Arizona republican., 1912-05-31
SOME FACTS
 BY MISS HALL
Letter to Members of the Legislature Conveying In formation Regarding the Proposed Office of State Historian.

Every member of the legislature to- day will be in receipt of a letter bearing upon the experience of Miss Sharlot A- Hall as territorial his torian. It is the desire of Miss Hall that the members be fully informed on all matters touching this office before taking final action on the pending bill which proposes to com bine the duties of historian with those of librarian at a salary of $3OOO a wear Miss Hall does not expect to regain the office which she left on the transition of Arizona from d ter ritorv to statehood.
 The following is copy of the let ter:
 PhoeniX, Ariz.. May 2S, 1912 To the Hon.
 My dear Sir
 Having just read the bill which has been introduced into the senate of the first Arizona state legislature. and which abOlishe5 the office of Arizona historian and creates the of flee of state and legislative reference Librarian, said officer to continue the work of the Arizona historian. I wish :o make known to you, as a member of the legislature having this bill un- der consideration, the following facts concerning the conditions in the of flee of hoStorian at the time of my appointment in October 1909
 The morning of my appointment to the office ! was taken to the his torian's room by the private secre- tary of the governor Mir. J. r. Cleaveland. When Mir CIeaveIand opened the door I saw that the room was in confusion. many magazines and good number of books piled on the floor in various Darts of the room. and everything in great dis order
 l asked MT. Cleaveland if there Was any report !n the office of the gov "rnor or elsewhere which would in dicate the material belonging to the office or the work which had been done since the office was established
 NIT. Cleaveland said there was no such report and that would be obliged to judge of what had been done by what I found in the room. l then asked that man from the auditors office be allowed to help ma make an inventory of the articles in tA' i''LlL anu OI tue matter which might find pertaining to the work which had been done was moved to make this request because of the confusion and disorder in the room
 Mir. Cleaveland said that a man could not we'll be spared at that time but that they would give me all the assistance possible and that all data should be open to me. I began at once an inventory which included every object in the room and a cat alogue of the books. magazines. etc. the same being filed in the governors office as soon as completed.
 ] found as I proceeded with the work that there was not in the of flee any sort of catalogue of the books. magazines. and such things. and that no original data of any sort such as notes of interviews. manu- scripts. or anything in the nature of material collected could be found except a mailing list of addresses of pioneers and copies of a circular let ter which had evidently been sent ont
 I also found that thcre was no rec ord Of the book dealers or Of the purchase of books or supplies or of any eXpenditureS,-Such as might aid me in preparing catalogue of the books and give me an idea of what work had been done As an assist