The National Archives and Records Service publishes a variety of descriptions and guides to its holdings that are of use to scholars and the general public. These include inventories of record groups, special lists, and reference information papers. Inventories are general descriptions of and guides to documents in a record group. They provide a brief history of the agency that created the records and describe each series of records. Frequently, the National Archives publishes a preliminary inventory of a record group to facilitate access to its holdings. Preliminary inventories are less detailed than inventories but are similar in format.

Special lists are detailed descriptions of a series of records within a record group or of a subject or activity of an agency. Reference information papers describe material on a given subject that may be found in several record groups. As a rule these lists and papers follow no established form but vary according to the nature of the records to which they relate.

Earlier publications are listed in the leaflet Select List of Publications of the National Archives and Records Service. Microfilm publications may be purchased from the Publications Sales Branch (NEPS), National Archives (GSA), Washington, DC 20408, for $12.00 per roll. Most other publications may be obtained from the same branch at no cost.

MICROFILM PUBLICATIONS

Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards (M850, 2,539 rolls), introduction by Maida Loescher, reproduces records of the Bureau of Pensions and the Veterans Administration of payments made from 1907 to 1933 to members of the regular military establishment. The cards have been filmed by surname of veteran or his widow, except that cards with Indian names appear at the beginning of each letter of the alphabet. The front of the cards shows the vet

eran's name, certificate number, unit or arm of service, disability, law or laws under which pensioned, class of pension or certificate, effective date, rate of pension, fees paid, date of death, date the bureau was notified, roll number, and home address. On the reverse appear the veteran's name, certificate number, and rate and record of payment. "Army Widow" or "Navy Widow" cards show the woman's name, and the veteran's name replaces the information about disability. Payments to minors are also shown.

Records of the Virginia Forces, 1861 (M998, 7 rolls), introduction by Robert H. Gruber, reproduces fourteen volumes of letters sent, registers of letters received, general and special orders, morning reports of troops around Richmond, and unbound letters and telegrams received. The Virginia Forces were state troops organized shortly after the outbreak of hostilities in April 1861. On June 8, they were formally transferred to the Confederate government in accordance with an agreement of April 24. Since the Virginia Forces remained an administrative unit throughout most of 1861, some records are dated as late as November. Most of them are from the period of state control. They deal with raising and organizing troops in Virginia and Maryland, appointment of officers, construction of fortifications, dispatching of troops and supplies, the military use and defense of railroads, the capture and removal of machinery at the Harpers Ferry arsenal, and efforts to defend Richmond and Manassas Junction.

SPECIAL LISTS

Special List no. 38, Nuernberg War Crimes. Trials, Records of Case II, United States of America v. Erhard Milch (113 pp.), compiled by John Mendelsohn, is the first in a series of special lists describing the microfilmed records of war crimes tried before U. S. military tribunals from

1946 to 1949 at Nuernberg after the international military tribunal held in the same city. Described are the thirteen microfilm rolls of National Archives Microfilm Publication M888, reproducing records of the Milch case. These consist of prosecution and defense exhibits and document books, transcripts of court proceedings in English and German, a minute book, the official court file, the order and judgment book, clemency petitions, opening and closing statements of the prosecutor, and opening plea of the defense. There is a computercompiled index.

Milch, a Luftwaffe field marshal, was indicted for deporting civilians to slave labor camps in occupied territories, making illegal use of prisoners of war, and subjecting concentration camp inmates to unethical medical experiments. Milch was acquitted of the last charge but found guilty of the others and sentenced to life imprisonment. The sentence was later commuted and he was freed in 1954. He died in January 1972.

PRELIMINARY INVENTORIES

Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (PI 181), compiled and described by Jerry N. Hess (21 pages, Record Group 235).

GENERAL INFORMATION Leaflets

The following leaflets were recently revised: Regulations for the Public Use of Records in the National Archives and Records Service— GIL no. 2.

The Center for Polar Archives-GIL no. 11. MISCELLANEOUS

Pattern and Process: Research in Historical Geography (360 pages), a volume of papers presented at a National Archives conference and edited by Ralph Ehrenberg, conference director, may be purchased at the sales desk in the exhibition hall of the National Archives for $15.00. It may also be ordered from Howard University Press, 2935 Upton St., NW., Washington, DC 20008.

The Harry S. Truman Library Institute for Na

tional and International Affairs announces the biennial competition for the David D. Lloyd Prize of $1,000. The prize is awarded for the best book on the period of the presidency of Harry S. Truman published between January 1, 1974, and December 31, 1975.

To be eligible for consideration books must deal substantially with some aspect of the political, economic, or social development of the United States, principally between April 12, 1945, and January 20, 1953, or with the public career of Truman.

Two copies of the book being entered must be submitted to the chairman of the committee, Prof. Thomas C. Blaisdell, Jr., Department of Political Science, 210 Barrows Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, and be received by January 20, 1976.

Applications are now being accepted for grants in aid of research in the Johnson library in Austin, Texas. The grants, to be announced in January 1976, will be awarded by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, which supports special activities of the library and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Applications will be considered by a committee appointed by the president of the University of Texas at Austin.

Interested persons should write to Mike Naeve, Associate Director, Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, 2313 Red River, Austin, TX 78705.

Proceedings of the 1974 symposium Beyond Today's Energy Crisis: The Future of the American Environment are available from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. A copy may be obtained for $3.00 by writing the LBJ School, Office of Publications, Drawer Y, University Station, Austin, TX 78712. Other proceedings available are: Educating a Nation, The American City, and Equal Opportunity in the United States.

For the tenth year the Illinois State Historical Society is offering a $2,000 graduate fellowship in Illinois history, this one for the 1976-77 academic year. The applicant must be a doctoral candidate studying a subject directly related to Illinois history, which must be approved by the graduate committee of the institution. A completed application must be sent in with three letters of recommendation, one of them from the chairman of the candidate's major department. In addition the applicant must write a letter of application giving pertinent information not covered in the application form, including a statement of financial resources. Applications must be received no later than March 15, 1976, and the winner of the award will be announced within sixty days. Consult your history department for an application form and further information or write: William K. Alderfer, Executive Director, Illinois State Historical Society, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL 62706.

Rockefeller University has announced the opening of the Rockefeller Archive Center at North Tarrytown, N.Y. The center will be the depository for the archives of Rockefeller University, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Rockefeller family. The Rockefeller University archives include records of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, established in 1901, and papers of scientists who were associated with the institute.

The Rockefeller Foundation archives for the years before 1942 were opened to scholars in 1973. They document the foundation's worldwide programs in education, research, public health, medicine, arts, humanities, social sciences, and agricultural development since 1913. Included are the records of the Bureau of Social Hygiene, 1911-40, the China Medical Board, 1913-29, the General Education Board, 1902-54, the International Education Board, 1923-41, the

Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, 1918-41, the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease, 1909-15, and the Spelman Fund of New York, 1928-49. There are also papers of a few persons who were associated with the foundation. A booklet briefly describing these collections is available from the center.

The Rockefeller family archives include some papers of John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1961, the office of the Messrs. Rockefeller, 1895-1961, the American International Association for Economic and Social Development, 1946-69, and the Davison Fund, 1930-42.

The Rockefeller Archive Center also advises that the records of the General Education Board, earlier opened to research for the years up to 1942, have now been opened through 1954.

Interested scholars should address the Rockefeller Archive Center, Hillcrest, Pocantico Hills, North Tarrytown, NY 10591, or call (914) 631-4505.

Robert G. Dunlop, retired chairman of the board of Sun Oil Company, has designated the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library in Wilmington, Delaware, as the depository for his professional papers and records. The donated papers reflect his cultural, civic, business, and personal activities and include his correspond

ence.

The first segment of Sun's historical records, covering the period from 1889 to 1963, was delivered to the library in March 1972. At that time, the president of the Eleutherian MillsHagley Foundation board of trustees, the late Emile F. du Pont, referred to the 150,000-item collection as "one of the library's most important industrial acquisitions of the last ten years."

The Eleutherian Mills Historical Library specializes in American business, economic, industrial and technological history, especially that of the middle-Atlantic states, and is administered by the foundation. It is a research institute that encourages scholarly use of its collections of manuscript, printed, and pictorial materials. Other business archives on deposit are: E. I. du Pont de Nemours (1802-1956), Alan Wood Steel Company (1826-1931), Phoenix Steel Corporation (1827-1963), Joseph Bancroft & Sons (1831-1950), Leeds and Northrup (191839), and J. E. Rhoads Company (1727-1968).

The imminent publication of A Guide to the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection and Related Research Collections at the University of North Dakota has been announced. The Libby collection focuses on North Dakota and the northem Great Plains. The guide will describe manuscripts in the Libby collection, the University of North Dakota archives, the Aandahl monograph collection of North Dakota and Great Plains history, and the microform and newspaper collections in the University of North Dakota library. Orders should be sent to: Curator and Archivist, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202.

Completion of two major works in forest history has been announced by Harold K. Steen, associate director of research with the Forest History Society in Santa Cruz, California. North American Forest and Conservation History: A Bibliography, compiled by Ronald J. Fahl, contains over 8,000 entries, many annotated, of books, articles, and unpublished theses. A companion volume, North American Forest History: A Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, produced by Richard C. Davis, cites nearly 4,000 collections in more than 350 institutions. Work on the volumes was supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Publication is scheduled for 1976, and advance orders may be sent to ABC-Clio Press, P.O. Box 4397, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. For further information, telephone Douglas F. Davis of the Forest History Society (402) 426-3770.

"Conservation Administration," the proceedings of the Boston Athenaeum/New England Document Conservation Center 1973 seminar on theoretical aspects of the conservation of library and archival materials and the establishment of conservation programs, is available in spiral binding for $12.00 per copy from the New England Document Conservation Center, 800 Massachusetts Ave., North Andover, MA 01845. Unbound, unpunched copies are available for those who wish to hardbind this reference volume. A few copies of Library and Archives Conservation, the proceedings of the 1971 seminar, are available at $10.00 per copy.