Research

Scope and Content Note

These inventory forms and record correspondence data on the extent and location of local records.

Most replies are on standard inventory forms supplied by the Division and include information on: official minutes of the trustees or board of education; records of administrative officials and teachers (e.g. enrollment, attendance, grade and graduation records); business records (e.g. annual financial reports, receipts and disbursements, payrolls, and union free school organization records); and miscellaneous records not included above.

Most responses include the founding dates of schools, if known, and include brief statements about record storage conditions and prior losses of records. Correspondence concerning the compilation of the inventory and transmittal of forms is attached to most inventory forms.