Research


Scope and Content Note

This series consists of copies of outgoing letters and memoranda from Commissioners James E. Allen and Ewald B. Nyquist, as well as from other NYSED officials writing on behalf of the Commissioner. These letters are generally duplicates of those found in the Commissioner's Subject Files (series 15080), but were maintained by the Office of the Commissioner of Education in order by name of correspondent to facilitate retrieval. These duplicates were called "yellow copies," due to the color of the carbon copies. Correspondents include state legislators, district superintendents and other school district personnel, school principals, teachers, and citizens. Commissioner Nyquist's correspondence includes a group of letters written to the Governor of New York, then referred to the Commissioner for response. These letters are primarily from citizens, and were generally written to request information on NYSED programs and policies, or to protest NYSED or local school programs and policies.