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PREFACE `
The Historical Records Survey was begun in January 1956, under the
national direetorship of Dr; Luther H. Evans, as a part of the Federal
Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. On March 1, 1940,
Mr. Sargent B. Child succeeded Dr. Evans as National Director. Dr. T. D. b
Clark was appointed supervisor of the Kentucky project, under the adminis-
`_ trative direction of Dr. U. R. Bell, State Director of the Federal Writers' `
Project. .In July 1956 Dr. Clark was succeeded by 0. B. Wilder, and in _
_ December 1956, Walter M. Hoefelman was made State Director. Mr. Hoefclman Q
A directed the project until July 5;, 1959, when he was succeeded by Earl D. i
Hale, who from.August 1, 1959, until January 26, 1940, was in charge of
V the project. On the latter date, Mr. Hale was succeeded by Clifford R.
] Rader, under whose technical supervision the work has been continued. On
` March 51, 1941, the survey was placed under the general administrative {
._ supervision of Ralph D. Brown.
In December 1956, the National Survey was separated from the Federal · 1
3 Writers' Project, and became an independent unit of Federal Project Number {
1. As of September 1, 1959, the Historical Records Survey was changed Q
V from one Nation-wide WPA-sponsored Federal Project, to a series of State- A
wide projects sponsored by legally constituted public agencies. At present, ~
J. the Kentucky Historical Records Survey Project, sponsored by the University
of Kentucky, is under the administrative control of the Division of Comr
` munity Service Programs of the Work Projects Administration.
The Anderson County Inventory is divided into two parts. Part A deals.
.: with the general information on the history and government of the county,
` housing and care of the records, and abbreviations and explanatory notes.
Part B is devoted to the inventory proper.
In Part B of the inventory the agencies are arranged according to
" governmental functions: i.e., administration; registration of property
F titles; administration of justice; law enforcement; finance; elections;
education; health; and miscellaneous. The structural organization of the
agency, the functions, and the records requirements are discussed in a
section preceding the inventory of the records of each agency. Records are
classified, in general, according to the agencies which make them, unless
`. other disposition ef the records is directed by law. Under agencies, records
’ have been classified, as far as possible, according to the subjects with
which they deal.
Records aro'described in formal entries giving information concerning
the title, dates, quantity, labeling, contents, arrangement, indexing,
' nature of recording, also size of volumes cr containers, and location.
_ The original survey of Anderson County was begun in April 1959 by
Mrs. Virginia McCoy, under the supervision of IT. John C. Simmons, Assistant
` Project Technician. In January 1940, Hrs. Irene S. Lodridge was assigned ;
to the project and assisted Mrs. McCoy in completing the field work in the y
county. In lhrch 1940 the original listing was rccheckcd under the direc-
tion cf Hr. Simmons, assisted by Messrs. Joseph Curganus and Joseph T. Murray,
editors in the State office. Nr. Harry P. Hoskins, editor, did the research