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Scope and Content Note

This series consists of microfilmed duplicates of original charters and amendments created by the Board of Regents for the purpose of certifying the legal status of institutions for whom the charters and amendments were made.

Documents may include the following: provisional and absolute charters of educational institutions, including colleges, libraries, museums, historical societies, other learned societies, and other entities with an educational purpose; amendments to charters (including name changes); terminations or revocations of charters; admissions of schools offering academic instruction (i.e. high school courses) to the University of the State of New York, including private "academies" (mostly Catholic), other private schools, "high schools" in New York City, "intermediate schools" in New York City, and "union schools" (i.e. schools operated by union free school districts outside of cities), mostly present for the late 19th and early 20th Centuries; and approvals of transfer of property to and from educational corporations.

19237-97: This accretion consists of charters and amendments from January 1917 (#2687) through November 1995 (#22002). Actions recorded in the charters and amendments include changes of charter status from provisional to absolute; orders of consolidations; certifications of incorporations; amendments of language; approval of bylaws; extensions of provisional charters; consents to merger; and dissolutions of charters.

19237-98: This accretion of microfilmed duplicates of chargers and amendments documents the usual changes of charter status for institutions certified by the Board of Regents. Included are charters and amendments from December 1995 (#22,003) through March 1997 (#22,288).

19237-99: This accretion of microfilmed duplicates of charters and amendments documents the usual changes in charter status for institutions chartered by the Board of Regents. The charters and amendments range from March, 1996 (#22,067) through February, 1999 (#22,679); there is a gap, however, from late April, 1996 (#22,107) through late April, 1997 (#22,289).