56 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT

Meanwhile, we have always been glad to acquire the records of
other denominations. Through the continued cooperation of the Rev-
erend Edwin Schell, President of the Methodist Historical Society of
the Baltimore Conference, we have completed the microfilming of the
records in the custody of the Society and, in addition, certain other
records that have been deposited in the office of the District Superin-
tendents. All of the Baltimore Methodist church records listed below
were acquired from these two sources.

On May 27, Edgar W. Beckett, Clarence L. Fossett, Daniel W.
Justice, Robert H. Parker, Orris G. Robinson and Paul F. Warner,
District Superintendents of the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist
Church, visited the Hall of Records to discuss with us means of pre-
serving the church records under their jurisdiction. They were favorably
impressed with our program and assured us of their cooperation.

Old Otterbein is one of the oldest and best known churches in
Baltimore. We were very pleased to be able to microfilm its records.
Those for 1771-1784 are lost, but the records are intact from 1785 to
date. Many of the early entries were made in German.

Once again we are indebted to a number of individuals and insti-
tutions for adding to our collection of historical manuscripts. In our
last report, we mentioned that Mr. William Tell Claude had permitted
us to microfilm an account book kept by the Treasurer of the Corpora-
tion of Annapolis dating from 1784-1802. Mr. Claude has now pre-
sented us the original volume.

Mrs. Truman E. Hienton prepared and presented to us a map
showing the tracts of land laid out prior to April 23, 1696 in the area
that is now Prince George's County, but was then part of Calvert and
Charles Counties. The map also contains an alphabetical listing of the
names of the tracts laid out in each county. It is a fine piece of research.

The bibliographical notes on Maryland Indians compiled by O. L.
Molter represent years of research and would be extremely difficult
to duplicate. He was especially interested in the dietary habits of
Indians.

In a number of instances, we acquired photocopies of materials
that were not available in their original form, as for example the micro-
film copy of the Hollyday Family Papers, one of the truly fine collec-
tions of family archives in the State. This Eastern Shore family has