Correspondence and working files

Arranged by subject or type of document (e.g. correspondence, proceedings).

A 1954 Federal law authorized a White House Conference on Education "to consider and report to the President on significant and pressing problems in the field of education" in late 1955.

The law also provided funding for preliminary state conferences to bring together educators to discuss educational problems and make recommendations for the White House Conference. The New York State Committee for the White House Conference on Education conducted four regional meetings and a statewide meeting during 1955 in fulfillment of this mandate. The committee consisted of 35 members appointed by Governors Thomas E. Dewey and Averell Harriman. In addition to planning and conducting conference meetings, the committee considered basic education questions through the mechanism of subcommittees.

These files contain the following kinds of records and information: correspondence of the committee chairman and executive secretary with committee members, Education Department officials, local school officials, and conference participants concerning committee and subcommittee appointments, hiring of consultants, organization of the regional and state conferences, and participation of New York in the White House Conference; transcripts of proceedings of executive committee meetings; reports on regional conferences; copies of speeches given at conferences; and press releases.

Folder list.

These records were transferred to the New York State Library in 1956. In 1978 they were transferred to the State Archives as old collection #618, accession number -480.

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