The Archivist's Code

Bibliographie zum Archivwesen für die Jahre 1945-1952. Der Archivar, 7:cols. 153-170, 275-300 (1954); 8:cols. 117-130 (1955). To be continued.

Historical abstracts, 1775-1945; a quarterly of abstracts of historical articles appearing currently in periodicals the world over. Vol. 1, no. 1. Mar. 1955. New York, 640 West 153d St., New York 31, N. Y. Historical Abstracts, 1955- . Editorial address: Historisches Seminar, Universität Wien, Vienna 1, Austria. Items relating to archives appear on p. 23-25.

International bibliography of historical sciences. Twentieth volume, 1951, in-cluding some publications of previous years. Paris, Librarie Armand Colin, 1953. 387 p. Edited for the International Committee of Historical Sciences. References relating to the auxiliary sciences appear on p. 1-14, to archives, on p. 18-20, and to libraries and museums, on p. 20-23.

International Federation for Documentation. Bibliographia [1954] Revue de la documentation, 21:136-186 (Dec., 1954). Items relating to archives appear on p. 181. "Bibliographia" for 1953 appears in Revue de la documentation, 20:150-212 (Dec., 1953), items relating to archives on p. 206-207.

Pan American Union. Columbus Memorial Library. Bibliography on public administration in Latin America. Washington, D. C., 1954. 115 p. (Bibliographic series 43). References relating to archival and records management appear on p. 69-72.

Social Science Research Council. Committee on Historiography. The social sciences in historical study; a report. New York, 1954. 181 p. (Bulletin 64).

Society of Archivists. Journal. Vol. 1, no. 1. Apr., 1955- [London?] Printed for the Society by the Chiswick Press, 1955- . The first issue of the successor to the Bulletin of the Society of Local Archivists, whose name has been changed to the Society of Archivists in recognition of extension of membership eligibility to archivists in the British Isles and the Commonwealth.

Allsman, M. F. T. Principles and objectives of a good directives system. [Reproduced by the Records Management Division, National Archives and Records Service with the permission of the author and the Office Methods Division, Administrative Office, Navy Department]. [n. p., n. d.]. 6 p.

Conference on Records Management, New York, 1954. Proceedings of the first annual Conference on Records Management, September 20-21, 1954. Ed. by H. W. MacDowell. New York, New York University, Graduate School of Business Administration [1955] 82 p. (New York University Business Series no. 20).

Canada. Civil Service Commission. Manual of office layout, prepared by Organisation and Methods Service. Ottawa, Canada, 1954. 41 p. A practical handbook for estimating space requirements and developing layout plans.

Five cities ok microfilming records. American city, 70, no. 5:114-116 (May, 1955).

Gowers, Sir Ernest. Plain words: their ABC. New York, Knopf, 1955. 298 p.

Great Britain. Treasury. Organisation and Methods Division. Machines and appliances in government offices. [rev. ed.] [London] 1954. 71 p.

Great Britain. Treasury. Organisation and Methods Division. Organisation charts and list of duties, rev. June 1954. London, 1954. 15 p.

Great Britain. Treasury. Organisation and Methods Division. The practice of O & M. [London] H. M. Stationery Office, 1954. 48 p. A manual for persons (whole-time staff) engaged in "organisation and methods" study, the study of the organization of public bodies or private firms and of their office procedures.

How the secretariat aids executive action, October 15, 1954. [Washington, 1954] 20 p. A staff report submitted to the Task Force on Paperwork Management of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. Not a Commission or Task Force report.

Interagency Records Administration Conference, Washington, D. C. Correspondence management. [Washington, 1955] 16 p. Meeting of November 19, 1954. Speakers: Mona Sheppard of the National Archives and Records Service and Edward J. Lewis of the Internal Revenue Service.

Interagency Records Administration Conference, Washington, D. C. … Paperwork management in the Navy. [Washington, 1955]. 20 p. Meeting of September 17, 1954, at which Earl H. Kuhl, Office Methods Division, Administrative Office, Navy Department was the speaker. Discusses the Navy Department's exhibit, "Paperwork Management in the Navy."

Interagency Records Administration Conference, Washington, D. C. Records training courses — their planning and appraisal. [Washington, 1955]. 21 p. Meeting of February 25, 1955. Speakers: Terry Beach of the National Archives and Records Service and S. J. Pomrenze of the Army Department.

Interagency Records Administration Conference, Washington, D. C. Reports management; installing and operating a reports management program. [Washington, 1955]. 18 p. Meeting of March 25, 1955. Speakers: Max Garchik of the Post Office Department, William B. Kittle of the Navy Department, and Robert E. Weil of Bethlehem Steel Company.

Interagency Records Administration Conference, Washington, D. C. Site audit records; an agency-GAO problem. [Washington, 1955]. 16 p., [3 1.] Meeting of December 17, 1954. Speakers: Allen N. Humphrey of the General Accounting Office and Everett O. Alldredge of the National Archives and Records Service.

Leahy and Company, inc. Target: red tape. New York, 1953. 8 p. (Leahy newsletter. Special report issue).

National Records Management Council. Guide to selected readings in records management. New York, 1954. 27 p.

New York Life Insurance Company. Public Relations Department. Effective letters: a portfolio of suggestions for making ourselves understood. [New York, c1953]. 67 p.

Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Mark to Arthur to you: comments on business letter writing. [n. p., n. d.]. 20 p.

Philadelphia. Records Department. Annual report, 1954. [n. p., n. d.]. 42 p. Archives Division, including the Record Center, p. 13-24; Forms Control and Records Service Division, p. 25-38. Notes the transfer to the American Philosophical Society of ledgers relating to Benjamin Franklin's legacy to the young artificers of Philadelphia.

Philippines (Republic). Government Survey and Reorganization Commission. Administrative services, Executive Branch of the Government of the Philippines: reorganization plans and reports, presented to the President. Manila, Bureau of Printing, 1955. 97 p. The Task Force on Administrative Services submits two reports and drafts of Reorganization Plans nos. 4 and 8, which recommend respectively the establishment of a Department of General Services, and, within it, a Bureau of Records Management.

Philippines (Republic). Government Survey and Reorganization Commission. Report on Records Management Conference, October 19 & 21, & November 2-5, & 8-9, 1954; called by [the] Commission; sponsored by The Government Advisory Board for In-service Training; conducted by The Institute of Public Administration of the University of the Philippines, Manila. [n. p., n. d.]. v, 43 1.

Pursuit of perfection; a report on the need for paperwork quality management, October 1954. [Washington, 1954] 16 1. A staff report by the Work Group on Quality Management submitted to the Task Force on Paperwork Management of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. Not a Commission or Task Force report.

Research Institute of America, inc. Cutting paperwork costs. New York, c1954. 63 p. Gives examples of shortcuts and simplified methods in various companies.

Systems and Procedures Association of America. Workshop for management. Proceedings of the seventh annual systems meeting, 1954. New York, Pub. by Management Magazines, Inc. [1955] 504 p. Papers and discussion relating to various aspects of office, records, and paperwork management, with special emphasis on electronic systems.

U. S. Agriculture Department. Plant and Operations Office. Records management: how to file correspondence records. Washington, 1954. 22 p. A revision of Publication no. 9, How to file and find correspondence records (1951).

U. S. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1953-). Paperwork management. Part I. In the United States Government; a report. January 1955. [Washington, 1955] 24 p. Also published as 84th Cong., 1st sess., H. Doc. 92. Recommends establishment by executive order, within existing framework of the General Services Administration, of a Government-wide paperwork management program.

U. S. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1953-). Task Force on Paperwork Management. Report on paperwork management. Part I. In the United States Government. Prepared for the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. [Washington, 1955] 66 p.

U. S. Foreign Operations Administration. Records filing handbook; an alphabetical system of subject classification, with a complete index, for use of FOA/W and missions. [n. p.] Dec. 1954. var. pag. (FOA Manual order no. 522.2)

U. S. Information Agency. Records Management Section. A guide to finding of papers; principles, procedures, techniques. [Washington] 1955. 10 p.

U. S. National Archives and Records Service. Records Management Division. Baltimore correspondence project, May 1954; Internal Revenue Service, Office of the District Director, Baltimore, Maryland. [Washington, 1954] 11 p.

U. S. National Archives and Records Service. Records Management Division. Check-list for determining if weaknesses exist in present location of active files. [n. d.] 6 p.

U. S. National Archives and Records Service. Records Management Division. Federal records centers. [Washington, 1955] 25 p. (Records management handbook. Managing noncurrent files).

U. S. National Archives and Records Service. Records Management Division. Form letters. [Washington, 1955]. (Records management handbook. Managing correspondence).

U. S. National Archives and Records Service. Records Management Division. A guide to appraising subject classification & filing systems. October 1954. [Washington, 1954] 18 p.

U. S. National Archives and Records Service. Records Management Division. A guide to classifying of papers; principles, procedures, and techniques. June 1954. [Washington, 1954] 7 p.

U. S. National Archives and Records Service. Records Management Division. A guide to filing of papers; principles, procedures, and techniques. June 1954. [Washington, 1954] 4 p.

U. S. National Archives and Records Service. Records Management Division. A guide to finding of papers; principles, procedures, and techniques. October 1954. [Washington, 1954. 11] p.

U. S. National Archives and Records Service. Records Management Division. A guide to planning a forms management program; elements and principles; organizing and operating a program. November 1954. [Washington, 1955] 5 p.

U. S. National Archives and Records Service. Records Management Division. The management of current records. May 1954. [Washington, 1954] 8 p.

U. S. National Archives and Records Service. Records Management Division. Plain letters. [Washington, 1955] 45 p. (Records management handbook. Managing correspondence).

U. S. National Archives and Records Service. Records Management Division. Records management bibliography, June 1954. [Washington, 1954] 41 p.

[U. S. Navy Department] Office Methods Division. Paperwork management in the Navy. Washington, 1954. 31 p. Highlights progress to date on the overhaul of its paperwork system.

American Management Association. The impact of computers on office management; experience in computer application. New York [1954]. 60 p. Contents. — W. W. Smith, Impact of the computer on methods; Byron F. Burch, The computer at work on payrolls; A. C. Vanselow, Programming the computer for clerical production; Emerson F. Cooley, Computer methods and applications: a case study [Prudential Insurance Company of America].

American Management Association. A new approach to office mechanization. New York [1954]. 62 p. Integrated data processing through common language machines. The U. S. Steel Corporation program.

American Management Association. Streamlining office equipment and services. New York, 1953. 35 p. (Office management series no. 135). Review of developments in office electronics.

Business Machines management survey: electronic data-processing machines; electric accounting machines; "other" business machines; a report of the Business Machines Group to the Task Force on Paperwork Management of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, October 15, 1954. [Washington, 1955]. 41 p. Not a Commission or Task Force report.

Controllership Foundation. Business applications of electronic machines: an annotated bibliography. New York, 1954. 46 p. Includes lists of machine manufacturers, training programs, seminars, and conferences.

Interagency Records Administration Conference, Washington, D. C. Management implications of electronic data processing. [Washington, 1954]. 22 p. Meeting of June 18, 1954. Speakers: Howard Gammon of the Budget Bureau, Edward Mahoney of the General Accounting Office, and Joseph F. Daley of the Census Bureau.

U. S. Commerce Department. Report of the Advisory Committee on Application of Machines to Patent Office operations. December 22, 1954. Washington, 1954. 76 p.

U. S. National Bureau of Standards. First annual progress report on applications of electronic data processing techniques to supply management problems, covering period July 1, 1953-June 30, 1954, to Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Department of Navy. [Washington, 1954] 44 p. (NBS Report 3786). See also 35, 65, 240-242. III. History, Organization, and Current Activities of Archival Agencies, Manuscript Depositories, and Related Organizations A. United States in General and Federal Government

American Historical Association. Annual report for the year 1953. Vol. I. Proceedings. Washington [1954] 52 p. Of particular interest are the reports of the Executive Secretary and Managing Editor, Boyd C. Shafer, p. 8-13; the Committee on Documentary Reproduction, p. 36-40 (including, as Appendix, "Russian historical sources: priority list No. 1, for microprint project," p. 39-40); and the Committee on Historians and the Federal Government, p. 42-43.

Society of American Archivists. Reports for the year 1953-1954. American archivist, 18: 46-52 (Jan., 1955).

U. S. Congress. House. A bill to amend the Federal Records Act of 1950 to improve the microfilming services available to Federal agencies. [Washington, 1955] 3 p. (84-1, H. R. 5821).

U. S. Congress. House. Joint resolution to provide for the acceptance and maintenance of Presidential libraries, and for other purposes. [Washington, 1955] 7 p. (84-1, H. J. Res. 330). Amends the Federal Records Acts of 1950 by authorizing the Administrator of General Services to accept for deposit the papers and other historical materials of any President of the United States, to accept gifts of land or buildings for Presidential archival depositories, and to enter into other agreements to use land or buildings for such depositories without transfer of title to the United States. H. J. Res. 331 and 332 and S. J. Res. 81 are to the same effect. Approved as Pub. Law 373, 84th Cong.

U. S. Congress. House. Appropriations Committee. Independent offices appropriations for 1956. Hearings … 84-2. Pt. 2. Washington, 1955. p. 799-1,706. Hearings on the National Archives and Records Service appear on p. 927-941.

U. S. Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee. The Pan American Institute of Geography and History; report. [Washington, 1954] 11 p. (83-2, H. Rept. 2524). A favorable report on a resolution (H. J. Res. 565) authorizing continued United States membership in the Pan American Institute of Geography and History and increasing the annual appropriation. The resolution was approved as Pub. law 736, 83rd Cong.

U. S. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee. Creation and management of United States Government records; report of the Investigations Division of Senate Appropriations Committee, July 1954. Washington, 1954. 31 p. (83-2, S. Com. print).

U. S. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee. Independent offices appropriations, 1956. Hearings … 84-1. Washington, 1955. 571 p. Hearings on the National Archives and Records Service appear on p. 148-158, including report on records and paperwork management surveys performed under contract.

U. S. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee. Legislative-judiciary appropriations, 1955. Hearings … 83-2. Washington, 1954. 147 p. Discussion of the motion-picture collection of the Library of Congress appears on p. 40-46, and a compilation of Congressional enactments relating to the use of the Library of Congress, 1802-1952, appears on p. 99-127.

U. S. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee. The supplemental appropriation bill, 1955. Hearings … 83-2. Washington, 1954. 1,366 p. Hearings on H. R. 9936. Testimony relating to the "creation and management of records" appears on p. 928-945. The Senate report was favorable (83-2, S. Rept. 2034) and the bill was approved as Pub. law 663, 83rd Cong.

U. S. Congress. Senate. Government Operations Committee. Amending the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, and for other purposes; report. [Washington, 1955] 3 p. (84-1, S. Rept. 272). A favorable report on a bill (S. 1007) that would establish the General Services Administration as a central statutory depository for agreements or compacts between the several States. The legislation is permissive and not mandatory.

U. S. Congress. Senate. Rules and Administration Committee. Nomination of Lawrence Quincy Mumford to be Librarian of Congress. Hearing … 83-2. Washington, 1954. 147 p. The appendix, p. 29-147, consists of background material prepared for use by the Committee, including statistical and other data on the history and present status of the Library's operations.

U. S. General Services Administration. Business Service Center, Region 9. Ready with an answer: GSA Records Management Service. [San Francisco, 1955] 16 p. (Information bulletin, Mar. 11, 1955). Information, in question-and-answer form, on the work of the GSA's Records Management Service.

U. S. National Archives and Records Service. Annual report on the National Archives and Records Service, from the annual report of the Administrator of General Services for the year ending June 30, 1954. Washington, 1955. 29 p. See also 20, 67-68, 71-82, 230, 232, 252-253, 255, 258, 366, 374, 378-380, 387, 389, 419, 421-422. B. State and Local

California. Legislature. Senate. An act to repeal Articles 4 and 6 of Chapter 3, Part 2, Division 3, Title 2 of the Governmental Code, and to add a new Article 6 to said chapter, relating to the State Archives and State Record Depository. [n. p., n. d.] 4 p. (S. Bill 437). Would abolish the State Archives and the State Record Depository and establish in lieu thereof a division of the Office of the Secretary of State to be known as the State Archives.

Colorado. State Historical Society. State Archives and Public Records Division. Eleventh annual report for the calendar year 1954. Denver, 1954. 17 p.

Crittenden, Christopher. Preserving New England history; a report on certain archives and historical agencies and their programs, December 1954. [n. p., n. d.] 17 1. Report on a visit to Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

Delaware. Public Archives Commission. Report for the year July 1, 1952, to June 30, 1953. Dover, 1953. 56 p.

Kansas. Legislature. Senate. An Act creating the Eisenhower Presidential Library Commission, prescribing the powers, duties, authority, and jurisdiction of said commission, and making appropriations. [Topeka, 1955]. 3 p. (S. Bill 300).

Kansas. State Historical Society. Secretary's report, year ending October 19, 1954. Kansas historical quarterly, 21: 288-301 (Winter, 1954). The reports on the Archives Division, the Manuscript Division, and the Microfilm Division appear on p. 292-296.

Maryland. Hall of Records. Nineteenth annual report of the Archivist, July 1, 1953, through June 30, 1954. [n. p., n. d.]. 62 p.

Mississippi. Archives and History Department. Biennial report, July 1, 1951-June 30, 1953. Jackson, Miss., 1953. 30 p.

North Carolina. State Department of Archives and History. Twenty-fifth biennial report, 1952-1954. Raleigh, 1954. 76 p.

Oregon. Legislative Assembly. Interim Committee on Historical Institutions. Report authorized by H. J. Res. 26, Oregon laws, 1953. [Salem] Jan. 1955. 21 p. Appointed to consider providing a single building for the four State-aided organizations preserving materials relating to the history of Oregon, the Committee recommends establishment of a State Historical Commission to coordinate historical services. Includes a "Report on the loss of manuscript material" by Martin Schmitt, p. 17-19, concerning historical documents lost to the State by lack of funds for purchase.

Society of American Archivists. Directory of State and Territorial archival agencies. American archivist, 17: 209-219 (July, 1954).

Special Libraries Association. Georgia Chapter. [Abstracts of papers read in panel discussion on "The management of archives in special libraries" at the Southeastern Library Association conference] Georgia Chapter, Bulletin, Nov., 1954, p. 4-7. Contents. — Official archives from the State archivist point of view, by Mrs. Mary G. Bryan; Institutional archives, by Elizabeth Royer; Business archives, by Mrs. Carolyn J. Jones; and the Archives patron, by Dr. John H. Goff.

Special Libraries Association. Insurance Division. Symposium: handling company archives [and company historical materials]. Special libraries, 46: 7-17 (Jan., 1955). Contents. — Metropolitan Life Insurance Archives, by Nancy M. Akers; The National Safety Council Archives, by Ruth Parks; Building company archives, by Vernie H. Wolfsberg [St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul, Minn.]; Notes on handling and preserving company historical materials, by Emma T. McCall [Insurance Company of North America, Philadelphia, Pa.].

Texas. Historical Survey Committee. Report to the Governor and the fifty-fourth legislature (As required by Senate concurrent resolution no. 44 of the fifty-third legislature). Austin, [1955]. 51 p. Preliminary and supplemental reports of the Subcommittee on Archives, Papers, and Documents, p. 21-28, including list of depositories of archival and manuscript materials and recommendations for a survey of materials in the National Archives relating to Texas and for a Texas Archives and Records Building. The Survey Committee also organized the Texas Historical Foundation, a private, nonprofit foundation chartered by the State.

Texas Historical Foundation. Texas looks to its heritage, [n. p., 1954?] Folder. Describes the organization and purposes of the Foundation, established with the encouragement and counsel of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Foundation's fields of interest will include archives and manuscripts.

Vermont. Public Records Commission. Biennial report, 1953-1954. [n. p., n. d.] 32 p.

Virginia. State Library. Report for the year ending June 30, 1954. Richmond, 1954. 15 p. The report of the Archives Division appears on p. 8-10. See also 45, 53, 251, 291, 351, 368. C. Foreign Countries

Aarhus, Denmark. Erhvervsarkivet. Erhvervshistorisk årbog, 1954. VI. [Aarhus] Rosenkilde og Bagger, 1954. 153 p. Beretning om virksomheden, 1. april 1953-31. marts 1954. p. 149-153.

Das Archiv des ITS (International Tracing Service). Der Archivar, 8: cols. 3-10 (1955).

Australia. Commonwealth Archives Committee. Second annual report, July 1st, 1952, to June 30th, 1953. [Canberra, 1953] [9] p.

Basel-Stadt (Canton) Staatsarchiv. Jahresbericht, 1954. [n. p., n. d.] 12 p.

Bombay (Presidency) Record Office. Annual report of the Secretariat Record Office for the year 1953-54. Bombay, 1954. 66 p.

British Records Association. The annual conference. Archives, 2, no. 11: 140154 (Lady Day, 1954). Contents. — Publications Meeting, Illustrations in record publications, p. 140-142; Records Preservation Section, [Fragmentation of archives, Stamp collecting, and Documents in houses taken over by the National Trust], p. 142-145; Exhibition of Document Repairs [including lamination by W. J. Barrow] p. 145-150; Discussion Meeting, The British Records Association: the first 21 years and the future [noting as its principal achievement the growth of the "new profession of Archivist," and of the University courses for his (or her) training] p. 151-153; Annual General Meeting, p. 153-154.

British Records Association. Twenty-second report of Council, accounts, and list of members for the year ending 31 August 1954. [n. p.] 1954. 29 p.

British Records Association. Records' Preservation Section. Report for the year 1953-54. [n. p., n. d.] 6 p.

Cuba. Archivo Nacional. Biografia del Archivo Nacional de Cuba. La Habana, 1954. 59 p.

Demeter, Karl. Das Bundesarchiv Abteilung Frankfurt a. M.; Entstehung, Aufgabe, Tätigkeit. Archivalische Zeitschrift, 49: 111-125 (1954).

Gabaldón Márquez, Joaquín. Misones venezolanas en los archivos europeos [por] Joaquín Gabaldón Márquez con la colaboraeión de Carlos Urdaneta Carrillo [et al.] Mexico, 1954. 230 p. (Pan American Institute of Geography and History, Commission on History, Misiones americanas en los archivos europeos, 8).

Great Britain. Departmental Records Committee. Report. London, H. M. Stationery Office, 1954. 88 p. (Command paper 9163). A report with recommendations on records management problems in the British Government, with emphasis on appraisal and disposal.

Great Britain. Historical Manuscripts Commission. Bulletin of the National Register of Archives. No. 5. [London] H. M. Stationery Office, 1954. 37 p.

Great Britain. Public Record Office. 115th report of the Deputy Keeper of the Records, 1953. London, 1954. 36 p. Sir Hilary Jenkinson's final report as Deputy Keeper.

The Grigg report. Society of Archivists, Journal, 1: 7-13 (Apr., 1955). Contents. — I. Departmental records, by P. E. Jones; II. The Public Record Office, by Rupert C. Jarvis. Comment on the report described in item 174, above, with reference to its recommendations regarding the Departmental Record Officer and the extension of meaning of the term "public records"

Hague. Archief der Gemeente. Verslag over het jaar 1954. 's-Gravenhage [n. d.] 7 p.

India. Historical Records Commission. Proceedings of the twenty-ninth session, Bhopal, February 1953. Vol. 29, pt. 1-2. Delhi, 1953. 2 vols.

India. National Archives. Annual report for the year 1953. Delhi [n. d.] 26 p.

Italy. Ufficio Centrale Degli Archivi di Stato. Gli Archivi di Stato al 1952. 2d ed. Roma, 1954. 750 p. Descriptive and statistical guide to the organization, content, and administration of the national and provincial archival establishments, with related laws.

La Legge-Delega e gli Archivi di Stato. Archivi, 2d ser., 21: 426-429 (1954).

Madras (Presidency) Record Office. Administration report for 1953-54. Madras, Superintendent, Government Press, 1954. 13 p.

Mauritius. Archives. Annual report for the year 1953. Port Louis, Mauritius, 1954. 27 p.

Netherlands (Kingdom, 1815-) Rijksarchief. Verslagen omtrent 's rijks oude archieven, 1953. 's-Gravenhage, 1954. 134 p. (2d ser., vol. 26).

Nova Scotia. Public Archives. Report of the Board of Trustees for the year 1953. Halifax, 1954. 31 p.

Le Problème de la conservation des archives privées. By A. S. et M.-R. D.-T. Archives, bibliothèques et musées de Belgique, 25: 291-293 (1954).

Scotland. General Register House. Annual report of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland for the calendar year 1954. [Edinburgh] 1955. 13 p.

Society of Archivists. Constitution. [n. p., 1955?] Folder. The constitution of the Society of Archivists (formerly Society of Local Archivists), Great Britain and the Commonwealth.

South Australia. Libraries Board. Annual report, 1st July, 1952 to 30th June, 1953. Adelaide, Government Printer, 1954. 11 p. The report of the Archives Department appears on p. 8.

United Church of Canada. Archivist-Historian. Report of the Archivist-Historian. United Church of Canada, Committee on Archives, Bulletin, no. 7: 6-9 (1954). Includes mention of significant accessions.

United Church of Canada. Committee on Archives. Conference reports. Bulletin, no. 7: 45-52 (1954). Comprises the reports of the archivists of the several conferences of the Church.

Zurich (Canton) Staatsarchiv. Jahresbericht, 1954. [Zurich, n. d.] 4 p. See also 16, 54-55, 103, 105, 224, 308, 312, 322, 324, 328, 417, 419-424, 426, 428. D. International Organizations

Intergovernmental Conference on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, The Hague, 1954. Final act. [Paris] Unesco [1954] 83 p. Text in English, Spanish, French, and Russian.

International Congress on Archives, 2d, The Hague, 1953. Proceedings. Archivum, 3: 5-37 (1953). Proceedings of the Congress, including minutes of the meetings of the Executive Board and of the Constituent Assembly, addresses made at the general sessions, and abstracts of and discussion on the reports (itemized in the "Annual writings" for 1953/54) read at the working sessions. See also 115, 172. IV. Buildings and Equipment for Archival and Manuscript Depositories

Interagency Records Administration Conference, Washington, D. C. Federal requirements for the retention of non-Federal records. [Washington, 1954] 17 p. Meeting of October 15, 1954. Speakers: Edward G. Campbell of the National Archives and Records Service and Edward T. Crowder of the Budget Bureau.

National Records Management Council. Index to Federal record keeping requirements. New York, 1955. 32 p.

U. S. National Archives and Records Service. Federal Register Division. Guide to record retention requirements. Federal register, 20: 2217-2273 (Apr. 8, 1955). Published as Appendix A to Title 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations. An indexed guide to generally applicable provisions of Federal laws and regulations relating to the retention of records by the public. See also 44, 174, 177. VI. Physical Preservation and Rehabilitation of Records and Historical Manuscripts

Donnelley (R. R.) and Sons Company. All the king's horses [and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty-Dumpty together again. Drawings by Joseph Low. Chicago, 1954?] 41 p. A nontechnical manual on the restoration and preservation of books and documents.

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Domesday re-bound. London, 1954. 55 p. An account of the recently executed rebinding of the Domesday Book, with detailed analysis of the history, the physical characteristics, and earlier bindings of the manuscripts.

U. S. Library of Congress. Descriptive Cataloging Division. Rules for descriptive cataloging in the Library of Congress: manuscripts. Prelim. ed. Preprint of the rules for collections of manuscripts. [Washington] 1954. 10 p. See also 17, 89, 96, 110, 403, 409, 410. B. United States in General and Federal Government

U. S. Federal Records Center, St. Louis, Mo. Guide for servicing inquiries relating to annual and sick leave records. Prepared by Research and Coordination Section. St. Louis, Mo., 1953. 71 1. (Reference Service Branch, Monograph no. 4.)

U. S. Federal Records Center, St. Louis, Mo. Personnel records of the Department of Agriculture. St. Louis, Mo., 1955. 148, [14] 1. (Reference Service Branch, Monograph no. 9.)

U. S. Federal Records Center, St. Louis, Mo. Personnel records of the Department of Labor. Prepared by Research and Coordination Section. St. Louis, Mo., 1953. 63 I. (Reference Service Branch, Monograph no. 3.)

U. S. Federal Records Center, St. Louis, Mo. Personnel records of the Department of the Army — Department of the Air Force — Office Secretary of Defense. St. Louis, Mo., 1954. var. pag. (Reference Service Branch, Monograph no. 8.)

U. S. Federal Records Center, St. Louis, Mo. Personnel records of the Department of the Navy. Prepared by Research and Coordination Section. St. Louis, Mo., 1953. var. pag. (Reference Service Branch, Monograph no. 2.)

U. S. Federal Records Center, St. Louis, Mo. Personnel records of the General Services Administration. St. Louis, Mo., 1953. 38 1. (Reference Service Branch, Monograph no. 5.)

U. S. Federal Records Center, St. Louis, Mo. Personnel records of the Housing and Home Finance Agency. St. Louis, Mo., 1955. 56 1. (Reference Service Branch, Monograph no. 10.)

U. S. Library of Congress. Annual reports on acquisitions: manuscripts. Quarterly journal of current acquisitions, 12: 113-143 (May, 1955). Describes personal papers, presidential papers, private archives, journals and diaries, miscellaneous manuscripts, literary manuscripts, and reproductions added to the holdings of the Manuscripts Division. Manuscripts in the fields of law, music, maps, and Orientalia, Renaissance books and codices in manuscript, and reproductions of manuscripts not of specific interest for United States history are described elsewhere in the Journal.

U. S. Library of Congress. Processing Department. The card catalogs of the Library of Congress; a brief description. Washington, 1955. 30 p. Manuscripts Division catalogs are described on p. 10-11.

U. S. National Archives. Federal population censuses, 1840-80; a price list of microfilm copies of the original schedules. Washington, 1955. 73 p.

U. S. National Archives. Materials in the National Archives relating to the Middle East. [Washington, 1955] 96 p. (Reference information paper no. 44.)

U. S. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the records of the Bureau of the Second Assistant Postmaster General, 1814-1946 (Record Group 28). Comp. by Arthur Hecht. Washington, 1955. 40 p. (Preliminary inventory no. 82)

U. S. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the records of the Commission of Fine Arts (Record Group 66). Comp. by Richard S. Maxwell. Washington, 1955. 38 p. (Preliminary inventory no. 79)

U. S. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the records of the House Committee on the Civil Service pertaining to the investigation of civilian employment in the Federal Government, 1942-46 (Record Group 233). Comp. by George P. Perros. Washington, 1954. 12 p. (Preliminary inventory no. 69)

U. S. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the records of the Joint Congressional Aviation Policy Board, 1947-48 (Record Group 128). Comp. by Watson G. Caudill and George P. Perros. Washington, 1954. 26 p. (Preliminary inventory no. 74)

U. S. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the records of the Military Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives relating to an investigation of the War Department, 1934-36 (Record Group 233). Comp. by George P. Perros. Washington, 1955. 21 p. (Preliminary inventory no. 80)

U. S. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the records of the National War Labor Board (World War II) (Record Group 202). Comp. by Estelle Rebec. Washington, 1955. 188 p. (Preliminary inventory no. 78)

U. S. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the records of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives Investigating National Defense Migration, 1940-43 (Record Group 233). Comp. by George P. Perros. Washington, 1954. 30 p. (Preliminary inventory no. 71)

U. S. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the records of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives on Post-War Military Policy, 1944-46 (Record Group 233). Comp. by George P. Perros. Washington, 1954. 6 p. (Preliminary inventory no. 70)

U. S. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the records of the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce: Subcommittee to Investigate Interstate Railroads, 1935-43 (Record Group 46). Comp. by Albert U. Blair and John W. Porter. Washington, 1954. 10 p. (Preliminary inventory no. 75)

U. S. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the records of the Wage Adjustment Board (Record Group 236). Comp. by Leonard Rapport. Washington, 1954. 9 p. (Preliminary inventory no. 72)

U. S. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the records of the War Relocation Authority (Record Group 210). Comp. by Estelle Rebec and Martin Rogin. Washington, 1955. 45 p. (Preliminary inventory no. 77)

U. S. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the records of United States participation in international conferences, commissions, and expositions (Record Group 43). Comp. by H. Stephen Helton. Washington, 1955. 161 p. (Preliminary inventory no. 76)

U. S. National Archives. Records in the National Archives concerning age and citizenship. [Washington, 1955] 4 p. See also 20, 109-110, 149-150, 239, 332, 383, 389, 397, 405, 411-415. C. State and Local

Colonial Williamsburg, inc., Williamsburg, Va. Guide to the manuscript collections of Colonial Williamsburg. Comp. by Lynette Adcock. Williamsburg, Va., 1954. 58 p.

Ermatinger, Charles J. A partial list of catalogues, inventories, and indices, both printed and handwritten, on file in the Vatican Manuscript Depository of the Knights of Columbus Foundation [in St. Louis, Mo.]. Manuscripta, 1, no. 2: 8-23 (Oct., 1954).

General John Charles Black's papers. Illinois State Historical Society, Journal, 47: 330-332 (Autumn, 1954). Describes the papers of Black (1839-1915), Civil War soldier, orator, lawyer, Commissioner of Pensions under President Cleveland, and president of the Civil Service Commission under President Taft, which have recently been deposited in the Illinois State Historical Library.

Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio. Annual report of the Director. Bulletin, 13: 62-68 (Jan., 1955). Contains data on manuscript accessions.

Michigan. University. Michigan Historical Collections. Report, 1953-1954. Ann Arbor [1955?] 8 p. Preprinted from the president's report.

Wisconsin. State Historical Society. Accessions, manuscripts. Wisconsin magazine of history, 38: 125-126 (Winter, 1954-55). Contains information on the several special collecting projects of the Society.

Austria. Staatsarchiv. Inventar des Kriegsarchivs Wien. Verfasst von den Beamten des Kriegsarchivs. Wien, Druck und Verlag: Ferdinand Berger in Horn, N.-Ö, 1953. 2 vols. in 1.

British Records Association. Handlist of Scottish and Welsh record publications. The Scottish section by Peter Gouldesbrough and A. P. Kup; the Welsh section by Idwal Lewis. London, 1954. 34 p. (Publications pamphlet no. 4). Supplements the Association's Handlist of record publications, 1951, which dealt exclusively with England.

Brome County Historical Society. Collections; preliminary inventory. Published by the Public Archives of Canada in cooperation with Brome County Historical Society. [Ottawa] 1954. 99 p. Compiled by Homer A. Mitchell, President of the Society and edited by the Public Archives, as part of a joint program that will include microfilming the Society's manuscripts by the Public Archives according to the arrangement of the inventory.

Canada. Public Archives. Manuscript Division. Preliminary inventory. Manuscript group 18. Pre-conquest papers. [Ottawa] 1954. 41 p.

Canada. Public Archives. Manuscript Division. Preliminary inventory. Manuscript group 19. Fur trade and Indians, 1763-1867. [Ottawa, 1954] 30 p.

Canada. Public Archives. Manuscript Division. Preliminary inventory. Manuscript group 21. Transcripts from papers in the British Museum. [Ottawa] 1955. 31 p.

Canada. Public Archives. Manuscript Division. Preliminary inventory. Record group 19. Department of Finance. [Ottawa] 1954. 41 p.

Les Collections militaires polonaises à l'étranger. Revue internationale d'histoire militaire, 1952, no. 12: 563-567. Describes holdings of the Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris (founded 1838) and of the Institut Sikorski at London (founded 1945). The former has a Section des Manuscrits et Archives, the latter has an Archives and a Museum.

France. Archives Nationales. Le fonds du Comité de sûreté générale (AF II, F7, Dxliii) par Pierre Caron. Paris, Impr. nationale, 1954. 185 p.

New Zealand. Internal Affairs Department. Archives Division. Preliminary inventory no. 4. Archives of the Provinces of New Ulster and New Munster and of the Civil Secretary's Office. Wellington, Department of Internal Affairs, 1954. 15 p.

Northamptonshire Archives Committee. Summary guide to the Northamptonshire Record Office. By P. I. King, with a foreword by Frank Lee. Northampton, J. Stevenson Holt, Ltd., Printers, 1954. 24 p. The Record Office was established in 1952 to take over the archival functions of the Northamptonshire Record Society. The guide comprises the history and rules of the Office, the identity of its more important finding mediums, and descriptions of the six principal classes of holdings.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints microfilming project in Mexico. Hispanic American historical review, 35: 91 (Feb., 1955).

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Microphotography and archives, being a memorandum from the Public Record Office. Archivum, 3: 81-86 (1953). Abstracts in Spanish and French.

The Economics of collecting. Manuscripts, 6: 229-233 (Summer, 1954). Two papers read at the annual meeting of the Manuscript Society, New Haven, May 7-9, 1954. Contents.—Richard Maass, The growing demand; Gordon Banks, Dwindling supply of manuscript material.

Manuscript Society. The 1954 Manuscript Society meeting. Manuscripts, 6: 221-222 (Summer, 1954).

Papers of great listed for study. Manuscripts, 7: 100-101 (Winter, 1955). A note on the recently published report of the National Historical Publications Commission.

Publishing the papers of great men; a session at the sixty-ninth annual meeting of the American Historical Association, 30 December 1954. By Walter M. Whitehill, Julian P. Boyd, Leonard W. Labaree, Lyman H. Butterfield, Wilmarth S. Lewis, and Waldo G. Leland. Daedalus, 86: 47-79 (May, 1955). Addresses by the editors of the Jefferson, the Franklin, the Adams, and the Walpole papers, with comments by Messrs. Whitehill and Leland.

Quartermaster Corps historical program. Military affairs, 18: 111 (Summer, 1954). A note on the current historical program of the Quartermaster Corps.

U. S. Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee. Establishment of a commission to celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Alexander Hamilton. Hearing … 83-2, on S. J. Res. 140. Washington, 1954. 13 p. Among other items the proposed Commission would interest itself in promoting the publication of a comprehensive edition of the writings of Alexander Hamilton.

U. S. National Historical Publications Commission. A national program for the publication of historical documents: a report to the President. Washington, 1954. 106 p. Outlines a cooperative program for the publication of (1) papers of individual leaders in varied fields and (2) papers relating to subject areas. Lists 361 individuals whose papers have been recommended to the Commission as worthy of publication, to 112 of whom it has given special study. Announces the Commission's own plan to publish documentary histories of the ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and of the work of the First Federal Congress. Includes a selective list of documentary historical publications of the United States Government.

California. University. Library. Duties of the clerk assigned to phonorecord cataloger. Berkeley, 1953. 50 1.

California. University. Library. Manual for the phonorecord cataloger. Berkeley, 1953. iii, 51, [35] p.

Graphic History Society of America. Survey of picture collections relating to individual states. Eye to eye, no. 4: 24-28 (Mar., 1954). Covers Alabama, Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska.

London. National Film Library. Cataloguing Department. Rules for use in the Cataloguing Department of the National Film Library. 3d rev. ed. London, British Film Institute, 1954. 40 I.

SLA Picture Division Issue. Special libraries, 45: 267-300. Pt. contents.—Josephine Cobb, The still picture program at the National Archives, p. 269-273; Hermine M. Baumhofer, Pictorial documentation, p. 274-276.

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. International standard system for the cataloguing of educational, scientific, and cultural films and filmstrips. [n. p.] 1954. 53 1. A draft edition of April 1954.

U. S. Library of Congress. Comment on Unesco's International standard system for the cataloguing of educational, scientific, and cultural films and filmstrips, April 1954. [n. p., n. d.] 14 I.

U. S. Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division. Pictorial Americana, a select list of photographic negatives in the Prints and Photographs Division. 2d ed. Washington, 1955. 68 p. A list of photographic negatives available for reproduction, arranged under three broad groupings—"History (through 1899)," "views," and "General Subjects."

U. S. National Archives. List of cartographic records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Record Group 75). Comp. by Laura E. Kelsay. Washington, 1954. 127 p. (Special lists, no. 13).

U. S. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the cartographic records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior (Record Group 48). Comp. by Laura E. Kelsay. Washington, 1955. 11 p. (Preliminary inventory no. 81)

U. S. National Archives. Preliminary inventory of the cartographic records of the United States Marine Corps (Record Group 127). Comp. by Charlotte M. Ashby. Washington, 1954. 17 p. (Preliminary inventory no. 73)

American University. School of Social Sciences and Public Affairs. Institutes on Records Management and Archives Administration, [n. p., n. d.] Folder. An announcement of the second Institute on Records Management, June 20-July 1, 1955, and of the first Institute on the Preservation and Administration of Archives: advanced, July 5-16, 1955.

[Angel, Herbert E. Tehran University course on archives and records management, 1954. n. p., 1954] var. pag. Lectures given during the author's consultantship mission to Iran under the technical assistance program of the Foreign Operations Administration. In Farsi.

Brooks, Philip C. El manejo de archivos y documentos; curso dictado por el Dr. Philip C. Brooks, bajo los auspicios del Gobierno Nacional de la República de Panamá y la Universidad de Panama, con la cooperación del Instituto de Asuntos Interamericanos. [Panama City, 1954] var. pag. Cover title. Lectures given during the course described in the immediately preceding item.

New York University. Graduate School of Business Administration. 1st annual conference on records management, Monday and Tuesday, September 20-21, 1954; records management — a new science comes of age. [New York, 1954] Folder. The program of the conference, presented by New York University in cooperation with the National Records Management Council.

Radcliffe College. Institute on historical and archival management; second annual session, June 20-August 12, 1955. [n. p., n. d.] Folder. At head of title: Radcliffe College and the Department of History, Harvard University.