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Displaying 360 Finding Aids
Title
- Notice to local officials of appointments to blind and deaf and dumb institutions
Series Number
- A2038
Summary
- These volumes provide notice to county boards of supervisors or comptrollers that students from their jurisdiction have been appointed to or their terms extended in state institutions for the blind and deaf. The forms notify local officials that they will be responsible for providing funds for the students' clothing. Each form provides the date; county to which sent; students' names, terms of appointment, and sometimes city or town of residence; institution name; and amount of appropriation.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Education Department Commissioner's constitutional convention files
Series Number
- B0464
Summary
- This series documents the activities of Commisisoner James E. Allen in preparation for and during the 1967 New York State Constitutional Convention. Records include correspondence; reports; press releases; pamphlets; clippings; testimony; and publications of the Board of Regents and the Temporary State Commission on the Constitutional Convention. Correspondence and official position statements discuss impact of recent federal programs on education and local and state attempts to bolster existing state education infrastructure. Also included is a copy of the 1967 State Constitution.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this series.
New York State Education Department Commissioner's Office Executive Assistant's Administrative Files
Title
- Education Department Commissioner's Office Executive Assistant's administrative files
Series Number
- B0470
Summary
- The position of Executive Assistant was added to the Commissioner's staff in 1945. This series consists of the files maintained by the Executive Assistant to the Commissioner Allan P. Bradley. They include files related to engagements, legislation, Constitutional Convention, paid travel vouchers, cabinet, budget, annual staff conference, and general subject and day files.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Division of Visual Instruction instructional lantern slides
Series Number
- A3045
Summary
- Lantern slides were compiledas 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. Thousands of slides were produced by the Division of Visual Instruction and sets of slides were loaned to schools throughout the State from 1886 to 1939.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Visual Instruction
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Acknowledgments of receipt of plaques issued by the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission
Series Number
- B2298
Summary
- This series consists of documents from individual schools received by the Education Department acknowledging receipt from the department of wooden plaques bearing bronze impressions of the seal issued by the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission, and giving assurances that the plaques and medals would be conspicuously displayed in the office of the president or principal of each school. Each receipt gives name of school, signature of principal, and date of receipt by the department.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- School for the Blind general ledger accounts
Series Number
- B0440
Summary
- This series consists of a variety of ledger accounts documenting costs or charges for institution maintenance, expenses, and student support. The majority of the accounts pertain to private companies, but others apparently refer to individual students. Other distinct accounts pertain to individual counties, cash, and funds from/to the state treasurer.
Creator
- New York State School for the Blind
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- War Service Scholarship candidate lists
Series Number
- B0454
Summary
- This series consists of candidate lists for state scholarships for armed services veterans of World War I and II. Information includes name; address; county; examination score; acceptance, declination, or failure to reply; revocation or resignation; scholarship number; and college. Rank within county may also be included.
Creator
- New York (State). Regents Examination and Scholarship Center
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Education Department Office of the Commissioner executive assistant subject files
Series Number
- B0468
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, pamphlets, clippings, and salary schedules generated or received by the Executive Assistant to the Commissioner. These files are fragmentary and non-comprehensive in nature. Subjects include: psychological services to schools; activities of the Motion Picture Division; educational films and audio-visual materials published guides; the Governor's Committee on Library Aid; and salary proposals for state teachers' colleges, district superintendents, New York State School for the Blind, and New York State Education Department employees.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Archeologist's correspondence files on the New York State Archeological Association
Series Number
- A3289
Creator
- New York State Museum and Science Service
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- List of books loaned to teachers
Series Number
- A2008
Summary
- These volumes were used to record books loaned to teachers by the State Teachers' Library. This library was established in 1895 in the Department of Public Instruction to loan books by mail to teachers located in rural parts of the State. Entries provide name and address of borrower; name of person recommending the borrower; teacher's license type, dates of its issuance and expiration; identification numbers of books loaned (but not titles); and dates of loans.
Creator
- New York State Teachers' Library
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Unpublished manuscript of "The ministry and churches of all denominations in the Middle Colonies from the first settlements until the year 1800," by Edward T. Corwin
Series Number
- 13911
Summary
- This unpublished manuscript, prepared by Edward T. Corwin, was sent to the State Library. It contains an alphabetical list of clergy, their denomination, location, and birth and death dates; a citation to a biographical sketch; and a list of churches alphabetically by community noting their denomination, year established and the names and dates of pastors. The states or colonies included in this manuscript are New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.
Creator
- New York State Library
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Education Department Bureau of School District Organization correspondence with district superintendents
Series Number
- 11121
Summary
- "County files" pertaining to the department's supervision of district superintendents contain: correspondence with district superintendents concerning school boundary alterations and centralization proposals; memoranda on votes at school district meetings, recommending school district boundary alterations or centralizations, and ordering the redistricting of superintendencies; petitions from voters requesting annexation or centralization; and statistical reports of school district types, staffing, and student population in each county.
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
- World War I veterans' service data and photographs
Series Number
- A0412
Summary
- This series contains personal information, service data, newspaper clippings, and photographs of New York State veterans of World War I. Some accounts of home front activities in the state are also included. The series contains a small amount of material documenting the manner in which the State Education Department, the state's schools, faculty, and students contributed to the war effort.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this series.
Title
- Registers of accessioned and classified negatives
Series Number
- A3133
Summary
- Lantern slides were compiledas 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. These accessioning registers contain list all images accepted making up the loan collection of educational lantern slides. Organized by negative number, data entered also includes call number; title; location; and source and maker of negative.
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
- Historic sites bronze marker file
Series Number
- 11890
Summary
- These files document the placement, with State financial aid, of hundreds of bronze tablets commemorating sites of historical significance in the colonial, revolutionary, or state formative periods. The files include financial application, historical importance of site, structure, person, or event commemorated and citation of sources for this information; description and sketch or plan of marker; text of inscription; and location of marker. The series does not contain information on the thousands of iron roadside markers erected under the same legislative appropriation.
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
- Term extension for state pupils in blind and deaf and dumb institutions
Series Number
- A2037
Summary
- This series contains forms documenting extensions of state pupil's terms in various institutions for the blind and deaf. Each form provides the date, name of the institution, names and appointment numbers of students, and date to which term is extended. Each volume is indexed alphabetically by first letter of student's last name.
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 Education Department war programs coordinator's files
Series Number
- A4320
Summary
- This series contains correspondence and other materials relating to Dr. Albert Meredith's role as the Education Department's coordinator of war programs and liaison between the department and the War Council. Topics include: school lunch programs, adult education, citizen unity programs, physical education, child care, agricultural education, home economics education, the Youth Services Council, and the Civilian Defense Training Program. The records include exchanges with both federal and local governments concerning these programs.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Education Department Associate Commissioner for Cultural Education subject files
Series Number
- B0457
Summary
- The Office of Associate Commissioner for Cultural Education administers the State Library, State Museum, State Archives, Motion Picture Division, Educational Television, and Intercultural Relations. This series consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, meeting minutes, and clippings relating to Cultural Educations' program areas. Subjects include historic preservation; legislation; budgets; advocacy; policy; South Mall; and Adirondack Forest Preserve and statewide issues. Also included are Cabinet meeting minutes; monthly reports to the Regents, program publications and Commissioner's speeches. Job applications are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Associate Commissioner for Cultural Education
Access Restrictions
- B0457-14, Box 17: Partially restricted to protect personal privacy. Some job applications contain social security numbers.
Title
- Scholarship winners lists
Series Number
- B0456
Summary
- This series consists of press release lists (1959) and other lists of winners of University Scholarships (1939), Regents College Scholarships (1965), War Service Scholarships (1947), Basic Nursing Scholarships (1965), and top county winners of Regents College Scholarships (1965). Also included are sample blank forms relating to the award of War Service Scholarships (1959). These lists provide all or part of the following information: winner's name; address; county; high school; examination score; and number of scholarships allotted per county.
Creator
- New York (State). Regents Examination and Scholarship Center
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Local records on microfilm
Series Number
- A0768
Summary
- The series consists of microfilm copies of local public and private records from approximately 200 New York State communities. Included is film of such historically valuable local records as state censuses; county, town, village, and city government records; records of religious, public and non-public educational and fraternal organizations; records of commercial enterprises; military records; and records of individuals, land transactions, and cemeteries. Most of the records date from prior to 1850.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of State History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.