Heavy breathing on the line: The ghost of databases past
The exchange of correspondence on or about the date of October 10, 1952 was conducted by Dr. Roy V. Peel, Director, Bureau of the Census, and Wayne C. Grover, Archivist of the United States.
Washington, D.C.
August 26, 1952
Archivist of the United States
Washington, D.C.
Dear Dr. Grover:
It is the policy of the Bureau of the Census to provide the maximum physical protection for the records which document its major programs, and make available to as many people as possible the information contained in such records consistent with national security and the rights of individuals concerned. With these ends in mind, we wish to make the following proposals concerning the custody, maintenance and use of the records of individuals enumerated in decennial population censuses:
The Bureau of the Census will transfer to the National Archives and Records Service:
- the original schedules of each decennial population census when they are no longer required by the Bureau of the Census for active statistical use and when the National Archives and Records Service can provide space and service for them;
- the negative microfilm of such schedules when the Bureau of the Census has obtained a positive copy of the microfilm; and
- the positive microfilm of these schedules when they are no longer required by the Bureau of the Census in its personal census service activities.
The Bureau of the Census desires that the National Archives and Records Service observe the following provisions pertaining to the use and maintenance of these records subsequent to their transfer:
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