To fill these and other gaps in the ranks of the Library staff the following appointments have been made: In September, 1916, Miss Ruth Hayward, for several years cataloguer in the Cincinnati Public Library, became a member of our cataloguing staff. In February, Miss Genevieve Deming and Miss Ruth Roberts, recent graduates of the University of Wisconsin, began work as assistants in the order department and museum, respectively. Mr. Gaige Roberts of Madison filled the vacant position in the newspaper division. In July Miss Marguerite Jenison of Fond du Lac, a recent graduate of the state university, began work as assistant to the superintendent and calendarer of the Draper manuscripts. Mr. Theodore Blegen, teacher of history in the Riverside High School, Milwaukee, spent the summer months as research worker on the Society’s staff. Finally, Dr. John W. Oliver, of the Indiana State Library, began work in September on an appointment as research assistant. The current year of the Society (October, 1916-October, 1917) has been one of unusual activity in the field of research and publication. In the nine months ending July 1, 1917 three substantial volumes and two bulletins were issued, in addition to certain minor items. The volumes were: _Frontier Advance on the Upper Ohio_ (_Collections_ of the Society, Vol. XXIII), edited by Louise P. Kellogg; _An Economic History of Wisconsin During the Civil War Decade_ (_Studies_ of the Society, Vol. I), by Frederick Merk, and the _Proceedings_ of the Society for 1916. Each of these volumes will receive fuller notice elsewhere. The two bulletins were a _List of Portraits and Paintings in the Wisconsin Historical Museum_ and a checklist of _Periodicals and Newspapers_ currently received by the library. A new publication feature, begun in February, 1917, is a monthly _Checklist of Wisconsin Public Documents_. Each issue, appearing about the tenth of the month, lists the documents of the state issued during the preceding month. Of this publication the _Mississippi Valley Historical Review_ for June, 1917 says: “This is a unique undertaking for a state historical agency. The value to historians, librarians, and state officials, of such a series of bulletins makes it a welcome bibliographical addition.” It may be added that, so far as the Society’s administration is aware, the undertaking is unique not simply for a “state historical agency,” but for any agency whatever. The Library of Congress attempts to do for the entire country what the Wisconsin _Checklist_ does for our state alone. Useful as the Library of Congress list is, however, it cannot possibly cover the various states with the promptness and comprehensiveness which attaches to our own list for Wisconsin. The credit for the conception of this publication enterprise of the Society and for its execution belongs to Mrs. Anna W. Evans, chief of the public-documents division of the library.