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Subseries 1: Subject files
Dates:
1923-1967, 1952-1967
Physical Description:
6 cubic feet of textual records
Scope and Content Note:
This subseries contains correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding activities of the Bureau of School District Organization in the field and in policy development. Many of the records are related to district superintendents. These include newsletters from the Assistant Commissioner for Educational Administration and Supervision, explaining NYSED policies and activities to district superintendents. Also present is correspondence regarding resignation of district superintendents and its effect on possible reorganization of school districts. The subject files also include correspondence with U.S. Office of Education personnel regarding the USOE's interest in NYSED programs as a model for providing enhanced educational services to rural school districts. Other subjects dealt with in the subject files include state legislation, racial imbalance in school districts, and vocational education. Also included in the series are files documenting the administration of the Bureau of School District Organization, including annual reports, timesheets for staff, and budget requests to the Office of Business Management and Personnel.Arrangement:
Folder list arranged alphabetically by subject.
| Dates | Contents | Box | Folder |
|---|---|---|---|
Accretion: 1983 |
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| 1964 December-1967 March | Area Centers for Cooperative Educational Services | 1 | 1 |
| 1949 April-1954 December | Central High School Districts - 1951-54 | 1 | 2 |
| 1961 September-1962 February | Central School Districts - Building Quota | 1 | 3 |
| 1930 October-1943 March | Central School Districts - Department Publicity - 1930- | 1 | 4 |
| 1940 March-1952 May | Central School Districts - Miscellaneous - 1940- | 1 | 5 |
| 1956 April-1964 March | Clippings (Personal File) | 1 | 6 |
| 1962 April-1966 May | Civil Defense | 1 | 7 |
| 1960 November-1966 December | Commissioner's Advisory Council of Superintendents | 1 | 8 |
| 1960 March-1965 July | Commissioner's Regulations | 1 | 9 |
| 1966 September-October | Commissioner's Newsletter to Boards of Education | 1 | 10 |
| 1962 June-1963 March | Committee on Health and Housing | 1 | 11 |
| 1958 March-1961 June | Committee on Improving Educational Opportunity in Districts of Low Financial Ability - Correspondence | 1 | 12 |
| 1959 August-1966 October | Crewson, Walter - 1959 | 1 | 13 |
| 1959 January-1966 July | Department of Health, Education and Welfare - Office of Education - 1959 | 1 | 14 |
| 1957 November-1960 February | Department of Health, Education and Welfare - Office of Education - Research Project | 1 | 15 |
| 1961 January-1965 July | Department of Rural Education - 1961- | 1 | 16 |
| 1961 October-1962 March | Diefendorf Committee on School FInancing | 1 | 17 |
| 1962 July-1965 December | Department Workshops | 1 | 18 |
| 1964 October-1966 October | District Superintendents - Newsletter | 1 | 19 |
| 1963 January-February | District Reorganization Reports from District Superintendents | 1 | 20 |
| 1932 May-1953 May | District Superintendency - Redistricting and Resignation Material - 1932-54 | 1 | 21 |
| 1964 May-1966 December | District Superintendents' Probationary Period | 1 | 22 |
| 1936 September-1953 October | District Superintendency Publications | 1 | 23 |
| 1950 November-1951 January | District Superintendency - Study of Changing Status | 1 | 24 |
| 1964 September-1965 July | Economic Opportunity Act | 1 | 25 |
| 1961 December-1965 June | Education Department Chapter - CSEA | 1 | 26 |
| 1959 September-October | Education Department - Study IV | 1 | 27 |
| 1955 August-1966 June | Educational Communications | 2 | 1 |
| 1961 June-1965 July | Racial Imbalance | 2 | 2 |
| 1962 February-1964 September | Legislation - 1964 | 2 | 3a |
| 1962 February-1964 September | Legislation - 1964 | 2 | 3b |
| 1965 August-1966 November | Elementary and Secondary Education Act - Title III Centers | 2 | 4 |
| 1965 July-1967 June | Elementary and Secondary Education Act | 2 | 5 |
| 1958 April-1966 May | Foreign Visitors to Department | 2 | 6 |
| 1959 May | Governor's Evaluation of State Programs | 2 | 7 |
| 1961 May-1966 March | Governor's Office - Regional Studies | 2 | 8 |
| 1964 August-1965 July | Legislation - 1965 | 2 | 9a |
| 1964 August-1965 July | Legislation - 1965 | 2 | 9b |
| 1964 August-1965 July | Legislation - 1965 | 2 | 9c |
| 1960 January-1966 November | Nassau County Commission on Vocational and Special Education | 2 | 10 |
| 1958 January-1965 October | New York State Citizens Committee for the Public Schools - 1958 | 2 | 11a |
| 1958 January-1965 October | New York State Citizens Committee for the Public Schools - 1958 | 2 | 11b |
| 1958 January-1965 October | New York State Citizens Committee for the Public Schools - 1958 | 2 | 11c |
| 1959 January-1963 October | New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers - 1958 | 2 | 12 |
| 1958 January-1963 October | New York State Educational Conference Board | 2 | 13 |
| 1959 December-1966 December | New York State School Boards Association - 1959 | 2 | 14a |
| 1959 December-1966 December | New York State School Boards Association - 1959 | 2 | 14b |
| 1965 January-1967 September | New York State Association of School District Administrators | 2 | 15 |
| 1962 December-1963 April | Public Relations | 2 | 16 |
| 1963 April-1966 December | Quarterly Report | 2 | 17 |
| 1960 February-1961 April | School Buildings and Grounds-Bureau of Rural Administrative Services Joint Meeting | 3 | 1 |
| 1952 February-1962 March | School Community Districts - 1951-1954 | 3 | 2a |
| 1952 February-1962 March | School Community Districts - 1951-1954 | 3 | 2b |
| 1952 February-1962 March | School Community Districts - 1951-1954 | 3 | 2c |
| 1952 February-1962 March | School Community Districts - 1951-1954 | 3 | 2d |
| 1957 June-1965 July | School District Reorganization - Commissioner's Orders - 1959-1965 | 3 | 3a |
| 1957 June-1965 July | School District Reorganization - Commissioner's Orders - 1959-1965 | 3 | 3b |
| 1957 June-1960 September | School District Reorganization - Commissioner's Orders - 1958-1959 | 3 | 4 |
| 1959 January-1963 April | School District Reorganization - New York State - 1959 | 3 | 5 |
| 1962 April-July | School District Reorganization - New Hampshire | 3 | 6 |
| 1963 July-1964 February | School District Organization - Maryland | 3 | 7a |
| 1963 July-1964 February | School District Organization - Maryland | 3 | 7b |
| 1963 January-1966 June | School District Organization - Out of State | 3 | 8 |
| 1962 January-1964 July | School District Reorganization - Pennsylvania | 3 | 9a |
| 1962 January-1964 July | School District Reorganization - Pennsylvania | 3 | 9b |
| 1963 April-June | School District Organization - South Carolina | 3 | 10 |
| 1959 January-1966 November | School District Reorganization Studies - 1959 | 3 | 11 |
| 1959 January-1966 December | School District Reorganization Studies - 1959 | 3 | 12 |
| 1956 December | Secondary Education | 3 | 13 |
| 1950 October-1963 June | Speeches and Articles - Francis E. Griffin | 3 | 14 |
| 1960 March-1964 March | Staffing for Studies | 3 | 15 |
| 1963 May | Standards for Good Schools | 3 | 16 |
| 1962 January-1964 August | State Aid | 3 | 17 |
| 1962 May-1964 August | State Aid Bulletins | 3 | 18 |
| 1963 February-March | Transportation | 3 | 19 |
| undated | Three Mill Law | 3 | 20 |
| 1962 April-1963 August | T - Miscellaneous | 3 | 21 |
| 1959 February-1966 August | Village Superintendencies - 1959 | 3 | 22a |
| 1959 February-1966 August | Village Superintendencies - 1959 | 3 | 22b |
| 1958 September-1964 June | Vocational Education | 3 | 23a |
| 1958 September-1964 June | Vocational Education | 3 | 23b |
| 1962 February | White House Conference on Children and Youth | 4 | 1 |
| 1959 March-1961 September | Allen, James E. - 1959-1962 | 4 | 2 |
| 1959 January-1962 July | Board of Regents - 1959 | 4 | 3 |
| 1926 August-1958 April | Bowman, George | 4 | 4 |
| 1955 October-1959 February | Newspaper Clippings - 1957 (Permanent file) | 4 | 5 |
| 1959 April-1963 October | Commissioner's Memoranda - 1959- | 4 | 6 |
| 1955 November-1958 December | Commissioner's Memoranda - 1955-1958 | 4 | 7 |
| 1960 September-1961 January | Committee Meetings - Commissioner Experimental Project | 4 | 8 |
| 1959 August-1960 November | Department of Rural Education - 1959-1960 | 4 | 9 |
| 1959 July | Department Project - Compendium on Education Practice and Research | 4 | 10 |
| 1957 June | Education Law | 4 | 11 |
| 1956 December-1959 November | Committee on Improving Educational Opportunity in Districts of Low Financial Ability - Reports and Miscellaneous | 4 | 12a |
| 1956 December-1959 November | Committee on Improving Educational Opportunity in Districts of Low Financial Ability - Reports and Miscellaneous | 4 | 12b |
| 1956 December-1959 November | Committee on Improving Educational Opportunity in Districts of Low Financial Ability - Reports and Miscellaneous | 4 | 12c |
| 1957 June-1960 June | Flick, Hugh | 4 | 13 |
| 1959 February-1960 October | Law Division - 1959 | 4 | 14 |
| 1958 February-1959 March | Legislation - 1959 Session | 4 | 15 |
| 1962 June-1963 April | Legislation - 1963 | 4 | 16 |
| 1961 October-1962 March | Legislation - 1962 | 4 | 17 |
| 1960 June-1962 January | Legislative Session - 1961 | 4 | 18a |
| 1960 June-1962 January | Legislative Session - 1961 | 4 | 18b |
| 1959 July-1961 August | Legislation - 1960 Session | 4 | 19 |
| 1961 July-September | Legislation - Proposed | 4 | 20 |
| 1953 May-1963 June | Letters to Supervisors | 4 | 21 |
| 1960 June | Merit Pay for Teachers | 4 | 22 |
| 1960 January-1963 September | National Education Association | 4 | 23 |
| 1959 April-1961 February | New York State Association of District Superintendents | 4 | 24 |
| 1958 October-1962 December | New York State Grange - 1958 | 4 | 25 |
| 1962 October | Office of Local Government - Bulletin Service | 4 | 26 |
| 1960 May-1961 January | Office for Local Government Workshop | 4 | 27 |
| 1959 August-1961 May | Out of State - 1959- | 5 | 1 |
| undated | Research Project (BRAS) - Evaluation of School District Reorganization Plans - General | 5 | 2 |
| Research Project (BRAS) - Evaluation of School District Reorganization Plans - D.O.B. [empty] | 5 | 3 | |
| 1959 May-June | Research Project (BRAS) - Evaluation of School District Reorganization Plans - R.M.C. | 5 | 4 |
| 1958 December-1959 April | Research Project (BRAS) - Evaluation of School District Reorganization Plans - H.W.L. | 5 | 5 |
| 1960 July-1961 June | School District FInancing | 5 | 6 |
| 1957 February | School District Reorganization - Central District Combinations | 5 | 7 |
| 1953 September-1958 September | School District Reorganization Planning Conference - Gull Bay | 5 | 8 |
| 1959 January-1963 January | School District Reorganization - Out of State | 5 | 9 |
| 1959-1961 | Secondary School Reports | 5 | 10 |
| 1958 June-1962 October | Self Evaluation Survey - Education Department | 5 | 11 |
| 1958 September-1961 March | Self Evaluation Survey - Education Department (Reports) | 5 | 12 |
| 1958 December-1960 January | Service Awards | 5 | 13 |
| 1958 August-1959 September | Seminar in Intergroup Relationships | 5 | 14 |
| 1923 October-1938 | Snyder, Ray | 5 | 15 |
| 1956 August-1961 October | State Aid | 5 | 16a |
| 1956 August-1961 October | State Aid | 5 | 16b |
| 1956 August-1957 July | School District Reorganization - Commissioner's Orders, 1956-1957 | 5 | 17 |
| 1957 September-1958 April | Legislation - 1958 Session | 5 | 18 |
| 1958 January-April | Legislative Bulletins - State Education Department - 1958 | 5 | 19 |
| 1957 January-September | New York State Citizens Committee for the Public Schools, Inc. - 1957 | 5 | 20 |
| 1957 April-October | New York State Association of School District Superintendents - 1957 | 5 | 21 |
| 1958 January-April | Legislative Bulletins - New York State School Boards Association, Inc. - 1958 | 6 | 1 |
| 1958 January | Legislative Bulletins - New York State Teachers Association - 1958 | 6 | 2 |
| 1956 December-1958 February | Bond Prospecti - 1957 | 6 | 3 |
| 1957 January-December | Central School Boards Committee for Educational Research - 1957 | 6 | 4 |
| 1957 February-December | Merit Award Board - 1957 | 6 | 5 |
| 1957 February-1958 January | Allen, James E. - 1957- | 6 | 6 |
| 1957 February-1958 March | American Association of School Administrators - 1957- | 6 | 7 |
| 1957 January-November | American Society for Public Administration - 1957- | 6 | 8 |
| 1957 January-1958 January | Board of Regents Meetings - 1957- | 6 | 9 |
| 1957 February-December | Department of Rural Education - National Education Association - 1957- | 6 | 10a |
| 1957 February-December | Department of Rural Education - National Education Association - 1957- | 6 | 10b |
| 1957 March-August | Central School Districts - A-N - 1957- | 6 | 11 |
| 1957 February-December | Central School Districts - O-Z - 1957- | 6 | 12 |
Subseries 2: Administrative files
Dates:
1944-1966
Physical Description:
0.5 cubic feet of textual records
Scope and Content Note:
This subseries contains records documenting the administration of the Bureau of School District Organization. Included are drafts of the bureau's annual report, time sheets for department staff, budget requests to the Office of Business Management and Personnel, and analyses of the efficiency and effectiveness of Bureau operations.Arrangement:
Alphabetical by subject
| Dates | Contents | Box | Folder |
|---|---|---|---|
Accretion: 1983 |
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| 1958 August-1963 June | Administrative Improvement Reports | 7 | 1 |
| 1956 October-1958 October | Administrative Practices and Procedures | 7 | 2 |
| 1957 August-1966 October | Annual Report - 1956-1963 | 7 | 3 |
| 1957 July-1964 April | Annual Reports - Correspondence | 7 | 4 |
| 1955 April-1962 June | Budget | 7 | 5 |
| 1964 May-1966 May | Budget - Budget Requests - 1965-66-1966-67 | 7 | 6 |
| 1964 April-1965 May | Budget - Legislative and Budgetary Proposals | 7 | 7 |
| 1944 February-1963 May | Budget Requests - 1945-1964-65 | 7 | 8 |
| 1958 August-1967 April | Bureau Operations | 7 | 9 |
| 1957 May-1958 June | Forms - Requisition of and/or Publications | 7 | 10 |
| 1960 June-1961 July | Moving Data | 7 | 11 |
| 1946 December-1953 September | Position Analysis Data | 7 | 12 |
| 1955 October-November | Records Inventory | 7 | 13 |
| 1945 March-1964 July | Reclassification of Titles | 7 | 14 |
| 1956 October-1960 September | Space Planning | 7 | 15 |
| 1956 April-1964 May | Time Records - Correspondence | 7 | 16 |
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