Accounts ledger A2024

Accounts ledger

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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 contains ledger books of various accounts of the Board of Regents divided into categories such as General, Regents Office, State Library, State Museum, Academies, and Boundaries. Expenses include those for academic and professional exams, staff salaries, purchase of books, work on manuscripts, entomologist and botanist, paleontology, Literature Fund, and teachers' classes.

Creator:

University of the State of New York. Board of Regents

Title:

Accounts ledger

Quantity:

1 cubic feet

3 volumes

Inclusive Dates:

1857-1888

Series Number:

A2024

Arrangement

Arranged by general category.

Scope and Content Note

These ledger books contain various accounts of the Board. They are divided into catagories such as General, Regents Office, State Library, State Museum, Academies, and Boundaries.

Among the expenses recorded are those for academic and professional exams, staff salaries, purchase of books, work on manuscripts, entomologist and botanist, paleontology, Literature Fund, and teachers' classes. There is some chronological overlap between individual volumes.