¹ Beside the Directors the Board included William B. Ballis, Meribeth E. Cameron, Kenneth W. Colegrove, George B. Cressey, Charles B. Fahs, John K. Fairbank, Robert B. Hall, Harold J. Noble, Harold S. Quigley, Frederic D. Schultheis, Earl Swisher, and Virginia Thompson. Amry Vandenbosch and Edwin G. Beal, Jr. joined the staff in 1942–43. In 1946–47, after the war, Edwin O. Reischauer, George M. McCune, Gussie E. Gaskill, Cecil Hobbs, Harriet L. Moore, and Lauriston Sharp were added as the staff was expanded or old members dropped out.

² Adopted April 2, 1948.

³ Adopted April 2, 1948.

⁴ This document contains the principal features of the Certificate as amended on April 2, 1948, approved by Judge Benjamin F. Schreiber on May 21, 1948, and filed with the Secretary of State in Albany on June 1, 1948. The original Certificate, as adopted on June 9, 1941, and approved by Judge Samuel I. Rosenman on June 12, 1941, contained a sixth paragraph naming the Directors and a seventh paragraph signed by four Directors as subscribers stating that they were all of full age, that two-thirds were citizens of the United States, that one was a resident of the State of New York, and that at least one Director was a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of New York. The amendments to the original Certificate are signed by Arthur W. Hummel and Wilma Fairbank.

⁵ Statement of policy adopted by the Monograph Editorial Board.