In June, 1943, the Illinois Central began an investigation of the possibility of depositing the company's old records in the Newberry Library in Chicago. We sought all records available covering the period 1851 to 1906, which latter year was the end of President Fish's regime. Much interesting material has been located and most of it has already been sent to the Library, the first deposit having been made in November, 1944, following an exchange of letters between the late President Beven and Dr. Stanley Pargellis.

The attention of the readers of the BULLETIN is called to a new volume (V) in the series, A History of American Life. The book is The Completion of Independence, 1790-1830 by Professor John Allen Krout of Columbia University and President Dixon Ryan Fox of Union College. The series is a social history. The recent book gives a very readable and effective account of various aspects of American development at the beginning of the period of great expansion and change in the nineteenth century. It is notable because of the way it treats the history of business.