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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1000 items) |
Abstract | The University of North Carolina's Bureau of Public Records Collection and Research undertook a joint venture with the Library of Congress to collect and microfilm the early records of the states and to make this source material widely accessible. The resulting microfilm publication is The Records of the States of the United States of America. Professor William Sumner Jenkins was director of the Bureau of Public Records Collection and Research from its establishment in 1941 until his retirement from the university in 1967. The records of the Bureau of Public Records Collection and Research consist of the files of its director, Professor William Sumner Jenkins. The material prior to 1941 consists of Jenkins's correspondence as professor of constitutional law in the University of North Carolina's Department of Political Science. These files also contain materials on Jenkins's Work Projects Administration (WPA) project to collect the legislative records of the states. In 1941, the WPA project was incorporated into the Library of Congress-University of North Carolina project to produce The Records of the States of the United States of America. |
Creator | University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Bureau of Public Records Collection and Research. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
Language | English. |
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The University of North Carolina's Bureau of Public Records Collection and Research undertook a joint venture with the Library of Congress to collect and microfilm the early records of the states and to make this source material widely accessible. The resulting microfilm publication is The Records of the States of the United States of America. Professor William Sumner Jenkins was director of the Bureau of Public Records Collection and Research from its establishment in 1941 until his retirement from the university in 1967. For a thorough history of the State Records Microfilm Project, see "Collecting and Using the Records of the States of the United States," by Jenkins, filed as folder 29 of the records group.
Back to TopThe records of the University of North Carolina Bureau of Public Records Collection and Research consist of the files of its director, Professor William Sumner Jenkins. The material prior to 1941 consists of Jenkins's correspondence as professor of constitutional law in the University of North Carolina Department of Political Science. These files also contain materials on Jenkins's Work Projects Administration (WPA) project to collect the legislative records of the states. In 1941, the WPA project was incorporated into the Library of Congress-University of North Carolina project to produce The Records of the States of the United States of America.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
1934-1936 |
Folder 2 |
1937 |
Folder 3 |
1938 |
Folder 4 |
1939 |
Folder 5 |
1940 |
Folder 6 |
January-August 1941 |
Folder 7 |
September-December 1941 |
Folder 8 |
January-June 1942 |
Folder 9 |
July-December 1942 |
Folder 10 |
1943 |
Folder 11 |
1944-1945 |
Folder 12 |
January-June 1946 |
Folder 13 |
July-December 1946 |
Folder 14 |
January-June 14, 1947 |
Folder 15 |
June 16-December 1947 |
Folder 16 |
1948 |
Folder 17 |
January-June 1949 |
Folder 18 |
July-December 1949 |
Folder 19 |
1950 |
Folder 20 |
1951 |
Folder 21 |
1952 |
Folder 22 |
1953 |
Folder 23 |
1954 |
Folder 24 |
1955 |
Folder 25 |
1956 |
Folder 26 |
1957 |
Folder 27 |
1958 |
Folder 28 |
1959-1962 |
Folder 29 |
"Collecting and Using the Records of the States" |