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Volume XIII

JANUARY TO OCTOBER, 1950

Published quarterly by THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS Downloaded from http://meridian.allenpress.com/american-archivist/article-pdf/13/1/i/2742994/aarc_13_1_v4q47qq7010w3t15.pdf by guest on 23 September 2021

CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIII

NUMBER I, JANUARY 1950 The Local Records Program in New York State HOWARD W. CROCKER 3 Manuscript Collections in the Bancroft Library GEORGE P. HAMMOND 15 History and Program of the Mississippi State Department of Archives and History WILLIAM D. MCCAIN 27 The National Library as the National Records Depository for Wales EVAN D. JONES 35 The President's Page PHILIP C. BROOKS 46 Have You Seen? 49 The Society of American Archivists Reports for the Year 1948-49 51 Reviews of Books 70 News Notes 77

NUMBER 2, APRIL 1950

R. D. W. Connor, 1878-1950 THAD PAGE 99 The Public Records of Canada: Recent Developments in Control and Management W. E. D. HALLIDAY 102 The First Conference of Archivists, December 1909: The Beginnings of a Profession WALDO GIFFORD LELAND 109 Some Reference Problems of Picture Collections HERMINE MUNZ BAUMHOFER 121 The Maintenance of Microfilm Files DANIEL F. NOLL 129 Cartographic and Related Records: What They Are, How Have They Been Produced and What Are Problems of Their Administration? ...HERMAN R. FRIIS 135 Have You Seen? 156 The Archivist's Book Shelf: Downloaded from http://meridian.allenpress.com/american-archivist/article-pdf/13/1/i/2742994/aarc_13_1_v4q47qq7010w3t15.pdf by guest on 23 September 2021 The Historical Side of Manuscripts THOMAS P. MARTIN 158 Reviews of Books 161 News Notes 177

NUMBER 3, JULY 1950

The Papers of the Presidents BUFORD ROWLAND 195 The National Historical Publications Commission 212 The Identification and Description of the Record Series KENNETH MUNDEN 213 Territorial Papers of the United States 228 Archives of the United Church of Canada E. C. KYTE 229 New Developments in Record Containers ARTHUR E. KIMBERLY 233 The Ministerial Collecting Center Near Kassel, Germany LESTER K. BORN 237 The Development of Record Systems HELEN L. CHATFIELD 259 The President's Page 268 The Ecole des Chartes DOROTHY MACKAY QUYNN 271 Inexpensive Devices to Aid the Archivist ELLEN STARR BRINTON 285 Archives of the International Labour Office.-.-G. DUBOURG 287 Reviews of Books 292 The Archivist's Book Shelf: Business Records ROBERT W. LOVETT 303 News Notes 306 Proposed Federal Records Act 319 NUMBER 4, OCTOBER 1950

Remarks on Contemporary Archives. RENEE DOEHAERD 323 The Problem of Modern Archives LEOPOLD GENICOT 329 The President's Page 341 Downloaded from http://meridian.allenpress.com/american-archivist/article-pdf/13/1/i/2742994/aarc_13_1_v4q47qq7010w3t15.pdf by guest on 23 September 2021 Archives in Colleges and Universities: Some Comments on Data Collected by the Society's Committee on College and University Archives DWIGHT H. WILSON 343 The Zionist Central Archives 351 Writings on Archives, Records Management, and Historical Manuscripts, June 1949-June 1950....LESTER W. SMITH 357 Reviews of Books 387 News Notes 396 Letter to the Editor 414 VOLUME XIII JANUARY 1950 NUMBER Downloaded from http://meridian.allenpress.com/american-archivist/article-pdf/13/1/i/2742994/aarc_13_1_v4q47qq7010w3t15.pdf by guest on 23 September 2021

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CONTENTS

The Local Records Program in New York State HOWARD W. CROCKER 3 Manuscript Collections in the Bancroft Library GEORGE P. HAMMOND 15 History and Program of the Mississippi State Department of Archives and History WILLIAM D. MCCAIN 27 The National Library as the National Records Depository for Wales EVAN D. JONES 35 The President's Page PHILIP C. BROOKS 46 Have You Seen? 49 The Society of American Archivists Reports for the Year 1948-49 5l Reviews of Books: Archives, The Journal of the British Records Association, Vol. I, No. 1 H. B. FANT 70 A Guide to the Archives of the Central Record Office N. W.-F. Province, by S. M. Jaffar HOMER L. CALKIN 71 Problems of an Archivist, by S. M. Jaffar HOMER L. CALKIN 71 Archives: Meaning, Scope, and Importance, by S. M. Jaffar HOMER L. CALKIN 71 Newspapers on Microfilm: A Union Check List, by Library of Congress National Union Catalog Division..PRESTON W. EDSALL 72 Archives Generates du Royaume. Inventaire des Archives de la Liquidation de L'Ancienne Detta Constitute et de L'Arriere des Pays-Bas, by Lucienne Van Meerbeeck CARL L. LOKKE 74 Western Historical Manuscripts Collection Bulletin No. 5 JEAN R. MCNIECE 75 NEWS NOTES 77