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U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Annual Reports


This site provides access to the annual reports of the Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1844 to 1965 in PDF format.

The Library also provides access to the Coast and Geodetic Survey annual reports, 1844-1910 : bibliography. This bibliography provides author and subject access to the articles found in the appendices to the reports, as well as notes on the history and functions of the Survey.
The Library makes the bibliography available online at http://www.lib.noaa.gov/researchtools/subjectguides/cgsreports.html.



Articles are in PDF format and require the free Adobe reader.

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Publication History

The Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey showing the progress of the Survey during the year ... began in 1851, continuing the earlier title, Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of ... , Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and of the fabrication of standard weights and measures from 1844-1850.

In 1878 the title changed to Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey showing the progress of the work during the fiscal year ending with ....

In 1912, this title changed again to Annual report of the Superintendent, Coast and Geodetic Survey to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor for the fiscal year ended ..., and then in 1920 changed to Annual report of the Director, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey to the Secretary of Commerce for the fiscal year ended ....

When the Coast and Geodetic Survey became the National Ocean Survey in the 1970s the title became Annual report of the Director of the National Ocean Survey, fiscal year ...

Scope of coverage

These reports contain lists of officers and work parties, and reports and correspondence on the various operations of the Survey for that year.

How to Locate Issues of the Annual reports

To display the report you wish to see, click on the drop-down lists to the the left to choose the year, then click the "View Report" button.

Credit

Funding for this project was provided by the NOAA Climate Database Modernization Program (CDMP) , National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC.

Please credit the NOAA Central Library Data Imaging Project when using these reports. Share the results of your research with any of the staff members below.

Contact Information

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Diana.L.Abney@noaa.gov, 301-713-2600 ext. 121, or
Stanley.Elswick@noaa.gov, 301-713-2600 ext. 138.



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