The Free Academy in New York Digital Collection brings together four separate collections to document the first nineteen years of The Free Academy, the predecessor of the educational institution, The City College of New York.
The digital collection consists of four separate collections: Materials Relating to Governing Board of the Free Academy and the College of the City of New York Collection Prior to Establishment of the Board of Higher Education; City College Miscellaneous Historical Information Collection. 1847 (ongoing); Individual Photographic Portraits Collection; City College Photograph Collection. Materials showcased here are digital surrogates of primary and secondary materials that include: published reports, photographic prints, manuscripts, historical ephemera, as well as copies of published articles, newspaper articles, and New York State Legislature bills.
The bulk of the collection consists of multi-paged reports that comment on the application of resources for the creation of the Institution and the annual reports of the faculty, demonstrating accountability to the Board of Education with regard to the operation of the facility. These reports are supplemented by historical and photographic materials that document the Free Academy campus and student life. Collection items include portraits of several graduates of the 1855, 1863 and 1865 classes, interior views of several classrooms, as well as manuscripts of alumni recollections.
The digital collection would be of interest to researchers of the history of The City College of New York and broader topics such as higher education, higher education administration and the public school system in the context of New York City and New York State.
The Free Academy in New York Digital Collection was produced by The City College Libraries with funding from The Metropolitan New York Library Council.
News For inquiries, contact the Division of Archives and Special Collections at the Morris Raphael Cohen Library at archives@ccny.cuny.edu. Most materials are in the public domain within the United States.
Submissions from 1851
NO.5. BOARD OF EDUCATION. JANUARY 22D, 1851., City College Libraries
NO. 5 BOARD OF EDUCATION. JANUARY 22ND , 1851., City College Libraries
NO. 6. BOARD OF EDUCATION. APRIL 16TH, 1851., City College Libraries
No. 7. BOARD OF EDUCATION, MAY 21ST, 1851., City College Libraries
No.8. BOARD OF EDUCATION, MAY 21ST, 1851., City College Libraries
NO. 9. BOARD OF EDUCATION, MAY 28TH, 1851., City College Libraries
NO. 9. BOARD OF EDUCATION, MAY, 28TH, 1851., City College Libraries
[Report of the Sub-Committee of the Free Academy to the Executive Committee. 1851], City College Libraries
REPORT ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FREE ACADEMY. [1851]., City College Libraries
REPORT ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FREE ACADEMY.[1851.], City College Libraries
REPORT ON THE SYSTEM OF POPULAR EDUCATION IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK; PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY 28, 1851, City College Libraries and NEW YORK : WM. C. BRYANT & CO, PRINTERS, 18 NASSAU STREET. 1851
LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE LATE PROF. EDWARD C. ROSS, LL.D. AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED AT THE FREE ACADMEY, JULY 22, 1851, BY ROBERT KELLY., City College Libraries and NEW YORK: WM. C. BRYANT & CO, PRINTERS, 18 NASSAU STREET. 1851
CATALOGUE OF THE FREE ACADEMY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER, 1851., City College Libraries and NEW YORK: WM. C. BRYANT & CO. PRINTERS, 18 NASSAU STREET. 1851
CATALOGUE OF THE FREE ACADEMY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER, 1851., City College Libraries and NEW YORK: WM. C. BRYANT & CO., PRINTERS, 18 NASSAU STREET. 1851.
LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE LATE PROF. EDWARD C. ROSS, LL.D. AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED AT THE FREE ACADEMY JULY 22D, 1851, BY ROBERT KELLY., City College Libraries and NEW YORK: WM. C. BRYANT & CO., PRINTERS, 18 NASSAU STREET. 1851.
REPORT ON THE SYSTEM OF POPULAR EDUCATION IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK; PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY 28TH, 1851., City College Libraries and NEW YORK: WM. C. BRYANT & CO., PRINTERS, 18 NASSAU STREET. 1851.
REPORT ON THE SYSTEM OF POPULATION IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK; PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. MAY 28, 1851., City College Libraries and NEW YORK: WM. C. BRYANT & CO., PRINTERS, 18 NASSAU STREET. 1851.
NO. 6 BOARD OF EDUCATION. APRIL 16TH, 1851., City College Libraries and Wm. C. Bryant & Co., Book & Job Printers, 18 Nassau st., N.Y.
Submissions from 1850
BOARD OF EDUCATION. JULY 17, 1850., City College Libraries
DOCUMENT NO.8. BOARD OF ALDERMAN, JANUARY 28, 1850., City College Libraries
DOCUMENT No. 8. BOARD OF ALDERMEN, JANUARY 28, 1850., City College Libraries
DOCUMENT No. 8. ‰ÛÒ BOARD OF ALDERMAN, JANUARY 28, 1850., City College Libraries
MAY 15, 1850., City College Libraries
[May 15, 1850. Report of the Executive Committee for the care, management, and government of the Free Academy, on the power to remove Assistants...]., City College Libraries
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FREE ACADEMY., City College Libraries
AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE FREE ACADEMY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK JULY 24 1850. BY ERASTUS C. BENEDICT PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. PUBLISHED BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION., City College Libraries and NEW YORK : WM. C. BRYANT & CO, PRINTERS, 18 NASSAU STREET. 1850
AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE FREE ACADEMY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK JULY 24 1850 BY ERASTUS C. BENEDICT PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION., City College Libraries and NEW YORK: WM. C. BRYANT & CO., PRINTERS, 18 NASSAU STREET.1850
Submissions from 1849
BOARD OF EDUCATION. MAY 16, 1849., City College Libraries
BOARD OF EDUCATION. MAY 16, 1849., City College Libraries
BOARD OF EDUCATION, NOVEMBER, 14, 1849. REPORT., City College Libraries
ADDRESSES DELIVERED UPON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE FREE ACADEMY, JANUARY 27, 1849., City College Libraries and NEW YORK: WM. C. BRYANT & CO., PRINTERS, 18 NASSAU STREET. 1849
ADDRESSES DELIVERED UPON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE FREE ACADEMY, JANUARY 27, 1849., City College Libraries and NEW YORK: WM. C. BRYANT & CO., PRINTERS, 18 NASSAU STREET.1849.
Submissions from 1848
BOARD OF EDUCATION, OCTOBER 18, 1848. REPORT., City College Libraries
BOARD OF EDUCATION, OCTOBER 18, 1848. ‰ÛÒ REPORT., City College Libraries
BOARD OF EDUCATION, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1848., City College Libraries
BOARD OF EDUCATION, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1848., City College Libraries
[Sent Students to C.C.N.Y. in 1848; Old Twelfth Street School], City College Libraries
Submissions from 1847
[Free Academy Chemical Laboratory. 1847-1926]., City College Libraries
New York City College. Free Academy building, second Hall center., City College Libraries
[Partial listing of students admitted to the Free Academy from Grammar Schools Nos. 18-34 with admission test scores.] Circa 1847-1866., City College Libraries
REPORT OF MR. KING FROM THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE APPLICATION OF THAT PORTION OF THE LITERATURE FUND, APPORTIONED TO THE CITY AND COUNCIL OF NEW-YORK. ‰ÛÒ BOARD OF EDUCATION, JANUARY 20TH, 1847., City College Libraries
STATE OF NEW-YORK. No. 125. (G.O. NO. 188). 1847., City College Libraries
STATE OF NEW-YORK. No. 381. IN ASSEMBLY, April 29, 1847., City College Libraries
[The Free Academy Building 1847-1926]., City College Libraries
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, TO ESTABLISH A FREE ACADEMY IN SAID CITY, PASSED MAY 7, 1847., City College Libraries and NEW-YORK : GEORGE F. NESBITT, STATIONER AND PRINTER, CORNER OF WALL AND WATER STREET. 1847.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, TO ESTABLISH A FREE ACADEMY IN SAID CITY. ‰ÛÒ PASSED MAY 7, 1847, (PURSUANT TO SECTION 14, ARTICLE 7, OF THE CONSTITUTION.), City College Libraries and New York: GEORGE F. NESBITT,STATIONER AND PRINTER, CORNER OF WALL AND WATER STREETS, 1847
REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE APPLICATION OF THAT PART OF THE LITERATURE FUND, WHICH IS APPORTIONED BY THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY, TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK. - 1847., City College Libraries and New York: G.F. NESBITT,STATIONER AND PRINTER, TONTINE BUILDING, CORNER WALL AND WATER-STREETS.1847
Free Academy Blackboards. Blackboard room 21., Harry Coutant and City College Libraries
Free Academy Building: Mathematical Recitation Room., Pach Bros. 935 Broadway, N.Y. and City College Libraries