This series is made up of press releases issued by the Office and its predecessors. The vast majority of this series is made up of chronological files maintained by the office of press releases, with some of these files also containing press clippings.
This series contains materials relating directly to the activities and programs of the School of Education. Topics of interest include administrators and in-service education, adult basic education, Albany Public Schools, the Argentine Nationals Programs, the Behavior Research Program, the Bennington Project, Black Studies, the Center for Executive Development, co-operative community college programs, courses, curricula, the Doctor of Arts Program, the Doctor of Education Program, educational administration, educational media, educational research, the Experimental College, the Milne School, National Defense Education Act, Peace Corps training program in India, the Regional Education Laboratory, reading teachers, school psychology, special education, summer institutes, training of teachers, the Training Program for Subject Supervisors, the Two-Year College Consortium, vocational rehabilitation, and workshops.
Subject Files contain the day-to-day working files of the School of Social Welfare. Correspondence and memoranda, primarily from the dean at the time relating to various topics within the files, are interspersed throughout. Included among the materials are enrollment and admissions data, three and five year plans on the development and management of the school, publications, bulletins, commencement programs and speeches, grant proposals, committee membership and reports, and year-end reports from programs within the School of Social Welfare. Grant proposals include information relating to the proposed Social Work Research Development Center. School Bulletins range from 1965 through 1979. Materials relating to the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) include statistical reports and the involvement of Lynn Videcka-Sherman as a board member on the council. Also included are scrapbook materials containing newspaper clippings, information on alumni and student achievements, and a few photos, primarily taken of faculty members. General files from the Continuing Education Program (CEP) are included within this series as well. Please note that not all dates are inclusive.
