DOCUMENTARY DATA
BY BERTHA E. JOSEPHSON
Since the last summary, this department
has accomplished a
general check-up on accessioned and
unaccessioned manuscript
materials with an interfiling of
collections in the manuscript vaults
so that all collections, cataloged and
uncataloged, are now filed in
one alphabetical arrangement. Temporary
cards were made for
the uncataloged collections and these
are now in the Manuscript
Catalog. This was done to simplify
housing of collections and to
facilitate finding of materials.
In addition, cataloging of miscellaneous
manuscripts is con-
tinuing gradually, whenever the chief of
this department can find
free time from her other duties. Among
items recently cataloged
are:
Bees and Beekeeping, 12 MSS. on hives, bees, etc., presented as papers
at Ohio State University in 1925.
Coddington Letters, the nucleus of a growing collection of letters
from John Coddington of Arlington,
Virginia, to Genevieve Potts, of Co-
lumbus, Ohio, 1943--. Gift of the
recipient.
Davis, Jefferson, President, Confederate States of America, Mes-
sage to the Confederate Congress,
Richmond, Virginia, 5/2/1864. Origi-
nal ink, 10pp., legal size, watermarked,
"Joynson, 1862."
Delaware Indians Vocabulary, 30-page booklet with numerical terms
and alphabetical list of words,
handsewed on handmade paper, ink original,
4 1/4"x7".
Fairfield County, Ohio, in World War I, 5 pp., no author, no date,
pencil original.
Friends Monthly Meetings, Centre, Clinton County, Ohio--Minutes,
1829-33. 65 pieces. Gift of W. D.
Bayley, Springfield, O.
Friends Meetings, 2 letters (photostats) from Sam Potts to Jacob
Smith, 5/14/1821 and 5/30/1821--both to
St. Clairsville, Belmont County,
Ohio. Also a list of Meetings West of
Ohio, from 1802-1828, prepared by
Clarkson Butterworth, in 1900
(photostat).
Friends Meetings, Germantown, Pennsylvania, Protest against Slav-
ery, 1868. Facsimile and printed copy. 3
pp., 10"x 16".
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