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Minutes and accounts of Standing Committee on the State Library


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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:
This series consists of two badly burned volumes of minutes of the Board of Regents' Standing Committee on the State Library. The first volume also contains some accounts, apparently of the Standing Committee.
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Minutes and accounts of Standing Committee on the State Library
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0.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1848-1851, 1883-1890
Series Number:
A2019

Arrangement

Chronological by date of committee meeting.

Administrative History

The Board of Regents were appointed trustees of the New York State Library in 1844 and established a committee on the library the same year.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of two badly burned volumes of minutes of the Board of Regents' Standing Committee on the State Library. The first volume also contains some accounts, apparently of the Standing Committee.

Custodial History

These volumes were burned in the 1911 State Capitol fire.

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

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