State reference sources

Government

Publications Review, Vol. IA, pp. 47-83, 1980 Printed in the USA. AU rights reserved.

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STATE REFERENCE SOURCES

PETER HERNON Assistant Professor, School of Library Science, Simmons College, Boston, MA 02115 U.S.A. (Received

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1979; accepted

16 July 1979)

Abstract-The bibliography lists reference sources and mentions if states have depository arrangements and make their publications available in microformat. Such information is useful for developing collections of reference sources and for identifying reference concepts applicable to other states.

encounter problems associated with of state publications have increased dramatically in the twentieth century, many ephemeral, superseded, seldom used and non-used publications are still found within their collections. Because of this, many libraries ought to identify the more frequently needed sources and to rely on resource-sharing or other means for drawing upon lesser used materials. It seems that use centers within a few types of publications and that many users draw upon recently published information, that issued primarily within the past 3 years.* Libraries needing access to statistical information might rely on such sources as the proposed Statistical Reference Index (Congressional Information Service, 1980- ) and companion microform collections. To supplement their holdings for other states, they might also acquire from the following list of general reference sources. The bibliography includes blue books or manuals, current and retrospective checklists,+ state statistical abstracts, industrial or manufacturing directories, Federal Writer’s Project guides of the New Deal era and any in-print revisions, and other pertinent sources. It also suggests if states have depository arrangements for their publications* Libraries

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*Peter Hernon, Use of Government Publications by Social Scientists (Norwood, 1979).

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tThe bibliography also contains retrospective checklists and sources in addition to the current checklist, which list state publications. Major studies of retrospective publications include such writings as: R.R. Bowker’s State Publications (4 vols., 1899-1908), Adelaide R. Hasse’s Index of Economic Mate&l in Documents of the States of the United States (1907-1922), A.F. Kuhlman’s “The Need for a Comprehensive Check-List Bibliography of American State Publications” (The Library Quarterly, January 1935, pp. 31-58), Jerome Wilcox’sManualon the Use of State Publications (ALA, 1940), James B. Childs’ “ Bibliographic Control of Federal, State, and Local Documents” (Library Trends, July 1966, pp. 6-26), and George T. Tanselle’s Guide to the Study of United States Imprints (Belknap: Harvard Univ. Press, 1971, 2 ~01s.). Whenever pertinent for additional sources, there are references in the text to Childs, Wilcox, or Tanselle. One final source merits mention. It is Gerald J. Giefer’s and David K. Todd’s Water Publications of State Agencies (Port Washington and Huntington, NY: Water Information Center, 1972 and 1976). *For more detailed information about depository arrangements for many states, see: American Library Association. Government Documents Round Table. State and Local Documents Task Force. State Publications: Depository Distribution and Bibliographical Programs. By Margaret Lane. Part 1, June 1979. This source also addresses which libraries in the state have the definitive, official collection.

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and if they have microformed publications. Additional reference material can be found in Sumner N. Levine’s I979 Dow Jones-Zrwin Business Almanac (Homewood, Ill.: Dow-Jones-Irwin, 1979). This book contains a section entitled “State Information Guide,” which lists some industrial and business directories omitted from this bibliography. In some cases, addresses for state agencies have been excluded. However, they can be found in such standard sources as the American Library Directory (Bowker, 1923- ), State Administrative Officials Classified by Functions (Council of State Governments, 1977), The National Directory of State Agencies, 2978-79 (Washington: Information Resources Press, 1978), and 1978 Directory of Government Document Collections and Librarians (2nd ed, Washington: CIS, 1978). Like its predecessors,* this bibliography is selective and documents trends and developments. For example, it includes directories for data base resources, the statistical output of a state, and the source material needed for tracing legislative histories. The extent of change since my last revision of the bibliography (in 1974) underscores the need for periodic state-of-the art assessments.t Data were gathered during the spring and early summer of 1979. My sincere gratitude is expressed to those people in the various states who offered suggestions and who verified information. ALABAMA The state does not issue an annual blue book, but the Alabama Official and Statistical Register, which is published by the Alabama Department of Archives and History every four years, is a compilation of statistical and factual information. The latest edition is 1975. In 1977 the Department of Archives and History issued the first Checklist of Akzbama State Publications, 1973. Work is progressing on updating this publication. For a listing of current publications, consult the Library of Congress’s Monthly Checklist of State Publications. For retrospective documents there are: Bowker’s State Publications (1908), Rhoda C. Ellison’s A Check List of Alabama Imprints, Z807-1870 (University of Alabama Press, 1946), and Thomas M. Owen’s “A Bibliography of Alabama” (In: Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1897. Washington, GPO, 1898, pp. 777-1248). Wilcox (p. 76) and Tanselle (vol. 1, p. 6) also contain listings. Brown Printing Company (2734 Gunter Park Drive West, P-0. Box 3603, Montgomery 36109) issues annually Alabama Directory. Alabama State Industrial Directory (1979) is published by State Industrial Directories Corporation, New York, while Alabama Directory of Mining and Manufacturing, 1978-2979 is issued every two years by Alabama Development Office. The University of Alabama, Bureau of Public Administration, offers Alabama Government Manual (1977). Neal G. Lineback’s Atlas of Alabama (1973) is also available from the University of Alabama. Akzbama Encyclopedia and Book of Facts, published only in 1965, is out-of-print. Economic Abstract of Alabama (1977) is published by the University of Alabama, Center for Business Research. The Associations of County Commissions in Alabama Directory is available from 100 N. Jackson, Montgomery 36104. The Development Office annually offers Alabama County Data Book (1978). The Department of Public Health, Division of Statistics, prepared Alabama’s Vital Events (1977); quarterly supplements. The Department of Agriculture and Industries, Statistical Division, provides annually Alabama Agricultural Statistics, 1977. *Peter Hernon, “State Publications,” Library Journal, 97 (April 15, 1972) 1393-1398; and Peter Hernon, “State Publications,” Library Journal, 99 (November 1, 1974) 2810-2819. tin addition to the two Library Journal articles previously mentioned, there are (1) Council of State Governments, State Blue Books and Reference Publications (Lexington, KY, 1972 and 1974); and (2) David W. Parish, State Government Reference Publications (Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1974). To be most effective, such guides need to be updated on a regular basis.

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Alyce Billings Walker revised Alabama: A Guide To the Deep South in 1975 (Hastings House). It was originally compiled by the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration. In 1978, the Department of Archives and History surveyed Alabama libraries to determine which ones would be interested in participating in a depository system. At present, there are no microform programs ongoing in the state document area. Alabama Public Library Service (6030 Monticello Drive, Montgomery 36130) is now inputting its collection of Alabama documents into the OCLC system. ALASKA Alaska Blue Book, a biennial publication, is available from the Dept. of Education, Div. of State Libraries and Museum. Directory of State Officials, which is free, is published twice a year by the Legislative Affairs Agency, Pouch Y, Juneau 99811. The Dept. of Education, Div. of State Libraries, issues an annual list of State Publications Received; published since 1965. The Div. of State Libraries has also offered Some Books about Aluska, a series of Alaska State Library HIstorical monographs produced ln limited quantity, and State and Local Publications Received: A Ten Year Cumulation, 1964-74 (1977).

Retrospective publications are listed in James Wickersham’s A Bibliography of Alaskan Litera(Cordova, Alaska, Cordova Dally Times, 1927). The Legislative Council in Juneau publishes annually Summary of Alrrskan Legislation and the Legislative Handbook on Alaska State Government. The Dept. of Economic Development, Juneau, has offered AL&a Industrial Directory of Employers. Alaska Survey and Report, a two-volume set, served as “an Alaska almanac, statistical guide and directory to economics, government, industries, social and political conditions.” It was issued by the Research Institute of Alaska, Inc., Anchorage. The Dept. of Economic Development, Div. of Economic Enterprise, has published Alaska Statistical Review and Profiles on Alaskan Communities. Abska Legislature: Roster of Members, 1913-1976 was issued by the Alaska Legislative Council, Legislative Affairs Agency, in 1975. Facts about Alaska: the Alaska Almanac was issued in 1976 by Northwest, which is located in Anchorage. The Institute of Social, Economic, and Government Research, Univ. of Alaska, issued Review of Business and Economic Conditions and its own ISEGR reports. The Dictionary of Alaska PIace Names is a publication of the U.S. Government Printing Office. There is no current revision of the WPA guide. I There is a depository system but state publications are not available in microform. ture, 1724-1924

ARIZONA Arizona Blue Book is available from the Arizona Blue Book, Box 3305, Tucson. First published in 1971, this annual revives the publication in print from 1894 to 1932. Bill Turnbow’s Political Arizona Almanac is published biennially in odd-numbered years. It is free from the Secretary of State, Phoenix. The Dept. of Library, Archives, and Public Records published an Annual Checklist of Publications of the State of Arizona, which began in 1962-1963. The Department now issues the free Monthly Checklist of State Documents and an annual cumulation. For retrospective listings consult the annual Check List of Annual Reports published by the State Library from 19 15-19 16 to 1930-1931 and the Arizona Newsletter issued from 1931-1933 to 1951-1952. Also see Check List ofArizona Imprints 1860-1890 prepared by the Historical Records Survey (1938), Wilcox, (p. 76) and Tanselle (vol. 1, p. 7). Arizona Information Press (Box 598, Yuma 85364) offers the 1977 .Arizona Yearbook: A Guide to Government in Arizona, while Mountain Bell has Directory of the 33rd Legislature 1977-1978. Phoenix Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce issued Arizona Directory of Manu-

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facturers.

The Valley National Bank, Economic Research Dept., 141 North Central Ave., Phoenix 85001, publishes an annual statistical abstract, Arizona Statistical Review. A state guide was published in 1974 by Hastings House. A reprint of the 1940 guide is also available. The Dept. of Library, Archives, and Public Records is a depository for state documents and by law is supposed to receive copies of all agency publications. Arizona documents are not micro. formed.

ARKANSAS The blue book, The Historical Report of the Secretary of State for 1978, is available from the Secretary of State, Little Rock. The Univ. of Arkansas Library at Fayetteville has issued semiannually since 1943 a mimeographed Checklist of Arkansas State Publications Received. Retrospective publications are listed in Jim P. Mathews’s “A Bibliographical Study of Arkansas State Publications” (unpublished M.A. thesis, Graduate School of Library Science, Univ. of Illinois, 1933), Check List of Arkansas Imprints, 1821-1876 (Historical Records Survey, 1942) Wilcox (p. 76), and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 7-8). Publications of the State of Arkansas: A Bibliography was edited by Marsha Walters and Sherry Hogan in 1967 for the Industrial Research and Extension Center, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock. This work provided “information concerning the availability and general content of publications concerned with the Arkansas economy.” The Directory of Arkansas Manufacturers (1979) is available from the Dept. of Economic Develop. ment. Arkansas State Directory 1977-1978 costs $2 from State Directory, Box 1371, Little Rock 72203. State and County Economic Data for Arkansas (1972) was issued by the Univ. of Arkansas. Hastings House offers a 1958 edition of the WPA guide; the 1941 guide has been reprinted by Somerset. The Secretary of State operates a state depository, but the system is being transferred to the State Library Commission, a depository for both state and Federal publications. Some state publications are available in a microformat; contact the Secretary of State for details. CALIFORNLA

California Blue Book (1975), published every four years, costs $10.30 plus tax from Legislative Bill Room, Rm. 1149, State Capitol, Sacramento. Documents Section, Box 1015, North Highlands 95660, offers California Roster of Public Officials (biennial), Directory of State Services, and Gzlifornia Statistical Abstract (annual). The State Library (P.O. Box 2037, Sacramento 95809) compiles and publishes California State Publications, a monthly checklist published since 1947. Libraries may receive it free once they have been placed on the mailing list. There is also an annual cumulation. Some state agencies publish retrospective lists. For example, the Dept. of Water Resources offers Abstracts of DWR Publications, Z922-1969 (Bulletin No. 170.69). There are semi-annual supplements. Also consult Adelaide Hasse’s Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States: California, 1849-1904 (1908), Clifford M. Drury’s California Imprints, 1846.I876 (1970), Wilcox (p. 77), and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 8-10). The list of publications contained in News Notes of California Libraries was reduced to a highly limited “selected list” with annotations in 1947 and disappeared altogether a few years later. News Notes is now a semiannual. The Report of the Trustees, California State Library for the period July 1, 1892 to June 30, 1894 has a Catalogue of State Publications, 1850 to July 1894, arranged by broad subject, with agency and personal author indexes. State of California Telephone Directory, published twice a year, is sold for $2 including tax by the Documents Section. The Documents Section, Office of Procurement, has a Publications

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Catalog listing titles the Office has for sale; available free upon request. California’s Legislature (1976) California Legislature at Sacramento (directory and rules), and other selective state and commercial publications are listed in “A Publications Form Letter,” which is the Secretary of State’s method of conveniently answering requests for a few very popular titles. The Office of the Secretary of State is located at 1230 J St. Time-Mirror Press, 1115 South Boyle, Los Angeles 90023, offers California Manufacturers Register. California Legislative Publications Charts (3rd. ed., revised by Richard H. Nicoles and Mary E. Schell) was issued by the State Library in 1976. The State Library also published Pollution: A Checklist of California State Agency Publications, 1960-1970 (1970). The League of Women Voters of California (942 Market St., San Francisco 94102) offers A Guide to Cizlifornia Government (11 th ed., 1977, $3.50). California Journal Press (16 17 10th St., Sacramento 95814) offers California Journal Almanac of State Government and Politics (2d ed., 1977/78). California Journal (monthly, California Journal Press, $30 per year to libraries) reports current developments in state government and politics. California Periodicals Index, published three times a year by Gabriel Micrographics (P.O. Box 224, Mankato, Minn. 56001) includes some state agency periodicals. A state historical abstract was issued in 1970. Hastings House offers a 1967 revision of the WPA guide. California Handbook, 3rd. ed., a guide to sources of information, is available from the Center for California Public Affairs, 226 West Foothill Blvd., Claremont 91711. This publisher also offers other publications pertaining to the state, but these are not classified as documents. California Yearbook (1976) is available for $7.95 (cloth) and $3.95 (paper) from California Almanac Co., Box 400, Lakewood 90174. The State Library is inputting cataloging data into RLIN (formerly BALLOTS) and is reproducing the checkhst from a computer printout; it is investigating the use of a tape. There is a state documents depository program, but California documents are not available in microform.

COLaORDAO The latest issue of the blue book, Colorado Yearbook, is 1962-1964. It is no longer in stock. However, 1979 Colorado State Organization Manual and Guide, with Statistical Appendix costs $8.95 from the Information Corp., 2309 Ash St., Denver 80207. The Div. of State Archives and Public Records, 1530 Sherman St., Denver, publishes a monthly Checklist for Colorado State Publications. From 1964 to Jan. 1971, it was issued quarterly. In addition, COIN: Indexed Checklist to Colorado State Publications will probably cease with Vol. 3, Number 3. Check-List of Colorado Public Documents, prepared by the State Board of Library Commissioners in 1910, covers earliest territorial days to September 1, 1910. Check List of Colorado Public Documents, State Historical Society, includes materials from the 1910 Check-List, with additions integrated up to 1950. The State Library has issued Colorado State Publications (1958-1961) and Sara L. Judd’s compilation A List of Colorado State Publications, May 1961-May 1963. According to Childs (p. 14j, the Extension Bulletin of the State Library carried a quarterly “Checklist” from April 1940 to December 1941. Additional retrospective references may be found in Wilcox (p. 77) and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. IO-1 1). The Business Research Div., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder 80309, issues annually Directoty of Colorado Manufacturers. Historical Encyclopedia of Colorado was issued in 1960 by the Colorado Historical Association. There is no state statistical abstract but data may be found in Demographic Profile: Colorado Planning and Management District (Dept. of Health, 1975, 13 ~01s.) and Colorado Business Review (Business Research Div., Univ. of Colo., 1944monthly). Public Affairs Dept., Colo. Interstate Gas Co., Box 1087, Colorado Springs X090;, issues Colorado Yearbook. Formerly called Colorado Marketing Manual, this annual contains information and

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statistical data on the state. Colorado Legislative Directory, a biennial publication, is available from Cola. Press Service, Press Bldg., 1336 Glenarm Place, Denver 80204. What’sPublished about Colorado costs $12.59 from Colorado Business Survey, the Colo. National Bank, Box 5168 T.A., Denver 80217. Hastings House published a 1970 revised edition of the WPA guide. There is no depository arrangement and state documents are not microformed. CONNECTICUT The State of Connecticut Register and Manual, an annual bluebook published since 1785, is available for $5 from the Secretary of State, Publications Office, 30 Trinity St., Hartford 06115. The Checklist of Publications of Connecticut, issued monthly since July 1964, is free to libraries from the Government Documents Unit, State Library, 23 1 Capitol Ave., Hartford 06 115. For retrospective listings see: Childs (p. 14), Wilcox (pp. 77-78), and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 11-13). There is no state statistical abstract. However, Connecticut Market Data (an irregular, usually free, publication of the Dept. of Commerce, 210 Washington St., Hartford 06115) contains data on population, income, and employment. The Digest of Education Statistics is published irregularly by the State Board of Education, State Office Bldg., Hartford 06115. The Labor Dept. (200 Folly Brook Blvd., Wethersfield 06 109) published the Connecticut Manufacturing Directory in 1973. It is still available for $5. It is supplemented by the Labor Department’s free quarterly publication, New Manufacturing Firms in Connecticut. Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor is a free annual summary of agency annual reports. It is available from Office of the Supervisor of State Publications, Dept. of Administrative Services, 60?4 State St., Wethersfield 06109. General Statutes of Connecticut are available from the Secretary of the State, 30 Trinity St., Hartford 06115, for $74.90. Connecticut by Albert Van Dusen (New York: Random House, 1961) is the standard history of the state. There is no recent revision of the WPA guide, although Connecticut, A New Guide (New York: Scribners, 1974) by William Bixby serves as a more up-to-date guide. The state does have a depository program begun in September 1978. Twelve public and college libraries in the state, the State Library, Library of Congress, and Center for Research Libraries are depositories. The program is administered by the State Library. There is no microform project in the state. Finally, documents are entered into OCLC. DELAWARE

Dekzware State Manual is published approximately every 2 years by the Office of the Secretary of State in Dover. The latest edition is 1975-1976. Delaware Blue Book has not been published since 1958. For more current information consult: 1979-1980 Delaware Legislative Roster, 130th General Assembly (annual by the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce, Wilmington) and De& mre Government: All You ever Wanted to Know about Government and Didn’t Know where to Ask! (1976, League of Women Voters of Delaware, Wilmington). Delaware Documentation is a quarterly checklist of state and local publications filed at the Bureau of Archives and Records (Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, Hall of Records, Dover 19901). Coverage began with July 1, 1974. The Bureau of Archives and Records started a new publication entitled State of Delaware Archives Inventory. The first issue is “A Preliminary Inventory of the Older Records in the Delaware Archives” (1978). The Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs (Hall of Records) has issued a quarterly Accessions List since 195 1. The quarterly Checklist of Official Delaware Publications was published for 1968-1969 by the State Library Commission. H. Clay Reed’s and Marion B. Reed’s A Sibliography of Delaware through 1960 was published by the Univ. of Delaware Press (1966). The Univ. of Delaware Library

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prepared Bibliography of Delaware 1960-1974 (available from Bookstore, Univ. of Delaware, Newark 19711, $5). The State planning Office issued Bibliography of Delaware State Agency Publications in 1971. Finally, for retrospective coverage, there are Adelaide Hasse’s Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States: Delaware, 1789-1904 ( 1910) and Tanselle (vol. 1, p. 14). Dimensions on Delaware: A Statistical Abstract for 19 77 (1978) is available from the Office of Management, Budget and Planning, Townsend Bldg., Box 1401, Dover 19901. The Directory of Commerce and Industry (1977) is compiled by the State Chamber of Commerce, 1102 West St., Wilmington 19801. The Delaware Dept. of Health and Social Services (Jesse S. Cooper Memorial Bldg., Dover 19901) offers Directory of Human Services for Delaware (1978). The State Chamber of Commerce issues Log of the 130th General Assembly (1979), which is a weekly report on the status of legislation under consideration in both houses of the General Assembly. The latest edition of the WPA guide is 1955. Although state documents have not been entered into library networks such as OCLC, the Bureau of Archives and Records has since January 1978 issued on microfiche every state document as well as county and municipal documents received under the depository requirement. Cumulated and issued quarterly under the title of Delaware Documentation, a complete set of the microfiche is deposited with the Division of Libraries as well as four other libraries in the state. ln addition, some public libraries receive selected microfiche.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The District of Columbia Executive Office of the Mayor, Office of Budget and Management Systems, offers Government of the District of Columbia Organization Handbook (November 1, 1977; $30). The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (1225 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Washington DC 20036) has Metropolitan Washington Regional Directory and issues other useful reference compilations. It maintains a research library, map library, and information center. The information center sells and distributes publications of the Council and answers reference questions on government in the area. The District of Columbia Register (DC Register, Room 523 District Building, 14th and E Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20004), which is published every Friday, costs $50 per year. It contains information on government organization, notices of public hearings, information concerning administrative and statutory law, and an “index of notices; rules, regulations, and legislative actions.” The WPA guide to Washington, which was updated in 1968, costs $10.95 from Hastings. The Washingtonlana Division of the Martin Luther Ring Memorial Library is a depository for DC government publications and maintains an unpublished checklist. The District of Columbia Public Library (901 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001) is also a depository for all DC agency publications. The District of Columbia has no microform program for state documents, and very few District Government publications have been entered into the OCLC system.

FLORIDA There is no state blue book. Directory of Florida Government has been issued annually by the Secretary of State since 1964. Florida Handbook (1977/78), an annual publication, costs $7.30 from the Peninsular Pub. Co., 2503 Jackson Bluff Rd., Tallahassee. The Chamber of Commerce, Box 5497, Tallahassee 32301, offers Whof What in Florida (1977). The 1978 Florida Almanac costs $4.50 from The Almanac, Willow Creek, Box 981, St. Petersburg 33731. Guide to Florida Government (1978) is issued by Clerk, House of Representatives, The Capitol, Tallahassee 32304, while Governmental Guides is issued annually by Governmental Guides Inc., P.O. Drawer 299, Madison, Term. 37 115.

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The State Library, Div. of Library Services, Dept. of State, issues a monthly checklist, Florida Public Documents; annual cumulation is available. In 1968 it replaced the Short-Title Checklist of Official Florida Publications Received, which was first published by the Univ. of F10rid‘~ Libraries in July-August 1942. Florida Atlantic Univ. Library has compiled listings of documents held in its collections, and the State Library has published A Keyword-in-Context Index to Florida Public Documents in the Florida Atlantic University. For retrospective documents consult: Dorothy G. Lloyd’s “Official Publications of Florida, 1821-1941” (Master’s thesis, Univ. of Illinois, 1943), G.E.W. Taylor’s A Bibliography and Subject Index of Publications Issued by Official Florida Agencies, 1942-1951 (Gainesville, Univ. of Florida Libraries, 1953), Wilcox (p. 78), and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 16-17). The Div. of State Planning, Dept. of Administration, issued A Bibliography: Florida’s Planning Documents (n.d.j. The Div. of Employment Security, Office of Research and Statistics, offered Directory of Reports and Publications (n.d.). The Constitution of 1868 required the Secretary of State to prepare a report to the Governor at the beginning of each regular session of the Legislature. “These were annual from 1868-1875; biennial from 1877 to 1969; and annual from 1969 to date. The reports were first published in the Legislative Journal beginning in 1869 . . . The reports for 1903-1904 through 1961 are most informative. The last published is the 197 l-1 972 report.” Florida State Industrial Directory (2 Penn Plaza, New York 10001) offers 1979 Florida State Industrial Directory. It costs $50. The Dept. of Administration has offered Florida Price Level Index since 1973. The Legislature, Div. of Statutory Revision and Indexing, Tallahassee, issued Index to Special and Local Laws, 1845-1970 (1970) and Index to Laws of Florida, Special and Local Laws 1971-1978 (1979). The Florida Legislature, House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk, provides Clerk’s Manual for the Use of the Legislature of the State of Florida (1972j and The People of Lawmaking in Florida 1822-1979 (1979). Carter C. Osterbind prepared Older People in Florida: A Statistical Abstract, 1976 (Gainesville: Univ. of Florida, Center for Gerontological Studies and Programs, 1977), which costs $10. The State Chamber of Commerce, Box 5497, Tallahassee 32301, offers Directory of Florida Industries. The Florida Industries Guide ‘75: A Directory of Florida Industries with Products Classified by SIC Codes is an annual publication of McHenry Pub. Co., Box 935, Orlando 32801. Florida Statistical Abstract (1978), an annual, costs $6.50 (Univ. Press of Florida, Gainesville 32601). Michael H. Harris compiled a bibliography, Florida History (Scarecrow, 1972). The WPA guide has not been revised; a reprint of the 1937 guide however is available. The Florida Public Documents Program, established in 1967, mandates the retention of documents for 5 years; there are some exceptions. Florida documents are not available in microform.

GEORGIA Georgia Official and Statistical Register, the blue book, is issued biennially and covers a 2.year period. The 1975-1976 edition costs approximately $37 from Georgia Official and Statistical Register, Dept. of Archives and History, Atlanta. Checklist of OfficcialPublications of the State of Georgia is available quarterly from the State Library, 306 Judicial Bldg., Capitol Sq., Atlanta. The checklist has been published since 1948. Departments occasionally publish lists of their publications. For example, the Dept. of Natural Resources produces an annual list of departmental publications. In 1940 Ella May Thornton The Georgia Bureau of Industry and prepared “Trial Checklists of Georgia State Documents.” Trade (Box 38097, Atlanta 30332) offers Georgia Manufacturing Directory. Georgia Statistical Abstract (1976) is published by the Div. of Research, College of Business Administration, Univ. of Georgia, Athens 30602. The Bureau of State Planning and Community Affairs, 270 Washington St., S.W., Atlanta, has revised Index of Georgia Statistical Data (2 ~01s.). Willie J. Woods edited

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Georgia Guide for Elected OffictQls(3rd. ed., 1976, Clark College, Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy). The Institute of Government, Univ. of Georgia, Athens 30602, has issued Handbook of Georgia State Agencies since 1975. Georgia Officcil Directory of State and County Officers (1978) is available from the Secretary of State, Atlanta 30334. The WPA guide was revised in 1954, but this revision is out-of-print. The 1938 edition, however, has been reprinted. The State Library is the official depository for state publications. There is no microform program for state publications.

HAWAII There is neither a blue book nor WPA guide. Hawaii was not included in the American Guide Series of the New Deal era. The Legislative Reference Bureau, State Capitol, Honolulu 96813 offers for $1 Guide to Government in HQwQii(1978) and for $1 Directory of State, County, Qnd Federal Officials (1977), which has been issued irregularly since 1957. Hawaii Documents, which began publication in 1967, is issued irregularly and includes those state and county documents received by the State Library. Free copies are available to libraries. Hawaii Documents Cumulative Index is now issued biennially. There are editions for 1969-1974 and for 19751976; the one for 1977-1978 is in progress. The Univ. of Hawaii Library has issued Current HQwaiianQsince 1944. This quarterly includes state documents and other publications related to the state. In 1962, the Hawaii Library Association prepared, and the Public Archives published, Official Publications of the Territory of Hawcrii, 1900-1959. The Legislative Reference Bureau issued Cumulative Checklist of State and County Government PUbliCQtiOnS (July 1973). The Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce (Dillingha Bldg., 735 Bishop St., Honolulu 96813) issues Directory of Manufactured Products, Island of Hawaii. State Of HQWQii Business Directory is published annually by Information Systems Associations, Inc. (745 Fort St., Suite 17 10, Honolulu 96813). These and other directories are listed in Directories of Hawaii, a publication of Office of Information and Public Services, Dept. of Planning and Economic Development. The same department provides Pubbcations and Price List, which lists free and inexpensive publications; State of Hawaii Facts and Figures; and StQte of Hawaii Data Book, which is a statistical abstract containing data on Hawaii’s social, economic, and political organization. The address of the department is Box 2359, Honolulu 96804. Robert C. Schmitt’s Historical Statistics of Hawaii was published by the Univ. of Hawaii (1977). There is also Demographic Statistics of Hawaii, 1778-1965. Atlas of HQWQiiis available from the Univ. of Hawaii, Dept. of Geography. The Chamber of Commerce issues Who’s Who in Government, State of Hawaii (biennial since 1970). The Tax Foundation of Hawaii (680 Alexander Young Bldg., Honolulu 96813) offers Government in Hawaii: A Handbook of Financial Statistics (1977). Mitsuba Publishing Co. (7548 Huialoha St., Honolulu 96825) has published Directory of Government Services (1975 and supplement, each costing $2.50). There is a depository system for state documents. Documents are on microfiche for 1969 to 1976. Those for 1977-1978 are now being microfilmed.

IDAHO Idaho Blue Book, first published in 1935 and biennially since 1969-1970, is available from the Secretary of State, Capitol Bldg., Boise. The current issue is 1979-1980. Checklist of Idaho State Publications, which began with 1960-1963, was first published in the January 1964 issue of the l&ho Librarian. It is now carried in the April issue of this periodical. Wilcox (p. 78) and Tanselle (vol. 1, p. 18) contain partial listings of retrospective publications. The Historical Records Survey offered Check List ofldaho Imprints, 1839-1890 (1939). Checklist

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of Idaho Serials was published in 1969 by the Univ. of Idaho Library, Moscow, as Library Publication Number 7. A supplement was published in January 1974, but it is out-of-print. In addition, the State Library notes that “all extant Idaho Territorial and State Documents (1863- 1979) have received full cataloging.” A microfiche edition of the full Idaho catalog will be available for sale the fall of 1979. In all probability, the retrospective checklist “will eventually be entered into the Washington Library Network computer system. Checklists in numerous formats would then be available.” Manufacturing Directory of Idaho is published irregularly. Since 1976, it has been prepared by the Center for Business Development and Research, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow. The latest edition 1978-1979 costs $22.50. Two editions of the Idaho Statistical Abstract have been published. A third edition is in preparation. Basic Economic Data for Idaho is published annually by the Dept. of Employment, Research and Analysis Section, 305 Main St., Boise. The Bureau of Tourism and Industrial Development, State Capitol Bldg., Boise, prepared Idaho Almanac (1977, $8). County Profiles of Idaho: Indicators for a Development Strategy is now in its third edition (1978). It is published irregularly by the Div. of Budget, Policy Planning and Coordination. Gazetteer of Cities, Villages and Landmark Sites in the State of Idaho was published by the Dept. of Highways in 1966. Directory of Idaho Information Sources (3rd. ed., 1977) was published by the Div. of Budget, Policy Planning and Coordination. Directory of Idaho City Officials is published irregularly by the Assn. of Idaho Cities, 1402 Broadway Ave., Boise 83706. Somerset has reprinted the WPA guide. A depository system exists whereby twenty copies of state documents are received by the State Library and distributed to libraries within the state and to the Library of Congress. Finally, “all Bulletins and Pamphlets of the Bureau of Mines and Geology are available on microfiche from the State Library. Other select documents are also being put on microfiche.” Joseph Lu has compiled a bibliography entitled Government Publications about Idaho. Produced on microfiche, it is free by sending a large-sized self-addressed, stamped envelope to the Documents Div., Idaho State University Library, Pocatello 83209.

ILLINOIS Illinois Blue Book (1977-1978), published biennially during even numbered years, is free from: Shipping Room, Secretary of State, Centennial Building, Springfield 62756 (limited quantity published). Handbook of Illinois Govetnment (1979), published by the Secretary of State, serves as a supplement to the Blue Book and is available from the same address. Contents and arrangement of both vary considerably from issue to issue. The Bureau of the Budget issued a State of Illinois Statistical Abstract (1973; also 1972 with slight title variation, both o.p.), a statistical abstract by county of various social and economic subjects. A new edition is scheduled for appearance July 1979 from the Bureau of the Budget (Attn: Dave Scoville, Planning, Bureau of the Budget, 524 South Second Street, Springfield 62706). The IIlinois Legislative Council (Room 107, Stratton Office Building, Springfield 62706) published a Guide to Services of State Administrative Agencies (1977, o.p.) which is “designed to answer the ‘Where do I get it?’ and ‘who does what?’ ” questions about state government. The Illinois State Library has issued semi-annually since 1959 Publications of the State of Illinois (through June 1975). The State Library also issues Illinois Documents List, semi-monthly, since 1968. Generally back issues are not available in runs. Selective lists are issued from time to time in Illinois Issues (Sangamon State University, Springfield 62708; $15 per year) and by the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs. On occasion specific agencies will issue publication lists for their programs. For retrospective documents there are: Bowker’s State Publications (Part II, 1902), Adelaide Hasse’s Index of Economic Materials in Documents of the States of the United States: Illinois,

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1809-1904 (1909), Margaret C. Norton’s “Illinois Documents: A Checklist 18 12-l 850” (Illinois Libraries, October 1950-June 1951), Cecil K. Byrd’s A Bibliography of Illinois Imprints, 1SL,#-Lg58 (University of Chicago), Harriet P. Wirick’s “A Checklist and Study of Illinois lmprints through 1850” (unpublished Master’s thesis, University of Illinois, 1932), Elizabeth A. Windsor’s “Illinois Imprints, 1851 through 1860” (unpublished Master’s thesis, University of Illinois, 1938) Illinois Libraries from 1939 to 1958, Wilcox (p. 78), and Illinois State Water Supply’s Annotated List of Publications, 189.5-197.5 (1975). The Guide to the Microfilm Collection of Early State Records from the Library of Congress, and its supplement, are particularly valuable to researchers in legislative areas. The Descriptive Jnuentoty of the Archives of the State of Illinois (1978) is the first scholarly investigation of the holdings. Entries have statutory forewords. Available from Director John Daly, Illinois State Archives, State Archives Building, Springfield 62706 ($25 per copy; loose-leaf format for future editions). The State Library offers Guide to Statistics in Illinois State Documents (compiled by Mary Redmond, 1976). The 1979 supplement covering to December 1978 is available from Reference Department, Illinois State Library, Centennial Building, Springfield 62756. The State Board of Elections compiles Official List of State Officers and Judges 19 77-l 9 78. Office holders for various other legal subdivisions are also printed from the records. Illinois Data Book, prepared by the Department of Business and Economic Development (222 South College, Springfield 62706), has appeared at irregular intervals since 1970. A new edition is underway and should be distributed in July 1979. The Illinois State Archives, not a part of the Illinois State Library since at least 1969, compiled “Predecessors to the Blue Book;” the article appeared in the Illinois Blue Book, 1943-1944. Some copies of Constitution of Illinois: A Selective Bibliography, prepared for the 1969 state constitutional convention, are still available from the State Library. Chicago, Cook County and Illinois Industrial Directory costs $70 from National Publishing Corp., 3 150 Des Plaines Ave., Des Plaines 60018. Illinois Manufacturers Directory ($85; Manufacturers’ News Inc., 3 E. Huron St., Chicago 60611) is also a reliable, easily used title. John Clayton’s The Illinois Fact Book and Historical Almanac, 1673-1968 was published in 1970 by Southern Ihinois University Press, McLafferty Road, Carbondale 62901. The Illinois Legislative Council (107 Stratton Building, Springfield 62706) prepares from time to time the Illinois Legislative Directory. The last issued was 1978 and it is now out-of-print. The proposed 1979 issue has a totally different scope. The I947 edition of the WPA guide is available from Somerset. Rand McNally has published a more current guide, Illinois Guide and Gazatteer (1969). There is a depository system for state documents, and all materials identified as Illinois documents are fully cataloged and data are added to the OCLC system. The microforming program for Illinois has been highly selective in materials chosen. Initially, study materials for the 1969 Constitutional Convention were filmed on 16 mm and inserted into jackets. Another early project was the filming of all the “wheel books” of automobile license registration. Presently, the microform program concentrates on two areas: (1) the obscure or fugitive older publications and (2) provision of as comprehensive, current coverage of legislative materials as possible. All filed bills, extant, from 1879- have been filmed through the end of the 1977/78 biennium. There is a microform copy of all floor debate from both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly from October 197 lINDIANA There is no official bluebook, but Here Is Your Indiana Government (1977/78) costs $2 from the State Chamber of Commerce (201 Board of Trade Bldg., Indianapolis 46204). The new edition

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for 1979-1980 will be issued soon. The Chamber of Commerce also offers Legislative Directory 1979180 and Indiana’Industrial Directory (1978/79, $30), a biennial publication. Roster of State and Local Officials (1978) has been compiled annually since 1928 by the Statistical Dept., State Board of Accounts (Rm. 912, State Office Bldg., Indianapolis 46204). Statistical Report of the State of Indiana, published biennially since 1879 by the same agency, ceased publication with the 1966-1967 volume. Checklist of Indiana State Documents was published in the State Library’s publication, Library Occurrent, from October 1925 (Vol. 7, No. 4) to 1976. Beginning with the May 1976 (Vol. 2.5, No. 6) issue of the Library Occurrent, information about new state documents is given in a section entitled “Document News,” which is compiled by the Indiana State Library Documents Librarian. Since 1973, the Checklist has been published separately from the list in the periodical. The Checklist appears quarterly with annual cumulations. It can be ordered from the State Documents Librarian, State Library, Indiana Div., 149 N. Senate Ave., Indianapolis 46204. Also, some departments such as the Department of Public Instruction and the Historical Bureau produce lists of their publications. However, “many state agencies do not, nor do they have an m-house record of their own publications.” For retrospective listings see: Daniel W. Howe’s A Descriptive Catalogue of the Official Publications of the Territory and State of Indiana from 1800 to 1890 (Indiana Historical Society, 1890); Dorothy Charles’ “Checklist of the Numbered Publications. Dept. of Conservation, State of Indiana. No. l-105, .November 1931,” Library Occurrent April-June 1932, pp. 310-323; Nellie M. Coats, “Indiana Dept. of Conservation. Checklist of Numbered Publications 107-150,” Library Occurrent, January-March 1937, pp. 134-145; Dorothy Arbaugh’s “Indiana Dept. of Public Instruction, Checklist of Bulletins, 1903-October 1937,” Library Occurrent January-March 1938, pp. 275-292; and Cecil K. Byrd’s and Howard H. Peckham’s A Bibliography of Indiana Imprints, 1804-1853 (Indiana Historical Bureau, 1955). Additional listings can be found in Wilcox (p. 79) and Tanselle (Vol. 1, p. 20). The 1977-1978 edition of the Indiana Almanac and Fact Book is still available for $3.95 from Sycamore Press, Box 15 12, Indianapolis 46206. A new edition might be available in fall 1979. The State Planning Services Agency (3rd. Floor, Harrison Bldg., 143 W. Market St., Indianapolis 46204) offers Indiana Fact Book (copies of the 1976 edition are no longer available; a new edition will be published in 1979), and Indiana State Services Catalog (March 1976; a few copies are still available), which “is a compilation of the programs and functions of agencies and elected officials of Indiana.” The same agency prepared Social Indicators, which is out-of-print. Phase I of this source is “a bibliographical index of relevant materials for state social and human services planners” (June 1974), while Phase II is “a study in comparative descriptive indicators for the state of Indiana” (June 1975). The International Trade Div., Dept. of Commerce, produces Indiana Trade Directory (1977). Indiana, A Guide to the Hoosier State, prepared by the WPA, is being revised by the Indiana Historical Society, 140 N. Senate Ave., Indianapolis 46204. The Historical Society is also completing the indexing to Indiana county histories which was started by the WPA. There is a depository system for state documents, but Indiana documents are not available in microform.

IOWA Iowa Official Register (1977-1978), a. biennial blue book, is free from the State Printing Division, Des Moines. The Univ. of Iowa Libraries issues Iowa Documents List, published since 1956. “The State Library will soon take over the Iowa Documents List from the University Library. They plan to input Iowa documents into OCLC and use OCLC tapes to produce the new Iowa Documents List. The List will look very similar to Kansas’ list, since they borrowed Kansas’ computer programs. In addition to this monthly list with keyword indexes, there will also be shipping lists with each depository shipment (b&weekly).”

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For retrospective documents consult: Historical Records Survey, Chicago, A Check List oflowa Imprints, 1838-1860 (Chicago, WPA, Historical Records Survey Project, 1940); Iowa State Historical Society, A Checklist of Iowa Imprints, 1837-1860 (1938); Helen Stewart’s “Iowa State Publications” (unpublished Master’s thesis, Univ. of Illinois, 1937); Lavinia Steele’s Check List of the Publications of the State of Iowa (Iowa Library Commission, 1904); and Wilcox (pp. 79-80). The Iowa Development Commission (250 Jewett Bldg., 914 Grand Ave., Des Moines 50319) issues Directory of Iowa Manufacrurers (biennial), Doing Business in Iowa (1976), and Iowa International Directory (biennial?). The Secretary of State offers annually Iowa Official Directory of Stare and County Officers. The Office for Planning and Programming, Div. of Municipal Affairs, provides Catalog of State Services to Local Governments (1976, loose-leaf). The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Institute of Public Affairs, offers State Government in Iowa (2d. ed., 1977). The Development Commission offers annually Statisfical Profile of Iowa. In 1978, the Univ. of Iowa Press published Phillip Frankland’s and Stephen Airola’s Arfas of Selected Iowa Services ($6.95). The Government Documents Section, Iowa Library Assn., compiled “A Suggested Core List of Iowa Documents of Use to Most Iowa Libraries (August 1978); available from Government Publications Dept., University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City 52242). “With the exception of the core list of reference materials, all Iowa documents are to be made available to depositories on microfiche only.” The state document depository program began July of 1979, with approximately 35 libraries participating. The WPA guide has not been updated; reprinted however by Somerset. KANSAS

The 1976 revision of the Kansas documents law provided for the establishment of state depository libraries and the publication of an official documents catalog. The law also specified that the State Library (3rd. Floor, State Capitol, Topeka 66612) would implement and administer the depository system. The State Library designates two categories of depository collections, complete and selective. The Stare Documents of Kansas Handbook discusses the depository library system and the role of the State Library. It is interesting to note on page III-6 of the Handbook that: . . . because both the State Library and the State Historical Society maintain permanent collections of state agency publications, it is felt that depository libraries need not act as archival collections. Therefore, superseded publications, and editions of publications that have subsequently been revised, and hard copy of publications for which microform copy has been secured may be disposed of at the discretion of the individual depository. The disposal of all other publications must be approved by the State Librarian. In addition to the Handbook, the State Library has “Agency Symbols and Numbers of Kansas State Documents” (revised April 1979). The State Library enters Kansas documents into the OCLC system and produces the quarterly State Documents of Kansas Catalog ($8 per year) from the tapes. “The index cumulates over each year, so the final index to each volume will be an index to that entire year. As supplements, a list of government authors, and a cumulative serials list will be published each year.” In addition to the Catalog, the State Library “will also generate a shipping list from the monthly OCLC tapes.” Kansas Directory, an annual publication as of 197 1, was previously issued biennially in the fall of odd-numbered years. It is available from the Secretary of State, State House, Topeka 66612. He also offered Kansas Biennial Reports (the latest is 1976) which included comprehensive listings of state publications but it came out a’ year or so after the end of the biennium, which meant that some of the documents listed were 3 years old by the time they got listed. By this time many were out-of-print. Prior to the Catalog, the State Library published three times per year Checklist of Official Publications of the State of Kansas Received. It began in 1953. In 1965 volume one of

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Bessie E. Wilder’s Bibliography of the Official Publications of Kansas, 1858-1958 was published by the Univ. of Kansas; Vol. 2 has not yet been published. The WPA Historical Records Survey Project published Check List of Kansas Imprints, 1854-1876 (1939). In 1958 the Kansas State Historical Society issued a supplement to the WPA checklist. For other retrospective listings see Wilcox (p. 80). The Dept. of Economic Development, State Office Bldg., Topeka 66603, publishes Directory of Kansas Manufacturers and Products (biennial, 1943-1976; annual, 1977- ; $15). The Kansas Statistical Abstract (1977, $6.50) is issued annually by the Institute for Social and Environmental Studies, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence 66045. The League of Kansas Municipalities (112 W. 7th St., Topeka 66603) offers Kansas Government 1976-1977, which costs $1.50 plus 5 cents sales tax when applicable. The WPA guide of 1949 has not been revised; reprint of 1939 edition by Somerset. KENTUCKY By law, state agencies must deposit three copies of their publications with the Div. of Archives and Records Management. These publications are then listed in monthly and annual checklists and are microfilmed at the end of the year. The most recent edition of the annual Checklist of Kentucky State Publications is for 1977 publications; availabie free from Publications Analyst, State Archives and Records Service, Kentucky Dept. of Library and Archives, 851 E. Main St., Frankfort 40601. This checklist began in 1962. Most of the items appearing in it are available in microfilm from the Div. of Archives and Records (Dept. of Library and Archives, Box 537, Frankfort 40601). In addition, a monthly checklist is published jointly by the Dept. of Library and Archives and the Univ. of Kentucky Libraries. It began in April 1973. The Archives and Records Service hopes to resume work on Checklist of State Publications, 1905-1962. “After some ground work was done several years ago, nothing was done for a few years due to a lack of proper staff and finances. ” Publications are listed in Adelaide Hasse’s Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States: Kentucky, 1792-l 904 (1910), Kentucky Session Laws, Legislative Journals, Collected Documents Checklist Revised to November 1954 (Univ. of Kentucky Libraries, 1954), Supplementary Check List of Kentucky Imprints 1788-1820 (J.W. Townsend, ed., Historical Records Survey, 1942), Wilcox (pp. SO-Sl),

and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 21-22). Telephone Directory, Commonwealth of Kentucky (January 1978) is available from the Dept. of Finance, Capitol Annex, Frankfort 40601. A commercial equivalent to a blue book is State Directory of Kentucky (1979), compiled by Mrs. Mary M. Wright for Directories, Inc., Box 187, Pewee Valley 40056 at $7. The Dept. of Commerce (Capitol Plaza Tower, Frankfort 40601) offers the annual Kentucky Directory of Manufacturers (1957- ); Deskbook of Kentucky Economic Statistics, the annual statistical abstract (1963- ); and Maps and Publications Price List (1974). The committee on Human Rights in Frankfort has issued Kentucky Directory of Black Elected Officials since 1972. Dennis L. Fielding compiled inventory of the Records of the Work Projects Administration in Kentucky, which costs $6 from the Div. of Archives and Records. The WPA guide, originally published in 1939, was revised in 1954; Somerset has reprinted the 1939 edition.

LOUISIANA The Secretary of State publishes materials which may be received by writing him at Box 44125, Baton Rouge 70804. These include the blue book, Louisiana Roster of Officials (1978), $3, usually published biennially in the spring of odd-numbered years. Although it has been published since 1924, back issues are not available. The Recorder of Documents, Louisiana State Library,

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Box 131, Baton Rouge 70821, publishes Public Documents, a semi-annual list of state public documents. This began publication in 1949 (covering documents from August 1948) and is superseded every 5 to 7 years by Official Publications. Back issues of both titles are available only to fill gaps or to supplement Lucy B. Foote’s Bibliography of the Officinl Publications of Louisiana, 1803-1934 (1942). All volumes of Official Publications and Public Documents are indexed by author, title, and subject. Louisiana has complete bibliographical coverage of state publications. The Foote bibliography is available as a Kraus reprint. Incidentally, various state agencies have publications listing their own works (e.g. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service). Louisiana Directory of Manufacturers ($10) is usually published biennially by the Department of Commerce and Industry, Box 44185, Baton Rouge 70804. The Division of Business and Economic Research, University of New Orleans, New Orleans 70122, offers Statistical Abstract of Louisiana; the 1977 edition costs $4.50. The State of the State in 1977: An Economic and Social Report to the Governor was done by the State Planning Office. Louisiana Almanac (1978-1979) costs $5.95 from Pelican Pub. Co., 630 Burmaster St., Gretna 70053. The Louisiana Union Gzralog, published by the Louisiana Library Assn., Baton Rouge, comprises “the book form of the Louisiana Union catalog file maintained by the Louisiana State Library.” The five-volume set lists some state documents not contained in Public Documents and Official Publications. The catalog is now available on microfiche, and is supplemented bi-monthly by advance sheets. Hastings House published a revised edition of the WPA guide (.$12.50). There is a depository system within the state but state documents are not available in microform. MAINE The state yearbook, Maine Register, is privately published annually by the Tower Publishing Co., 163 Middle St., Portland 04101. Although it costs $38, there is a chance that the company will provide a special reduced pre-publication price. The State Library offers a free, quarterly Checklist of State of Maine Publicvltions Received; compiled since 1941. In addition, some state departments issue publications catalogs. The Public Library in Bangor issued Bibliography of the State of Maine (1962). There is Adelaide Hasse’s index of Economic Matetil in Documents of the States of the United States: Maine, Z820-I904 (1907). For 1922 to 1932, state publications were listed more or less regularly in Maine Library Bulletin (Childs, p. 16). Wilcox (p. 81) and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 23-25) also have listings. in 1968, the Dept. of Commerce and Industry, State House, Augusta 04330, issued a statistical abstract, Maine Handbook. The department no longer publishes Maine Economic Data Book or the Maine Pocket Data Book. However, it does offer Maine Buyers Guide and Directory of Maine Manufacturers. The State Archives issued Agencies of Government State of Maine, X820-1971 (1972). The Maine Historical Society prepared The Maine Bicentennial Atlas: An Historical Survey (1976) and the Dept. of Finance and Administration (Bureau of the Budget, Augusta 04330) offers Maine State Government: Reference Manual (1974). Maine State Government Annual Report, a compilation of annual reports from state departments and agencies, is available from the Dept. of Finance and Administration, Bureau of Purchases, Statehouse, Augusta 04333. The Dept. of Conservation, Bureau of Geology, issued Bibliography of Maine Geology, 1672-l 972 (compiled by Arthur M. Hussey II, 1974). Census of Maine Manufacturers is available. from the Bureau of Labor and Industry, Augusta 04333, while Maine Marketing Directory is published by Tower Publishing Co., 163 Middle St., Portland 04101. The Maine Almanac is published by Guy Gannett Publishing Co., while The State O’Maine

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Facts is published annually by Courier of Maine Books, 1 Park Dr., Rockland 04841. Maine Resources: Print and.Non-Print is free from the State Library, Cultural Bldg., Augusta 04333. The Maine Directory of Natural Resource Organizations is put out by the State Planning Office, State St., Augusta 04333. The WPA guide of 1937 was revised in 1970 by the Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums, and published by the Courier-Gazette in Rockland. There is a depository system for Maine documents. According to the State Library, there is not “a microform program as yet, although it is now in the ‘thinking about’ stage.” Maine documents are entered into the OCLC network through the NELINET system, but checklists are not produced from the system. MARYLAND The blue book, Maryland Manual 1979-80, is available from the Hall of Records Commission, Annapolis 21401. Maryland Documents is a monthly list of state and local publications received by the Dept. of Legislative Reference, Library Div., Annapolis 21401. The Hall of Records Commission offers Maryland State Publications Received at the Hall of Records, a monthly which cumulates every 2 years. The Maryland Library Association lists state documents in The Crab, bi-monthly since 1971. In addition, State, County and City Documents List is issued monthly by the University of Maryland, College Park (Libraries, Special Collection Div., Marylandia Dept.). Retrospective publications can be found in old library catalogs; Index to Maryland Public Documents 1829-1920, which is very incomplete; Maryland Manual from 1947 to 1969, which had a checklist of state agency documents published during the preceding 2 years; Maryland Libraries, which used to carry a selected list of Maryland state documents; Robert S. Friedman’s A Selected Bibliography of Maryland State and Local Government (Bureau of Government Research, Univ. of Maryland, 1956); Wilcox (pp. 81.82); and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 25-29). Apparently the Hall of Records Commission is making an inventory of its documents collection and anticipates publishing a comprehensive checklist of all state documents in its archives. The Dept. of Economic and Community Development, in Annapolis, issues Directory: 1977-l 9 78 Maryland Manufacturers (1977), Science in the Maryland Marketplace 1978-l 9 79: A Directory of Science Resources for Maryland (1978), and Economic Opportunity in the Matykmd Marketplace: Minority Business Directory 1978-1979 (1978). The Department’s Div. of Research offers Maryland Statistical Abstract 1977, while its Div. of Business and Industrial Development provides Directory of Maryland Business Regulations and Services to Business (1978). The Div. of State Documents (Box 802, Annapolis) offers Code of Maryland Regulations and Maryland Register (bi-weekly). The Dept. of State Planning (Baltimore 21202) has Catalog of State Assistance Programs (1977, with annual updates). The Dept. of State Planning also offers various technical and statistical reports on population, employment, housing, income, and school enrollment projections. The Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene (Center for Health Statistics, Baltimore 21201) makes available Annual Vital Statistics Report. The State Police (Dept. of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Pikesville 2 1208) provides annually Maryland Uniform Crime Reports. The 1940 WPA guide is available in reprint (Somerset). There is also Maryland: A New Guide to the Old Line State (Johns Hopkins, 1976) by Edward C. Papenfuse and others. The past session of the legislature saw the adoption of a Joint Resolution calling for the establishment of a Task Force to study the system of distributing, accessing, and processing state agency publications. The Dept. of Natural Resources, Annapolis, has produced A Guide to Microfilm References Available from the Maryland Coastal Zone Management Program. Apparently the Government Reference Service Office, Enoch Pratt Free Library, is considering the possibility of entering bibliographic references to state documents into the OCLC system.

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MASSACHUSE'MS Manual for the Use of the General Court, the blue book, has been published biennially (latest issued in 1979) and costs $3 from the State Bookstore, State House, Room 116, Boston 02133. The Bookstore also offers Bookstore Catalog, a catalog of publications; Citizens’ Guide to State Services: A Selective Listing of Governmental Agencies (Secretary of the Commonwealth, Citizens Information Service, $1 plus 25 cents shipping); Massachusetts State Government: A Resource Directory (Secretary of the Commonwealth, SS cents), Directory: Residential and Non-Residential Service Providers in Massachusetts ($1 S), and Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1979-1980). The State Library (341 State House, Boston 02133) offers a periodic checklist entitled “Commonwealth of Massachusetts Publications Received by the Massachusetts State Library.” Due to the death of its compiler, Mr. Alan Fox, the checklist for the months of October, November, and December 1978 will be issued as one publication. The same will be true for the months of January, February, and March 1979. Once a new state documents librarian has been hired, the checklist will again be issued more frequently. The State Library also issues “Massachusetts Executive Departan annual cumulation (since 1962) of the publications included in the periment Publications,” odic checklist; “Massachusetts Material,” a monthly listing of selected recent publications about the state (publication has been delayed due to shortage of staff); and “Recent and Interesting,” an irregular listing of selected writings “about current public affairs or subjects under considerable public discussion which have been acquired by the State Library.” In 1972 the Legislative Research Council issued Directory of Research Units of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches of the Massachusetts State Government. It included a listing of agencies’ recent publications. Index of Special Reports of the Legislature, 1806-1899 (1972) is unreliable. Index of Special Reports Authorized by the General Court, 1900-l 9 72 is available from Legislative Research Council, State House, Boston 02133. There is a 1973 update of this Index. W.C. Ford’s A Bibliography of the Laws of the Massachusetts Bay 1641-I 776 was published in 1907 (in Colonial Society of Massachusetts Publications, vol. IV). The State Library also has Imprints 1800-1824 in the Massachusetts State Library (1960), Imprints up to I799 in the Massachusetts State Library (1960), List of Massachusetts Labor Publications in the State Library of Historical Interest, 1930-1957 (1958), List of State Agency Materials Collected in Study, Which Were Relinquished to State Library (1962), Analytic Catalogue of Special Reports and Papers Contained in the Massachusetts Public Documents for 1897 (1899) and Catalogue of Annual Reports Contained in the Massachusetts Public Documents (1901). In 1964 the State Library prepared Index to Reports and Selected Bills and Resolves of the General Court, 1806-1899 (Mass. George Fingold Library, Boston). The Historical Records Survey prepared Check List of Massachusetts Imprints 1801 (1942) and Check List of Massachusetts Imprints 1802 (1942). For additional coverage consult: Adelaide Hasse’s Index of Economic Materials in Documents of the States of the United States: Massachusetts, 1789-l 904 (1908) Wilcox (p. 82) and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 29-32). In 1968, the Bureau of Governmental Research, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, published George Goodwin’s A Selected Bibliography on Massachusetts Politics and Government. The Dept. of Commerce and Development issued Industrial Directory of Massachusetts Manufacturers from 1964/6S- 1974/7S; it has been replaced by New England Industrial Directory 1976-l 977 (G.D. Hall CO., 20 Kilby St., Boston 02109). The Dept. of Commerce and Development (Boston 02202) published in 1971 a state statistical abstract covering 1929-1968. The same department periodically issues statistical reports on many subjects, monographs (irregularly since 1964) and Mass Facts (free and gives historical information on the state). The State Library offers free Guide to Legislative and Government ,Research (1977).

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The Committee for A New England Bibliography prepared Massachusetts: A Bibliography of Its History (G.K. Hall, 1976). The Legislative Reporting Service, Inc. (31 A Mt. Vernon St., Boston 02108) offers Guide. to Massachusetts General and Special Acts (loose-leaf service; also bound copy). The firm also provides reports on legislative measures before the General Court. The “Massachusetts Legislative Directory” is free (28 cents stamped, self-addressed envelope; this covers first class mailing) from Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, Inc. (1 Federal St., Boston 02110). The Secretary of the Commonwealth issued Historical Data Relating to Counties, Cities and Towns in Massachusetts (1975). Massachusetts Almanac of State Public Officials (1979-1980)

is available from State Legislative Leaders’ Foundation, P.O. Box 17805, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53217. Your Massachusetts Government (8th ed., 1978) costs $10 from Government Research Publications, Box 122, Newton Centre 02159. Massachusetts State Government (2nd. ed., 1970) prepared by the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, was published by Harvard Univ. Press. The State Office of Planning and Program Coordination has put out Massachusetts Inventory of State Agency Periodicals (1970) and Massachusetts Inventory of Published Statistical Series (1970). Researchers might want to consult the budget of the governor. The Office of State Planning and Program Coordination also offers Orgamzation of State Government (1978, irregular, free). The 1939 WPA guide was revised in 1971 by Houghton Mifflin. The State Library is supposed to receive at least eight copies of each publication issued. It has designated several libraries in the state as depositories. The periodic checklist and most of the items therein are Blmed by Research Publications Inc. of Woodbridge, Connecticut 06525. The “State Library began inputting cataloging data for Massachusetts documents into the GCLC data base in November 1978. It is not centralized. State agency authority ftie is being worked on, but it is not yet completed.” MICHIGAN

The blue book, Michigan Manual, is issued biennially by the Dept. of Administration, State Records and Publications Center, Lewis Cass Bldg., Lansing. The latest issue is 1977/78. By the way, there are the Michigan Legislative Directory (1977; Legislative Service Bureau) and Directory: Senate and House of Representatives. . . (1977). The State Library distributes Michigan bcuments. Published since 1952, this quarterly checklist is free upon request. Each issue during the year cumulates the previous issues published during the year; the December issue cumulates the whole year. In 1970, the Dept. of Administration published a list of publications available at the State Record and Publications Center. From January 1947 to April 1951, Michigan Library News carried a brief list of “Michigan Documents” received at the State Library. From 1952-1960, this periodical contained “Best in Documents, ” a selective list of federal and state publications received at the State Library. From 19651971, Best in Documents came out as a separate publication but has now been discontinued. Documents are also listed in the two volumes of Floyd B. Streeter’s Michigan Bibliography (Lansing, Historical Commission, 1921), Bowker’s State Publications (Part II, 1902), Report of the State Librarian of the State of Michigan for the Years June 30,.1892 to July I, I894 (Lansing, 1894, pp. 63-70), William R. Pullen’s A Check-List of Legislative Journals (ALA, 1955), Catakgue of the Michigan State Libmty Law Department (Lansing, 1896), Documentary Catalog of the Michigan State Libmry 1828 to June I, 1898 (Lansing, 1898), Preliminary Check List of Michigan Imprints, 1796-1850 (Historical Records Survey, 1942), Wilcox (pp. 82-83) and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 32-33). The National Association of State Libraries issued three compilations of Grace E. MacDonald: Check-List of Legislative Journals of States of the United States of America (Oxford Press, 1938, pp. 102-107), Check-List of Session Laws (H.W. Wilson, 1936, pp. 111-l 14), and Check-List of Statutes of States of the United States of America (Oxford Press, 1937, pp. 59-60).

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Michigan Statistical Abstract (1978, $10.95) is published by the Div. of Research, Graduate School of Business Administration, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing 48823. Economic Report of the Governor (1979) is available annually from the Executive Office of the Governor. Michigan Industrial Directory (1978) is available from Harris Pub. Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Directory of Michigan Manufacturers (1979) a biennial publication, is offered by Manufacturers Pub. Co., Detroit. Robert C. Wingerson prepared Michigan’s Competitive Position (Michigan Economic Action Council, Box 1416, East Lansing 48823) in 1976. The Dept. of Commerce, Office of Planning Coordination, issued Directory of State Statistics: A Guide to State Agency Publications in 1968. Michigan Economic and Population Series (1977) is a publication of the Dept. of Commerce. The WPA guide has not been revised; Somerset has reprinted the 1941 guide. There is a depository system for state publications. Michigan documents are not available on microform. MINNESOTA Minnesota Legislative Manual, the blue book, appears in the autumn of odd-numbered years and is free from the Secretary of State, 180 State Office Bldg., St. Paul. Minnesota State Publica; annual) is a sales catalog. Incidentaltions (Dept. of Administration, Documents Section; 1957ly, Documents Section is located in Room 140 of the Centennial Office Bldg., St. Paul 55155. The Legislative Reference Library (111 State Capitol, St. Paul 55155) prepares a monthly list of ; $15 per year from Documents Section). Minnesota documents received (1973For retrospective coverage, there are: Ester Jerabek’s A Bibliography of Minnesota Territorial Documents (Historical Society, 1936), Ester Jerabek’s Check List of Minnesota Public Documents, 1X58-1923 (Historical Society, 1972), the monthly (later quarterly) Check List of Minnesota Public Documents from July 1923 to October-December 1940, Checklist of Minnesota Public Documents Issued from I941 through 1950 (1952), Wilcox (p. 83), and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 33-34). Now Minnesota has retrospective coverage from 1849 through 1950. “Still needed is a cumulation of the quarterly lists, to serve as an index to documents published during 1925-1940” and a complete listing since 1950. By the way, Minnesota State Documents Received was published for 1960 and 1970. The Historical Society compiled material for a later edition but has not published it. Theodore C. Blegen and T.L. Nydahl have compiled Minnesota History: A Guide to Reading and Study (Univ. of Minnesota Press, 1960). The Dept. of Administration prepared Organization Chart-Executive Branch, State of Minnesota (1977). The Office of the State Register, Dept. of Administration, has Minnesota Guidebook to State Agency Services (1978-1979; $4.95 from the Documents Section). The Telecommunications Div. of the same department prepared State of MinneSOtQ Telephone Directoty (1978; $3.50 from the Documents Section). W.F. Toensing’s Minnesota Congressmen, Legislators, and Other Elected State Officials: An Alphabetical Checklist, 1849-1971 was issued in 1971 (Historical Society; $3.75 plus tax and 50 cents postage). The State Planning Agency offers Federal Grants-in-Aid in Minnesota and Pocket Data Book (1977; $5). The Dept. of Economic Development, Research Div., offers Minnesota Statistical Pmfile 19 78 (1978). The Dept. of Economic Development provides Minnesota Exporter’s Assistance Guide (1978), Minnesota Investment Guide (1978) Minnesota Directory of Manufacturers (1977-l 978; $20 from the Documents Section), and Minnesota> Tourist-Travel Industry. The State Planning Agency, Land Management Information Center, has A Directory of Minnesota Maps (I 977) and Minnesota Public Map Collections (1978). i%e Audio-Visual Resources of Minnesota .State Agencies costs $3.85 plus tax from the Office of the State Register, Hamm Bldg., Suite 415,408 St. Peter St., St. Paul 55 102 (prepay to State Treasurer). Minnesota State Publications: A Selection for the Reference Shelf is compiled by Shawn Duffy

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of the Legislative Reference Library. It lists additional reference sources not cited here. It may be supplemented by Minnesota Publications Addendum. The 1938 WPA guide has not been revised. There is a depository system within the state. The Legislative Reference Library has “received funding to microfiche its Minnesota State Documents collection from 1973 to date.” Both the Legislative Reference Library and the Historical Society Library are inputting state documents into OCLC.

MISSISSIPPI The Office of the Secretary of State, Box 136, Jackson offers Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 1976-I 980, the blue book; Directory of Mississippi Elective Officials (1976-1980); and Public Documents of the State of Mississippi, the checklist (semi-annual since 1966). The blue book is published every 4 years. The Mississippi Library Commission, Box 3260, Jackson 39207, is now publishing Mississippi State Government Publications, a key word in context index. It is published monthly, with a semi-annual cumulation in December and a total cumulation in July. Volume 1, No. 1, covers July 1975 to June 1978. The final cumulation of Vol. 1 is projected to cover July 1975 to June 1980. Monthly indexes can be discarded upon receipt of cumulations. Retrospective documents are listed in Douglas C. McMurtrie’s A Bibliography of Mississippi Imprints, I798-I830 (Beauvoir Community, 1945), Thomas McAdory Owen’s “A Bibliography of Mississippi” (American Historical Association Annual Report, 1899, vol. 1, pp. 633-828), Wilcox (p. 83), and Tanselle (vol. 1, p. 34). Mississippi Manufacturers Directory is available for $15 from the Mississippi Research and Development Center, P.O. Drawer 2470, Jackson 39205. Handbook of Selected Data for Mississippi is also issued by the Research and Development Center. The Statistical Abstract of Mississippi has been published armually since 1950 by the College of Business and Industry, Div. of Research, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State 39762. Governmental Guide 1976-1977, edited by Georgia R Boone, is issued by Governmental Guides, P-0. Drawer 299, Madison, Tenn. 37 115. The 1938 WPA guide has not been revised. There is a depository system but state documents are not microformed. MISSOURI Official Manual State of Missouri 1977-l 978, the biennial blue book, is free from the Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City. The Secretary of State also issues biennially Roster of State, District and County Officers -1977-1978. The State Library has published the current checklist, Missouri State Government Publications, bi-monthly since January-February 1972 and monthly since 1975. A cumulated index frir 1972-1978 is planned. State documents are now entered into the OCLC system. Retrospective documents are listed in Cerilla E. Saylor ’s “Official Publications of the State of Missouri” (unpublished M.S. thesis, Univ. of Illinois, 1941), Wilcox (p. 83), and Tarrselle (vol. 1, p. 35). The State Library has Monthly List.of Missouri State Government Documents back to 1962 and has biennial editions of the Checklist of Official Publications for 1959,1961, and 1963. There is also ~eliminary Check List of Missouri Imprints, 1808-1850 (1937, Historical Records Survey). The .Directory of Manufacturing and Mining 1979 was published by Information Data Co., 3546 Watson Road, St. Louis 63139. It costs $36. The Dept. of Community Affairs has never up&ted the editions of the Statistical Abstract (1970), An Annotated Directory of State Statistics, and The Missouri State Governmental Services Catalog (1970). The Dept. of Community Affairs has not existed under that name since 1974. Its functions are divided among several

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divisions under reorganization of state government. The 1941 WPA guide was revised in 1954 but only the 1941 edition is available in reprint. There are thirty-seven depository libraries. For information on the depository system see: State Agency Htmdbook (revised November 1978) and Depository Library Handbook (March 1979). Both of these publications are issued by the Government Documents Division, State Library. Depository publications are distributed in paper copy rather than in microform. MONTANA There is neither an official state blue book nor any plans to issue one. The Montana Manual of State and Local Government is similar in content to a blue book. Copies may be purchased for $3 by writing Montana Manual, Department of Community Affairs, Helena 59601. The Monttznu State Government Telephone Book, an annual publication of the Department of Administration, lists state officials and departments. The State Library offers Montana Newsletter, which gives Montana items added to the Library’s collection (few state documents are included). Montana State Publications, an annual checklist begun in 1971, ceased publication with the 1975 annual list. Weekly List of Montana State Publications Received by the Montana State Library is mailed only to depository libraries. No mailing list is maintained. Lucille Speer’s bibliography, Montana State Documents, was published in 1958 by University of Montana, Missoula. Also there is John R. Coleman’s Montana State Agencies and Documents, 1864I970, which is an unpublished thesis, at the University. Montana Statistical Review, which ceased publication with the 1968 issue, has been superseded by Montana Data Book (1970), issued by the Department of Planning and Economic Development. Supplements were planned but never published. The Information Systems Division, Department of Community Affairs, prepared Directory of Montana Manufacturers ($10). It is issued biennially by the Research and Information Systems Division of the Department of Community Affairs, State Capitol, Helena 59601. The Information Systems Division of the Department of Community Affairs also issued County Profiles, which consists of statistical tables for each county. The set may be purchased for $84 or $1 SO per county. Montana State University issued Montana Almanuc. The most recent edition covered 1959-1960, but there was a 1960-1963 Statistical Supplement; both are out-of-print. The 1939 WPA guide, which has not been revised, has been reprinted by Somerset. There is a depository system for state publications, but state publications are not available on microform.

NEBRASKA Almost all state agencies publish either a biennial or annual report. Nebraska Blue Book, a biennial, is available from the Legislative Council, 2108 State Capitol Bldg., Lincoln 68509. There is limited free distribution; otherwise it is a priced item. Nebraska Agricultural Statistics is published by the Dept. of Agriculture, Box 81069, Lincoln 68501. The Dept. of Economic Development, Box 94666, Lincoln 68509, sells for $4 Nebraska Statistical Handbook, for $12.50 Town and Country Profiles (1972), and for $7.50 A Directory of Nebraska Manufacturers and Their Products. Guide to Nebraska State Agencies is available free from the Nebraska Library Commission, 1420 P St., Lincoln 68508. All publications by Nebraska state agencies are collected and indexed by the Clearinghouse, which has issued Nebmska State Publications Checklist since March 1973, as a bimonthly abstract and index of all publications currently received. The index is cumulative for each calendar year. Some retrospective material is included in the Checklist as it is received from the agencies and

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processed in the Clearinghouse. All items in the Clearinghouse are available for interlibrary loan. The Clearinghouse operates a depository program for state publications and has plans for a retrospective checklist in the future. It would contain document holdings of the Clearinghouse prior to 1972. The Clearinghouse began converting state documents to microfiche and distributing them to depositories in this format in November 1977. Retrospective publications are listed in Sylvia C. Gilmore’s “The Official Publications of Nebraska” (unpublished MS. thesis, University of Illinois, 1935); The Historical Records Survey, Nebraska, A Checklist of Nebraska Non-Documentary Imprints, 1847-1876 (Lincoln, Nebraska, Div. of Community Services Programs, WPA, 1942); Historical Records Survey, Nebraska, Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in Nebraska (1941); Nebraska State Historical Society, Published Sources on Territorial Nebraska (Publications, vol. XXIII, 1956); U.S. Library of Congress, Kansas and Nebraska, Centennial of the Territories, 18.54-l 954 (1954); and Wilcox (p. 84). The 1939 WPA guide, which has not been revised, is available as a reprint from Somerset. NEVADA The legislative blue book, Nevada Legislative Manual (biennial), may be purchased for $10 from the Legislative Council Bureau, Carson City. Report of the Nevada Secretary of State, published in even-numbered years, is free from the Secretary of State. The State Library (Carson City 89710) has published Official Publications List since 1953. It is monthly with annual cumulation. This is the only regular list of Nevada publications. The State Library has a complete retrospective catalog (computer generated microfiche) of all Nevada state documents in its collection which have been in use in the state for one year; to be offered outside the state in fall of 1979. The State Library also has a computer listing of all boards and commissions of the state. This will be available for the Arst time in the summer of 1979. Retrospective documents are listed in Check List of Nevada Imprints, 18951890 (American Imprints Inventory, No. 7, 1939) and in Wilcox (p. 84). From 1969-1973, the State Library issued annually Nevada Official Publications Periodical Index. The State Library offered Nevada in Print (1961), a Supplement in 1964 and in 1967, and A Bibliography of Materials on Nevada and Its Relationship to Westward Movement (1964). The Secretary of State published Political History of Nevada (1973 revision). Russell R. Elliott’s Writings on Nevada was published in 1963 (Univ. of Nevada Press). There is also Hugh A. Shamberger’s Inventory to Printed Information and Data Pertaining to Water and Related Resources of Nevada (Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources, Inventory Series No. 2). Helen J. Poulton’s Nevada State Agencies: From Territory through Statehood comprises Bibliographic Series No. 5, Univ. of Nevada Press (Carson City, SPO, 1964). The State Library has updated this source through 1979; available fall of 1979. The State Library has also placed Poulton’s Political History of Nevada on a computer file, revised and updated it; also available outside the state fall of 1979. The Nevada Constitution: Origin and Growth, by Eleanor Bushnell, was published in 1977 (4th ed., Carson City, SPO). Nevada Highways and Parks Index (Carson City, SPO, 1962), a publication of the State Library, covers vols l-21, or January 1936 to December 196 1. The state has a consolidated Biennial Report of Nevada State Agencies published by the Governor’s Office of Planning Coordination as well as a biennial statistical abstract published by the same office. There are also major statistical abstracts on Washoe County (Reno) and Clark County (Las Vegas). Nevada University, Reno, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, offers Washoe County Data Book 1950-1975. Nevada University, Las Vegas, Center for Business and Economic Research, offers Clark County Fact Book (1977). Another useful statistical publication is Nevada Gaming Commission’s Gaming Abstract. A state telephone directory is published bi-

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ennially by the Department of General Services, Buildings and Ground Division. Nevada Water Resources Division has produced Guide to State Water Planning Reports and Nevada Water Planning References. The Bureau of Mines and Geology offers Publications (1978), Bibliography of Nevada Mining and Geology I966-1970 (Report 24), and Bibltogmphy of Graduate Theses on Nevaaa Geology to I976 (Report 31). The Historical Society has An Index to the Publications of the Nevada Historical Society and A Guide to the Manuscript Collections at the Nevada Historical Society. Stanley W. Paher’s A Preliminary Nevaaa Bibliography is in press. The WPA guide of 1940 has not been revised; Somerset has reprinted it. Nevada has a depository arrangement for state and local documents. A “State Publications Distribution Center” is found within the State Library. The State Library distributes documents in microfiche when an insufficient number of hard copies is available. This is indicated in the checklist. NEW HAMPSHIRE New Hampsire Manual for the General Court, known as the Red Book, is published biennially by the Secretary of State, State House, Concord. New Hampshire Register, State Yearbook and Legislative Manual, published annually by the Tower Publishing Co. (163 Middle St., Portland, Me 04101), costs $43. The State Library has a biennial Checklist of New Hampshire State Department’sPublications. Published since 1938/40, it is free. Retrospective documents are listed in Adelaide Hasse’s Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States: New Hampshire, 1789-1904 (1907) Wilcox (pp. 8485), and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 36-37). The industrial directory, Made in New Hampshire (1978/79, $ IO), is available from the Office of Industrial Development, Dept. of Resources, State House Annex, Concord 03301. There is no state statistical abstract. The State Library compiles irregularly Books about New Hampshire. The WPA guide of 1938 has not been revised; reprint from Somerset. There is a depository system for state documents, but New Hampshire documents are not available in microform.

NEW JERSEY There is no blue book, but the legislature authorizes New Jersey Legiskztive Manual, commonly called Fitzgerald’s Legislative Manual. It costs $10 plus tax and comes out annually. Order from: Edward J. Mullin, Editor and Publisher, P.O. Box 2150, Trenton 08608. “A few departments issue lists of their publications but most are outdated.” The State Library (Archives and History, 185 W. State St., Trenton 08625) issues a bimonthly Checklist of Official New Jersey Publications; published since 1965 and free to libraries. It updates Adelaide Hasse’s Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States: New Jersey, 1789-1904 (1914), Dorothy Lucas’ Bibliography of New Jersey Official Reports, 1905-1945 (State Library, 1947) and a Supplement, Z945-I960 (1961). These three retrospective bibliographies are selective and do not contain technical reports or ephemeral materials. In addition, retrospective publications are included in Lucille M. Morsch’s Historical Records Survey project entitled Check List of New Jersey Imprints Z784Z800 (Kraus reprint of the original 1939 work), C.H. Humphrey’s Checklist of New Jersey Zmprints (Kraus reprint of the 1930 ea.), Wilcox (pp. 85-86), and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 36-37). Correspondence to most state agencies can be addressed to the specific department, division, or office at Trenton 08625. The New Jersey Reference Section, State Library, compiled Popular Names Index to New Jersey State Documents (1977). The Dept. of State offers annually State of New Jersey, Official Directory. The League of Women Voters of New Jersey compiled New Jersey Spotlight on Government (3rd. ed., 1978, edited by Helen M. Kushner); available from Rutgers

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Univ. Press for $15 hardcover and $6.95 paper. The Dept. of Labor and Industry, Div. of Planning and Research offers Statistical Source Directory for New Jersey State Government (1977). It is free while the supply lasts. The Div. of Planning and Research also offers New Jersey Economic Indicators (monthly and free). New Jersey Industrial Directory is published by State Industrial Directories (2 Penn Plaza, New York 10001). The State Library offers special bibliography No. 9, “New Jersey Reference-Some Basic Sources” (compiled by Robert E. Lupp, October 1978). In 1977 Hastings House issued a new edition of the WPA guide. Entitled New Jersey: A Guide to Its Present and Past, it costs $14.95. The WPA guide of 1946 and New Jersey Almanac and Travel Guide are out-of-print. The documents depository program has been in existence in its present form since 1967. State documents are not available in microform. The State Library has been entering cataloging for New Jersey state documents into OCLC since 1977. NEW MEXICO The Secretary of State, State Capitol, Santa Fe 87503, makes available free New Mexico Bluebook (1979/80), an annual publication, and Roster of the State of New Mexico Elected State, Legislative, District and County Officials (annual, free). In 1979, the State Library (P.O. Box 1629, Santa Fe 87503) began New Mexico Selected List of Fedeml and State Publications, which is issued bimonthly. “Cooperation with the state Archives and Record Center in producing a Monthly List of State Documents is developing.” The list will include August-December 1978 and January-April 1979. “As soon after that as possible, a monthly issue will be reestablished.” The Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources offers free “Publications Available,” which gives in print publications along with their prices. The State University provides free “Publications,” a listing of items from the Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station. Wilma L. Shelton’s Checklist of New Mexico Publications, 1850-l 953 was published by the Univ. of New Mexico Press (1954). The Univ. of New Mexico Library issued a mimeographed accession list, New Mexico Official Publications, from Jan. 1956 to Aug. 1960 (Childs, p. 18). The Historical Records Survey offered Check List of New Mexico Imprints and Publications, 2784-1876 (American Imprints Inventory, No. 25, 1942). The checklist Publications of New Mexico State Agencies, began publication Sept. 1, 1968. The original intention of the State Records Center and Archives was to publish it annually, but this was not possible. Consequently there were several, irregularly issued supplements. The Department of Commerce and Industry, Economic Development Division, issued New Mexico Directory of Manufacturing and Mining, 1978-1979. New Mexico Statistical Abstract (1977, $7.50) is available from the Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87 106. Vol. 1 of the state statistical abstract was published in 1970. Members of the documents department, State Library, compiled “New Mexico State Documents Reference Material Sent to Depository Libraries” (April 1979). The WPA guide was revised in 1962; a reprint of the 1940 edition is available from Somerset. “Both the University of New Mexico law school library and the New Mexico State University Las Cruces library input their state documents into OCLC, and both are depository libraries. They are also inputting retrospective holdings for state documents into OCLC.” As is evident, there is a state depository system. “The State Library is working with the Archives and Record Center to develop a microform program for state documents. This is a long range project and no target date has been set for beginning such a program. The Archives and Records Center has recently acquired a word processor and hopes to be able to provide annual lists of rules by issuing agency and also publications by issuing agency.”

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NEWYORK State publications are available free on an equitable exchange to libraries which have publications acceptable for addition to the collection of the State Library. This is the only way that the price can be waived. Legislative Manual (197.5) usually published annually and usually reflecting information through the end of the previous calendar year, costs $10 from the State Library. New York Redbook, an annual, is the commercial equivalent to a blue book and may be purchased for $30 plus tax from Williams Press, P-0. Box 4025, Patroon Sta., Menands 12204. The State Library issues Checklist of Official Publications of the State of New York. Monthly editions can be obtained only on exchange. The Checklist has been published since October 1947 and special cumulations are for sale: vols l-15 (Oct. 1947-June 1962) cost $10; ~01s 16-21 (July 1962-December 1967) cost $5; vol. 22 (January-December 1968) costs $1 SO; vol. 23 (Jan.-Dec. 1969) costs $1.50; vol. 24 (Jan.-Dec. 1970) costs $1.5O;vol. 25 (Jan.&c. 1971) costs $1.50;and author index (~01s l-23) costs $2.50. In 1977, Dictionary Catalog of Official Publications of the State of New York: Cataloged by the New York State Library from Dec. 18, 1973 to Sept. 24, 1976 was produced. A 5 year cumulation covering up to December 29, 1978 is in preparation. Research Publications Inc. of Connecticut is microfilming and selling the monthly checklist and all documents listed in it, except for copyright items. The Legislative Reference Division of the State Library issued Current Checklist of State Publications in 1967; it is no longer updated. “Some Departments issue a small list of their publications, but at no regular frequency, except for State Univ. Press, Suny Plaza, Albany 12246.” Retrospective documents are listed in Ornon Archer’s General Index to the Documents of the State of New York from I777 to 1865 (Albany, 1866), Cornelius W. Armstrong’s General Index to the Documents of the State of New York from 1771 to 1871 (Albany, 187 1), William H. Bogart’s Index to the Documents of the Legislature of New York, from the Year 1842 to the Year 1854 (Albany, 1855), Bowker’s State Publications (1908), Harry E. Cole’s Department Reports of the State of New York (Albany, 1933), Charles R. Dayton’s General index to the Documents of the State of New York, from I777 to 1877 (Albany, 1878), Charles R. Dayton’s General Index to the Legislative Documents of the State of New York, from I777 to I888 (Albany, 1891), T.S. Gillett’s General Index to the Documents of the State of New York, I777 to 1857 (Albany, 1860), Adelaide Hasse’s Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States: New York, 1789-l 904 (1907), New York State Legislature’s General Index of the Documents and Laws of the State of New York (Albany, 1842), New York (State) University’s “Recent New York State Publications of Interest to Libraries” (In: New York Libraries, vols I-5) and Wilcox (p. 86). Bibliographic coverage is still needed for 1905 to 1946. New York State Industrial Directory is available annually from State Industrial Directories, 2 Penn Plaza, New York 10001. It costs $75. The New York State Statistical Yearbook (1977) is published annually by the New York State Div. of the Budget, Technical Services Unit, Albany 12207, and costs $3. It “is intended to serve as a guide to major statistical sources on State government as well as a document showing historical trends and relationships among functions of that government.” Organization Charts: New York State Government (1978) is available from Div. of the Budget, State Capitol, Albany. The University of the State of New York, State Education Dept., New York State Museum, 99 Washington Ave., Albany 12230, issues Research and Publications in New York State History (annual, 1976; appeared earlier under different titles; started in 1952). The WPA guide of 1940 has not been revised; reprinted by Oxford Univ. Press and Somerset. There is a state document depository program.

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North Carolina Manual (1977), the blue book, has been published biennially in odd-numbered years since 1903. Libraries receive free copies by writing Dept. of Secretary of State, Raleigh. Directory of the State and County Officials of North Carolina (1979) is published annually by the Secretary of State. North Carolina Publications, generally a bimonthly checklist, is issued by the State Library. An annual cumulation began in 1973. The checklist began publication in August 1952 under the title of Checklist of Official North Carolina Publications. There is a possibility that North Carolina publications will be entered into the OCLC system and the checklist produced monthly from the tapes. Retrospective publications are listed in Monthly Check List of Official North Carolina Publications, which was issued by the Univ. of North Carolina Library from 1940 to 1946; Mary L. Thornton’s Official Publications of the Colony and State of North Carolina 1749-1939 (Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1954); Wilcox (pp. 86-87); and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 46-47). North Carolina Directory of Manufacturing Firms is issued biennially by the Div. of Economic Development, Dept. of Commerce. The Dept. of Natural and Economic Resources offered North Carolina Data File (1974?), which provided general information on the state. C.S. Logsdon’s A Compilation of Selected Physical, Economic and Social Statistics for Counties and the Major Physiographic Regions of North Carolina was published in 1967 by Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The Dept. of Administration, Div. of State Budget and Management, offers 1978 North Carolina Statistical Abstract (1979) and the companion North Carolina Statistical Guide (1976), which is a “listing of reports on statistical series and special studies available from state government.” The WPA guide, revised in 1955, is no longer in print; Somerset has reprinted the 1939 edition. According to a state law, agencies were to submit materials “upon request” to the State Library. In July 1979 the “upon request” proviso of the State Library section was dropped. Agencies are now responsible for sending state publications to the State Library. It is hoped that a system of depository libraries will emerge. State publications are not available on microform.

NORTH DAKOTA North Dakota Blue Book (1973) is available from the Secretary of State. The State Library publishes biennially the Directory of State Officials, Boards, and Institutions; the latest is February 1979. The State Library also offers the Structure of North Dakota State Government: A Compendium of North Dakota State Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Institutions (1978). Since 1965, the State Library has issued a checklist. Now entitled Publications of North Dakota State Departments, it is issued monthly. Retrospective publications are listed in Tanselle (vol. 1, p. 47). The State Business and Industrial Development Dept. distributes a Directory of North Dakota Manufacturers and The Directory of State Associations. North Dakota Business Directory is available from Box 736W, Fargo 58078. Although there is no state statistical abstract, the State Planning Div. compiled the North Dakota Economic Atkts in 1969. Although not a state document, North Dakota Decision Makers (1972), edited by Wayne L. Brand and James C. Hector, incorporated features usually found in state almanacs. It is now out-of-print. The State Business and Industrial Dept. provides a political, economic, and historical description of the state: Facts about North Dakota Revealing the Values of Mid-Continent Living. The State Library Commission offers The Structure of the State (1977), and the Bureau of Governmental Affairs, Univ. of North Dakota, provides a biennial publication entitled Officials in North Dakota 1977-1978. The Bureau of Governmental Affairs also prepared a paperback text, North Dakota Government (1973). From the Legislative Council comes Between the Sessions, a periodic newsletter tracing the current business of the legislative interim study committees. The

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Business and Industrial Development Dept. (Bismarck 58505) offers annually ZVorrh Dakota Growth Indicators. The WPA guide, revised in 1950, costs $13.95 (Oxford Univ. Press). There is a depository system for state documents and North Dakota documents are available in microform. OHIO There is no all inclusive blue book. The Office of the Secretary of State in Columbus publishes on the government: Official Roster of Federal, State, and County Officers, published biennially in odd-numbered years, and the Ohio Roster of Municipal and Township Officers. Ohio Almanac, which supplements these sources, is an annual publication issued by Ohio Almanac, 1657 Broadway, Lorain, Ohio 44052. Ohio State Publications began in 1945 and continued until 1968 when it became Selected Publications of the State of Ohio, which ceased publication December of 1970. Ohio Documents (no charge), a cumulative quarterly with an annual issue at the end of each year, has been published by the State Library since 1961. There is a special cumulation covering 1970-1975. The subject listings of newly received materials. Services to State Library issues “Recent Acquisitions,” State Government Section of the State Library prepares subject bibliographies on a variety of topics and these are updated at least annually. Ohio Documents serves as a supplement to Patricia Swanson’s Union Bibliography of Ohio Printed State Documents, 1803-1970 (Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, 1974, $20) and includes all newly published documents as well as pre-1971 imprints which were not included in the Swanson bibliography or were not in the collections of the State Library. Adelaide Hasse’sIndex of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States: Ohio, 1787-l 904 (1912), Check List of Ohio Imprints 1796-1820 (Historical Records Survey, 1941), Wilcox (p. 87), Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 4’7.49), and Childs (p. 19) also provide useful information. The Div. of Consumer Protection, Dept. of Commerce, offers Guide to Services Offered by State and Selected Local Agencies (1978). Dept. of Development, Economic Research Div., Columbus 43215, provides Statistical Abstract of Ohio. Directory of Ohio Manufacturers is available from Harris Pub. Co., 33140 Aurora Rd., Cleveland 44139. The Legislative Service Commission (Columbus) has a Guidebook for Ohio Legislators. The 1940 WPA guide, which has not been revised, has been reprinted by Somerset. There is a depository arrangement for state publications but Ohio publications are not available in microform. two free items

OKLAHOMA The State Election Board at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City 73105 issues free Roster of State and County Officials, published in December of even-numbered years, and Directory and Manual of the State of Oklahoma, published in November or December of odd-numbered years. Oklahoma State Agencies, Boards, Commissions, Courts, Institutions, Legislature, and Officers is published annually and is free from the Dept. of Libraries (200 Northeast 18th, Oklahoma City 73105). Together these comprise the blue book. In addition, the State Election Board offers the biennial Directory of Oklahoma (1977) and the State Legislative Council issued Boards, Agencies and Commissions in the Executive Branch of the Oklahoma State Government (1975). Bulletin of the Oklahoma State Library included checklists for the period 1948 to 1954. For many years there was no published checklist. The Dept. of Libraries, however, kept a shelf list of state documents. Now the Government Documents Division, Dept. of Libraries, issues Oklahoma Government Documents; Documents Received (monthly since 1977).

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Retrospective publications are also listed in Tanselle (vol. 1, p. 49). Okhhomu Directory of Munufucrurers is available from the Oklahoma Industrial Development Dept. (500 Will Rogers Memorial Office Bldg.., Oklahoma City 73105); it is issued annually. Statistical Abstract of Okkzhomu (1972, irregular) is available from the Univ. of Oklahoma, Bureau for Business and Economic Research, 307 West Brooks, Norman 73069. Ruth Kent in 1957 revised the WPA guide. It is out-of-print; however, Somerset has reprinted the 1941 edition. The Dept. of Libraries handles the depository system for state documents. Oklahoma documents are not available on microform.

OREGON The Oregon Blue Book (1979-1980) is available for $3 from the Office of the Secretary of State, State Capitol, Salem 97310. It is issued biennially every April of odd-numbered years. The State Library has issued Quarterly Checklist of Official Publications of the State of Oregon since January-March 195 1. Eleanor R. Rockwood’s Oregon State Documents, 1843 to 1925, published by the Oregon Historical Society in 1947, is out-of-print. In addition, there are George N. Belknap’s Oregon Imprints 18451870 (Univ. of Oregon Bks., 1958), George N. Belknap’s American Bibliographical Notes and More Addenda to Belknap’s Oregon Imprints (American Antiquarian Society, 1976), D.C. McMurtrle’s Oregon Imprints, 1847-1870 (1950), Wilcox (p. 87) and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 49-50). The biennial Directory of Oregon Manufacturers (1978-1979) is available for $12.50 from the Dept. of Economic Development, 317 SW Alder St., Portland 97204. The Bureau of Business Research, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403, issued Oregon Economic Statistics annually from 1955 to 1977 when it ceased publication. Oregon, A Statistical Profile (1978), issued by the Dept. of Economic Development, Research and Agency Liaison Division, 3 17 SW Alder St., Ninth Floor, Portland 97204, covers some of the same areas formerly included in Oregon Economic Statistics. The State Department of Education, Salem 97310, has issued a revised edition of Government in Oregon: A Resource on State and Local (1976). The Oregon Almanac and Book of Facts, published in 1961 by Binfords and Mort, has not been issued since. The Oregon State Library has circulating copies of the 1951 revision of Oregon: End of the Trail, the Federal Writers Project, American Trail Guide series. Somerset sells a reprint of the 1941 edition for $32. There is a state depository arrangement but Oregon documents are not available in microform.

PENNSYLVANIA Many state publications can be ordered from the State Book Store, Dept. of General Service, 10th and Market St., Harrisburg 17125. Pennsylvania Manual (vol. 103, 1976-1977), the blue book, is available biennially from the Dept. of General Service. Release of volume 104 is anticipated in the near future. The Government Publications Section, State Library, has published monthly since 1963 The Checklist of Official Pennsylvania Publications; an annual cumulation has been available since 1976. The Dept. of General Service has produced Directory of State Publicutions at irregular intervals since 1937. Retrospective publications are listed in Pennsylvania Imprints 1689-I 789 (State Library), Norman B. Wilkinson’s Bibliography of Pennsylvania History (originally compiled under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Historical Assn. and published by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1957), Adelaide Hasse’s Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States: Pennsylvania, 1790-1904 (3 vols, 1919-1922), Wilcox (pp. 87-88), and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 50-56). Year’s Work in Pennsylvania updates the Wilkinson bibliography. In

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1949 the Historical and Museum Commission published Guide to the Published Archives of Pennsylvania Covering the 138 Volumes of Colonial Records and Pennsylvania Archives, by Henry H. Eddy. Of possible value are Robert C. Stewart’s Union List of Selected Pennsylvania Serial Documents in Pennsylvania Libraries (Pennsylvania Library Assn., 1971) and Frank B. Evans’ Summary Guide to the Pennsylwrnia State Archives (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1963). Industrial Directory of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1979, $15 plus 90 cents tax) and Pennsylvania Statistical Abstract (1979) are available from the State Book Store. Pennsylvania Investors’ Handbook: 1978-79 Pennsylvania Facts and Figures is available from the Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Development, 425 S. Office Bldg., Harrisburg 17120. A 1979 Statistical Digest is available free and annually from the Pennsylvania Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, General Assembly. It reports selected financial and statistical facts for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The 1939 WPA guide is available from AMS Press. The State Library administers the depository system. Eighty libraries participate in the arrangement. Some state publications are available in microfilm and microfiche. Contact the State Library for details. The State Library has entered some state publications into the OCIX system. “Items of a temporary or ephemeral nature have not been put into the OCLC system.” RHODE ISLAND Rhode Island Manual (1977-1978), the blue book, is available biennially and free from the Office of the Secretary of State, Providence. The State Library (State House, Providence 02903) has published Check-List of Publications of State Agencies since 1935. Originally it was published biennially and later annually. Because of a lack of clerical staff, it is now published approximately every 2 years. It costs $10 per copy. Adelaide Hasse’s Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States: Rhode Iskznd, 1789-1904 was published in 1908. Wilcox (pp. 88-89) and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 5657) contain additional references. Rhode Bland Dept. of Economic Development (Roger Williams Bldg., 1 Weybosset Hill, Providence 02903) published biennially Rhode Island Directory of Manufacturers (1977, $3). Journal-Bulletin Almanac is published annually about March or April by Providence Journal-Bulletin. There is no statistical abstract published. Rhode Island Basic Economic Statistics, a biennial publication, is available from the Dept. of Economic Development, Economic Research Division. The WPA guide has not been revised; reprint of 1937 edition is available from Somerset. There is a depository system but state documents are not microformed. SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina Legislative Manual (1979), the annual blue book, costs $4 from Clerk, House of Representatives, Box 11244, Columbia 29211. The State Library distributes annually and free to libraries upon request Checklist of South Carolina State Publications, which began in July 1950-1951. It was not issued for fiscal years 1967/68 and 1968169. From 1950/51 through 1966/67, the Checklist was issued by the Dept. of Archives and History. Beginning with fiscal year 197 l/72, agencies have been required to list their publications in their annual reports. Robert J. Tumbull compiled Bibliography of South Carolina 1563-19.50 (Univ. of Virginia Press, 1956). ln addition there are John H. Moore’s Research Materials in South Carolina (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1967), J.H. Easterby’s Guide to the Study and Reading of South Carolina History (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1950), and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 58-59). The State Development Board, Box 927, Columbia 29202, offers a 1978 Industrial Directory,

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which costs $20. The Div. of Research and Statistical Services, Box 11038, Columbia 29211, offers for $4 South &rolina Statistical Abstract (1978) and Economic Report of the Governor. Under the auspices of the Dept. of Archives, the &graphical Directory of the Senate of the State of South Carolina, 17761964 was compiled in 1964. A Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives is in progress. The Univ. of South Carolina Press offers Volume 1 (Session Lists, 1692-1973) and Volume 2 (The Commons House of Assembly, 1692-1775). The 1941 WPA guide is available from Somerset and Oxford Univ. Press. There is no depository arrangement for state documents, and South Carolina documents are not available in microform. SOUTH DAKOTA South Dakota Manual, the blue book, is issued by the Bureau of Administration, State Capitol, Pierre. The only complete issue of it is published every 6 years; shorter versions are issued during the intervening two year periods. The State Library (State Library Bldg., Pierre 57501) has published a monthly checklist, South Dakota State Government Publications, since 1975. John Olsgaard, documents librarian at the University of South Dakota Library, has compiled a series of indexes to the documents listed in the monthly checklist. Entitled An Zndex of South Dakota State Government Publications, it covers 1975-1976, 1977, 1978, and serials. There is also Supplement, Z97.52977. Possibly a 5-year cumulation covering 1975-1979 will be pulled together the spring of 1980. After that time, the State Library is “hoping to begin generating some sort of bibliography from GCLC archival tapes.” The Library begin inputting South Dakota documents into OCLC in April 1979 and eventually hopes to include all the documents in the OCLC system which are distributed to depository libraries (with the exception of ephemeral material). The State Legislative Research Council of South Dakota published Sibliography of South &kota Legislative Research Council Publications, July 1, 19SI through April I, 1971. Two valuable retrospective lists are: Ruth C. Krueger’s “South Dakota State Publications” (unpublished M.A. thesis, Univ. of Illinois, 1936) and Estella Helgeson’s “South Dakota State Documents” (in South Dakota Library Bulletin, April-June 1969, vol. 55, no. 2). The South Dakota Library Bulletin provided an incomplete, irregular listing of state publications. The Directory of Znformational and Statistical Sources (August 1971), published by the Office of Policy Information, South Dakota State Planning Agency, Pierre, listed state publications. Estella Helgeson has prepared a typescript “Checklist of South Dakota State Documents, 1861-1973,” which is unpublished thus far. The Directory of Governmental Officials in South Dakota (Government Research Bureau, Univ. of South Dakota) has not been published since 1967. Bibliography of South Dakota State Legislative Research Council Publications July 1951 through May 1974 was issued in 1974. South Dakota Manufacturers and Processors Directory is available from the Industrial Development Div., 620 S. Cliff St., Sioux Falls 57104. Gertrude Parmelee’s A South Dakota Bibliography was published in 1960 by the South Dakota Library Association, Rapid City. The Office of Executive Management, State Planning Bureau, offers South Dakota Facts: An Abstract of Statistics and Graphics Concerning the People and Resources of South Dakota (1976). The South Dakota Economic and Business Abstract is published by Business Research Bureau, Univ. of South Dakota, Vermillion 57069. The WPA guide was last revised in 1952 but this edition is no longer in print; Somerset has reprinted the 1938 edition. State agencies are required to deposit fourteen copies of each of their state publications with the State Library. The Library has a State Publications Distribution Center, which distributes state documents to designated depository libraries. State documents are not available in microform.

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TENNESSEE Tennessee Blue Boo&, published biennially in odd-numbered years, is free from the Office of the Secretary of State, Nashville. The State Library and Archives (403 Seventh Ave. North, Nashville 37219) distributes annually A List of Tennessee State Publications. Published since 1954 except for 1965-1966, it is the only comprehensive list of state publications. However, “the Tennessee State Planning Office issues periodic checklists of its publications, the Tennessee Division of Geology issues lists of its publications, etc.” Retrospective publications are listed in Checklist of Tennessee Imprints, 1793-1840, published by the Historical Records Survey, Chicago (American Imprints Inventory No. 32, 1942); Check List of Tennessee Imprints, I841-18.50, published by the Historical Records Survey, Nashville (American Imprints Inventory No. 20, 1941); Charles W. Wilson’s Annotated Bibliography of the GeoZogv of Tennessee through December 1950 (Nashville, Div. of Geology, Bulletin 59, 1953); Charles W. Wilson’s Annotated Bibliography of the Geology of Tennessee, January 1951 through December 1960 (Nashville, Div. of Geology, Bulletin 67, 1965); Charles W. Wilson’s Bibliography of the Geology of Tennessee, January 1961 through December 1970 (Div. of Geology, Bulletin 71); Wilcox (p. 89); Chllds (p. 20); and TanselIe (vol. 1, pp. 59-60). Information about state publications is contained in Frances Neel Cheney’s “Historical and Bibliographic Study of the Administrative Departments of the State of Tennessee” (M.S. thesis, Columbia University, 1940). Lewis L. La&a’s Tennessee Research Handbook (Buffalo, N.Y., W.S. Hein and Co., 1977) lists bibliographies of Tennessee legal publications. The State Library and Archives offers Writings on Tennessee Counties Awihzble on Interlibrary Loan (1971) and is compiling a Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly, 1796-1967. The Dept. of Economic and Community Development published Tennessee Manufacturers Directory (1975). The Center for Business and Economic Research, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37916, has issued Tennessee Statistical Abstract since 1969. The Center used to issue Tennessee Pocket Data Book; 1975 was the last edition. Sam B. Smith’s Tennessee History: A Bibliography (1974) was sponsored by the University of Tennessee and the Tennessee Historical Commission. The WPA guide of 1939 has not been revised; Somerset has reprinted it. The State Library is the official depository for state pubiications but does not distribute publications of other state agencies. The State Library is also in the process of joining SOLINET and will add state publications to that network. Tennessee documents are not available in microform. TEXAS Although there is no blue book, Texas Almanac (1978-1979) is issued biennially by the Dallas Morning News, Dallas 75201 ($2.95 paper). Texas State Directory (1977-1978) costs $10 from Capitol Station, Box 12186, Austin 78711. The State Library, Archives Division, has issued a monthly checklist, Texas State Documents, since January 1968. This is the only current listing of state publications. Recent progress of the Texas State Publications Clearinghouse can be found in its publication of Texas State Documents: The Development of a Program (1977). The documents checklist is still prepared by hand. Beginning in 1979, a shipping list is produced along with a cataloging supplement, a booklet of reduced catalog cards for documents in the shipment. Public Documents Highlights for Texas (Fall 1978- ; Texas State Library, Texas State Publications Clearinghouse, Box 12927, Capitol Station, Austin 7871 l), a bimonthly newsletter, keeps,librarians informed of Federal and state document activities. All depository items are cataloged and entered into OCLC. Texas was the first state to enter

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into a trial agreement with the Library of Congress to provide the authority for corporate entries for Texas agencies. For retrospective coverage consult: Thomas Streeter’s Bibliography of Texas, 1795-1845 (3 vols., Harvard Univ. Press, 19551960), E.W. Winkler’s Checklist of Texas Imprints, 18461860 (Texas State Historical Assoc., 1949), Winkler’s and Llerena Friend’s Check List of Texas Zmprints, 1861-1876 (Texas State Historical Assn., 1963), Bowker’s State Publications (1908) C.W. Raines’ Bibliography of Texas (Austin, Gammel’s Book Co., 1896), and Wilcox (p. 89). “Texas State Departmental Publications in the Texas State Library, 1900-1944” is contained in a special supplement to the September 1953 issue of Texas Libraries. Checklist of Official State Publications was started by the Texas State Library in 1921 and continued through December 1967; Texas State Documents replaced it. Cumulations of the Checklist of Official State Publications are contained in 1944.1946, 1946-1948, and 1950-1952 Biennial Reports of the Texas Library and Historical Commission. Beginning with the Biennial Report, 1920.1921, a list of “Documents Distributed by Texas State Library” was included and continued in each succeeding issue of the report until the 26th Biennium, 1958-1960. “These listings consisted of the compiled entries of State Documents previously listed in the quarterly Checklist of Official State Publications issued during each biennium.” The State Library, Public Services Dept., issued Directory of Data Base Resources in Texas State Government (1978). The Texas Library Assn. issued Texas Reference Sources: A Selective Guide (a project of the Reference Roundtable, revised, 1978). The Legislative Budget Office offers Fiscal Size Up: Texas State Services 1978-1979 Biennium biennially prior to legislative sessions. Texas Governors Energy Advisory Council, Forecasting and Policy Analyzing Div., Austin, offers Texas Energy: A 25-Year History (1977, by Marcia Stevens and Ginny Cummings). Each legislative session issues a Texas Legislative Manual but it has minimal value to libraries outside the state. Few copies are available after official distribution. Accomplishments of the Texas Legislature (65th, 1977) is published following each session (odd-years). Both publications are available from the Texas Legislative Council, Box 12 128, Capitol Station, Austin. The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Univ. of Texas at Austin, used to issue a biennial publication covering the accomplishments of Texas legislatures. It now publishes proceedings of a pre-session legislature on selected legislative issues (latest: 65th session, 1977). This department also issues a Guide to Texas State Agencies (5th ed., 1978, $10). The Bureau of Business Research, Univ. of Texas at Austin 78712, publishes a two volume Directory of Texas Manufacturers ($22.50) and Texas Industrial Expansion ($4 per year), a monthly supplement to the industrial directory. Brenda Olds prepared Texas State Documents Classification and Almost Compleat List of Texas State Agencies from Statehood to the Present (Legislative Reference Library, P.O. Box 12488, Capitol Station, Austin 78711; 1976). The WPA guide was revised in 1969; Somerset has reprinted the earlier edition. A revision of the depository law for state publications is in process. The bill has been submitted for legislative consideration in the 66th Session. It is hoped that microfiche documents will be available by 1980. UTAH Utah Official Roster (1979-1980), the biennial blue book, is available free from State Archives and Records Service, State Capitol, Room B4, Salt Lake City. Retrospective publications are listed in Helen’ W. Conner’s “A Checklist of Utah Imprints for the Years 1862-1882” (Master’s thesis, Catholic Univ. of America, 1962). In addition, a checklist was published for 1960 and 1961. Checklist of Utah State Publications, which was issued by the Dept. of Finance, State Archives and Records Service, covered July 1, 1967 through June 30, 1969. Official Publications of the State of

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Utah was offered by the State Library Commission for July 1, 1970. For July 1, 1970 through December 1, 1970, the State Archives and Record Service in conjunction with the State Library Commission published Checklist of Utah State Publications. “They ended their joint venture with that one issue.” The State Library then offered the checklist from July 1, 1971 to July 1, 1975. “This was the last checklist to be published under hard copy.” Starting with 1975, the Checklist of Utah State Library Publications overlaps with Utah State Publications Retrieval System (UPRS), a composite index “done by accession number as the original entry and indexes by title, agency, author, keyword and geographical location. ” “The UPRS system basically is an accumulation of publications put out by state agencies, municipalities and local government as well as private organizations that print reference material in the State of Utah. This will be put together on a quarterly basis and each quarter will be accumulative.” In summary, the State Library Commission (2150 S. 300 West, Suite 16, Salt Lake City 84115) in cooperation with the Division of Archives and State University Library collects, indexes, and microforms all state publications. The index, UPRS, is computer-produced. Directory of Utah Manufacturers is available from the Dept. of Employment, 1234 S. Main St., Salt Lake City 84147. Statistical Abstract of Utah is offered by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, College of Business, Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112. Utah Economic and Business Review is issued by Utah Population Work Committee, Utah Committee on Industrial and Unemployment Planning, 174 Social Hall Ave., Salt Lake City 84111. Utah Foundation (32 First South St., Salt Lake City 84111) issues Statistical Review of Government in Utah. The WPA guide was not revised; reprint from Somerset. Depository legislation became effective in May of 1979. VERMONT Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual (1977-1978), published biennially in evennumbered years, is available free from the Dept. of Libraries, Montpelier 05602. It has been issued since 1867. The Dept. of Libraries has distributed a Checklist of Available Vermont Publications since 1970. Vermont Dept. of Libraries Newsletter contains a partial list of state publications arranged by issuing agency. In addition, the Agricultural Extension Service, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, issues bibliographies of its available materials. Retrospective documents are listed in Adelaide Hasse’s Index of Economic MateriaI in Documents of the States of the United States: Vermont, 1789-1904 (1907) Marcus McCorison’s Vermont Imprints, X778-1820 (American Antiquarian Society, 1963), Wilcox (pp. 89-90) and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 6 I-63). Vermont Directory of Manufacturers is available free only to those within the state; offered by Vermont Agency of Development and Community Affairs, Montpelier 05602. Much of the same information is also contained in the Directory of New England Manufacturers issued by G.D. Hall Co., 20 Kilby St., Boston, Mass. 02109. Vermont Yearbook, an annual containing statistics and information about town officials, is published each spring by the National Survey, Chester; 1978 edition costs $13.95. Vermont Facts and Figures is no longer published. The WPA guide of 1937 has been reprinted by Somerset. It is updated by Ray Bearse’s Vermont: A Guide to the Green Mountain State (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966). There is a state depository system but state documents are not microformed.

VIRGINIA The blue book, Report of the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the Governor and General Assembly of Virginia (1977-1978) is available annually and is free to libraries from the Secretary

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of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Richmond. The State Library (Richmond 23219) has published Checklist of Virginia State Publications annually since 1926; costs $2 per year. Standing orders from libraries are accepted for both publications. The Checklist was begun in 1926 to supplement Bibliography of Virginia, Part II, Containing the Titles of the Printed Official Documents of the Commonwealth, 1776-1916 (State Library. Bulletin, vol. 10, nos 1-4, 1917). The gap between 1916 and 1926 was filled by A Bibliography of Virginia, Part V, Containing the Titles of the Printed Documents of the Commonwealth, I9I6-I925 (State Library. Bulletin, vol. 25, nos 1-4, 1955). Wilcox (pp. 89-90) and Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 63-65) contain additional retrospective references. Virginia Planning District Commission Bibliography of Publications, July 1969-December 1972 was issued by Planning District Section

(Div. of State Planning and Community Affairs, 1973). The Dept. of Conservation and Economic Development issued List of Publications (197 1). Virginia State Chamber of Commerce (611 E. Franklin St., Richmond 23219) issues Industrial Directory of Virgimiz.The Dept. of Intergovernmental Affairs (9 16 9th St. Office Bldg., Richmond 23219) offers State Informational Directory (1973) and Virginia Catalog of State Services (1974). The State Library produced The Hornbook of Virginia History (1965, $2), an historical fact book. The Thomas Jefferson Center for Studies in Political Economy, Univ. of Virginia, prepared a two-volume Statistical Abstract of Virginia, 1966 (Charlottesville, 1967-1970). Virginia Facts and Figures (1978) is available from the Virginia Div. of Industrial Development (State Office Bldg., Richmond 23219). The Directory of Virginia Governmental Officials is issued by the Municipal League (311 Ironfronts, 1011 E. Main St., Richmond 23219) and costs $15. The Virginia Dept. of Management Analysis and Systems Development prepared Organization of the Virginia State Government (1978). The Virginia Dept. of Planning and Budget (Room 445,9th St. Office Bldg., Richmond 23219) produced Virginia State Government Program Structure (1977). The WPA guide of 1940 has not been revised. There is a limited depository arrangement but efforts are underway to make it more complete. State publications are not available in microform. Documents are put into the OCLC data base as they are cataloged. WASHINGTON The State Legislature’s Joint Rules, Rules of the Senate and Rules of the House of the State Legislature of Washington . . . has the cover title of 1977 Legislative Manual and is available free to

libraries from the State Library. It is published biennially during March of odd-numbered years. The State Library (Olympia 98504) has published the checklist, Washington State Publications, since 1952. It is monthly with annual cumulation. Washington State Publications 1972-1977, issued by the State Library, was produced from the Washington Library Network’s computerized bibliographic system in 1978. Further updates will be available on microfiche only. In 1920, the State Library issued A Reference List of Public Documents, 1854-1918. Library News Bulletin contained a listing of state publications for the period 1947-1952. The State Library’s Catalogue of the Washington State Library (189 1) listed documents on pages 63-64. Also consult Univ. of Washington, Bureau of Governmental Research, Publications of the State of Washington (compiled by Lloyd S&ram as report No. 41, March 1, 1940); Wilcox (p. 90); and Tanselle (vol. 1, p. 65). Checklist of Washington Imprints, I853-I876 (G. Beard, ed.) was issued by the Historical Records Survey in 1942. A set of five volumes containing the annual reports of state agencies (vol. 1, Education agencies; vol. 2, General government; vol. 3, Human resources; vol. 4, Natural resources; and vol. 5, Transportation agencies) is issued annually; available from the State Library. The Directory of Manufacturers is now produced by a private firm in California. Research Council’s Handbook: A

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Compendium of Statistical and Explanatory Information about State and Local Government in Washington costs $13.50 from Washington State Research Council, 1069 S. Capitol Way, Olympia 98504. It is loose-leaf and kept current with supplements. The State Library offers free Washington State Government and Politics, 1845-1971 (a bibliography compiled in 1971) and Washington State Authors (annual). The Univ. of Washington, Institute of Governmental Research, prepared 77re Legislature and the Legislative Process in Washington (1973); $3 from the Office of the Secretary of State, Election Div., or on loan from the State Library. The State Office of Program Planning and Fiscal Management (Olympia 98504) published 1973 Washington State Data Book (1974) and now offers State of Washington Pocket Data Book (annual). The 1941 WPA guide was revised in 1950, but this edition is no longer in print; Somerset has reprinted the 1941 edition. There is a depository program for state publications, but Washington documents are not available on microform. WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia Blue Book (1978), published annually, is available free from the Clerk, State Senate, State Capitol Bldg., Charleston. There is no state statistical abstract but the Blue Book contains statistics as well as do The Statistical Handbook (1978; West Virginia Research League, Inc., 1107 Charleston National Plaza, Charleston 25301) and West Virginia Statistical Handbook (West Virginia Univ., Bureau of Business Research, Morgantown 26505). House of Delegates: Directory of State Offices was prepared by the Legislature in 1977. The Div. of Archives and History, Dept. of Culture and History, issues Checklist West Virginia State Publications. From 1947-1948 to June 1972, it was called Short Title Checklist West Virginia State Publications. The checklist has been published annually, semi-annually, and quarterly. Bibliography of West Virginia was issued by the Dept. of Archives and History in Part II of its Biennial Report, 1936/38. This same department has been preparing a cumulation of back issues of the Checklist. Also see Check List of West Virginia imprints, 1791-1830 (1940), Wilcox (pp. 9@91), and Tanselle (vol. 1, p. 66). The Economic Development Div., Community and Economic Development, issued West Virginia Manufacturing Directory (1978). The Industrial Development Div., Dept. of Commerce, issued West Virginia Industrial Data File (1975), a “loose-leaf compilation of statistics and other data geared toward industries that might be interested in locating in the state.” The 1941 WPA guide has not been revised. There is a state depository system but West Virginia documents are not available in microform.

WISCONSIN Wisconsin Blue Book, published biennially, may be purchased from Document Sales and Distribution (Dept. of Administration, 202 S. Thornton Ave., Madison 53702). Document Sales and Distribution is the source for priced publications. The next edition of the Blue Book, which is expected August 1979, will “probably” cost $2 in hard cover and $1 in soft cover. The State Historical Society Library, Madison 53706, distributes free a monthly checklist, WisconsinPublic Documents. Issued since December 1916, it has an annual cumulation. The Univ. of Wisconsin, Stout, has published a microfiche cumulative key word index to Wisconsin Public Documents annual cumulations from 1968 to 1974. A staff member of the State Historical Society Library is working on a cumulation of this index for 1967 to 1976. Check List of the Journals and Public Documents of Wisconsin was published by the Free Library Commission in 1903 (Childs, p. 21). Retrospective publications are also listed in: Inventory of Documents (Dept. of Administration, 2 vols., 1961), Wilcox (p. 91), Tanselle (vol. 1, pp. 66-67), and three

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publications of the Historical Records Survey (Check List of Wisconsin Imprints 1850-1854 [ 19421, Check List of Wisconsin Imprints I833-1849 [ 19421, and Check List of Wisconsin Imprints 18551838 and 1859-1863 [2 vols., 19421). The classified Directory of Wisconsin Manufacturers is published by the Wisconsin Manufacturers Assn. (111 E. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee 53202); it is not an official state publication. Wisconsin Statistics: A Directory of Sources (February 1978) is a cooperative publication of the Dept. of Administration (Office of State Planning and Energy, 1 West Wilson St., Madison 53702) and Dept. of Industry, Labor and Human Relations (Research and Statistics Library, Box 7944, Madison 53707). Wisconsin Statistical Abstract (1974), published by the Dept. of Administration, costs $9.50 from Document Sales and Distribution. A 1977 edition has been due out for some time. The State of Wisconsin Telephone Directory (April 1979) costs 75 cents from Document Sales and Distribution. Services for Wisconsin Communities (1979), published by the Dept. of Local Affairs and Development, costs $5 from Document Sales and Distribution. “This is a manual of financial aid and technical assistance available to Wisconsin communities.” The Secretary of State (112 W. Capitol, Madison) provides biennially and free United Stares, State, Judicial, Congressional, Legislative and County Officers of Wisconsin, Also State and National Party Committees. The 1941 WPA guide has not been revised but has been reprinted (Somerset). There is a state depository program in the state; legislation is pending which would clarify existing statutory language. A few agencies microform some of their records. The Dept. of Admlnistration microfiches the state budgets, and the Legislative Reference Bureau is microflching its holdings of bills. The Dept. of Public Instruction, Div. for Library Services, is “in the process of surveying depositories and other OCLC members as a preliminary step to developing inputting guidelines.” The Division is “also attempting to compile an agency authority file.” It might be noted that Wisconsin Public Documents attempts to include all documents excepting those of the University of Wisconsin. University publications “are included only if the department does not issue a checklist of its own publications.‘* There is a state statutory requirement that the State Historical Society Library receive three copies of each state publication. However, not everything is sent.

WYOMING The state does not have a blue book. The Wyoming Official Directory, which is published annually, has election returns in the odd-numbered years. The latest edition is 1979 and has 1978 election returns. It is available from the Secretary of State’s Office for $3. The “Monthly Checklist” has appeared in the Outrider, a State Library publication, since March 1974. The coverage “is pretty comprehensive.” In May 1978, the Dept. of Administration and Fiscal Control (Research and Statistics Div., Room 302, Emerson Bldg.) issued Wyoming Information Source Catalog, which is “an index to data and information collected by or available from State agencies.” A' Check List of Wyoming Imprints, 1866-1890 was published by the Historical Records Survey, Chicago (American Imprints Inventory No. 18, 1941). The last edition of the Wyoming Directory of Manufacturing and Mining, published by the Dept. of Economic Planning and Development (720 West 18th St., Cheyenne 82001), is dated 1978. Only an abbreviated Directory of Manufacturing is planned for 1979. The Dept. of Administration and Fiscal Control publishes the biennial Wyoming Data Handbook (1979). Wyoming Issues, a quarterly publication, is offered by the Institute for Policy Research, P.O. Box 3295, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie 82071. It costs $8 per year. Each issue is based on a theme, and it includes quarterly economic indicators and forecasts. Marie H. Erwin’s compilation Wyoming Historical Bluebook, 1868-I943 was published in 1946 by Bradford and Robinson in Denver. It was revised in 1974. The new three volume set, Wyoming Bluebook, covers 1868 to 1973. Because of rather dramatic changes in Wyoming due to

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energy development, The Wyoming Year Book, Wyoming Data Book, and the Wyoming Occupance Atlas are dated. The Year Book, published by the Colorado Interstate Gas Company, was distributed by Chamber of Commerce Offices in the larger Wyoming cities or by the Dept. of Economic Planning and Development. The Data Book was a product of the Univ. of Wyoming, Div. of Business and Economic Research, Laramie 82070. Wyoming Occupance Atlas (1970) was published jointly by the Dept. of Economic Planning and Development and the Univ. of Wyoming. The 1941 WPA guide has not been revised; reprint from Oxford Univ. Press and Somerset. There is no statewide depository system nor microforming program for Wyoming documents. The State Library, which has OCLC terminals, “hopes to enter its holdings into the data base, provided there is sufficient staff time.”