Research


Scope and Content Note

This series consists of three-ring binders, or the contents of such, containing minutes, agenda items, and occasionally other materials from meetings of the departmental cabinet of NYSED. The contents of the minutes tend to change with the cabinets of each Commissioner of Education. The minutes of Commissioners Francis T. Spaulding's and Lewis A. Wilson's cabinets generally include lists of members present, lists of items on the agenda, short summaries of presentations given at the meeting, summaries of discussions, and lists of actions to be taken on each agenda item. The meetings appear to have occured on a bi-weekly basis, but there are many gaps. The minutes of Commissioner Ewald B. Nyquist's cabient tend to be briefer, containing a few agenda items along with actions to be taken by various cabinet members on each item. They seem to have been more akin to "to-do lists," rather than detailed accounts of the meetings. The meetings generally appear to have occurred on a weekly basis.