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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.
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Correspondence and subject files concerning schools for Indians, the deaf, the blind, and other special populations
Quantity:

3.5 cubic feet

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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Accretion: A3222-78
Selections - Prose and Poetry 1 1
Selections - Prose 1 2
Selections - Poetry 1 3
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
Thomas Indian School 1 8
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
Indian - New York State Troopers 1 16
Indian - Laws 1 17
Indian - General Contracts - Bids - Repairs (Fuel) etc. 1 18
1923-1925 Indian Legislation 1 19
Indian - Orders (Equipment and Supplies) 1 20
Indian - General - Kaustine Company 1 21
Indian - Schools - General 1 22
Indian - Newspaper Clippings 1 23
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
Indian - General - Applications, A-G (Teachers) 1 35
Indian - General - Applications, H-P (Teachers) 1 36
Indian - General - Applications, Q-Z (Teachers) 1 37
Indian School - Applications for License to Teach 1 38
Indian - Newspaper Clippings 1 39
Indian - Cattaraugus - General 1 40
Indian - Cattaraugus - Irving Union School 1 41
Indian - Cattaraugus - Reservation 1 42
Indian - Cattaraugus - Contracts, Repairs, Improvements, etc. 1 43
Indian - Cattaraugus - Champlin, Mrs. Maude H. 1 44
Indian - Cattaraugus - Denniston, Mrs. L.B. 1 45
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
Indian - Cattaraugus - Walter Steinfatt 2 1
Indian - Cattaraugus - McGuire, Rita 2 2
Indian - Cattaraugus - Perkins, Mrs. Ethie 2 3
Indian - Cattaraugus - Scott, Mrs. Lettie B. 2 4
Indian - Cattaraugus - Schedule of Property 2 5
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
Indian - Allegany - Contracts, Repairs, Improvements, etc. 2 12
1924 September-1925 June Allegany - Monthly Reports 2 13
Indian - Allegany Reservation - Carr, Mrs. Floyd 2 14
Indian - Allegany Reservation - Crowley, Nora L. 2 15
Indian - Allegany Reservation - Dugan, Mrs. Hannah 2 16
Allegany Reservation - Jameson, Nora 2 17
Indian - Allegany Reservation - Morse, Miss Essie 2 18
Indian - Allegany Reservation - Morse, Mrs. Ida S. 2 19
Allegany Reservation - Reports - Annual 2 20
Allegany Reservation - Requisitions 2 21
1923 September-1924 June Allegany Reservation - Reports - Monthly 2 22
Allegany - Schedule of Property 2 23
Allegany Reservation - Wolff, Emma 2 24
Indian - Onondaga - Annual Report 2 25
Indian - Onondaga - General 2 26
Indian - Onondaga - Backman, Florence 2 27
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
Indian - Onondaga - Guindon, George R. 2 35
Indian - Onondaga - Requisitions 2 36
Indian Schools - Onondaga Reservation - Mrs. Alta Cook Sargent 2 37
Onondaga - Schedule of Property 2 38
Indian - Poospatuck - Annual Report 2 39
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
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
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
Indian - Tonawanda - Bratt, Maude M. 2 75
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
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
Blind - General 4 3
Blind - Arthur Home 4 4
Arthur Home (Special Schools) 4 5
Blind - International Sunshine Society 4 6
Blind - New York State School for Blind - Batavia 4 7
Blind - Catholic Institute for the Blind 4 8
1924 Blind - Reports 4 9
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 - Pupils' Work 4 28
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
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 Reports 4 46
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
Deaf - Examinations 4 53
Deaf - General 4 54
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
Special Schools - Newspaper Clippings 5 5
Special Schools - Draper, A.S. 5 6
General - Special Schools - Education Department Council 5 7
Revision of Law - Deaf and Blind 5 8
Hill, A.C. 5 9
Circular Letters 5 10
Department Notices 5 11
New York State Teachers' Retirement Board 5 12
Word Lists 5 13