Pennsylvania Department of Education 1927-1981.

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Pennsylvania Department of Education 1927-1981.

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This collection consists entirely of a single series, Publications. It contains various publications, reports and newsletters issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and its predecessor, the Department of Public Instruction, dealing with higher education in the state. One folder, Letters of Authorization, contains a letter dated May 20, 1927 from the Department to the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School at Edinboro, notifying them that on and after May 31 of that year, the school was designated the State Teachers College at Edinboro. It also contains letters from 1961 approving the creation of the Warren and Shenango branch campuses.

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Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Baron-Forness Library

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Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Baron-Forness Library

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Pennsylvania. Dept. of Public Instruction.

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Edinboro State Teachers College

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Pennsylvania. Dept. of Education,

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Edinboro State College

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In Shenango, classes were first offered in 1961 at the Hickory Township High School. In 1968, the Shenango Center was relocated to the junior high school at Farrell. For the first year there the Center shared occupancy of the building, but thereafter it was solely the property of the Shenango Center. Bill Utley was the first director of the Center. He was succeeded by Tom Come for three years and then by William Herrmann. The Center closed in 1975. In 1969-68, the enrollment was 283 students acc...