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Title

License application summary books for films sent to Albany

Series Number

A1433

Summary

Bound volumes contain information on films received and the actions taken on each film. Figures are totaled daily for the various categories of information, and totals are also entered at the end of each month. It is unclear why these films were sent to Albany.

Creator

• New York (State). Motion Picture Division

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence and reports concerning vocational teacher training and certification

Series Number

A3224

Summary

This series contains correspondence, memorandums, reports, and lists concerning vocational teacher training and certification. Much of the material consists of lists of teachers, librarians, nurses, and health teachers approved by the Education Department in fulfillment of school districts' quotas for specialized teachers required for the districts to receive special state aid. Also included is information on: certification of teachers of the handicapped; entrance requirements for colleges with home economics programs; home economics curricula; and training of home economics teachers.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Teacher Training and Certification Bureau

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Press clippings and background files concerning the Board of Regents literacy test

Series Number

A0063

Summary

This series consists of newspaper clippings, memorandums, notes, and pamphlets documenting the State Education Department's response to changes in voting requirements, including the introduction and administration of the Regents literacy test. Background files discuss immigrant, adult, and rural education. The bulk of the series consists of a scrapbook of clippings, extracted from local newspapers, documenting the literacy test program.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Adult Education and Library Extension

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence and lists concerning fossils borrowed, loaned, or exchanged by the State Paleontologist

Series Number

A4211

Summary

This series consists of records of fossils borrowed, loaned, or exchanged by the state paleontologist James Hall in the course of his research. Also included are lists of sets of duplicated fossils donated to colleges and secondary schools and correspondence related to the disposition of these sets.

Creator

• New York State Museum of Natural History

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Archeologist's Office correspondence files

Series Number

15513

Summary

This series contains the correspondence and memoranda of the State Archeologist. The files of the following individuals are included: Arthur C. Parker, 1906-1924 (assistant in archeology, 1904-1906); Noah Clarke, 1925-1949 (State Archeologist after 1933); William A. Ritchie, 1949-1971; and Robert E. Funk, 1972-1979. Most of the correspondence is with other archeologists or ethnologists, artifact dealers or collectors, members of New York Indian tribes, amateur archeologists, and other private citizens.

Creator

• New York State Museum. Division of Research and Collections

Access Restrictions

Restricted to protect sensitive archeological site data; pursuant to Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law Sect. 14.07.1(d) and 9 NYCRR Sect. 427.8.

Title

Transcripts of minutes of meetings of the Board of Regents

Series Number

B1057

Creator

• University of the State of New York. President of the University and Commissioner of Education

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Teachers' institute registers of attendance and accounts of expenses

Series Number

A2001

Summary

This series of unbound records consists of standardized forms providing detailed information on attendance and expenses of teachers' institutes. Teachers' institutes during this period were usually two week sessions organized and conducted at the county level for the purpose of instructing common school teachers in subject matter and teaching methods.

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

Indian (Native American) student tuition aid files

Series Number

B1352

Summary

The series consists of tuition records and associated files concerning financial aid to Native American post-secondary students. The bulk of the records are student listings that typically show student name, reservation, home address, school, date of birth (sometimes), percentage of aid used, and grant amounts (by semester). Also include are administrative financial records of the Native American Unit, including budgets, state fund encumbrances, and financial program requests. Records are restricted.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Native American Education Unit

Access Restrictions

Restricted under the Freedom of Information Law (personal privacy) and FERPA. The restrictions of non-directory student information under FERPA last for 100 years unless a student or parent has signed and filed a waiver allowing disclosure of the record.

Box 6 contains pre-redaction original documents containing restricted personal information (see Processing Statement below). Redacted photocopies have been substituted in place of the restricted originals (and annotated as such).

Title

Legislative Commission on Public Management Systems project files

Series Number

L0152

Summary

These records document the commission's research and proposed reforms for increasing economy and efficiency in New York State government. The records include correspondence, memorandums, reports, draft legislation, hearing and conference transcripts, working papers, and publications. Most records relate to the organization, function, and financial management systems of state agencies, boards, and commissions and means of strengthening accounting and auditing, planning, budgeting, reporting, and performance measurement programs.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Legislative Commission on Public Management Systems

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence and working files from Study 7 of the Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education

Series Number

A2028

Summary

This series consists of the correspondence and working files of the staff of Study 7, the Study of the State Education Department, conducted by the Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education. Study 7 produced separate reports for each division or bureau in the Education Department. The series includes working files for each of the reports on State Education Department divisions and bureaus prepared by the Study 7 staff. These working files include drafts and file copies of Study 7 reports, notes, maps, memoranda, clippings, correspondence, and copies of publications relating to the division or bureau under study.

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

Draft of "The State Museum 1904-1944"

Series Number

A3295

Creator

• New York State Museum and Science Service

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Biology field notes

Series Number

A0560

Summary

Most of the field notes in this series consist of observations of birds made in New York and New England. Notes include information on bird species, location where observed, bird activities, and weather conditions. Other volumes contain notes on plant species observed during field trips. Two volumes contain notes relating to photographic records including photographer name; description of subject of photograph; and film, lighting, and exposure data.

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

Boards of Cooperative Educational Services applications for shared services

Series Number

B0474

Summary

This series consists of applications for shared services filed with the Bureau by boards of cooperative educational services. The applications include the type of service requested, schools or school districts served, service period, and cost. Included are applications for new services as well as for continuation of services. Subjects and services requested include art and music education, physical education, health and dental services, speech therapy, guidance, industrial arts, drivers education, home economics, and data processing.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of School District Organization

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence relating to appointment of various state officers

Series Number

B1188

Summary

This series consists primarily of correspondence to the State Comptroller notifying his office of appointments of various public officers and changes in salaries. Positions included are librarians and assistant librarians of the State Library, secretaries of the Board of Regents, director and assistants of the State Museum, and various employees of the office of the State Engineer and Surveyor. Also included are a few descriptions of unsold state lands compiled by the State Engineer and Surveyor.

Creator

• New York (State). Banking Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Historical information subject files

Series Number

13917

Summary

These files are correspondence, with occasional memoranda, notes, transcripts of historical documents, and papers on historical topics. Correspondence primarily concerns questions received by the State Historian on a variety of topics relating to New York history. Sample subject headings include: Bibliographies; Colonial Citizens of New York; Education, Schools, Academies, Laws, etc.; Histories - counties; Land Patents and Grants, Indian Treaties, Deeds; Military Records - Civil War; Revolution, Battles, Campaigns, etc.; and War of 1812 - Military Records.

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

Enlistment papers and reports of the New York State Boys' Working Reserve (Farm Cadet Program)

Series Number

A3112

Summary

The series consists mostly of narrative final reports of participants in the State Boys' Working Reserve, also known as Farm Cadets, as well as occasional daily logs of cadets' activities, a few enlistment forms by which high school students joined the cadets, and correspondence by district superintendents transmitting reports to the Education Department. This program was created to alleviate a shortage of farm labor caused by mobilization during World War I, and allowed certain high school boys and girls to obtain school credit for their work.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Agricultural and Industrial Education

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Expense invoices

Series Number

A2021

Summary

This series contains receipted invoices for expenses of the Board of Regents. Most items billed are for books, supplies, and labor for the New York State Library for which the Regents were appointed Trustees in 1844. Some invoices are for expenses such as staff travel costs to the Regents' annual meetings and to visits to New York colleges. Some volumes are burned and fragile.

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

Record of Regents academic examinations given at LeRoy Academic Institute

Series Number

A2035

Summary

This volume contains the names of students who took the Regents academic examinations at LeRoy Academic Institute in Genesee County. Other information included is the date of the examination and the age, residence, and subject scores of students taking examinations.

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

Draft of code of public instruction

Series Number

A2009

Summary

This series consists of an apparently incomplete, unpublished draft of a revision of the Code of Public Instruction. It contains the "Consolidated School Law" of 1894, as amended, and other statutes relating to education in force in 1897; followed by several chapters explaining and interpreting aspects of the laws. Non-administrative or fiscal chapters titles include: Arbor Day; Blind; Compulsory Education; Deaf and Dumb; School Commissioners and Commissioner Districts; School Districts; Schoolhouses and Appendages; and School District Libraries and Librarians.

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

State Archeologist's correspondence files on the Society for American Archaeology

Series Number

A3288

Creator

• New York State Museum and Science Service

Access Restrictions

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