New York State Merchant Marine Academy supervision files

Roughly by subject, although many folders are unlabelled and unarranged.

The New York Nautical School established by the City of New York in 1874 was continued as a state institution, the New York State Nautical School, with the Commissioner of Education as a member of its Board of Governors, by a law of 1913.

The Commissioner received general supervisory authority over the school in 1923. Three years later the Board of Regents received the authority to appoint the school's Superintendent, upon the Commissioner's recommendation. The school name was changed to New York State Merchant Marine Academy in 1929. Within the Education Department, administrative supervision of the school was delegated in 1923 to the Assistant Commissioner for Secondary Education. The next year responsibilities were given to the Chief of the Special Schools Bureau. In 1928 the Special Schools Bureau was transferred to the Vocational and Extension Education Division.

These files contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings, and meeting minutes relating to: departmental investigation of management at the school; selection of the school's Superintendent and Commanding Officer; controversy over the training and experience of the faculty; preparation of annual reports; routine administrative supervision; and plan of Fort Schuyler (1927).

Series B0459, Deputy Commissioner's Subject Files, and Series A2050, Associate Commissioner and Acting Assistant Commissioner's Subject Files, contain later records relating to the supervision of the Academy.

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