114 REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS AND PROJECTS. 



PLANS FOR 1911. 



The work of the Department for 191 1 should chiefly consist in the con- 

 tinuance of the pieces of work already in progress. 



REPORTS, AIDS, AND GUIDES. 



Professor Learned's volume on materials for American history in German 

 archives, Professor Bolton's volume on the materials for United States his- 

 tory in the archives of Mexico, and Mr. Parker's on the Territorial papers 

 in those of Washington being completed in manuscript, and Professor 

 Learned's volume on the materials for American history in German archives 

 substantially so, there seems no reason why the printing and publication of 

 the three, if authorized by the Institution, should not be accomplished within 

 the year now ending. They will make volumes of, on the average, 300 pages. 



Mr. Leland expects to remain in Paris till his work on the archives there 

 is completed. As soon as is practicable after his return, he will prepare his 

 Guide for publication. The same course is expected to be pursued by Dr. 

 Paullin as to the report jointly prepared by him and Professor Paxson. 



Prof. Charles M. Andrews, now of Yale University, will spend in Eng- 

 land the period from June to November, and hopes to be able during that 

 period to complete the recasting of his voluminous work on the "Materials 

 in the Public Record Office for the history of British America before 1783." 

 That work, completed three years ago, has since that time been held in sus- 

 pense by the course of the Public Record Office officials in reclassifying large 

 portions of their modern archives, and especially of those emanating from 

 the Colonial Office, the series most important to American history. Whether 

 Professor Andrews can this year complete the recasting of his book made 

 necessary by these thoroughgoing alterations of system at the Public Record 

 Office depends obviously on the question whether the alterations will by next 

 October have been brought measurably near to their termination. 



Mr. Parker, if able to continue in the service of the Institution, will have 

 been able by spring to complete his account of the materials for United States 

 history in the Canadian archives. The archives at Ottawa are extensive, but 

 they are in good order, and some of their largest series consist of transcripts 

 from the English and French archives, made from documents the originals 

 of which are in repositories and series already described by Professor An- 

 drews and Mr. Leland. Moreover, the "Canadian Archives Reports," pub- 

 lished in an annual series from 1883 to 1906, contain voluminous calendars 

 of these transcripts. Therefore it is possible for Mr. Parker to treat in a 

 summary fashion the various series in the Ottawa archives consisting of 

 transcripts, and to devote his report mainly to what may be termed the in- 

 digenous materials. The report ought also to embrace the central archives 

 of the various Canadian provinces. Those of Ontario have been difficult of 

 access since the fire in the Parliament buildings in Toronto, but may be avail- 

 able in season for our uses. Those of Nova Scotia have the chief value for 



