New York State Education Department Division of Teacher Education and Certification Registers of Teaching Certificates Issued

Chronological by school year, then by issuing jurisdiction/institution (e.g. district superintendency, city, normal schools, private schools), then alphabetical by county (for district superintendencies only).

This series provides information on recipients of all varieties of teaching certificates issued by the Education Department. These include certificates entitling the licensee to hold administrative positions in schools (e.g. school principal) as well as to teach. A great variety of teaching certificates were issued based on years of teacher training, previous general education, and examination results.

For each certificate issued, the following information was given: name and address of licensee; date of certificate; date certificate sent; type of certificate; certificate number; district superintendent's name, district number, and county; and remarks (usually noting receipt of a college degree or other formal training). Renewals and extensions of certificates, 1941-1946, are in a separate volume giving the same information.

"In-service endorsements" (apparently the conversion of provisional certificates to permanent certificates after a certain length of time), 1946-1951, are also recorded in a separate volume. This volume provides only the licensee's name, type of certificate, and certificate number.

Also included with this series is an unbound list of recipients of academic teaching certificates, 1919-1923. This list gives only name and certificate number and is arranged numerically by certificate number.

A4197-97: This accretion contains teaching certificate registers for renewals and extensions (1935-1940, 1946-1951) and registers of certificates issued (1939-1940, 1950-1951).

B1438Series B1438, Numerical lists of teacher certificates

B1439Series B1439, Lists of graduates of training schools, normal schools and teachers colleges

20533Series 20533, Teacher certification cards, and

19854Series 19854, Teacher Certification Cards (microfilm) also contain information on recipients of teaching certification.

A4197-78: Container list is available at the repository.

A4197-97: Volume list is available at the repository.

These records were transferred to the State Library at an unknown date; in 1978 they were transferred to the State Archives as part of old collection #638, accession number -461.

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