Ministeriet for Offentlige Arbejder. De Danske Statsbaner. Personalakter Rigsarkivet Review by: Harold Larson The American Archivist, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Apr., 1964), p. 297 Published by: Society of American Archivists Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40290374 . Accessed: 24/06/2014 23:38 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. . Society of American Archivists is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The American Archivist. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 185.2.32.36 on Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:38:12 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=saa http://www.jstor.org/stable/40290374?origin=JSTOR-pdf http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp REVIEWS OF BOOKS 297 background of many odd collections and single items. A particularly happy feature of the Guide is the treatment of natural history in a manner useful to both specialists and laymen. Nathan Reingold Library of Congress Denmark. Rigsarkivet. Ministeriet for Offentlige Arbejder. De Danske Stats- barter. Personalakter. (Copenhagen, 1963. 558 p. Processed.) This preliminary inventory lists the names of about 10,000 former employees of the Danish State Railways whose personnel records have been transferred to the Danish National Archives and made available to qualified researchers. The entries are arranged alphabetically, and each gives the full name of the employee, the last position held, the date of birth, and the date of retirement or death. The period covered ends with the year 1931 both for the retirees and for those who died while still in service. A brief preface and an introduction (in English) are both useful and informative. Of interest certainly to genealogists and perhaps also to railway fans, this sort of massive compilation - with all the attendant research, typing, checking, and proofreading - would presumably be impracticable for most American ar- chival agencies, State or Federal. One shudders to contemplate a similar pub- lication to cover employees of the U.S. Post Office Department or even those of the much smaller TVA, if one thinks only of the entries for the names Jones and Smith. Among its personnel during this period the Danish State Railways had no Jones and only one Smith; but it had many Hansens and Jensens, each of these two names accounting for some 41 pages of entries. Harold Larson University of Maryland Microfilm Defects Earl E. Olson, Librarian-Archivist of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, Salt Lake City, reported in early January that so far examination of their microfilm and the Genealogical Society's has failed to reveal any spots. If any other readers have carried on similar studies, they are invited to bring them to the attention of the Technical Notes Editor. Those concerned with this problem will want to obtain a copy of National Bureau of Standards Handbook 96, Inspection of Processed Photographic Record Films for Aging Blemishes, by C. S. McCamy. The Handbook, issued on January 24, 1964, is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Wash- ington, D. C. 20402, at 25c a copy. "This publication contains a description of the blemishes, illustrated with photomicrographs in color. It also describes methods used to inspect, sample, and report on the blemishes. It is felt that early publication of this information will serve to unify methods and terminol- ogy and thus aid in coordinating the various independent studies of the problem. This handbook should also provide the guidance needed for large-scale inspec- tions of Government records." This content downloaded from 185.2.32.36 on Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:38:12 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp Article Contents p. 297 Issue Table of Contents The American Archivist, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Apr., 1964), pp. 187-360 Front Matter The Prehistory and Origins of the National Historical Publications Commission [pp. 187-194] The "Better Reception, Preservation, and More Convenient Use" of Public Records in Eighteenth-Century England [pp. 195-217] The Wheeler Survey Records: A Study in Archival Anomaly [pp. 219-227] Medical Records and History [pp. 229-235] The Project on the History of Recent Physics in the United States [pp. 237-243] Manuscripts and Manufacts [pp. 245-250] The Anatomy of a Collection: The Rhees Papers [pp. 251-259] Toronto's Venture into Paperwork Control and Orderliness [pp. 261-264] Primera Reunión Argentina de Historia Social y Económica [pp. 265-267] The Many Faces of the Pennsylvania Archives [pp. 269-283] President's Page [pp. 286, 288] In Memoriam Ralph Burcham 1924-1963 [p. 289-289] Marion Dolores Pratt 1907-1963 [pp. 290-291] Reviews of Books Review: untitled [pp. 292-293] Review: untitled [pp. 293-294] Review: untitled [pp. 294-295] Review: untitled [pp. 295-297] Review: untitled [p. 297-297] Abstracts of Foreign Periodicals [pp. 298-308] Bibliography: Writings on Archives, Current Records, and Historical Manuscripts: JulyâDecember 1962 [pp. 309-324] Technical Notes Recent Developments [pp. 325-327] Sound in the Archives [pp. 327-336] Placement Register [p. 336-336] News Notes [pp. 337-360] Back Matter