Research

Scope and Content Note

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, and radio program transcripts concerning the inventory of church archives conducted by the Historical Records Survey.

The correspondence and memoranda are between the editor and Historical Records Survey district supervisors, field workers, members of the clergy, and state WPA administrators. They contain information on the following subjects: scheduling, conduct, and progress of field work; transmittal of inventory forms; irregularities in completed inventory forms; location of church records; access to records and cooperation from churches; secondary sources of historical information on churches; occasionally, historical information on churches; and distribution of published inventories.