Mrs- Mary Givens Bryan was Director of the State Archives from 1951 - 1964. This series contains correspondence at the time of her death from the general public, Secretary of State's office and other people in the Archival profession. Also in this series is an Archives Staff Family Album presented to Mrs. Bryan while she was in the hospital containing baby pictures of staff members. A folder of miscellaneous information on the funeral arrangements is also included in this series. In Record Group 2. Sub-group 1. Series 33. is a group of letters to the Secretary of State on the same subject. Letters are arranged alphabetically by the name of the writer.