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32. National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel. 



33. Office of Navy Intelligence. 



34. Rockefeller Foundation. 



35. Russian Students Relief Fund, Inc. 



36. Smithsonian War Committee. 



ZT. United States Department of Agriculture. 



38. United States Department of Commerce. 



39. Who's Who in America. 



40. Who's Who in Engineering. 



Files 



The questionnaire blank used by the Ethnogeographic Board was 

 intentionally modeled on the ones devised by the Oceania and Africa 

 Committees. The form, to be sure, was generalized so as to be suitable 

 for any world area, and it was also greatly simplified. (See Appendix 

 B4 for an example.) 



The questionnaire stresses the geographic region, the major area, 

 subarea, and specific locality, with which the individual is familiar. 

 He is asked to state the length of his residence in the area by years 

 and months, and to indicate the number of photographs, motion pic- 

 tures, maps, and other materials which he possesses for each region. 

 The correspondent rates his facility in native or European languages. 

 The occupation, address, phone, place and year of birth are stand- 

 ard questions, as well as professional experience and academic de- 

 grees. Finally, the individual is asked to add the "names and addresses 

 of other important travelers." This simple, one-page blank, is accom- 

 panied by a sheet of instructions which explains the particular items. 



The information on a selected number of individuals was trans- 

 ferred to a printed 5 X 8-inch card, a sample of which is shown in 

 figure 2. All pertinent data were entered on one side of the card, and 

 the reverse side recorded how, when, and to whom the data were 

 supplied. If an individual was familiar with several areas, a sepa- 

 rate card was made out for each. At first, the total information was 

 entered only on the first card, and the others were cross-referenced. 

 This proved so unsatisfactory that subsequent cards were filled in 

 completely. 



Each card had a key reference to the source which furnished the 

 individual's name, so that an evaluation could be obtained if neces- 

 sary. The original questionnaire blanks were filed in alphabetical 

 order, together with a folder which contained pertinent correspon- 

 dence, some additional information, and any supplementary reports 

 which the individual may have sent in either voluntarily or by circu- 

 larized request. 



