THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, Washington, D. C., July 2, 1940. REPORT OF THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES ON A LIST OF PAPERS, CONsisting of 6 Items, Recommended to Him For Disposition, March 11, 1940, BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR To the Congress of the United States: In compliance with the provisions of section 3 of an act to provide for the disposition of certain records of the United States Government, approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1219–1221), I have the honor to transmit herewith a list of papers, consisting of six items, among the archives and records of the Department of the Interior, which the Department has recommended should be destroyed or otherwise disposed of. This list has been carefully examined and I beg to report, with the approval of the National Archives Council, that the archives and records described therein appear to have no permanent value or historical interest to the Government of the United States. Respectfully submitted. R. D. W. CONNOR, Archivist of the United States. Department of the Interior JOB NO.: D40-156. DATE: MAR. 11, 1940. BUREAU: CONSOLIDATED PURCHASING & SHIPPING UNIT. DIVISION: TERRITORIES & ISLAND POSSESSIONS. LOCATION OF RECORDS: FEDERAL OFFICE BLDG. (BASEMENT), SEATTLE, WASH. PERSON IN CHARGE: J. R. UMMEL, PURCHASING AGENT AND OFFICE MANAGER. DATE PREPARED: FEB. 14, 1940 File and form numbers, title, and description Kind of copies Inclusive dates do... Standard forms. .....do.. Disbursement vouchers-Standard form 1034-A... О DISPOSITION OF RECORDS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AUGUST 8, 1940.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. ELLIOTT, from the Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, submitted the following REPORT The joint select committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed on the part of the Senate and on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom are referred the reports of the Archivist of the United States in compliance with section 3 of the act approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1219-1221), in respect to accumulation of records which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of departments, bureaus, etc., and have no permanent value or historical interest, respectfully report to the Senate and House of Representatives, purusant to the act approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1219-1221), as follows: Your committee has taken action on the records described in the attached report of the Archivist of the United States, dated July 2, 1940, to the Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with respect to records recommended to him for disposal by the Department of the Interior, and we find and report that said records are not needed in the transaction of the current business of such Department and have no permanent value or historical interest. We recommend that the Department of the Interior, as required by law destroy or otherwise effectively dispose of such records; if by sale, upon the best obtainable terms, after due publication of notice inviting proposals therefor, and receive and pay the proceeds thereof into the Treasury of the United States, and make report thereof to the Archivist of the United States. Respectfully submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives. A. J. ELLIOTT, Chairman. B. W. GEARHART, Members on the part of the House. ALBEN W. BARKLEY, CHAS. W. TOBEY, Members on the part of the Senate. THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, Washington, D. C., July 2, 1940. REPORT OF THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES ON A LIST OF PAPERS, CONSISTING OF FIVE ITEMS, RECOMMENDED TO HIM FOR DISPOSITION, JANUARY 30, 1940, BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR To the Congress of the United States: In compliance with the provisions of section 3 of an act to provide for the disposition of certain records of the United States Government, approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1219-1221), I have the honor to transmit herewith a list of papers, consisting of five items, among the archives and records of the Department of the Interior, which the Department has recommended should be destroyed or otherwise disposed of. This list has been carefully examined and I beg to report, with the approval of The National Archives Council, that the archives and records described therein appear to have no permanent value or historical interest to the Government of the United States. Respectfully submitted. R. D. W. CONNOR, Archivist of the United States. Interior Department JOB NO.: D40-140, JAN. 30, 1940. BUREAU: PUERTO RICO RECONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION. DIVISION: FINANCE. LOCATION OF RECORDS: SAN JUAN, P. R. PERSON IN CHARGE: R. W. MAYCOCK, CHIEF, FINANCE DIVISION. DATE PREPARED: DEC. 18, 1939 JOB NO.: D40-140, JAN. 30, 1940. DIVISION: OFFICE OF PERSONNEL. LOCATION OF PERSON IN CHARGE: ERNEST H. DISPOSITION OF RECORDS IN THE FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY, WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION AUGUST 8, 1940.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. ELLIOTT, from the Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, submitted the following REPORT The joint select committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed on the part of the Senate and on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom are referred the reports of the Archivist of the United States in compliance with section 3 of the act approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1219-1221), in respect to accumulation of records which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of departments, bureaus, etc., and have no permanent value or historical interest, respectfully report to the Senate and House of Representatives, pursuant to the act approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1219-1221), as follows: Your committee has taken action on the records described in the attached report of the Archivist of the United States, dated July 2, 1940, to the Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with respect to records recommended to him for disposal by the Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration, and we find and report that said records are not needed in the transaction of the current business of such Agency and have no permanent value or historical interest. We recommend that the Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration, as required by law, destroy or otherwise effectively dispose of such records; if by sale, upon the best obtainable terms, after due publication of notice inviting proposals therefor, and receive and pay the proceeds thereof into the Treasury of the United States, and make report thereof to the Archivist of the United States. Respectfully submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives. A. J. ELLIOTT, Chairman, Members on the part of the House. ALBEN W. BARKLEY, CHAS. W. TOBEY, Members on the part of the Senate. THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, Washington, D. C., July 2, 1940. REPORT OF THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES ON LISTS OF PAPERS, CONSISTING OF 1,062 ITEMS, RECOMMENDED TO HIM FOR DISPOSITION, MARCH 7, MAY 23, AND MAY 31, 1940, BY THE FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY, WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION To the Congress of the United States: In compliance with the provisions of section 3 of an act to provide for the disposition of certain records of the United States Government, approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1219-1221), I have the honor to transmit herewith lists of papers, consisting of 1,062 items, among the archives and records of the Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration, which the Agency has recommended should be destroyed or otherwise disposed of. These lists have been carefully examined and I beg to report, with the approval of the National Archives Council, that the archives and records described therein appear to have no permanent value or historical interest to the Government of the United States. Respectfully submitted. R. D. W. CONNOR, Archivist of the United States. Federal Works Agency JOB NO. D40-173. DATE: MAR. 7, 1940. BUREAU: WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK. DIVISION: OFFICE MANAGER. LOCATION OF RECORDS: BREWSTER BLDG., LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. PERSON IN CHARGE: WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION RECORD CUSTODIAN, RICHARD E. MUESER. DATE PREPARED: JAN. 31. 1940 1 Also correspondence and memoranda attached to these duplicate forms. 'Sample submitted previously. .do. July to October 1936. |