INDEXES TO RECORD BOOKS CONTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIAL AGENTS. 1890-93. 2 vols. 2 in.

94

Indexes to Volumes A and B (see entry 95), one index containing page references to entries in Volume A; the other containing references to pages in Volume B. The entries in each index are names of agents.

RECORD BOOKS CONTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIAL AGENTS.

2 vols.

6 in.

1889-93.

25

These volumes, labeled A and B, give the name of each special agent; the amount he was paid for salary, subsistence, and transportation; his State of birth and of residence; the number of his congressional district; the number of days he was on duty; the dates of appointment, departmental approval, oath, entrance on duty, and expiration of appointment; and the type of statistics for which he was responsible. There is some duplication in the two volumes. The information in each is arranged by type of statistics collected. For indexes to these books, see entry 94.

Records of the Second Division--Disbursements and Accounts

This Division disbursed the money appropriated for census purposes and supervised expenditures and the auditing of accounts, including those of 47,000 enumerators and as many as 3,100 Census Office employees. The Division was headed until October 1893 by Disbursing Clerk Josiah C. Stoddard and thereafter by his successor, George W. Evans.

Show names of employees, grades, amount of time employed during the pay period, annual salaries, monthly pay, and signatures of employees acknowledging payment. These volumes include payrolls for employees of the Census Office, April 1889-March 1895, and of the Census Division, March 1895-June 1897; and payrolls for clerks engaged in the preservation of census records, July 1897-June 1903. Arranged chronologically.

RECORD OF PAYROLL CHANGES. 1889-91. 1 vol. 2 in.

27

Record book containing memoranda to the Disbursing Clerk from the Appointment Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, listing payroll changes for special agents because of new appointments, transfers, promotions, or alterations in the duration of appointment. The memoranda, most of which are in the record book, are in general arranged chronologically. The names of special agents are indexed at the beginning of the volume.

RECORD OF PAYMENTS TO ENUMERATORS.

1890-91. 12 vols. 2 ft.

98

These volumes give, for each enumerator, his name, the number of his enumeration district, his post office, the rate of compensation for each class of statistical information he took, the total amount of his pay, the date of payment, and the number of the draft drawn in payment. Arranged alphabetically by State and thereunder numerically by supervisor's district.

RECORD OF THE DISBURSING CLERK RELATING TO SPECIAL AGENTS. 1889-93. 2 vols. 2 in.

22 These volumes give the name of each special agent, his State of residence, amount or type of compensation, branch of investigation, date of entrance on duty, and duration of employment. Entries in each volume are alphabetical by name of special agent.

ACCOUNTS OF SPECIAL AGENTS. 1890-93. 2 vols. 2 in.

100

Account books showing names of special agents, compensation paid, names of branches to which they were assigned, dates of entrance on duty, and duration of employment. The first volume begins with March 14, 1890, and the second with March 20, 1891. The information in each volume is arranged alphabetically by name of special agent.

ACCOUNTS CURRENT. 1889-1904. 2 vols. 4 in.

101

Show the name of the creditor for each account payable, the voucher number, the date, and the amount owed. Accounts for taking the 11th census for the period May 1889-August 1893 are in the first volume; those for September 1893-March 1897 are in the second volume, labeled "Farms, Homes, and Mortgages," pages 86-121. The second volume also contains, on pages 1-85, accounts for farms, homes, and mortgages for March 1890-September 1893; and, on pages 122-163, accounts for the preservation of census records, March 1897-March 1904. Arranged as described above and thereunder chronologically.

RECORD OF RENTALS AND LEASES.

1889-92. 1 vol. 1 in.

102

Record of rentals and leases of office machines and office space for the 11th census. The first four pages relate to the leasing of electric tabulating machines from the Herman Hollerith Co. The rest of the volume contains lists of names of lessors, locations of premises rented, dates of leases, amounts of monthly rentals, and dates of monthly audits. Arranged chronologically by date of lease.

RECORD OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE COLLECTION OF STATISTICS PERTAINING TO JEWS. 1889-91. 1 vol. 2 in. 103

One volume, only 33 pages of which are filled. The entries include: (1) total amounts of Census Office payrolls, salaries, and expenses of special agents for collecting these statistics and the cost of the enumeration in the field (p. 10-27); (2) expenditures for administration, for correspondence, and for collecting, editing, sorting, punching, and tabulating various classes of statistics (p. 100-102); (3) the cost of collecting mortality records from local boards of health (p. 200-205); and (4) the names of employees, their salaries, and dates of their assignment to the collection of these statistics (p. 300-305). Arranged as described above.

Records of the Fifth Division--Vital Statistics

This Division collected and compiled statistics on births, marriages, and deaths. Information relating to births and marriages during the census

year was obtained by the enumerators when they filled out the population schedules. Mortality information was gathered from local records on a special schedule that was not used by enumerators in States and cities where official registrations of deaths were maintained. To determine areas of such registration, the Superintendent of the Census corresponded with State officials and with officials of cities having an estimated population of 5,000 or more. As a result of this correspondence it appeared that 9 States and 80 cities in other States maintained fairly complete systems of registration. In some cases in which data recorded by local authorities seemed satisfactory but might have been incomplete, the mortality schedules were given to the enumerators and copies of the registration records were obtained for comparison. Besides the mortality figures for the census year (1890), the deaths during the 5 years before 1890 in New Jersey, the District of Columbia, and the cities of New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis were obtained from the local registration records.

By April 1, 1892, the Fifth Division apparently had absorbed the Nineteenth Division--Statistics of Special Classes; and the Twenty-third Division--Social Statistics of Cities. The statistics of special classes included the numbers and condition of the insane, feebleminded, deaf, mute, and blind population of the United States. The collection of the social statistics of cities, to show the living conditions of people dwelling in cities of 10,000 population or larger, was done entirely by correspondence.

John S. Billings, U. S. Army Surgeon, was the Expert Special Agent in charge of vital statistics, statistics of special classes, and social statistics of cities. Under him were the Chief of Division William A. King, for vital statistics; Chief of Division W. H. Olcott, for statistics of special classes; and Special Agent Harry Tiffany, in charge of social statistics of cities.

OFFICE FILE OF JOHN S. BILLINGS.

1889-91. 1 vol. 1 in.

104

This volume contains the employment and leave record of employees who compiled vital statistics and social statistics of cities, May-November 1889 (p. 1-13); an account of expenditures in the Census Office and in the field for salaries and expenses in compiling death records, 1890-91 (p. 22-64); and a register of correspondence with city officials, showing the receipt of mortality schedules and number of names recorded, 1889-90 (p. 100-119). Arranged as described above.

RECORD OF EMPLOYEES AND EXPENDITURES.

1889-95. 1 vol. 1 in.

105

This volume contains a list of the number of days in each month when work was done on extra tabulating machines, November 1890-July 1891 (p. B); a list of the names of employees, their yearly salaries, and the dates of their appointment, assignment, and transfer, reinstatement, promotion, or resignation for the period 1889-95 (p. 2-20, 22-23, and 45); and an account of expenditures, May 1889-March 1892, for pay of special agents and field employees detailed to them, for clerical expense, and for the enumeration of names from registration records (p. 24-27). 24-27). Included on

a loose sheet is a list of the names and salaries of Fifth Division employees who were working on special classes, vital statistics, and social statistics of cities as of April 1, 1892. Arranged as described above.

REGISTER OF INFORMATION ABOUT SCHEDULES RECEIVED FROM STATE INSTITUTIONS. 1890-91. 1 vol. 1 in. 106

Shows the names and locations of penal institutions, orphan asylums, hospitals, insane asylums, almshouses, and institutions for the deaf, dumb, and blind; the supervisors' and enumeration district numbers; the dates the schedules were received, copied, edited, transcribed, compared, issued, and returned; and the names of the clerks who worked on each of these operations. The information is arranged alphabetically by State, thereunder by name of institution.

Records of the Sixth Division--Church Statistics

LIST OF STATISTICS PERTAINING TO CONGREGATIONS OF LUTHERAN SYNODS. 1 vol. 2 in.

1890. 107

The information in this 141-page list consists of the name of each Lutheran church or local organization, its location (town, county, and State), the number and seating capacity of its buildings, the value of the property, and the number of members. This information was compiled by the Census Office from schedules submitted by officials of the Lutheran establishments concerned. Arranged by synod and thereunder by name of congregation.

Records of the Eighth Division--Pauperism and Crime

This division collected data relating to inmates of public and private charitable institutions and to inmates of jails, prisons, and penitentiaries.

LIST OF STATE INSTITUTIONS SUBMITTING SCHEDULES. 1890-91. 1 vol. 1 in. 108

Shows the names and location of penal institutions, insane asylums, orphan asylums, and poor farms; the number of inmates; the dates when the schedules were received from the institutions; and the dates when the cards were numbered, copied, punched, and compared. The entries in the list are arranged alphabetically by State.

RECORD OF EIGHTH DIVISION EMPLOYEES. 1890-91. 1 vol. 1 in.

109

Gives names of employees; their addresses, grades, and salaries; and dates of their appointment to the Census Office, assignment to the Eighth Division, and transfer to other divisions, promotion, or termination of service. Arranged alphabetically by name of employee. At the end of the volume is a one-page list of employees transferred to the Ninth Division. Records of the Tenth Division--National and State Finances

This Division procured, tabulated, and published statistics on valuation and taxation in the United States by States, counties, and minor di

visions; on receipts and expenditures of the Federal Government, the States, counties, larger municipalities, and school districts; and on indebtedness of the Federal Government and of States, counties, and minor divisions, including school districts. The Tenth Division was consolidated with the Ninth Division, probably in July 1891, with Special Agent J. Kendrick Upton in charge. Upton had previously been in charge of both these divisions.

SCRAPBOOK OF J. KENDRICK UPTON. 1889-91. 1 vol.

2 in.

110 The documents in this volume, which were assembled by Upton, are copies of letters sent to special agents and heads of divisions relating to the collection of statistics and to personnel changes in field offices. The scrapbook also contains newspaper clippings concerning the taking of the census. The material is arranged alphabetically by State.

Records of the Eleventh Division--Farms, Homes, and Mortgages

An act of February 22, 1890 (26 Stat. 13), authorized a special appropriation of a million dollars to the Census Office to collect statistics on "the number of persons who live on and cultivate their farms, the number of farm tenants, and the amount of farm mortgage indebtedness. Special Agent George K. Holmes was head of the Eleventh Division, and 2,500 special agents and clerks were employed in the field to collect these statistics.

LIST OF SPECIAL AGENTS FOR STATISTICS OF FARMS, HOMES, AND MORTGAGES. 1890. 1 vol. 2 in.

111 Gives the names of special agents, their addresses, and their salaries, and in some cases red ink annotations showing duration of appointments, dates of cancellation or declination of appointments, and dates of resignation. The entries are arranged alphabetically by State and thereunder numerically by supervisor's district.

Records of the Thirteenth Division--Manufactures

Returns of manufactures from industrial establishments were collected either by enumerators during their population count or by special agents appointed for this purpose when the Superintendent of the Census thought such appointments desirable. F. R. Williams was Expert Special Agent in charge of manufacturing statistics, and he was assisted by George S. Boudinot, Chief of Division.

RECORD OF RECEIPT OF MANUFACTURING SCHEDULES. 1890-91. 1 vol. 1 in. 112

Contains the names of the special agents, the names of the cities to which they were assigned, and the number of schedules that they sent in daily. Arranged by city. A list inserted at the beginning of the volume gives the names of the special agents and page references to information about their activities.