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PHOTODUPLICATION

The earnings of the photoduplication department increased to
$258 this year over $230 for the preceding year. Part of this differ-
ence is due to a real increase in the quantity of copies ordered, the
rest to the fact that we have tried to persuade researchers to accept
photostatic instead of typewritten copies, and we have succeeded
so well that no typed copies were called for. It will be recalled
that the photographic facilities are shared by the Land Office, and
a great deal of work is done for other State offices. The State
offices, for the most part do not pay for these services, and all of
the work for private persons" in Annapolis is handled, because of
long custom,, through the Land Office.

In addition to its normal work, the Hall of Records began this
year to make photostatic copies of some of the County Land and
Court records which had been transferred to its vaults. These
copies are placed in the courthouse. During the last year the
Clerks of the Court of Prince George's and Frederick Counties con-
tributed $1,000 and $700 respectively for this work, but it is hoped
that in the future it will be possible to avoid asking for such con-
tributions. During the course of the year the following work was
done on this program:

Prince George's County Liber A. and Liber C.

Frederick County Judgment Record, 1748-1750 and Judgment

Record 1751
Somerset County Liber I. K. L.

A large microfilm order was completed for the New York Public
Library. The originals from which these films weje made, early
Upper and Lower House Journals, are in the State Library, but we
were willing to lend our microfilm facilities since there is none
other in Annapolis and since the project of collecting complete
files of all the journals of all the early Legislatures, is extremely
worthwhile. We were also able to add to our own collection by
means of the microfilm. Mr. John, W. Garrett has in his possession
some of the early court minutes of the Anne Arundel Court and
he graciously permitted us to make copies to add to our own Anne
Arundel County collection.