SECRETARIES: †HERBERT BAXTER ADAMS, Ph. D., LL. D., 1884-1899. A. HOWARD CLARK, A. M., 1889-1908. CHARLES HOMER HASKINS, PH. D., 1900— TREASURER: CLARENCE WINTHROP BOWEN, PH. D., 1884 CURATOR: A. HOWARD CLARK, A. M., 1889 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL: WILLIAM BABCOCK WEEDEN, A. M., 1884-1886. +CHARLES DEANE, LL. D., 1884-1887. +MOSES COIT TYLER, L. H. D., LL. D., 1884-1885. EPHRAIM EMERTON, PH. D., 1884-1885. FRANKLIN BOWDITCH DEXTER, A. M., 1885-1887. †RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES, LL. D., 1887-1888. †GEORGE BROWN GOODE, LL. D., 1889-1896. JOHN GEORGE BOURINOT, C. M. G., D. C. L., LL. D., 1889-1894. JOHN BACH MCMASTER, LITT. D., LL. D., 1891-1894. GEORGE BURTON ADAMS, PH. D., LITT. D., 1891-1897; 1898-1901. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, A. B., LL. D., 1894-1895. †JABEZ LAMAR MONROE CURRY, LL. D., 1894-1895. HENRY MORSE STEPHENS, A. M., 1895-1899. FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER, PH. D., 1895-1899; 1901-1904. EDWARD MINER GALLAUDET, PH. D., LL. D., 1896-1897. †MELVILLE WESTON FULLER, LL. D., 1897-1900. ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, PH. D., 1897-1900. ANDREW C. MCLAUGHLIN, LL. B., 1898-1901; 1903–1906. †PETER WHITE, A. M., 1899-1902. J. FRANKLIN JAMESON, PH. D., LL. D., 1900-1903. A. LAWRENCE LOWELL, LL. B., 1900-1903. HERBERT PUTNAM, LITT. D., LL. D., 1901-1904. EDWARD P. CHEYNEY, A. M., 1902–1905. COMMITTEES-1910. Committee on Program for the Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting.-Prof. Evarts B. Greene, Urbana, Ill., chairman; Wilbur C. Abbott, Archibald C. Coolidge, Earle W. Dow, William L. Westermann, James A. Woodburn. Local Committee of Arrangements for that Meeting.-Calvin N. Kendall, Esq., Indianapolis, Ind., chairman; Christopher B. Coleman, Jacob P. Dunn, Evarts B. Greene, T. C. Howe, Meredith Nicholson, Charles R. Williams. Editors of the American Historical Review.-Prof. George B. Adams, Yale University, chairman; George L. Burr, J. Franklin Jameson, Andrew C. McLaughlin, William M. Sloane, Frederick J. Turner. Historical Manuscripts Commission.—Worthington C. Ford, Esq., Massachusetts Historical Society, chairman; Herbert D. Foster, Gaillard Hunt, Thomas M. Owen, Ulrich B. Phillips, Frederick G. Young. Committee on the Justin Winsor Prize.-Prof. Charles H. Hull, Cornell University, chairman; Carl Becker, Francis A. Christie, John H. Latané, Claude H. Van Tyne. Public Archives Commission.-Prof. Herman V. Ames, University of Pennsylvania, chairman; Charles M. Andrews, Clarence S. Brigham, Robert D. W. Connor, Carl R. Fish, Victor H. Paltsits, Dunbar Rowland. Committee on Bibliography.-Prof. Ernest C. Richardson, Princeton University, chairman; Appleton P. C. Griffin, W. Dawson Johnston, Wilbur H. Siebert, George P. Winship. Committee on Publications.-Prof. William A. Dunning, Columbia University, chairman; and (ex officio) Herman V. Ames, George L. Burr, Worthington C. Ford, Charles H. Haskins, Charles H. Hull, J. Franklin Jameson, Waldo G. Leland, Ernest C. Richardson. Committee on the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize.-Prof. George L. Burr, Cornell University, chairman; Guy S. Ford, Edwin F. Gay, James W. Thompson, John M. Vincent. General Committee.-Prof. St. George L. Sioussat, University of the South, chairman; Jacob N. Bowman (ex officio), Walter L. Fleming, Waldo G. Leland (ex officio), Albert C. Myers, Frederic L. Paxson, Miss Lucy M. Salmon. Committee on History in Secondary Schools.-Prof. Andrew C. McLaughlin, University of Chicago, chairman; Charles H. Haskins, James H. Robinson, James Sullivan. Committee on a Bibliography of Modern English History.-Prof. Edward P. Cheyney, University of Pennsylvania, chairman; Arthur L. Cross, Roger B. Merriman, Ernest C. Richardson, Williston Walker. Conference of State and Local Historical Societies.-Clarence M. Burton, Esq., Detroit, Mich., chairman; Waldo G. Leland, secretary. Committee to Report on Historical Sites and Monuments.-President Edwin E. Sparks, Pennsylvania State College, chairman; Henry E. Bourne, Edmond S. Meany, Frank H. Severance, Reuben G. Thwaites. 73885°-11 -2 17 ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES. Organization.-The American Historical Association was organized at Saratoga, N. Y., on September 10, 1884, with an enrollment of 40 members. In 1889 the association was incorporated by act of Congress, its principal office was fixed at Washington, and it was required to make an annual report to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The object of the association is the "promotion of historical studies," and the activities of the association have steadily increased in number and widened in scope. Membership.-Any person approved by the executive council may become a member of the American Historical Association by paying $3, the amount of the annual dues. On payment of $50 any person may become a life member, exempt from dues. Any member may nominate for membership such persons as he or she believes to be properly qualified, but their willingness to accept election should in all cases be ascertained before presenting their names. Nominations should be made to the secretary, who will furnish blanks upon request. Persons desiring to join the association may make application to the secretary to have their names presented to the council. Dues.-There is no entrance fee. The annual dues are $3, payable on September 1 for the ensuing fiscal year. The publications of the association are not sent to members whose dues remain unpaid after December 1. Pacific coast branch.-The Pacific coast branch was established in 1903 as an integral part of the American Historical Association. Those members of the association who reside west of the Rocky Mountains may be members of the Pacific coast branch, and all members of the Pacific coast branch are members of the association. The members of the Pacific coast branch pay their annual dues to the treasurer of the association and receive all publications that are distributed. The Pacific coast branch has its own officers and committees and holds its own annual meetings. The proceedings of these meetings, and certain papers presented at them, are published in the annual reports of the association. A delegate is sent to attend the annual meetings of the association. Publications.-The annual report of the American Historical Association is published by authority of Congress, and contains the proceedings and program of the annual meeting, the proceedings of the Pacific coast branch, such papers read at the meetings as are selected for inclusion by the committee on publications, together with other material, such as documents, bibliographies, reports of commissions, etc. The Papers of the American Historical Association, its earliest publications, are contained in five volumes, which were issued from 1886 to 1891 and then discontinued. These contain the reports of the first seven annual meetings (1884-1890), abstracts and texts of papers read at the meetings, lists of members, and a certain number of monographs. . The American Historical Review is, by special arrangement with the board of editors, sent to all members in good standing. It is published quarterly, on the 1st of October, January, April, and July, each number being made up of articles, documents, book reviews, and notes and news, and containing 200 or more pages. Volume I begins with the number for October, 1895. The Handbook, containing the lists of officers and committees, with the names and addresses of members, is published in the spring of each odd year by the office of the secretary and distributed to all members. The series of Prize Essays of the American Historical Association is composed of those monographs for which the Justin Winsor and Herbert Baxter Adams prizes are alternately awarded. Each monograph constitutes one volume of the series and is supplied to members, upon subscriptions sent to the treasurer, for $1. Writings on American History, an annual bibliography having 3,000 to 4,000 entries, is supported, in part, by a subsidy from the American Historical Association. The issues covering the years 1906, 1907, and 1908 are published by the Macmillian Company; those covering subsequent years are incorporated in the annual reports of the association. Original Narratives of Early American History is the title of a series of reprints, edited under the auspices of the American Historical Association, and designed to provide a comprehensive and well-rounded collection of those narratives which hold the most important place as sources of American history anterior to 1700. The series is published by Charles Scribner's Sons. The Study of History in Secondary Schools, being the report of the committee of seven of the American Historical Association, was published by the Macmillan Company in 1899. A committee of five has been engaged in a revision of this report, and this has been published by the same publishers in 1911. The Study of History in Elementary Schools, being the report of the committee of eight of the American Historical Association, was published in 1909 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Acts of the Privy Council of England, Colonial Series, of which the first three volumes have been published, will be complete to 1783 in six volumes (London, Wyman and Sons). The series is edited by W. L. Grant and James Munro, the expense of transcribing and editing being met by international cooperation. The American Historical Association is one of the financial supporters of this important work. The Papers of the American Society of Church History were published in eight volumes from 1889 to 1897, and were discontinued upon the union of that society with the American Historical Association. Annual meetings.-Annual meetings have thus far been held in Boston, Providence, New Haven, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, New Orleans, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Chicago, and Madison. The meeting of 1911 is to be in Buffalo. The meetings are held during a period of three or four days within the dates of December 27-31. The program is made up of formal sessions with set papers and of more informal round-table conferences, of the annual business meeting, and of various social features. The public is cordially invited to all sessions and conferences. Preliminary editions of the program, with detailed information respecting railroad rates, hotel accommodations, etc., are sent to all members some weeks in advance of the meetings. Conference of historical societies.—In connection with the annual meetings there is held each year a conference of representatives of the various State and local historical societies, for the discussion of matters of interest to such organizations, and the planning of cooperative activities. The reports of the conference are printed in the annual report of the association. All historical societies are urged to send representatives, whether members of the association or not, to this conference. Conference of archivists.-A conference of archivists is also held, attended by representatives of national and state archives. Topics relating to European |