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The annual report of the New York State Normal School Executive Committee to the Legislature for 1848. Includes: Statistics; History of the Past Year; Library and Apparatus; Experimental School; and a debit and credit report. There are also attached Documents: A. Names and Residences of the Pupils who received a Diploma of Graduation April 1, 1847 and Names and Residences of the Pupils who received a Diploma of Graduation September 16, 1847; B. Courses of Study; C. The Act for the Establishment of a Normal School, passed May 7, 1844; D. A sample form, which will illustrate a pupil's having met the requirements for graduation while in the Experimental department; and E. Programme. The document is 31 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/18480101.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/18480101.pdf</a> to view. Annual report of the Executive Committee of the State Normal School to the Legislature for 1863. Includes: number of pupils and graduates; course of study and text books; the building at Lodge & Howard Streets; library and apparatus; Experimental School; Primary School; sex of pupils with mention of the effects on male enrollment given the Civil War; qualifications of pupils; faculty; financial report. Attached documents include: Annual Register and Circular with: Executive Committee members, faculty, pupils, and graduates and an overview of the legislative acts establishing the school; qualifications and requirements for admission; the form of the diploma granted to graduates; Program of classes; and examination papers for exams at the close of the term. The report is 55 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/186301.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/186301.pdf</a> to view. Annual report of the Executive Committee of the State Normal School to the Legislature for 1854. Includes: number of pupils and graduates; course of study and text books by student classification; the Building at Lodge & Howard Streets; Indian pupils; library and apparatus; Experimental School. Attached documents include: Annual Register and Circular with: Executive Committee members, faculty, pupils (including Indian students), and graduates and an overview of the legislative acts establishing the school; qualifications for admission and entrance requirements; travel expenses allowed; and the form of the diploma granted to graduates; and Program of classes. The report is 44 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/185401.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/185401.pdf</a> to view. Annual report of the Executive Committee of the State Normal School to the Legislature for 1859. Includes: number of pupils and graduates; course of study and text books by student classification; the Building at Lodge & Howard Streets; library and apparatus; Experimental School. Attached documents include: Annual Register and Circular with: Executive Committee members, faculty, pupils, and graduates and an overview of the legislative acts establishing the school; qualifications for admission and entrance requirements; the form of the diploma granted to graduates; Program of classes; Lithographic engravings of the building and floor plans. The report is 30 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/185902.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/185902.pdf</a> to view. Annual report of the Executive Committee of the State Normal School to the Legislature for 1867. Includes: number of pupils and graduates; course of study and text books; the building; library and apparatus; Experimental and Primary School; Libraries and apparatus; and the death of Charles L. Austin, longtime Executive Committee member. Attached documents include: Annual Register and Circular with: names of the Executive Committee members, faculty, pupils, graduates, and Experimental and Primary Department students; admission and entrance requirements; term definitions; granted to graduates; and B. the Program of classes. There are copies of the State Normal School's 'Order of Exercises' program for the 43rd & 44th terms, February 1, and July 12, 1866. The report is 52 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/186702.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/186702.pdf</a> to view. Annual report of the Executive Committee of the State Normal School to the Legislature for 1856. Includes: number of pupils and graduates; course of study and text books by student classification; the Building at Lodge & Howard Streets; library and apparatus; Experimental School. Attached documents include: Annual Register and Circular with: Executive Committee members, faculty, pupils, and graduates and an overview of the legislative acts establishing the school; qualifications for admission and entrance requirements; the form of the diploma granted to graduates; Program of classes; Lithographic engravings of the building and floor plans. The report is 43 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/185601.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/185601.pdf</a> to view. Annual report of the Executive Committee of the State Normal School to the Legislature for 1858. Includes: number of pupils and graduates; course of study and text books by student classification; the Building at Lodge & Howard Streets; library and apparatus; Experimental School. Attached documents include: Annual Register and Circular with: Executive Committee members, faculty, pupils, and graduates and an overview of the legislative acts establishing the school; qualifications for admission and entrance requirements; the form of the diploma granted to graduates; Program of classes; Lithographic engravings of the building and floor plans. The report is 39 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/185802.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/185802.pdf</a> to view.
The annual report of the New York State Normal School Executive Committee to the Legislature for 1850. Includes: Attendance and graduation statistics; Library and Apparatus; the Experimental School; the New Building. There are attached Documents: A. Course of Study; B. Graduates of the Ninth Term ending April 5, 1849 and of the Tenth Term ending September 27, 1849; C. Amount of mileage paid at the end of each term to the students of individual counties. On the last page of the document (page 24), there is a rendering (a lithograph) of the Normal School Building, signed 'Print of Rich. H. Pease.' The Pease family was an established and prominent family of printers in Albany, New York. The document is 23 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/185001.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/185001.pdf</a> to view. Catalogue of the Graduates of the State Normal School, Albany, N.Y., for the Twenty-Six Years ending June 30, 1870. Contains lists of the following: Executive Committee Members and officers (in chronological order of service); faculty members (in chronological order of service); and graduates -- a list of all graduates, in alphabetical order, first ladies then gentlemen, (pages 8-53). The catalogue's description continues in record 187006032. The catalogue is 57 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/187006031.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/187006031.pdf</a> to view. Annual report of the Executive Committee of the State Normal School to the Legislature for 1860. Includes: number of pupils and graduates; course of study and text books by student classification; the Building at Lodge & Howard Streets; library and apparatus; Experimental School. Attached documents include: Annual Register and Circular with: Executive Committee members, faculty, pupils, and graduates and an overview of the legislative acts establishing the school; qualifications for admission and entrance requirements; the form of the diploma granted to graduates; Program of classes; Lithographic engravings of the building and floor plans. The report is 31 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/186002.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/186002.pdf</a> to view. Annual report of the Executive Committee of the State Normal School to the Legislature for 1866. Includes: number of pupils and graduates; course of study and text books; repairs to the building at Lodge & Howard Streets; library and apparatus; Experimental and Primary School; Libraries and apparatus; financial report. Attached documents include: Annual Register and Circular with: names of the Executive Committee members, faculty, pupils, graduates and those participating in the Experimental and Primary Departments; names of students who read essays at public exercises. The full report is 48 pages long with the first 25 pages in this record. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/1866021.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/1866021.pdf</a> to view. Annual report of the Executive Committee of the State Normal School to the Legislature for 1868. The report covers administrative matters, curriculum matters, attendance and graduation statistics, and offers a financial report. Attached documents include: Annual Register and Circular with: names of the Executive Committee members, faculty, students, and graduates; the Order of Exercises of the Class Graduating January 31, 1867; design of the school; terms of admission; course of study; a sample diploma; travel expenses allowed; term definitions; the new Model School and the Primary School with student lists. There are copies of the 'Order of Exercises' programs for the 45th & 46th terms, January 31 and July 11, 1867. The report is 41 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/186802.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/186802.pdf</a> to view. The annual report of the New York State Normal School Executive Committee to the Assembly for 1851 includes: Attendance and graduation statistics; Classification of students by year and gender; Course of Study; the Building; Faculty. Attached documents include: A. Graduates of the terms ending April 4, 1850 and October 3, 1850; B. Indian Pupils name list; C. Constitution of Association of Graduates and a Circular for the Association of Graduates of the State Normal School; D. Program (schedule); E. Amounts of mileage paid at the end of each term to the students for individual counties; F. A message to the Graduates of the State Normal School from Principal George Perkins addressing the addition of the principles of agriculture to the curriculum. The document is 39 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/185102.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/185102.pdf</a> to view. Report of the committee on colleges, academies and common schools, in regard to the distribution of the Literature Fund, and the establishment of a Normal School to educate Teachers of Common Schools, to the New York State Assembly. The report covers legislation regarding educational budgets and expenditures and offers an historical overview of how monies were distributed for both schools and libraries. It also provides pupil attendance figures and a comparison of tuition fees and teachers' salaries. It argues aid from the State is imperative in order to allow all children, regardless of means, to be educated. Union College is presented as an example of an accessible institution. The discussion of 'The Education of Common School Teachers' begins on page 22. This part of the report argues for the State to provide for teachers' education and for their provision in the State's common schools. The document is 40 pages in length. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/1844021.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/1844021.pdf</a> to view.
The annual report of the New York State Normal School Executive Committee to the Legislature for 1846. Covers topics such as: Buildings and Accommodations; Statistics of the School; Organization and Instruction; Second Term; Third Term; Punctuality and System; Discipline; Library and Apparatus; Experimental School; The Prospects for the School; and Statement of Receipts and Disbursements. There are also attached Documents: A. Copy of the Diploma of the State Normal School; B. Subjects of Sub-Lectures; C. Programme; D. Suggestions in aid of the Experimental School. To be read by each Normal pupil, on entering as a visitor or teacher; E. Names and Counties of Graduates. The document is 31 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/184601.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/184601.pdf</a> to view. The first half of the annual report of the Executive Committee of the State Normal School to the Legislature for 1855. Includes: number of pupils and graduates; course of study and text books by student classification; the Building at Lodge & Howard Streets; library and apparatus; Experimental School. Attached documents include: Annual Register and Circular with: Executive Committee members, faculty, pupils, and graduates and an overview of the legislative acts establishing the school; qualifications for admission and entrance requirements; the form of the diploma granted to graduates; and Program of classes. The full report is 81 pages long with the first 40 pages in this record. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/1855011.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/1855011.pdf</a> to view. Annual report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Regents of the University, on the New York State Normal School at Albany, for the year 1869. The Executive Committee reports on: administrative and curriculum matters, attendance and graduation statistics; Jacob S. Mosher, M.D. joined the Executive Committee; and a financial report. Attached documents include: Annual Register and Circular with: names of the Executive Committee members, faculty, students, and graduates; design of the Normal School; course of study; admission requirements; term definitions; definitions of the Model and Primary Schools with lists of students for each. There are copies of the 'Order of Exercises' programs for the Jan. 27 and June 30, 1869 terms. The report is 32 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/187001.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/187001.pdf</a> to view. Annual report of the Executive Committee of the State Normal School to the Legislature for 1857. Includes: number of pupils and graduates; course of study and text books by student classification; the Building at Lodge & Howard Streets; library and apparatus; Experimental School. Attached documents include: Annual Register and Circular with: Executive Committee members, faculty, pupils, and graduates and an overview of the legislative acts establishing the school; qualifications for admission and entrance requirements; the form of the diploma granted to graduates; Program of classes; Lithographic engravings of the building and floor plans. The report is 40 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/185702.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/185702.pdf</a> to view. The annual report of the New York State Normal School Executive Committee to the Legislature for 1847. Includes: The Progress of the School; the Condition of the School; Library and Apparatus; Experimental School; and the prospects of the school. There are also attached Documents: A. Names and residences of the pupils who received the diploma of graduation March 10, 1846; B. The amount paid to each student during the summer term ending September 17, 1846; C. The following [is the] course of study for the school and the thorough acquaintance with the whole of it, on the part of the male pupils, is made condition for graduating; D. Names and residences of the pupils who received the diploma of graduation September 17, 1846. The document is 15 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/184701.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/184701.pdf</a> to view. The Report of the committee on Literature on the communication from the Regents of the University, relative to certain Academies instructing common school teachers. This report contains extracts addressing how much funding should be appropriated from the Literature Fund for each of the academies that have instruction in the science of common (normal) school teaching. Also addressed are the conditions the academies must fulfill in order to secure continued funding. A table accompanying the report is on page 10 and displays statistics relative to each of the 45 institutions considered in the report. On the last page of the document there is a rendering (a lithograph) of the Normal School Building, signed 'Print of Rich. H. Pease.' The document is 14 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/185101.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/185101.pdf</a> to view. Continuation of the Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the State Normal School to the Legislature for 1866. This record describes the report beginning at page 28, containing the second of two attachments, B. Exercises of the Graduating Class, 41st term; an overview of the legislative acts establishing the school; admission qualifications and entrance requirements; travel expenses allowed; term definitions; course of study and text books; examination scheme; and a form of the diploma granted to graduates; the Program of classes; and copies of the State Normal School's 'Order of Exercises' program for the 41st term, February 2, 1865 and for the 42nd term, July 13, 1865. The full report is 48 pages long with the last 23 pages in this record. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/1866022.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/1866022.pdf</a> to view.
Continuation of the annual report of the Executive Committee of the New York State Normal School of 1844 beginning at page 41 of 78. Report of the committee on colleges, academies and common schools, in regard to the distribution of the Literature Fund and the establishment of a normal school to educate teachers, to the state assembly. The section on normal schools addresses the definition of normal or model schools and offers background on their precedence in Europe. A constitution for the normal school is outlined. The report closes with how a higher morality can be achieved in students with proper instruction delivered by professional instructors and with a reminder of the cost of such measures. An 'Act For the establishment of a Normal School' is on page 79. This document is 38 pages in length. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/1844022.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/1844022.pdf</a> to view. Report of the select committee appointed to enquire into the condition and operation of the Normal School. Covers the establishment of the Normal School and the use of the Literature Fund. Of specific note are issues of spending, attendance, staffing, and governance. The findings of the select committee are overwhelmingly favorable and declare that the Normal School should be established permanently 'at the seat of government' so that it would be 'subject to visitation by members of the Legislature.' State land is offered to erect a 'suitable edifice.' The committee states that funding will be appropriated for the building and that the annual appropriations will be continued. The document is 5 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/18480103.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/18480103.pdf</a> to view. Report of the Superintendent of Common Schools and of the Regents of the University, on the Normal School, to the New York State Senate. The report covers: the history of the school's establishment; its facilities, room and board provisions, staffing and other resources; regulations regarding courses of study, term schedules, requirements for admission and for certification; and financial information. The first addendum, 'To County Superintendents of Common Schools,' addresses the County Superintendent's role in selecting students to attend the Normal School and the role of education and educators in society. In 'Remarks of the Hon. Samuel Young on the opening of the State Normal School,' reflecting Young's philosophy of the educational process and its participants and offers an explanation of the Normal School's operations and its mission. The document is 24 pages in length. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/184501.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/184501.pdf</a> to view. Annual report of the Executive Committee of the State Normal School to the Legislature for 1862. Includes: number of pupils and graduates; course of study and text books by student classification; the Building at Lodge & Howard Streets; library and apparatus; effects of the Civil War; military drills. Attached documents include: Annual Register and Circular with: Executive Committee members, faculty, pupils, and graduates and an overview of the legislative acts establishing the school; qualifications for admission and entrance requirements; the form of the diploma granted to graduates; Program of classes; Lithographic engravings of the building and floor plans. The report is 52 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/186201.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/186201.pdf</a> to view. Annual report of the Executive Committee of the State Normal School to the Legislature for 1861. Includes: number of pupils and graduates; course of study and text books by student classification; the Building at Lodge & Howard Streets; library and apparatus; need for remedial teaching; Experimental School. Attached documents include: Annual Register and Circular with: Executive Committee members, faculty, pupils, and graduates and an overview of the legislative acts establishing the school; qualifications for admission and entrance requirements; the form of the diploma granted to graduates; Program of classes; Lithographic engravings of the building and floor plans. The report is 34 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/186102.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/186102.pdf</a> to view. The annual report of the New York State Normal School Executive Committee to the Legislature for 1849. Includes: Statistics; Library and Apparatus; Experimental School; and a debit and credit report. Before the body of the formal report, the document addresses the death of David Perkins Page, the founding principal of the Normal School, and George R. Perkins being the new principal. There are also attached Documents: Courses of Study; Graduates for the term ending March 30, 1848 and Graduates for the term ending September 21, 1848. On the last page, there is a rendering (a lithograph) of the Normal School Building, signed 'Print of Rich. H. Pease.' The Pease family was an established and prominent family of printers in Albany, New York. The document is 23 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/184901.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/184901.pdf</a> to view. Continuation of record 187006031, the Catalogue of the Graduates of the State Normal School, Albany, N.Y., for the Twenty-Six Years ending June 30, 1870. Here are lists of graduates by year and term of commencement, first ladies then gentlemen, up to the 52nd term, ending June 30, 1870 (pages 53-89). For each term, the number of graduates by gender is provided. What follows is a report (much like the legislative reports for the years 1845-1870), which includes: names of current faculty; design of the Normal School (that is, the school's mission); course of study; terms of admission; a sample form of the certificate of admission; term definitions; a sample form of the diploma; and travel expenses allowed, listed by county. The catalogue is 38 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/187006032.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/187006032.pdf</a> to view.

    

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