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Displaying 335 Finding Aids
Title
- New York State Historical Records Survey biweekly payroll
Series Number
- A4185
Summary
- This series consists of payroll sheets for administrative, field, and support staff of the Historical Records Survey. Each payroll covers a two week period, and each page indicates whether the employees listed were "certified" (drawn from relief rolls) or "non-certified" (non-relief). Records list employee name; address; title; sex; WPA identification number; employment classification (supervisory, professional, skilled, intermediate, unskilled); number of hours worked; wage rate; and amount paid.
Creator
- Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Education Department Division of Archives and History historical research working files
Series Number
- A3167
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, unpublished historical articles, notes, clippings, photographs, posters, and a few original or photostatic copies of historical documents collected by the State Historian in the course of research on historical topics. The subjects of these files vary widely, but a significant portion of the series deals with New York's participation in military conflicts.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Assistant Commissioner's files relating to the Commissioner's Committee on Museum Resources
Series Number
- B0585
Summary
- The Commissioner's Committee on Museum Resources was established to study museum needs statewide and the feasibility of and requirements for state aid to museums. Questionnaires were sent to museums requesting information on educational services performed. This series consists of meeting minutes, reports, statistical tabulations, mailing lists, and working papers relating to the committee. Statistical tabulations from the questionnaires are included, but not the questionnaires themselves.
Creator
- New York State Museum and Science Service
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Home front goals promotion and instruction audio-visual materials
Series Number
- A4392
Summary
- These instructional materials, including filmstrips, photographs, slides, posters, and phonograph records, were created to inform the public about home front goals during the Second World War. Goals of the council are represented, such as driver safety and automobile conservation; home canning; fighting discrimination in employment; civil defense; fire defense training; and communal and emergency feeding plans.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Assistant Director's correspondence files
Series Number
- B0584
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, drafts of scientific publications, manuals/bulletins on state parks, research notes, field work expenses and results, and publication clippings. The records document the public and private activities of the assistant directors.
Creator
- New York State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Temporary Emergency Relief Administration projects payroll records
Series Number
- A2047
Summary
- This series consist of payroll records from Temporary Emergency Relief Administration (TERA) projects in upstate New York as well as from the Emergency Nursery School Project and part-time Education Department clerical staff hired on TERA funds to work in Albany. The records include weekly payroll sheets with employee's name; sex; occupation; hours worked; wage rate; total earnings; and (occasionally) case number. Attached to payroll sheets are employee's time sheets, signed by the local supervisor certifying the time claimed.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Vocational and Extension Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- School for the Blind book lists
Series Number
- B0432
Summary
- This series consists of books compiled by the School for the Blind perhaps to inventory library collections. Information for each entry includes the title, author, and an apparently unique identification number. Also included is an annual report of accounts and ledger accounts predating the series by several decades.
Creator
- New York State School for the Blind
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Museum exhibition photographs and slides
Series Number
- B2768
Summary
- This series contains photographs, slides, negatives, and contact sheets that were produced as part of staff research in developing and designing New York State Museum exhibits. These records depict state agriculture, industry, the natural environment, transportation, educational institutions, and historic sites. Images also document museum staff, exhibit design and construction, and important public events involving the museum such as the opening the Cultural Education Center in 1976.
Creator
- New York State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Letters of commendation for WPA programs
Series Number
- A0123
Summary
- Series includes letters of commendation written to the Service and Operations Divisions for art, music, adult education programs, and infrastructure projects sponsored by the "Works Progress Administration of New York State," under auspices of the State Education Department. They contain considerable information about WPA cultural and educational programs in New York State (outside of New York City). There are separate county indexes for both divisions showing correspondent and title, institution, address, and subject. Operations Division index also shows project number.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Vocational and Extension Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commissioner's election certificates
Series Number
- A2046
Summary
- This series consists of the two election certificates of Andrew S. Draper as the first Commissioner of Education. The Unification Act of 1904 creating the State Education Department, and f the Education Law of 1909 specified that the Commissioner be elected by the legislature until 1910; subsequently the Board of Regents would appoint the Commissioner. The 1904 certificate was certified by the Secretary of State; the 1910 certificate was certified by the Board of Regents.
Creator
- University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bureau chief's public employee training program files
Series Number
- A4379
Summary
- This series primarily contains the correspondence, memoranda, program schedules, and syllabi of Albert H. Hall, chief of the Bureau of Public Service Training. The bureau provided instruction to state employees on subjects related to their vocations. Though it was part of the Education Department, it served all state agencies.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Public Service Training
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Education Department Office of Educational Television and Public Broadcasting subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- B2621
Summary
- This series contains subject and correspondence files of the directors and staff of the office, including Bob Reilly, Bill Hirschen, and William Halligan.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of Educational Television and Public Broadcasting
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Maps of central school districts proposed by district superintendents
Series Number
- 14214
Summary
- This series contains the records generated by an early attempt to plan for the establishment of central school districts. School district superintendent noted on these quadrangle maps: boundaries of existing central school districts, sites of school-building and number of teachers, suggested boundaries for central school districts, suggested annexations of districts, schools to be kept open after centralization for grades K-6, and hard surfaced roads suitable for year round use. Many files include narratives of conditions affecting centralization.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Rural Education Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Minutes and meeting files
Series Number
- B1408
Summary
- This series consists primarily of minutes of the State Board of Nursing. Also included are agendas, memoranda, reports, and other records compiled by the board. The State Board of Nursing oversees the licensed practical nursing and registered professional nursing professions in New York State. The board also certifies nurses seeking employment in the state. Minutes document overall administration of the board and its predecessor, the Board of Nurse Examiners, and they reveal the policies and activities of the board.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Board of Nursing
Access Restrictions
- Restricted: Minutes containing references to disciplinary actions or professional misconduct are restricted except upon court order. Use only after review by archivist.
Title
- Published study guides and lists of educational lantern slides
Series Number
- A3135
Summary
- Lantern slides were compiled, mostly between 1911 and 1939, as instructional aids for the public school curriculum. More than 20,000 unique images dating from 1856-1939 document a wide variety of subjects, including New York State, North American and world geography, history, natural sciences, fine arts, trades, industries, education, and schools. This series consists of copies of printed lists, studies, and catalogs for ordering and using educational lantern slides loaned by the Division of Visual Instruction to educators.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Visual Instruction
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Celebrations file
Series Number
- 13918
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, meeting agenda, minutes, clippings, press releases, and promotional literature concerning historical celebrations in which the Division of Archives and History participated. Includes Fort Ticonderoga Bicentennial (1955); East Greenbush Centennial (1955); Constitution Day (1957); Fort Stanwix Day (1957); 300th Anniversary of the Flushing Remonstrance (1957); Alexander Hamilton Bicentennial (1957); Theodore Roosevelt Centennial (1958); Year of History (1959); and Hudson-Champlain 350th Anniversary Celebration (1959) and information on exhibits, activities, contests, and statewide and local events.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Museum Director's, State Geologist's, and State Paleontologist's lecture files
Series Number
- A3294
Creator
- New York State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
New York State Department of Public Instruction Office of the Superintendent Outgoing Correspondence
Title
- Department of Public Instruction Office of the Superintendent outgoing correspondence
Series Number
- A2000
Summary
- The volumes contain copies of letters sent by the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, and clerks in the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to local officials and private individuals. Among the subjects addressed are: school taxes assessments; school officials disputes; apportionment of public funds for schools; filing of appeals with the Superintendent's Office; creation and consolidation of school districts; teachers certification and pay; Indian students and schools; student discipline; conditions of schools, and enforcement of compulsory education laws.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Federal Vocational Education Funds files
Series Number
- A3041
Summary
- These records document the expenditure of federal funds for vocational education in New York under the Vocational Education Act of 1917 and George-Deen Act of 1936. Included are correspondence; memoranda; appropriations estimates; certificates of approval for expenditures; appointments lists; salary schedules; payroll lists; supply requisitions; purchase orders; warrants for payment; vouchers for payment of federal funds; annual reports of trade and vocational schools; and appointment recommendations for extension vocational teacher trainer.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Vocational and Extension Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Distributor and exchange correspondence files
Series Number
- A1427
Summary
- These files contain correspondence between the Motion Picture Division Director's Office and film distributors or exchanges. The majority of the correspondence concerns the licensing of films, issuance of seals, requests for scripts and cutting continuities for foreign films, requests for license applications, notification of change of film titles, payment of license fees, requests for copies of film transcripts, and the ownership of film rights.
Creator
- New York (State). Motion Picture Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.