158 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON. 



MISCELLANEOUS OPERATIONS. 



As heretofore, the editing of the American Historical Review has been 

 carried on in the office of the Department and by its staff. Aid has 

 been given in a number of ways to the American Historical Association, 

 of which Mr. Leland is secretary, and to various other American 

 historical societies and departments of history in the several States, 

 for which investigations or other services could be performed in 

 Washington. As in previous years, searches and copies have been 

 made, in Washington archives, by the Department, or under its super- 

 vision, for a considerable number of inquirers. Some aid has been 

 rendered to the group of scholars who have been bringing into exist- 

 ence the Hispanic- American Historical Review. But much the most 

 important of such activities has been the rendering of all assistance 

 the Department could render to the National Board for Historical 

 Service. 



PLANS FOR 1918. 



All plans for the ensuing year are in greater or less degree contingent 

 upon the development of historical work relating to the war. The 

 National Board for Historical Service will no doubt continue in exist- 

 ence until the end of the conflict; but as the phases of the conflict 

 change the historical work undertaken for the benefit of government 

 or nation will to some extent change with them, developing in fresh 

 directions to meet new needs, and sometimes leaving certain fields of 

 work for exploitation by new agencies. Changes in the personnel of 

 the Board, which may be expected to be caused by terms of academic 

 duty, maj^ also cause some alterations in the Board's program of 

 activities. It will be the desire of the Department to aid the Board, in 

 any of these activities, in whatever way it can, and therefore it is 

 impossible to predict how largely the ordinary program of the Depart- 

 ment may be affected by such diversion of its staff. 



REPORTS. AIDS. AND GUIDES. 



Mr. Leland will do what he can toward finishing that volume of his 

 Guide to materials in Paris which concerns manuscripts in libraries. 

 Conditions in Paris are now such that we may hope to complete the 

 collecting of data for that volume within the next twelve months. 

 The continuance of Mrs. Surrey's work on the Calendar of papers in 

 the archives of Pai'is relating to the history of the Mississippi Valley, 

 especially if it can be brought to a conclusion, will aid largely toward 

 the finishing of Mr. Leland's work. 



Dr. PauUin, with such appropriate assistance as can from time to 

 time be invoked, will work upon the Atlas of the Historical Geography 

 of the United States. 



