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HOME BUILDER'S PLAN BOOK 



Shows Perspectives, Floor Plans, 

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 know about Colonial Homes, 

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Blue print drawings, details, and 

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European 

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THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES 



IMPELLED by the spirit of thrift, says 

 an editorial writer in the Youth's Com- 

 panion, the town clerk of an old New Eng- 

 land community sold as waste paper the an- 

 cient books that held the records of 

 births, deaths, marriages and town meetings. 

 He sold also various barrels of old letters, 

 documents and accounts. To him they were 

 merely junk. When the other town officers 

 discovered the loss, the mischief had already 

 been done, and could never be undone. 



Many of the states manifest toward 

 their public archives an indifference not 

 unlike that of the old town clerk. Even 

 the burning of state capitols containing 

 records of great value has failed to arouse 

 some of the states to a perception of the 

 need for greater safety. 



But the worst offender of all, and the one 

 for whom there is the least excuse, is the 

 national government. A recent investiga- 

 tion in Washington disclosed the fact that 

 department and bureau records are scat- 

 tered all over the city, in wooden ware- 

 houses, disused theaters and abandoned 

 car-barns, as well as in the moldy base- 

 ments and the dusty attics of government 

 buildings. 



It is not the fault of department and 

 bureau officials, for their offices and 

 vaults are overflowing, and the accumu- 

 lated documents must be stored some- 

 where. It is the fault of Congress in not 

 providing a suitable building where the 

 public documents would be safe from fire, 

 dampness, vandalism and the loss that 

 comes from frequent transfers and im- 

 proper methods of storage. 



Some of the departments have already 

 suffered serious losses, and greater mis- 

 fortunes are likely to occur at any time. 



It is as much a function of government 

 to preserve its archives as to levy taxes 

 and make laws. England, France, Bel- 

 gium, Holland, Sweden and a few of our 

 own states have taken sound protective 

 measures. High public officials and com- 

 mittees of Congress have urged for years 

 the erection of a fire-proof archives build- 

 ing in Washington, conveniently situated 

 and large enough to provide for the needs 

 of many years to come. There is no ex- 

 cuse for delav. It is earnestly hoped that 

 President Wilson, himself a student of 

 history who appreciates the value of the 

 endangered records, will see to it that 

 his administration leaves such a building 

 as one of its monuments. 



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