New York State Museum and Science Service Assistant Commissioner's Files Relating to the Commissioner's Committee on Museum Resources B0585

New York State Museum and Science Service Assistant Commissioner's Files Relating to the Commissioner's Committee on Museum Resources

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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 Commissioner's Committee on Museum Resources was established to study museum needs statewide and the feasibility of and requirements for state aid to museums. Questionnaires were sent to museums requesting information on educational services performed. This series consists of meeting minutes, reports, statistical tabulations, mailing lists, and working papers relating to the committee. Statistical tabulations from the questionnaires are included, but not the questionnaires themselves.

Creator:

New York State Museum and Science Service

Title:

Assistant Commissioner's files relating to the Commissioner's Committee on Museum Resources

Quantity:

1 cubic foot

Inclusive Dates:

1961-1964

Series Number:

B0585

Arrangement

Arranged by type of record (e.g. minutes, reports, etc.).

Scope and Content Note

Minutes of meetings, reports (including drafts), statistical tabulations, mailing lists, and working papers relating to the Commissioner's Committee on Museum Resources, meetings of which were attended by the assistant commissioner as a representative of the Education Department.

The Committee was established by the Commissioner of Education in 1961 to study statewide museum needs and the feasibility of and requirements for state aid to museums. Questionnaires were sent to museums around the state requesting information on educational services performed. Included in the records are tabulations of statistics from these questionnaries, but not the actual questionnaries.