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WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, Short Title Check-List
of West Virginia State Publications, 1953-1954, Charleston, West Virginia, June
1954. Processed. Gift.

West Virginia History, Vol. XV, No. 4; Vol. XVI, Nos. 1, 2, 3, Charleston, West
Virginia, 1954-1955. Gift.

The William and Mary Quarterly, 3d Series, Vol. XI, Nos. 3, 4; Vol. XII, Nos. 1, 2,
Williamsburg, Virginia, 1954-1955. Gift of John M. Hemphill, II.

WISCONSIN STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, American Imprints, Inventory, A Check
List of Wisconsin Imprints, 1864-1869, Madison, Wisconsin, 1953. Processed.
Gift.

WRIGHT, ALBERT HAZEN, Biology at Cornell University, 1868-1928, Pre-Cornell and
Early Cornell IV, Studies in History No. 18. Reprinted from Bios, Vol. XXIV, No. 3,
October 1953. Gift.

——————, Natural History Society of Cornell University 1869-1899, The History o j
Natural Science in Cornell for the First Thirty Years, Pre-Cornell and Early Cor-
nell V, Studies in History No. 19, [Ithaca, New York], 1954. Processed. Gift

MAPS ACQUIRED

"Nova Anglia, Nowm Belgivm et Virginia, Anno 1630." Photostat copy from original
loaned by Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Muto.

"Nova Virginiae Tabvla, Ex officina Guiljelmi Blaeuw," [Amsterdam, 1667]. Photo-
stat copy from original loaned by Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Muto.

Carte de la Virginie, de la Baye Chesapeack, et Pays Voisins," [Amsterdam, 1757].
Photostat copy from original owned by Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Muto.

"Maryland." engraved by G. W. Boynton and entered by T. G. Bradford in the Clerk's
Office of the District Court of Massachusetts in 1838. Purchase.

RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

In the Report of the Archivist for last year an account of the first fruits
of the records management program was given. The year covered by this Re-
port has witnessed solid accomplishment in every field of our endeavors. There
is much work that remains to be done, however, before the program attains
maximum effectiveness.

Emphasis in the program continued to be directed toward bringing under
the control of retention and disposal schedules the records of all State agencies.
Partly because of the decline in the demand from agencies for assistance with
emergency records problems, and partly because of the accelerated pace set
during the past fiscal year, we were able to increase the record series controlled
by schedules from 195 to 638. This important aspect of our work has been