ARCHIVIST OF THE HALL OF RECORDS 7

Mrs. Jane Revell Moss, who had been a member of the Repair Room
staff since 1937, retired November 30, 1949, having reached the compulsory
retirement age. From time to time I have pointed out to the members of
the Hall of Records Commission the uniform and continued excellence of
the work of the Repair Room. Much of the credit for this is due to the
work of Mrs. Moss who has had the burden of teaching the many recruits
in that department—we have never had an applicant for the position who
had had a day's experience. For many years she has administered that de-
partment and her patience and devotion to her work have made her years
at the Hall of Records a pleasure for all her associates.

When Mrs. Moss retired, Claire D. Lincoln was promoted from Manu-
script Repair Technician II to Manuscript Repair Technician I, the
position formerly held by Mrs. Moss, and Emily P. Hall was employed to
fill the Manuscript Repair Technician II vacancy. Mrs. Lincoln, who had
been an employee of the Hall of Records since June 16, 1947, resigned
May 31, 1950, in order to accompany her husband who, after graduating
in this year's class at the St. John's College, moved to New York City.
Mrs. Hall was promoted as of June 1 and her place as Manuscript Repair
Technician II was taken June 16 by Beatrice B. Hiltabidle.

The position of Senior Stenographer was vacant at the end of the fiscal
year because of the resignation of Flora M. Jones who moved to Washing-
ton where her husband was employed. Mrs. Jones, whose resignation was
effective May 31, 1950, had been an employee of the Hall of Records since
March 1, 1949. Her position was filled July 1, 1950, by Gary T. Peebles.

Charles Clinton Jones, who had been a member of our maintenance
staff since May 16, 1944, died after a short illness on January 1?, 1950.
Five days later we lost one of our most faithful employees, Clarence
Thomas. Mr. Thomas had been in the employ of the Hall of Records since
November 1, 1941. He was in the best sense of the word a "handyman."
He willingly assumed duties and responsibilities which were not his and for
which he was not paid. During his first years here he kept our building
in the beautiful condition for which it has become well known and during
the later years, after the death of Albert Graf, he also took charge of our
machinery. His death after a long and hopeless illness was a deep personal
loss to all the members of our staff.