Volume 39 Number 2 April 1976 The American Archivist Published Quarterly by The Society of American Archivists D ow nloaded from http://m eridian.allenpress.com /doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.39.2.t84802t1w 0056435 by C arnegie M ellon U niversity user on 06 A pril 2021 The American Archivist C. F. W. Coker, Editor Douglas Penn Stickley, Jr., Assistant Editor DEPARTMENT EDITORS Maygene Daniels, Reviews F. P. Dowling, News Notes Elizabeth T. Edelglass, Bibliography Frank B. Evans, The International Scene Milton O. Gustafson, The International Scene Lawrence H. McDonald, Reviews Clark W. Nelson, Technical Notes EDITORIAL BOARD Maynard J. Brichford (1975-78), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign William N. Davis, Jr., (1975-78), California State Archives David B. Gracy II (1976-79), Georgia State University Lucille M. Kane (1976-79), Minnesota Historical Society Mary C. Lethbridge (1973-77), Library of Congress Leonard Rapport (1973-76), National Archives and Records Service William L. Rofes (1973-77), IBM Corporation Hugh A. Taylor (1973-76), Public Archives of Canada T h e Society of American Archivists PRESIDENT Elizabeth Hamer Kegan, Library of Congress VICE PRESIDENT Robert M. Warner, University of Michigan TREASURER Howard L. Applegate, The Balch Institute EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Ann Morgan Campbell COUNCIL MEMBERS Richard C. Berner (1972-76), University of Washington J. Frank Cook (1974-78), University of Wisconsin Elsie F. Freivogel (1972-76), National Archives and Records Service Ruth W. Helmuth (1973-77), Case Western Reserve University Andrea Hinding (1975-79), University of Minnesota J. R. K. Kantor (1974-78), University of California at Berkeley Hugh A. Taylor (1973-77), Public Archives of Canada Edward Weldon (1975-79), New York State Archives D ow nloaded from http://m eridian.allenpress.com /doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.39.2.t84802t1w 0056435 by C arnegie M ellon U niversity user on 06 A pril 2021 The American Archivist Volume 39 Number 2 April 1976 131 Document Restoration by Digital Image Processing W. H. SPUCK, R. J. BLACKWELL, and J. M. SOHA 157 Current Lamination Policies of the Library of Congress FRAZER G. POOLE 161 T h e Barrow Two-Bath Deacidification Method W. J. BARROW RESTORATION S H O P , INC. 165 A Visible File Catalog for Photographic Materials HILDA BOHEM 167 Cataloging Motion Picture Film: A Descriptive Bibliography HARRIET W. AVENEY 177 Writings on Archives, Historical Manuscripts, and Current Records: 1974 ELIZABETH T . EDELGLASS and ISABEL CLARKE STEVENS 199 Reviews 221 T h e International Scene: News and Abstracts 227 Technical Notes 233 News Notes 249 T h e Society of American Archivists 256 Forum REVIEWS 199 CHENHALL, Museum Cataloging in the Computer Age, reviewed by H. L. P. Stibbe 200 RECORDS MANAGEMENT SERIES, Subject Classification Guide, reviewed by William L. Rofes 1976 T h e Society of American Archivists. All Rights Reserved. D ow nloaded from http://m eridian.allenpress.com /doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.39.2.t84802t1w 0056435 by C arnegie M ellon U niversity user on 06 A pril 2021 REVIEWS, Continued 201 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE, RECORDS MANAGEMENT HANDBOOKS, Managing Information Retrieval: Microform Retrieval Equip- ment Guide; Managing Information Retrieval: Microfilming Records. Man- aging Information Retrieval: Computer Output Microfilm; reviewed by Don M. Avedon 202 CLAUS, comp., Guide to Archives in the Connecticut State Library, and OFFICE, SECRETARY OF STATE, MISSOURI, A Guide to the Missouri State Archives, reviewed by W. N. Davis 203 JORDAN, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, A Roster, vol. 5: Infantry, 11th- 15th Regiments, reviewed by Elizabeth L. Hill 204 THOMAS AND CASE, eds., The New Guide to the Diplomatic Archives of West- ern Europe, reviewed by George O. Kent 205 THATCHER, ed. and comp., Cambridge South Asian Archive: Records of the British Period in South Asia Relating to India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma, Nepal, and Afghanistan Held in the Centre of South Asian Studies, Univer- sity of Cambridge, reviewed by Leon J. Stout 206 LAWTON, ed., Shop Talk: Papers on Historical Business and Commercial Records of New England, reviewed by Robert A. Shiff 208 GRELE, ed., Envelopes of Sound; and BAUM, Oral History for the Local Histor- ical Society; and T H E ORAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION, The Oral History Review, 1975; reviewed by Larry J. Hackman 209 MAUNDER, Dr. Richard E. McArdle: An Interview with the Former Chief, U.S. Forest Service, 1952-1962, reviewed by Harold T. Pinkett 210 MCINTOSH, ed., The Papers of Jefferson Davis, vol. 2: June 1841-July 1846, reviewed by Bell I. Wiley 211 PAPENFUSE, In Pursuit of Profit: The Annapolis Merchants in the American Revolution, 1763-1805, reviewed by Richard Walsh 212 CARTER, A History of the Oxford University Press, vol. 1: To the Year 1780, reviewed by John Y. Cole 213 BILLINGTON, comp., Allan Nevins on History, review by Martin I. Elzy 214 BROGAN, CUNLIFFE, AND CUNLIFFE, Burke's Presidential Families of the Uni- ted States of America, reviewed by Milton Rubincam 215 DOUGHERTY, comp. and ed., Writings on American History, 1973-74: A Sub- ject Bibliography of Articles, reviewed by Oliver H. Orr, Jr. THE AMERICAN ARCHIVIST is published quarterly by the Society of American Archivists. 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The American Archivist and the Society of American Archivists assume no responsibility for state- ments made by contributors. © Society of American Archivists 1976. All rights reserved. Second-class postage paid at Washington, D.C, and additional mailing office. D ow nloaded from http://m eridian.allenpress.com /doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.39.2.t84802t1w 0056435 by C arnegie M ellon U niversity user on 06 A pril 2021 The Forum TO THE EDITOR: In a book I am writing on secret codes and ciphers, 1776-1861,1 have plans to include more than sixty different codes and ciphers used by American presidents and diplomats during this period. Several codes have not been found, and I would appreciate information from any of your readers on the location of codes employed by any of the following: Thomas Jefferson to David Humphreys, American Minister Resident in Portugal in 1791, in which "994" was the symbol for the. Thomas Pinckney, Minister Plenipotentiary in Great Britain, 1792-1796, and by Robert Liv- ingston to Rufus King in 1802, in which "663" was the symbol for the. Rufus King, Minister Plenipotentiary in Great Britain, 1796-1803, in which the was "769." Thomas Jefferson to William Short in 1790, and to John Jay in 1787 and 1789, in which the was "224." John Armstrong, Minister Plenipotentiary in France, 1804-1810, in which the was "972." Thomas Jefferson to William Carmichael in Spain between 1787-1789, in which the was "1196." George Erving, Charge d"Affaires ad interim in Spain, 1805-1810, in which the was "1651." Anthony Morris in Spain 1814-1816, in which the was "285." Thomas T. Barlow, Charge' d'Affaires ad interim in France, 1812-1813, in which the was "1700." R A L P H E. WEBER Professor of History Marquette University Milwaukee, WI 53233 TO THE EDITOR: The Social Welfare History Archives at the University of Minnesota is conduct- ing a nationwide survey of more than 9,000 archives and manuscripts repositories for sources documenting the history of women in the United States from the colonial period to the present. The results of this survey will be published as a multivolume guide designed to serve scholars in women's history, women's stud- ies, and a variety of other fields in the humanities and social sciences. The Women's History Sources Survey, which is funded by a $347,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the University of Minnesota, has been formally endorsed by the executive council of the Society of American Archi- vists. It has also received support from the American Historical Association, regional organizations of archivists and historians, and many individuals in the archives, library, and history professions. At this time approximately 3,975 repositories are participating in the survey; many of them are reporting dozens—or hundreds—of collections which fall within the criteria for inclusion outlined by the survey staff. Although the survey requires The American Archivist Vol. 39, No. 2 April 1976 257 D ow nloaded from http://m eridian.allenpress.com /doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.39.2.t84802t1w 0056435 by C arnegie M ellon U niversity user on 06 A pril 2021 258 THE AMERICAN ARCHIVIST—April 1976 yet another investment of time on the part of overburdened staffs, archivists and manuscripts curators are responding enthusiastically. Some believe the work done for the survey will enable them to answer more efficiently increasing numbers of inquiries about women while others believe the survey provides an opportunity to reinterpret their holdings and examine their acquisitions policies. Still others are cooperating because they believe, as SAA Executive Director Ann Morgan Camp- bell has said, that the Women's History Sources Survey is "another important indi- cation of the expansion of the modern archivist's role—from passive custodian of 'old papers' to the vigorous partnership in the quest to document American life." Because work on the survey will continue through 1977, there is still ample time for interested archivists and manuscripts curators to report collections. Those who wish to do so are invited to write to: Clarke A. Chambers and Andrea Hinding, Co- directors, Women's History Sources Survey, Social Welfare History Archives, Uni- versity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. 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