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The Declaration of Independence of the 13 states of which the American Union then consisted was adopted by Congress on 4 July 1776. On 30 Nov. 1782 Great Britain acknowledged the independence of the USA, and on 3 Sept. 1783 the treaty of peace was concluded and was ratified by the USA on 14 Jan. 1784.
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Books of Reference
I. Statistical Information
Within the federal government of the USA, responsibilities for the collection, compilation, analysis and publication of statistics are decentralized among a number of agencies, with specified responsibilities for general-purpose statistics in particular areas. In addition, most agencies of the Government collect statistical data as a by-product of their administrative or operating responsibilities in specific fields. Responsibility for co-ordinating the decentralized statistical activities rests in the Office of Statistical Standards, Bureau of the Budget, Washington 25, D.C., as a part of the Executive Office of the President. This Office reviews all proposed collections of statistical data to avoid duplication or overlapping; promotes the use of improved statistical techniques; develops standard definitions and classifications so that the data collected by different agencies are comparable; serves as liaison between federal agencies and international organizations and as an information centre on government statistical programmes. The Division does not itself collect or publish statistics.
The major general-purpose statistical agencies and their principal areas of responsibility are:
(1) Bureau of the Census in the Department of Commerce (A. Ross Eckler, Director). Decennial censuses of population and housing and quinquennial censuses of agriculture, manufactures and business; current statistics on population and the labour force, manufacturing activity and commodity production, retail and wholesale trade and services, foreign trade, and state and local government finances and operations.
(2) Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor (Geoffrey H. Moore, Commissioner), Current statistics on employment, earnings, man-hours, labour turnover, industrial accidents, work stoppages, wage rates ; collective bargaining agreements ; construction ; industrial productivity; wholesale prices, retail prices and urban consumers’ price indexes; income and expenditures of urban families.
(3) Statistical Reporting Service and Economic Research Service in the Department of Agriculture. Statistics on crop and livestock production and inventories; crop forecasts ; food processing and food consumption; farm population, labour and wages; farm management; farm ownership values, transfers; taxation and finance; prices farmers pay and receive; farm income; accidents; studies of land and water uses.
(4) National Center for Health Statistics in the Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education and Welfare (Theodore D. Woolsey, Chief). Current statistics on births, deaths, marriages and divorce.
(5) Bureau of Mines in the Department of the Interior (John F. O’Leary, Director). Statistics on production, consumption and stocks of metals and minerals, and on injuries in mineral industries.
Other agencies in which statistics are an important by-product of regulatory or other administrative functions include: Social Security Administration in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Internal Revenue Service in the Treasury Department; Federal Power Commission; Federal Trade Commission; Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Among the more important statistical publications of a fairly general nature are: Statistical Abstract of the United States, published by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. Annual. Important summary statistics on the industrial, social, political and economic organization of the USA, with a representative selection from most of the important statistical publications. Survey of Current Business, published by the Office of Business Economics, Department of Commerce. Monthly. Interpretative text and charts reviewing business trends, etc.; official estimates of national income. Economic Indicators, prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers and published by the Congressional Joint Committee on the Economic Report. Monthly. Tables and charts presenting current data on the total output of the economy; prices; employment and wages; production and business activity; purchasing power; money, banking and federal finance. Monthly Labor Review, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor. Federal Reserve Bulletin, published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Monthly. Current data on money and banking and selected other economic series. Federal Reserve indexes of industrial production, etc.; international financial statistics. Treasury Bulletin, published by the Office of the Secretary, Department of the Treasury. Monthly. Current coverage of federal fiscal statistics ; international capital movements. Minerals Yearbook, published by the Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior. Annual. Agricultural Statistics, published by the Department of Agriculture. Annual. Crops and Markets, published by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics in the Department of Agriculture. Monthly. Crop report and market statistics. Foreign Agriculture, published by the Office of Foreign Agriculture Service, Department of Agriculture. Monthly. Foreign agricultural production, foreign government policies relating to agriculture and international trade in agricultural products. Vital Statistics of the United States, published by the Public Health Service, US Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Monthly and Annual. Natality and mortality data tabulated by place of occurrence, with supplemental tables for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands ; and tabulated by place of residence.
An annotated bibliography of about 100 periodical statistical publications is included in Statistical Services of the United States Government, a pamphlet issued by the Division of Statistical Standards, Bureau of the Budget, describing the general organization of the statistical system of the USA and the principal types of economic statistics.
II. Other Offical Publications
Guide to the Study of the United States of America. General Reference and Bibliography Division, Library of Congress. 1960.
Historical Statistics of the United States, colonial times to 1957; a statistical abstract supplement. Washington, 1960.—Continuation to 1962 and revisions. 1965
United States Government Manual. Washington. Annual.
The official publications of the USA are issued by the US Government Printing Office and are distributed by the Superintendent of Documents, who issued in 1940 a cumulative Catalog of the Public Documents of the … Congress and of All the Departments of the Government of the United States. This Catalog is kept up to date by United States Government Publications, Monthly Catalog with annual index and supplemented by Price Lists. Each Price List is devoted to a special subject or type of material, e.g., American History or Census. Useful guides are Schmeckebier, L. F., and Eastin, R. B. (eds.), Government Publications and their Use. 2nd ed., Washington D.C., 1961;
Boyd, A. M., United States Government Publications. 3rd ed. New York, 1949,
and Leidy, W. P., Popular Guide to Government Publications. 2nd ed. New York and London, 1963.
Treaties and other International Acts of the United States of America (Edited by Hunter Miller), 8 vols. Washington, 1929–48. This edition stops in 1863. It may be supplemented by Treaties, Conventions … Between the US and other Powers, 1776–1937 (Edited by William M. Malloy and others). 4 vols. 1909–38. A new Treaty Series, US Treaties and other International Agreements was started in 1950.
Writings on American History. Washington, annual from 1902 (except 1904–5 and 1941–47).
III. Non-Official Publications. A. Handbooks
National Historical Publications Commission. Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United States, ed. P. M. Hamer. Yale Univ. Press, 1961
Adams, J. T. (ed.), Dictionary of American History. 2nd ed. 7 vols. New York, 1942
Dictionary of American Biography, ed. A. Johnson and D. Malone. 23 vols. New York, 1929–64.
—Concise Dictionary of American Biography. New York, 1964
Current Biography. New York, annual from 1940; monthly supplements
Alsberg, H. G. (ed.), The American Guide. New York, 1955
Handlin, O., and others, Harvard Guide to American History. Cambridge, Mass., 1954
Kreutz, B., and Fleming, E., Introducing America. London, 1963
Lord, C. L., and E. H., Historical Atlas of the US. Rev. ed. New York, 1953
Who’s Who in America. Chicago, 1899–1900 to date; monthly Supplement. 1940 to date
B. General History
Barck, Jr, O. T., and Blake, N. M., Since 1900: a Historv of the United States. 4th ed. New York, 1965
Bellot, H. H., America History and American Historians. London, 1952
Billington, R. A., Westward Expansion. 2nd ed. New York, 1960
Carman, H. J., and others, A History of the American people. Rev. ed. 2 vols. New York, 1961
Clark, T. D., Frontier America; the story of the westward movement. New York, 1959
Commager, H. S. (ed.), Documents of American History. 8th ed. New York, 1966
Faulkner, H. U., American Political and Social History. 7th ed. New York, 1957
Hicks, J. D., The American Nation, a history of the United States from 1865. 4th ed. Boston, 1963
Link, A. S., and Catton, W. B., American epoch: a history of the United States since the 1890s. 3rd ed. New York, 1967
Morison, S. E., The Oxford History of the American People. OUP, 1968
Morison, S. E., with H. S. Commager, The Growth of the American Republic. 2 vols. 5th ed. UP, 1962–63
Parkes, H. B., The United States of American, a History. 3rd ed. New York, 1968
Savelle, M., A Short History of American Civilization. New York, 1957
Scammon, R. N. (ed.), American Votes: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics. Washington, D.C., 1956 to date (biennial)
Schlesinger, A. M., The Rise of Modern America, 1865–1951. 4th ed. New York, 1951.
—The Age of Roosevelt. 4 vols. New York and London, 1957–62,
—A thousand days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. New York and London, 1965
Thistlewaite, F., The Great Experiment: An introduction to the History of the American people, CUP, 1955
Wish, H., Society and Thought in America. 2 vols. OUP, 1962
C. Minorities
Bennett, M. T., American immigration policies: a history. Washington, D.C., 1963
Brown, F. J. (ed.). One America: the history, contributions and present problems of our racial and national minorities. 3rd ed. New York, 1952
Burma, J. H., Spanish-speaking Groups in the US. Duke University Press, 1954
Burns, W. H., The Voices of Negro Protest in America, OUP, 1963
Frazier, E. F., The Negro in the United States. Rev. ed. New York, 1957
McNickle, D., The Indian Tribes of the United States. OUP, 1962
McWilliams, Carey, Brothers Under the Skin: A Study of the Position of Racial Minorities in Continental United States and the Possessions. Rev. ed. New York, 1951
Rose, A. and Rose C, America Divided: Minority Group Relations in the United States. New York, 1949
Sklare, M., The Jews: social patterns of an American group. Glencoe, Ill., 1958
Wissler, Clark, Indians of the United States. New York, 1946
D. Economic History
The Economic History of the United States. 9 vols. New York, 1946 ff.
Bining, A. C, and Cochran, T. C, The Rise of American Economic Life. 4th ed. New York, 1963
Dorfman, J., The Economic Mind in American Civilization. 5 vols. New York, 1946–5
Fainsod, M., and Gordon, L., Government and the American Economy. 3rd ed. NewYork, 1959
Faulkner, H. U., American Economic History. 8th ed. New York. 1960
Friedman, M., and Schwartz, A. J., A monetary history of the United States, 1867–1960. New York, 1963
Jones, P. d’A., America’s Wealth. London, 1963
Landsberg, H. H., and others, Resources in America’s future: patterns of requirements and availabilities, 1960–2000. Washington, D.C., 1963
Mund, V. A., Government and Business. 4th ed. New York., 1965
E. Foreign Relations
American Foreign Policy Library, ed. Sumner Wells (Harvard Univ. Press); E. A. Speiser, The US and the Near East (rev. ed. 1950);
C. Brinton, The US and Britain (rev. ed. 1948);
J. K. Fairbank, The US and China (rev. ed. 1958);
V. M. Dean, The US and Russia (1948);
D. Perkins The US and the Caribbean (rev. ed., 1967);
A. P. Whitaker, The US and South America (1948);
D. C. McKay, The US and France (1951);
E. O. Reischauer, The US and Japan (rev. ed., 1957);
W. N. Brown, The US and India and Pakistan (1953);
H. S. Hughes, The US and Italy (1953);
H. F. Cline, The US and Mexico (1953);
L. V. Thomas and R. N. Frye, The US and Turkey and Iran (1951);
F. D. Scott, The US and Scandinavia (1950);
A. P. Whitaker, The US and Argentina (1954);
R. L. Wolff, The Balkans in Our Time (1956);
C. H. Grattan, The US and the S W Pacific (1961)
Documents on American Foreign Relations. Princeton, from 1948. Annual
The United States in World Affairs. 1931 ff. Council on Foreign Relations. New York, from 1932. Annual
Bartlett, R. J. (ed.), The Record of American Diplomacy; Documents and Readings in the History of American Foreign Relations. 4th ed. New York, 1964
Beioff, M., The United States and the Unity of Europe. London, 1963
Bemis, S. F., Diplomatic History of the US. 4th ed. New York, 1955.
—Short History of American Foreign Policy and Diplomacy. Rev. ed. New York, 1959.
—The United States as a World Power: a diplomatic history. Rev. ed. New York, 1955
De Conde, A., The American Secretary of State. London, 1963
Graebner, N. A. (ed.), An Uncertain Tradition: American Secretaries of State in the 20th Century. New York, 1961.
—Cold War Diplomacy: American Foreign Policy, 1945–60. Princeton, 1962
Hyde, L. K., The United States and the United Nations. New York, 1960
Lary, H. B., Problems of the United States as world trader and banker. New York, 1963
Leopold, R. W., The Growth of American Foreign Policy: a history. New York, 1962
McCamy, J. L., Conduct of the new diplomacy. New York, 1964
Pratt, J. W., A History of United States Foreign Policy. New York, 1955
Rostow, W. W., The United States in the World Arena: an essay in recent history. New York, 1960
Smith, R. F., The United States and Cuba: business and diplomacy, 1917–1960. New York, 1962
Spanier, J. W., American Foreign Policy Since World War II. 2nd ed. London, 1962
Stebbins, R. P., and Adam, E. A., Documents of American Foreign Relations, 1968–69. New York, 1972
Stuart, Graham H., American Diplomatic and Consular Practice. 2nd ed. New York, 1952.
—Latin America and the United States. 5th ed. New York, 1955
Wilcox, F. C., and Kalijarvi, T. V., Recent American Foreign Policy: basic documents, 1941–51. New York, 1952
Williams, W. A. (ed.), The Shaping of American Diplomacy: readings and documents in American foreign relations, 1750–1955. 2 vols. Chicago, 1956
F. National Character
Brogan, D. W., USA: An Outline of the Country, Its People and Institutions. 2nd ed. Oxford, 1947
Coan, O. W., America in Fiction, an annotated list of novels. 5th ed. Stanford Univ. Press, 1967
Commager, H. S., The American Mind. Yale Univ. Press, 1950
Curti, M. B., The Growth of American Thought. 3rd ed. New York, 1964
Degler, C. N., Out of our past: the forces that shaped modern America. New York, 1959
Gabriel, R. H., The Course of American Democratic Thought. 2nd ed. New York, 1956
Hertzler, J. O., American Social Institutions: a sociological analysis. Boston, 1961
Lerner, M., America as a Civilization: Life and Thought in the United States Today. 2 vols. New York, 1961
Riesman, D., with R. Denny and N. Glazer, The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character. New York, 1950
Rossiter, C. L., Conservation in America. 2nd ed. New York, 1962
Wish, H., Society and Thought in America. 2nd ed. 2 vols. New York [1962].
—Contemporary America. 3rd ed. New York, 1961
NATIONAL LIBRARY. The Library of Congress. Washington 25, D.C. Librarian: Lawrence Quincy Mumford, AB, MA, BS.
Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Montgomery. Quadrennial
Alabama Encyclopœdia. Vol. I. Northport, 1965
Economic Abstract of Alabama. Bureau of Business Research, Univ. of Alabama, 1963
The Deep South in Transformation: a Symposium. Univ. of Alabama Press, 1964
Farmer H., The Legislative Process in Alabama. Univ. of Alabama, 1949
STATISTICAL INFORMATION. Department of Economic Development, Pouch EE, Juneau.
Alaskan Earthquake, preliminary report. Civil Defense Office (Army), Washington, 1964
Adams, B., The Last Frontier. New York, 1961
Gruening, E., The State of Alasak. New York, 1954
Hulley, Clarence C, Alaska Past and Present. Portland, Oregon, 1970
Look North. Department of Economic Development, Juneau, 1970
Rogers, G. W., Alaska in Transition: the south-east region. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1960.
—The Future of Alaska. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1962
Rogers, G. W., and Cooley, R. L., Alaska’s Population and Economy, Regional Growth, Development and Future Outlook. 2 vols. Juneau, 1962
STATE LIBRARY, Pouch G, Juneau. Librarian: Richard Engen.—Alaska Historical Library, Pouch G, Juneau. Librarian: Phyllis Nottingham.
Arizona Statistical Review. 28th ed, Valley National Bank, Phoenix, 1972
Federal Writers’ Project. Arizona: The Grand Canyon State. 4th ed. New York, 1966
Cross, J. L., ed., Arizona, its People and Resources. Tucson, 1960
Goff, J. S., Arizona Civilization. 2nd ed. Cove Creek, 1970
Mason, B. B., and Hink, H., Constitutional Government of Arizona. 4th ed. Tempe, 1972
Morey, R. D., Politics and Legislation: the office of Governor in Arizona. Tucson, 1965
Wyllys, R. K., Arizona: the History of a Frontier State. Phoenix, 1951
STATE LIBRARY. Department of Administration Library, Archives and Public Records Division, Capitol, Phoenix 85007. Director: Mrs Marguerite B. Cooley.
Arkansas Handbook. Arkansas History Commission. Little Rock. Biennial
Federal Writers’ Project. Arkansas: A Guide to the State. New York, 1941
Fletcher, J. G., Arkansas. Univ. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1947
Shannon, K. (ed.), Arkansas Almanac. Little Rock, 1954
California Statistical Abstract. 7th ed. Economic Development Agency, Sacramento, 1966
Arnold, R. K. (ed.), The California Economy 1947–1980. Menlo Park, 1961
Crouch, W. W., and others, California Government and Politics. 2nd ed. New York, 1960
Roney, D., The California Citizen. Houston, 1955
Turner, H.A., and Veig, J. A., The government and politics of California. 2nd ed. New York, 1964
Zierer, C. M. (ed.), California and the Southwest. New York, 1956
STATE LIBRARY. The California State Library, Library-Courts Bldg, Sacramento 95814.
Colorado Year-Book, 27th ed., 1965–68. State Planning Commission. Denver, 1968
Colorado, 1971. Industrial Development Section, Colorado Division of Commerce and Development
Directory of Colorado Manufacturers, 1971–72. Business Research Division, School of Business University of Colorado, Boulder
STATE LIBRARY. Colorado State Library, State Capitol, Denver, 80203. State Librarian: Gordon Bennett.
Connecticut in Focus. Hamtlen, 1970
Organization and Functions of the Connecticut State Government. Dept. of Finance and Control. Hartford, 1964
The Register and Manual of Connecticut. Secretary of State. Hartford. Annual
Bingham, H. J., History of Connecticut. 4 vols. New York, 1962
Hoyt, J. B., The Connecticut Story. New Haven, 1961
STATE LIBRARY. Connecticut State Library, Capitol Avenue, Hartford, 06015. State Librarian: Walter T. Brahm.Connecticut in Focus. Hamden, 1970
INFORMATION. Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, Hall of Records, Dover. Director: Dr E. Berkeley Tompkins.
State Manual, containing Official List of Officers, Commissions and County Officers. Secretary of State, Dover. Annual
The Delaware Economy, 1939–58. Bureau of Economic & Business Research, Univ. of Delaware, 1961
Dolan, P., The Government and Administration of Delaware. New York, 1956
Federal Writers’ Project. Delaware: A Guide to the First State. Rev. ed. New York, 1955
Reports of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Annual. Washington
Federal Writers’ Project. Washington, D.C.: A Guide to the Nation’s Capital. New York, 1942
National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Monographs on Washington,Present and Future. Washington, D.C., 1950
Rutherford, G. W. Administration problems in a metropolitan area: the national capital region. Chicago, 1952
1972 Legislative Economic Bulletin. Comptroller’s Office, Tallahassee, 1972
Florida Statistical Abstract. Univ. of Florida Press, 1972
Florida Tourist Study. Florida Department of Commerce, Tallahassee. Annual
Report. Florida Secretary of State. Tallahassee. Biennial
Report of the Comptroller. Tallahassee. Annual
Dimensions. Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville. Monthly
Cowles, F., What to Look for in Florida. Tampa, 1964
Morris, Allen, The Florida Handbook. Tallahassee, 1969–70. Biennial
Raisz, E. J., and others, Atlas of Florida. Univ. of Florida Press, 1963
STATE LIBRARY. Supreme Court Building, Tallahassee. Librarian: Cecil P. Beach.
Georgia Statistical Abstract. Univ. of Georgia, Athens. Annual
Official Register. Dept. of Archives and History. Atlanta. Irregular
Gosnell, C. B., and Anderson, C. D., The government and administration of Georgia. New York, 1956
Range, W., A Century of Georgia Agriculture. Univ. of Georgia, Athens, 1954
Rowland, A. R., A bibliography of the writings on Georgia history. Hamden, Conn., 1966
Saye, A. B., A Constitutional History of Georgia, 1732–1945. Univ. of Georgia, Athens, 1948
STATE LIBRARY. Judicial Building, Capital Sq., Atlanta. State Librarian: John D. M. Folger.
Government in Hawaii. Tax Foundation of Hawaii. Honolulu, 1971
Guide to Government in Hawaii. 5th ed. Legislative Reference Bureau, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1972
All About Hawaii: Thrum’s Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide. Honolulu, 1875 to date
Current Hawaiiana (quarterly bibliography). Hawaii Library Association, Honolulu
The State of Hawaii Data Book 1972: A Statistical Abstract. Dept. of Planning and Economic Development, Honolulu, 1972
Allen, G. E., Hawaii’s war years. 2 vols. Hawaii Univ. Press, 1950–52
Catton, M. M. L., Social service in Hawaii. Palo Alto, 1959
Day, A. Grove, Hawaii and its People. New York, 1955.
Day, A. Grove—and Stroven, C, A Hawaiian Reader. New York, 1961
Fodor, E., ed., Hawaii, 1965. New York, 1965
Fuchs, L. E., Hawaii Pono: A Social History. New York, 1961
Kamins, Robert M., Hawaii’s Revised Tax System. Honolulu, 1957
Kuykendall, R. S., and Day, A. G., Hawaii, A History. Rev. ed. New Jersey, 1961
Lind, A. W., Hawaii’s People. Honolulu, 1955
Mann, A. F., Hawaii: The Fiftieth State: Government and Economy, Honolulu, 1960
Pukui, M. K., and Elbert, S. H., Hawaiian-English Dictionary. Honolulu, 1957
Smith, Branford, Yankees in Paradise: The New England Impact on Hawaii. Philadelphia. 1956
Biennial Report. Secretary of State. Boise
Idaho Industrial Opportunity. Dept. of Commerce & Development, Boise, 1967
Idaho’s Yesterdays. State Historical Society, Quarterly
Martin and Barber, Idaho in the Pacific Northwest. Boise, 1956
Blue Book of the State of Illinois. Edited by Secretary of State. Springfield. Biennial
Federal Writers’ Project. Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide. Rev. ed. Chicago, 1947
Angle, P. M., and Beyer, R. L., A Handbook of Illinois History. Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield, 1943
Pease, T. C, The Story of Illinois. 3rd ed. Chicago, 1965
THE ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY, Centennial Building, Springfield. Librarian: Michael J. Howlett.
The Indiana Year Book. Indianapolis
Statistical Report. State Board of Accounts. Indianapolis. Annual
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce. Here is Your Indiana Government. 15th ed. Indianapolis, 1971–72
Martin, J. B., Indiana; an interpretation. New York, 1947
STATE LIBRARY. Indiana State Library, 140 North Senate, Indianapolis 46204. Director: Miss Marcelle Foote.
City and Community Measurement: a statistical reference for 20 Iowa cities. 7th ed. City Council, Sioux City, 1965
Official Register. Secretary of State. Des Moines. Biennial
Petersen, W. J., Iowa History Reference Guide. Iowa City, 1952
Ross, R. M., The government and administration of Iowa. New York, 1957
IOWA state law library, Des Moines 50319. Librarian: Frances Desmond.
Annual Economic Report of the Governor. Topeka
Directory of State Officers, Boards and Commissioners and Interesting Facts concerning Kansas. Topeka. Biennial
Drury, J. W., The Government of Kansas. Lawrence, Univ. of Kansas, 1970
Hornbaker, Allison L., The Kansas mineral industry, 1967. Lawrence, Univ. of Kansas, State Geological Survey, 1968
Howes, C. C., This Place Called Kansas. Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., 1952
Zornow, W. F., Kansas: a history of the Jayhawk State. Norman, Okla., 1957
STATE LIBRARY. Kansas State Library, Topeka. State Librarian: Denny Stephens.
Deskbook of Kentucky Economic Statistics. 7th ed. Department of Commerce, Frankfort, 1968
Directory for the Use of Courts, State and County Officials and General Assembly of the State of Kentucky. Frankfort, Biennial
Federal Writers’ Project. Kentucky: A Guide to the Bluegrass State. Rev. ed. New York, 1954
Coleman, J. W., A Bibliography of Kentucky History. Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, 1949
Schwendeman, J. R., Geography of Kentucky. Oklahoma City, 1958
Louisiana; history and government. Legislative Council, Baton Rouge, 1964
Havard, W. C, Government of Louisiana. Baton Rouge, 1959
Landry, S. O. (ed.), Louisiana Almanac and Fact Book. New Orleans, 1952
Smith, T. L., and Hitt, H. L., The People of Louisiana. Baton Rouge, 1952
Scroggs, W. O., The Story of Louisiana. 4th ed. Indianapolis, 1953
Maine Register, State Year-Book and Legislative Manual. Tower Publishing, Portland. Annual
Federal Writers’ Project. Maine, a Guide ‘Down East’. Courier Gazette, 1970
Banks, R., ed., A History of Maine: a collection of readings on the history of Maine 1600–1970. Kendall/Hunt, 1969
Banks, R., Maine Becomes a State. Wesleyan U.P., 1970
Day, C. A. Farming in Maine, 1060–1940. Univ. Maine Press, 1961
Rich, L., State of Maine. New York, 1964
Rowe, W. H., Maritime History of Maine. Norton, New York, 1948
STATISTICAL INFORMATION. Maryland Department of Economic and Community Development, Annapolis, 21401. Secretary: Joseph C. Anastasi.
Maryland Manual: A Compendium of Legal, Historical and Statistical Information relating to the State of Maryland. Annapolis. Biennial
STATE LIBRARY. Maryland State Library, Annapolis. Director: Nelson J. Molter.
Annual Reports. Massachusetts Boards, Commissions, Departments and Divisions, Boston, 1970
Manual for the General Court. By Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives. Boston, Mass. Biennial
Mariner, E. C, This is your Massachusetts Government, Arlington, Mass., 1970
New England Board of Higher Education. Facts. Wellesley, Mass., 1970
Michigan Department of Economic Development. Publications. Lansing
Michigan Manual. Dept. of State. Lansing. Biennial
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Michigan State University. Michigan Statistical Abstract. East Lansing, 1972
Bald, F. C., Michigan in Four Centuries. 2nd ed. New York, 1961
Davis, C. M. (ed.), Readings in the geography of Michigan. Ann Arbor, 1964
Dunbar, W. F., Michigan: a history of the Wolverine State. Grand Rapids, 1972
Ferns, E., State Local Government in Michigan. Lansing, 1971
Milliken, W. G., Economic Report of the Governor 1973. Lansing, 1973
STATE LIBRARY services. Michigan Department of Education, Lansing 48913. State Librarian: Francis X. Scannell.
STATISTICAL INFORMATION. Current information is obtainable from the Department of Economic Development (State Capitol, St Paul 55101); non-current material from the Reference Library, Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul 55101.
Legislative Manual. Secretary of State. St Paul. Biennial
Resource Profile of the State of Minnesota. Dept. of Econ. Dev., 1973
Biegen, T. C, Minnesota: a history of the state. Minnesota Univ. Press, 1963
Minnesota Agriculture Statistics. Dept. of Agric., St Paul. Annual
Manufacturers’ Directory, 1972–73. Dept. of Econ. Dev., 1972
Atlas of Minnesota Resources and Settlement. State Planning Agency. Rev. ed. 1969
Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. Secretary of State. Jackson. Biennial
Bettersworth, J. K., Mississippi: a history. Rev. ed. Austin, Tex., 1964
Highsaw, R. B., and Fortenberry, C. N., The Government and Administration of Mississippi. New York, 1954
Silver, J. W., Mississippi: the Closed Society. New York, 1964
Wilber, G. L., and Bryant, E. S., Illustrative Projections of Mississippi Population, 1960 to 1985. State College, 1964
MISSISSIPPI, LIBRARY COMMISSION. 405 Woolfolk Building, P.O.Box3260 Jackson, Ms. 39207. Bead of Information Services: Mrs Willie Dee Gharst.
Official Manual, Secretary of State, Jefferson City. Biennial
Karsch, R. F., Political Parties, Elections and the General Assembly in Missouri. Columbia. 1964
Annual Survey of Manufactures, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Missouri Mineral Industry News—August 1968, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla
State Government Finances in 1969, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Missouri Farm Facts—1969, Missouri Dept. of Agriculture, Jefferson City
General Population Characteristics, Office of Comptroller and Budget Director, Jefferson City
Missouri Final Population Count, Office of Comptroller and Budget Director, Jefferson City
Handbook of Denominations, 1970, Missouri Council of Churches, Jefferson City
Eighty-third Annual Report of the Division of Mine Inspection, Jefferson City, 1970
121st Report of the Public Schools of the State of Missouri, Dept. of Education, Jefferson City, 1970
Missouri Corporate Planner, Division of Commerce and Industrial Development, Jefferson City
STATE LIBRARY. Missouri State Library, Dawson Building, Jefferson City. State Librarian: Charles O’Halloran.
Montana Agricultural Statistics. Dept. ot Agriculture, Labor and Industry Helena. Biennial from 1946
Montana Business Quarterly. Montana State Univ. From 1963
Montana: A State Guide-Book. New York, 1949
Montana Almanac. Montana State Univ., 1958, 1959–60
Montana Data Book. Dept. of Planning and Economic Development, Helena, 1970
The Montana Study (13 parts). Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Univ. of Mont., Missoula, 1969–70
Hamilton, J. McL., From Wilderness to Statehood: A History of Montana, 1805–1900. Portland. Ore., 1957
Toole, K. R., Montana, An Uncommon Land. Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1959
Toole, K. Ross, Twentieth Century Montana. Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1972
Nebraska Statistical Handbook, 1972 Nebraska Dept. of Econ. Development, Lincoln
Nebraska Blue-Book. Legislative Council. Lincoln. Biennial
Olson, J. C, History of Nebraska. Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1955
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