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New York State Department of Public Instruction Office of the Superintendent Incoming Correspondence


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
This series consists mostly of correspondence and brief reports received from local school officials relating to educational matters of local concern. Topics include the election and authority of local school officials, apportionment of state funds, conduct of teachers' institutes, assessment of and disputes over school taxes, legality of actions by school officials, construction and use of school buildings, Indian students; student discipline; and various routine administrative activities.
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Title:
Department of Public Instruction Office of the Superintendent incoming correspondence
Quantity:

15.8 cubic feet

40 boxes

Inclusive Dates:
1852-1894
Bulk Dates:
1854-1886
Series Number:
04340

Arrangement

1854-1886: most of the records arearranged by year or span of years, thereunder by county of origin, and thereunder in reverse chronological order by date of receipt or date answered.

For some years, postcards received from all counties and correspondence originating outside of New York Statewere filed separately.

January 1855 to March 1857 and April 1857 to April 1860: most correspondence was individually numbered, apparently with the number assigned to the Superintendent's reply, and filed by county of origin.

Throughout most of the administration of Superintendent Henry H. Van Dyck, 1857-1861, a substantial portion of the correspondence received was unnumbered and filed strictly by the date received. Apparently at a later date, some of this correspondence was integrated into the portion of the series that is arranged by county.

1893-1894: arranged in reverse chronological order by the date written.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains correspondence, reports, circulars, receipts, affidavits, and some appeals received by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction from school, local, and state officials and private individuals.

Most of these records are correspondence and reports from school officials relating to educational matters of local concern. The subjects that they relate to include, but are not limited to: election and authority of local school officials; apportionment and use of state funding for schools; interpretation of school laws; conduct of teachers' institutes; assessment of and disputes over school taxes; legality of actions by local school officials; certification and pay of teachers; construction and use of school buildings; qualifications of voters at school district meetings; Indian students; student discipline; and various routine administrative activities.

Related Material

A2004 Subject Files of Correspondence Received

A2003 Telegrams Received and

A2001 Teachers' Institute Registers of Attendance and Accounts of Expenses, all contain additional incoming correspondence on similar subjects

A2000 Outgoing Correspondence

A2006 Outgoing Correspondence Relating to the State Teachers' Library and

A2002 Registers of Telegrams Sent, all contain related correspondence sent by the office

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Dates Contents Box Folder

Accretion: 04340-77
1857-1859, 1860-1861 Albany 1 1
1854-1859, 1860-1861 Allegany 1 2
1855 Allegany 1 3
1856 Allegany 1 4
1857 Allegany 1 5
1858 Allegany 1 6
1859 Allegany 1 7
1860-1861 Allegany 1 8
1857-1859; 1860-1861, 1865 Broome 1 9
1855 Cattaraugus 1 10
1856 Cattaraugus 1 11
1857-1859 Cattaraugus 1 12
1860-1862 Cattaraugus 1 13
1860-1862 Cayuga 1 14
1854-1855 Cayuga 2 1
1856-1859 Cayuga 2 2
1854-1855 Chautauqua 2 3
1856 Chautauqua 2 4
1857-1859 Chautauqua 2 5
1860-1862 Chautauqua 2 6
1854-1855 Chenango 2 7
1856-1857 Chenango 2 8
1858-1859; 1860-1861 Chenango 2 9
1856-1859; 1860-1862 Chemung 2 10
1854-1855 Clinton 2 11
1856-1857 Clinton 2 12
1858-1859; 1860-1861 Clinton 2 13
1854-1855 Columbia 3 1
1856-1857 Columbia 3 2
1858-1859; 1860-1862 Columbia 3 3
1854-1855 Cortland 3 4
1856-1857 Cortland 3 5
1858-1859; 1860-1861 Cortland 3 6
1865 Delaware 3 7
1857-1859; 1860, 1863, 1864 Delaware 3 8
1854-1855 Dutchess 3 9
1856-1857 Dutchess 3 10
1858-1859 Dutchess 3 11
1863-1864 Dutchess 3 12
1865 Dutchess 3 13
1857 Erie 4 1
1858 Erie 4 2
1859 Erie 4 3
1863-1864 Erie 4 4
1865 Erie 4 5
1854-1856; 1859; 1860; 1862 Essex 4 6
1855-1859; 1860 Franklin 4 7
1857-1859; 1860 Fulton 4 8
1856-1859; 1860 Genesee 4 9
1857-1859; 1860 Greene 4 10
1854-1855 Herkimer 4 11
1856-1857 Herkimer 4 12
1858-1859 Herkimer 4 13
1854-1857 Jefferson 4 14
1858 Jefferson 4 15
1859 - 1860 Jefferson 4 16
1857-1859; 1860; 1863-1866 Kings 5 1
1857-1859 Lewis 5 2
1860-1861 Lewis 5 3
1864 Livingston 5 4
1865, 1867 Livingston 5 5
1858, 1860, 1861, 1863 Livingston 5 6
1854, 1857, 1858 Madison 5 7
1859, 1862, 1864, 1865 Madison 5 8
1854-1857 Monroe 5 9
1858-1859; 1860, 1862, 1868 Monroe 5 10
1854, 1857, 1858, 1859,1860 Montgomery 5 11
1854, 1856-1859; 1860-1864 New York 5 12
1856-1859; 1860 Niagara 5 13
1861-1863; 1865-1866 Niagara 5 14
1849, 1850, 1851, 1852 Letters / Certifications/ Oneida 6 1
1854-1857 Oneida 6 2
1858-1859 Oneida 6 3
1860-1861 Oneida 6 4
1862-1864 (1) Oneida 6 5
1854-1855 Onondaga 6 6
1856 Onondaga 6 7
1857-1858 Onondaga 6 8
1859 Onondaga 6 9
1860-1864 Onondaga 6 10
1855-1856 Ontario 6 11
1857-1859 Ontario 6 12
1860, 1862 Ontario 6 13
1857, 1857, 1859, 1860-1862 Orange 6 14
1855, 1857-1859; 1860, 1862, 1863 Orange 6 15
1857 Oswego 7 1
1858 Oswego 7 2
1859 Oswego 7 3
1860 Oswego 7 4
1861 Oswego 7 5
1862 Oswego 7 6
1857-1859 Otsego 7 7
1860-1862 Otsego 7 8
1863-1864 Otsego 7 9
1865 Otsego 7 10
1852-1859 Putnam 7 11
1860-1865 Putnam 7 12
1857-1859; 1860 Queens 7 13
1861-1864 Queens 7 14
1865 Queens 7 15
1853; 1857-1859 Rensselaer 8 1
1860-1863 Rensselaer 8 2
1864-1865 Rensselaer 8 3
1854-1859 Richmond 8 4
1860-1865 Richmond 8 5
1854-1859 Rockland 8 6
1860-1865 Rockland 8 7
1854-1855 St. Lawrence 8 8
1856 St. Lawrence 8 9
1857-1859 St. Lawrence 8 10
1860-1861; 1865 St. Lawrence 8 11
1854-1855 Saratoga 9 1
1856 Saratoga 9 2
1854-1859; 1860, 1861, 1869 Schenectady 9 3
1853-1855 Schoharie 9 4
1856 Schoharie 9 5
1857-1858 Schoharie 9 6
1859; 1860-1861 Schoharie 9 7
1868 Schoharie 9 8
1854-1857; 1859 Schuyler 9 9
1860-1862; 1868 Schuyler 9 10
1854-1857 Seneca 9 11
1858-1859; 1860-1861; 1868 Seneca 9 12
1860, 1862, 1867-1869 Steuben 9 13
1855-1857 Steuben 10 1
1858 Steuben 10 2
1859 Steuben 10 3
1852; 1854-1855 Suffolk 10 4
1856-1857 Suffolk 10 5
1858-1859; 1860-1862 Suffolk 10 6
1863-1865 Suffolk 10 7
1857-1859 Sullivan 10 8
1860-1862 Sullivan 10 9
1863-1865 Sullivan 10 10
1835; 1853-1859; 1861-1863 Tioga 10 11
1860-1865 Tompkins 10 12
1857-1859 Tompkins 10 13
1854-1855 Ulster 11 1
1856 Ulster 11 2
1857-1859 Ulster 11 3
1860-1863 Ulster 11 4
1864-1865 Ulster 11 5
1857-1859 Warren 11 6
1860-1862 Warren 11 7
1863-1865 Warren 11 8
1859-1861 Washington 11 9
1862-1863 Washington 11 10
1864 Washington 11 11
1865 Washington 11 12
1853; 1855-1856 Washington 12 1
1857-1858 Washington 12 2
1854-1855 Wayne 12 3
1856 Wayne 12 4
1857 Wayne 12 5
1858-1859 Wayne 12 6
1860-1862 Wayne 12 7
1856 Westchester 12 8
1857 Westchester 12 9
1858 Westchester 12 10
1859 Westchester 12 11
1860 Westchester 12 12
1861-1865 Westchester 12 13
1852-1854 Westchester 13 1
1855 Westchester 13 2
1854-1856 Wyoming 13 3
1857-1859 Wyoming 13 4
1860-1861 Wyoming 13 5
1855-1856 Yates 13 6
1857-1859 Yates 13 7
1860-1862 Yates 13 8
1857-1859; 1860 Counties Unknown 13 9
1855-1856; 1866-1868 Out-of-State Corres. 13 10
1869 Out-of-State Corres. 13 11
1873 Allegany 14 1
1873 Albany 14 2
1873 Broome 14 3
1873 Cattaraugus 14 4
1873 Cayuga 14 5
1873 Chautauqua 14 6
1873 Chemung 14 7
1873 Chenango 14 8
1873 Clinton 14 9
1873 Columbia 14 10
1873 Cortland 14 11
1873 Delaware 14 12
1873 Dutchess 14 13
1873 Erie 14 14
1873 Essex 14 15
1873 Franklin 14 16
1873 Fulton 14 17
1873 Greene 14 18
1873 Hamilton 14 19
1873 Herkimer 14 20
1873 Kings 15 1
1873 Lewis 15 2
1873 Livingston 15 3
1873 Madison 15 4
1873 Monroe 15 5
1873 Montgomery 15 6
1873 New York City 15 7
1873 Niagara 15 8
1873 Oneida 15 9
1873 Onondaga 15 10
1873 Ontario 15 11
1873 Orange 15 12
1873 Orleans 15 13
1873 Oswego 15 14
1873 Otsego 15 15
1873 Putnam 15 16
1873 Queens 15 17
1873 Rensselaer 15 18
1873 Richmond 15 19
1873 Rockland 15 20
1873 St. Lawrence 15 21
1873 Saratoga 15 22
1873 Schenectady 16 1
1873 Schoharie 16 2
1873 Schuyler 16 3
1873 Seneca 16 4
1873 Stueben 16 5
1873 Suffolk 16 6
1873 Sullivan 16 7
1873 Tioga 16 8
1873 Tompkins 16 9
1873 Ulster 16 10
1873 Warren 16 11
1873 Washington 16 12
1873 Wayne 16 13
1873 Westchester 16 14
1873 Wyoming 16 14
1873 Yates 16 15
1873 Addresses of School Commissioners 16 16
1873 Out-of-State Corres. 16 17
1872 Out-of-State Corres. 16 18
1874 Albany 17 1
1874 Allegany 17 2
1874 Broome 17 3
1874 Cattaraugus 17 4
1874 Cayuga 17 5
1874 Chautauqua 17 6
1874 Chenango 17 7
1874 Chemung 17 8
1874 Clinton 17 9
1874 Columbia 17 10
1874 Cortland 17 11
1874 Delaware 17 12
1874 Dutchess 17 13
1874 Erie 17 14
1874 Essex 17 15
1874 Franklin 17 16
1874 Fulton 17 17
1874 Genesee 17 18
1874 Greene 17 19
1874 Hamilton 17 20
1874 Herkimer 17 21
1874 Jefferson 17 22
1874 Kings 17 23
1874 Lewis 17 24
1874 Livingston 17 25
1874 Madison 18 1
1874 Montgomery 18 2
1874 Monroe 18 3
1874 New York 18 4
1874 Niagara 18 5
1874 Oneida 18 6
1874 Onondaga 18 7
1874 Ontario 18 8
1874 Orange 18 9
1874 Orleans 18 10
1874 Oswego 18 11
1874 Otsego 18 12
1874 Putnam 18 13
1874 Queens 18 14
1874 Rensselaer 18 15
1874 Richmond 18 16
1874 Rockland 18 17
1874 St. Lawrence 18 18
1874 Saratoga 18 19
1874 Schenectady 18 20
1874 Schoharie 19 1
1874 Schuyler 19 2
1874 Seneca 19 3
1874 Steuben 19 4
1874 Sullivan 19 5
1874 Suffolk 19 6
1874 Tioga 19 6
1874 Tompkins 19 7
1874 Ulster 19 8
1874 Warren 19 9
1874 Washington 19 10
1874 Wayne 19 11
1874 Westchester 19 12
1874 Wyoming 19 13
1874 Yates 19 14
1875 Out-of-state Corres. 19 15
1875 Albany 19 16
1875 Allegany 19 17
1875 Broome 19 18
1875 Cattaraugus 20 1
1875 Cayuga 20 2
1875 Chautauqua 20 3
1875 Chemung 20 4
1875 Chenango 20 5
1875 Clinton 20 6
1875 Columbia 20 7
1875 Cortland 20 8
1875 Delaware 20 9
1875 Dutchess 20 10
1875 Erie 20 11
1875 Essex 20 12
1875 Franklin 20 13
1875 Fulton 20 14
1875 Genesee 20 15
1875 Greene 20 16
1875 Hamilton 20 17
1875 Herkimer 20 18
1875 Jefferson 20 19
1875 Kings 21 1
1875 Lewis 21 2
1875 Livingston 21 3
1875 Madison 21 4
1875 Monroe 21 5
1875 Montgomery 21 6
1875 Nassau 21 7
1875 New York 21 8
1875 Niagara 21 9
1875 Oneida 21 10
1875 Onondaga 21 11
1875 Ontario 21 12
1875 Orange 21 13
1875 Orleans 21 14
1875 Oswego 21 15
1875 Otsego 21 16
1875 Putnam 21 17
1875 Queens 21 18
1875 Rensselaer 22 1
1875 Richmond 22 2
1875 Rockland 22 3
1875 St. Lawrence 22 4
1875 Saratoga 22 5
1875 Schoharie 22 6
1875 Schuyler 22 7
1875 Seneca 22 8
1875 Steuben 22 9
1875 Suffolk 22 10
1875 Sullivan 22 11
1875 Tioga 22 12
1875 Tompkins 22 13
1875 Ulster 22 14
1875 Warren 22 15
1875 Washington 22 16
1875 Wayne 22 17
1875 Westchester 22 18
1875 Wyoming 22 19
1875 Yates 22 20
1875 Out-of-state Corres. 22 21
1876 Albany 23 1
1876 Allegany 23 2
1876 Broome 23 3
1876 Cattaraugus 23 4
1876 Cayuga 23 5
1876 Chautauqua 23 6
1876 Chemung 23 7
1876 Chenango 23 8
1876 Clinton 23 9
1876 Columbia 23 10
1876 Cortland 23 11
1876 Delaware 23 12
1876 Dutchess 23 13
1876 Erie 23 14
1876 Essex 23 15
1876 Franklin 23 16
1876 Fulton 23 17
1876 Genesee 23 18
1876 Greene 23 19
1876 Hamilton 24 1
1876 Herkimer 24 2
1876 Jefferson 24 3
1876 Kings 24 4
1876 Lewis 24 5
1876 Livingston 24 6
1876 Madison 24 7
1876 Monroe 24 8
1876 Montgomery 24 9
1876 New York 24 10
1876 Niagara 24 11
1876 Oneida 24 12
1876 Onondaga 24 13
1876 Ontario 24 14
1876 Orange 24 15
1876 Orleans 24 16
1876 Oswego 24 17
1876 Oswego (cont.) 25 1
1876 Otsego 25 2
1876 Putnam 25 3
1876 Queens 25 4
1876 Rensselaer 25 5
1876 Richmond 25 6
1876 Rockland 25 7
1876 St. Lawrence 25 8
1876 Saratoga 25 9
1876 Schenectady 25 10
1876 Schoharie 25 11
1876 Schuyler 25 12
1876 Seneca 25 13
1876 Steuben 25 14
1876 Suffolk 25 15
1876 Sullivan 25 16
1876 Tioga 25 17
1876 Tompkins 25 18
1876 Ulster 25 19
1876 Warren 25 20
1876 Washington 25 21
1876 Wayne 25 22
1876 Westchester 25 23
1876 Wyoming 26 1
1876 Yates 26 2
1876 Out-of-state Inquiries 26 3
1877 Albany 26 4
1877 Allegany 26 5
1877 Broome 26 6
1877 Cattaraugus 26 7
1877 Cayuga 26 8
1877 Chautauqua 26 9
1877 Chemung 26 10
1877 Chenango 26 11
1877 Clinton 26 12
1877 Columbia 26 13
1877 Cortland 26 14
1877 Delaware 26 15
1877 Dutchess 26 16
1877 Erie 27 1
1877 Essex 27 2
1877 Franklin 27 3
1877 Fulton 27 4
1877 Genesee 27 5
1877 Greene 27 6
1877 Hamilton 27 7
1877 Herkimer 27 8
1877 Jefferson 27 9
1877 Kings 27 10
1877 Lewis 27 11
1877 Livingston 27 12
1877 Madison 27 13
1877 Monroe 27 14
1877 Montgomery 27 15
1877 New York 27 16
1877 Niagara 27 17
1877 Oneida 27 18
1877 Onondaga 28 1
1877 Ontario 28 2
1877 Orange 28 3
1877 Orleans 28 4
1877 Oswego 28 5
1877 Otsego 28 6
1877 Putnam 28 7
1877 Queens 28 8
1877 Rensselaer 28 9
1877 Richmond 28 10
1877 Rockland 28 11
1877 St. Lawrence 28 12
1877 Saratoga 28 13
1877 Schenectady 28 14
1877 Schoharie 28 15
1877 Schuyler 28 16
1877 Seneca 29 17
1877 Steuben 29 1
1877 Suffolk 29 2
1877 Sullivan 29 3
1877 Tioga 29 4
1877 Tompkins 29 5
1877 Ulster 29 6
1877 Warren 29 7
1877 Washington 29 8
1877 Wayne 29 9
1877 Westchester 29 10
1877 Wyoming 29 11
1877 Yates 29 12
1877 Post Cards 29 13
1877 Out-of-State 29 14
1877 Inquiries 29 15
1877 Albany 29 16
1877 Allegany 29 17
1877 Broome 29 18
1878 Cattaraugus 30 1
1878 Cayuga 30 2
1878 Chautauqua 30 3
1878 Chemung 30 4
1878 Chenango 30 5
1878 Clinton 30 6
1878 Columbia 30 7
1878 Cortland 30 8
1878 Delaware 30 9
1878 Dutchess 30 10
1878 Erie 30 11
1878 Essex 30 12
1878 Franklin 30 13
1878 Fulton 30 14
1878 Genesee 30 15
1878 Greene 30 16
1878 Hamilton 30 17
1878 Herkimer 30 18
1878 Jefferson 31 1
1878 Kings 31 2
1878 Lewis 31 3
1878 Livingston 31 4
1878 Madison 31 5
1878 Monroe 31 6
1878 Montgomery 31 7
1878 New York 31 8
1878 Niagara 31 9
1878 Oneida 31 10
1878 Onondaga 31 11
1878 Ontario 31 12
1878 Orange 31 13
1878 Orleans 31 14
1878 Oswego 31 15
1878 Otsego 31 16
1878 Putnam 31 17
1878 Queens 31 18
1878 Rensselaer 32 19
1878 Richmond 32 20
1878 Rockland 32 21
1878 St. Lawrence 32 22
1878 Saratoga 32 23
1878 Schenectady 32 24
1878 Schoharie 32 25
1878 Schuyler 32 26
1878 Seneca 32 27
1878 Steuben 32 28
1878 Suffolk 32 29
1878 Sullivan 32 30
1878 Tioga 32 31
1878 Tompkins 32 32
1878 Ulster 32 33
1878 Warren 32 34
1878 Washington 32 35
1878 Wayne 32 36
1878 Westchester 32 37
1878 Yates 33 1
1878 Out-of-State Inquiries 33 2
1879 Albany 33 3
1879 Allegany 33 4
1879 Broome 33 5
1879 Cattaraugus 33 6
1879 Cayuga 33 7
1879 Chautauqua 33 8
1879 Chemung 33 9
1879 Chenango 33 10
1879 Clinton 33 11
1879 Columbia 33 12
1879 Cortland 33 13
1879 Delaware 33 14
1879 Dutchess 33 15
1879 Erie 34 1
1879 Essex 34 2
1879 Franklin 34 3
1879 Fulton 34 4
1879 Genesee 34 5
1879 Greene 34 6
1879 Hamilton 34 7
1879 Herkimer 34 8
1879 Jefferson 34 9
1879 Kings 34 10
1879 Lewis 34 11
1879 Livingston 34 12
1879 Madison 34 13
1879 Monroe 34 14
1879 Montgomery 34 15
1879 New York 34 16
1879 Niagara 34 17
1879 Oneida 35 1
1879 Onondaga 35 2
1879 Ontario 35 3
1879 Orange 35 4
1879 Orleans 35 5
1879 Oswego 35 6
1879 Otsego 35 7
1879 Putnam 35 8
1879 Queens 35 9
1879 Rensselaer 35 10
1879 Richmond 35 11
1879 Rockland 35 12
1879 St. Lawrence 35 13
1879 Saratoga 35 14
1879 Schenectady 35 15
1879 Schoharie 35 16
1879 Schuyler 35 17
1879 Seneca 35 18
1879 Steuben 35 19
1879 Sullivan 36 1
1879 Tioga 36 2
1879 Tompkins 36 3
1879 Ulster 36 4
1879 Warren 36 5
1879 Washington 36 6
1879 Wayne 36 7
1879 Westchester 36 8
1879 Wyoming 36 9
1879 Yates 36 10
1879 Out-of-State Inquiries 36 11
1882 Miscellaneous Counties 36 12
1882 Out of State Inquiries 36 13
1886 Albany 36 14
1886 Allegany 36 15
1886 Broome 36 16
1886 Cattaraugus 37 1
1886 Cayuga 37 2
1886 Chautauqua 37 3
1886 Chemung 37 4
1886 Chenango 37 5
1886 Clinton 37 6
1886 Columbia 37 7
1886 Cortland 37 8
1886 Delaware 37 9
1886 Dutchess 37 10
1886 Erie 37 11
1886 Essex 37 12
1886 Franklin 37 13
1886 Genesee 37 14
1886 Greene 37 15
1886 Hamilton 37 16
1886 Herkimer 37 17
1886 Jefferson 37 18
1886 Kings 37 19
1886 Lewis 37 20
1886 Livingston 37 21
1886 Madison 37 22
1886 Monroe 37 23
1886 Montgomery 37 24
1886 New York 38 1
1886 Niagara 38 2
1886 Oneida 38 3
1886 Onondaga 38 4
1886 Ontario 38 5
1886 Orange 38 6
1886 Orleans 38 7
1886 Oswego 38 8
1886 Otsego 38 9
1886 Putnam 38 10
1886 Queens 38 11
1886 Rensselaer 38 12
1886 Richmond 38 13
1886 Rockland 38 14
1886 St. Lawrence 38 15
1886 Saratoga 38 16
1886 Schenectady 38 17
1886 Schoharie 38 18
1886 Schuyler 38 19
1886 Seneca 38 20
1886 Steuben 39 21
1886 Suffolk 39 22
1886 Sullivan 39 23
1886 Tioga 39 24
1886 Tompkins 39 25
1886 Ulster 39 26
1886 Warren 39 27
1886 Washington 39 28
1886 Wayne 39 29
1886 Westchester 39 30
1886 Wyoming 39 31
1886 Yates 39 32
1886 Out-of-State 39 33
1886 Post Cards 39 34
1893 December – 1894 December Correspondence 40 1