Excerpt from Twenty-Third Biennial Report of the North Carolina Department of Archives and History: July 1, 1948 to June 30, 1950 During the war and postwar years the Department's activities were to some extent disrupted by the inflationary Spiral and during the biennium under review Operating costs remained high. Adjustment was made to the inflated price level, however, and Since costs to some extent leveled off during the period the problem was not so acute. The Department's appropriation was the largest in its history and the General Assembly in both 1947 and 1949 increased salaries, so that at the end of the period the pay of workers of the state of North Carolina could be compared not too unfavorably with that of persons filling similar positions in private business. Every effort was made to maintain satisfactory public relations and to carry the Department's services to the people Of the state. A great deal of travelling was done. The director and other staff members delivered addresses, participated in historical celebrations, went on historical tours, and otherwise took part in such activities throughout the state. The annual sessions of the State Literary and Historical Association (of which the Department's director is secretary) and allied organizations in 1948 and 1949 were considered very successful, and various members of the staff participated in these sessions. Numbers of news releases were issued on historical and allied topics. Mem bers of the staff continued to play a leading part in the activities of national historical and allied organizations, attending conventions, appearing on programs, serving as chairmen or members of committees, and in other ways. The Society of 'american Archivists (of which the Depart ment's director was president) met in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, October 27-29, 1948, and the consensus was that the session was the most pleasant and fruitful ever held by the organization. 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 the state of such historical works.