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Sudan American Foundation for Education, Inc.414 N. Henderson Road, Suite 1205Arlington VA 22202 USAE-mail: lee.burchinal@verizon.comThis paper describes the development of the online Directory of Lithuanian Resources at Selected Libraries, Archives, and Museums in the United States. Eighty-six potential sources of information about scholarly and non-scholarly printed materials as well as archival collections, museum artifacts, and audio-visual materials were identified from references in publications, previous surveys, and information obtained from Web sites of organizations. Based on available information, draft descriptions of the holdings or collections were prepared for 84 organizations and sent to them for verification andcorrection. Revised records for the 82 sources constitute the content of the Directory. The 82 sources contain an extensive and wide variety of materials, including large collections of books, serials, newspapers, and other materials in Lithuanian; substantial university and public library collections of Lithuanian-related materials; hundreds of named archives related to individuals, families, and groups; special collections of Lithuanian coins, military-related items, folk art, and memorabilia; and oral histories and films based on the experiences of Lithuanian émigrés. ; Sudan American Foundation for Education, Inc.414 N. Henderson Road, Suite 1205Arlington VA 22202 USAE-mail: lee.burchinal@verizon.comStraipsnyje nagrinėjamas internetinio žinyno Directory of Lithuanian Resources at Selected Libraries, Archives, and Museums in the United States (Lituanikos šaltinių kai kuriose bibliotekose, archyvuose ir muziejuose žinynas; prieiga per: www.lithuanian-american.org) kūrimas. Iš įvairių leidinių, apžvalgų ir organizacijų tinklo svetainių buvo surinkta informacija apie 86 potencialius šaltinius – apie mokslinę ir nemokslinę spausdintą medžiagą, archyvų kolekcijas, muziejų eksponatus, vaizdo ir garso dokumentus. Du iš šių šaltinių buvo išbraukti iš sąrašo, nes archyvai buvo perkelti į naujas nežinomas vietas JAV. Likusios 84 organizacijos apibūdintos remiantis turima informacija ir jų kolekcijų aprašais. Apibūdinimai buvo persiųsti patikrinti ir pataisyti. Į šį prašymą atsiliepė 82 organizacijos (arba 98 proc.) ir medžiaga apie jas buvo įtraukta į žinyną. Šios organizacijos saugo daug įvairios medžiagos: didžiules knygų, tęstinių leidinių, laikraščių bei kitos medžiagos kolekcijas lietuvių kalba, reikšmingus universitetinių ir viešųjų bibliotekų fondus, susijusius su Lietuva, šimtus archyvinės medžiagos vienetų apie asmenis, šeimas ar grupes, specialias lietuviškų monetų, kariškų daiktų, liaudies meno kūrinių, suvenyrų kolekcijas, žodinių istorijų įrašus ir filmus apie lietuvių emigrantų likimus. Tarp šių 82 aprašų – dvi JAV bibliotekos, kurios netrukus bus perkeltos į Lietuvą.

Data from the 2nd Kinsey report & from other similar studies have indicated an inverse relationship between premarital coitus among women & their degree of religious participation. On the basis of these data & of the assumption that a function of religious institutions is to maintain the values deemed desirable or necessary for the efficient operation of societal systems, it is hypothesized that premaritally pregnant girls in comparison with other girls (1) have attended Sunday Sch less frequently up to age 14; (2) have had a smaller % of church members; & (3) have attended church less frequently just prior to their marriages. These hypo's were tested using a non-random sample of 52 Protestant married girls who were enrolled in or had withdrawn from HSch & a control group of 52 Protestant unmarried girls matched with the married girls as to grade in Sch, Sch attendance, farm or nonfarm socialization, & other relevant variables. Of the married group, 21 were premaritally pregnant. The sign test was used for paired comparisons of the married & control groups, & the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used for pregnant-nonpregnant comparisons of the religious participation variables involved in the hypo's. None of the comparisons revealed statistically signif diff's, & not all the diff's were in the hypothesized direction. For instance, 80% of the premaritally pregnant girls were church members as compared with 63.6% of the nonpremaritally pregnant. It is pointed out that weaknesses in the study may account for the lack of evidence that religious participation is positively & signif'ly related to premarital chastity. The study suggests an alternative hypo: that the degree of religious behavior of young Protestant girls is not related to their premarital sexual behavior. N. D. Glenn.