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Repository:

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

Summary:
This bound volume contains press copies of letters sent by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to book publishers. The letters relate to the acquisition of books for the State Teachers' Library and many include lists of books accepted or refused for the Library. The State Teachers' Library was established in 1895 (Chapter 546) in the Department of Public Instruction to loan books by mail to teachers located in rural parts of the state.
Creator:
Title:
Outgoing correspondence relating to the State Teachers' Library
Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

1 volume

Inclusive Dates:
1896-1900
Series Number:
A2006