Appointments of students to blind and deaf and dumb institutions A2036

Appointments of students to blind and deaf and dumb institutions

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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 forms appointing or transferring students to various institutions for the blind and deaf at state expense. Each form provides date; name; age; town and county of residence; appointment number of students; date appointment begins; length of term; name of institution; provider of the student's clothing; and occasional remarks. Each volume is indexed alphabetically by first letter of student's last name.

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent

Title:

Appointments of students to blind and deaf and dumb institutions

Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

2 volumes

Inclusive Dates:

1886-1904

Series Number:

A2036

Arrangement

Chronological by date prepared.

Scope and Content Note

These volumes contain forms appointing or transferring students to various institutions for the blind and deaf at state expense.

Each form provides: date; name; age; town and county of residence; appointment number of students; date appointment begins; length of term; name of institution; provider of the student's clothing; and occasional remarks.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction was authorized to appoint students to an increasing number of institutions for the blind and deaf by laws passed in 1854, 1870, 1872, 1876, 1877, 1884, and 1897.