Education Department Bureau of School District Organization correspondence with district superintendents
Series Number
11121
Summary
"County files" pertaining to the department's supervision of district superintendents contain: correspondence with district superintendents concerning school boundary alterations and centralization proposals; memoranda on votes at school district meetings, recommending school district boundary alterations or centralizations, and ordering the redistricting of superintendencies; petitions from voters requesting annexation or centralization; and statistical reports of school district types, staffing, and student population in each county.
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.
World War I veterans' service data and photographs
Series Number
A0412
Summary
This series contains personal information, service data, newspaper clippings, and photographs of New York State veterans of World War I. Some accounts of home front activities in the state are also included. The series contains a small amount of material documenting the manner in which the State Education Department, the state's schools, faculty, and students contributed to the war effort.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this series.
New York State Division of the Budget Special Assistant for Education meeting files concerning educational finance
Series Number
B1217
Summary
This series contains subject files pertaining to committee and panel meetings attended by Division of the Budget personnel. The files contain reports, speech drafts, meeting agendas, gubernatorial press conference transcripts, memorandums, legislative bills, conference programs, and statistical data. Organizations mentioned include the NEA Council for Human Relations, National Association of Human Rights Workers, Conference of Large City Boards of Education, Governor's Advisory Panel of Consultants and Education Finance, and the New York State Teachers Association Advisory Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity.
Creator
New York (State). Division of the Budget. Special Assistant for Education
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
This series consists of charters granted to and revoked from schools and libraries in New York. Records include provisional and absolute charters, amendments to charters, grade certificates, and documentation of admission to the University of the State of New York.
Creator
New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
Records are fragile. Archives staff will evaluate prior to granting access.
Petitions and reports relating to colleges and schools
Series Number
A1824
Summary
These records reflect the Legislature's functions to incorporate schools and colleges and to appropriate funds and grant land for their operation. Included are petitions from entities seeking to incorporate a school; seeking assistance in establishing, maintaining, or expanding a school; seeking funding for use by schools; or seeking permission to sell land to raise money for a school. There are also Regents status reports and reports from colleges to the Regents.
Creator
New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
Access Restrictions
Access to original records is restricted due to severe burn damage sustained in the 1911 New York State Capitol building fire. Microfilm is first use copy.
New York State Division of the Budget Education Unit Ford Foundation grant school finance study files
Series Number
14147
Summary
This series documents the Ford Foundation grant awarded to New York State to support studies and reports on school finance and the Real Property tax. The report was compiled by the office of Lois J. Wilson, Special Assistant for Education in the Education Unit of the Division of the Budget. Files include administrative materials relating to the grant, correspondence, memorandums, minutes of the Consultants' Advisory Panel, mailings, reports, and studies on school finance issues in other states.
Creator
New York (State). Division of the Budget. Education Unit
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.