24 SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

volume index covers only a short period of time so that the re-
searcher must know the exact date of the person he is seeking or
search through all the volumes. At the end of last year five volumes
had been transcribed; nine more were completed this year leaving
five yet to be done. The cards added during the year amounted to
30,000,

MIMEOGRAPHED AIDS:

1. Guide to the Index Holdings at the Hall of Records, October, 1941.
(A second revision of a bulletin first issued in February, 1940)

2. Guide to Gift and Deposit Holdings: (3) Bowie Papers, in press.

PRINTED AIDS:

1. Fifth Annual Report of the Archivist of the Hall of Records, State
of Maryland, for the Fiscal Year October 1, 1939 to September 30,
1940.

IN PREPARATION:

2. Sixth Annual Report of the Archivist of the Hall of Records, State
of Maryland, for the Fiscal Year October 1, 1940 to September 30,
1941.

3. Calendar of the Collection of Maryland State Papers called the "Rain-
bow Series", No. 1, the "Black Books". For sale.

4. Guide to the Manuscript materials in the Hall of Records of Mary-
land. For sale.

ACCESSIONING

During the first few years of its activities the Hall of Records
placed little emphasis on accessioning. For many collections both
private and public there was not even a date of transfer recorded.
As a temporary measure the Archivist devised a card accession
register for private gifts and deposits arranged alphabetically by
the name of the donor or depositor giving the name of the donor or
depositor, the date of the transfer, the title or general character of
the gift or deposit. When all the gifts and deposits from private
sources were collected in one place and arranged chronologically
these cards were useful both as a register of accessions and as a
rudimentary catalogue. This system was not intended to be perma-
nent and it is hoped that by the end of this year proper accessioning
of these materials will be accomplished.