Commissioner's Constitutional Convention Files 1958-1968

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Commissioner's Constitutional Convention Files 1958-1968

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This series documents the activities of James E. Allen, Jr. (1911-1971), New York State Commissioner of Education (1955-1969) in preparation for and during the 1967 New York State Constitutional Convention. Records include correspondence; reports; press releases; pamphlets; clippings; copies of testimony before Constitutional Convention Committees; and copies of publications of the Board of Regents and the Temporary State Commission on the Constitutional Convention. Copies of the 1967 New York State Constitution, which was not approved by voters, are also included. Correspondence and official position statements indicate the effects which recent federal programs were having on education policy and practice. Records also reflect local and state attempts to bolster existing state education infrastructure.

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