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Displaying 260 Finding Aids
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
- Fall reports of private and parochial schools
Series Number
- B0560
Summary
- These reports list school name and address; religious affiliation (if applicable); diocese (if applicable); number of buildings and rooms; enrollment by grade and sex; number of pupils in or out of school district, or out of state; number of graduates by sex, and number entering institutions of higher education; number of staff members; name of principal; existence of library; provision of textbooks; and general type of curriculum.
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
- Application files for approval of private business schools and courses for veteran training
Series Number
- B0549
Summary
- Private business schools and veterans training courses must be approved by the State Education Department before veterans can receive payments. This series consists of applications submitted by schools and training courses for approval of courses not previously registered. Files include applications; field reports which include school's history, facilities, enrollment, tuition rates, and recommendations; correspondence regarding approval or disapproval; sample school catalogs and other publications; and supplemental applications.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Business and Distributive Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of thi material.
Title
- Unpublished annual report and typescripts of "Mexican War Papers" and State Historian's correspondence
Series Number
- A3168
Summary
- This series consists of a draft Historian's 1903/1904 annual report and two supplements to the report: "Mexican War Papers" and a selection of transcribed correspondence. The "Mexican War Papers" provides information on the organization and service of New York units during the war. The transcribed correspondence concerns genealogical questions principally relating to service in the Revolution, but also to colonial, state, and local history.
Creator
- New York (State). State Historian
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Assistant Commissioner's correspondence file
Series Number
- A3223
Summary
- This series contains correspondence and memoranda between the Assistant Commissioner for Secondary Education, secondary school principals, students, private citizens, and officials at the New York State Nautical School. The bulk of the records concern: qualifications for secondary school diplomas; qualifications for state college scholarships; requirements for academics to receive state financial aid; approval of secondary school curricula; syllabus development; inspections of secondary schools; and the movement to develop junior high schools.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Assistant Commissioner for Secondary Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- School Commissioners' reports of teaching certificates issued
Series Number
- A4202
Summary
- This series contains examination results for successful candidates for first, second, and third grade teacher's certificates, and a record of vocal music certificates issued. First, second, and third grade certificate reports include the date and place of examination; candidate's name; certificate number; and scores in examination subjects such as arithmetic, geography, penmanship, current topics, and history. Vocal music certificates include name; address; age; years of teaching experience; and certificate number.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Bureau of Examinations
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Files relating to the New York State Council on Rural Education
Series Number
- A4216
Summary
- These files which relate to the Council on Rural Education (CORE) contain correspondence with member organizations concerning programs and legislation promoted by CORE; minutes of meetings of CORE and its executive board; and annual treasurer's reports. They provide information on studies and publications of CORE, the development of legislation affecting rural education, and the general administration of CORE.
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
- Regents College Scholarship information cards
Series Number
- 03612
Summary
- This series consists of 3" x 5" cards used to administer Regents College Scholarships. These cards provide the following information about each state scholar: name; address; college; scholarship number and series (year); and date of issuance.
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
- New York State Merchant Marine Academy supervision files
Series Number
- A3037
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings, and meeting minutes relating to the departmental investigation of management at the New York State Merchant Marine Academy; selection of the school's Superintendent and Commanding Officer; controversy over the training and experience of the faculty; preparation of annual reports; routine administrative supervision; and plan of Fort Schuyler (1927).
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Special Schools Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Office of Model Cities Program Services program files
Series Number
- 14193
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, instructional guides, field reports narratives of projects within each city and action plans concerning the Department's provision of services to model cities: Binghamton; Buffalo; Cohoes; Mount Vernon; New York City - Central Brooklyn, Harlem-East Harlem, and South Bronx; Poughkeepsie; Rochester; and Syracuse. Projects documented in this series deal with educational issues such as desegregation, occupational education, multicultural education, and continuing education.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of Model Cities Program Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Assembly records of Martin M. Psaty
Series Number
- L0251
Summary
- This series consists of bills, legislative and general correspondence, legal documents, memoranda, published material, and other related items, created and compiled by Martin M. Psaty. It is divided into three subseries: Correspondence, Subject Files, and Bills. Subjects documented in the records include air pollution, education, and health.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1963-1965 : Martin M. Psaty)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
New York State Education Department Division of Archives and History Historic Area/Site Marker Files
Title
- Historic area/site marker files
Series Number
- 22353
Summary
- This series documents area and site-specific markers erected along New York State roadways during the 1960s and thereafter by the State of New York and private organizations to commemorate events, persons, and places of historic interest. The files contain documentation of many, but not all, of the historical markers, including many markers which were later removed. Types of records include applications (approved and denied), correspondence, public online inventory, and other records concerning area and site-specific markers.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Boards of Cooperative Educational Services annual financial and statistical reports
Series Number
- 11000
Summary
- The BOCES provide shared educational services to school districts that pool their resources. These annual reports contain information on services provided, staff, receipts, and expenditures of each operating BOCES. The reports also include calculations and approval of state financial aid for the ensuing year.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Educational Finance
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Education Department Office of Educational Television and Public Broadcasting Whittle/Channel One program files
Series Number
- B2607
Summary
- This series consists of records from the Whittle/Channel One program initiative which was a 1990s-era project to bring cable television into the classroom to assist teachers in presenting educational news programs to their students. These records document the planning and implementation of the initiative. Records consist of correspondence and project subject files.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of Educational Television and Public Broadcasting
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Teachers training school and training class attendance registers and annual reports
Series Number
- A3221
Summary
- This series contains registers of student attendance in teacher training classes and at training schools. Information includes school name and location; session dates; number of men and women enrolled; daily activity schedules; student attendance records; and teachers' names. Annual reports includes students' names, ages, date entered class, name of high school and date graduated, time spent in observation and practice teaching, and details about the training classes.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Teacher Training Division
Access Restrictions
- Restricted under the Freedom of Information Law (personal privacy) and FERPA. The restrictions of non-directory student information under FERPA last for 100 years unless a student or parent has signed and filed a waiver allowing disclosure of the record.
Title
- New York State Joint Legislative Committee on Crime, Its Causes, Control and Effect on Society tape and transcript of "Voices of Organized Crime" report
Series Number
- L0247
Summary
- The committee investigated organized crime, the illegal use of narcotics, the publication of obscene material, juvenile delinquency, and the control of firearms. This recording of "The Voices of Organized Crime: An Education Tape," features secretly recorded conversations of members of organized crime compiled in April 1968. The conversations pertain to assault, extortion, murder, and numerous other crimes.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Crime, Its Causes, Control and Effect on Society
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- School district enrollment reports
Series Number
- A3050
Summary
- Series consists of forms reporting school district enrollments for each year from 1923-1924 through 1932-1933. Each form gives the following information: school district name and number; town, village, or city; county; name of superintendent of schools (occasionally); enrollment in each grade K-12 for each school year; and total enrollment for each school year in grades 1-8 and 9-12.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of School Buildings and Grounds
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Education Department Commissioner's Office Administrative Assistant's subject files
Series Number
- B0471
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, reports, press releases, pamphlets, and news clippings compiled by Administrative Assistant R. Pratt Krull. Topics documented include racial imbalance in schools; pending appeals to the commissioner; education-related legislation; and a test case for decentralization in New York City public schools. Files relating to the test case, Ocean Hill-Brownsville Demonstration School District, discuss race relations, a 1968 teachers strike, and conditions and events in the district.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- 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.
Title
- Education Department Deputy Commissioner's subject files
Series Number
- B0459
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings, and other materials from the deputy commissioner's office under Lewis A. Wilson (1941-1950), James E. Allen (1950-1955), and Ewald B. Nyquist (1961-1970). The records contain routine administrative material, but also document educational policy formulation, development of legislation, the budget process, participation in education organizations, planning for and proceedings at Regents meetings, NYSED participation in national defense programs during World War II, public appearances, and the functioning of the departmental Cabinet.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Executive Deputy Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.