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upon its theme, focusing close attention to all 
the various activities and contributions of 
Franklin's many-sided genius to the one great 
complex of activities which we today call the 
graphic a r t s industry. 

T h e last article " T h e F i r s t W o r k with 
American T y p e , " a logical sequence to the 
previous articles dealing with earlier aspects 
of printing, was originally published in 1924 

N e w List of State 
Author Headings for the Official Publica-

tions of the State of Washington. By 
Lena Lucile T u c k e r . Seattle, University 
of Washington Press, 1950, 75p. $1.50. 
T h i s list was begun in 1939 by a commit-

tee appointed by M . R u t h M a c D o n a l d , then 
chairman of regional groups for the Pacific 
N o r t h w e s t , A.L.A. Division of Cataloging 
and Classification. I t was found difficult to 
maintain uniformity with the w o r k being 
done in different places without constant con-
sultation, and a f t e r a number of changes in 
the committee members, M i s s T u c k e r took 
over the task of compilation. 

T h e list attempts to include official en-
tries f r o m the organization of the T e r r i t o r y 
of Washington in 1853 to the year 1947. T h e 
official names, given in straight form as listed 
in the laws, are used as entries. I n f o r m a t i o n 
given under each entry (when available) con-
sists of three p a r t s : date of establishment 
and history, function and bibliographic r e f -
erences. Omitted are the many and varied 
committees of both houses of the legislature, 
schools, colleges and departments of the in-
stitutions of higher education. U n d e r the 
headings A R M O R Y C O M M I S S I O N S ; B A N K S ; 
and T A X A T I O N , the history of the various 
changes in these agencies is given for the 
convenience of the user. 

T h e entries are arranged alphabetically, 
letter by letter, in three alphabets: W a s h i n g -
ton ( T e r . ) , Washington ( S t a t e ) , and entries 
not preceded by W a s h i n g t o n ( S t a t e ) . En-
tries for institutions are interfiled with the 
official entries in their alphabetical places. 

T h e usefulness of the T u c k e r list is readily 
seen when its entries are compared with 
those given in the Library of Congress Cata-
log of Books Represented by L. C. Printed 
Cards, Ann Arbor, 1942-46, and supplements, 
for the period covered. U n d e r Washington 

as M r . W r o t h ' s contribution to "Biblio-
graphic Essays. A T r i b u t e to W i l b e r f o r c e 
Eames." T h e entire volume of M r . W r o t h ' s 
essays, followed by an appreciative note by 
Paul A. Bennett, the guiding spirit of the 
Typophiles, is in itself a becoming tribute 
to one of America's greatest scholarly li-
b r a r i a n s . — H e l l m u t Lehmann-Haupt, New 
School for Social Research. 

Author Headings 
( T e r . ) , T u c k e r lists 65 entries and 19 "see" 
references, while L.C. lists 16 main entries, 
of which 11 are given in T u c k e r , and eight 
"see" references not included in T u c k e r . 
F o r Washington ( S t a t e ) , T u c k e r gives 447 
main entries and 541 "see" references, while 
L.C. lists 212 main entries, of which 140 are 
given in T u c k e r , and 203 "see" references, 
of which 97 are given in T u c k e r ( L . C . uses 
inverted form for 43 of these). Five en-
tries given as "see" references in T u c k e r are 
used as main entries in L.C. U n d e r entries 
not preceded by Washington ( S t a t e ) , T u c k e r 
lists 16 main entries (all beginning with the 
w o r d W a s h i n g t o n ) and three "see" r e f e r -
ences. Similar entries are found in the L.C. 
list, but since it is difficult to determine that 
these entries are for official publications, they 
have not been compared. T h i s comparison 
gives an indication of the relative amount of 
aid that is available to documents catalogers 
and reference librarians working with W a s h -
ington state documents f r o m these two 
sources of information. 

Although most of the rules, compiled by 
the Special Committee on State A u t h o r 
Headings of the A.L.A.'s Division of C a t a -
loging and Classification as a guide for com-
pilers of state-author headings lists (cf. 
M a r k l e y , A . E . : Author Headings for the 
Official Publications of the State of Ala-
bama, Chicago, 1948, p. 122-123) have been 
followed, there have been some changes in 
this list. Although rule f o u r states that the 
history of an agency should appear only 
under the latest name of the agency, and 
references should be made f r o m earlier names 
to the latest name, M i s s T u c k e r has pre-
ferred to give the authority for the individ-
ual entry and a statement of the date and 
agency it supersedes and of that superseding 
it {cf. "Washington ( S t a t e ) . State board of 

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tax commissioners," and its successors). 
Even here she has not been entirely consist-
ent (see BANKS, w h e r e she comes close to 
following the r u l e ) . "See also" references 
have been ignored almost completely. T h e i r 
inclusion would have been a most helpful 
addition particularly f o r the documents 
cataloger. Eleven of the "suggested meth-
ods of p r o c e d u r e " which specify t h a t main 
entries should be in capital l e t t e r s and cross 
references in lower case, have not been fol-
lowed. Although the typography is clear, it 
would be much easier to consult had this 
suggestion been carried out. Unlike the 
M a r k l e y and Foote lists which w e r e piano-
graphed, this list has been printed and the 
inking is evenly distributed, making f o r easy 
reading. 

Several "see" references have turned out 
to be "blind" references ( c f . B A N K I N G D I V I -
SION, s e e D E P T . OF F I N A N C E , BUDGET AND 
BUSINESS. DIVISION OF B A N K I N G ) . T h i s 
subheading, DIVISION OF B A N K I N G , is not 
listed under D E P T . OF F I N A N C E , BUDGET 
AND BUSINESS. T h e reference C H I L D W E L -

FARE DIVISION, s e e D E P T . OF P U B L I C W E L -
FARE. DIVISION OF PUBLIC W E L F A R E, is m i s -
leading. Actually this reference may be 
found under the heading D E P T . OF P U B L I C 
WELFARE ( 1 9 3 5 - 1 9 3 7 ) . DIVISION OF C H I L D 

W E L F A R E . 

Although the committee's rule eight 
specifies t h a t " r e f e r f r o m s " be omitted, this 
reviewer believes t h a t the usefulness of "the 
list would be considerably expanded had these 
" r e f e r f r o m s " been included under the ap-
propriate headings. T o be sure, it would 
have increased the bulk and price of the list 
but would also have saved users considerable 
time. 

T h e above discrepancies have been pointed 
out simply as a guide to the user of the list 
and are not intended to minimize its im-
portance or to d e t r a c t f r o m its value as an 
authoritative reference tool. I t reflects long 
and a r d u o u s research and will be of in-
estimable value f o r the documents cataloger 
and reference librarian working with docu-
ments of W a s h i n g t o n State.—Richard O. 
Pautzsch, Brooklyn Public Library. 

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