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of various varieties and selections with respect to drought resistance. During 

 1923 the field work was mainly in charge of Mr. W. F. Hoffman, of the Uni- 

 versity of Minnesota, assisted by Dr. G. O. Burr, Mr. W. B. Sinclair, and 

 Mr. Charles W. Crane, Dr. Harris going to the field only toward the end of 

 the season. 



ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD. 



ARCHIVES OF EUGENICS RECORD OFFICE. 



The care of the archives has remained in the hands of Dr. Elizabeth B. 

 Muncey, who has been assisted by Misses Helen Bowen and Margaret 

 Martin as indexers. An estimate of the extent of the records and their index 

 as of September 1, 1923, is as follows: 961,271 cards in the index, 1,618 books 

 in the archives. The field reports (F) and (V) number 59,250 sheets, the 

 special-traits file (A) 25,068 sheets, the records of family-traits (R) and (M) 

 files, 5,658 parts. During the summer we had the assistance of the members 

 of the training class in preparation of materials for the archives and in the 

 arranging of the records. Misses Harriet Abbott, Grace Allen, Ann March, 

 and Beatrice Meyers collated data on extinction of families, heredity of 

 exostoses, and other topics. 



The archive room is full to overflowing and, indeed, the entire Eugenics 

 Record Office building has nearly reached the limit of its capacity. There 

 is urgent need of an addition to it. 



Collection of Data. 



More records than ever before have^come to the Eugenics Record Oflice 

 through the generous cooperation of college and university professors. There 

 were 852 Records of Family Traits thus supplied, besides 2,130 other schedules, 

 nearly all filled out with great care. The number of teachers and institu- 

 tional directors who thus collaborated was 42. The Record Ofl&ce is deeply 

 grateful to these collaborators for their cooperation. 



Training Corps. 



10 women and 3 men were trained for eugenical field work from June 27 

 to August 7. Of these, 4 have secured or are considering appointments in 

 eugenical field work. To date, 246 persons have received this training. 



Special Activities op and Changes in Staff. 



The Director was absent on a trip to Europe September 13 to October 30, 

 1922. He visited the leading centers of genetical research and returned 

 impressed by the courage with which men of science in Europe are continuing 

 their researches against great odds, and by the great responsibility devolving 

 on American geneticists to produce results proportional to their relatively 

 great opportunities. 



On August 8, 1923, Dr. H. H. Laughlin sailed for Europe to attend the 

 meeting of the International Commission of Eugenics, at Lund, Sweden, and 

 to make studies on immigration. During his absence Dr. Banker assumed 

 some of the duties of the Assistant Director of the Eugenics Record Office. 



