British transcripts MSS: The copying of manuscript material in the English archives, relative to the American colonies, is an undertaking described in the report for 1905 (pp. 56–58). It progresses steadily, the total number of folios having now reached upward of 85,000. The publication, by the Carnegie Institution, of the "Guide to the manuscript material for the history of the United States in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the Libraries of Oxford and Cambridge," by Prof. Charles M. Andrews and Miss Frances G. Davenport, has facilitated the selection of the archives in these collections which should be copied; and when the promised Guide to the Public Record Office Archives shall have been published the selection of documents in that depository will be comparatively a simple matter. Throughout the prosecution of this undertaking the Library has had the benefit of Professor Andrews's expert advice, voluntarily given, in selecting the archives to be copied. The transcripts are now so numerous, and the period which they cover is so extensive, that it seems desirable that a bulletin describing their scope and that of the Stevens Catalogue Index of Manuscripts in the Archives of England, France, Holland, and Spain, relating to America, and the Stevens Facsimiles and Transcripts, acquired by the Library in 1906, should be issued for the benefit of students-the publication to be merely preliminary and not to preclude the preparation of a more detailed calendar at a future date, when the transcribing of the British material shall have been concluded. (Notes toward such a bulletin accompany the lists in Appendix III, pp. 171-176.) On July 1, Mr. J. C. Fitzpatrick completed his monumental calendar of the Military correspondence of George Washington during the Revolution (1775-1783). It comprises over 25,000 cards, and includes all the military documents in the Washington collection, the Papers of the Continental Congress, and the other collections in the Manuscripts Division. It is now in press. The calendar of the Van Buren papers, begun by Mr. Worthington C. Ford when he was in the Library, has been completed by Miss Elizabeth H. West, and the proof is being read. This is the collection which was given to the Library in 1904 and 1905 by Mrs. Smith Thompson Van Buren and Dr. Stuyvesant Fish Morris. Work on the calendar of New Mexico papers has made substantial progress, and to the calendar of the Johnson papers some cards have been added. the Continental Of the Journals of the Continental Congress, for 1780, The Journals of three volumes, XVI, XVII, and XVIII, have been printed Congress and issued, and editorial work on the volumes for 1781 is under way. The Chief of the Division attended the International International Congress of Archivists Congress of Archivists (and Librarians) at Brussels, August 27-31, 1910, as delegate of our government and as a contributor to the programme. His trip in behalf of the Library extended to various other European cities-as far east as Vienna-in search of material and in the examination of archives. DIVISION OF DOCUMENTS (From the report of the Chief, Mr. Thompson) Accessions During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, the accessions DOCUMENTS: to the Library through the Division of Documents were as follows: In addition to the above, 24,054 maps and charts and 10 atlases have been received by official donation. Comparison with the statistics of previous years shows that the number of volumes and pamphlets received during the fiscal year in this Division is greater than ever before and that for each of the last three years the document accessions exceeded 40,000. The growth of the work of the Division of Documents since its organization ten years ago is strikingly shown by the following table giving the receipts by three-year periods and the annual averages: Foreign docu ments Although the amount of material handled annually has more than doubled during the past decade, no increase in the force has been provided by law since the Division was established. In continuation of the efforts made in previous years to complete the sets of foreign documents received in part through international exchange, revised or supplementary want lists have been sent to the following countries: Argen tine Republic, Buenos Aires, Baden, Bavaria, Belgium, British Columbia, Cape of Good Hope, Guatemala, government of India, Central Provinces of India, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, Manitoba, Mexico, Natal, New South Wales, Nova Scotia, Orange River colony, Peru, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Western Australia. As a rule, these statements of wants have been communicated to the Smithsonian Institution for transmission abroad or sent direct from the Library to the distributing authorities. In the case of four of the above countries, however, the Department of State was requested to procure the desired material through diplomatic channels, as previous attempts to obtain it through the international exchange service had been unsuccessful. In response to requests outstanding a year ago, and from some of those above mentioned also, special shipments of documents have been received as follows: Austria, 90 volumes and pamphlets; Baden, 396; Barbados, 46; Bremen, 114; British Guiana, 8; Belgium, 189; Bolivia, 76; British Columbia, 68; Cape Colony, 173; Cuba, 40; Costa Rica, 10; Denmark and Iceland, 195; Ecuador, 6; Egypt, 157; France, 53; Department of the Seine, 647; Imperial German Government, 143; Guatemala, 143; Hesse, 87; Government of India, 395; Andaman Islands, 21; Bengal and Assam, 221; Bombay, 21; Burma, 567; Central Provinces of India, 293; Coorg, 31; Italy, 13; Manitoba, 45; Mexico, 38; Montenegro, 121; Natal, 51; New Zealand, 18; Peru, 18; Portugal, 128; Prince Edward Island, 220; Prussia, 29; Rhodesia, 58; Roumania, 308; Saxony, 22; Spain, 67; South Australia, 144; Sweden, 326; Switzerland, 46; Transvaal, 32; Uruguay, 13; Venezuela, 13; and Württemberg, II. These are additional to the regular consignments from the 88 countries on the international exchange list. Gifts from foreign governments also include a complete set of over 23,000 cadastral sheets of the maps of the prov60811-19- 4 inces of Egypt, presented by the Survey department of that country. Exchange of By Joint Resolution of March 4, 1909, the Public Printer Daily Congres sional Record was authorized and directed "to supply to the Library of Congress such number as may be required, not exceeding one hundred copies, of the daily issue of the Congressional Record for distribution, through the Smithsonian Institution, to the legislative chambers of such foreign governments as may agree to send to the United States current copies of their parliamentary record or like publication, such documents, when received, to be deposited in the Library of Congress." The purpose of this resolution was to carry into effect the provisions of the Brussels Convention of 1886 relating to an immediate exchange of parliamentary proceedings. The daily Congressional Record was accordingly sent currently during the last session to the legislatures of the following countries: Australia, Austria, Baden, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, France, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, New South Wales, New Zealand, Portugal, Prussia, Queensland, Roumania, Russia, Servia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Transvaal, Uruguay, and Western Australia-31 copies in all. In exchange the Library of Congress has received the proceedings of these foreign parliaments, generally by mail, as soon as printed. A similar provision in regard to the public acts of Congress, as printed in separate form (slip laws), would doubtless enable us to procure current issues of foreign laws in the Foreign municipal documents same manner. The two groups of accessions through the Division of Documents this year calling for special mention are the municipal documents of foreign cities and the current publications of the various states and territories of the United States. In December last a communication was addressed to the Department of State, inquiring whether it would be practi |