New Mexico Department of Education Records,
Collection
Identifier: 1970-004
Scope and Content
As of 1997 collection consists of records of the New Mexico Department of Education, State Board of Education, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and their predecessors the Territorial Board of Education, Territorial Superintendent of Schools,and Superintendent of Public Instruction (1847-1988).Includes annual and other reports, minutes, administrative correspondence, directories, certificates, legal documents, laws, rules, one scrapbook of clippings (1905-1908), and one letterpress copybook (1915-1920). Also within the collection are materials concerning student transportation, school curricula, Indian education, vocational education, special education, bilingual education in New Mexico, and two letters from 1847 and 1856 concerning public schools.
Partial finding aid.
Partial finding aid.
Dates
- 1847-[ongoing]
Creator
- New Mexico. Department of Education (Organization)
Language of Materials
English.
Access Restrictions
None
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
History
The Territorial Board of Education and the Territorial Superintendent of Schools were both established by a legislative act in 1863. In 1891 a legislative act abolished the Territorial Superintendent of Schools (1891 Laws of N.M., Ch.25, Sec.45). The same legislative act established the Superintendent of Public Instruction (1891 Laws of N.M., Ch.25, Sec.45). Upon New Mexico's attainment of statehood in 1912, the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction were established by the New Mexico State Constitution (Art.12, Sec.6). The Department of Education was established by a legislative act in 1967 (1967 Laws of N.M., Ch.16, Sec.9). The Department's purpose is to supervise all public schools and school officials in New Mexico. The Department is subject to the policies of the State Board of Education and the direction of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Extent
130 Linear Feet
Separated Material
Photographs received with the collection are located in "New Mexico Department of Education Photograph Collection" (SRCA 0069-0072).
General
Contact Information
- New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
- Archives and Historical Services Division
- 1205 Camino Carlos Rey
- Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
- Phone: 505-476-7908
- Fax: 505-476-7909
- Email: archives@rain.state.nm.us
- URL: http://www.state.nm.us/cpr/ahsd_top.htm
General
- Administrative agencies -- New Mexico
- Annual reports
- Certificates
- Clippings
- Directories
- Education --New Mexico
- Education, Bilingual --New Mexico
- Financial records
- Indians of North America -- Education -- New Mexico
- Laws
- Letterpress copybooks
- Minutes (Records)
- New Mexico -- History -- 1848-
- New Mexico -- Officials and employees
- New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1848-1950
- New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- Public schools --New Mexico
- Publications
- Reports
- School children --Transportation--New Mexico
- Scrapbooks
- Special education --New Mexico
- State government records
- Territorial records
- Vocational education -- New Mexico
Creator
- New Mexico. Department of Education (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the New Mexico Department of Education Records, 1847-[ongoing]
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Processed by staff
- Date
- ©2000
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//New Mexico State Records Center and Archives//TEXT (US::Nm-Ar::1970-004::New Mexico Department of Education Records)//EN" "nmar1970-004.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives Repository