Lists of state pupils in institutions for the blind and deaf, 1846-1909.

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Lists of state pupils in institutions for the blind and deaf, 1846-1909.

These volumes list students appointed to various private institutions (listed below) at state expense.

2 cu. ft. (9 volumes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8290132

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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 ...

New York (State). Dept. of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent.

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The Superintendent of Common Schools was first authorized to appoint students to the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb (New York City) in 1832 and to the New York Institution for the Blind (New York City) in 1834. These appointment powers were transferred to the Superintendent of Public Instruction upon creation of that office in 1854. The Superintendent was authorized by subsequent laws to appoint students to the following institutions: New York Institution for the I...

University of the State of New York

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