Commissioner's history file, 1955-1969.

New York (State). Education Dept.

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New York State's education system has antecedents in both English and Dutch colonial education. The Dutch, concerned with providing widespread general education, established tax-supported common schools under church and state control in most of New Netherland's communities. Under the English, who established a system of private or church-supported academies, emphasis was placed on advanced education of the elite and the common school system of the Dutch all but disappeared. In 1754 ...

University of the State of New York. Board of Regents

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The Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education conducted studies in seven major areas. The study of the State Education Department produced separate reports for each division or bureau in the Department which include the unit's history and legal status, functions, major activities, personnel and costs, publications, relations with other departmental units, as well as recommendations by the Study 7 staff. From the description of Correspondence and working files f...

University of the State of New York

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New York (State). Education Dept. Commissioner's Office.

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The office of Commissioner of Education was established in 1904 by the so-called Unification Act (Chapter 40), which created the Education Department and replaced the Superintendent of Public Instruction and Secretary to the Board of Regents with the Commissioner. Since 1913 the Commissioner has also held the title of President of the University of the State of New York, conferred by the Regents. From the description of Commissioner's history file, 1955-1969. (New York State Archives...

Allen, James E., 1894-1964

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Educator; interviewee b. 1911, d. 1971. From the description of Reminiscences of James Edward Allen, Jr. : oral history, 1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309720385 Etcher, lithographer; Larchmont, New York. From the description of James E. Allen papers, 1921-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122570938 ...