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Title

Department of Social Welfare Division of State Institutions population reports of institutions

Series Number

B0646

Summary

This series contains statistical population reports submitted to the Department of Social Welfare by state youth facilities. Included are Weekly Population Reports, providing daily counts of children in the institution, and Monthly Statistical Reports of Children Under Care. Some monthly reports include number of admissions, discharges, and total children at the institution. Others contain detailed statistical breakdowns by type of intake or discharge, by whereabouts if paroled or absent, and by departmental regional district of origin.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Social Welfare. Division of State Institutions

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Lists of graduates of training schools, normal schools and teachers colleges

Series Number

B1439

Summary

This series consists of lists of graduates of state training school for teachers, normal schools and/or teachers colleges. Included are the name, home address, date of birth and date of admission of graduates. There is a separate volume for the College for Teachers at Albany.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Teacher Education and Certification

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Principals' reports of Regents examinations

Series Number

A2018

Summary

The Board of Regents has been required to administer examinations since 1877. These reports by school principals contain summary information on the number of students examined in each subject and the number of passing grades. Included is a list of students taking the examination giving each one's name, age, address, and scores in each subject. Only fragmentary reports exist.

Creator

• University of the State of New York. High School Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Planning Committee for the Shrine for the Emancipation Proclamation plans, photographs, and working files

Series Number

B0928

Summary

This series contains files kept by the secretary relate to the Planning Committee for the Shrine for the Emancipation Proclamation activities. The series provides information on the work of the committee, design of the proposed shrine, and other displays of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation during the centennial of the Civil War. The shrine was designed for the Education Building in Albany, but was never built.

Creator

• University of the State of New York. Planning Committee for the Shrine for the Emancipation Proclamation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Accounts ledger

Series Number

A2024

Summary

This series contains ledger books of various accounts of the Board of Regents divided into categories such as General, Regents Office, State Library, State Museum, Academies, and Boundaries. Expenses include those for academic and professional exams, staff salaries, purchase of books, work on manuscripts, entomologist and botanist, paleontology, Literature Fund, and teachers' classes.

Creator

• University of the State of New York. Board of Regents

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Education Department Chief Financial Officer weekly reports of COVID-19 policy documentation

Series Number

B2844

Summary

This series consists of reports documenting the policies and decisions made in response to the COVID-19 crisis by the New York State Board of Regents, the Interim Commissioner of Education, and the deputy commissioners of the State Education Department.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Chief Financial Officer
• University of the State of New York
• University of the State of New York. Office of the President of the University and Commissioner of Education

Access Restrictions

Restricted in part by the Freedom of Information Law section 87.2(b) (personal privacy) and 87.2(g) (intra-agency materials).

Title

Lists of state pupils in institutions for the blind and deaf

Series Number

A2039

Summary

This series list students appointed to various private institutions at state expense. For each institution, the following student information is given: name; age; town and county of residence; district (to 1854); appointment number; date admitted; length of term; date term expires; provider of student's clothing; and occasional remarks. 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

Affidavits relating to loss of teaching certificates

Series Number

A2005

Summary

This series consists of affidavits submitted by teachers in application for replacement of state teaching certificates that were lost or destroyed. Most affidavits are on standardized forms providing date and location of completion of work under the uniform system of examination, date and location in which teaching certificate was issued, the grade of the certificate, and date and manner in which the original certificate was lost or destroyed.

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 Museum Division of Research and Collections History Department curatorial staff subject and correspondence files

Series Number

B2717

Summary

This series consists of the subject and correspondence files of curatorial staff of the History Department, part of the Division of Research and Collections of the New York State Museum. These records document the functional activities of curators concerning exhibit development; acquisitions and collections management, including conservation issues; museum public programs and conferences; public inquiries; department research projects; and general department administration.

Creator

• New York State Museum. Division of Research and Collections. History Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State University of New York Board of Trustees index to office files of the secretary

Series Number

B2930

Summary

This series is an alphabetical subject index to the historical records the State University of New York Board of Trustees. Index references include type of document, date of document, volume and/or page number, and author (if credited to an individual). Index references also include brief abstracts of the content of the document referenced and cross-references to related subjects

Creator

• State University of New York. Board of Trustees

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this 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

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

Education Department Office of Bilingual Education Director's files

Series Number

B1963

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, conference materials, speech materials, meeting minutes, , and other materials collected by Carmen A. Perez-Hogan, director of the Office of Bilingual Education. Included are materials related to an agreement regarding education of Dominican and Puerto Rican immigrants; related, the Bilingual/ESL Technical Assistance Center program and the Two-Way Bilingual Education Program; efforts to make English the official language of the United States; and guidelines revisions for the education of Creole-speaking immigrants.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Office of Bilingual Education

Access Restrictions

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

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

Education Department Commissioner George D. Stoddard subject files

Series Number

W0101

Summary

The collection consists of correspondence, publications, reports, meeting minutes, and other materials related to the operation of the New York State Education Department under Commissioner of Education George D. Stoddard. Included are records relating to efforts of the State Education Department to deal with specific challenges facing education during World War II and post-World War II period including vocational and higher education for returning soldiers, increased funding for teachers colleges, and extension programs for library and archives services.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner George D. Stoddard

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

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