UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

I. The National Archives Act, the Federal Register Act, and certain
other legislation concerning The National Archives

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II. Accessions of The National Archives during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1939 .

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III. Professional publications by members of the National Archives
staff during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939

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IV. Report on the work of the Survey of Federal Archives for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1939.

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V. Report of the secretary of the National Archives Council for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1939 . .

VI. Report of the secretary of the National Historical Publications
Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939.

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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The National Archives Building from Constitution Avenue
The siege and surrender of Yorktown

Frontispiece

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Sea letter attesting to the neutrality of an American ship

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The engagement between the Constitution and the Guerriere
The battle of New Orleans. .

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Documents relating to the Indian wars

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The assumption of control in California by the United States Navy

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Col. Robert E. Lee's report of the capture of John Brown .
Telegraphic reports of two Civil War events

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Portions of the story of the Alabama.

"I ... propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer" Pension declaration of President Lincoln's "representative recruit" "Remember the Maine".

The end of the battle of Manila Bay

President Wilson and the Preparedness Day parade.
Posters of the United States Food Administration.
Ratification of the Kellogg-Briand Pact ..

The proclamation of neutrality of September 5, 1939 .

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OFFICERS AND STAFF

(As of December 1, 1939)

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

R. D. W. CONNOR-Archivist of the United States.
DORSEY W. HYDE, Jr.-Director of Archival Service.

SOLON J. BUCK-Director of Publications.

COLLAS G. HARRIS-Executive Officer.

THAD PAGE-Administrative Secretary.

BERNARD R. KENNEDY-Director of the Division of the Federal Register. MARCUS W. PRICE-Assistant Director of Archival Service.

JAMES D. PRESTON-Assistant Administrative Secretary.

MARJORY B. TERRELL-Secretary to the Archivist.

PROFESSIONAL DIVISIONS

Repair and Preservation-Arthur E. Kimberly, Chief.
Classification-Roscoe R. Hill, Chief.
Cataloging-John R. Russell, Chief.
Reference-Philip M. Hamer, Chief.

Legislative Archives-Frank D. McAlister, Acting Chief.

State Department Archives-Fred W. Shipman, Chief.

Treasury Department Archives-Westel R. Willoughby, Chief.

War Department Archives-Dallas D. Irvine, Chief.

Justice Department Archives-Frank D. McAlister, Chief.

Post Office Department Archives—Arthur H. Leavitt, Acting Chief.
Navy Department Archives-Nelson M. Blake, Chief.

Interior Department Archives-Oliver W. Holmes, Chief.

Agriculture Department Archives-Theodore R. Schellenberg, Chief.
Commerce Department Archives—Arthur H. Leavitt, Chief.

Labor Department Archives-Paul Lewinson, Chief.
Independent Agencies Archives-Percy S. Flippin, Chief.

Veterans' Administration Archires-Thomas M. Owen, Jr., Chief.
Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings-John G. Bradley, Chief.
Maps and Charts-W. L. G. Joerg, Chief.

Photographic Archives and Research-Vernon D. Tate, Chief.

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS

Personnel and Pay Roll-Isaac McBride, Chief.

Finance and Accounts-Allen F. Jones, Chief.
Purchase and Supply-Frank P. Wilson, Chief.
Printing and Processing-Harry M. Forker, Chief.
Central Files-Virginia M. Wolfe, Chief.

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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES,

Washington, D. C., November 15, 1939.

To the Congress of the United States:

In compliance with section 9 of the National Archives Act, approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1122-1124), which requires the Archivist of the United States to make to Congress "at the beginning of each regular session, a report for the preceding fiscal year as to the National Archives, the said report including a detailed statement of all accessions and of all receipts and expenditures on account of the said estab lishment," I have the honor to submit herewith the fifth annual report of the Archivist of the United States, which covers the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939.

Respectfully,

R. D. W. CONNOR, Archivist.

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