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ARCHIVIST OF THE HALL OF RECORDS 29
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Pages
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Worcester County
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Land Records Liber C ............................
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........... 1753-1755
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512
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Wills Liber 5 ................... ............................
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.......... 1676-1677
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396
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Liber 7 .................................................
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... 1695-1698
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412
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Maps
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Cambridge Town, Plat and Certificate of
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.................... 1790
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24
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Georgetown to Galena and Chesterville,
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Plot of Road ................................
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................... 1859
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12
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Maryland and Delaware, Plan of Boundary
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.................... 1768
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8
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Miscellaneous Papers
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Brooke Collection 13 Folders ............
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32
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Sesquicentennial Journal, Baltimore - October 11, 1880
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8
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Paper found in Talbot County Judgments
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1724/5-1725/6
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2
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Total
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24,680
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Papers Washed and Pressed
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Kent County Promissory Notes ................
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...... 1669-1683
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127 folders
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Parchment Pressed
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Plat of Cambridge ....................................
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................ 1853
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BINDING
Encouraging progress was made this year in our binding program. In
fiscal year 1953, one worker, giving part time to a new task, bound twelve
record volumes. The next year, this same worker gave full time and finished
forty-eight volumes; in fiscal year 1955, this number was increased to sixty-
two volumes. Since there are no figures available to me on binding in any other
archives—if indeed there is any—it is premature to say that our program is a
success. We are certain, however, that it is improving both in quantity and
quality.
In addition to the sixty-two volumes of large record books which were
fully bound, Mrs. Rucker was able to make covers and cases for paperback
books and pamphlets. Pamphlets with heavy paper covers had these covers
coated with liquid plastic in order to give them greater durability. Red board
covers were made for typewritten lists and other unbound finding aids used
in the research room. Library books losing pages or needing mending other-
wise were also cared for here, and as an additional benefit the materials and
equipment of the bindery were available for use in the preparation of exhibits.
None of this miscellaneous work could be done were it not for the
existence of the bindery, and in estimating the cost of binding record volumes
this should be taken into consideration. Moreover, doing the work at home
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