Audio and video tapes of speeches and interviews of Commissioner Gordon M. Ambach
Series Number
B0563
Summary
This series consists of audio and video recordings of Commissioner Gordon Ambach. Included in the audio recordings are speeches and addresses given at colleges, universities, professional meetings, and Capitol Region call-in radio programs. Video recordings include television programs and portions of instructional programs intended for New York public television and for communications networks of school districts and BOCES; addresses at professional meetings; television interviews, public service announcements, and call in television programs.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Commissioner of Education's addresses, press releases, and publications
Series Number
A2043
Summary
The series consists of outlines, drafts, and final copies of addresses, speeches, lectures, press releases, and proclamations by Spaulding as Commissioner of Education from 1946-1950. Most of these speeches were given as commencement addresses or before public or professional organizations. They address a variety of education-related topics, including: school district organization, school financing, adult education, school curricula, educating returning World War II and other matters of statewide or local concern.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Education Department Office of the Commissioner cabinet meeting minutes
Series Number
B0469
Summary
This series consists of binders containing minutes, agenda items, and occasionally other meetings materials of NYSED's departmental cabinet. Minutes vary base on commissioner. The minutes of Commissioners Spaulding's and Wilson's cabinets include attendees, agenda items, short summaries of presentations, summaries of discussions, and actions lists of on agenda item. The minutes of Commissioner Nyquist's cabinet tend to be briefer, been more akin to "to-do lists," rather than detailed accounts of the meetings.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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.
Education Department Commissioner's interim subject files
Series Number
B0444
Summary
This series consists of subject files maintained by Commissioners Ewald B. Nyquist and James E. Allen'. Included in these files are correspondence, reports, texts commissioner's decisions, and proposals related to desegregation orders. Also included are records documenting the creation of decentralized "demonstration" school districts in New York City and the impact on New York schools of federal legislation, particularly the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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.
Commissioner's files on Joint Legislative Committee to Revise and Simplify the Education Law hearing
Series Number
B0465
Summary
This series consists of materials from a public meeting of the Joint Legislative Committee to Revise and Simplify the Education. Included are official statements from school districts, New York State Assembly members, board of education members, and concerned individuals, mostly opposing centralization of school districts.Also included is Stony Brook Union Free School District 's report on district centralization, a map of Long Island school districts, Suffolk County resident questionnaire on reorganization plans, and bulletins on state aid for reorganizaton.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Commissioner of Education Ewald B. Nyquist speech files
Series Number
B1060
Summary
The series consists of drafts and final copies of speeches delivered by Ewald B. Nyquist, as well as clippings, notes, correspondence, and other materials related to the preparation of these speeches. The speeches date from Nyquist's tenure as Commissioner of Education, as well as previously held positions in the department. Topics include accreditation of higher education institutions, teacher education, role of state education agencies, racial integration, education reform, open learning environments, and moral and humanistic education.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this series.