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Fiscal Year 1936-1937.

Provincial Court Judgments (9 volumes to 1703), card
index.

Revolutionary Papers (partial), card index.

Administrative Accounts, card index (typed from ms. cards

prepared by Land Office).
Fiscal Year 1937-1938.

Cards for the Provincial Court and Anne Arundel County
indexes which had previously been prepared were
typed and filed.

Cards which had been transferred from the Land Office
for the Prerogative Court materials were in part
checked and new cards prepared wherever necessary.

Anne Arundel County Levy Book (one volume), card index.

Anne Arundel County Original Wills, card index.
Fiscal Year 1938-1939.

Revolutionary Papers (partial), card index.

Original Wills, card index, transcribed from volume index.

Inventories and Accounts, card index, transcribed from vol-
ume index.

Balance and Final Distribution Books, card index, tran-
scribed from volume index.

RECEPTION AND ARRANGEMENT

When the Hall of Records opened official ly on October 1, 1935
it already had in its vaults the very large collection which had been
transferred from the Court of Appeals. Shortly thereafter, there
came another large group of records from the Land Office and within
the next two years a great collection from the Maryland Historical
Society and the Land Records of Baltimore and Anne Arundel
Counties. Only a small part of this material could be put on the
shelves ready for use. The rest had to be "serviced." Ideally this
would mean that each volume would be identified, accessioned and
catalogued. It might also have to be indexed. The individual paper
had to be unfolded, placed in a jute folder, identified, arranged and
indexed, then placed in a box and put on the shelves. All of the ma-