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E PREFACE
Q The Inventory gf Federal Archives in the States, is one of the prod-
§ ucts of the work of the Survey of FederelfArchives, which operated as
g' a nation—wide project of the Works Progress Administration from January
Q 1, 1956 to June 50, 1957, and has been continued in Kentucky since that
j date as a state project of that Administration.
Qi The plan for the organization of the Inventory is as follows: Series
ig I consists of reports on the administration of the Survey, acknowledg-
§ ments, and general discussions of the location, condition, and content
fi of federal archives in the states. Succeeding series contain the detail-
Q ed information secured by workers of the Survey, in inventory form, a
Q separate series number being assigned to each of the executive depart-
E ments (except the Department of State) and other major units of the
Q Federal Government. Within each series No. l is a general introduction
Q to the field organization and records of the governmental agency con-
vi cerned; the succeeding numbers contain the inventory proper, separate
Q numbers being assigned to each state in alphabetical order. Thus, in
Q each series, the inventory for Alabama is No. 2, that for Arizona No. 5,
Q that for Arkansas No. 4, etc.
Q_ For each local office information regarding each series, or unit of
Q related records, is presented in the following order: title, inclusive
To dates ("to date" indicating an open file at the time the information
Q was secured), general description of informational content, description 1
Qi of the system of filing or indexing (if any), a statement of frequency
Q and purpose of use, form of the record itself (bound volumes, sheets
{ in folders, ctc.), linear footage, description of the containers, physi-
Qi cal condition of the records (not stated if satisfactory), location by
§ room number or other identifying information, and finally, the number
j§ of the Form 5SSA on which this information was originally recorded by
é a Survey worker and from which it was abstracted for the Inventory.
g This form is on filo in The National Archives. When it contains sub-
§ stantial information on addenda sheets which has not been included in
E the mimeographed abstract, indication of this is given by use of the
  reference "See addenda."
Q In Kentucky the work of the Survey was undertaken by Judge Samuel
E- C. Williams, with Mr. John Wilson Townsend as his assistant, from its
f inception until October 1956. Since that time Mr. Townsend has been
_ in charge of the project. This Inventory of the records of the Depart-
ment of the Navy in Kentucky was prepared in the Louisville office of
the Survey and was edited before final typing by Dr. Henry P. Beers of
~ the Division of Navy Department Archives of The National Archives. It
is reproduced in mimeographed form through the facilities of the His-
torical Records Survey.
John Wilson Townsend, State Director
Louisville, Kentucky Survey of Federal Archives in Kentucky
December l6, 1958