Replica of "Official Roster and Credits Page" from Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1957 ROBERT W. BURGESS, Director A. Ross Eckler, Deputy Director Conrad Taeuber, Assistant Director Morris H. Hansen, Assistant Director for Statistical Standards This volume stems from a joint interest by the Bureau of the Census and the Social Science Research Council. It was planned, assembled, edited, and published by the Bureau, with the advice and assistance of the Committee on Historical Statistics appointed by the Council. Many other individuals and agencies cooperated and made significant contributions to this project. General acknowledgments for each chapter are presented on p. VII; other acknowledgments frequently appear in the text discussions of the various chapters. The volume was prepared in the Bureau of the Census under the general direction of Edwin D. Goldfield, Chief, Statistical Reports Division. Herman P. Miller served as the Project Director and was primarily responsible for the planning, organizing, and supervising of all aspects of the compilation of the data. Dr. Miller also served as executive secretary of the Committee on Historical Statistics, handled liaison matters for the Committee, and participated in its selection of experts to serve as consultants. O. Halbert Goolsby acted as staff assistant. Morris B. Ullman, who supervised the preparation of the previous volume, Historical Statistics of the United States, 1789-1945, was responsible for planning during the early stages of the project. William Lerner, Assistant Chief, Statistical Reports Division, was primarily responsible for the planning and supervising of the publication aspects of the volume and for the review and editing of the text and tables. Dorothy M. Belzer was responsible for the tabular presentation of the data and preparation of the material for the printer. The Census Library Branch, Louise H. Clickner, Chief, also lent valuable assistance. Social Science Research Council The Committee on Historical Statistics appointed by the Social Science Research Council participated actively in the preparation of this volume, in the extension of the subjects to be added, and in planning the general procedures for securing expert assistance on each subject. As the project was developed the Committee, especially the Chairman, was primarily responsible for consideration of prob lems of data selection and format, for general appraisal of the quality of the series suggested for inclusion, and for the selection of consultantspecialists for the various subjects. The Committee as a whole, or through specially qualified members, reviewed the plans for inclusion of specific series and discussed areas of study which presented unusual problems. Committee on Historical Statistics of the Social Science Research Council G. Heberton Evans, Jr., Chairman Herman P. Miller, Executive Secretary Department of Industrial Relations Richard M. Scammon Willard L. Thorp Director of Merrill Center for Harold F. Williamson Paul Webbink, Vice President, Social Science Research Council, attended Committee meetings and acted as the Council's representative. Stanley Lebergott, Office of Statistical Standards, Bureau of the Budget, also participated in the meetings. Replica of "Official Roster and Credits Page" from Historical Statistics of the United States, 1789-1945. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS J. C. CAPT, Director PHILIP M. HAUSER, Deputy Director While this volume has been planned, assembled, and edited in the Bureau of the Census, with the advice and assistance of the Social Science Research Council, many other individuals and agencies contributed to its preparation, directly and indirectly. In some instances, individuals devoted themselves full-time for the period necessary to complete their phase of the project. In other instances, contributions were prepared by individuals while they maintained heavy responsibilities in their own offices. A number of private publishers, authors, and research organizations generously granted permission to use their materials. In some cases, they also made additional contributions in time and energy. General acknowledgments for each chapter are given on p. IV; other specific acknowledgments appear within the text in the various sections of the volume. This volume was prepared in the office of Morris H. Hansen, Statistical Assistant to the Director of the Bureau of the Census, under the supervision of Morris B. Ullman, Chief, Statistical Reports Section, by Bruce L. Jenkinson, A. Benjamin Handler, and William Lerner. Mr. Jenkinson, Chief, Statistical Abstract Unit, was primarily responsible for the planning and preparation of the report; Mr. Handler, Executive Secretary of the Social Science Research Council Committee on the Source Book of Historical Statistics, was primarily responsible for procurement of data and relationships with the agencies and individuals who contributed to the publication; and Mr. Lerner, Statistician, Statistical Abstract Unit, was primarily responsible for the review and editing of the materials as to content, adequacy, and coverage. Dorothy M. Belzer acted as staff assistant, particularly with respect to tabular presentation, and was responsible for preparation of the materials for the printer. Claire F. Cahill checked all citations by reference to the original published sources and offered many constructive suggestions as to the content of the book. R. H. Coats, University of Toronto, attended meetings of the Committee as a representative of the Social Science Research Council of Canada Basic text and series on construction supplied by Keith W. Johnson, Economic Analyst, Samuel J. Dennis, Chief, Construction Economics Unit, and William H. Shaw, Chief, Construction Statistics Unit, Construction Division, in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce. Material was also supplied by: H. E. Riley, Chief, Construction and Public Employment Division, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; and Fred E. Schnepfe, Chief, Liaison Division, Public Roads Administration, Federal Works Agency. Material on housing prepared by Bureau of the Census staff. Historical Statistics... 1789-1945 List of series on railroads suggested by: Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics, Interstate Commerce Commission; and Bureau of Railway Economics, Association of American Railroads. Material on water transportation prepared by staff of Bureau of the Census. Series on road transportation supplied by Division of Research Reports and Statistics, Public Roads Administration, Federal Works Agency. List of series on air transport suggested by J. Parker Van Zandt, The Brookings Institution, and by Civil Aeronautics Administration, Department of Commerce. Data supplied by Civil Aeronautics Administration. Chapter R. Communications Historical Statistics... Colonial Times to 1970 Consultant-Hyman H. Goldin, Boston University Historical Statistics... Colonial Times to 1957 Principal consultants-Hyman H. Goldin and Robert E. Stromberg, Federal Communications Commission Review consultant—Melville J. Ulmer, American University |