Research

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Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of the Budget. Independent Study Task Force

 

 

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The Independent Study Task Force was created to study and report on the Regents External Degree Program (REX) and College Proficiency Examination Program (CPEP). These working files contain the task force's report; correspondence between the study director and task force members; memorandums of conversations .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Division of Public Health Education

 

 

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This series consists of an educational motion picture film, produced by the Division of Public Health Education, entitled "Day after Tomorrow." The film stresses the importance of medical checkups and annual physical examinations..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Division of Public Health Education

 

 

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This series consists of the "Empire County" radio drama series produced to emphasize preventive health care and the benefits of a full-time county public health program. Topics include child and infant care, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, immunization, alcoholism, blood banks, diphtheria, fluoridation, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Bureau of Social Studies

 

 

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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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Visual Instruction

 

 

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This series of photographs, made from negatives found in Division of Visual Instruction Series A3045, depicts street scenes in Manhattan during May 1916. Photos measure approximately 6 x 8 inches. All are captioned in pencil on verso..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Assistant Commissioner for Compensatory Education. Division of Urban Education

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains correspondence, project applications, evaluation forms, and other records documenting the work of the Division of Urban Education in administering the New York City School-Community Interaction Umbrella Program. Included are files documenting the operation of the program as a whole, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled

 

 

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This series consists of copies of professional journal articles and speeches by chairman Clarence J. Sundram on a variety of topics relating to the status of care of the mentally disabled, the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill, and the work of the commission..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Lewis and Clark Exposition Commission

 

 

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The series consists of one folio-sized volume containing the names, addresses (usually city and state), and residence in Portland of individuals who visited the New York Building at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition held in Portland, Oregon in 1905. The register is dated from June 1, 1905 through .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent

 

 

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This volume records the local boards and staffs of the state normal and training schools at Albany, Brockport, Buffalo, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo, Oswego and Potsdam. The entry for each school provides: local board member - name and appointment date; employees (mostly teachers) - name, date of confirmation, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent

 

 

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This series contains lists of graduates from the state normal schools at Albany, Brockport, Buffalo, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo, Jamaica, New Paltz, Oneonta, Oswego, Potsdam, and Plattsburgh. For each graduate the following information is provided: name; residence; course of study completed; and date .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York House of Refuge

 

 

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The registers of admissions and discharges, track the arrival, departure, and academic level of students in the intuition's schools.. Each entry in the admission register includes date, class (1st - 6th grade), boys name, house number, age, ability in reading, writing, and arithmetic, where he attended .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Visual Instruction

 

 

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Abstract:  

Lantern slides were compiledas instructional aids for the public school curriculum. More than 20,000 unique images dating from 1856-1939 document a wide variety of subjects, including New York State, North American and world geography, history, natural sciences, fine arts, trades, industries, education, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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Abstract:  

Fairs were held in part to provide incentive for improved agricultural production. This series consists of registers of points and prizes awarded at annual exhibitions. Information includes year of exhibition; names of colonies; competition categories; number of points awarded to each colony in each .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Visual Instruction

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

These 18,000 cards consist of two subseries, each indexing one subseries of Series A3045, Instructional Lantern Slides: 1) Catalog of images for use in educational slide sets, arranged by alpha-numeric catalog number, and 2) Subject index to unclassified images, in three alphabetically arranged sections: .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Visual Instruction

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

Lantern slides were compiledas instructional aids for the public school curriculum. More than 20,000 unique images dating from 1856-1939 document a wide variety of subjects, including New York State, North American and world geography, history, natural sciences, fine arts, trades, industries, education, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Visual Instruction

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

Lantern slides were compiled as instructional aids for the public school curriculum. More than 20,000 unique images dating from 1856-1939 document a wide variety of subjects, including New York State, North American and world geography, history, natural sciences, fine arts, trades, industries, education, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Visual Instruction

 

 

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Abstract:  

Rudolph Raffius was a Hungarian-born photographer who traveled the world in the early twentieth century capturing images for reproduction and use in visual classroom instruction. Raffius used the notebooks in this series to catalog and describe negatives that he provided to the New York State Division .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

38

Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Visual Instruction

 

 

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This series consists of copies of the printed annual report of the Division of Visual Instruction, which summarize the division's activities during the previous year and include descriptions of new publications. Some reports provide background of the division and use of lantern slides. Also included .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Rural Education Bureau

 

 

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These contracts provided for payments to allow children from one school district to attend school in a neighboring district. It included information about contracting districts; number of students who will attend school under the contract; who will provide transport students, period of contract, and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Teacher Training Division

 

 

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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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives