Historical records survey, counties, 1935-1941.

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Historical records survey, counties, 1935-1941.

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Surveys of county and municipal government records conducted by the Historical Records Survey of the federal Works Progress Administration. Includes inventory forms giving agencies' names, types of records, dates, quantities, contents, arrangements, indexing, sizes, and additional information. Arranged by county and then agency. Also contains notes on agency histories. The surveys for Allegany, Anne Arundel, Carroll, Garrett, Howard, Washington, and Wicomico counties were published.

27 cubic ft.

Maryland State Archives

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The Hall of Records, predecessor of the Maryland State Archives, was created as an independent agency in 1935, charged with the collection, custody, and preservation of the official records, documents, and publications of the state (Ch. 18, Acts of 1935). Impetus for its development can be traced to the state's tercentenary celebrations of 1934. The Maryland Tercentenary Commission made a modern, centralized archives a key feature of the commemoration of the state's 300th anniversar...