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Subseries 2: Commissioner James E. Allen scrapbooks of newspaper clippings

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of scrapbooks containing clippings from New York newspapers and occasionally other printed materials from magazines or newsletters. These clippings relate to the activities of Commissioner James E. Allen (1955-1969). These volumes were formerly part of the "James E. Allen Papers." Subjects documented in the clippings include school desegregation, school funding and state aid, the passage of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, New York City school governance, expansion of the State University of New York, school district centralization, school prayer, and vocational education.

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