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Title

School district enumeration lists and maps

Series Number

A3247

Summary

These files consist of notarized copies of local school district censuses forwarded to the commissioner of education. School districts included Union Free School District 14 (operating as Draper High School) in the Town of Rotterdam; Union Free School District 6 (coterminous with incorporated villages of Manhasset, Munsey Park, and Plandome) in the Town of North Hempstead; and Union Free School District 9 (coterminous with the incorporated Village of Pleasantville) in the Town of Mount Pleasant.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Education Department Office of the Commissioner outgoing correspondence

Series Number

B0466

Summary

This series consists of outgoing letters and memoranda from Commissioners Allen and Nyquist, as well as from other NYSED staff. Correspondents include state legislators, district superintendents and other school district personnel, school principals, teachers, and citizens. Commissioner Nyquist's letters include letters referred by the Governors Office to the Commissioner for response. These letters generally request information on NYSED programs and policies, or to protest NYSED or local school programs and policies.

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

School district centralization and reorganization files

Series Number

B0472

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, petitions, applications, maps, reports, and other documents maintained by the Bureau of Rural Administrative Services (later the Bureau of School District Organization) related to centralization of school districts. The series contains files on completed centralizations as well as proposed centralization plans that were rejected by the Commissioner of Education or by school district voters. The records document hiring teachers, constructing schools, establishing new bus routes, and determining the ratio of state funding.

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

Subject files

Series Number

B0314

Summary

This series consists of subject files of the Assistant Commissioner for District Organization and District Superintendents. The records include correspondence, reports, memoranda meeting minutes, and addresses relating to the various educational and legislative committees, councils, and commissions on which the Assistant Commissioner and District Superintentant served or in which they held an interest.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Assistant Commissioner for District Organization and District Superintendents

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Photographs and printed documents concerning Joseph Henry Memorial

Series Number

A3279

Summary

This series consists of reproductions gathered during the development and fundraising for a memorial in honor of scientist and inventor Joseph Henry . Included are an address given by Bancroft Gherardi, photographs of Henry's inventions use by Gherardi, Henry portraits; letters about him; documentation about the proposed Joseph Henry statue, and photos and material about the unveiling of the statue.

Creator

• New York State Museum

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York City Board of Pharmacy licensing index

Series Number

B0489

Summary

This series indexes the names of persons who registered as pharmacists with the local or state boards of pharmacy prior to 1900. Entries include name; abbreviation for former board (e.g., NYSB-New York State Board; KCB-Kings County Board; ECB-Erie County Board); registration or license number (some entries); and an unidentified number (some entries).

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Maps for school district atlas

Series Number

A3043

Summary

This series consists of topographic maps showing school districts compiled by the Joint Legislative Committee on the State Education System. Each map is marked with school district boundaries and numbers as of July 1, 1943. Indicated is type of school district, whether it contains high, elementary, or special schools; and whether partially consolidated, operating, closed or contracting with another district.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on the State Education System

Access Restrictions

A3043-77: Restricted due to poor condition. Consult the photostat copies available in series 14219, Reference File of School District Boundary Maps.

Title

Annual statistical reports of nursing program graduates and enrollments

Series Number

B0499

Summary

This series contains annual statistical reports of nursing program graduates and enrollments. Each report gives the following information: number of graduates during previous year; enrollment by class year; and unfilled capacity for enrollment of first year students and total unfilled capacity. This information is broken down by type of program (diploma, associates degree, bachelors degree, and practical nursing). The 1962 reports also break down the statistics by gender.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Annual reports of adult immigrant education (Americanization) classes

Series Number

A3047

Summary

The series consists of reports of Americanization classes filed by city, village, and union free school district boards of education. There are usually separate reports for each participating school in a district. Information includes teachers' names, subjects taught, type of license, number of hours and days or evenings teaching, and annual salary; number and location of classes; number and length of sessions; number of male and female teachers; and attendance of male and female students.

Creator

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

Title

Boards of Cooperative Educational Services correspondence and administrative files

Series Number

B0473

Summary

Included are requests for approval or alteration of shared educational programs and transmittals of applications for shared services and contracts. Requests by district superintendents of schools for establishment of BOCES contain the following information about each school district in the superintendency: town; county; district type; enrollments in grades K-6 and 7-12; number of teachers and assessed and true valuation. Occasional copies of BOCES budgets, memoranda concerning department visits to BOCES, and contracts are also included.

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

Commissioner MaryEllen Elia subject files

Series Number

W0115

Summary

This series contains correspondence, reports, meeting materials, speeches, and other materials documenting the tenure of MaryEllen Elia as President of the University of the State of New York and Commissioner of Education of New York State. The series documents the daily operations of the commissioner's office, including communications with the Board of Regents, major program areas of the Education Department, school boards, lawmakers, government agencies, and educational organizations.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner MaryEllen Elia

Access Restrictions

This series may contain material to which access is restricted. Archives staff will review requested documents and disclose information pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).

Title

Correspondence and administrative files of Project Redesign

Series Number

11501

Summary

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, grant applications, and other files related to Project Redesign, a New York State Education Department effort to foster wide-reaching change and innovation in New York education. Files include correspondence and memoranda, progress reports, grant proposals, budgets, meeting minutes and agenda of the Executive Redesign Council, and copies of contracts with consultants. Also included is a group of files of the Prototype Coordinator for Greece Central School District #1.

Creator

• New York (State). Auditor

Title

State records program organization files

Series Number

A4298

Summary

This series contains copies of evaluations and reviews of plans conducted in order to establish a records program at the State War Council. This set was held by Division of Records Director Karl Hartzell, possibly as a model for the War Council's record collection program.

Creator

• New York State War Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Archeologist's correspondence files on the Eastern States Archeological Federation

Series Number

A3291

Summary

This series consists of correspondence used by the State Archeologist related to and documenting the organization of the Eastern States Archeological Federation (E.S.A.F.). Included in the series are meeting minutes, general correspondence, correspondence related to membership and meeting planning (both regional and annual), and member and officer lists. To a lesser extent, included documents such as paper abstracts and organizational goals document the activities of the Federation.

Creator

• New York State Museum and Science Service

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Richmond County school commissioner's teacher certification records

Series Number

A2010

Summary

This series consists of Richmond County teacher certification records including name; address; age, number of terms taught; previous certification; examination dates; numerical scores in examination subject areas; and number, grade, and certificate issue date. Also included are names of persons granted first, second and third grade certificates, temporary licenses, endorsed certificates, uniform examination system examinees. In addition, the series contains stubs of second and third grade certificates which include summary information.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Public Instruction

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Subject files of correspondence received

Series Number

A2004

Summary

This series of unbound records consists of correspondence, narrative and statistical reports, certificates, and miscellaneous financial papers received by the Office of the Superintendent. The records relate to a wide variety of responsibilities of the Superintendents' Office, including specific programs authorized by statute, as well as ongoing administrative activities.

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

Hudson Valley Archaeological Survey Director's correspondence files

Series Number

A3292

Summary

This series consists of correspondence used by the Director of the Hudson Valley Archaeological Survey. Included are correspondence and telegrams related to field work planning and student assistant applicants, exhibition planning, and activities done for the survey. Also included are materials relate to survey activities such as published materials (including newsprint and scholarly articles) and reports of work.

Creator

• New York State Museum and Science Service

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Deputy Secretary to the Governor subject files concerning state financial aid for education

Series Number

B1220

Summary

In 1969, Governor Nelson Rockefeller and the Board of Regents created the New York State Commission on the Quality, Cost, and Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education. School financing recommendations made by the commission, which would have increased school taxes in upstate districts and reduced school expenditures in a significant number of downstate suburban districts, were never implemented. These files were generated by staff of the governor's office in the course of researching and making recommendations regarding state aid for education.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor. Deputy Secretary to the Governor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Memoranda on records storage

Series Number

B1552

Summary

This series consists of memoranda from staff of the New York State Library to Hugh M. Flick, and subsequently to State Education Commissioner Ewald B. Nyquist, reporting on transfer of department records to/from offsite storage. The memoranda include information on the transfer of the records as well as several summary lists of files and record series included in the group. They were based on a 1969 survey of offsite records conducted by State Library staff.

Creator

• New York State Library

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Library War Bond Campaign files

Series Number

A2013

Summary

This series consists of correspondence files of and reports received by Dr. Tolman, Director of the Division of Adult Education and Library Extension, relating to his service as State Library Campaign Chairman of the Library War Bond Campaign. The Campaign was an effort to involve local libraries in the Sixth and Seventh War Bond Drives during World War II. These records provide information on the administration of the Campaign and reports of bonds sold in New York State.

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 the material.