Report to the President by the Committee on Department Methods, 1909
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Excerpt from Report to the President by the Committee on Department Methods, 1909: Documentary Historical Publications of the United States Government The undersigned committee was called into existence by the Committee on Department Methods in consequence of an instruction from the President from which, in your letter requesting us to serve, you quote the following paragraph as indicating the objects of our appointment: With a view to the adoption of a more systematic and effective method of dealing with the problem of documentary historical publications of the United States Government, so as to secure a maximum of economy and efficiency, you are instructed to consider the desirability of reviewing, with the aid of a subcommittee of experts, the whole field of documentary publications which consist wholly or mainly of material for the history of the United States, and framing a preliminary plan which will represent the deliberate judgment of historical experts and serve to guide subsequent governmental work of this kind into the best channels. In accordance with this instruction and the terms used by you in appointing the subcommittee, we beg leave to submit the following report, dealing with (a) the course hitherto pursued by the Government in the printing of volumes of documentary historical material; (b) the ground covered by such volumes already published and the extent to which they serve the interests of workers in our national history; (c) the gaps to be noted in our historical record which might be filled by Government publications, and (d) the possibility of putting into operation a system whereby such issues might be steadily kept to a high standard of quality and to a scientific plan, orderly and rational. We wish to make it plain at the outset that our object is not to propose vast and disproportionate expenditures for a subject which deeply interests us, but rather to make suggestions which are in the interest of genuine economy. We assume that the publication of documentary historical materials is a regular function of all civilized governments, and that the Government and people of the United States are willing to spend reasonable sums of money in such publication; but we believe that the way to better results lies through more carefulness in planning and executing rather than through more lavish expenditure. Our report ranges over many fields and discusses many desirable undertakings; but nothing could be further from our thoughts than to propose vast schemes for instant execution. Instant execution would be bad execution. We have endeavored to look forward into the future and to frame large plans, which can be executed in parts and developed by time and experience, after the analogy of a group of farseeing architects who should frame large plans for the improvement and future development of a great modern city, but without expecting that all things should be done or even resolved upon at once. The Course Hitherto Pursued By The Government. Like all other enlightened governments, that of the United States has felt the obligation to publish historical materials, as among the surest means of maintaining an intelligent national patriotism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve
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