Incoming correspondence relating to common schools A0184

Incoming correspondence relating to common schools

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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 of fragmentary correspondence sent by local school officials to the secretary of state in his capacity as ex officio superintendent of common schools. Most correspondence is relates to requests and advertisements printed in the "District School Journal." Other items include a letter concerning an Onondaga Indian Reservation school, a report on schools in Oneida County, and an anecdotal memoir of a schoolmaster. These records were partially burned in the 1911 and may be restricted.

Creator:

New York (State). Secretary of State

Title:

Incoming correspondence relating to common schools

Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1843-1847

Series Number:

A0184

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of the surviving fragment of correspondence received by the secretary of state in his capacity as ex officio superintendent of common schools. Most of the letters are from local school officials and concern a monthly publication called the "District School Journal," apparently published under the auspices of the secretary of state.

Included are the following kinds of correspondence relating to the Journal: lists of town supervisors of schools sent to the secretary as the result of a printed request in the Journal; letters from publishers concerning advertisements for school texts that appeared in the Journal; and letters requesting cancellation or renewal of subscriptions.

Several other items in the series include: a letter concerning the school on the Onondaga Indian Reservation; a narrative report on schools by the superintendent of schools for the western portion of Oneida County; and an anecdotal, unsigned account of a school master entitled, "Extracts from the Diary of a School Master".