New York State Education Department Special Schools Bureau Correspondence and Subject Files Concerning Schools for Indians,
the Deaf, the Blind, and Other Special Populations
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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:
The Special Schools Bureau supervised Indian schools on reservations, schools for the blind and deaf, schools for adults in
prison, and the New York State Nautical School. This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, reports, legislation,
newspaper clippings, and samples of students' work. Topics which vary between types of special schools include conditions
at schools, attendance, schedules and activities, hiring and conduct of teachers, and lists of students.
Creator:
Title:
Correspondence and subject files concerning schools for Indians, the deaf, the blind, and other special populations
Quantity:
Quantity:
16 35mm microfilm roll(s)
Inclusive Dates:
1906-1925
Bulk Dates:
1915-1925
Series Number:
A3222
Arrangement
Arranged by type of school, then by reservation or name of school, then by subject or type of document.
Administrative History
The Special Schools Bureau was responsible for supervising Indian schools on reservations, schools for the blind and deaf,
schools for adults in prison, (until 1924), and (beginning in 1923) the New York State Nautical School.
Schools for the deaf were private, non-profit institutions that were heavily supported financially by the state. Two schools
for the blind were state supported private institutions while the third was the New York State School for the Blind, supported
and operated by the state. The New York Nautical School became a state institution in 1913 and provided education and training
in navigation, seamanship, and marine transport and engineering.
Scope and Content Note
The files in this series contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, copies of legislation, newspaper clippings, and samples
of students' work relating to several types of special schools supervised by the state.
Files on Indian reservation schools include information on: general conditions at schools; compulsory school attendance on
reservation; crime and law enforcement at schools; school budgets; physical maintenance of school facilities; hiring of teachers;
conduct of teachers; lists of school supplies and books; and monthly reports giving names, ages, and attendance figures for
children.
Files on schools for the blind and deaf include information on: conditions at schools; placement of children; daily schedules
and activities at schools; examinations given at schools; lists of students; students' work (samples); and school publications
(e.g. newsletters).
Files on schools in prisons include: lists of prisoners taking courses; discussion of problems encountered in operating prison
schools; and monthly enrollment reports.
A single file (1924-1925) on the New York State Nautical School contains: correspondence concerning a controversy over internal
administration at the school, and financial affairs such as applying fees and assigning charges for keep of cadets aboard
ship; correspondence and memoranda on the process (much delayed) and candidates for appointment as superintendent and commanding
officer; routine requests for information on the Training Ship Newport and applying to the school; varied correspondence from
the board of governors to the commissioner of education; draft resolutions of the board of governors on governance of the
school, advisory notices of board meetings, and some minutes of meetings of the board; schedule of inland water cruising by
the Newport; copies of winter scholastic schedule (1924-1925); and news clippings of graduation exercises (listing graduates).
At the end of the series are several general files on various types of special schools; special classes in public schools;
news clippings of related stories; law revisions; and reports of work in the Special Schools Bureau.
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Custodial History
Originally part of old accession -274, old series number 409, boxes 42-44 (part), 48-49.
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Contents |
Box |
Folder |
Accretion: A3222-78 |
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Selections - Prose and Poetry |
1 |
1 |
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Indian - Pupils' Work |
1 |
4 |
1923 |
Indian - Reports, General 1923- |
1 |
5 |
1923 |
Indian Reports to June 1923 |
1 |
6 |
|
Indian Schools Statistics, Previous Years |
1 |
7 |
1921-1922 |
Indian Schools - Orders |
1 |
9 |
|
Indian - General - Fuel |
1 |
10 |
1920-1921 |
Kaustine Company |
1 |
11 |
1923-1924 |
Indian Schools - Orders |
1 |
12 |
1922-1923 |
Kaustine Company - Indian |
1 |
13 |
|
Indian Bills and Laws |
1 |
14 |
|
Indian - Attendance Law |
1 |
15 |
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Indian - New York State Troopers |
1 |
16 |
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Indian - General Contracts - Bids - Repairs (Fuel) etc. |
1 |
18 |
1923-1925 |
Indian Legislation |
1 |
19 |
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Indian - Orders (Equipment and Supplies) |
1 |
20 |
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Indian - General - Kaustine Company |
1 |
21 |
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Indian - Schools - General |
1 |
22 |
|
Indian - Newspaper Clippings |
1 |
23 |
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Chemical Toilets - Bids for |
1 |
24 |
1921-1924 |
Indian Schools' Budgets |
1 |
25 |
|
Indian - Books and Supplies |
1 |
26 |
1925-1926 |
Indian - Budget Estimates |
1 |
27 |
|
Indian - Dr. A.C. Hill |
1 |
28 |
1923-1924 |
Indian School Teacher's Contracts |
1 |
29 |
|
Indian - General Information |
1 |
30 |
1924-1925 |
Indian - Contracts - Teachers |
1 |
31 |
1921 |
Indian - HR Bill 15328 |
1 |
32 |
1924 |
Indian (New York State) - General - Matters under Chapter 266 Laws |
1 |
33 |
1924 |
Indian - 266 Laws, Cayuga Payments |
1 |
34 |
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Indian - General - Applications, A-G (Teachers) |
1 |
35 |
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Indian - General - Applications, H-P (Teachers) |
1 |
36 |
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Indian - General - Applications, Q-Z (Teachers) |
1 |
37 |
|
Indian School - Applications for License to Teach |
1 |
38 |
|
Indian - Newspaper Clippings |
1 |
39 |
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Indian - Cattaraugus - General |
1 |
40 |
|
Indian - Cattaraugus - Irving Union School |
1 |
41 |
|
Indian - Cattaraugus - Reservation |
1 |
42 |
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Indian - Cattaraugus - Contracts, Repairs, Improvements, etc. |
1 |
43 |
|
Indian - Cattaraugus - Champlin, Mrs. Maude H. |
1 |
44 |
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Indian - Cattaraugus - Denniston, Mrs. L.B. |
1 |
45 |
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Indian School - Cattaraugus Reservation - Mrs. Palmer |
1 |
46 |
1924 September |
Indian - Cattaraugus - Dutcher, Mrs. Kathryn |
1 |
47 |
1923 July 5-1924 August 31 |
Indian - Cattaraugus - Dutcher, Mrs. Kathryn |
1 |
48 |
1923-1925 |
Indian - Cattaraugus - Monthly Reports |
1 |
49 |
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Indian - Cattaraugus - Walter Steinfatt |
2 |
1 |
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Indian - Cattaraugus - McGuire, Rita |
2 |
2 |
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Indian - Cattaraugus - Perkins, Mrs. Ethie |
2 |
3 |
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Indian - Cattaraugus - Scott, Mrs. Lettie B. |
2 |
4 |
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Indian - Cattaraugus - Schedule of Property |
2 |
5 |
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Indian - Cattaraugus - Requisitions |
2 |
6 |
|
Indian - Cattaraugus Reservation - Miss Pauline B. Lay |
2 |
7 |
|
Cattaraugus Reservation - Reports |
2 |
8 |
|
Indian - Cattaraugus - Annual Report |
2 |
9 |
|
Indian - Allegany Reservation |
2 |
10 |
|
Indian - Allegany - Bills Ok'd |
2 |
11 |
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Indian - Allegany - Contracts, Repairs, Improvements, etc. |
2 |
12 |
1924 September-1925 June |
Allegany - Monthly Reports |
2 |
13 |
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Indian - Allegany Reservation - Carr, Mrs. Floyd |
2 |
14 |
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Indian - Allegany Reservation - Crowley, Nora L. |
2 |
15 |
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Indian - Allegany Reservation - Dugan, Mrs. Hannah |
2 |
16 |
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Allegany Reservation - Jameson, Nora |
2 |
17 |
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Indian - Allegany Reservation - Morse, Miss Essie |
2 |
18 |
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Indian - Allegany Reservation - Morse, Mrs. Ida S. |
2 |
19 |
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Allegany Reservation - Reports - Annual |
2 |
20 |
|
Allegany Reservation - Requisitions |
2 |
21 |
1923 September-1924 June |
Allegany Reservation - Reports - Monthly |
2 |
22 |
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Allegany - Schedule of Property |
2 |
23 |
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Allegany Reservation - Wolff, Emma |
2 |
24 |
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Indian - Onondaga - Annual Report |
2 |
25 |
|
Indian - Onondaga - General |
2 |
26 |
|
Indian - Onondaga - Backman, Florence |
2 |
27 |
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Indian - Onondaga - Contracts, Repairs, Improvements, etc. |
2 |
28 |
|
Onondaga - Harmon, E.C. |
2 |
29 |
|
Onondaga, Kasso, Ethel |
2 |
30 |
|
Onondaga Reservation - Reports |
2 |
31 |
1924 September-1925 June |
Onondaga - Monthly Reports |
2 |
32 |
1923-1924 |
Onondaga - Monthly Reports |
2 |
33 |
|
Indian - Onondaga - Quigley, Laura B. |
2 |
34 |
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Indian - Onondaga - Guindon, George R. |
2 |
35 |
|
Indian - Onondaga - Requisitions |
2 |
36 |
|
Indian Schools - Onondaga Reservation - Mrs. Alta Cook Sargent |
2 |
37 |
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Onondaga - Schedule of Property |
2 |
38 |
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Indian - Poospatuck - Annual Report |
2 |
39 |
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Indian - Poospatuck - Contracts, Repairs, Improvements, etc. |
2 |
40 |
1924 September-1925 June |
Poospatuck - Monthly Reports |
2 |
41 |
1923-1924 |
Indian - Poospatuck - Monthly Reports |
2 |
42 |
|
Indian - Poospatuck - Ogburn, Mrs. L.C. |
2 |
43 |
|
Indian - Poospatuck - Regulations and Receipts |
2 |
44 |
|
Indian - Poospatuck - Schedule of Property |
2 |
45 |
|
Indian - St. Regis Reservation - Annual Reports |
2 |
46 |
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Indian - St. Regis - Repairs, Improvements, Bids, etc. |
2 |
47 |
|
Indian - St. Regis - Contracts - Orders |
2 |
48 |
|
Indian - St. Regis - General |
2 |
49 |
|
St. Regis - Hogansburg School - Heating |
2 |
50 |
|
Indian - St. Regis - Bignall, Norma |
2 |
51 |
|
Indian Schools - St. Regis Reservation - Miss Lantry |
2 |
52 |
1924 September-1925 June |
St. Regis - Monthly Reports |
2 |
53 |
|
Indian - St. Regis - Mullarney, J.G. |
2 |
54 |
|
St. Regis - (applicants) Principalship |
2 |
55 |
|
Indian - St. Regis - Hodder, Mrs. H.B. (Ethel) |
2 |
56 |
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Indian Schools - St. Regis Reservation - Miss Mary A. Reardon |
2 |
57 |
1923-1924 |
Indian - St. Regis - Reports |
2 |
58 |
1923-1924 |
Indian - St. Regis - Reports Monthly |
2 |
59 |
|
Indian - St. Regis Reservation - Requisitions |
2 |
60 |
|
Indian - St. Regis - Mackintosh, R. Cameron |
2 |
61 |
|
Indian - St. Regis - Russell, N.M. |
2 |
62 |
|
Indian - St. Regis - Wiley, Mrs. Otis - District 7 |
2 |
63 |
|
Indian - Shinnecock - Annual Report |
2 |
64 |
|
Indian - Shinnecock - General |
2 |
65 |
|
Indian - Shinnecock - Contracts, Repairs, Improvements, etc. |
2 |
66 |
1923-1924 |
Indian - Shinnecock Reservation - Monthly Report |
2 |
67 |
1924 September-1925 June |
Shinnecock - Monthly Reports |
2 |
68 |
|
Indian - Shinnecock - Requisitions |
2 |
69 |
|
Indian - Shinnecock - Schedule of Property |
2 |
70 |
|
Indian - Shinnecock - Thompson, Mrs. A.G. |
2 |
71 |
1924 September-1925 June |
Tonawanda - Monthly Reports |
2 |
72 |
|
Indian - Tonawanda - Annual Report |
2 |
73 |
|
Indian - Tonawanda - Blackchief, Inez |
2 |
74 |
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Indian - Tonawanda - Bratt, Maude M. |
2 |
75 |
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Indian - Tonawanda - Contracts, Repairs, Improvements, etc. |
2 |
76 |
|
Indian - Tonawanda - General |
2 |
77 |
|
Indian Schools - Tonawanda Reservation - Stanley W. Johnson |
2 |
78 |
|
Indian - Tonawanda - Knapp, E.M. |
3 |
1 |
1923-1924 |
Indian - Tonawanda Reservation - Monthly Reports |
3 |
2 |
|
Indian - Tonawanda Reservation - Raymond Moses |
3 |
3 |
|
Indian - Tonawanda - Reservations and Receipts |
3 |
4 |
|
Indian - Tonawanda - Mrs. Alvin H.C. Post (formerly Blanche E. Brush) |
3 |
5 |
|
Indian - Tonawanda - Schedule of Property |
3 |
6 |
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Indian Schools - Tonawanda Reservation - Mrs. Leona R. Thompson |
3 |
7 |
|
Indian - Tonawanda - Scriber, E.E. |
3 |
8 |
|
Indian - Tuscarora - Annual Report |
3 |
9 |
|
Indian - Tuscarora - Bills - Ok'd |
3 |
10 |
|
Indian - Tuscarora - General |
3 |
11 |
|
Indian - Tuscarora - Contracts, Repairs, Improvements, etc. |
3 |
12 |
1923-1924 |
Indian - Tuscarora Reservation - Monthly Reports |
3 |
13 |
|
Indian - Tuscarora - Merville, G.C. and Merville O.E. |
3 |
14 |
|
Indian - Tuscarora Reservation - Requisitions |
3 |
15 |
|
Indian - Tuscarora - Schedule of Property |
3 |
16 |
1924 September-1925 June |
Tuscarora - Monthly Reports |
3 |
17 |
|
Blind - New York Institute for Education of Blind |
4 |
1 |
1924 November 4 |
New York Institute for the Education of the Blind - Corrected list of pupils |
4 |
2 |
|
Arthur Home (Special Schools) |
4 |
5 |
|
Blind - International Sunshine Society |
4 |
6 |
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Blind - New York State School for Blind - Batavia |
4 |
7 |
|
Blind - Catholic Institute for the Blind |
4 |
8 |
|
Reports of School for the Blind - Prior to 1923-1924 |
4 |
10 |
|
Prison Schools - General Information and Correspondence, 1924- |
4 |
11 |
|
Prison Schools Conference Matters |
4 |
12 |
|
Prison Schools - Correspondence Courses |
4 |
13 |
1922 January 12-13 |
Prison Schools - Conference |
4 |
14 |
|
Schools in Prisons - Notes |
4 |
15 |
1923-1924 |
Schools in Prisons - Annual Reports |
4 |
16 |
|
Prisons - Miscellaneous |
4 |
17 |
|
Prisons Schools Reports (Received 1924-1925) and Correspondence |
4 |
18 |
|
LeCouteulx St. Mary's Reports |
4 |
19 |
|
Deaf - LeCouteulx St. Mary's |
4 |
20 |
|
Deaf - Malone School for Deaf |
4 |
21 |
|
Malone School for Deaf - Reports |
4 |
22 |
1925 |
Northern New York Institute for Deaf - Appointments - Spring 1925 |
4 |
23 |
1925 |
LeCouteulx St. Mary's School for Deaf - 1925 Spring Appointments |
4 |
24 |
|
Lexington Avenue Institute for Deaf - Reports |
4 |
25 |
1925 |
Lexington Avenue Institute for Deaf - 1925 Spring Appointments |
4 |
26 |
|
Deaf - Lexington Avenue Institute for Improved Instruction for Deaf |
4 |
27 |
|
Deaf - New York City Public School for Deaf |
4 |
29 |
1924 |
New York Institute for Deaf and Dumb - Fort Washington Avenue - Appointments - September 1924 |
4 |
30 |
|
Fort Washington Avenue Reports |
4 |
31 |
1925 |
Fort Washington Avenue School for Deaf - Spring 1925 Appointments |
4 |
32 |
|
Deaf - Fort Washington Avenue - New York State Institute - Instruction Deaf (Part 1 of 2) |
4 |
33 |
|
Deaf - Fort Washington Avenue - New York State Institute - Instruction Deaf (Part 2 of 2) |
4 |
34 |
1925 |
Rochester School for Deaf - Spring Appointments 1925 |
4 |
35 |
|
Rochester School - Deaf Reports |
4 |
36 |
|
Deaf - Rochester School for Deaf |
4 |
37 |
1925 |
Central New York School for Deaf - Appointments - Spring 1925 |
4 |
38 |
|
Deaf - Rome School for Deaf |
4 |
39 |
|
Rome School for Deaf - Reports |
4 |
40 |
1924 |
Central New York Institute for Deaf Mutes - Rome Appointments - September 1924 |
4 |
41 |
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Deaf - St. Joseph's Institute for Instruction of Deaf - Throgg's Neck |
4 |
42 |
1925 |
St. Joseph's School for Deaf - 1925 Spring Appointments |
4 |
43 |
|
St. Joseph's Deaf - Reports |
4 |
44 |
1921-1922 |
School for the Deaf - Statistics |
4 |
45 |
|
Deaf - Literature pertaining to |
4 |
47 |
|
School for the Deaf - Notes |
4 |
48 |
|
School for the Deaf - Reports - Prior to 1923-1924 |
4 |
49 |
1925 |
Requests for 1925 Appropriations for Appointments - Deaf-Mute Schools |
4 |
50 |
1922-1925 |
Schools for the Deaf - Classification of Pupils |
4 |
51 |
|
Deaf - Newspaper Clippings |
4 |
52 |
|
Schools for the Deaf - Circular Letters |
4 |
55 |
|
New York State Nautical School |
5 |
1 |
1924-1925 |
Special Schools Reports and Report Material |
5 |
2 |
|
Special Schools - General |
5 |
3 |
|
Special Classes in Public Schools |
5 |
4 |
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Special Schools - Newspaper Clippings |
5 |
5 |
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Special Schools - Draper, A.S. |
5 |
6 |
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General - Special Schools - Education Department Council |
5 |
7 |
|
Revision of Law - Deaf and Blind |
5 |
8 |
|
New York State Teachers' Retirement Board |
5 |
12 |