Finding Aid Search Results
1
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner
Title:
Commissioner's files on Joint Legislative Committee to Revise and Simplify the Education Law hearing
Series:
B0465
Dates:
1961-1964
Abstract:
This series consists of materials from a public meeting of the Joint Legislative Committee to Revise and Simplify the Education. Included are official statements from school districts, New York State Assembly members, board of education members, and concerned individuals, mostly opposing centralization .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
State University of New York. Board of Trustees
Abstract:
This series contains drafts of State University of New York Board of Trustees meeting minutes, memorandums, reports, meeting agendas, and supporting material pertaining to those agendas..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent
Abstract:
This series consists of an apparently incomplete, unpublished draft of a revision of the Code of Public Instruction. It contains the "Consolidated School Law" of 1894, as amended, and other statutes relating to education in force in 1897; followed by several chapters explaining and interpreting aspects .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of School District Organization
Title:
Series:
B0477
Dates:
1923-1967
Abstract:
These files document the Bureau's field activities and policy development relating to centralization and reorganization of school districts; district superintendents; legislative proposals; administration of programs specified in legislation; professional organizations; racial imbalance in elementary .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner Lewis A. Wilson
Title:
Series:
W0103
Dates:
1932-1965
Abstract:
The series includes correspondence, reports, meeting materials, press releases, and draft legislation related to Lewis A. Wilson's tenure as commissioner, 1950-1955. Records document the Education Department's role in broader social and political issues, including civil defense and military preparedness; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Center on Innovation in Education
Abstract:
In 1967, the commissioner of education initiated a study of decentralization plans by the director of the Center on Innovation in Education. These files resulted from that study and from the Board of Regents' review of the New York City Board of Education's plan for decentralization, proposed in 1969. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
7
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner George D. Stoddard
Title:
Series:
W0101
Dates:
1939-1949
Abstract:
The collection consists of correspondence, publications, reports, meeting minutes, and other materials related to the operation of the New York State Education Department under Commissioner of Education George D. Stoddard. Included are records relating to efforts of the State Education Department to .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner Francis T. Spaulding
Title:
Series:
W0102
Dates:
1933-1952
Abstract:
This series reflects Francis T. Spaulding's tenure as President of the University of the State of New York and Commissioner of Education of New York State from 1946 to 1950. Included are correspondence, reports, meeting materials, press releases, and other materials related to New York State higher .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
9
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner Gordon M. Ambach
Title:
Series:
W0106
Dates:
1958-1989
Abstract:
This series of subject files, compiled by the office of Gordon M. Ambach (1934- ), documents his tenure as New York State Commissioner of Education during the period 1977-1987. Files are often grouped under major subject headings such as Higher Education, State Agencies, or Speeches, and then broken .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Executive Deputy Commissioner's Office
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
11
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
Title:
Series:
B0470
Dates:
1960-1975
Abstract:
The position of Executive Assistant was added to the Commissioner's staff in 1945. This series consists of the files maintained by the Executive Assistant to the Commissioner Allan P. Bradley. They include files related to engagements, legislation, Constitutional Convention, paid travel vouchers, cabinet, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
Abstract:
This series documents the monthly meetings of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York. Included are materials sent to regents prior to the meeting, such as meeting agendas, monthly reports from the Commissioner of Education, budget recommendations, and proposed legislation. Also .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
The majority this series documents Gordon Ambach's efforts as Executive Director of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) to influence federal education policy. Also included are records from advisory boards of education consortiums, the Harvard Seminar on Equality of Educational Opportunity .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York State Advisory Council on Vocational Education
Title:
Series:
B1509
Dates:
1971-1996
Abstract:
This series consists of reports and meeting minutes produced by the New York State Advisory Council on Vocational Education. Among there reports are annual reports to the Board of Regents, biennial reports to the United States Department of Education and Department of Labor, and reports on specific .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
Title:
Series:
B0471
Dates:
1966-1969
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence, reports, press releases, pamphlets, and news clippings compiled by Administrative Assistant R. Pratt Krull. Topics documented include racial imbalance in schools; pending appeals to the commissioner; education-related legislation; and a test case for decentralization .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Office of Counsel
Title:
Series:
B0496
Dates:
1842-1904, 1911-2014
Abstract:
This series consists almost entirely of case files of appeals to the chief state school administrative officer by persons contesting the official actions of local school officials, school district meetings, or county treasurers. Each case file contains documents that correspond to the various stages .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
18
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner Ewald B. Nyquist
Title:
Series:
W0105
Dates:
1950-1977
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence, agendas, meeting minutes, speeches, reports, proposals, and other documents relating to Nyquist's tenure as Commissioner of Education from 1969 to 1977. Files document the Education Department's efforts to influence legislation both in the New York State Legislature .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
19
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner Richard P. Mills
Title:
Series:
W0108
Dates:
1983-2009
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence, reports, meeting materials, speeches, and other materials documenting the tenure of Richard Mills as President of the University of the State of New York and Commissioner of Education of New York State. Included are materials from deputy-level offices of the State .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
20
Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
Title:
Series:
B0464
Dates:
1958-1968
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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