mm.

19237-99: Microfilm 1 reel; 16 mm.

17266Series 17266, Board of Regents registers of charters sent to institutions incorporated, indexes these records

17261Series 17261, Charters and Amendments, contains these records in paper format

Reel list is available at the repository.

This series was originally accessioned as part of Series 17261, Charters and Amendments. In 1998, microforms were consolidated as a separate series for ease of use. The microfilm is produced by the Education Department. Two copies of each roll are sent to the State Archives: a silver copy for secure storage at the State Records Center; and a duplicate copy for public use at the State Archives research room.

19237-97: At the time of accession, ten rolls of master negatives were sent to the State Records Center for secure storage.

19237-98: At the time of accession, one master negative roll was sent to the State Records Center for secure storage.

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.