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Displaying 19 Finding Aids
Title
- Letters of commendation for WPA programs
Series Number
- A0123
Summary
- Series includes letters of commendation written to the Service and Operations Divisions for art, music, adult education programs, and infrastructure projects sponsored by the "Works Progress Administration of New York State," under auspices of the State Education Department. They contain considerable information about WPA cultural and educational programs in New York State (outside of New York City). There are separate county indexes for both divisions showing correspondent and title, institution, address, and subject. Operations Division index also shows project number.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Vocational and Extension Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Federal Vocational Education Funds files
Series Number
- A3041
Summary
- These records document the expenditure of federal funds for vocational education in New York under the Vocational Education Act of 1917 and George-Deen Act of 1936. Included are correspondence; memoranda; appropriations estimates; certificates of approval for expenditures; appointments lists; salary schedules; payroll lists; supply requisitions; purchase orders; warrants for payment; vouchers for payment of federal funds; annual reports of trade and vocational schools; and appointment recommendations for extension vocational teacher trainer.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Vocational and Extension Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Press clippings and background files concerning the Board of Regents literacy test
Series Number
- A0063
Summary
- This series consists of newspaper clippings, memorandums, notes, and pamphlets documenting the State Education Department's response to changes in voting requirements, including the introduction and administration of the Regents literacy test. Background files discuss immigrant, adult, and rural education. The bulk of the series consists of a scrapbook of clippings, extracted from local newspapers, documenting the literacy test program.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Adult Education and Library Extension
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Annual report to the legislature for 1794
Series Number
- B1573
Summary
- This is the official annual report of the Board of Regents for the year 1794. It is dated February 25, 1795 and was submitted to the New York State Senate on March 4, 1795. This legislative document was not damaged by the 1911 Capitol fire.
Creator
- University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of school district establishment, consolidation, and centralization
Series Number
- B0494
Summary
- These school district registers include district numbers, names, and dates of organization for union free, town, consolidated, central high school and central rural school districts. This information was compiled after a fire in the State Capitol destroyed many school district records in 1911. Not all union free schools established before 1911 are included.
Creator
- New York (State). Central New York Developmental Disabilities Services Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
New York State Senate Education Committee Subject Files Concerning State Financial Aid for Education
Title
- Subject files concerning state financial aid for education
Series Number
- L0226
Summary
- These files document Lois Wilson's work with education policy through the Task Force on Implementing Educational Reform; Commission on the Quality, Cost, and Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education (Fleischmann Commission, 1972); Task Force on State Aid to Elementary and Secondary Schools; and the Temporary State Commission on the Distribution of State Aid to Local School Districts. Included are reports; legal briefs, opinions, and decisions; statistics; written responses; pre-trial examinations; and files on court cases including Levittown v. Nyquist.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Education Committee
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Secondary school registration card file
Series Number
- B0594
Summary
- These cards contain summary information on the admission to and membership of public and non-public secondary schools in the University of the State of New York. Information for each school includes name, county, incorporation date, name changes, amended charter, organization as union free or central school, change in grading sequence, registration by Board of Regents, inspection by Education Department, removal from roll of accredited secondary schools, and location of school records if not at school.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of School Registration
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Chancellor's correspondence and subject files
Series Number
- B2728
Summary
- Records consist of files compiled by Carl T. Hayden during his service as a Regent from the Sixth Judicial District and as Chancellor of the Board of Regents. Files include correspondence, memorandums, manuscript notes, unpublished reports, news reports, and other documents. The files concern initiatives in statewide education policy and programs, as well as controversies and litigation involving the Board of Regents and the State Education Department.
Creator
- University of the State of New York. Board of Regents. Chancellor
Access Restrictions
- Litigation files and a few other files include some privileged materials, which are restricted by Civil Practice Law and Rules sections 3101(b) and 4503 (attorney-client communications) and 3101(d)(2) (materials prepared for litigation). Subject and chronological files contain a few communications regarding individual students, which are restricted by Education Law section 2-d and the U.S. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), section 1232(g); and a few documents referring to professional discipline cases, which are restricted by Education Law sect. 6510(8).
Title
- Board of Regents microfilmed charters and amendments
Series Number
- 19237
Summary
- The Board of Regents charters educational institutions, including colleges, libraries, museums, historical societies, and other entities with an educational purpose. They also admit public and private schools to the University of the State of New York and approve property transfer to and from educational corporations. Actions recorded in these documents include changes of charter status; certifications of incorporations; amendments of language; approval of bylaws; extensions of provisional charters; consents to merger; and dissolutions of charters.
Creator
- University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this 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
- "The Price of Liberty" sound recordings
Series Number
- B1551
Summary
- The series consists of a set of six long-playing sound recordings, produced for radio broadcast by the Junior Leagues of Albany in cooperation with the New York State Education Department, as an educational tool about freedom. Entitled "The Price of Liberty," the recordings may be connected to the popular "Freedom Train" movement of the early 1950s. The set consists of twelve recorded segments.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Social Studies
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this 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.
Title
- White House Conference on Child Health and Protection files
Series Number
- A3038
Summary
- The series consists primarily of memoranda and preliminary subcommittee reports (often including statistical summaries and charts) produced by the Committee on Special Classes which made recommendations for future programs, examined, commented on and set provisions for the education of "exceptional" children. Also included is memoranda and correspondence dealing with information requested for committee work. Also included are official proceedings of the conference and abstracts of other conference committees.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Vocational and Extension Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State University of New York Office of the Chancellor general files
Series Number
- B2637
Summary
- This series documents the development and activities of the State University of New York (SUNY) Central Administration and campus offices, committees, and other organizational units that formulate and implement SUNY's policies and programs. The records discuss the scope and evolution of SUNY's educational and research activities. Additionally, records document the administrative, legal, and fiscal rights and obligations of the SUNY system and its faculty and students. Significant topics include equal employment opportunities, the financing of higher education, and student exchange programs.
Creator
- State University of New York. Office of the Chancellor
Access Restrictions
- Certain records in this series contain information that may be restricted to protect personal privacy. State Archives staff will review requests for specific records and disclose in accordance with New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).
Title
- Register of apportionment of monies for schools, academies, hospitals, and orphan asylums
Series Number
- A1203
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office contains registers of accounts of school monies distributed to counties from the Common School Fund; distributed to academies from the Literature and the U. S. Deposit Fund; distributed to academies for the purchase of books, maps, globes, and scientific apparatus, and for education of common school teachers, of monies distributed to orphan asylums and to hospitals.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence and working files
Series Number
- A0618
Summary
- These files from the Committee for White House Conference on Education contains correspondence of the committee chairman and executive secretary with committee members, Education Department officials, local school officials, and conference participants concerning committee and subcommittee appointments, hiring of consultants, organization of the regional and state conferences, and participation of New York in the White House Conference. Also included are executive committees meeting proceedings transcripts, reports on regional conferences, conference speeches and press releases.
Creator
- New York (State). Committee for the White House Conference on Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Legal files for establishment and alteration of school districts and vocational education and extension boards
Series Number
- B0554
Summary
- This series relates to the formation and alteration of central rural and high schools; enlarged city schools; village superintendencies; union free schools; consolidated districts; BOCES; and VEEBS. Documents include orders of the commissioner of education and district superintendents; petitions for school district meetings; and minutes of organizing meetings of school districts. Common school and union free school district legal files were destroyed in the 1911 State Capitol building fire.
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
- New York State Senate public hearing files
Series Number
- L0109
Summary
- This series consists of hearing and testimony files from a variety of New York State Senate and Joint Legislative committees. Files included hearing agendas; written testimony; transcripts and audio tapes of hearings; newspaper clippings; press releases; and correspondence with citizens, private organizations, and local governments. Topics covered include the Medicaid fee system; health industry manpower shortages; water pollution; air pollution by automobile emissions; health care availability; health and hospital insurance; statewide school funding; services for the handicapped; and the teachers' retirement system.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Syracuse Collegiate Center files of the Emergency Adult Education Project
Series Number
- A3039
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, and statistical reports relating to the operations of the Syracuse Collegiate Center which provide relief for unemployed teachers and college courses for unemployed high school graduates. Correspondence, constituting the bulk of the series, mostly pertains to routine administrative matters, such as personal actions and travel arrangements. Statistical reports provide numbers of students, teachers, courses, classes, class size and other information about the schools run by the Syracuse Collegiate Centers.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Vocational and Extension Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.