Editorial correspondence, 1936-1942.

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Editorial correspondence, 1936-1942.

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Correspondence with State supervisors and editorial consultants; transcripts of telephone conversations; progress reports, procedural circulars, and manuals from State offices; financial and employment data; and sample forms. Included are records from the following projects: 1)Public Records Inventory, 1936-42; 2) State Archives Inventory, 1939-41; 3)Church Archives Inventory, 1938-41; 3)Imprints Inventory, 1937-42; 4) American Portrait Inventory, 1938-42; 5) Bibliography of Music Project, 1937-41; 6) Survey of Federal Archives, 1937-39; and 7)Guide to Manuscript Depositories, 1938-40. The Guide to Manuscript Depositories file contains ribbon copies of filled-in forms received from the State offices; notes and draft inventories for the Inventory of Negro Manuscripts; speeches and correspondence of Herbert Kellar of the McCormick Historical Society.

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