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Title

Analysis of provision account

Series Number

B0441

Summary

This series consists of tables accounting for the quantity and cost of food provisions required to operate the institution. As a state operated facility, the institution received general appropriations for its maintenance as well as special appropriations for building and other needs as required. Provisions are individually accounted. Statistical data reported for each individual provision includes quantity; daily cost totals; daily, monthly, annual purchases; and averages for costs, quantity, and amounts consumed.

Creator

• New York State Institution for the Blind

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Subject files relating to state and federal records programs

Series Number

A3262

Summary

This series contains files pertaining to federal archives and records management programs during the 1940s. They were probably compiled for an ill-fated postwar proposal to establish a State Archives program.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Education Department's resource management files

Series Number

A4318

Summary

This series contains a range of materials relating to the management of the State Education Department's resources as it administered its programs during war time. The records relate to automobile rationing procedures, funds for school construction, and the department's financial reports. Also included are newspaper clippings about department projects and a small number of bulletins and journals issued by the department.

Creator

• New York State War Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Education Department Division of Archives and History transcriptions of New York Council minutes and Council papers

Series Number

A3271

Summary

This series consists of transcriptions of New York Council Minutes and New York Council Papers (also known as "Colonial Manuscripts"). Transcriptions of Council minutes (Series A1895) span the period 1712-1767; transcriptions of Council papers (Series A1894) span the period 1683-1755.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

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

Title

State Museum Paleontology Curator's correspondence files

Series Number

B1770

Summary

Most correspondence in this series consists of requests for loans of fossil specimens. Also included is correspondence regarding the identification, classification, and donation of fossil specimens; requests for publications and photographs; inter-agency memorandums; an alphabetical author index to State Museum bulletins; and a compilation of the tables of contents and indices to authors, subjects, and new genera and species contained in reports and bulletins.

Creator

• New York State Museum

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

Title

Sample blank financial and statistical reports required to be filed by local school officials

Series Number

A3264

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department

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

Title

Reference files

Series Number

B0480

Summary

This series consists of copies of pamphlets, speeches, bulletins, reports, surveys, questionnaires, clippings, and occasional memoranda maintained as a general information file by the Bureau of Rural Administrative Services and its predecessors. Subjects include rural schools, Rural School Survey of ca. 1922; school district organization and centralization; agricultural education; curricula; transportation of students; evaluation of recommendations by the Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education; and school systems outside of New York State.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Rural Administrative Services

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

Title

Geology field notes

Series Number

A0225

Summary

This series contains field notes of geological investigations, organized into three groupings according to the particular survey to which they pertained: the Geological and Natural History Survey, ca. 1832-1845; the Geological Survey, 1885-1939; and the Capitol District Ground Water Survey, 1938. The records include notes on field work conducted; reports on mineral resources and industries in New York State; reports on specific mines, quarries, wells, and mineral processing plants in New York State; and reports and notes on various geological formations.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum

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

Title

New York City Board of Pharmacy registers of licensed assistant pharmacists

Series Number

B0484

Summary

This series consists of a list of assistant pharmacists in New York City licensed by the state. Information includes applicant registration number; date of registration; name; country of birth; place of business; length of time in business; nature of credentials (license, diploma, certificate, papers from previous employer or physician); date and source of credentials; and, while usually blank, remarks.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Board of Pharmacy

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

Title

Education Department Board of Pharmacy registers of apprentices

Series Number

B0490

Summary

Legislation of 1900 established the first statewide board of pharmacy and required all persons employed as apprentices in pharmacies or drug stores to register with the board. This series consists of the names and registration numbers of apprentices who registered with the State Board of Pharmacy.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Board of Pharmacy

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

Title

List of normal school graduates

Series Number

A2032

Summary

This series contains lists of graduates from the state normal schools at Albany, Brockport, Buffalo, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo, Jamaica, New Paltz, Oneonta, Oswego, Potsdam, and Plattsburgh. For each graduate the following information is provided: name; residence; course of study completed; and date of graduation.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent

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

Title

Tenured teacher disciplinary case hearing transcripts and exhibits

Series Number

15946

Summary

This series consists of transcripts and accompanying exhibits produced during tenured teacher disciplinary hearings. These case files often include graphic testimony about teacher performance, classroom situations, and education administration (particularly teacher supervision and efforts to identify and remove incompetent teachers). Transcripts provide information about workplace relations and working conditions, and on "social" labor relations in an adversarial context. Exhibits may include lesson plans, observation reports, and audio or videotapes of teachers in the classroom.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Office of School District Employer-Employee Relations

Access Restrictions

Access to certain records in this series is restricted pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) section 87.2(a), relating to records specifically exempted from disclosure by state or federal statute: State Education Law section 2-d (unauthorized release of personally identifiable information); federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 USC section 1232g; and State Civil Rights Law section 50-B (right of privacy for victims of sex offenses). Access to certain records is also restricted pursuant to FOIL sections 87.2(b) (unwarranted invasion of personal privacy) and 87.2(g) (inter- and intra-agency materials which are not statistical or factual tabulations or data, instructions to staff that affect the public, or final agency policy or determinations).

Title

Assistant State Paleontologist's correspondence, research, and publication files

Series Number

B1596

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, publications drafts, research, and photographs compiled by Lawrence V. Rickard, Assistant New York State Paleontologist. Much of the material concerns the preparation and publication of articles written for a variety of State Museum publications, Topics include descriptions of strata, classifications, and descriptions of fossil flora and fauna; geology of specific New York localities; tectonics; and geological nomenclature. Also included are published copies of geological publications prepared by State museum Geological Survey staff.

Creator

• New York State Geological Survey

Access Restrictions

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

Title

County Vocational Education and Extension Boards correspondence and program files

Series Number

B0475

Summary

Legislation establishing county vocational education and extension boards (Laws of 1926, Chapter 505) required that the Commissioner of Education approve courses offered by the boards. These files contain correspondence, memorandums, reports, charts, application forms, and news clippings about programs and services offered by such boards. For each county there are separate files for correspondence and for plans and reports. The latter files contain applications for approval of proposed services giving information about the service, schools served, number of students served, and provider's staff.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Rural Administrative Services

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Application files for registration of private business schools

Series Number

10220

Summary

The authority for registering private business schools was contained in the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education. All new teachers at such schools must be approved by the Education Department, and schools must meet facility, equipment, faculty, financial, and curriculum requirements upon registration. This series contains records relating to the registration and annual reregistration of private business schools and approval of teachers employed by these schools.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Business and Distributive Education

Access Restrictions

Restricted access: College transcripts must be removed before research use due to provisions of the Personal Privacy Protection Act.

Title

Assistant Commissioner's correspondence and subject files

Series Number

11843

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, and press releases between the Director of the State Museum, later the Assistant Commissioner for State Museum and State Science Service, and Museum scientists and other staff, administrators and scientists at other institutions, private citizens, and officials in other State agencies. The records document research projects; exhibit planning; acquisition and management of collections; field work; publications; advice to other institutions; education; research grants; professional development; and museum legislation.

Creator

• New York State Museum and Science Service

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

Title

Medicine and dentistry scholarship candidate lists

Series Number

B0449

Summary

This series consists of candidate lists for state scholarships for the professional study of medicine and dentistry. Information includes name; address; scholarship number; rank; acceptance or declination and college attended. Examination score and graduation date are sometimes listed. Also included is an undated table of stipend amounts correlated with income levels and two lists of applicants who withdrew from previous examinations to enter subsequently.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Examinations and Testing

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

Title

School supervision files

Series Number

A3040

Summary

These files contain field reports of visits by bureau staff to schools around the state. Also included are correspondence, memorandums, meeting programs, and other records. The records contain detailed information about the conduct of home economics classes in individual schools, provision of guidance to home economics educators, curricula, teacher training, equipment and facilities available, and professional conferences.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Home Economics Education

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

Title

Historical sketches and photographs of school systems in cities and villages

Series Number

A3042

Summary

These historical sketches which include photographs were collected from school systems in 1916 to illustrate a report on the history of school systems in cities and villages. The sketches generally provide information on the establishment and location of the first school or school district in the city or village, and development of the school system's programs, facilities, administration, and geographic area. Photographs of school buildings, classrooms, facilities, students, and administrators accompany each sketch.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Assistant Commissioner for Elementary Education

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

Title

Registers of applicants examined and licensed

Series Number

B0488

Summary

This series contains information identifying individuals applying for and taking pharmacist-licensing examinations. Applicant information includes application number; name; form number; dates application received, examined, and approved; dates examination given and approved; name of examiner and city where examination given; kind of examination; percentage; certificate number; form number; date certificate issued; and remarks (usually town, city, or village).

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Board of Pharmacy

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