New York State Education Department Office of the Commissioner Executive Assistant Subject Files

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Overview of the Records

Repository
New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, pamphlets, clippings, and salary schedules generated or received by the Executive Assistant to the Commissioner. These files are fragmentary and non-comprehensive in nature. Subjects include: psychological services to schools; activities of the Motion Picture Division; educational films and audio-visual materials published guides; the Governor's Committee on Library Aid; and salary proposals for state teachers' colleges, district superintendents, New York State School for the Blind, and New York State Education Department employees.
Title
Education Department Office of the Commissioner executive assistant subject files
Quantity
1 cubic foot
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
B0468
Creator

This series' description was enhanced as part of the States' Impact on Federal Education Policy Project (SIFEPP), in June 2010. The New York Community Trust - Wallace Special Projects Fund provided funding for this project.

Arrangement

Arranged loosely by subject.

Administrative History

The position of Executive Assistant was added to the New York State Commissioner of Education's staff in 1945. The first occupant of the office was appointed by the Board of Regents.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, pamphlets, clippings, and salary schedules generated or received by the Executive Assistant to the Commissioner. Unlike the Commissioner's Subject Files, these files are fragmentary and non-comprehensive in nature. The files relate to the following subjects: psychological services to schools; activities of the Motion Picture Division; published guides to educational films and audio-visual materials; and salary proposals for state teachers' colleges, district superintendents, New York State School for the Blind, and New York State Education Department employees. A considerable portion of the collection relates to the Governor's Committee on Library Aid, including drafts of reports, press releases, data tables of each district's library aid, and drafts of legislation to amend the process of prividing state aid to libraries.

B0459Series B0459, Deputy Commissioner's Subject Files, contains additional records of the executive assistant

B0470Series B0470, Executive Assistant's Administrative Files, contains later records of the executive assistant

Series 15080, Commissioner of Education's subject files, comprehensively documents the activities of the Office of the Commissioner of Education

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