THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES

For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30

1935

ARCHIVES

PUBLICATION No. 1

Page

Officers and staff.

Letter of transmittal.

Report of the Archivist, 1934–35.

Historical statement.

The National Archives Building-

The National Archives Act...

Organization of staff.

Executive staff.

Professional divisions-

Administrative divisions..

Personnel...

Building and equipment-

Preliminary survey of Federal archives-

Studies in classification and cataloging-

Storage and preservation of films.

Fiscal affairs...

Relations with other Federal agencies.

Reports of Offices and Divisions-

Office of the Director of Archival Service--

Division of Accessions..

Division of Classification

Division of Research.

Division of Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings.

Office of the Executive Officer.

Division of Purchase and Supply.

Division of Personnel and Pay Roll.

Division of Finance and Accounts..

Division of Photographic Reproduction and Research

Legislation concerning The National Archives and the National

Archives Building, 1913–35...

Report of the Advisory Committee on the National Archives Build-

ing, 1930-

Index...

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Appendixes...

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Frontispiece

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The National Archives Building-

The Exhibition Hall...

The foyer on the Constitution Avenue side.-

A stairway near the Pennsylvania Avenue entrance

A view in the stacks..--

One of the search rooms.

The control desk in the central search room.