Guide to the Council of School Superintendents Records,
1883-1967

Collection Number: 2750

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Council of School Superintendents records, 1883-1967.
Collection Number:
2750
Creator:
Council of School Superintendents, Cities and Villages, State of New York.
Quantity:
5.5 cubic ft.,
Forms of Material:
Minutes, financial records, correspondence, audiotape, transcript, microfilm, and other materials.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Minutes of annual meetings, committee files and financial records, correspondence, membership lists of the Council of School Superintendents. Also, tape and transcript of round table discussion conducted by Sam Bishop, January 17, 1967; and one reel of negative microfilm of Enna Smith Burdick's "Edward Smith, Syracuse Schoolmaster," M.S. thesis, 1940, Syracuse University.
Language:
Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Council of School Superintendents merged with the Association of School District Administrators of New York State on September 1, 1967. The new organization was named the New York State Council of School District Administrators.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Minutes of annual meetings, committee files and financial records, correspondence, membership lists of the Council of School Superintendents. Also, tape and transcript of round table discussion conducted by Sam Bishop, January 17, 1967; and one reel of negative microfilm of Enna Smith Burdick's "Edward Smith, Syracuse Schoolmaster," M.S. thesis, 1940, Syracuse University.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Council of School Superintendents, Cities and Villages, State of New York.
Bishop, Sam.
Burdick, Enna Smith.
Smith, Edward.
Association of School District Administrators of New York State.
New York State Council of School District Administrators.

Subjects:
Education--School superintendents.

Places:
New York (State)--Syracuse.

Form and Genre Terms:
Theses.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Council of School Superintendents records, #2750. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Annual Meetings, 1883-1967
Folders labeled chronologically, "Annual Meetings," from 1883 through 1967
Box 1
Also, inserted chronologically are folders labeled "Misc." for the following years:
1901
Box 1
1903
Box 1
1908
Box 1
1909
Box 1
1911
Box 1
1913
Box 1
1926
Box 1
1927
Box 1
1930
Box 1
1931
Box 1
1936
Box 1
1938
Box 1
1948
Box 1
1950
Box 1
1951
Box 1
1953
Box 1
1954
Box 1
1955
Box 1
1956
Box 1
1957-1962
Box 1
Undated misc.
 Box 1
Council Committees
List of Committees
 Box 2
NYS Council CAL
 Box 2
NYS Council Comm. Compensating Teachers
 Box 2
NYS Council Commissioner's Council
 Box 2
Administrative Leadership
 Box 2
NYS Council List of Committees, Program for Grossinger's, List of Supts.
 Box 2
NYS Council Comm. on Info. and Hospitality
 Box 2
NYS Council Exec. Committee
 Box 2
Data Processing
 Box 2
NYS Council Higher Education Comm.
 Box 2
NYS Council Legislative Committee
 Box 2
NYS Council Gross. Planning Com. Comm.
 Box 2
NYS Council Program Committee
 Box 2
NYS Council Physical Fitness
 Box 2
Relationship and Responsibility of State Educ. Dept.
 Box 2
NYS Council Research Committee
 Box 2
NYS Council Resolutions Committee
 Box 2
NYS Review and Report on Candidates for Office in A.A.S.A.
 Box 2
NYS Council on Rural Educ.
 Box 2
NYS Council Secretary
 Box 2
NYS Council Treasurer
 Box 2
NYS Council Grossingers Conference
 Box 2
NYS Council Minutes Business Meetings
 Box 2
Reimbursements (items) from NYSCSS to District 6
 Box 2
Vouchers
 Box 2
"New Ideas" Booklet
 Box 2
NYS Council Budget
 Box 2
NYS Council, Grossinger's 1964
Box 2
Convention, Jan. 1963 , Grossinger's
Box 2
NYS. Supt. Atlantic City
 Box 2
NYS Council Supts Convention, Sept. 1962 Concord
Box 2
NYS Council Miscellaneous
 Box 2
NYS Council
Constitution
 Box 2
Contract for Saranac Inn
 Box 2
Finances
 Box 2
Executive Sessions 1957-1959
Box 2
General Meetings, 1958-1961
Box 2
Dec. 1960 Meeting
Box 2
Saranac Meeting, 1961
Box 2
Miscellaneous - Saranac Conf.
 Box 2
Sunday Evening - Saranac
 Box 2
Monday Morning - Saranac
 Box 2
Tuesday Evening - Saranac, Banquet
 Box 2
Ten Eyck Hotel
 Box 2
AASA Meeting, St. Louis, Apr. 1966
Box 2
AASA Meeting, Chicago, May 5-7, 1961
Box 2
Past Presidents
 Box 2
New Superintendents, 1960
Box 2
Correspondence
Possible Locations for Fall Meeting
 Box 2
Correspondence
 Box 2
James E. Allen
 Box 2
Treasurer
 Box 2
Secretary - Ed. L. Osborn
 Box 2
Cy Seymour
 Box 2
Philip Wyckoff
 Box 2
Committees
Committee Lists
 Box 2
Commissioner's Special Council
 Box 2
Administrative Leadership
 Box 2
AASA Committee
 Box 2
Brochure
 Box 2
Executive Session
 Box 2
Evaluation of Conferences
 Box 2
Executive Committee
 Box 2
Gifted Children Comm., NYSTA
 Box 2
Golf Committee
 Box 2
Ladies' Entertainment Committee
 Box 2
Legislative Committee
 Box 2
Committee on Merging Dist. Supts and Supts
 Box 2
Nominating Committee
 Box 2
NYSTA
 Box 2
Press Relations Committee
 Box 2
Professional Practices and Ethics Committee
 Box 2
Program Committee
 Box 2
Research Committee
 Box 2
Rural Education
 Box 2
Resolutions, 1954-1960
Box 2
Resolution, 1960-1961
Box 2
Secretarial Status Committee
 Box 2
State Dept. Admin. Relationship Comm.
 Box 2
King vs. Ambellian
 Box 2
Scholastic Record Kindergarten
 Box 2
Scholastic Record 7-12
 Box 2
Teacher Education and Certification
 Box 2
Miscellaneous Unfiled Material
 Box 2
Financial
Folders labeled chronologically, "Financial," from 1933 through 1956
Box 2
Other files
Painter Conference
 Box 3
Rochester Banquet
 Box 3
NYS Council Committees
 Box 3
NYS 1965-1966 Committees
Box 3
NYS County Supts. Committees - a
 Box 3
NYS County Supts. Committees - b
 Box 3
NYS County Supts. Committees - c
 Box 3
General Correspondence, Sept. 1, 1964-Jan. 1, 1965
Box 3
Council of Supts. Committees
 Box 3
Auditing
 Box 3
Nominations
 Box 3
Photography
 Box 3
Recreation
 Box 3
Resolutions
 Box 3
Council of Supts. Jan. 1964 Meeting
Box 3
Council of Supts. Vouchers - Approved, Fiscal Year 1961-1962
Box 3
Council of School Supts. Vouchers - Approved, Fiscal Year 1960-1961
Box 3
Grossinger's Supt. Meeting, Fall 1963
Box 3
Record of 1963 Memberships
Box 3
Council of School Supts Financial Reports of Fiscal Year 1961-1962 Council of School Supts Correspondence, 1962-1963 Council of School Supts Financial Statement, 1962-1963 Council of School Supts Vouchers - Approved, Current Year 1962-1963 - aCouncil of School Supts Vouchers - Approved, Current Year 1962-1963 - bCouncil of School Supts Vouchers - Approved, Current Year 1962-1963 - c
Box 3
Checklists
 Box 3
Membership lists, Invitations to New Supts, Letters to late members
 Box 3
Memberships, Resignations, Deaths, etc.
 Box 3
Membership Lists, 1963-1964
Box 3
Correspondence, Memberships, 1963-1964 - aCorrespondence, Memberships, 1963-1964 - b
Box 3
Membership Lists Current
 Box 3
Checking Account Statements, 1960-1963
Box 3
Income Tax, 1962
Box 3
Checking Account - old, 1960-1963
Box 3
Financial Statements, 1959-1960
Box 3
Financial Statements, 1958-1959
Box 3
Financial Statements, 1957-1958
Box 3
Financial Statements, 1956-1957
Box 3
Saranac Inn Meeting, Fall 1961
Box 3
Checking Accounts, 1963-1964
Box 3
Correspondence - Ticket Requests
 Box 3
Luncheon, Jan. 31, 1964
Box 3
Dinners
 Box 3
Dinner, Feb. 17, 1964
Box 3
Budgets - Previous years
 Box 3
Financial Reports, 1963-1964 - a
Box 3
Financial Reports, 1963-1964 - b
Box 3
Fall Meeting, 1964
Box 3
Superintendents, 1965-1966 - a
Box 4
Superintendents, 1965-1966 - b
Box 4
Superintendents, 1965-1966 - c
Box 4
Superintendents, 1965-1966 - d
Box 4
Superintendents, 1965-1966 - e
Box 4
Albany Meeting, Jan. 20, 1967
Box 4
NYS Council of Supts., Affiliated Organizations
 Box 4
AASA Membership Committee
 Box 4
Auditing Committee
 Box 4
Jt. Committee on Athletics Controversy - a
 Box 4
Jt. Committee on Athletics Controversy - b
 Box 4
Budget and Finance, 1965-1966 - a
Box 4
Budget and Finance, 1965-1966 - b
Box 4
Constitutional Convention Committee - a
 Box 4
Constitutional Convention Committee - b
 Box 4
Constitutional Convention Committee - c
 Box 4
Constitutional Convention Committee - d
 Box 4
Representatives to CAL Legis. Council
 Box 4
Commissioner's Advisory Council
 Box 4
Compensating Teacher Competency
 Box 4
Curriculum Committee
 Box 4
Data Processing Committee
 Box 4
Distinguished Service Award
 Box 4
Education & Human Rights Committee
 Box 4
Committee on Hospitality
 Box 4
General, 1966-1967
Box 4
Legislative Committees
 Box 4
Nominating Committee
 Box 4
Perkins Report on Educational Leadership
 Box 4
Relationships - School Boards - State Education Dept.
 Box 4
Reorganization Study Committee
 Box 4
Rural Education Committee
 Box 4
Principal's Salary Law
 Box 4
Program Committee
 Box 4
Committee on Research and Innovations
 Box 4
Resolutions Committee
 Box 4
School District Administrators
 Box 4
State Leadership Conference, Summer 1966
Box 4
Textbook Law Implementation Committee
 Box 4
Program - Jt. Conference, Sept. 1965
Box 4
Business Meeting - a
 Box 4
Business Meeting - b
 Box 4
Annual Conference, 1966 - a
Box 4
Annual Conference, 1966 - b
Box 4
Annual Conference, 1966 . Executive Meeting
Box 4
Annual Meeting, 1967
Box 4
Banquet - Grossingers, Sept. 27, 1966
Box 4
Time and Place Committee, 1968 Convention
Box 4
Dr. Earl Soper papers
Feb. 1967
AASA Atlantic City
 Box 5
[1967]
AASA Memberships
 Box 5
[1967]
Eastern Seaboard Conference
 Box 5
[1967]
AASA National Assessment
 Box 5
Apr. 1966
AASA Chicago
 Box 5
Apr. 1967
AASA Chicago
 Box 5
Feb. 1966
Atlantic City
 Box 5
1963-1964
Council of Supts.
 Box 5
1959-1963
Council of Supts.
 Box 5
Mar. 1964
Council of Supts.
 Box 5
[1967]
CAL (Council for Administrative Leadership)
 Box 5
[1965]
Council of Supts. Distinguished Service Award
 Box 5
1967
Grossingers (Annual Meeting)
 Box 5
[1965]
Recreation [Changes]
 Box 5
Jan. 20, 1967
Albany (Executive Committee)
 Box 5
June 16, 1967
Albany (Executive Committee)
 Box 5
[1964-1965]
Pin (Balfour) (Ordering of pins, etc.)
 Box 5
[1965]
Program information
 Box 5
Council of Supts. Contract
 Box 5
[1967]
Education Conference Board
 Box 5
[1965]
Resolution (Council of City and Village Supts.)
 Box 5
[1964-1965]
Program (Meetings)
 Box 5
[1967]
History of the Council
 Box 5
Feb. 1964
Grossingers (Meetings 1964-1965)
 Box 5
[1964-1965]
Recommendations for Distinguished Service Award
 Box 5
[1964-1965]
Executive Committee II (Meetings)
 Box 5
[1966-1967]
Program Committee - Ross Willink
 Box 5
[1967]
Educational Conference Board
 Box 5
[1962-1964]
Executive Committee I
 Box 5
Feb. 1966
Albany
 Box 5
Oct. 1966
Syracuse
 Box 5
[1966-1967]
Time and Place Committee
 Box 5
[1967]
Resolutions Committee
 Box 5
[1967]
Relationships Committee
 Box 5
[1966-1967]
Committee Assignments
 Box 5
[1965]
Small Group Sections
 Box 5
[1965]
Affiliated Committees
 Box 5
Feb. 1965
Atlantic City
 Box 5
[1966-1967]
Press Relations
 Box 5
[1966-1967]
Consolidation with School District Adm.
 Box 5
1966-1967
Portfolio of printed pamphlets, "The President's Portfolio" AASA
 Box 5
Misc. records, 1925-1966
1964-1966
Program booklets
 Box 6
1928-1958
Annual meeting booklets
 Box 6
1925-1966
Some minutes & financial statements
 Box 6