New York State Education Department Division of Teacher Education and Certification Registers of Teaching Certificates Issued A4197

New York State Education Department Division of Teacher Education and Certification Registers of Teaching Certificates Issued

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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 provides information on recipients of all varieties of teaching certificates issued by the Education Department. These include certificates entitling the licensee to hold administrative positions in schools as well as to teach. A great variety of teaching certificates were issued based on years of teacher training, previous general education, and examination results.

Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Teacher Education and Certification

Title:

Registers of teaching certificates issued

Quantity:

6.75 cubic feet

(41 volumes)

Inclusive Dates:

1908-1951

Series Number:

A4197

Arrangement

Chronological by school year, then by issuing jurisdiction/institution (e.g. district superintendency, city, normal schools, private schools), then alphabetical by county (for district superintendencies only).

Scope and Content Note

This series provides information on recipients of all varieties of teaching certificates issued by the Education Department. These include certificates entitling the licensee to hold administrative positions in schools (e.g. school principal) as well as to teach. A great variety of teaching certificates were issued based on years of teacher training, previous general education, and examination results.

For each certificate issued, the following information was given: name and address of licensee; date of certificate; date certificate sent; type of certificate; certificate number; district superintendent's name, district number, and county; and remarks (usually noting receipt of a college degree or other formal training). Renewals and extensions of certificates, 1941-1946, are in a separate volume giving the same information.

"In-service endorsements" (apparently the conversion of provisional certificates to permanent certificates after a certain length of time), 1946-1951, are also recorded in a separate volume. This volume provides only the licensee's name, type of certificate, and certificate number.

Also included with this series is an unbound list of recipients of academic teaching certificates, 1919-1923. This list gives only name and certificate number and is arranged numerically by certificate number.

A4197-97: This accretion contains teaching certificate registers for renewals and extensions (1935-1940, 1946-1951) and registers of certificates issued (1939-1940, 1950-1951).

Related Material

B1438 Numerical lists of teacher certificates

B1439 Lists of graduates of training schools, normal schools and teachers colleges

20533 Teacher certification cards, and

19854 Teacher Certification Cards (microfilm) also contain information on recipients of teaching certification.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

A4197-78: Container list is available at the repository.

A4197-97: Volume list is available at the repository.

Custodial History

These records were transferred to the State Library at an unknown date; in 1978 they were transferred to the State Archives as part of old collection #638, accession number -461.