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Displaying 335 Finding Aids
Title
- Minutes of meetings of the Board of Regents
Series Number
- 17267
Summary
- The Regents' Minutes of Meetings, aka The Regents' Journals, contain the official proceedings of the meetings of the New York State Board of Regents. Written from the Secretary's meeting notes, the minutes includes committee reports, communications from the Chancellor of the Board of Regents and the Commissioner of Education, approvals of charters and amendments, professional licensing actions, personnel changes, etc. The supplement folders include reports, press releases and correspondence mentioned in the official minutes.
Creator
- University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Mineralogist's correspondence file
Series Number
- B0570
Summary
- This series consists of the State Museum mineralogist's correspondence with other scientists; private citizens; mineral collectors; mineral specimen suppliers; and the State Museum Director. Subjects include acquisition of mineral specimens, especially by exchange; identification and analysis of mineral specimens received; inquires about localities where specific minerals occur; mineralogy exhibits in the State Museum; and reports to the Museum Director of the mineralogist's activities and accomplishments. Also included are lists of mineral specimens in the Museum's collections and memorandums concerning accessioning procedures.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Correspondence and subject files concerning schools for Indians, the deaf, the blind, and other special populations
Series Number
- A3222
Summary
- The Special Schools Bureau supervised Indian schools on reservations, schools for the blind and deaf, schools for adults in prison, and the New York State Nautical School. This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, reports, legislation, newspaper clippings, and samples of students' work. Topics which vary between types of special schools include conditions at schools, attendance, schedules and activities, hiring and conduct of teachers, and lists of students.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Special Schools Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Distributor/exchange card file
Series Number
- A1421
Summary
- Index cards list the titles of films released by various film distributors. Each card contains the name of the distributing company on the top left hand line; underneath are listed the titles and subtitles, if any, of the films released by the company, the type of film (silent or audio), the date a license was granted, and the license number.
Creator
- New York (State). Motion Picture Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Special Assistant to the Governor for Education school finance meeting, background, and correspondence files
Series Number
- 14145
Summary
- Lois Wilson coordinated research and development of policy recommendations concerning education, particularly educational finance. These records served as background materials for, or resulted from, Ms. Wilson's meetings with state agency officials and representatives of school districts and educational organizations. The series includes analyses of school finance inequities and proposals for alternative state aid formulas; evaluation of and proposals for improving teacher effectiveness; correspondence; statistical data regarding state aid; speeches; press releases; legislative bill proposals; and meeting reports.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor. Special Assistant to the Governor for Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Institution for the Blind balance sheets
Series Number
- B0429
Summary
- This series provides a breakdown of the sources of the institution's assets and liabilities. Debits and credits are shown and totaled at the bottom of each page. Grand totals appear for each month. Entries are recorded in the following categories: inventory; general and school room furniture; music; library; farm; merchandise; provisions; broom shop; broom machinery shop; bead and work room; fuel and lights; officers and teacher payroll; domestic payroll; and laborer's pay. Entries also appear by name of individual vendors and by county.
Creator
- New York State Institution for the Blind
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Working files for report on the Regents External Degree Program and College Proficiency Examination Program
Series Number
- B1051
Summary
- The Independent Study Task Force was created to study and report on the Regents External Degree Program (REX) and College Proficiency Examination Program (CPEP). These working files contain the task force's report; correspondence between the study director and task force members; memorandums of conversations with task force members, Education Department officials, and other educators; reports on higher education; clippings; organizational charts; and task force meeting agendas.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of the Budget. Independent Study Task Force
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State School for the Blind subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- B2602
Summary
- This fragmentary series consists of a very small amount of assorted routine correspondence and ephemera, as well as various records documenting significant occasions.
Creator
- New York State School for the Blind
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Correspondence and reports of the church archives editor
Series Number
- A4171
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, and radio program transcripts concerning the inventory of church archives conducted by the Historical Records Survey. The correspondence and memoranda are between the editor and Historical Records Survey district supervisors, field workers, members of the clergy, and state WPA administrators.
Creator
- Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Plans of the Cultural Education Center in the Empire State Plaza, Albany
Series Number
- A2048
Summary
- This series consists of oversize and rolled architectural, sanitary, engineering, and plot plans of the Cultural Center in Albany's "South Mall." Included are floor and ceiling plans, details, elevations, and section drawings. Planning for the Cultural Education Center began about 1963 and the building was first occupied in 1976.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Associate Commissioner for Cultural Education
Access Restrictions
- Documents relating to existing facilities may be withheld under FOIL sect. 87.2(f) ("if disclosed could endanger the life or safety of any person").
Title
- Unpublished typescript of "Papers of Colonel Israel Keith"
Series Number
- A0071
Summary
- This typescript, compiled by the State historian, contains a biography of Keith, highlighting his activities as aide-de-camp and deputy adjutant general to Major General William Heath, 1776-1778. Also included are extracts and transcripts of letters to and from Keith compiled by the State historian from various sources.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Historical marker survey files
Series Number
- 22356
Summary
- This series documents the results of a survey of existing historical markers administered by staff of the Office of the State Historian, which was begun in 1994 to re-inventory all the standing site markers, whether erected by the State of New York or not, and to upgrade the inventory as an electronic database. The survey consists of a two-sided form, often with a photograph of the marker attached to the form.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the State Historian
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Superintendent of Common Schools calendar of appeal cases
Series Number
- B1928
Summary
- The judicial power to interpret school laws was vested in the Superintendent of Common Schools (later with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and beginning in 1904 with the Commissioner of Education). Any person can appeal the official actions of any local school official to the commissioner, whose decision is binding. This series consists of a calendar of cases appealed to the Superintendent of Common Schools. No original papers related to these cases exist.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Common Schools
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Museum Director's, State Geologist's, and State Paleontologist's album of diplomas and certificates
Series Number
- A0128
Summary
- The memorial album contains diplomas, honorary degrees, and certificates of election to scientific and natural history societies awarded to James Hall former director of in the State Museum. Included are the Governor's proclamation designating Hall as State Geologist and Paleontologist indefinitely (1893) and a resolution of the State Assembly absolving Hall of all charges against his integrity (1896).
Creator
- New York State Museum of Natural History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Local historians' documentation of World War II Servicemen
Series Number
- A4372
Summary
- This series contains lists of draftee from Albany induction stations and a history of North Salem during World War II. The history includes brief service records for each man and details home front activities such as salvage collection, war bond drives, blackouts, civil defense, rationing, and Red Cross projects. Albany induction lists contain the name; address; draft board and serial numbers, and induction date. Most inductees were Albany residents; others were from surrounding cities, downstate New York and western Massachusetts.
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
- Division and staff conference minutes
Series Number
- A4338
Summary
- This series contains minutes from meetings of both the Division of Civilian Mobilization and Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) which were kept by the OCM's director to document and facilitate plans and activities of the OCM. The Division of Civilian Mobilization worked with the OCM and other state government agencies to coordinate all World War II home front activities including child care, fitness programs, and war bond drives.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Education Department Division of Archives and History historic preservation photographs
Series Number
- A0097
Summary
- This series consists of historic preservation photographs assembled by the New York State Division of Archives and History, evidently for the purpose of using them in a publication. The photographs depict public buildings, cultural institutions, state parks, bridges, schools, businesses, urban areas, and geographic features like rivers, mountains, and waterfalls. The photographs cover the following geographic regions of New York State: Long Island, New York City, Upstate New York, Albany, Adirondacks, Finger Lakes, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls.
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
- Plans and drawings of museum facilities and exhibit cases
Series Number
- B0949
Summary
- This series includes blueprints showing the layout of exhibit cases of the Museum of Geology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the New York State Mining Exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915; plans of exhibit cases for the State Museum; space allocation in the State Education Building; architectural plans for the Iroquois Exhibit in the State Museum, ca. 1902 and diagrams of the position of the figures and artifacts for the various cases.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence, reports and testimony on work force composition and affirmative action in state and local government
Series Number
- L0103
Summary
- The New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Governmental Operations' Subcommittee on Affirmative Action researched, compiled information and reported on affirmative action as it related to the employment of women, minorities, Vietnam Era veterans and the disabled in New York State. The records in these files are the result of this five-year investigation which was accomplished through a series of hearings and by polling New York State government at both the state and local levels.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Governmental Operations. Sub-committee on Affirmative Action
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Background material on professional practice in optometry and dentistry
Series Number
- A4434
Summary
- This series consists of copies of laws and regulations; newspaper and periodical articles; investigative transcripts; reports; correspondence; and related material on the practice of optometry and dentistry. The material was apparently kept as reference material by the Office of Professional Licensing, which issues licenses and disciplines practitioners in these fields.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of Professional Licensing
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.