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DESCRIPTION OF TEE  
SURVEY OF FEDERAL ARCHIVES  
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iPl.lI;P·CE3§': The survey of Federal Archives in Kentucky shall be devoted to  
the inspection of the records of the agencies of the Federal Government,  
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wherever located. It will seek to ascertain the exact location, volume and  
condition of the storage of Federal Archives. To identify, as to their con-  
tents,   other information which may be of assistance for public and of-  
fical use, and to insure their preservation,  
Organizat_i_<:Ln; In order to make a survey of Federal Archives, a state- ·  
wide project, under the Women*s and Professional division of the Works Prog-  
ross Administration in Kentucky, as the official sponsor and the Kentucky  
State Historical Society as cooperating sponsor, was established,  
_]2_e_f_i.n_5t_t·i_e_n pf Archives; By archives is meant, the unpublished records  
of an agency of the Federal Goverment, executive, legislative, or judicial,  
made in connection with the functions of that agency. However, any printed I 
‘matter such as enclosures, or separate exhibits, should be included in the  
serial reports, Among archives desired are typed and written records, such  
as correspondence, memoranda, reports, schedules, questionnaires, dockets,   l
forms which have been filed in the transaction of business, reference, tab-  
ulation, and index files. It includes printed maps upon which notations  
have been made, photographs, photographic plates, motion picture films,and  
sound recordings. It also includes circulars, press releases, bulletins,  
when original copy is not on file. "Archives" are records of transactions  
 
of yesterday or a century ago.  
Eulnlished Records; The survey is not concerned with published proceed-  
ings or reports, except; to send to the State Director lists of published  
volumes or pamphlets which are old and rare. While it is—pr·ima_rily_in-  
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