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Displaying 260 Finding Aids
Title
- Education Department Bureau of School District Organization subject and administrative files
Series Number
- B0477
Summary
- These files document the Bureau's field activities and policy development relating to centralization and reorganization of school districts; district superintendents; legislative proposals; administration of programs specified in legislation; professional organizations; racial imbalance in elementary and secondary schools; state financial aid for education; vocational education. They also address procedures and departmental policy on the formation of central school districts, vocational education and enlarged city school districts.
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
- Thomas Indian School register of visitors
Series Number
- A1911
Summary
- The series consists of a one-volume manuscript roll of visitors to the Thomas Indian School over a twenty-five year period. Entries include visitor's name, address, and date of visit.
Creator
- Thomas Indian School
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children child commitment contracts
Series Number
- A1910
Summary
- This series contains signed contracts between parents or guardians and the asylum's superintendent authorizing placement of children in the asylum for "care, education and support". Each agreement contains the parent/guardian's name and address; child's name, sex, Indian nation, age, destitute or orphan status; and agreement date. Many agreements include the child's date of discharge or death.
Creator
- Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Bedford Central School District board of education meeting minutes
Series Number
- A4667
Creator
- Bedford Central School District (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Writers' Program working files for the Historical Album of New York State
Series Number
- 11891
Summary
- This series contains completed forms, control sheets, and some correspondence collected for preparation of a Historical Album of New York State. The album was intended to contain data and photographs of every significant historic site in the state and data on important New York natives and residents. The project was a cooperative effort between the Works Progress Administration's (WPA) New York State Writers' Project and the Division of Archives and History.
Creator
- Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Education Department Office of Vocational Rehabilitation closed case reports and reviews
Series Number
- 11649
Summary
- This series constitutes a sample of the Closed Case Reports and Reviews completed by State Education Department personnel when vocational rehabilitation cases were closed. Forms provide summary data about services provided, results achieved, and costs to the Department in each case. Sampling was completed by the State Archives and is intended to include all files from each year ending in 0 or 5, but for some sample years all or some of the files are missing.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Access Restrictions
- Restricted by Education Law section 1007; confidential and privileged in accord with Civil Practice Law and Rules section 4504. Records will be disclosed only with personal names and identifiers redacted.
Title
- New York City school decentralization files
Series Number
- 14043
Summary
- In 1967, the commissioner of education initiated a study of decentralization plans by the director of the Center on Innovation in Education. These files resulted from that study and from the Board of Regents' review of the New York City Board of Education's plan for decentralization, proposed in 1969. The files include memoranda, reports, notes of meetings, and press releases concerning the development of a decentralization policy by the Regents and commissioner.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Center on Innovation in Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Education Department Commissioner Lewis A. Wilson subject files
Series Number
- W0103
Summary
- The series includes correspondence, reports, meeting materials, press releases, and draft legislation related to Lewis A. Wilson's tenure as commissioner, 1950-1955. Records document the Education Department's role in broader social and political issues, including civil defense and military preparedness; anticommunism and moral education; proposed creation of centralized school districts in rural areas; and promotion of the educational use of television.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner Lewis A. Wilson
Access Restrictions
- Commissioners in Schools Files: Restricted to protect personal privacy. Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- Copake-Taconic Hills Central School District (N.Y.) records
Series Number
- A4649
Summary
- Microfilmed records include Roeliff Jansen Central School District Board of Education meeting minutes, annual budgets, and tax assessment rolls; Ockawamick Central School District annual budgets, Board of Education meeting minutes, and tax assessment rolls; and Taconic Hills Central School District annual budgets, Board of Education voting results, annual and special meeting files of the Board of Education, tax assessment rolls, and Board of Education meeting minutes.
Creator
- Copake-Taconic Hills Central School District (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Applications for state scholarships for children of deceased or disabled veterans
Series Number
- B0445
Summary
- State scholarships were established in 1936 for the children of deceased or disabled veterans of the armed services. Applications include applicant's name; address; birthdate; parent or guardian's address; veteran parent status (deceased or disabled); proposed examination site; choice of college and proposed course of study; notes taken from the veteran parent's discharge and death or disability certifications; and applicant's examination score.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Examinations and Testing
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- School district boundary alterations file
Series Number
- 13108
Summary
- These files contain school district trustees' consent to the alteration of boundaries and orders of district superintendents of schools making alterations; orders of the commissioner of education appointing district superintendents or altering the boundaries or numbers of district superintendencies; correspondence and memorandums concerning boundary alterations; notices of hearings regarding boundary changes; and occasional maps.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Educational Finance
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Basic Nursing Scholarship candidate lists
Series Number
- B0451
Summary
- This series consists of candidate lists for the State's basic nursing scholarship. The awards were based on results of the Regents Scholarship Examination. Information includes name; address; high school; examination score; rank; acceptance or declination; scholarship number; and college. Records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Examinations and Testing
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect personal privacy.Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- Manuscript/typescript of "Early records of the city and county of Albany and colony of Rensselaerswyck"
Series Number
- A0126
Summary
- This series consists of the edited manuscript/typescript of Dutch colonial records published by the New York State Library as volumes 2-4 of the early Records of the City and County of Albany and Colony of Rensselaerswyck (History Bulletins 9-11). These volumes were edited by A. J. F. Van Laer, Archivist with the State Library and later Division of Archives and History, from translations prepared by Jonathan Pearson nearly fifty years previously.
Creator
- New York State Library
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- 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.
Title
- New York City School-Community Interaction Umbrella Program correspondence and project files
Series Number
- 14238
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, project applications, evaluation forms, and other records documenting the work of the Division of Urban Education in administering the New York City School-Community Interaction Umbrella Program. Included are files documenting the operation of the program as a whole, as well as files on specific projects funded by the program. Projects were focused on topics such as bilingual education, teacher training, remedial instruction and reading comprehension.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Assistant Commissioner for Compensatory Education. Division of Urban Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Defense files
Series Number
- A2094
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, bulletins, press releases, statistical reports, applications, clippings, and a few blueprints relating to the Education Department's cooperation in the Federal government's National Defense Training Program. These records primarily document the establishment and administration of the program of Vocational Education for National Defense. They include information on the establishment and operation of training centers, the allocation of federal funds to training programs, and the appointment of vocational training instructors.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Associate Commissioner and Acting Assistant Commissioner for Vocational and Extension Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Annual financial and statistical reports of universities, colleges, and junior colleges
Series Number
- B0557
Summary
- This series consists of annual reports submitted by higher education institutions, including overseas schools, chartered by the Board of Regents. The reports provide information on students, faculty, finances, and facilities. Data includes academic session length; names of officers and deans; number of faculty by academic rank and field; degrees conferred; library holdings and circulation statistics; property values; receipts and expenditures; endowment; and length and type of degree programs. Annual surveys of college and university libraries may be included in later reports.
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
- Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board town, village, and school district records
Series Number
- A4631
Summary
- Microfilmed records include minutes of the boards of trustees of the villages of Cassadaga, Limestone, Portville, and Wellsville and minutes of the town board of Olean. Also microfilmed were minutes of the boards of education of the Andover Central School District and a predecessor district; the Scio Central School District and predecessor districts; and the Silver Creek Central School District and predecessor districts.
Creator
- Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Rondout Valley Central School District school tax rolls and school board meeting minutes
Series Number
- A4778
Summary
- This series consists of tax rolls for the Rondout Valley Central School District for the years 1977 to 1993 and school board minutes for the years 1956 to 1990.
Creator
- Rondout Valley Central School District (Accord, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Office of Educational Television and Public Broadcasting informational, documentary, and programmatic videos
Series Number
- B2624
Summary
- This series consists of informational, documentary, and programmatic videos created or sponsored by the Office of Educational Television and Public Broadcasting in the service of New York State Education Department initiatives. Many of these programs aired on local public broadcasting stations around the state. The series includes commissioner of education and New York State Board of Regents-related videos, the "Governor's Conference on Libraries" (a joint initiative with the State Library), appearances by President and Mrs. Bill Clinton at department events, and the "NASA interviews" film reel.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of Educational Television and Public Broadcasting
Access Restrictions
- Many of these videos are unable to be played on current technology available at the State Archives and may need to be sent out to be digitized for access. Researchers interested in viewing a video should contact the State Archives prior to visiting onsite.