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Displaying 260 Finding Aids
Title
- Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education subject files
Series Number
- L0216
Summary
- The New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education initiates and reviews legislation relevant to higher education and oversight of the professions. The subject files reflect the committee's actions and relate to future activity. The records include notes, draft legislation, correspondence and memoranda, reports, news articles, brochures, and testimonies submitted at public hearings.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Higher Education Committee
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the 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
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Architectural drawings of additions and alterations to public schools
Series Number
- B0916
Summary
- This microfilm contains copies of floor plans, framing plans, plot plans, and elevations of school buildings being built or altered. These plans were submitted to the Education Department for approval pursuant to law. Plans are unarranged and un-indexed.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Administration Division
Access Restrictions
- Documents relating to existing facilities may be withheld under FOIL sect. 87.2(f) ("if disclosed could endanger the life or safety of any person").
Title
- Charter school denied/withdrawn application files
Series Number
- 20916
Summary
- This series contains applications submitted to the Regents to establish charter schools or to renew charters of existing schools. Also included are review materials, correspondence, comments on the applications and charter requests received from other State Education Department units which reviewed the applications, and documentation of the Regents' final actions to deny charters or notification from schools of their withdrawal of applications.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Charter Schools Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Weekly reports of commitments to training schools from New York City
Series Number
- B0649
Summary
- This series consists of reports in the form of internal memoranda listing boys committed and transferred to state training schools from New York City. Information includes name; date of birth (beginning in 1958); date committed; court committing the boy; New York City facility from which transferred; training school to which transferred; and date of transfer. The same information is given for boys committed to a training school but still awaiting transfer. Records are restricted to protect personal privacy.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Social Welfare. Division of State Institutions
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect personal privacy.Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- Reports of academies
Series Number
- A2017
Summary
- These annual reports from academies, high schools, and academic departments of union free schools provide statistics on operations and programs and were collected to assist the Regents in supervising educational institutions in the State. The reports provide information on the school's finances; property; organization of departments; name, age, education, and teaching experience of teachers; name and age of all students, with names of textbooks read or subjects taken; curriculum and texts used; frequency of composition and declamation by students; total number of students; tuition and board rates; free instruction provided; and length of school terms and vacations.
Creator
- University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
Access Restrictions
- A2017-00: Restricted due to burn damage. Use with assistance of archivist.
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
- Photographs of activities and facilities
Series Number
- A1913
Summary
- The series consists of black and white photographs depicting children and staff of Thomas Indian School at work and recreation in such activities as school exercises, team sports, farming and gardening, and Indian Boy and Girl Scouts.
Creator
- Thomas Indian School
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Otsego Northern Catskill Board of Cooperative Educational Services records
Series Number
- A4664
Summary
- This series contains microfilmed board of education minutes and other education records pertaining to a number of central school districts: Andes; Cherry Valley-Springfield; Cooperstown; Gilboa-Conesville; Hunter-Tannersville; Morris; Schenevus; South Kortright; Stamford; and Windham-Ashland-Jewett.
Creator
- Otsego Northern Catskill Board of Cooperative Educational Services (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Education Department Commissioner Gordon M. Ambach subject files
Series Number
- W0106
Summary
- This series of subject files, compiled by the office of Gordon M. Ambach (1934- ), documents his tenure as New York State Commissioner of Education during the period 1977-1987. Files are often grouped under major subject headings such as Higher Education, State Agencies, or Speeches, and then broken down into more specific headings. The bulk of the material is correspondence on these and related subjects exchanged between Ambach and relevant constituents and government officials, as well as speeches that Ambach delivered in his role as commissioner.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner Gordon M. Ambach
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
- Herkimer County school district annual reports
Series Number
- A4658
Summary
- Microfilm includes annual reports for the school districts within each township of Herkimer County. Information in the reports includes numbers of books purchased, listings of teachers, listings of district families, and number of children in each family.
Creator
- Herkimer (N.Y. : County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Education Department Commissioner Thomas E. Sobol subject files
Series Number
- W0107
Summary
- This series includes correspondence, meeting agenda and minutes, and reports documenting State Education Commissioner Thomas E. Sobol's administration. Records document the daily operations of the commissioner's office, the functions of the Department's major program areas, and the Department's positions on federal education policies and proposed state and federal legislation. Of note are "A New Compact for Learning," a policy statement designed to shift responsibility to the local level, and "One Nation, Many Peoples," a controversial revision of the social studies curriculum.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner Thomas E. Sobol
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
- 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
Access Restrictions
- 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
Access Restrictions
- 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
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Registers of telegrams sent
Series Number
- A2002
Summary
- This series consists of books of stubs containing copies of telegrams sent by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The telegrams relate to teachers' institutes; apportionment of public funds for schools; appeals to the Superintendent; state normal schools; and routine 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
- Telegrams received
Series Number
- A2003
Summary
- This series consists of telegrams received by the Office of the Superintendent and copies of a few telegrams sent by that office. The telegrams relate to teachers' institutes; authority of and legality of actions by local school officials; apportionment of public money for schools; Indian students; and routine 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
- Hunting, fishing, and trapping publications
Series Number
- B2705
Summary
- This series consists of published Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) guides pertaining to the regulation of small and big game hunting; fishing; and trapping. Also included is a small collection of fiscal report pamphlets from the Conservation Fund Advisory Council and its successor, the Conservation Fund Advisory Board, as well as two copies of "A History of Small Game Season in New York State" from 1963 and 1970.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Wildlife
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Orders transferring inmates to the Annex of State Training Schools for Boys
Series Number
- B0648
Summary
- This series consists of unsigned copies of orders of the commissioner of social welfare transferring inmates from a state training school for boys to the higher security Annex at New Hampton. Information includes transferee's name; place and date of birth; dates of commitment and admission to a training school; training school to which committed; name of committing judge; statement of reasons necessitating transfer to the Annex; and date of transfer. Records are restricted to protect personal privacy.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Social Welfare. Division of State Institutions
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect personal privacy.Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.