VIRGINIA. STATE LIBRARY Calendar of Transcripts Including the ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Department of Archives and History JOHN P. KENNEDY State Librarian RICHMOND, VA. Davis Bottom, Superintendent Public Printing 1905 I have the honor to transmit the first annual report of the Department of Archives and History, for the year ended October 31, 1905. In the preparation of this work the services of the Assistant Librarian, Mr. E. S. Evans, were largely expended. This efficient officer was detailed for the specific duty of ascertaining the true condition of the state and county records, and to set forth in a clear and concise manner such facts concerning record depositories as could be secured. This service and all other contributions to this report have been made in a most scholarly manner, and each section is respectfully submitted as worthy of commen dation. Especial attention is drawn to the section of this report which sets forth in calendar form the various trancsripts on file in this library. It is due to the untiring energy of Andrew C. McLaughlin, formerly of the Carnegie Institution, that the State is enabled at this time to bring this splendid collection of papers into a condition of usefulness and permanent value. Messrs. W. G. Leland and J. H. Russell, acting under Dr. McLaughlin's instructions, have produced exceptionally clear work, as did Mr. F. B. Berkeley, one of my associates, who epitomized volumes 7, 8, and 9 of the Sainsbury Papers. Attention is also directed to the excellent manner in which Mrs. Kate Pleasants Minor, acting Chief of the Serials Division, arranged the title entries of all bound volumes of manuscripts herein recorded. In transmitting this report, which embodies the entire collection of manuscripts in the library that are in bound form, it is with decided satisfaction that progress can be reported in the classifying and cataloguing of the enormous collection of loose manuscripts on file in this office. Respectfully submitted, November 1, 1905. iii JOHN P. KENNEDY, STATE LIBRARIAN |