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Series V: Education, 1802-1951, inclusive

Scope and Contents Note

This series is comprised of certificates of merit, diplomas, and teaching certificates. The bulk of the merit certificates and grammar school diplomas came from public schools in New York City. Diplomas include those from Columbia University, Cooper Union, Eastman National Business College, Princeton University, Rutgers Female Institute, the University of Maine and Yale University. Many of these certificates were printed on parchment and have elaborate seals. Includes diplomas from a variety of colleges and universities.Other certificates include teacher certifications, course completion certificates for classes at Cooper Union, a certificate of apprenticeship from the New York State Board of Pharmacy, and membership certificates for the Free-School Society of New-York and the American University Popular Course of Home Reading. There are certificates to various clubs and organizations at Columbia University and Harvard University. Library certificates include two certificates of membership to the New York Society Library.

Certificates of Merit, 1868, 1876, undated

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Certificates of Merit (cased) from Mrs. Okill's Female Boarding School, 1847, 1854

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Certificates of Merit-Public Schools-Manhattan, 1822-1875

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Certificates of Merit–Public Schools-Manhattan, 1822-1875

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Certificates of Merit–Public Schools-Brooklyn and the Bronx, 1864-1901

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Certificates of Merit-Public Schools-Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, 1855-1885

Folder: FF10 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Certificates of Merit-Grammar School for Boys, 1871-1881, inclusive

Folder: FF11 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

9 certificates: Rudolph Miller (School #34), Abram W. Applegate (#55), Fritz W. Schivensen (#16), Thomas Kelby (#19), and 5 to Victor Hugo Paltsits.

Certificates of Merit-Grammar School for Girls, 1857, 1875-1886

Folder: FF12 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Certificates of Merit-Roll of Honor, 1886, 1888

Folder: FF13 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Certificates of Merit–Unidentified Schools, 1820-1893

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Certificates of Merit–blank, undated

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Certificates-New York Free School Society, 1810, undated

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Diplomas-Primary and Secondary Schools, 1856-1903

Folder: FF14-FF15 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes Albany Female Academy, Male Grammar Schools #4, 16, 34, 35, 39, Morrisania Public School, Van Norman Institute, Female Grammar Schools #4, 25, 37, 63, Waterbury (CT) Center School District High School, Lincoln Grammar School (San Francisco), Bradford Academy (Mass), Harlem Evening High School, Berkeley School, Wilson Union School, New York Common School diploma District #6 (Porter, NY), Wadleigh High School, Brooklyn Public School #11, New York City Dept of Education elementary schools, Long Island City Public Schools, Union Free School #2 (Williamsbridge, NY), New York Grammar School #89, New York Evening High School (to Victor Hugo Paltsits), Martin Grammar School (Boston).

Diplomas-Columbia University, 1802-1934

Folder: FF16-FF17 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Diplomas-Cooper Union, 1864-1904

Folder: FF18 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Diplomas-Harvard University, 1857-1906

Folder: FF19 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Diplomas-Normal College, 1873,1899

Folder: FF20 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Diplomas-Yale University, 1868-1907

Folder: FF21 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Diplomas-College and University-A-Z (small), 1870-1951

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Diplomas-College and University-A-Z (large), 1858-1915

Folder: FF64 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Diplomas-College and University-A-G, 1865-1943

Folder: FF22 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Diplomas-College and University-H-P, 1884-1924

Folder: FF23 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Diplomas-College and University-R-Z, 1829-1942

Folder: FF24 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Diplomas-Seminary, 1869-1871

Folder: FF25 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Diplomas-Helen Marie Closs, 1910-1918, inclusive

Folder: FF-26a (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Contents

4 diplomas tracing Closs's education: New York City public school (P.S. 44 in Queens), 1910; Far Rockaway High School, 1914; College of New Rochelle, Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1917; B.A., Curatore Collegii Novae Rupellae (College of New Rochelle), 1918.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of James Fitzgerald, 2018.

Processing Information

Processed into collection January 2019 by archivist Larry Weimer.

Library Membership Certificates, 1833, 1870

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Teaching Certificates, 1852-1895, undated

Folder: FF26 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
New-York Historical Society
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New York, NY 10024