84 ri:ports op investigations and projects. 



Division it. — Federal and State Finance, including Taxation. 



This division, under the charge of Prof. Henry B. Gardner, of Brown Uni- 

 versity, reports good progress and the fohov, ing Hst of men who have under- 

 taken work in the division. The works already pubhshed are : 



Financial history of Maryland, 1789^-1848, by H. S. Hanna, Ph.D. (Pub. in Johns 



Hopkins Univ. Studies in Historical and Political Science, series xxv, Nos. 8, 9, 10.) 

 Financial history of Milwaukee, by Prof. L. M. Larson. (Pub. in Bulletin of the Univ. 



of Wis. Econ. and Polit. Science series, vol. iv. No. 2.) 

 Financial history of Wisconsin, by Prof. R. V. Phelan, Ph.D. (Pub. in Bui. of the 



Univ. of Wis. Econ. and Polit. Sci. series, vol. 11, No. 2.) 

 The finances of Cleveland, by Prof. C. C. Williamson, Ph.D. (Pub. in the Columbia 



Studies in Hist. Econ. and Pub. Law^, vol. xxv. No. 3.) 

 Financial history of Oregon, by Prof. F. G. Young, Ph.D. (Some chapters completed 



and published in the Quarterly of the Oregon Hist. Society, vol. vii. No. 4, pp. 360- 



432, and vol. viii. No. 2, pp. 129-190.) 



The completed but not published studies are : 



Financial history of North Dakota, by Prof. J. E. Boyle, Ph. D. 

 Financial history of Topeka, Kansas, by Prof. J. E. Boyle, Ph. D. 

 Financial history of Montana, by G. G. Bechtel. 

 Financial history of Colorado, by J. W. Ellison. 

 Financial history of Georgia, by Miss Julia A. Flisch. 



The following studies are well along towards completion, but are not as yet 



finished : 



Financial history of California, by Prof. C. C. Phlenn, Ph. D. 

 Financial history of Alabama, by W. O. Scroggs. 

 Financial history of Ohio, by Prof. E. L. Bogart, Ph. D. 

 Financial history of Texas, by E. T. Miller. 

 Financial history of Tennessee, by Prof. St. G. L. Sioussat. 

 Financial history of Virginia, by E. M. Sydenstricker. 

 Financial history of Vermont, by Fred'k Albord, Ph. D. 

 Financial history of South Carolina, by Geo. McCutchen. 

 Financial history of Iowa, by Prof. F. L. Flerriott. 

 Financial history of Louisiana, by C. F. Watts. 

 Financial history of Illinois, by Prof. N. A. Weston. 

 Financial history of Indiana, by Prof. W. A. Rawles. 

 Financial history of New Jersey, by E. M. Dawson. 

 Financial history of Connecticut, by Prof. F. R. Fairchild. 

 License taxes in the Southern States, by Prof. H. A. Willis. 

 History of clergy taxes and quit rents in Maryland, by Prof. B. W. Bond. 

 Comparative study of the financial development of certain of the larger cities of the 

 United States, by O. C. Lockhart. 



Professor Gardner is also employing Miss Lorian P. Jeflferson, a recent 

 graduate of the University of Wisconsin, to make search for material in the 

 principal libraries of the country relative to his special work. 



The number of persons employed in this division is 26. 



Division 12. — The Negro in Slavery and Freedom. 



Mr. Alfred H. Stone, in charge of this new division, reports good 

 progress. Since his first report Dr. W. E. B. Dubois has completed and pub- 

 lished his study, "Economic cooperation among Negro- Americans" ; Mr. R. 

 R. Wright, jr., "The Philadelphia colored directory; a handbook of the re- 

 ligious, social, political, professional, business, and other activities of the 

 negroes of Philadelphia, 1908." 



