T H E AMERICAN ARCHIVIST Volume I V JANUARY TO OCTOBER, 1941 Published quarterly by T H E SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS D ow nloaded from http://m eridian.allenpress.com /doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.4.1.p667301m 87881x20 by C arnegie M ellon U niversity user on 06 A pril 2021 T H E SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS Officers WALDO GIFFORD LELAND, president PHILIP COOLIDGE BROOKS, secretary HERBERT A. KELLAR, vice -president JULIAN PARKS BOYD, treasurer Council Members ROBERT DIGGES WIMBERLY CONNOR MARGARET CROSS NORTON WILLIAM D. MCCAIN MORRIS L. RADOFF LAWRENCE COUNSELMAN WROTH T H E AMERICAN ARCHIVIST Editorial Board CHRISTOPHER BUSH COLEMAN EDNA LOUISE JACOBSEN LUTHER HARRIS EVANS HERBERT INGRAM PRIESTLEY THEODORE CALVIN PEASE, managing editor T H E UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, sponsor THE AMERICAN ARCHIVIST is published quarterly in the months of January, April, July, and October by the Society of American Archivists at 450 Ahnaip Street, Menasha, Wisconsin. Subscription price five dollars per year. Entered as second-class matter February J, 1938, at the post office at Menasha, Wisconsin, under the Act of March 3, 1879. All contributions should be addressed to the Editor, 418 Lincoln Hall, Urbana, Illinois. Sub- scriptions and communications should be sent to 450 Ahnaip Street, Menasha, Wisconsin, or the Secretary, Box 6154, Washington, D.C. D ow nloaded from http://m eridian.allenpress.com /doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.4.1.p667301m 87881x20 by C arnegie M ellon U niversity user on 06 A pril 2021 CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV N U M B E R I . J A N U A R Y , 1941 The Archivist in Times of Emergency W A L D O G. LELAND I The Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society of American Achivists . . LESTER J. C A P P O N I 3 European Experiences in Training Archivists E R N S T POSNER 26 Reviews of Books 38 Shorter Notices 49 News Notes 53 Abstracts of Archive Publications: Western Europe . LESTER K. BORN 72 N U M B E R 2. A P R I L , 1941 Dedication of the Archival Section of the Alabama World War Memo- rial Building R. D . W . CONNOR 77 The Training of American Archivists SOLON J. B U C K 84 The Challenge of Historical Materials RICHARD B. MORRIS 91 Confederate Judicial Records W I L L I A M M. ROBINSON, J R . 117 Reviews of Books 122 Shorter Notices 130 News Notes 135 N U M B E R 3 . J U L Y , 1941 Some Problems of State Archival Administration CHRISTOPHER B. COLEMAN 149 Administrative History in Federal Archives KARL L. T R E V E R 159 Archives and Local Administrative History . GEORGE M. M C F A R L A N D I 70 A Soldier-Archivist and His Records: Major General Fred C. Ains- worth SIERT F. R I E P M A 178 D ow nloaded from http://m eridian.allenpress.com /doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.4.1.p667301m 87881x20 by C arnegie M ellon U niversity user on 06 A pril 2021 Archival Maps as Illustrated by Those in the National Archives W . L. G. JOERG 188 Reviews of Books 194 Shorter Notices 204 News Notes 210 N U M B E R 4 . O C T O B E R , 1941 Baldassare Bonifacio and His Essay De ArchkAs . . . . LESTER K. BORN 221 The Papers of Thomas Jefferson H E L E N D U P R E Y BULLOCK 238 A T e n Year Experiment in Archival Practices R U T H K. NUERMBERGER 250 Some Problems of State Archival Administration . . C. C. CRITTENDEN 262 The Archives of New York EDWARD F. ROWSE 267 Extension Service Records in Alabama CHARLES S. DAVIS 275 Reviews of Books 281 Shorter Notices 293 News Notes 296 VI D ow nloaded from http://m eridian.allenpress.com /doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.4.1.p667301m 87881x20 by C arnegie M ellon U niversity user on 06 A pril 2021 THE AMERICAN ARCHIVIST January, 1941 Published quarterly by THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS D ow nloaded from http://m eridian.allenpress.com /doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.4.1.p667301m 87881x20 by C arnegie M ellon U niversity user on 06 A pril 2021 THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS Officers W A L D O GIFFORD LELAND, fresident P H I L I P COOLIDGE BROOKS, secretary H E R B E R T A. KELLAR, vice fresident J U L I A N PARKS BOYD, treasurer Council Members ROBERT DIGGES W I M B E R L Y CONNOR MARGART CROSS NORTON W I L L I A M D . M C C A I N MORRIS L. RADOFF LAWRENCE COUNSELMAN W R O T H T H E AMERICAN ARCHIVIST Editorial Board CHRISTOPHER BUSH COLEMAN EDNA LOUISE JACOBSEN L U T H E R HARRIS EVANS H E R B E R T INGRAM PRIESTLEY THEODORE CALVIN PEASE, managing editor T H E UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, sponsor THE AMERICAN ARCHIVIST Is published quarterly in the months of January, April, July, and October by the Society of American Archivists at 450 Ahnaip Street, Menasha, Wisconsin. Subscription price five dollars per year. Entered as second-class matter February 5, 1938, at the post office at Menasha, Wisconsin, under the Act of March 3, 1879. All contributions should be addressed to the Editor, 418 Lincoln Hall, Urbana, Illinois. Sub- scriptions and communications should be sent to 450 Ahnaip Street, Menasha, Wisconsin, or the Secretary, Box 6154, Washington, D.C. D ow nloaded from http://m eridian.allenpress.com /doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.4.1.p667301m 87881x20 by C arnegie M ellon U niversity user on 06 A pril 2021 THE AMERICAN ARCHIVIST JANUARY, 1 9 4 1 Volume IV Number i Published quarterly by THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS D ow nloaded from http://m eridian.allenpress.com /doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.4.1.p667301m 87881x20 by C arnegie M ellon U niversity user on 06 A pril 2021 CONTENTS The Archivist in Times of Emergency . . . . W A L D O G. LELAND I T h e Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archi- vists LESTER J. CAPPON 13 European Experiences in Training Archivists ERNST POSNER 26 Reviews of Books Guide to the Material in the National Archives WALDO G. LELAND 38 WPA Projects, Ship Registers of Massachusetts: District of Barnstable, 1814-1^13; Dighton-Fall River, 1789- 1938; District of New Bedford, 1796-1850; District of Newburyport, 1789-1908; District of Plymouth, 1789- 1908; Hamer, Philip M., Instructions for the Compila- tion of Ship Registers and Enrollments FORREST R. HOLDCAMPER 39 The Business Historical Society, The Preservation of Business Records WILLIAM D. OVERMAN 42 Eduardo Mujica Farias, El Arte de Organizar Bibliotecas, Archivos y Reparticiones en General ALMON R. WRIGHT 44 Meddelanden fran Svenska Riksarkivet for -Ar 1938 HAROLD LARSON 45 Rapport de VArchiviste de la Province de Quebec pour 1937- 1938; Pierre-Georges Roy, Archives de la Province de Quebec. Inventaire des Papiers de Lery conserves aux Archives de la Province de Quebec EDWARD F. ROWSE 47 Shorter Notices 49 News Notes 53 Abstracts of Archive Publications: Western Europe LESTER K. BORN 72 iii D ow nloaded from http://m eridian.allenpress.com /doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.4.1.p667301m 87881x20 by C arnegie M ellon U niversity user on 06 A pril 2021