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Displaying 11 Finding Aids
Title
- Education Department Commissioner James E. Allen subject files
Series Number
- W0104
Summary
- Commissioner James Edward Allen's subject files consist of correspondence, memoranda, meeting materials, reports, clippings, speeches, press releases, and other materials documenting the activities of the New York State Education Department (NYSED). Topics addressed include administration and financing of school districts, racial desegregation, state aid, consolidation of school districts, state and federal legislation related to education, elementary and secondary education curricula, educational television, the adjudication of teacher disputes, teacher certification, vocational education, professional education, civil defense, and health education.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner James E. Allen
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Education Department commissioner's history file
Series Number
- B0460
Summary
- This series includes memoranda, correspondence, press releases, and reports, most of which were sent by the commissioner to Education Department administrators and staff members, members of the Board of Regents, local school officials, and state and national legislators. Series also contains Regents' statements and position papers, commissioner's statements, press releases, published reports, copies of legislation, and news clippings.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Emancipation Proclamation Centennial motion picture film
Series Number
- B0309
Summary
- This series consists of a master film and soundtrack of the ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. commemorating the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. Series also includes a memorandum describing the film's contents and an additional short film segment showing James E. Allen, Commissioner of Education, dedicating the Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation before a crowd in the rotunda of the State Education Building.
Creator
- New York Civil War Centennial Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Education Department Office of the Commissioner cabinet meeting minutes
Series Number
- B0469
Summary
- This series consists of binders containing minutes, agenda items, and occasionally other meetings materials of NYSED's departmental cabinet. Minutes vary base on commissioner. The minutes of Commissioners Spaulding's and Wilson's cabinets include attendees, agenda items, short summaries of presentations, summaries of discussions, and actions lists of on agenda item. The minutes of Commissioner Nyquist's cabinet tend to be briefer, been more akin to "to-do lists," rather than detailed accounts of the meetings.
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 Commissioner's constitutional convention files
Series Number
- B0464
Summary
- This series documents the activities of Commisisoner James E. Allen in preparation for and during the 1967 New York State Constitutional Convention. Records include correspondence; reports; press releases; pamphlets; clippings; testimony; and publications of the Board of Regents and the Temporary State Commission on the Constitutional Convention. Correspondence and official position statements discuss impact of recent federal programs on education and local and state attempts to bolster existing state education infrastructure. Also included is a copy of the 1967 State Constitution.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this series.
Title
- Board of Regents audiotapes of convocations and Education Department functions
Series Number
- B0443
Summary
- This series consists of audio tape recordings of the proceedings of Convocations of the University of the State of New York and other selected Education Department functions. Included on these tapes are partial proceedings of convocations held between 1952 and 1970, a Regents legislative conference held in 1969, and the proceedings at Commissioner James E. Allen, Jr's. retirement dinner in 1969.
Creator
- University of the State of New York. Board of Regents. Secretary
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Convocations files
Series Number
- B0442
Summary
- This series consists of files relating to the planning, arrangements, logistics and proceedings for convocations and special events of the University of the State of New York. Also included are stray consistuency correspondence. Events of note include commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of the Board of Regents (1984), opening of the State Museum (1976), and 1977 convocation on cultural education.
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 Commissioner's interim subject files
Series Number
- B0444
Summary
- This series consists of subject files maintained by Commissioners Ewald B. Nyquist and James E. Allen'. Included in these files are correspondence, reports, texts commissioner's decisions, and proposals related to desegregation orders. Also included are records documenting the creation of decentralized "demonstration" school districts in New York City and the impact on New York schools of federal legislation, particularly the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
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 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
- Education Department Commissioner's Office films of commissioner's speeches
Series Number
- A2045
Summary
- Series consists of eight separate pieces of 16 mm movie film. Film is not on reels. Series apparently contains multiple copies of films of speeches by Commissioner James E. Allen, Jr.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- Restricted: use only with permission of Education Department administration.
Title
- Education Department Commissioner's Office scrapbooks of newspaper clippings
Series Number
- A2041
Summary
- This series consists of scrapbooks of clippings from New York State newspapers related to New York State Education Department activities and various educational concerns. A group of five scrapbooks contains clippings from 1911 to 1916, pertaining to the following subjects: the Capitol fire of 1911, the construction and dedication of the State Education building in Albany, the selection of Commissioner of Education John H. Finley, and military instruction in public schools. A second group of eight binders contain clippings related to the activities of Commissioner of James E. Allen, Commissioner of Education for New York State, from 1955 to 1965. Topics documented by the clippings include school desegregation, school funding and state aid, the passage of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, New York City school governance, the expansion of the State University of New York, and school district centralization.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.