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PREFACE
I The Inventory of Federal Archives in the States, is one of the prod-
ucts of the work of the Survey of Federal Archives, which operated as
a nation—wide project of the Works Progress Administration from January
l, 1956 to June 50, 1957, and has been continued in Kentucky since that
date as a state project of that Administration.
The plan for the organization of the Inventory is as follows: Series
I consists of reports on the administration of the Survey, acknowledg-
ment, and general discussions of the location, condition, and contents
of federal archives in the states. Succeeding series contain the de-
tailed information secured by workers of the Survey, in inventory form,
a separate series number being assigned to each of the executive depart-
ments (except the Department of State) and other major units of the
Federal Government. Within each series No. l is a general introduction
to the field organization and records of the governmental agency con-
cerned; the succeeding numbers contain the inventory proper, separate
numbers being assigned to each state in alphabetical order. Thus, in
each series, the inventory for Alabama is No. 2, that for Arizona No.
5, that for Arkansas No. 4, etc.
For each local office information regarding each series, or unit of
related records, is presented in the following order: title, inclusive
dates ("to date" indicating an open file at the time the information
was secured), general description of informational content, description
of the system of filing or indexing (if any). a statement of frequency
and purpose of usc, form of the record itself (bound volumes, sheets
in folders, etc.), linear footage, description of the containers, physi-
cal condition of the records (not stated if satisfactory), location by
room number or other identifying information, and finally, the number
of the Form 58SA on which this information was originally recorded by
a Survey worker and from which it was abstracted for the Inventory. `
This form is on file in The National Archives. When it contains sub-
stantial information on addenda sheets which has not been included in
the mimoographed abstract, indication of this is given by use of the
reference "Sec addenda."
In Kentucky the work of the Survey was undertaken by Judge Samuel
G C. Williams, with Mr. John Wilson Townsend as his assistant, from its
_s inception until October 1956. Since that time Mr. Townsend has been
lp in charge of the project. This Inventory of the records of the Depart-
{ ment of the Treasury in Kentucky was prepared in the Louisville office
of the Survey and was edited before final typing by Dr. Drik Achorn of
the Washington office. It is reproduced in mimeographed form through
L the facilities of the Historical Records Survey.
John Wilson Townsend, State Supervisor
Survey of Federal Archives in Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
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