APPENDIX.

REPORTS OF HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, 1913.1

ARIZONA.

Arizona Pioneers Historical Society (Tucson)-President, E. N. Fish; secretary, John E. McGee. Refuses to make reports, except when called for by the State.

ARKANSAS.

Arkansas History Commission (Little Rock).-Secretary, Dallas F. Herndon. Funds: $10,000 appropriated by last legislature. Will have rooms in the new capitol building to be finished in 1914. Published four bulletins listing materials acquired during the year. Collections: Nearly all the writings of Arkansans; official reports of the State. Acquired: Three notable collections of papers of public men covering the first 50 years of Territorial and State history; a considerable collection of aboriginal remains. The members of the commission are appointed by the governor, except the chief justice and the presidents of the State university and the State normal school, who are members ex officio. The secretary, elected by the commission, is the executive officer.

CALIFORNIA.

Academy of Pacific Coast History (Berkeley).—Secretary, H. Morse Stephens; curator, Frederick J. Teggart. Funds: Income of $10,000. Publications: Volume III: 1. The Anza Expedition of 1775-1776; Diary of Pedro Font, edited by Frederick J. Teggart; 2. The Colorado River Campaign, 1781– 1782; Diary of Pedro Fages, edited by Herbert Ingram Priestley; 3. Diary of Nelson Kingsley, 1849-1851, edited by Frederick J. Teggart. Collections: Books, 60,000; MSS., 150,000. Has a representative permanently engaged in listing documents relating to the Pacific coast in the Archivo de Indias, Seville, and in directing the copying of documents. The collection is being catalogued for publication. Historical Society of Southern California (Los Angeles).-President, Dr. George F. Bovard; secretary, J. M. Guinn. Membership, 75; increase, 5. Income composed of entrance fees and dues. Has one wing of the Museum Building of History, Science, and Art, a fireproof building opened November 7, 1913. Publications: Annuals of 1912 and 1913, Volume IX, parts 1, 2. Collections: Books, 6,000; increase, 140; MSS., 200; increase, 25. Recent

1 In accordance with the usual custom, requests were sent to about 500 historical societies in the United States and Canada to furnish information designed to show the present status, activities, and progress of each during the year, under the general heads of membership, funds, equipment, collections, new enterprises, organization, and relations with State, county, or town. The returns made by the 91 societies responding to the request are here summarized, together with information about a few societies which came to the secretary's hands in other ways.

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acquisitions: MS. history of the hunters and trappers of California, by Col. J. J. Warner; photograph of a letter of Father Junipero Serra written in 1774. Museum objects: 2,000; increase, 500. The society celebrated its thirtieth anniversary November 1.

COLORADO.

State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado (Denver).-President, Edward B. Morgan; secretary, Charles R. Dudley. Membership, 100; increase, 3. The State is constructing a fine building for the society, to be completed in the summer of 1914.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Columbia Historical Society (Washington).—President, James Dudley Morgan; secretary, Mrs. Mary Stevens Beall. Membership, 222; increase, 10. Income from dues and the sale of publications. Has published Records, Volume XVI.

ILLINOIS.

Caxton Club (Chicago).—Secretary, Thomas W. Swan. Is publishing Ponteach, or The Savages of America, a tragedy by Robert Rogers. Chicago Historical Society (Chicago).-President, Clarence A. Burley; secretary, Seymour Morris; librarian, Caroline M. McIlvaine. Membership: 242 paying members; 113 corresponding members; increase, 23. Has published Annual Report. Masters of the Wilderness, by Charles B. Reed; Fort Dearborn Papers, Volume 1, is in press. Recent acquisitions: Mason Brayman Papers relating to the Civil War and the Illinois Central Railroad; Volk's life mask of the face and hands of Lincoln, bust of Lincoln, and statuette of Douglas. Has lectures for children on Saturdays and important anniversaries.

Woodford County Illinois Historical Society (Eureka).-President, L. J. Freese; secretary, Miss Amanda L. Jennings. Membership, 62; increase, 22. Funds: $100 appropriated by the county board. Collections: Books, 100; increase, 26; MSS., 20; increase, 4; museum objects, 20; increase, 4. The society is marking the graves of soldiers of the Revolution and the War of 1812, sites of extinct towns, and the site of the Lincoln and Douglas speeches at Metamora in 1858.

Swedish Historical Society of America (Evanston).-President, David Nyvall; secretary and librarian, C. G. Wallenius. Has published Yearbook. The society is raising a building fund by popular subscription.

Illinois State Historical Library (Springfield).—Chairman of trustees, Evarts B. Greene; librarian, Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber; editor of Collections, Clarence W. Alvord. Published George Rogers Clark Papers, 1778-1781, edited by J. A. James (Collections, Volume VIII). Collections: Books. 35,000; MSS., 2,500.

Illinois State Historical Society (Springfield).—President, Otto L. Schmidt; secretary, Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber. Membership, 1,400. Funds: Membership dues and $2,500 annually from the State; increase, $500. Publications: Transactions; and Journal, a quarterly magazine. The society is by law a department of the Illinois State Historical Library.

Whiteside County Historical Society (Sterling).-President, L. C. Thorne; secretary, W. W. Davis. Membership, 50. Collections: Books, 500; museum objects, 600.

Illinois Survey (Urbana).—Director, C. W. Alvord. Supported by funds from the graduate school of the University of Illinois. Has three rooms in Lincoln Hall. Its collections are part of the university library. Notable acquisitions: Transcripts of Eddy, Flagg, and Fell MSS.; Lewis MSS. relating mainly to land operations in Ohio; J. B. Turner MSS. The survey is gathering material and working toward the preparation of a centennial history of the State. It cooperates with the Illinois State Historical Library and the Illinois Centennial Commission.

INDIANA,

Indiana Historical Survey (Bloomington).—President, James Albert Woodburn; secretary, Logan Esarey. Supported by Indiana University, of which it is a part. Publications: State Banking in Indiana, 1814 to 1873; Internal Improvements in Indiana, 1816 to 1852; and Indiana Magazine of History, a quarterly. Collections: Books, 2,000; increase, 1,000; acquired libraries of ex-Gov. William Hendricks and Dr. Theophilus Wylie, and the Joseph Gilbert Collection. All collections belong to the library of the university. The survey is preparing a History of the Press of Indiana from 1804 to date; and a Documentary History of Elections in Indiana from 1800 to 1860.

Monroe County Historical Society (Bloomington).-President, Dr. Logan Esarey; secretary, Dr. Ernest V. Shockley. Membership 27; increase, 4. Small income from membership fees.

Indiana Historical Society (Indianapolis).—Secretary, J. P. Dunn. Published The Sultana Disaster and has several works in preparation.

Cass County Historical Society (Logansport).-President, J. Z. Powell; secretary, Charles H. Stuart. Membership, 150. Collections, 140 books.

IOWA.

Historical Society of Linn County (Cedar Rapids).-President, B. L. Wick; secretary, Luther A. Brewer. Membership, 75. Funds, $200. Collections: Books, 500; increase, 50.

Jefferson County Historical Association (Glendale).-President, Dr. L. L. James; secretary, Hiram Heaton. Membership, 25; increase, 2. Funds, $20. Collections: Books, 40; increase, 6; MSS., 50; museum objects, several hundred, with a large increase. Has brought Old Settlers Park Association into existence and extended the park of 11 acres to include a log house built in 1838. Is marking historical sites. The society is closely connected with the State Historical Society of Iowa. State Historical Society of Iowa (Iowa City).-President, Euclid Sanders; superintendent, B. F. Shambaugh; secretary, F. E. Horack. Membership, 600; increase, 100. Annual income from the State, $20,000; increase, $4,000. Publications: Iowa Journal of History and Politics (quarterly); Iowa Applied History, Volume I; Biography of James Harlan; and Legislation of the Thirty-fifth General Assembly of Iowa. Collections: Books, 41,000; increase, 1,000.

KANSAS.

Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka).-President, J. N. Harrison; secretary, George W. Martin. Membership, 426. Funds: $10,900 per year, appropriated by the legislature. New building just completed. Publications: Eighteenth Biennial Report, 1910-1912; Report of Secretary, Thirtyeighth Annual Meeting, October 21, 1913. Collections: Books, 84,782; increase, 2,643; pamphlets, 143,712; increase, 534.

MASSACHUSETTS.

Military Historical Society of Massachusetts (Boston).-President, Col. Thomas F. Livermore; secretary, William Ropes Trask. Membership, 200. Published papers relating to the Mexican and Civil Wars. Collections: Books, 4,000. Napoleonic collection recently acquired.

Old South Association (Boston).-President, Charles W. Eliot; secretary, George A. Goddard. Membership small, no increase; a close corporation. Old South Meeting House has been recently restored. Published Old South Leaflet of United States Constitution, with amendments to date. Cambridge Historical Society (Cambridge).-President, Richard Henry Dana; secretary, Albert Harrison Hall. Membership limited to 200. Publishes annual volume of Proceedings; VII (1912) and VIII (1913) are in press. Fitchburg Historical Society (Fitchburg).-President, Ezra S. Stearns; secretary, Ebeneezer Bailey. Membership, 189; increase, 96. No permanent funds. New building completed. Collections: Books, 3,162; increase, 462; MSS., 791; increase, 9; museum objects, 265; increase, 87. Haverhill Historical Society (Haverhill).-President, E. G. Frothingham; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Mabel D. Mason. Membership, 300. Has an old colonial mansion with large fireproof room for collections. First frame house in Haverhill restored to ancient condition. Collections: Books, 125; increase, 5; MSS., 25; museum objects, 1,500; increase, 100. Lynn Historical Society (Lynn).-President, C. H. Woodbury; secretary, William E. Dorman. Membership, 765. Collections: Books, 2,500. Marblehead Historical Society (Marblehead).-President, William D. T. Trefry; secretary, Richard Tutt. Membership, 440. Published: Ye Colonial Days Celebration and The Lee Mansion (pamphlets). Collections: Books, 90; MSS., large number; museum objects, 3,300. The society is compiling the names of all Marblehead men who served in the Revolution. Mendon Historical Society (Mendon).-President, Henry A. Whitney; secretary, Mrs. Mabel A. Holbrook. Membership, 200; increase, 10. Funds, $300. Has published The Thompson Family (pamphlet). The society is marking historic sites in the Revolution and the graves of Revolutionary soldiers. Berkshire Historical and Scientific Society (Pittsfield).-President, Joseph Pierson; secretary, Harlan H. Ballard. Membership, 100. Published Historical Collections, Volume III, No. 4. The society is an adjunct of the Berkshire Athenæum and Museum, and maintains no separate collection. Roxbury Historical Society (Roxbury).-President, Oliver D. Greene; secretary, Walter R. Meins. Membership, 289; decrease, 5. Invested funds, $3,339.73. Collections: Books, 182; increase, 11. The society is marking historic sites.

The Essex Institute (Salem).-President, Gen. Francis Henry Appleton; secretary, George Francis Dow. Membership, 587; decrease, 27. Funds: Endowment, $202,589.14; land and buildings, $126,717.19. Published collections, Volume XLVIII; Vital Records of Dunstable, Tyngsborogh; Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Volume II. Collections: Books, increase 2,823 volumes and 8,314 pamphlets; MSS., acquired 59 log books and sea journals; museum objects, acquired 21, many notable. The society is building a five-story fireproof building for MSS., rare books, etc.

Sharon Historical Society (Sharon).-President, Almon J. Dyer; secretary, John G. Phillips, Membership, 100.

Medway Historical Society (West Medway).-President, Herbert N. Dixon; secretary, Orion T. Mason. Membership, 100; increase, 30. The Old Parish House has been donated. Published Medway Pageant, 1713-1913. The society is planning to mark the burial grounds of the first settlers of Holliston, Sherburn, and Medway, aided by the Holliston and Sherburn historical societies.

American Antiquarian Society (Worcester).-President, Waldo Lincoln; librarian, Clarence S. Brigham. Membership, 175 active; 32 foreign. Funds: Invested, $308,000; gifts, $6,500 for the year. Published Proceedings for October, 1912 (centennial issue) and April, 1913. Collections: Books, increase 2,719 volumes, 1,941 pamphlets; many long files of American newspapers, especially southern, acquired. Museum objects; collection of American views on Staffordshire pottery acquired. Check list and bibliography of American newspapers to the year 1820 to be published.

MICHIGAN.

Historial Society of Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids).-President, Roger W. Butterfield; secretary, Samuel H. Ranck.

Michigan Historical Commission (Lansing).-President, Clarence M. Burton; secretary, George Newman Fuller. Membership fixed at seven, inclusive of the governor ex officio. Funds, $5,000 per annum from the State. Museum and office in the capitol. Published Bulletins 1 and 2. The commission is a regular department of the State and was organized May 28, 1913, by authorization of an act of the legislature. Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society (Lansing).-President, Clarence M. Burton; secretary, George Newman Fuller. Membership, 600; increase, 13. All property turned over to the commission which will publish the Proceedings of the society.

MINNESOTA.

Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul).—President, William H. Lightner; secretary, Warren Upham. Membership, 422. Funds, $20,000 annually from the State. Published Collections Volume XVI, part 1, The Weathering of Aboriginal Stone Artifacts, by N. H. Winchell; Volume XV is in press. Collections: Books, 108,975; increase, 3,611; Minnesota newspapers, 9,641 volumes; MSS., 6,500; acquired six letter books of ex-Gov. Ramsey (1849-1863). Museum objects, 27,000. $500,000 has been appropriated for a building for the society, the State Supreme Court, and the State Law Library, which will be completed in three years.

MISSISSIPPI.

Mississippi Historical Society (University).—President, Alfred H. Stone; secretary, Franklin L. Riley. Membership, 200. Income consists of $1,200 from the State and $650 from fees and the sale of publications. Published Volumes XIII and XIV of Publications. Collections: 3,500 books; increase, 500.

MISSOURI.

State Historical Society of Missouri (Columbia).-President, William Southern, jr.; secretary, F. A. Sampson. Funds, $12,300 for present biennial period given by legislature. Publishes Missouri Historical Review (quarterly). Helped mark Boone's Lick Road through Missouri. The contract for a $200,000 building for the society and the library of the university will be let in January, 1914.