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Subseries 2: Audio Recordings

Dates:
1979-1981
Physical Description:
13 audio recordings

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries consists of audio recordings of Commissioner of Education Gordon M. Ambach. Included are speeches and addresses given at Nazareth College and State University of New York at Geneseo, as well as at meetings of education-related organizations. These organizations include the New York State School Boards Association, the New York State Council of School District Administrators, the American Association of Museums, and the New York State Retired Teachers Association. Also recorded are two appearances on call-in radio programs in Albany and Schenectady, as well as a Christmas Eve 1979 recording of a bell-ringing ceremony at the State Education Department in solidarity with the American hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Iran. Educational topics covered by the recordings include Regents Competency Examinations, public attitudes toward education, teacher education and recruitment, school discipline, the role of libraries and museums in education, standardized test scores, and federal and state funding for education.

Arrangement:

Chronologically

  

Dates Contents Reel

Accretion: B0563-80
1979 May 15 Guest appearance on the Ellie Pankin Show, WGY radio station, Schenectady, N.Y. 1.01
1979 August 17 Alice L. Foley Lecture at Nazareth College, Rochester, N.Y. 1.01
1979 August 17 Alice L. Foley Lecture at Nazareth College, Rochester, N.Y. (continued) 1.02
1979 October 11 Guest appearance on Steve Squire Show, WQBK radio station, Albany, N.Y. 1.02
1979 December 24 Bell Ringing Ceremony at New York State Education Building 1.02

Accretion: B0563-98
1979 October 12 Mary C. Richardson Lecture at State University of New York at Geneseo 2.01
1979 October 20 Closing address at meeting of New York State School Boards Association 2.01
1981 January 26 Luncheon address at mid-winter conference of the New York State Council of School District Administrators 2.01
1981 May 13 Address at spring luncheon of the Long Island Zone of the New York State Retired Teachers' Association, LaGrange Inn, West Islip 2.01
1980 June 10 Networking for Museums - Address at joint annual meeting of the American Association of Museums and the Canadian Museums' Association, Boston, MA 2.02
1981 July 13 Ambach address at Superintendents Work Conference, Columbia Teachers' College, New York 2.03
1981 September 9 Ambach address at State Education Department staff meeting 2.03
1981 September 25 Commissioner's press conference from Board of Regents meeting 2.04
1981 October 6 Commissioner's press conference regarding increased SAT scores in New York State 2.04