GUIDE TO THE RECORDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF …

GUIDE TO THE RECORDS OF THE

NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

Municipal Archives New York City Department of Records

June 2008

GUIDE TO THE RECORDS OF THE

NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION

Compiled by David M. Ment

Municipal Archives New York City Department of Records

June 2008

Guide to the Records of the New York City Board of Education

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PREFACE

The Guide to the Records of the Board of Education is the outcome of the work of archivists, educators, and researchers, over many years, in assembling the collections, organizing them, and recognizing their usefulness.

The Department of Education and its predecessor, the Board of Education, has perceived the significance of its historical records and cooperated in their archival preservation. The Department of Records and Information Services has not only accepted responsibility for the records but has defined a vision of their importance as a major resource for the study of education. The New York State Archives, through its Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund has supported archival processing of portions of the collection as well as the preparation of this Guide.

Archivists Tobi Adler and David Ment have worked on organizing and describing the records, with leadership from Leonora Gidlund, Director of the Municipal Archives and Kenneth Cobb, Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Records and Information Services.

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CONTENTS

Introduction

6

List of Record Series

9

Series Descriptions

Series 1: New York Public School Society, 1805-1853

28

Series 2-19: City of Brooklyn, 1843-1897 and other school

boards

28

Series 20-79: City of New York, 1843-1898

32

Series 50-59: Records of Ward Trustees and District

36

Inspectors

Series 60-75: Records of individual schools

38

Series 80-99: Borough Boards, 1898-1902

40

Series 100-999: Consolidated City of New York, 1898-1970

45

Series 100-130: Board of Education bylaws, manuals,

meetings, calendars, minutes

45

Series 131-151: Standing Committees

48

Series 152-199: Special Committees

53

Series 200-209: Annual Reports

58

Series 210-219: Directories

59

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Series 220-269: Records of Board projects, commissions,

activities

61

Series 275-299: Secretary of the Board

65

Series 300-399 Board Members' Papers

69

Series 400-499: Superintendent of Schools

79

Series 500-699: Administration, Office of the

Superintendent of Schools, Associate and Assistant

Superintendents, Divisions, Bureaus

83

Series 590-599: Anticommunist Investigations

89

Series 601-699: Deputy, Associate, and Assistant

Superintendents

93

Series 700-799: Bureau of Reference, Research, and

Statistics (BRRS) and related research bureaus

104

Series 800-859: Business Administration and School

Buildings

112

Series 860-865: Vocational Education Advisory Groups

117

Series 870-879: Teacher Associations [reserved]

Series 890-899: City College, Hunter College, and Board of

Higher Education [reserved]

Series 900-949: Cooperating Agencies

118

Series 950-999: Records of individual schools

121

Series 1000-1999: Period of Decentralization, 1970-2002

123

Series 1000-1099: Board of Education (including Secretary,

123

Counsel, etc.)

Series 1100-1199: Chancellor (and Office of the Chancellor)

132

Series 1200-1699: Administration

142

[Series 1700-1799: reserved]

Series 1800-1849: Graphic Materials

151

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