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New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of School District Organization

 

 

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This series contains the primary administrative and legal documentation on formation of central school districts and enlarged city school districts, annexations and reorganizations of districts. Reorganization records may include correspondence; memoranda; feasibility studies; budget and state aid estimates; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Rural Administrative Services

 

 

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Legislation establishing county vocational education and extension boards (Laws of 1926, Chapter 505) required that the Commissioner of Education approve courses offered by the boards. These files contain correspondence, memorandums, reports, charts, application forms, and news clippings about programs .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Assistant Commissioner for District Organization and District Superintendents

 

 

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"County files" were created by the assistant commissioner responsible for supervising district superintendents of schools and boards of cooperative educational services (BOCES). Files for district superintendents contain correspondence and memoranda concerning school district organization plans and .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Associate Commissioner and Acting Assistant Commissioner for Vocational and Extension Education

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, bulletins, press releases, statistical reports, applications, clippings, and a few blueprints relating to the Education Department's cooperation in the Federal government's National Defense Training Program. These records primarily document the establishment .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Business and Distributive Education

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, and printed reports concerning studies and surveys of community school systems and individual schools conducted by the Education Department or local school officials. Most surveys and studies relate entirely or in part to business education or vocational .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of School District Organization

 

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Division of Vocational and Extension Education

 

 

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These records document the expenditure of federal funds for vocational education in New York under the Vocational Education Act of 1917 and George-Deen Act of 1936. Included are correspondence; memoranda; appropriations estimates; certificates of approval for expenditures; appointments lists; salary .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Teacher Training and Certification Bureau

 

 

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This series contains correspondence, memorandums, reports, and lists concerning vocational teacher training and certification. Much of the material consists of lists of teachers, librarians, nurses, and health teachers approved by the Education Department in fulfillment of school districts' quotas for .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State Institution for the Blind

 

 

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This series consists of ledger accounts of students and some special accounts of the institution. Ledgers record receipts and disbursements, most relating to the purchase or repair of clothing or other personal items. Postings include account name (usually student), date, brief description, transaction .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

10

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New York State Institution for the Blind

 

 

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This series documents the institution's cash disbursements and receipts. Information includes the date, description, check number, and transaction amount. Cash receipts include those from the school superintendent, the state, and various counties. Disbursements include those for salaries, food, and .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

11

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New York State Institution for the Blind

 

 

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This series consists of a journal of accounts, apparently for students, kept at the Institution for the Blind. Entries include the account (student) name and number and a description and amount of each transaction. Most transactions are disbursements of funds for the purchase or repair of clothing debited .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

12

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New York State Institution for the Blind

 

 

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This series contains daily financial transactions for provisions, supplies, equipment, and purchase or repair expenditures incurred during the course of the Institute for the Blind's operations and activities. Transactions are listed for equipment and supplies relating to farming, broom making, beadwork, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State Institution for the Blind

 

 

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This series lists information on the quantity, description, and value of durable and expendable items in the institution's inventory including furniture and other household furnishings; farm and shop machinery, tools, and implements; livestock; musical instruments; food and provisions; medicine; and .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State School for the Blind

 

 

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This series consists of a variety of ledger accounts documenting costs or charges for institution maintenance, expenses, and student support. The majority of the accounts pertain to private companies, but others apparently refer to individual students. Other distinct accounts pertain to individual counties, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State Institution for the Blind

 

 

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This series primarily consists of a record of the Institution for the Blind's expenditures for food, merchandise, contracted repair work, and construction materials. Also included are payroll lists for officers and teachers; entries for per diem labor; salary increases; authorized back pay; and a salary .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State Institution for the Blind

 

 

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This series provides a breakdown of the sources of the institution's assets and liabilities. Debits and credits are shown and totaled at the bottom of each page. Grand totals appear for each month. Entries are recorded in the following categories: inventory; general and school room furniture; music; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State Institution for the Blind

 

 

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This series consists of ledger accounts for the Institute of the Blind, created while the institution's facilities in Batavia were under construction. Entries are listed under categories such as construction, steam heating apparatus, and furniture, as well as by individual company account names. Each .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

18

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New York State School for the Blind

 

 

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This series consists of books compiled by the School for the Blind perhaps to inventory library collections. Information for each entry includes the title, author, and an apparently unique identification number. Also included is an annual report of accounts and ledger accounts predating the series by .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State School for the Blind

 

 

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This series consists of an annual report of accounts of the State School for the Blind. Included are monthly disbursements; annual receipts; "cost per capita,"; and occasionally number of employees on individual accounts. Account categories include information on officers and employees; managers' expenses; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Institution for the Blind

 

 

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This series is a ledger of individual counties' accounts with the institution. The accounts appear to record charges to and payments by counties for expenses of students. Accounts include dates, students' names, and amounts credited or debited..........

 

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New York State Archives