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Tiousing, Care and Acccssibility  .é fg.
of Accords; List of Abbreviations.  
PART 3, COFEFBY C;-‘;_·`ICT}S fil) TQQYYIR R.¤oTCOR.¥)S V 25  
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RERT C, -UQYICIP.·Y;L ITWTZYQTTOLQIZS VI C  
COl§T..`Z*TS OJ AETBRY FII 4  
Ffnuwbor of entry; title; Goto; quantity  
of rccord; muabcring :121:*. labelling; do-  
scription of contents; principle of Q  
:zr1·cmgc1·1cnt of rccorcl; indoxing contained   2;
· ·. . . . . .   ·-
in rccorug cncrcctcr of vrriting; condition  
of rcccrd; avcrcggc nuwbcr of pages; sizog .    
location of rccord; separate index. ?1;" rj1
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.   .l. IRA;. 2l·iOC....Jlé,l.i Ti.? ij E ..=`OLL.O.1—l2} VILL 7   .`  
. . . via?
‘rcp¤rLxt10n of coxmty inventory; prcprxra-   ,_
tion of city inventory; 1>1·c#.>c·.x·¤.ti0n 0i`   no ,
i‘5.n:1l indox; first draft of inventory;   . .’_.
. . , ,_ . . · ;‘_*’·c‘ ‘
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; :j; £i:P}?.. 94  E;   ..+°§9=Z°§; EDIT ._;2?§f£ T 
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I   The ;.0].].O'\’Ij.Ll,Q i11i‘o1n.m.’.:ion should uppeszr on the title page  
in the sequence shown: "ITTVTZTOIIY TC TQ) COUEIKCY !;RCZ"I`\/TIS  
OF fi TLETUCKY, Frepured by, Elistoricel Records Survey, Division of `»·.r0;‘1G1'J.'S  
und Jrofossionel Brcjects, Viori-:s Progress 11di;1inistrc.tion, EIO. (insert  
no. and name of county in cups), Louisville, 1·Centuc‘:y, YTistor'i*cITl  
Records 3urvey, (insert ncnth md yeur)". Counties should be zzrrengcd ,  
in e.lphn`oeties.l order end nulxfoered consecutively. Records found for I  
counties no longer in existence shoulc`, be included us well us those for  
counties still functioning. (Sup. 4, fart. 8), (Sup. 5, Art. 5)  
 wb-,.
If   This should come after the title page ZJIIC shoz¤l<’ contain the  
` following: 3,; 
G? {If `  j.
1. o·l;o.tc¤···zont of purposes of Qiurvey.  
2. J. short history of its activities in county.    
L3. Lfogzzcs of supervisor a:.nC. workers.  
‘ 4. Aclcnowledgnents of cssistcnce f‘ro;<1 county officials.  
5. ` embers of the :r.G.·»risery cem...ittec, other groups end in~·  
` rl iv i C.u:1l s .  
(5. ozuct date of opening :-uid closi.-mg of project in county.  
I 7. Jrief description carefully describing services rendered  
county of§‘icio,ls other than listing their records, such    
es: urro.n;;e1~¤.ent of records, discovery of lost items, “ 
proper shelving of records. E} `·r.  
L). Unc credit to Federal `1.`riters' Project for ussistence in   zvo  
"$¤trvey, various phases of this assistance described. fully.    
_ T?. ¢.·i;,ne.tures of Qtzite Director und '.e.tion;·.1 iiupervisor.  
IO. If preface ronuiros more than one page, ouch page should    
be muubered with s null Ro nun muieruls. (Dug. 4, .·`. rt. 7), ·f.  
(Sup. 5, 41rt. 5)    
III   C·;2L;.TEj·;TS; This will be g_>reno.rod after re '.C`·.ZI`IC).Gl" of volume   I
U- MIM   been given its final fern and j>s,ginstion. The   p
table of contents begins with page l and gives ull titles of 1*Citli‘.ll'!.C).]l[;   I is A
sections of volume with their beginning pages. (Sup. 4, Art. 8), (Let.   ”  
ll/I4/36), (sup. s, Art. s)   EY
  ~'
1. The tzible of contents should be divided us follows:   T
w ` I
A., PART A, County and Its Record System. Sections of   r
Part A need not be numbered.   ‘° C?
B. PART B, County Offices und Their Records. Sections of  
Port B should be given d Roman numeral.    
e C. PART C, 1Mi1nicipul inventories. ($up. 5, fart. 6), (Let-   I
4/22/57)   2
   
2. Subject headings should form u solid paragraph indented ond   ‘
without individuul p·.=.go references under each section. (Let.   l
1/ze/sv), (sup. s, Art. 6)   ·
IV PART A: This section shull bo entitled "(insert name of county) County  
und Its Record System", It shall be divided into 4. sections:   I
..1- ` _
HRS-4 j, *
5.  ..,. 4% _. » · ..  
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IV, ].""' IV, •.) n  
IV (Continued) `jifé A»-·
’r£i¤# ~`. 
i. HISTORICAL simon Sheen; be not more than 2 or s pages in  
length for average county and should contain: »%§§§€
a •   of county.  
B. Name of county. };§¥§
C. Boundary lines; original, changes and present. {QED?
( D. Early settlement. fiiii
E. Creation of its first government, including date. $;§;?
(sup. 4, sm. io), (Les. 4/22/57)  
F. Erection of its first courthouse. eil;}
G. First office holders. }@?igy
H. Other important facts in county's history. (Sup. 4, ;§fQ?
.`..rt. io)  
Z,  _. 
2. GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND RECORD SYSTEM should contain: géq pg
A. A concise essay on present system of county government, §§Qg§,
indicating nmne of county seat in first paragraph. (Sup. Qfsdg
4, .1.-t. io), (sup. s, nre. 7)   .,,_  
B. Provisions of state constitution and laws relating to ‘—i”Q§
counties generally and county under consideration, in `_§§$“
particular, should be summarized and quoted briefly .Qp1;;
with exact citations in paronth sis or footnotes. (Sup. X*·,@
_ 4, nm. 11), (mu. 11/14/56), (sup. 5, ;.rJ¤. 7)  
C. Changes in governmental organization explained. mi?££
D. Chart of county givernment bas ·..· d on electorate in shidii
diagrammatic form. (Sup. 4, Art. ll), (Let. l/26/57),  
(Sup. 5, nrt. S) §i$“§
E. Functions and inter-relations of various agencies. *ijf Y
F- Consideration of combination, separation, duplication ,.TQ-
and overlapping of records should be given. V.y_f§
G. Uniformity of record books. Qaida,
H. Systems of indexing. gt Q
I. Looso~leaf vs. bound records. §i -
J. Quality of paper and ink. ;{_’.
K. Binding and rebinding practices. ig? L;
L. Repair of records preserved. gl *y
M. Types of records destroyed. g .
N. Legislation or local regulation for preserving or §. _,/
destroying records. %%;'-s
O. Recommendations for needed changes in records system @ y
Stated in clear, concise and dignified manner such as: 3; g,
(1) More or fewer sets of records? (2) Should any changes QS I
be made in use of bound blank volumes for keeping records ti (
or in use of loose—leaf record books, files, bundles, ip.--i
Scrap-books, etc.? (5) What improvements should be made iV,
in indexing of records? (4) Should changes be made in use g°· Aj
of paper, ink, typewriter ribbons and other material in Q ,
making of records? (5) Should changes be made in system § s
ef binding or filing records in preparation for retire- Y _
ment from curr nt use? (Sup. 4, nrt. ll) i} _
3. HOUSING, CnRE, nib QCCESSIBILITY OF THE RECORDS. jest of the f
information necessary f r this section can be obtained fram ‘ '-f. j
*2 HRS—5 t'
  ~   s f
?*;...1 ~ .s   rs  4    as    , »  . ,   .  4 ,. »    R  »  .  ~ »   s

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         1    5-        .      in  
1v, 5--v, 7 .  
.%,§§n
lV,5 (Continued) ' ;{§?j§
 is 
the 1OHR forms. It should contain 2 brief statement on ade- Qp§%§
quacy of: §§§@g
A. Housing.  
B. Shelving. i_· }§?E§
C. General care of the records. (Sup. 4, Art. 12), (Lot. §E§,YH
ll/14/56), (Let. 1/26/57)  
D. Measures of protection from.varieus hagards. iiixgs
E. Accessibility ef records. ;?l;§j
F. Accommodations for public in use of records. §f§§§}
G. Obligation of seriously well considered, specific recom- ,}§g?§
mendations for improvements in housing, care and accessi~ Q;¥§§,
bility of records such as: (1) Are new shelves required ?ffice. i _ Qt
5. Each court shiuli be given a subject heading and its rocrrds s_-`vf
listed thereunder. (Sup. 4, nrt. 14), (Let. 1/25/57), (Let. §~' ‘e
4/2 2,//57)   fo
6. Brief, detailed statement ·.*,· f legal status and functions if { '
the office ar sublivisi n ‘.·¤ thereaf sh¢uld immediately precede 3
the list nf its rec rds. This statement shau1“ be covered E. '
by ~ne paragraph. (Sup. 4, nrt. 14), (Let. ll/14/56), (Let. i
4/zz/57)  
7. Any reference in the csnstitutian and laws tt the ab1igati·  s·- :.i
8. Obselete wffices. A short Sl31‘.`b·L}1,`d.¢}l`l3 sh·ul“. be giver; showing  
by ll\"}li»1'.l succeedei. Entries sheul-1`. be E.l’7.*i—.· under the succee {ing    
effice. (wc. i/fs/sv), (sup. 5, iff. sa)  
9. Res.s~;>1is fer significrmt gwps in the r~>crrn`.s, such as fire in  
the ceurtheuse, sh ¢..: ul?. be given. Ststemezitz csncerzzihg the  
iffice sheul1‘l7'1.g current rec c‘.· r=.`.s. (Let.  ;_:§*_¥?5;J.z
1/216/Ls v )  tg 
’ ; *"~?$¤;,
VI PAIQT C: Municipwl invent cries. The rec tris ef ecmch city ir tvm sheuli.    
be listei uxicler Part "C" with C. seperate i*i‘.e;; f r each city   _’V_  
cr t lvm. ,    
VII CONTENTS OF THE ENTRY: . ‘,i‘  
`“""““`“    
l. Nuzrmbexl   th; ezztry i1v1e···te·`. 5 spaces, f`r~llr.vv.reC. by pe1·i4z~.`. ..:1**.  
twe sgmccs .  `l
z` 2-1-J-Qt  
Jl. Full title ef recerf`. in c·*.g_.;s, f»`l].3`l.‘!¤J&`. by spice @.:1* e.ssig11-·      
e` title er by csrmiie., space 71111. —”.e.tr.. If ·1 see 21 ‘. lime is  
;i,.:eC.e;`. te shew title, ¤.‘.e.tc· ·‘;:·10. qutett ity, begiiz. th. line 2 [L,.  
Iirectly uziier first letter   title. (Sup. Q, Art. 20),   .;  
(Eu}?. 5, Art. 29)  Q   
B. Ve.ri:J.tie11 ef title:  ,>   
5.. Leczttien — this sh: ul?. i:;m;<‘.i·¤.tely f llew the given I-nfl;    
° title i11pc.re2:1th».2sis ein`. in cfzys. (Let. ll/li/36)    
_ b. E:1u;.1ere.ti’21 >f virieus titles ~ ell titles sf recerf`.    
sheulf be e;1ui11ere.tel if they ire s·· iispcxrcxte that    
iC.e11tifice.tic»:1 w::·ul»1”. be elifficult. Each ve.rieti.;··12    
. sheult`. be sepcxrfxtec`. by zz ef §‘..lfL axial space. (Let.   .
11/1/I/ssl   e ,
c. Where title rrf series varies, the current title   .f_<
sheul¤.‘. be used. (Sup. 5, ltrt. li)   J
C. L»ssig11e<.`. title: Where title fur ishe}. is tree vague rr mis-   (Y
l· ..*.5.:1g _, 7*.11 ·‘·ssig:·.c3. title ;,1.—.y be r,.‘.;‘.en`. i1u;ie·`.intely f ll       M
ing th.: title given in p;u·e;s1·t}··esi.s ·:11P. s;.mll case. Where   li
1*:1 title is furnished, e;; nssigzier`. title 1.1:*.y be given but 5g * ’
O1`.C].Of3¤·` in prxretzthesis ··—_?1<”. iz; caps. (Sup. 4., Art. 20),   ·F
(su,). 5, .1ft. 14)   —-
D. Jtbbrevisxtirms ryceurri2~.,_; ir. titles. These shrull be s;>c;¤lle<   2_,. *
rut, iw §r‘.1·~i::‘:.thesis, i.u.1e`.i.etely i‘¤ll’vwi:;g "tblDI'CVZlf‘.`{3:.L..=2“.S   · _ '
if rmt serif--.>xpl:;r.:»t ry. (Sup. 5, fmt. li)   ‘ z
B. Date:   Y
Jl. Ozzly s hyphqzr, xzrithtut   s,:e.ee sheull sepzxrmte  
cpeziiinag e.2·za‘ clxxii   ¢.Te.t·;.. if peri" shvulf`. f lliwr. (Su;).   `
4, xfs. 21), (ele;. s, Im. is) {
B. Dates in; Si`..L¤· century. Clisirig ·`.e.te ;1".y be ii;·.`.ierxt<;·`. by  
lust tw. Iigits >rec-.·`. s_,~ c`. by :3 hyphei., except where beggiii- Q  
21i1;_j Cste is ~;><:;~.i:2g year pf eeigtury. In the letter cause   ·
..4- O,
lil{S—7 ; . _
SIW; ’ J  
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     si b.  ’<° —  “'· - ‘~° {rv  {ns ‘ ., . rp-    ·  ,. , _ ·*’ ~_;  ' *·’&~ `j. §· ‘;__ __'·*·_ : . 7,., *-. x_ , * :;AsH“ {3 1%* ; _·4_;   J.~· ~ H bgk lil   $1,7 M';.
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VII,5,B-—VII,G,B  
 
VII (Civntinued)  ;V-·.. 
  l
the clesixg Gate is {given in full. (Sup. 4, Art. 21),  
(sup. 5, 4.rc. is)  
C. Dates in ·lif‘f'ere1‘;t centuries: The clesirng late shrrul`. be it  
given in full precede?. by :1 hyphen.  
D. Current ·;l:‘·.tes: Indicate by twe hypl;·;>;·1s *1:.0   periycl  
i`·:l1·>wi1;g_; the begizming date, except wh·;:1·e l€)?>i5 —r 1956    
is the actual be;_ji;mi:.1g; er enclizzg; date. (Sup. Q, ..1·t. 21),  
(1,5*5. 11//1/;/,/56), (Sup. 5, Art. 16)  
  Rec..rd Gh{1.ZV.;{•C¥S <”.uri1;g year. If ch:;·.;;ge =eeurs ;=.U1’lf   rr ·n1rs·  
if year, the ninth, C.c—.y mir". yeczr ef ch;`;;ye shxull be shi-m.  
(Sup. 5, .'-rt.   ·  
F. I·:1issi2i;;, ree .·)» r=‘.s: when gaps teeur in rec.~r;`s, {Yates zinxy be    
br.·3<·:>;i ~.`.‘»w¤. lit inclusive drxtes ef the recerls which are JT?}  
wt 1"1issi=.),, as 1835-Q6, 1872-95, 1912--. This i1tf.:..rz.1e.tie:;    
b<..l·t2;;s ii: irzlezited e;»e:1;it,;_j line f:;»llewi..,_· title. (Su];.    
4, Art. 21), (sup. 5, srt. 2s)   ,·,_ li
G. LV inte: if 11·¤..`.e.te is f.;w111··I after careful check, the ,3  
letters "i;.r·ls: Dates sheult`. e;.v¤2r ..1;.tir-.2 series nf s.  
recqr`, i:;elu·‘.i:;,,j prier er subsequent recr=rr`.s, with :1 sub-  
Tivi  referexcn. te each li·e1*.’GjV 31 it Gl   `f' ®Zl'bI`}*~ (SU]-   D.  
5, lm. 21)   »,,_ _ I  
é. iyantity ri" ree iris: Ihuzber si` velusxes, file b aces, buxilles,  
2"Ҥ'.lL`. mia". ~ne sgicice.    
Wiz‘r twsn voluzeies, er ether c-:n·-    
twiner, zz lubellinij need be given.    
B. `¥.hr»rc> rec Vr`. consists cf three er mare vV;»lLu:;es, vther    
e 11t;·.i*iers, ;.r b th, ant`. le.bellin;_g is simple, it sh ul*`   `
lbe shewn   f·ll·;>ws: (1-G, ..-2) ctfter the qumxtity of   I
each type   cz ·;it1;iner.   {_;
C. ‘{H·1ere labelling; ian c,;_;jple>; but there is nly one qutntity   11
(KS v;ls.), it sh sul I be ::hr=¤.·m in   .re;;th..-sis is in the   it
eise of sixjle libellingj in "ln" ebve.  
DV. Tiiier. lmbelliziy is 0*:1,210;: but ther. is   re than wne M J
qus.nt1Et,,·· ef e nteiner, fl1llT"I'Q1C`.'t3l`.]1 en qw-.e.nt.$,ty sl; ul`. be   ` ·
Ljiven t lgpther   labelling; sh mn in   s.>_·i1·:t¢; L~~.re._j1·:*.g_>h   °3
in jL>·xrenth.::sis, with first line inllsnte  tw. :1, faces bey #110.   ·
initifxl lett >r rf title 1:1.7. re1»;:xining‘ -~nes even with the E?  
initial letter 17 title.   It
E. TV%re‘*.}:=`¤v.q1 of lrpbellingi sh) ulc`. snly be shew:]. in inC.~>nte~`V   ‘ V I
gy rtin. (Su;. —;, .Lr·¥;. 22), (Let. ll//lr;/56), (Suy. 5,   `
Arts. 27,28) . '
6·   "‘¤* ¤;2i’¤_<2;‘22_=  
J. This sh-sul?. be e myletl:   b.;·,·.i.n at yxriin, usiiwi   1
<: neise, t·Vlr ·rr;_’·hic style i` —‘.;;se1‘i‘_‘.»ti.    
B. —.`D1iT2Il   reer;1. is V’_ivi<‘.e;`. by s¤1bjec·t he:.=.`i·; s,   ».J;1n;‘~e1·e.- . J
tin; if the iuzj r lz·V:·i.·Ii;ig;s sh ul`. be gjiven. ‘ I
~5- mas-s {
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    - 1                     ‘= ,   » --5‘·   — “  * ,   ,_A,      ._‘,  
j4i;__yg’· e ,<»»~¤  *’ ~i1;·+:1t#—;¤?¢ le»¥#;;rs”~.#-Z ** ` ~ f  EV?. ~» . .. -· ;se—.*§—,. .... §,,»$1 ,§Q.;}£,-EYE _`,__ §»iJ
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VII, G, C--·VlKI,l.5,j.. . a  ‘_  
VII (Continued) i%A?§£
C. It shoull be iniicatel whether the record describe? can— Ailyrx
tains all or a part ef the infcruativn shown ~n printed *gy§§
ferns. §°Q§§
D. Nano of county should not be repeated. frQ§§
H. Description should shew clearly whether series cinsists Ey%§é
sf documents themselves er a rectrd of J cuuents. §Af}§
F. Discontinued record: The year and month the series is ei,,j
discontinued should fellow description of record in paren— §;f§€j
‘ thesis. (sup. 4, mcs. 25,24), (Lee. 11/14/56), (su;). 5,    
Arts. 25,50,51) ,A,f§
7. Principle of_arrangement of record should never be overlooked s}“€Qe
and should state whether chron. by , alph. by____J or §?Q§§
numerically by , (Sup. 5, Art. B5), (Sup. 4, nrt. 25) $i‘*y$
8. Indexin§_contained in record: This follows arrangement. §*;y~;
L. State how indexed, whether by name of party, place er §§_`€
subject. If more than one category, indicate the manner ¢2£;;$
in which each is indexed. (Su,. 5, Art. 50) Ef;#€
B. In the absence of an index, the words "No index" should s ,D.'¤ {Qi
be shown in the first draft. (Sup. 5, nrt. 57) §QrQf€
C. The term "seyarate index" should not be used to indicate ELF? niic
a seyarate in`ex entry. If a separate index covers more §***¢~ 'iii
than one record, a cross reference constituting Q seyarate E E
yaragraph should be made after the main part of the less gifs;
inqertant entry and the separate index entry listed unler ysfft
the more important record entry. See "l4" this Sect