University of the State of New York Board of Regents Secretary Convocations Files
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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 files relating to the planning, arrangements, logistics and proceedings for convocations and special
events of the University of the State of New York. Also included are stray consistuency correspondence. Events of note include
commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of the Board of Regents (1984), opening of the State Museum (1976), and 1977
convocation on cultural education.
Creator:
Title:
Convocations files
Quantity:
Inclusive Dates:
1912-1984
Bulk Dates:
1954-1984
Series Number:
B0442
Sponsor:
This series' description was enhanced as part of the States' Impact on Federal Education Policy Project (SIFEPP), in February
2011. The New York Community Trust - Wallace Special Projects Fund provided funding for this project.
Arrangement
Intellectually arranged by date of convocation, then alphabetically by subject.
Administrative History
The first University Convocation was convened by the Regents in 1863. These meetings provided a forum for discussion of issues
and trends within the State's educational establishment, and served as a celebration of accomplishments within the state education
system. Convocations were initially held annually, then switched to a biennial schedule. The last documented convocation was
held in 1984 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Board of Regents. Convocations typically included of sessions and
discussions on specific education topics, often featuring speeches by authorities on the subjects. Then, a formal ceremony
was held, featuring the recognition of new school superintendents, principals, and college and university presidents; as well
as the awarding of honorary Regents' degrees to dignitaries, educators, and scholars. Honorary degree recipients include Winston
Churchill, historian John Hope Franklin, composer Howard Hanson, former Presidents Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman, Nobel
Prize winner Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, and former governors Averell Harriman, Nelson Rockefeller, and Malcolm Wilson.
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of files relating to the planning and conduct of convocations of the University of the State of New York,
from 1942 to 1984. Included are published proceedings, along with files used in their production. These files typically include
programs, roll of academic procession, and instructions; press release of principal convocation address; schedule of symposium
topics and participants; and correspondence on invitations to speakers and panelists, including contents of programs, and
background materials. Also included are files on arrangements and logistics leading up to the convocations. These typically
include press releases announcing programs and exhibitions; memoranda concerning participants and table seating for the convocation
dinner; copies of invitations; address lists of attendees; memoranda on publicity; receiving line lists and stage layout;
a small amount of documents on budgeting and expense reports; and letters of thanks to participants and workers. Photographs
are scattered throughout the series.
A substantial portion of this accretion pertains to a series of monthly events accompanying the usual monthly meetings of
the Regents, commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of the Board of Regents in 1984. Located in various New York municipalities,
each event was organized around a specific sector of New York State society (e.g. business and innovation, cultural diversity,
health and sports). An additional file documents the arrangements and proceedings marking the opening of the New York State
Museum in 1976, which led to the focus on cultural education in the 1977 Convocation. Also found in the files, although apparently
unrelated, are letters sent to the Board of Regents from citizens and education officials stating their opinions on various
educational issues, organized by subject matter.
Related Material
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Detailed Description
Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Accretion: B0442-01 |
1954 April-1962 October |
1954, 1958, 1960 and 1962 Convocations - Proceedings |
1 |
1962 October-1966 September |
1962 and 1966 Convocations - Proceedings |
1 |
1970 September |
1970 Convocation - Proceedings |
1 |
1970 September-1977 October |
1970, 1974, and 1977 Convocations - Proceedings |
1 |
1977 October |
1977 Convocation - Proceedings |
1 |
1977 August-October |
1977 Convocation - Proceedings drafts |
1 |
1977 October |
1977 Convocation - Chancellor Black's file (1 of 3) |
1 |
1977 August-October |
1977 Convocation - Chancellor Black's file (2 of 3) |
1 |
1977 March-November |
1977 Convocation - Chancellor Black's file (3 of 3) |
1 |
1975 August-1976 July |
Opening of New York State Museum - July 1, 1976 |
1 |
1974 March-September |
1974 Convocation - Proceedings materials (1 of 3) |
1 |
1970 February-1977 August |
1974 Convocation - Proceedings materials (2 of 3) |
1 |
1974 September |
1974 Convocation - Proceedings materials (3 of 3) |
1 |
1970 March-October |
1970 Convocation - Arrangements |
1 |
1970 February-1971 July |
1970 Convocation - Arrangements |
1 |
1970 May-September |
1970 Convocation - Inauguration of Ewald B. Nyquist |
1 |
1970 September |
1970 Convocation - Inauguration of Ewald B. Nyquist - Photographs |
1 |
1960 February-1966 November |
1966 Convocation - Miscellaneous |
1 |
1974 September |
1974 Convocation - Recording of James S. Coleman address (7 inch reel-to-reel audiotape) |
1 |
1974 September |
1974 Convocation - Recording of Kenneth E. Boulding address (7 inch reel-to-reel audiotape) |
1 |
1974 September |
1974 Convocation - Recording of PM ceremonies (7 inch reel-to-reel audiotape) |
1 |
1974 September |
1974 Convocation - Recording of William Schuman address (7 inch reel-to-reel audiotape) |
1 |
1984 March-November |
Regents' Bicentennial - Commemorative resolutions |
2 |
1984 November-December |
Regents' Bicentennial - Bicentennial celebration - Rochester, December 13-14, 1984 |
2 |
1984 May-November |
Regents' Bicentennial - Bicentennial event - “Health, Fitness and Sports,� Binghamton |
2 |
1984 March-October |
Regents' Bicentennial - Bicentennial event, October 22-23, 1984 |
2 |
1984 July-September |
Regents' Bicentennial - Bicentennial event, September 19, 1984 |
2 |
1984 January-August |
Regents' Bicentennial - Bicentennial event, “Cultural Institutions� - Brooklyn, August 7, 1984 |
2 |
1984 March-July |
Regents' Bicentennial - Bicentennial event, “New York: Commitment to Disabled� - Albertson, July 18, 1984 |
2 |
1984 May-June |
Regents' Bicentennial - Bicentennial event, “Where Learning Never Ends� - Albany, June 21, 1984 |
2 |
1984 May |
1984 Convocation - Regents' Bicentennial - Albany, May 25, 1984 |
2 |
1983 December-1984 March |
Regents' Bicentennial - Bicentennial event, St. Regis Reservation - Hogansburg, April 6, 1984 |
2 |
1984 April |
Regents' Bicentennial - Bicentennial event - White Plains, April 5, 1984 |
2 |
1983 September-1984 March |
Regents' Bicentennial - Bicentennial event and Regents Meeting - March 22-23, 1984 |
2 |
1983 August-1984 February |
Regents Bicentennial - Bicentennial event and Regents Meeting - Buffalo, February 22-24, 1984 (1 of 4) |
2 |
1983 August-1984 February |
Regents Bicentennial - Bicentennial event and Regents Meeting - Buffalo, February 22-24, 1984 (2 of 4) |
2 |
1983 August-1984 February |
Regents Bicentennial - Bicentennial event and Regents Meeting - Buffalo, February 22-24, 1984 (3 of 4) |
2 |
1983 August-1984 February |
Regents Bicentennial - Bicentennial event and Regents Meeting - Buffalo, February 22-24, 1984 (4 of 4) |
2 |
1984 February |
Regents Bicentennial - Bicentennial exhibit and reception - City College of CUNY, February 14, 1984 |
2 |
1983 December-1984 February |
Regents Bicentennial - Bicentennial event, “International exchange of information� - United Nations, New York, January
19, 1984
|
2 |
1984 May-June |
1984 Convocation - Regents Meeting and Bicentennial Convocation - May 23-25, 1984 (1 of 3) |
2 |
1984 May-June |
1984 Convocation - Regents Meeting and Bicentennial Convocation - May 23-25, 1984 (2 of 3) |
2 |
1984 May-June |
1984 Convocation - Regents Meeting and Bicentennial Convocation - May 23-25, 1984 (3 of 3) |
2 |
1983 September-1984 April |
Regents Bicentennial - General (1 of 7) |
3 |
1983 December-1984 February |
Regents Bicentennial - General (2 of 7) |
3 |
1983 November-1984 February |
Regents Bicentennial - General (3 of 7) |
3 |
1983 September-October |
Regents Bicentennial - General (4 of 7) |
3 |
1983 September |
Regents Bicentennial - General (5 of 7) |
3 |
1983 July-September |
Regents Bicentennial - General (6 of 7) |
3 |
1982 November-1983 August |
Regents Bicentennial - General (7 of 7) |
3 |
1984 May 16 |
Regents Bicentennial - New York State Legislative Resolution |
3 |
1984 |
Regents Bicentennial - Commemorative book, “New York: State of Learning 1784-1984� |
3 |
Accretion: B0442-78 |
1958 April 25 |
1958 Convocation - Proceedings |
1 |
1960 May 19 |
1960 Convocation - Proceedings |
1 |
1962 October 26 |
1962 Convocation - Proceedings |
1 |
1966 September 21 |
1966 Convocation - List of college and university Presidents who have taken office since 1962 |
1 |
1974 September 20 |
1974 Convocation - Program |
1 |
1977 October 25-26 |
1977 Convocation - Program |
1 |
1974 September |
1974 Convocation - Working program - John G. Broughton |
1 |
1974 September |
1974 Convocation - Regents file |
1 |
1974 September |
1974 Convocation - Speeches (Stephen K. Bailey, Kenneth E. Boulding, James S. Coleman, John Hope Franklin, William Schuman) |
1 |
1974 August-September |
1974 Convocation - Invitations |
1 |
1970 September 15 |
1970 Convocation - Program |
1 |
1974 January-1975 September |
1974 Convocation - Speakers and sessions |
1 |
1970 June-1977 September |
1974 Convocation - Final |
1 |
1977 September |
1977 Convocation - Legislative Invitations |
1 |
1974 September |
1974 Convocation - Citations |
1 |
1972 September-1974 August |
1974 Convocation - Arrangements |
1 |
1974 May-November |
1974 Convocation - Correspondence with speakers |
1 |
1973 November-1974 February |
1974 Convocation - Candidates |
1 |
1974 August-September |
1974 Convocation - Speeches |
1 |
1977 October |
1977 Convocation - Working program |
1 |
1977 October |
1977 Convocation - Citations for Malcolm Wilson, Nelson Rockefeller, and W. Averell Harriman |
1 |
1974 September |
1974 Convocation - Citations for James Coleman, Howard Schuman, Kenneth Boulding, and John Hope Franklin |
1 |
1977 October |
1977 Convocation - Miscellaneous |
1 |
undated |
Academic Heraldry |
1 |
1974 September-1977 April |
1974 Convocation - Marshals |
1 |
1977 October |
1977 Convocation - Working program |
1 |
1977 September |
1977 Convocation - List of invitees |
1 |
1977 April |
1977 Convocation - Regents assignments |
1 |
1977 April-October |
1977 Convocation - Assignments |
1 |
1960 |
Pamphlet - “Institutions of Higher Education in New York State� |
1 |
1977 June-November |
1977 Convocation - Miscellaneous |
1 |
1977 |
1977 Convocation - Pamphlet, “Highlights of the Legislative Exhibit� |
1 |
1960 May |
1960 Convocation - List of college and university presidents who have taken office since 1958 |
1 |
1977 June-October |
1977 Convocation - Miscellaneous |
1 |
1977 February-May |
1977 Convocation - Miscellaneous |
1 |
1977 August |
1977 Convocation - Working papers |
1 |
1977 August-September |
1977 Convocation - Dr. Hugh Flick |
1 |
1977 September |
1977 Convocation - SED Organizational Chart |
1 |
1977 April-October |
1977 Convocation - Miscellaneous |
1 |
1977 July-October |
1977 Convocation - Evaluation of graduate program in folklore at Cooperstown |
1 |
Accretion: B0442-97 |
1942 October 16 |
1942 Convocation - Proceedings |
1 |
1956 May 4 |
1956 Convocation - Proceedings |
1 |
1974 September 20 |
1974 Convocation - Program |
1 |
1942-1952 |
General arrangements - Program samples |
1 |
1958-1970 |
General arrangements - Invitations, announcements, etc. |
1 |
1954-1970 |
General arrangements |
1 |
1970 September |
1970 Convocation - Arrangements (1 of 3) |
1 |
1970 April-August |
1970 Convocation - Arrangements (2 of 3) |
1 |
1969 December-1970 March |
1970 Convocation - Arrangements (3 of 3) |
1 |
1970 April-September |
1970 Convocation - Arrangements (1 of 2) |
1 |
1970 March-August |
1970 Convocation - Arrangements (2 of 2) |
1 |
1966 June-October |
1966 Convocation - Proceedings |
1 |
1960 February-1966 October |
1966 Convocation - Arrangements |
1 |
1960 February-1965 February |
1965 Convocation - President Lyndon Johnson |
1 |
1963 August-September |
1964 Convocation (not held) |
1 |
1960 May-1963 April |
1962 Convocation - Arrangements |
1 |
1962 October |
1962 Convocation - Proceedings (1 of 1) |
1 |
1962 October |
1962 Convocation - Proceedings (2 of 2) |
1 |
1966 August-September |
1966 Convocation |
1 |
1960 May-1962 October |
1960 and 1962 Convocations - Proceedings |
1 |
1960 April-May |
Northeastern States Convocation of Education, 1960 |
1 |
1960 February-August |
1960 Convocation - Arrangements |
1 |
1960 May |
1960 Convocation - Proceedings |
1 |
1959 April-July |
175th Anniversary of the Board of Regents, 1959 |
1 |
1958 February-September |
1958 Convocation - Proceedings |
1 |
1958 April-May |
1958 Convocation - Arrangements |
1 |
1955 December-1956 May |
1956 Convocation - Proceedings |
1 |
1953 April-1954 April |
1954 Convocation - Proceedings |
1 |
1970 February |
Correspondence - Article XI, 3 |
1 |
1970 January |
Correspondence - Aid to Non-Public Schools |
1 |
1969 November |
Correspondence - Certification of Counselors |
1 |
1969 December |
Correspondence - Certification - Occupational subjects |
1 |
1969 July-1970 February |
Correspondence - Complaints re: Department |
1 |
1969 December |
Correspondence - CUNY open admissions |
1 |
1970 January |
Correspondence â€" Professional education |
1 |
1969 December |
Correspondence - State aid to non-public schools |
1 |
1970 February |
Correspondence - Student financial aid |
1 |
1969 August-1970 January |
Correspondence - Women's Talent Corps |
1 |
1954 June |
1954 Convocation - Arrangements |
2 |
1953 December-1954 June |
1954 Convocation - Arrangements |
2 |
1954 January |
1954 Convocation - Arrangements |
2 |
1952 October |
1952 Convocation - Arrangements |
2 |
1912 October |
Education Building dedication, 1912 |
2 |