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This collection, arranged alphabetically by name of the city or borough, and thereunder chronologically by date, contains lists of superintendents who took office, of superintendents who more administered the local school districts on behalf of the city, borough or township. Information listed for each superintendent includes their name and post office address, date of election, date of commission, salary, and remarks as to whether the superintendent resigned and the name of the person who assumed the position upon resignation. less

This collection, arranged alphabetically by name of the county, and thereunder chronologically, lists the superintendents who administered the county schools from 1854 through 1918. Information listed more for each superintendent includes their name and post office address, the date of election, the date of commission, the number of schools in the district, the salary; and remarks as to whether the superintendent resigned and the name of the person who assumed the position upon resignation. less

This collection contains a register, arranged alphabetically by county, containing the names of persons responsible for a patient's support. Information includes: name of the responsible person, more type of patient support or court order (private, pauper, Common Pleas, or Quarter Sessions), register number in RG/023/AMEH/DANV/24- Female Admission Registers, 1883-1923 or RG/023/AMEH/DANV/35- Male Admission Register, 1884-1923. less

Arranged numerically by job number, the following subseries are typed transcripts of field notes, pre-final drafts and final drafts of manuscripts, and photographs selected to illustrate more the American Guide Series. The federal project was designed to provide work for unemployed writers during the Great Depression by publishing comprehensive historical guides for each state. In Pennsylvania the project resulted in publication of a number of topical and county guides. Information given is title of guide, name of reporter, name of town or county, date, name of typist, signature of proofreader, and source of the information including title, name of author and library call number, and the transcript of the text. Information accompanying the photographs provides the title of the guide, job number, photograph number, subject, name of photographer, name to appear in credit line, and region where taken. Though most of the photographs are by Federal Writers' Project Photographer Frederick Ritter, many were obtained from local newspapers, freelance photographers, local chambers of commerce, private businesses, and such state agencies as the Department of Forests and Waters, Department of Highways, and Department of Commerce. Among those provided by the United States Farm Security Administration the photographers included Walker Evans, Carl Mydans, Arthur Rothstein, and Ben Shahn. In addition to published American Guide Series volumes mentioned in the series described below, the Federal Writers' Project also resulted in publication of "The Floods of Johnstown" sponsored by Johnstown's Mayor's Committee (Johnstown: 1939) and "A Picture of Clinton County" sponsored by the Commissioners of Clinton County (Williamsport: 1942). Related materials located in Manuscript Group 400, Works Progress Administration Records [ca. 1766-1909] include an assortment of commissioner minutes, quarter sessions dockets, assessment lists, and road books for Clearfield, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, and Union Counties and newspaper transcripts for both these counties as well as Northumberland County. For a history of the Federal Writers' Project see "The Dream and the Deal, The Federal Writers' Project, 1935-1943" by Jerre Mangione (Philadelphia: 1983). For a history of the entire federal arts program see "Federal Relief Administration and the Arts, The Origins and Administrative History of Arts Projects of the Works Progress Administration" by William F. McDonald (Ohio State University Press: 1969). less