168 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1954 



REPORT OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 



The annual reports of the American Historical Association are 

 transmitted by the Association to the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution and are by him communicated to Congress, as provided by 

 the act of incorporation of the Association. The following report 

 volumes were issued during the year : 



Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the year 1951. Volume 



2. Writings on Ajnerican History, 1949. 

 Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the year 1952. Volume 



1. Proceedings. 



REPORT OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN 



REVOLUTION 



The manuscript of the Fifty-sixth Annual Keport of the National 

 Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, was transmitted to 

 Congress, in accordance with law, on March 17, 1954. 



ORGANIZATION 



Lester E. Commerf ord, chief of the division of publications, retired 

 at the end of December after 48 years of service with the Institution, 

 all in the division of publications. 



Effective April 8, 1954, the editorial division and the publications 

 division were combined under a new designation, the editorial and 

 publications division. All the Institution's editorial, publication dis- 

 tribution and sales, and duplicating functions are now centralized 

 under the direction of Paul H. Oehser, chief of the division, who also 

 serves as public relations officer; John S. Lea, assistant chief of the 

 division. Mrs. Eileen M. McCarthy is in charge of publication dis- 

 tribution; William D. Crockett, illustrations and layouts; and Al- 

 phonso Jones, duplicating. The Smithsonian's printing section (a 

 branch of the Government Printing Office) continues under this 

 division. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Paul H. Oehser, 

 Chiefs Editorial and Publications Division. 



Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 

 Secretary^ Smithsonian Institution, 



