Arizona republican., 1912-05-31

ance in preparing the catalogue of books the auditor, MT Foster, allow ed me to look over the certified ac- counts of expenditures filed in his office when vouchers were issued. In these lists I found twenty y-one books and one map recorded as pur- chased for the historical library but which l could not find in the office l prepared a statement of these books and map with date of purchase and name of dealer and filed the Same as report in the governors office A letter from MT. Cleaveland to my predecessor asked the return of these books Twelve were sent back to the governors office but the map and the remainder of the books were never returned.
 1 had not been able t. trace any manuscripts collected for the office or to learn whether or not any data had been collected until Mir Charles E. Genung, pioneer of 1864, learned through < conversation with his brother pioneer. MT William Kirk land, that he had prepared a forty page manuscript story of his life and memories of early Arizona This manuscript lacked about ten pages to complete it when the change was made in the office and MT Kirk land asked Mir. Genung to learn if the story was in the office as he in tended to complete it.
 l had never seen or heard of this manuscript but I had known Mr. Kirkland for some years and in com pany with MT. Genung l visited him. He repeated the statement about the forty page manuscript in the presence of his wife, who had known when he was working on it. and of MT. Genung and myself. He said that he would re-write the missing forty pages for me as fast as possi- ble and said that would be better than requesting it's return as he had remembered still further incidents which he would include
 ] I corresponded with him up to the time of his sudden death some weeks duplicate the manuscript and the original was never returned to the historical collection
 About the same time I learned from the family of Mrs. Edward x. Fish, one of the first school teachers in 1 Tucson, that she had given a long interview on the early schools She ! died few weeks later and no data or notes of this interview were found 1 in the office, nor had a copy of the data been offered to the family after ! her death
 l l had no means of learning what other matter may have been gathered the absence of all records making the discovery mere chance. | l immediately made q catalogue of i the books, using both the card sys- tenn and more lengthy form for convenience in purchasing, and these were carried forward as additions were made to the library. A set of reference books of purchase and eX
 penditures was begun and kept down
 to March first of the present year.
 All manuscript and data were filed and catalogued and such objects for a state museum as the small room assigned to the historian would ac- Icommodate were gathered and cata- logued. There was nothing of this sort in the office when I took charge
 Reports were made to the gover-
 
 a complete set of such reports was filed with Governor Hunt when the historians office was closed March first. A complete statement of all objects and articles in the office was also filed with Governor Hunt at that time.
 A printed report was issued Jan uary first and shows that while al- most every part of Arizona was vi5- i ited the work had been so conducted 1 that part of the expense allowance | was returned to the general fund un- | used each year.
 I am submitting the above state ment for your consideration, believing | it to be only a matter of justice to the people of Arizona. and to you whose representative will be called upon to act on the appointment of a state librarian. I am.
 Very respectfully yours. SHARLOT M, HALL