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LETTER OF SUBMITTAL
t " 1 Sl\fITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, D.O., December 16, 192~. To the Oongress of the United States: In accordance with the act of incorporation of the American Historical Association approved January 4, 1889, I have the honor to submit to Congress the annual report of the association for the year 1922. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHARLES D. 1VALCO'lT, Secretary. S
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ACT OF INCORPORATION
~. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Arnerica in Oongress assembled, That Andrew D. White, of Ithaca, in the State of N ew York; George Bancroft, of Washington, in the District of Columbia; Justin Winsor, of Cam bridge, in the State of Massachusetts; William F. Poole, of Chicago, in the State of Illinois; Herbert B. Adams, of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland; Clarence 1-V. Bowen, of Brooklyn, in the .State of New York, their associates and successors, are hereby created, in the District of Columbia, a body corporate and politic by the name of the American Historical Association, for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical manuscripts, and for kindred purposes in the interest of American history and of his tory in America. Said association is authorized to hold real and personal estate in the District of Columbia so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends to an amount not exceeding $500,000, to adopt a constitution, and make by-laws not inconsistent with law. Said association shall have its principal office at Washington, in the District of Columbia, and may hold its annual meetings in such places as the said incorporators shall determine. Said association ,shall report annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings and the condition of historical study in America. Said secretary shall communicate to Congress the whole of such report, or such portions thereof as he shall see fit. The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are authorized to permit said associa tion to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other material for history in the Smithsonian Institution or in the National Museum, at their discretion, upon such conditions and under such rules as they shall prescribe. [Approved, January 4, 1889.] 6
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CONTENTS
Page ,,' I. Proceedings of the thirty-seventh annual meeting of the Ameri- can Historical' AssociatioD-______-' ______33 II. Proceedings of the eighteenth annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association_c._~_~2. ___ :..___ 99 III. Nineteenth report of the PUbUc:richives Oomlmssion, 19t8-1922_ 113 Ninth conference of archivlsts ______'-______,_--'______120 ~enth coriference of archiYists ______~ __ ~______163 Digest of,legislation relating to archives, 1918-192L______172 Some archival publications, 1918-1922:: ______~.:_~ ___ ..:__' 185 IV. Proceedings of the eighteenth' annual conference of :tiistorical, societies______~ ______'______'_'_ ____ ~ ______~ ___ ~; 187 V. Proceedings of the meetirtg of patriotic societies of ConnecticuL_ 207 VI. Proceedings of the International Congress of American History_ 233 VII. Resources of American Ubrilries______243 General college course in American history______246 VIII. Some aspects of our foreign policy, by Hon. Charles Evans Hughes______'-__ -'.;..;;.-' ______.: ______249 IX. ~he . British Commonwealth of Nations: Features of external relations (sunimary), by TheRt: Hon.. Sir Robert Borden, G. C. M. G __ '-'_.c ____ '_ ___ ~_'__..: ______;_·-'------271 X. Ancient history-A '_'______'_ ____ .., ______~_,------275 Historical: and archillological' opporfunities in the Near East (abstract), by W. H. Buckier_:::.:_-::.~ ______7- 277 ~he three Flavian Clllsars(abstract)O'by R. V. D. 'lI;IugoffuL .28Q , ,,.- ~ ,History and chronology in ancient middle Ame*tca'(il'b-'; stract), by Sylvanus Griswold Morley_:. __ .: ____ ~.::. ______281 . XI. Ancient history-B ______:. ______------:..------283 The Wisconsin papyri (abstract), by A. G. taird~ ______285 .An evaluation of the Greek papyri as historIcal material • (abstract), by W. L. WesferI1lann __ ... ~:. __:------C'>:-;:-~·.:'.:~ 286 ~he Grapheion of ~ertnnis and Kerkesouchon Oros (ab- stract), by A. E. R. BoalL ______'.:..: __ ..: ______~ ______288 ~he libell1 of the Decian Persecution reexamined (ab- stract), by ;r. R. Knipfing______' .. 289 § A recent addition to the Princeton collection and notes on ~ a dialysis of the fifth century, A. D. (abstract), by H. if B. Dewing ______t 289 1 XII. The problems of the Far EasL ______291 ~he present outlook for Chinese historical studies (ab- stract), by Kia-Luen Lo ______2\13 I ~he evolution of the fief in Japan (abstract), by K. I . . ( Asakawa ______.______294 Early American policy in Korea (abstract), by Tyler De~- nett______~ ______295 • I 9 L_ 10 CONTENTS
PallO XIII. Hispanic-American history ______2J7 Two types of courses in American history (abstract), by , ' Herbert E. Bolton ______299 The frontier in Hispanic-American history (abstract), by Victor A. Belannde-__ - ___ --_------300 German colonization iIi' southern': ChUe (abstract), by Clar- ence H. Haring______~-~-~------301 The recognition of the Diaz Government by the United Sta4;es (abstJ;nct) ,byOl~arles 'W. Hackett ______303 The geographical activities of,J;4e Casa deContratacion (ab- stract) t by E. L. Steven,son.: __-~_"_'______:.. ___ _'_ ___ '" __ ..: __ 305 XIV. British impe;c~al histoJ;y .c_~.:..... ___...,_ .. -~-'..,~~--"'-_-,i._...... ___ "'_.:... ___ _ 307 How ,the diflI,culties ot~,outh ,African Union were overcome, , (abstract) ,by B~~il, Willi~-,.,-_-" ..... _...;~ ______309 Early British radicalism: Ilnq, the Britttmic q]lestion (ab , Btr~ct). bY, Rob,e,rtI,4'lv¥l@tQI}. ~h,uYler--'----~.,--L----- 310 XV. The recXuitiIig of ~e,~ritish AI:~y,i,n,the ~erican,aevolution, :", ,l;ly;EdW;aJ;!1"E."qurtis='"'"'."..,--+..,.,-~'"...,-. __.. Lc.._;" __~·;:'"L.;. __' ______3U ,:XVI. American history______.., ______~~ __' _ _'~ ____ _ 323 Oppor1;un1ties for research in, the.eighttJenth century (ab- stract), by James Truslow Adams..,. ___ ~"_ ____. ______--- 325 isaiah Thoma's, printer and publisher (abstract), .byCharles L. Nichols.,. ______. ______,-,..------...,.."..-.;.------326 Some newer ,aspects of the Negro Problem ,.(abstract), by Hol1andThompson~ ___ ~ ______,.,_-_.,,----''''-'------327 Southern proj~cts .of a ,raiiroaq t~ the Pacific coast, 1845-' :j.85~ (abstract) ,by, §t.. George L. Siol'!ssat. __ ...:-'->_·__ .;._·~____ 329 The Farmers Alliauce iu North Carolina (abstract), by John D: Hicks ______~ ___ ~ ______' ___' __ ;.._..: __ .;. ____ .;. __ ,: 331 ,~~JIIe ,~alfent cp!u;acte:r~tiqs, :ot frontierreUgion (abstract), by William W. SweeL__ 7.,.-""---;-;--~-----'--_.;.....,:".L------_ 333 ·~II.The genesis-of the office of,Secretary of ,state, by Gll:Uhtr-d HnnL_ 335 XVIII .. ~gai 'WstOFY - __ ;-;',,~-~"'-C'T'_;~_:'''j----,~----.l.''--~-'--_:'''-~-~------345 What legal history lPf~ to the :J,awyer ,(abstract), by Edward Grant Buckland ______-:-'''-__ -'''''-'--'__ r ___ '-' ___ ' 347 Wha:1 1,e~ai hi~torr ~eB.ns tp the, historiru;t (abstract), by , . " . Cpar~e8 IIowar:4M~}1'Ylj.W'-r------~-~--:---'---'-.------350 XIX. Agi'icultU:i:al history: Tlle, ~])ap.do~ed, farms Of, New,;England (ab straqt), b;V A. O. Craven_..,---l"_--.;.'--.,--_--__ .;.:-_-----~'------351 Index~ ___ ~ __ .: __ ..:~ ______~.,~ ______~ ____ :_------_ 355
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i ..' The ,nil.1neot tlils soCIety' Slialtb~ TM .A:mei'ieari: mstdrt~itl' Assoeiafion., _' II Its object shall be the promotion of historical studies. Hr, Any,p~son appro~~d by tlIeexec~tive council maY'become am~b~r, by pay. Illg $5, and after the first yeurmaycontinue a member by pay.hig 'W:t annual fee of ;$5. OnpaYm'ent of $100 any'pel'son#l;aY.beco~ Ii life I;Ilember,exemRt fro1p fee~., Persons :(lot resident in the Upltfld, ~t!ite~ mat be elected as honor~FY or cOl:refjIlonding members all;d be e;+empttr0fU the. payme~t of fees.; , IV " ",1]1e officers sl;lall be a pre&ident"tW,o vice pre!rldents" a secretary, Ii. trE!f!.snrer. ~ ~,ssi~tant Secre,tllry tr.easnrer. illlllJln ,editor. , ',., . " ,The president, vice pres,idWltsj secretaI1Y~ .anci, treasurer sha}J,. be ele,::tElji by ballot at eachreiuIar annual meeting I,n the; manne;r provided il} tlle ,Py-la wa. The assistant sec;retary treasurer and the, edj.to:t;el1all be elected by: the, execu· tiveco,uncil. TheY shall perform suchdutles and il"eceive Sllchcompensation as the council may deter¢ne. ,v There shall be an executive councll, CCIl]stituted as follows': 1. The president, the vice presidents, the~ecretary, and the treasurer: 2. Elected members, eight in number, to be chosen annually in the same man ner as the officers of the association. " 3.. The f()rmer IJrEiSiderits; but Ii' forme!" pre1iident shall be entitled to voteror thetfit'ee )year~ 'sncdieding th.n;!xplratlon'of'Jiis term 'as: lJresldent,imdn'6 longer. . ,~~ ,/ ':;.. ~.' ,.' i: ,t~. :" , -; ; VJIl JI'he"executiveeoUhcil ail!tIl; conduct' tliiFlinsfllesfW:fnlthlige the property; 'and care 'for the'genetlil intereElta df,the-assoCIatIon,' In ilie exei'eis'e of ltsproper functions,. the council may appoint· such' 'C'omniittees; . commisSions, llndbbarda 4 as it may deem necessary. The council shall make a full report 'of its activities to ·the amnlal,meeting of'tlieLaEiso'Ciation., 'Theassoci!itloti may by yoteat:B'ny arinual'meetiilginstruct'the executive co1illcH f 1; ,/ The,officersprovided for by the COD!?titution shall. have the dpties ,~d per form the functions customarily attached to their respective offices with such others as may from time to time be prescribed. II "I_} - A nomination committee of five me:Oibers shall be chosen at each annual business m~ting in the manner hereafter provided for the election of offic~rs of th~,jassoclat1oI1.At such cohvefrleh.t time prior to the 15th ofS~ptember, as it1:iiaydefurDrlne, it shalllli'vite every member to express to itl:tis prefereftce regardilig' every office to befillecl by' election at' the ensum'gannual' bushless meeting lind'regarding the composition of the new honiinatiiigcommitte'e then to be chosen. It shaH publlsh"and mail to each member at least tine month prior to the annual business meeting such nominations as it may deter mine upon for each elective office and for the next nominating committee. It \ shall prepare for use at the annual business meeting an official ballot' con taining, as candidates for each office orcominftteenieiribership to b~ filled thereat; the ·rianies of its nominees and also the Iia.mesot lUiy other nominees f which lliRytie proposed to the chairman Of the committee in'writing by 20 or [, more members of the association at least one day befqre the ainiual business meeting, but such'nominationivby petition: shall not be presented until after I ! the committee shall have reported its nominations to· the association, as pro~ vided for in the present by-law. The official ballot shall also provide under I each office a blank space for voting for such further nominees as; any member j may present from tIie floor at,the time of the election. . . III The annual election ofpfficersand tl:).e choice.of a nominating committee for Ir I' the ~;ui~g ye~;shall be,eonquctedby th~ Me of an 9fficial.ballot,prepar~d -' 1, ,~ > ." I. _,' , "_ M. _ , " ' - •• ' ._, r i as described in By-law II. ( IV ,Th~' association a~thorizes the;·payment o( traveling expenses·incurred!by the voting members of the council attending one meeting of that body· a year, .... thi~ meeting to be other than that held in connection with the annual meeting of the association. L The counciL may provide for. the payment, of expenses incurred by the s!!,cre-: tRry, the assistant secretary treasnrer" and ,the editor; ~ such travel as mayb~ necessary to the transaction of the association's business. . ,>, 12 L ',; ,! t, " AMERICAN HISTORICAL 'ASSOCIATION Organized at Sar.atoga"N.,Y., / OFFICERS' ,ELECTED 'DECEMBER Z8; 1922 ,PliEl'lIDENT: EDWARD P. CHEYNEY, A. M., LL. D., Univer8it1{ of Pennsywa1lia. J , VICE PBE!llDENTB: • WOODROW WILSON, LL. D., LITT. D., Washf,ngton, D. U. ' CHARLES M. ANDREWS, A. M" PH. D., L. H. D., ." ',. yaleUniversitiJ. SEalETARY: JOHN SPENCER BASSETT, PH D .• Smit1~; Oollege , " , TREASURER: CHARLES MOORE, PH. D., Library of Oongre88 EXE JA..MES FORP'RH()DES, LL. D., D. LITT., B08ton, Ma88. JOHN BACBM6iusTER, A: M., PH. D" LITT. D., LL. D., dniv~r~ity ofPenn8ylvania r •~ • J '_'," r"', r ;-' ;:' ,- C i .- " SIMEON:.E. '~q.LD.WIN; LL~ D.; New HaVel}, 'Oonn. JOHN FRANKLIN iAMlllSO'N, PH. D., Lt. b., LITT. D., .... Oarnegie In8titution of Washington GEORGE BURTON ADAMS, PH. D:, LITT. D., Yale Univer8itY. *"r ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, PH. p., LL. D., LITT, D., Harvard University FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER, PH. D., LL. D. LITT. D., Harvard Univer8Uv 18 " 14 AME)RICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION WILLIAM: MILLIGAN SLOANE, PH. D., L. H. D., LL. D., Oolumbia Univer8ity ANDltEV q ~oJ..APG~),~!cA;, ;M" LL,. If· l;.L.,p., University vi (JhU1UYD ' ' ' , GEORGE LINOOLN BURR"Lt. i>.j'LI'l"l'. D.~ Ob7'nenUnwersity WORTHINGTON-C. 'FORD, A. M., / e ,AI~8GPlm8~tt,8 'H#torica~, fiQcf,ei1J ';. WILLIAM ROSCOE THAYER, I.L. D., LITT. D., L. H. D. • 1 I' ,;, !XU'IWridUfJ" EDW..liiJ) CHANNING, PH. D., H~(j" U(ll.t"per8ijy : ; ',' , • ': , ,! .'" ~ , / . i t' : ! ~ ,r " , i r. , • . :;,. i' CHARLES. H. HA~KINS, PH. D., Harvard Universit1l i \ [ (Elected, Coimcli<,rs) ARTHuR. i: CROSS, PH. D., Univerait1{ ,otJfichiuan 'SIriNEY·~ ... lrAY, FH.n.,' "iJinit'1~ Ooliege CAR,L lthSSEIiL l1'r'SH, PH. D., r I', : 'tinimtfrllityof -Wi8c~iUiin' " • f CARLTON J. H. H.AYES, PH. D., , 'OoiUmbUz,' Uiii~er8{iy " ( " ,r , , • ,t", i.. ',I +-.-'1>\ ,,, ,\ . F.ItEl?E~IC L, 1'Mf39N, Pl'!. D., ., .' 'Uni7derSitil 01 Wi8coi~8'in,' : \ ,-' , \ ,: . ~ ", '" \ .' ;" ; •, ST. GEOItGE. L. SIOUSSAT, PH. D., ( . i: uhive;siiy' hjJpenmi!i.{;i1ftiU "i , .. \ Ej:ENRY P. J,HGGAR,. B.A.. B. Ln'T. (OXON.), t . Thf! Public ArchiiJ~i of' Caiiaila • ' .', . ~', "l .. , " .. ,' ,',' ~.!.: . ~YW·W~L4IAMS" 1?,If. D., '- .' Gouchef-Oonege ',<, . I, ...., ,. "" , t .t. . ~ ;: I.), f , \ • ;> '~ 1 I' U . ( ~. J , ( 't," t ~ t t ~ i .,' / PACIFIC COAST BRANCH OFFICERS ELECTED DECEMBER 2. 1931 PRESIDENT: EUGENEl 1. McCORMAC, PH. D., University of Galifornia VICE PRESIDENT: ROBERT J. CLELAND, PH. D., OcoidentaZ Go liege SECRETARY-TREASURER : RALPH H. LUTZ, LL. B., A. M., PH. D., Stanford University EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: (In addition to the above-named officers) CARDINAL L. GOODWIN, A. M., PH. D., Mills Go liege WALDEMAR WESTERG.A..A.RD, A. B., L. M., PH. D., Pomona Gollege WALTER C. BARNElS, B. A., University of Oregon EFFIE 1. H.A. WKINS, State Teacher8' Gollege, San Jose, Galit. 15 ... • /«, " " " 'fERMS OF OFFICE. (Deceased officers. are marked thus: t) Ex-I'M S IDENTS tANDItEW JACKSON WRITE, L. H. D., LL. D., D. C. r.. .• 1884-18815. tGEORGE BANCROFT, LL. D.; 1885-1886. tJUSTIN WINSOR, LL. D., 188~1887. . tWILLIAM FREDERICK POOLE, LL. D., 1887-1888. tCHARLES KENDALL ADAMS, LL. D., 1888-1.889. tJOHN JAY, LL. D., 1889-1890. . ' tWILLIAM WlRT HENRY, LL. D., ,1890-189.1 •. tJAMES BURRILL ANGELL. LL. D., 1891-1898. tHENRY ADAMS, LL. D" 1893-1894, . tGEORGE FRISBIE HOAR, LL. D., 1895. tRICHARD SALTER STORRS, D. D."LL. D., 1896. tJAMES SCHOULER, LL. D., 1897: ' tGEORGE PARK FISHER, D. D., LL. D., 1808. JAMES FORD RHODES, LL. D., D. LITT., 1899. tEDWARD EGGLESTON, L.R. 'D:, 1000. ' tCHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, LL. D., 1901. tALFRED THAYER MAHAN, D. C, L., LL. D., 1902. tHENRY CHARLES LEA, LL. D., 1903. tGOLDWIN SMITH, D. C. L., LL. D:, 1004. JOHN BACH McMASTER, PH. D., LITT. D.,LL. D., 19011. SIMEON E. BALDWIN, LL. D., 1906. ' J. FRANKLIN JAMESON, PH. D., LL. D., LITT. D., 1907. GEORGE BURTON ADAMS, P~, p., LITT. D., U108. , , ' ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, PH. D., LL. D., LITT. D., 1909. FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER, PH. D., LL. D., LITr. ri., 11110. WILLIAM MILLIGAN SLOANE, PH. D., L. H. D., LL. D., 1911. tTHEODORE ROOSEVELT, LL. D., D. C. L., 1912. tWILLIAM ARCHIBALD DUNNING, PH. D., LL. D~, 1918; ANDREW C. McLAUGHLIN, A. M., LL. B., LL. D.,1914. tHo MORSE STEPHENS, M. A., LITT: D., 1911i. ',' GEORGE LINCOLN BURR, LL. D., LITT. D., 1910. WORTHINGTON C. FORD, A. M., 1917. ' WILLIAM ROSCOE THAYER, LL. D.,LI~-r. D., L. H. D., 1918-1919. EDWARD CHANNING, PH. D., 1920. . JEAN JULES JUSSERAND, F. B. A., 1921. CHARLES H. HASKINS, Pn: D.; 1922..', EX-VICII'PaESIDIIINTS' tJUSTIN WINSOR, LL. D., 1884-1886., tCHARLES KENDALL ADAMS, LL•• D., 1884-1888. tWILLIAM FREDERICK POOLE, LL. D ... 188~1881. <, ~. tJOHN JAY, LL. D., 1887-1889. ' .~ tWILLIAM WlRT H;~NRY, LL. D., 1888-1890. tUMES BURRILL ANGELL, LL.• D., 1889-18!11. tH]]NRY ADAMS, U!. p" 1800..,:1893., ", ;-) tEDWARD GAY MASON,A. M., B91~1894., :. 1> tGEORGE FRISBIE HOAR, LL. D., .1894., '" ' ., tRICHARD SALTER STORRS, D. n:,LL. Ii., 1895." ' , tJAMES ,SC,ElOULER, LL,.D.,,1895;.1f\90:. ':, :,'" .:' \ ~ \, tGEORGE l'ARK FISHER, ,0, D;,' 4. D., '1800, 1897. JAMES FORD RHODES, x::r,: n;, D •. r..i~.,~89:r.1~98., tEDWARD EGGLES'rON, L. H .. D., 18PS"l80\!. . , tMOSES COlT TYLER, L, H~ri., ,Lt. 'p"'c189l!, '1900. tCHARLES FRANCIS AD~S"LL. p:,t~bo.~· .,' ,. .. 47994°-26-2 17'C: -'- ~ 4;0, .. .,' 18 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION tHERBER.T BAXTER ADAMS. PH. D .. LL. D., 1901. tALFRED THAYER MAHAN, D.C. L., LL. D., 1901. tHENRY CHARLES LEA, LL. D., 1902. . tGOLDWIN SMITH, D. C. L., LL. D., 1!l02, 1903. tEDWARD McCRADY, LL. D.,J903" ",. ..' JOHN BACH McMASTER, PH;! Di, 'LiTT. D., Ln. D;, i904. SIMEON E. BALDWIN, LL. D., 1904, 1905. J. FRANKLIN JAMESON,PH. D. I,L.D.,'LITl'. D., 1905, '1!l06. GEORGE BURTON ADAMS, PH. D., LITT. D., 1906, 1907. ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, PH. D., LL. D., LITT. D., 1907, 1908. FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER, PH.. D., LL... D., LITT. D., 1908,1909. WILLIAM MILLIGAN SLOANE, PH. D.; L. H. D. LL. D., 1909, 1910. tTHEODORE ROOSEVELT; LL. D .• n, C. I'r.; 19iO,:19i1. " . tWILLIAM ARCHIBALD DUNNING, PH. D.i LL: D., '1911, i912. ANDREW C. McLAUGHLIN, A. M., LL. B., LL. n., 1912, 1913;' tHo MORSE STEPHENS, M. A., LIn. D., 1\1l3, 1914. GEORGE LINCOLN BURR, LL. D;;"r.tTT. J:i.,1914, 1910. WORTHINGTON C. FORD, A. M., 1915, 1916. . WILLIAM ROSCOE THAYER, LL. D. ,tm; D., ·L.H. b~, 1916, lillT. EDWARD CHANNING, PH. D., 1917; 191B'-1919." '. , JEAN JULES JUSSERAND, F. B. A., 1918-1919,'1920.. CHARLES H. HASKINS, PH. D., 1920, 1921. ' EDWARD P. CHEYNEY, A. M., LL:·n.; 1921,1922; . •• ~ 1 i amcllETARIES tHERBERT BAXTER ADAMS, PH. D., LL. D., 1884-1900. t A. HOWARD CLARK, A. M., 1888-1908. CHARLES HOMER HASKINS, PH. D., 19QO-1913. WALDO GIFFORD LELAND, A. M., 1908-1919. EVARTS BOUTELL GREENE. PH. D., 1914-1919. JOHN SPENCER BASSETT,~P:a. D., 1919- TRllIASURERSc ~ " CLARENCE WINTHR.OP B9WEN, PH. D., '181!4-:i91't. •i CHARLES MOORE PH.D~·1917.:.i ,"j, ' ~ ,<, .. ! ,t ."...... ,- , L CURATOR ~ t t A. HOWARD CLARK, A. M", 1889-;1918. \ I i ExE:bu'otI\:lll ' Co~~cn;. '. i tWILLIAM BABCOCK WEEDEN, A. M., lSS4:£18S6,' {! tCHARLES DEANlll, LL. D., 1884-1887. ' .. I, tMOSES COlT TYi;illk; 'LI't:!. D.,tir..'D.;1884.1885. ~ EPHRAIM EMERTON, PH. D., 1884-1885. f tFRANKLIN BOWDITCH DEXTER, A. M., LITT. D., 1885-1881. ~ :. tWILLIAM FRANCIS ALLEN, A. M., 1885-1881.' . L d t tW'lLLIAM WIRT HENRY, LL. D., ).88t1,-1888 ..• ~ tRUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES. LL. D., 1887-1888. ~ JOHN W. BURGESS, PH. D., LL. D., 1887-1891: tARTHUR MARTIN WHEELER, A. M., Lt. D., 1887-1889.' tGEORGE PARK FISHlllR, D. D., 'tL.: D., 1888-1891. , . ~ tGEORGE BROWN GOODE, LL. D., 1889-1896. • tJOHN GEORGE BOURINOT, C. M. G., ri;·c. Ti.; LL: '1!., 18~9.:..i8~4 .. ' . . F JOHN BACH McMASTER, PH. D., LI'rT. D:; Lt). l!.:;J8~1-':i894: ...• ,".' ", 'C , GEORGE BURTON ADAMS, PH. D., LITT. D., ,189'1,:-:~8!)7; ~89&-1W1;:'~" . ;). I tTHEODORE ROOSEVELT, LL' D., D. C. D.;'189~1895: ',', '"" ".' , •I tJABEZ LAMAR MONROE CURRY, ~~,n.,.lS~¥1895 •."· :C", .... '.' , .. ",., ~ tHo MORSE STEPHENS, M. A., LI=': n:, 1S'9~~899; ,. .,';' ,;.; " ;';/"" ,.. :I.~:<' FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER,J'1J) D'.,LL. 1:)., ;Ll:TT.D;. '1~1l::>-~89,9; ~~Ql-A9~:'" tEDWARD MINOR GALLAUDET P!t:D; LL. It 189!J.'.1897; ,.",. , /,,', ' .• ,.,' tMELVILLE WESTON FULLER';ltIl. D.;Ji897-1~OQ' ", " . ," " ,,;' ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, PH. ,P., ..LI,#~.D;; .f81)~:':'1960!;' ." ..• I:' .. : .•.. ,' ANDREW C. McLAUGHLIN, A. M:'i LT!. B.t :r,..L. b;; 1~9S:-l,!lOl i 190a-:-~9.0:6. tWILLIAM ARCHIBALD DUNNING, PH. D::'LL. 'D .• ig'gg::;f'902 •.f· '. " . ,. " tPETE~, WHITE, A. M .• 1899-1902. k ~t tI, I' ¥ Ii /'"'- ·, TERMS OF OFFICE 19 J. FRA,NKLIN JAMESON, PH. D., LL. D., LITT. D., 1900-1903. A. LAWRENCE LOWELL, PH. D., LL. D., 1900-1903. HERBERT PUTNAM, LITT. D., LL. D .• 1901-1904. GEORGE LINCOLN BURR, LL. D., 1902-1905. EDWARD POTTS CHEYNEY, LL. D., 1902-1905. tEDWARD G. BOURNE, PH. D., 1903-1906. tGEORGE P. GARRISON, PH. D., 1904-1907. tREUBEN GOLD THWAITES, LL. D., 1904-1907. CHARLES McLEAN ANDREWS, PH. D., L. H. D., 1905-1908. JAMES HARVEY ROBINSON, PH. D., 1905-1908. WORTHINGTON CHAUNCEY FORD, A. M., 1906-1909. WILLIAM MAcDONALD, PH. D., LL. D., 1906-1909. MAX FARRAND, PH. D., 1907-1910. FRANK HEYWOOD HODDER, PH. M., 1907-1910. EVARTS BOUTELL GREENE, PH. D., 1908-1911. CHARLES HENRY HULL, PH. D., 1908-1911. FRANKLIN LAFAYl!JTTE RILEY, A. M., PH. D., 1909-1912. EDWIN ERLE SPARKS, PH. n., LL. D., 1909-1912. JAMES ALBERT WOODBURN, PH. D., LL. D., 1910-1913. FRED MORROW FLING, PH. D., 1910-1913. HERMAN VANDENBURG AMES, PH. D., 1911-1914. DANA CARLETON MUNRO, A. M., 1911-1914. ARCHIBALD CARY COOLIDGE, PH. D., 1912-1914. JOHN MARTIN VINCENT, PH. D., LL. D., 1912-191~. FREDERIC BANCROFT, PH. D., LL. D., 1913-1915. CHARLES HOMER HASKINS, PH. D., 1913-1916. EUGENE C. BARKER, PH. D., 1914-1917. GUY S. FORD, B. L., PH. D., 1914-1917. ULRICH B. PHILLIPS, PH. D., 1914-1917. LUCY M. SALMON, A. M., L. H. D., 1915-1919. SAMUEL B. HARDING, PH. D., 1915-1919. HENRY E. BOURNE, A. B., B. D., L. H. D., 1916-1920... CHARLES MOORE, PH. D., 1916-1917. GEORGE M. WRONG, M. A., 1916-1920. HERBERT E. BOLTON, B. L., PH. D., 1917-1920. WILLIAM E. DODD, PH. D., 1917-1920. WALTER L. FLEMING, M. S., PH. D., 1917-1920. WILLIAM E. LINGELBACH, PH. D., 1917-1920. JAMES T. SHOTWELL, PH. D., 1910-1022. RUTH PUTNAM, B. LITT., 1919-1922. ARTHUR L. CROSS, PH. D., 1920- SIDNEY B. FAY, PH. D., 1920- CARL RUSSELL FISH, PH. D., 192() CARLTON J. H. HAYES, PH. D., 1!l2() FREDERIC L. PAXSON, PH. D., 192()- ST. GEORGE L. SIOUSSAT, PH. D., 1920- HElNRY P. BIGGAR, B. A., B. LITT., 1922- MARY W. WILLIAMS, PH. D., 1922- • ',", -- ORG.!NIZATION ANDACTIVIT~S The A.merican, Historical As/lociation is the national organization for the promotion of .historical writing and studies in. the United' States. It was founded in 1884 by a group of representative scholars, and in 1889 was char ter,ed by Congress.. Its national character is emphasized. by fixing its. principal office in Washington and i;lyproyiding .for. the publication 26 AMERIOAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION The association also offers the George Louis Beer prize of $250 for the best printed or manuscript monograph on European international history since 1895. This prize is offered annually for an essay in the English language submitted by a citizen of the United States. To the subjeQt ,otllistQry teaching, the, association, has, ,devoted much and consistent attentluri; futolIgli c~btereriMs hiodd iti th~ irilitllilm~etings, the inves tigations of committees, and the preparation of reports. The association appoints the board of editors of The Historical Outlook, thus assuming a certain .responsibllityf~r'that,valua.ble ovgan of the bisto'ry.iteaching profesSion; A(the close ; <. "'-)i -: '~ . i· . " ~~ ,.}'l' , '"" ,i"1 :.,.::;: . It' ,'.: It mSTORICAL PRIZES ,'r \_; L. f -, -! I i r·~'· , '-i .: ~ : ", i. ' ",",' : .. Jtri3TIN'wmshJi' AND -:B:li::RBEii-r 'BAxTER Al>A.'M:.a ~.' .• For the purpose of encouraging, historical research the American Histotknl. Association.offers two prizes, each prize of e$2oo: The ;rnsttn·Winsorprize in American hlstory and the. Herbert Baxter' Adams prize' in . the ',history' of . the Eastern Hemisphere. The Winsor prize is offered in the even. ~earB (as heretofore)andthe,Adatns prlze'indtheodd years.:' : Both··prizes are designed to, encourage,writers'lWhehave.not"phbllshed previously any considerable. work or obtained an established reputation. ,Either prize .shall, be·awarded for-an excellentmonograph,or,essaY, printed or in. manuscript. submitted to the com mitteeof award. Monographs must ,be submitted on or before Jnlyl of tl1e given year. In the case of a printed, monograph the date 'of publication must fall within a period of two years prior. to July 1.i A mOilograph to which a prize has, been awarded in· mannscriptmnYi if it ,is deemed ,In' all ·respects available, be published: in, the annnal.report :ot the association.. Conipetition shall be limited to monographs written or published in the English.·langUage by writers of the Western Hemisphere. In making the awarti the committee will consider not· only resear.ch, accu racy, and originality, but also clearness of expression and logical arrangement. The successful monograph must revei!l marked: excellence of :style. Its subject matter should afford a distinct contribution to knowledge of a sort beyond that having merely personal or . local interest.· The monograph must conform to the accepted canons o1',.llilrtorlcal research and criticism. .,A tnanuscript including text, notes, bibliographY', appendices, etc._must not exceed 100,000 words if designed for publication in ,the annual report,of the association; The Justin Winsor prize: The monograph Il1usLbe based~npon independent and original investigation in American. hlstQry. The/phrase. ~'Americanhis tory" includes the history of the United States and;,other'oCountries'of the Western Hemisphere. ·The monograpA may deal,. with , any, aspeet. or phase of that history. >:- , ,The Herbert J?axter. Adams pr~e :'. .Tl1e' Il)cOnograph must;'}Je '.based upon'in dependent and original investigation in the history.of the Eastern Hemisphere. The monograph may deal .Wit;h any aspect- or phase 01' that ,1r!stQry; as in the case of tp,eWinsor prize,. ;'1' iii , ~ < .'. . "' ,',.' ,PEORQE +0U,I~ .BElj1R. PJl.lZlIl. .;, f) Iii acCordanCe.with:] tll~: iterJ?lS' of. a! ~e~es( br :the ~at\l" Gecii:ge, L6ulS Be~i': %, of New York City,' the Abletican Historical Association announces the:George i, Louis Beer prize .1f~W0J;leaIl: ;in~eJ;national, hiBto~;Vr Th~)~~~~ ~m. b~"$~50 in cash and will be awarlied annually for the best wOl;k llPon "any phase of European international hit¥:0ry since 1895.", '. ,.: ' ,"'1' '." ... - , - .. - " t >, -; _. ,- >.'. 'j • < • ~ ,." f i : '; ;;. ii'!',' ;},: -' , l·By a vote (If the :execut1Ye coilncllat its 'meetingot Dee; '27;;f92l!, beginnfug; With ,the year 1924 the latest date tor sulj~sl.<¥1 qt, monpgraphs fpJ;, the W~orj ,Ajla.ras.; ap,d Bee~ prizeswill be Apr. 1, and in the Ca~!l ~f:~ll.threll R!1z!as1;h~c per~oq.pf publication,.ot n printed essay shall not be more than two and' a quarter. years hefore that date. > .. <, ,', ,i·. 27· ., • il~ .. ~'~. ~_._ .. _...... _ .. _._ .. ___ .... ______-_._ .. _.. ___ ~ __ " ""." 28 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION The competition is limited to citizens of the United States and to works that shall be submitted to the American Historical Association. A work may be submitted in either manuscript or print, and it should not exceed in length 60,000 words of text, with the additional necessary notes, bibliography, ap- pendices, etc. ',,' ' ',"" '" ' ; \' I Works must be submitted on or before July 1 of each year in order to be considered for the competition of that year. In the case of printed works the date of publication must fall within a period of ,18 months prior to July 1.' A work submitted in competition for the Herbert Baxter Adams prize may at theSllme time, if its sttbject meets' the: tequirements, be submitted 'for the George Louis Beer: prize; but no Work that shall have been so submitted for both prizes will be admitted to the competition for :the Beer prize in' any subsequent year. In making the award the committee in charge will consider not only '1'17 search, : accuracy,' and originality, but also clearneBS of expression, logical arrangement, and general excellence' Of style; The prize is designed especially to encourage those who have not published previously' any coilslderable work nor obtained an established reputation. Only' works in the English language will rci:eive consideration, Inquiries concerning these prizes should be addressed to the chairmen of the respective committees, or to the Secretary of the American Historical Association, 1140 Woodward Building, Washington, D. C; The Justin Winsor prize (which until 1906 wasofferedannuallyY has been awarded to the following: 1896. Herman V. Ames, "The proposed amendmen'ts, to the Constitution of the Uuited States.'" 1900. WilliaIil ,A. Schaper" '! Sectionalism and' iepresentation in Soutli Carolina.." )" ,1901. Ulrich B., Phillips, .. Georgia' and State' rights." 1002. Charles McCarthy, "The Anti-Masonic' Party." '1903. Louise Phelps Kellogg, "The American colonial charter: A stUdy of its relation to English administration, chiefly after1G88." . 1904. ,William R. Manning, "The Nootka Sotrild' controversy." 1906. Annie Heloise, Abel, "The hiStory of 'events resulting in Indian con~ solidation west of' tbeMississippi River)' : ". 1908. Clarence Edwin, Carter, ' ":Grea't, Britain and the IllinoiS country, 176.'j-1774." :1910.: Edward 'Raymond ,Turner,' ", The Negro' 'in. Pennsylvania:' Slavery- servitud~freedom,·1639-1861." 1912. Arthur Charles Oole," The Whig Party in the South!' 1914. Mary W. Williams, "Anglo-American Isthmian diplomacy, 1815-1915." 1916. Richard J. Purcell, .. Connecticut in transition, 1775-1818." '" 1918. Arthur M. Schlesinger, ,tThedolonial Merchants and the American Revolution, 1763-1776." (Columbia University Stu(lies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. LiotvIn: whole number 182.' New York, Longmans, Green & Co., agents;) , " • ',,' ; 'i " , . '" ',' 1920., F. Lee Benns, "The AmeJ;'icaD Struggle for the Bl'itlsh West India. carrylllg trade, 1815-1830.'" ",.'. ' ',' >;', ,','" 1922. Lawrence Henry Gipson, "Ja~ed Ingersoll: A study'ofA;iller~ciin loyal~ ism in relation to BritiSh colonial government." " (Yale,HistoricalPublica-' tioilsiMiilcellany VIII. New Haven,' Yale University 'Press.)' From 189ito lEi99 and in 1905 the JUsthlWinsor pr:i~e was Dot awarded:' • I See footnote 1 on p. 27 • • HISTORICAL PRIZES 29 The Herbert Baxter Adams prize has been awarded to': 1905. David S. Muzzey. "The Spiritual Franciscans." 1907 in equal divisiO'n, Edward B. Krehbiel, "The Interdict: Its histO'ry and its O'peratiO'n, with especial attentiO'n to the time O'f PO'pe InnO'cent III"; and William S. RO'bertSO'n," 'Franclsco'dEf'Mira:ntta tlhcl ~the te\>O'lutiO'nizing O'f Span ish America." 1909 Wallace NO'testein, "A hiStory O'f witchcraft in England frO'm 1558 to' 1718." 1911 Louis FargO' BrO'wn, .. The political a,ctivities O'f the Baptists and Fifth Monarchy Men in England during the Interregnum." 1913 Violet BarbO'ur, "Henry Bennet, Earl O'f Arlington." 1915 TheodO're C. Pease, .. The leveller movement." . -1917 Frederick L. Nussbaum, .. Commercial policy in the French RE!volutiO'n: A study of the career of G. J. A. Ducher." 1919 William ThO'mas MO'rgan; "English PO'litical" parties and leaders -in- the reign of Queen Anne, 1702-1710." (Yale Historical Publications, Miscellany, VII. New Haven, Yale University Press.) 1921 Einar J O'ransO'n, The Danegeld in France. The essays of Messrs. Muzzey, Krehbiel, Carter, NO'testein, Turner, Cole, Pease, Purcell, Miss BrO'wn, Miss Barbour, and Miss Williams have been pub lished by the assO'ciation in a series O'f separate volumes. The earlierWinsO'r prize essays were printed in the annual reports. ';4' ',0 "'L ____ .-- ___. __ . _____ .... ____ _ , , ,>:'T_ ,~, C • ;:; ~ ; ~ ~ j ~. 'C1'-,' _; _;,e; ~ J~i; <" $"'~ :., '_':,_: .l ;-; , "~. C".- ., .ST4,'llSTICS .O;F M:E;MBERSH,IP ~ ~ • • ; • , ' ' •• '" -,0 •• \ ., _ • ".,._ • • < DECEMB.ER 15, 192% , , '.' (' f.i ';" 1'. GENli:Iili.' .' ~. , ;,'" -,,".,j Total membership_':_"u~:",.-~:.; __ .:;.. __ ..... ~_¥.... ~!-",_-'~.J'; ____ t.w.:~..c.:.l--'--____ 2, 592 Life ______~~..:_'"!~ ...... r_~_'i .... L ...... ;.,·-- ..... -.i·..... ----.... -~-"'~--..I.-....::u ...... ___·~'_ 138 A.nnu~~-...... :__ ... -_~_~-~-~*:_-+~~-~ ...... ~,--...!--.-.;..;~~~ .... ~J.'..... -..J.-"""-... -. _,_,,';_ 2.229 ., Institutions ______,,;.,..: __ .!..;._"' __ ..i,.-_-~---;..---'-~---'--.:--- ' .. ,225 ~~.tal naidi,Jp.em.Parship, ~cl.ud4tg .life. members __ '-__ "'_~ ... _'__"'-'----"-,,--.:.-2, 038 ~elinquent, tQtal'->'--'w~\-_'_''"'''''-.:.~,.;~-.u,._--'----b..:---'''"'---'------:_-.:.- ,·.554 Since last bill------______~_ ... .,"-:.,;-_H-""!"-__ .:.:.-..,~ __ __,..' _ _'_.:. _____ .:. :15,'32 For one year------____ +_"',c,~·'_-:"-i_.:,.; .."'.,~.L-...:·,;.--~--~~'_ ____ .:.._..::i_' _.: 22 LQIiIB, tqtaI--o..; __ "'_"' __ .:...:.:._-''-...;'''''_'-_.:_LLL ...... ; __ ;.._'-'''."lL--'~~ .. ~-..:--''---'-_':'_ 292 . De.aths_-,..3..--'-''''_-~.:.----'-.:.,:-~~---·"-c.- .. "-'--'- ___ w__ .,_"-~_,,r_~_c:.i. __ .;. __ "-___ . 31 >. ~e9ignlltions '-____ ~ __ -~~- --i-c.-'--~------~--'- ___ --'-~~------_----.;.'-- 106 Dropped ------'-----..i+"--'-'-l---.:.'----:-~_+'______'_ ____ r'-'-. . 15!) Gain, total______25L Life______4 llnnual______238 Institutions______9 Total number of elections ______~______210 Net gain or 1089______-41 II. By REGIONS New England: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut ______~______388 North Atlantic: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary- land, District of Columbia ______:.___ 801 South Atlantic: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida ______~______136 North Central: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsll______531 I South Central: Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Vir- glnia______63 I west Central: Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas______341 \ Pacific Coast: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, California______219 Territories: Porto Rico, Alaska, Hawaii, Philippine Islands______5 Other countries______~______93 I 2.592 I 30 J ;~ • If' '..... , __ . "..-..-" / 'V" ~\ /",;,",_. ..... _ .... --.. ... ,_,...... _."_,....-..... (1" l~~__ .-~~> _ STATISTICS OF MEMBERSHIP 31 III. By STATES New New Mem- mem- Mem- mem bers bers, bers bers, 1922 1922 1-11------Alabama ______1 9 I 1 New Jersey ______~_ 73 9 Alaska ______New Mexico ______7 ~ Auizona ______4 New York ______392 37 Arkansas ______6 1 North Carolina ______28 1 California ______125 10 North Dakota ______7 Colorado ______14 1 Ohio ______124 13 Connecticut ______88 10 Oklahoma ______Delaware ______9 Oregon ______~51-----3 District of Columbia ___ 109 4 Pennsylvania______169 9 Florida ______7 Philippine Islands______1 ______26 1 Porto Rico ______2 1 '. 2 Rhode Island______20 2 Idaho*~~~t=== ______======7 South Carolina ______17 1 Illinom ______189 21 SouthDakota ______11 Indiana ______57 7 Tennessee ______13 1 Iowa ______46 Texas ______41 4 lCansas ______7 Utah ______\ 39 8 5 I lCentucky ______19 Vermont ______9 1 I Louisiana ______15 2 Virginia ______58 5 \ Maine______14 1 VVashington ______22 1 Maryland______55 2 VV ~st Vi!ginia ______18 2 Massachusetts ______222 16 VV1SCOnSIn ______74 11 Michigan ______93 11 VVyonilng ______2 Minnesota ______56 7 Canada___ _ 31 1 M~ssissi'l?pL ______4 Cuba______,______,______M1BBOllrL ______92 24 Latin-America______5 Montana ______7 1 Foreign ___ _ 57 I 4 Nebraska ______20 3 Nevada ______6 2 2,592 1 251 New Hampshire ______35 5 , '\ j ' .. J~ ~" t ;;, ~ C" ~-"" ... ~~ _".~'_~ __~.t ",~ _ _..>.____ ,.,~~ ___" ...... ______... -,...._~_ ...... _____ ~ ______" I. PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION NEW HA.VEN, CONN., DECEMBER 27-30,1922 47994 0 -26--3 33 " .. /'.'~ , ( -, "" .. J ,/ " ",.;. THE MEETING OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSO CIATION AT NEW HAVEN1 There have ,been 37an'nuaimeetings ~f the American ffistorical Association, and there are 1l0t 37 places wher~ meetings of so'large a body, especially when ponjoined witp. other large societies, Can advantageously be held; thereforf:), it' not in£requ~tlyh~ppeD,S~ of late that a !lleeting i,sheld,!,t,~r a~.~rv~l Qf 'JT~a~sl;w~er~ one ,has been held before. In sp.clla cal3e it is natural to one who, beginniilg atthe beginning, has Il.ttended33 out of t,he 37 apnual meetings, to make mental comparisons between, for instance, the thirty-seventh annual ineeting, held at New Hayen on December ,27-30, 1922, .and the fourteenth, held in the same agreeable city in the cOJ,'responding clays of 1898. First of all, on~ could npt fail to be s1;ru~k with the difference in thebackgl,'ound or setting, the oUFward appearance of Yale University. The p:q.mber of acaden:Ucbuildirlgs adcl~d i,n these 24 years; and in some cases their beauty and IIl;agnifigence, and those of the Federal and other buildings adjacellt, were ,impressive ele~ ments in the comparison. It seemed that little r~ained unchanged except the three old churches on the Green-and the climate. But there, ",as the same, c,?rdial ho~pitality, though, proffered by, other hands, and the same desire and ,the same- assiduo~ effort to make the meeting asuccess. .A. 'notable' evening re~e'ption' :was 4eld, by the president of Yale University and Mrs, .AJ;J.gell,in, the ,stately Memorial Hall, and there were other e~ruiing, gatheriIfgs ~der . tl;te roof of the Yale University Press, 'at the Graduates Clu,b't at t,he FacUlty Club, and.at the E~abethan CIVb. The,New Haven Colony Historical Society and the Art, School threw open their interesting collections. It shoUld be gratefully recorded th,at the chairman of the committee, on i09al' aFaI;1gements, was,:grQI. Max Farrand, its secretary Prof. John M. S. Allison, the chairman of the committee on the, program Prof., David S. Muzzey. The hea,dquarters of the ... a$Sociation were' at the Hotel Taft. The registration showed the attendance of~61 Illembers, 36 more than last year, aud ,one more than at the Wash~gton meeting of December, 1920~ ,Convention rates were grant~d by the railroad associations, as in,1921 ,and many earlier years., '", " IIi. 1898 the association had a memberEihip of b~twee~ 1,100 and 1,200; its present membership,m lle¥ly 2,600., Its invested funds , '1'This account of the New Haven meettni is takeb, wlth'some modifications and abrldg- ments. from .the American HistonCIU Review fpr 4(lr11.11l23, ' 35 • .: < '( .{ 36 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION then amounted to $11,539; their present amount is four times as great. ~ong the papers read at the earlier meeting there were, it must be confessed, a greater number having a high order of merit than '. in the case' of the recent meeting;. but, tin the other hand, the program of the latter showed in the comparison, in the most gratify ing way, how greatly the historical interests of the association and of its members have widened in less than a generation, and how many frUitfUl corporate activities' it has meantime undertaken. Perhaps nolie of these has shown or will shoiv more important results than t. havEl flowed from the now celebrated report of the committee o~ I. . seyen on the teaching of history in secondary schools, laid before the (, New Haven meeting of 1898 by the committee's chairman, Pro fessbrMcLaughlm, but the number of professional" good works j, now going forward in the halds of committees of the association is certainly impressive. For one more remembrance, it was at the New Haven meeting of 1898 that theassodation took Under its wirig the American Historical Revi~w, then 3 years old, a step which the editors may venture to hope it has never regretted. . As is usual, several other societies of similar character held their annual meetings at the same time and place. With the AgricUltural f History Society, which has an organic relation to the American Historical Association, embodied in a formal document, there was a f' joint session devoted to the agricultural history of the United States. f With the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, which, even at so greau adistaI!cefroIn the Mississippi Valley, met in considerable numbers, there was also a joint session, occupied with papers inter , r estihg to both societies. The American Catholic Historical Associa tion held its third annual meeting, and a highly successful one, under ~~ the presidency of Prof. Rob~rt H. Lord, 6f Harvard University. Its sessions included practical conferences oIl. archival centers for American Catholic history and on the subject of a general bibliogra~ phy of church history. Among the papers read at its other sessIons, we may note as of special value that of Rev. Dr. J:. J,Rolbiecki, of , the Catholic University .of America, on Dante's views on the sov f ereignty of the State; that of Rev. Joseph M. Egan, of St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, on the Vatican council and the laws of Ila tions;that of Rev. Dr. Francis A. Christie, of the Meadville Theo logical School, 011 recent phases of the Catholic social movement; f that of Rev. Maurice F. McAuliffe, president of St. Thomas's Semi ~ nary, Hartford, on the beginnings of Catholicism in Connecticut; and that of Dr. Leo F. Stock, of the Carnegie Institution of WaSh ington and the Catholic University of America; on the' United States at the court of Pius IX. A fuller account of this society's .~41 JI \ meeting will appear in the Catholic Historical Review, and of the r, rl· '7 t ! I\ THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL .MEETING 37 meeting of the Mississippi Valle.y Historical Association in the Mississippi Valley Historical Review.· . All three of these societies, and also the Hiflpanic AmeJ:ica~ group, had dinners, with speeches, notable among which were-the remarks of Professor Turner, of Harvard, on agricultural. history as a field of research, and those of Professor Bolton, uf California, in advo cacy of college courses which treat of American histor,y as ,a whole, as contrasted with those which confine attention to the history of ,the United States alone. Besides the dinners, .. tb,ere were' several "luncheon conferences," and even one "·breakfast conference/'on the resources. of American libraries for purposes of histoJ;"Y,; wherein the. evils of duplication .a.nd inconsiderate buying and the need of concerted action in the· building up of libraries for purposes of scholarship, were well set forth. Of the luncheon parties,one de voted itself to papers and remarks, reported with some fullness in an, allied journal/ on the general college course in American his tory. Another had itsJuncheon in. combination with the Associatibn of University Professors, which this year held its annual meeting in New Haven. Especially notable was the luncheon concerted by the hereditary patriotic societies, at which their work and plans, espe cially those of their branches in Connecticut, might be explained and discussed. This was done, and in most cases in a quite interesting manner, by Connecticut representatives of the societies of Colonial Dames, Colonial Wars, Founders and Patriots of America, Daugh ters of Founders and Patriots, Sons of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American RevolVtion, and .the .Military· Order of, Foreign Wars. ' Two important societies of purposes closely related" besides those already named, were also holding their annual' meetings at Yale University during the same days, the Archaeological Institute, of America and the AInerican Philological Association. One: joint ses sion was held with the former and another with both of these 'two societies. In the former Mr~ William H. Buckler,who was formerly . of the staff of the American expedition to Sardis and has had an important part in the shaping of regulations for the conduct of archaeological work in lands formerly Turkish, presentedimpres sively the situation in the Near East from an historicalandarchaeo logical point of view, with special recommendations asro work in Anatolia.2 The second of these sessions was devoted to papyri, with papers largely of historical interest. The program committee made a laudable effort tOe simplify the program. In view of a sort'of 'necessity for -thejoiritsessions which have been mentioned, and for meeting the desire:' of certain relatively 1 Historical Outlook. March, 1923. • The paper has been printed ali a pamphlet; " 38 AMERIOAN' HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION permanent groups who Imi accustomed to claim special sessions, this resulted in the regrettable omission of any-provision for some very important interests, and in particular the almost entire absence of contributions to the medieval and modern history of Europe. But everyone commended that feature- of thesimpli:fying process which consisted in confining the 'program of each of the three evenings toone notable address, such as 'might, be of interest to a large audi ence of,thegeneralrpublic' as wel:1as to members, aud in leaving the rest of the evening for social enjoyment.,: . " On the first evening Prof. Chal'les H.Haskins,of HarVard Uni versity, president of the association, gave thepresidential address on European history and AmeriCan scholarship which members have read in the Review £orJanuary, 1923, and in which they have seen so much that is gratifying to reasonable Aniericanpride and inspiriting toward further achievement. The second of the·,addresses alluded to wasthn,to£Sir Robert Borden, former prime minister of Canada, on the British Common wealth of Nations: Features of external relations.l He traced the development of the dominions from the time' of central control and colonialsul:!ordination to their present status' as coequal members of this Britannic league, dwelling upon the successive steps, in law or customary, practice, which marked that development-the under standing reached in 1848 as to dependence of the Canadian governor general's advisers on the ,confidence of the elective assembly; the con~ federation of 1867;m the next 40 years, the establishment of auton omy Ofthe·do:rninions in internal {tffairs and their progress in respect to consultation and cooperation in affairs external! after 1907 the imperial conferences between the British Government and the gov ernments of the dominions; in 1917 and thereafter the Imperial war cabinet; the furmofparticipation in the peace conference, the Ver sailles, Conference, and the Washington Conference; the provision for' diplomatic representation of, Canada at Washington, and the constitution of the Irish Free State., Sir Rober6 speech was ex tensively reported in the newspapers of the day. Without doubt the most striking event of the whole meeting was the remarkable address which the Secretary of State, Mr. Hughes, delivered before the association and a large general audience on the third evening, on SOme aspects of our foreign policy. NeverQe~ fore, it is safe to sa.y,_ has it happened that large portions of ,any: paper read before this scholastic.body. were cabled the sameilight tq London and Paris and Berlin.~The major. portion of~he address waS a survey, admirable in form and impressively delivered, of the " higtory and results of the Washihgton Conference. of 1921 on the • PrInted in the Yale RevIew, July. 1923. 'The full text is in Current HIstory tor l!'ebru!U'y, 1928. THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 39 Limitation of Armament, in which the Secretary; who had been so clearly the central figure of the conference, described·its proceedings, its spirit, the factors which made for, its success" the treatiei:! which resulted from it; and the progress. thus far made lll.ratifying those treaties and executing their provisions-treaties< in regard to naval armament, fortifications in the Pacific, China in general, Shantung, and Yap. The Secretary also made this address the occasion for a pronouncement on the policy. of the administration in respect to economic conditions in Europe. He declared the desire of the United States to be helpful; he stated the cruX of the European situn.tion to lie in the settlement of reparations by Germany.; he urged .the at tempt to solve thatprobl13m as a·distinct,question:, separate from all consideration of· debts due to the United States; and he suggested that, if statesmen could not agree upon amount ahd method of pay~ ment,' and exigencies of public opinion made their coUrse difficUlt, they might summon for the purpose meilof th~ highestauthonity in finance in their respective countries, who, acting as a purely eco nomic commission, in which he "had no doubt that 'distinguished Americans would be willing to serve," shoUl~ clarify the whole situ ation by effecting an authoritative determination of this primary question. It was these remarks and suggestions that caused the chief reverberations of the address in Europe, but events 1ave since taken another course. Iri. the organizing of sessions, a very praisewbrthynovelty was the arranging for a session devoted to legal history. ThiS should have been done before. The . common· interests of historicall students and lawyers; especially those lawyers who 'are interestedm: leg'alhistory, have deserved recognition by the society, and.greater attention to them might draw many lawyers into its merribership,·to mutuaL ad vantage. In what We may hope was but the first of a series of such sessions, the two papers read were, appropriately, of an introductory character. Mr. Edwin G. Buckland,vice president and. general coun selof the New York"New Haven & Hartford Railroad' Co;, read the first; on what legal history means to thelawyer,.dwelling on many chapters of the law which lack explanation unJess the aid of legal Jiistory is invQked,such as the differences between legal and equitable '. remedies, the methods of transferring titles to land, the liabilities of innkeepers and common: carriers, the lawrespecting competition,' and the progressive developments in the opinions of Chief Justice Mar,. shall. Prof. Charles H. Mcilwain, of Harvard University, followed with a paper on what legal history means to the historian. He took pains first to guard against identification of' legal history with the methods and conclusions of the historical school that began with Hugo, Eichhorn, and Savigny,· and included Sir Henry Maine. • l', .. 40 AMERIOANmSTORIC.AL ASSOCIATION Great: as were their. (:ontributions to juristic thought, they idealized too much the'results'of unconscious legal development. They were ill danger of belittling the results of conscious efforts to improve the la;w~of'coIifounding the history of legal institutions and ideas with their justification in a practical" world, of substituting the former for the latter. Yet for all constructive criticism of legal theories legal history must furnish much of the indispensable material. It is an indispensable' instrument or historical education. The speaker drew illuStrations of its value from the history of the public law of England and the private law of Rome. He also set forth the worth and importance of legal records in reconstructing the. social, economic, intellectual, political, and. constitutional life of the past. Th:isevidence:is abundant, specific" and unbiased, but its proper use requires' a morel developed historical sense ,among lawyers and a fUllef\;knowledge 'of jlegalhisto~among, historians. In the discus sii:inn:whichfollowed, Prof. GeorgeR Adams, of Yale University; defended the legal historians and historians of institutions against the charge of being too exact and definite in their claims; Prof. Edward J; Woo~ouse,< of Smith College, emphasized the value of legal history in a democracy, where the rule of law (and of law ye'rs) reqUires that law be'well understood; while Prof. George L. Burr; of CorneUUniversity; after drawing illustrations from· the legal history of witchcraft, maintained that unless legal, history is thoroughly studied;. the experience ,of mankind. will be forfeited. The annual' 'conferenCe 'of archivists devoted its attention to one sole p!liper; ous6me problems in the classification of departmental archives; by Mr.' David W. Parker, who has official charge of the manuscripts department in the public : archives of Canada; at Ottawa; After sketching the history ,of that establishment and of the chief deposits which it now contains, Mr. Parker showed how their' fusion and tr!).nsfer, and the neglect with which they had often been"treated before the present petiod of concentration,. had productedintricate and difficult problems of classification. Hold ihg tenaciously always to the principe. de, 1& .provenance, he maae it his first procedure,on assuming his dutIes as keeper of manuscripts, to; separate the material into its constituent fonds, .. and to. stud'y With the utmoSt care, ehiefty fromthe correspondence, and from the evidences . of·· actual practice rather than from regulations not· al ways observed, the constitution and procedure of· each: governmen~ tal office from which papers in the archives had come down. Then the attempt was made to reconstitute the various ·series.ofeach'de ,> 'partment along its ·originallines. The problems and difficulties. dis ~ cussed'as typical illustrations were those connected with the recon stitution of the series relating to cOllnnissions, with the reclassifica • tionof the records of the department of Indian affairs, in which .' - .; THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING ~1 there had been an intricate mixture of civil and military control, and with the case of the military records (series C), where an arti~ ficial classification regardless of provenance had peen made, im mobile by binding in a thousand volumes" augmented by miscella neous additions, and then stereotyped by the printing, of an in~ ventors. which has been extensively referred to by historians; .The paper enforced, impressively and with humor, the importance of the respect des fonds. The semiautonomous conference of historical societies held its usual annual meeting. Three pape~s,frbIlL thr~ widely, ~parated and widely different States, set fort~ ,with great inteUigenc~ ,th~ salien~ features ',of organized work relative, ,to their history, the writers representing institutions of three different types. Florida as a field for historical research :was discussed by :Mr. John B. Stetson, jr., the principal founder of the Florida State His~' torical Society, a new organization, which, beginning under bright auspices, confuies itself to work of publication.. Mr. Stet$on reviewed the work done thus far in the very interestingfield of Florida history, and, taking up in turn the successive periods into which it isn~turally divided-Spanish, British, Spanish, territo,rial, State-surveyed the various deficiencies in their documentation, especially great in that portion of the first Spanish period which lies between 1574 and 1163; for this indeed original materials in print are almost entirelyJacking, thqugh many hundreds of interesting documents relating to it are to b~' found in the ,Archives of th~.I,ndi~s at Seville. ':I'he new Elociet;y has excellent plans, whi~1;l :Mr~ S~tson descrioed, for filling some of these gaps by publication of origillal material, uIl9- f9r:,other publica- 60ns relative to Florida history. Mr. Otis G. Hammond, superintendent of .the New Hampshir,e Historical Society, one of the older (1823), privately endowed organ izations, began his treatment of historical interests in New Hamp shire in similar fashion, by a surv:ey of the history of historical activities in the State, from the J?ublicatiQn of the first volume .of .J:~remy Belknap's history in 1784 and the remarkable movement for the, foundation of town libraries which began in 17!}2, down t() t]1e Wll-S .". present time.. ~,His picture of present conditions not a,ch~ering one, but there is.no 'reason, to doubt its accuracy; it could ~e pal'alleled; ill: many of tlie oIder'States, and their historical societt~,(i1leIld!¥"ly represented, by the way, on tllispresent occasion) should studY"m: tentlythe eauses~ .The old~fimeprivate eollector()~ Ne1y,HUfllPS~e material, he said, is. gone.: The nineteenth <;entUfY.!cEHltgusia&m ;for< local historical work his' suQ~ided. ,'l,'he.· yqunger; ge:Q,eratiQn Ca,res lit.t1e £01' it, perhaps for history m,gener~l; Genealogical, interest is still. strong (indeed, who has J;l()t observed that three-qUip.tars o:Uh~, ~e!1de:rs 'Who enter the library of an ea~tern historical library go ther9 , . 42 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION todiscovel' theil' persona] genealogies?), but thehigh cost of printing has sadly diminished the output of even gemlalogical as well as of historical books . .. A special, but novel and interesting, department of St~te historical work was described in a papet on Indiana's' archaeological and his torical Blil'V'eYi by Mr. John 'W: Oliver, director of the Indiana His toricalCbminission. ,The ~urvey, latelyrurdertairen at the suggestion of the National Research. Council, is being carried out by county historic~lsoCieties Uhdel' the jointdiriktronoHhe:cClmmission named and of the geolbgical diviSion of the State depli'rtJnent oT conserva~ tion; only when some organization capable of attenrungto the matter has been'cr~ated in any given co1lilty is the attempt made to extend the survey into its'arelt;i, A:map of the County is furnished, showing boUndaries ofto'wnships and sections, 'location •of towns and cities, roads and railroatis,rivers and stteams, and is accompanied by an elaborate printed question:naire settmg forth the data to be sought for and the objects to be located. The archaeological questions seek in formation respecting mounds, earthworks, and inclosures, their con tents, !ind the other results of excavations., The hist.orical inquiries relate t6the name and' 16cation 'of early settlem'ents, historic build ings, uolduliUrches, old cemeteries, old ;nii1Isites, boundary lines, battl~fields,h1~Drk monuinent{or' marIters, old trails, trade routes, undergroUnd irailroaastations, Rnd the ~ike. At the same time an effort is niadE:i: ton~te tneex:isti1l1ce of· old diaries, ledgers, news papers and: othbr old printkd mawrial, aritiqu~s, and implements of forinefperiods. The whole enterpdse will he a matter' of several years, but ~apart from the dataac.climruated by the commisSion i~ expected to have large' results in stimulating lodtlinterest :ill local history. The conferencecollchided' with a· paper by Prof. Mthur Adafus, of Trinity :College,Hartford, on the m\ltual 'rela:tions of the historical society and genealogical researcll, in which he said what can be said for that pursuit. ' , It remains to speak, regardless of session, of a: <$core or more of papersw'hich may·be' more eonten'ientlY desctibed individually, m something approiching cnr6nologicalorder, than in the order· repre '''' sented in 'tM';progra:m'." 'Near1ytw()Lthlrds of them lay in the field of Ainerican hlSt01j,inost' 'df:theofhers in that of ancient history. NotableamoIig the l~tterwas tHepa)Jer oiPro!' Will.iam L'. Wg~ter mann, of Cbrilell U1iiifersity,enti£led"4n evaluation of tlieGreel': papyri as historicalmate:Hal."' Their literar:f 1:alue, thelr,'usJ:fuI-' MSs in'establi!3hillg' soufid~feXts' of writing~· ~lreaa:i Jm6wn, the' ,j additioils they' make of pieces heretofore '. urikrio#n, . were touched iI-'I' upon lightIy;"The~in empliasiswM laid ()Iitn.eit contribution of details respecting· daily life, econoinics( espeCially' 'banking), and adininistl'ative; true ill Egypt, as a:kiligdora Under the Macedonia'n ", . THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 43 Ptolemies and as a province under the rule of Rome and of ConstaI).~ tinople. The force of tra4itioninJ.iJgypt, the cardinal position it occupied in the MediterraI).ean:wqrldhyvirt~e of its w~eat produc~ tion and its control of th~Red ;S~a rQUte to the Orient, ~e oppor., tunity to observe the effec~offoreign rule and foreign ideas in a land where the' foreigner was, ultimai;ely to be ,absorbed, -and of making inferences, with cautious restraint, from conditions of admin istration and SQciallife iJ;l Egypt to those'of othe1;' Hellenisti;,iewof ~he empireJhat had already been ad • vanced by the American Whigs. They regarded it, that is to say, as 44 A~RI'dAN HISTORIOAL ASSOCIATION all. assoCi~tidn :ofmutually' independent' states, equal in political Btatlisa'nd' with coordinate legislatures, but united by having a com monexecutive head. Though'the transformation of the empire into s,' coniilldnwealth of nations has not been<~ffeCted by the imperial theories of the early British radicals, their ideals have come to be tealized in the present relations between Great Britain and the Doriiinions:' .,' . 'Prof. Basil Williams, the new head of the historical department in McGill University:,'Montreal,formerly secretary of the Transvaal Education'Department, narrated one chapter of the long historic process which was the theme of Sir Robert Borden's address in a paper entitled "How the difficulties of South African Union were overcome." Of the fbur English-speaking federations" the South Xfricim exllibitsthe Clooestunion'of the constituent parts, yet it was brought '~bOutmp,idly~abX with :~lUrprising ease; ih spite of obstacles which hadl?ng seeri:tedfbrmidable.Df the difficulties which 'eXisted before the South African war, some were lE;ssened by the outcome of that confliCt. ' Lord Selborne's dispatch of January, 1907, drew at teIitionforciblyto the ,evils of disUnion .. The chief difficulties that la:fbe:l'orethii convention of 1905-:-91ay ill the limgliage question, that respectingthe'degr~es of closeness in federal Junion, the native q'ues tion, tnat of the stat~ railways, and that of the location of the federal capital.. The racial diiference of English and Dutch pr6ved,strange to say,' aboncl.'of'union,ior the English and Dutch population,in:. stead 6£ belngseparat~d into large geographical groups, were so titterlymtermmgled that disUnion meant ruin for all. The achieve fuent (;f~union ill South Africa shows what the world conld do if the nations could be made tq 'see with eqJal clearness the common good and would choose the path to its attainment. The broad field of Chinese history was illustrated by Mr. K. L. Lo;' of' Cohtmbia. Uni:versity, in a pap~r 'on the present outlook for Chln:esehistbricaI~udies, in'wmch he dwelt upon the tendency of '~~dei·D. Chillese historians to ~mphasi,ze tHe continuity of history, the gen~r!t~ cha.dicte~s' of, ,its successive;stitges; the iIiteraction between man and' hisen11rQilm,ent, t\rid the 'history 'of ideas. Examples were 'it;\j cited: "Espebi'alai£entionwas'diawn'to the first volume, of Prof. '(Jhl-Ch~o 'Li'~.ng's niStoryoi' ChineseCUltlire,' an introduction to hlstoricat'1netllodblogy, assuppli~a to Chinese history,whickby its careful discussion of. thesourc~s isllkely to be useful to western schol.arfl' while, 'cohv~rsely, Ii group of Chinese schola~sare engageil hi restudying 'inidrewTltJ~g the history of th~''Y uan dYnasty by 'liHlizinl:{tlle materialm ~estern langtiages. 'Re a1so referred to im portant recent:aichaeological discoveries, such as those lliad~ by Sir Aural Stem, casting 'a flood of light on the period of wars with the J • ' .. < • : " THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 45 Huns, and on the relations of China with the lands lying to the wes~ ward. In Japanese history Prof. K. Asakawa, .of Yale University, pre sented a study of· the evolution· of the fief in Japan, from the emergence of the wa.rrior in the tenth and eleventh centuries to the end of the sixteenth. When the period began, legal usages concern ing lands were already well established, and relations of vassalage had to be built upon the existing system of domains and tenures under the control of civil officials and nonmilitary landlords; To them the warriors rendered various charges for their holdings, which at the same time received a sort of ·m:ediate investiture at the hands of military 'lords,· toW-hom lioma;ge and service were done~ True military fiefs were rare; butduting the period of civil war, after the fourteenth century, the military chieftains became the normal lords of domains and grantors of fiefs. During the next two centuries the seigniories became distinct and largely contiguous territories, com prising fiefs and centrally administered spheres, both ruled over by • the warrior class, and superposed upon Ii mass of more or less self governing towns and peasant communities. This system the suzerain wLlsolidated into an empire half feudal and half nonfeudal. In one of the sessions held jointly with the Archaeological Insti tute, Dr. Sylvanus G. Morley, of the Carnegie Institution of Wash ington,gave an illustrated lecture of remarkable interest on history ,> ( and chroriology in ancient middle America. The speaker, noted for explorations and discoveries in the field of Maya civilization, de scribed the five Ihains6urces for thereconstruction of Maya history: The general archaeological background; the hieroglyphic inscriptions upon monuments and buildings, which indicate with remarkable ac~ f curacy the dates of these structures, according to a system of chro nology which we are now able to interpret; the hieroglyphic manu~ J~ scripts or codices, of a more cursive script than the preceding-but r the· three extant Maya codices are unfortunately not historical, as are some of the Aztec; the native Maya chronicles in the books of Chilan Balam, of which we have transcripts in Spanish lettering; alid the writings of Spanish· and native chroniclers subsequent to '«< thEfCouquest. From the earliest dated object, 96 B. 0., the evidences of Maya civilization· extend in a long series, marked by writings, temples,.palaces, carviiigs, goldwork and other jewelry, and fabrics. The lecturer displayed the high artistic quality of the remains, and compared them with those which have come down to us from Egypt, Ohaldea, Babylonia,and Assyria. In a comprehensive and suggestive essay on the frontier in His panic Americ&,n history, Prof. Victor A. Belaunde, of the Univetsity of San Marcos, Lima, took as his basis of comparison the exposition given in Professor Turner's famous paper on the significance .of the ; , .' 46 AMERIOAK IfISTORIOAL. ASSOCIATION fr:ontiedn ;(North),American history,~ and set himself·to show wliy Latin American history had not exhibited similar results-progres~ sive qdvance of 'settlement, marked by iIidividuaJism, solid economic . developmenir, and democratic equality... Through.out most parts of ~exiqoaI).d!.south Awerica"t.b.ephysi~al g~graphy was such as to tempt to a pioneering advance and sudden indivjdual acquisition of large poss~ions rather $an to the gradual, agricultural occupation ! of large contigp.gus areas by masses o~&ettlers. Even in the pampas (, of Argentina and the other lands 9fth,e La Plata,wliere physical ~, l conditions. are more like those of th.eUnited'States, llistoric condi \ tions :have ~~d to the ;~ys~m iofgreat. estates and. 'not ~o iIlstitutions } I Qi,demo¥raey. The lack of prog;ressively advancing frontiers has joined 'with: f~etors: of. race, religion, and governmental system to ~ t / prevent. sue]:! .ll.::prpcess . oi. .. assimilati()ll of adj.oining· areas as has marked the.hil$>ry.,of: Teutonic .A;medca. ;" '. '. , . .. . ? . One of the ID9st interesting of· the institutiQlli.I ,0£ Spanish colQnial expansion was treated by Dr. EdwardL. Stevenson, of the Hispanic Society of America"in a paper on the ,geographical activities of the • /' Casa de Cpntratacion;.whieh . he traced, :€rom· th~ fo~ding. of that institution ilf 1503, ;and,tl?-at of,its geographicaJ depar:tment in 1508. Its:functions embraqedespecially the drafting of maps -of. the newly discovered.regions ,&nd the exa:riri:nation .a!).d supervision of ·pilots. ) / Doctor Stev,ensOJ;l;@vel~especially upo~cthefirst,.of t4ese fun~ions, ll-nd . (3speciaily,upon thePa;dron Real, or ,official general map, to f [ which pilotswere>tp contrlbute their successive discoveries or amend ments, ~nd ",Jrichth{3 pilot major, the cosmographel' lllajor, and other / I:, officials of th~ Casa, were from time to time. ordered to revise. He ! showed how its character.istics can be deduced from extant maps.. ,) .In the history of the English colonililS in America, there were two I, papers to note,.th3tt of Prof. Rayner W. :Kelsey, of Haverford Col (~ lege, onqescription and, travel as i50urce material for the history of \ earlyagricultW'~ inPepnsylvania, ap.d that of Mr. Jam,es T. Adams on oppOJ,'tunities for research i:Q"the eighteenth centur~.: The former, ..J though it drew its illustrationsdliefly .from the narratives of travel , ers inPenn:;;ylvania,dis.cussed on,generalgrorwds the roannerin ... which.;s,uph<;lata ~~:ibe f, "' I{ r·" ", 48 AMERICANiHISTORICAL ASSOOIATION Dr. Gaillard HlUlt,of the Department of State,iraced the genesis of the office of Secretary of State as head of the department of for eignaffairs and as chancellor of the .American Government. The begirmiug of the former office was the institution' by the Continental Congress of a Committee of Secret Correspondence, which later be came the Committee for Foreign Affairs. In January, 1781, Con gress created the Department of Foreign Affairs, under a Secretary for Foreign Mairs. Of the dutiesiwhich the present Secretary of State has outside the field of foreign' affairs, the, original, elements came to him by devolution from the office of the Secretary of the Continental Congress. Some salient characteristics of frontier religion were treated in n paper by Prof. William, W. Sweet~ of De Pauw University, who dwelt upon revivals and camp meetings, the. various developments of the Baptist, Methodist, ahd Presbyterian Churches, the origins of the Cumberland Presbyterians and the Disciples, the nature of !) the religious, debates and controversies which had so large a part in the life of the new regions, and the characteristics of the frontier s:) type of preaching. ", The paper of Prof. St. George ,L.Sioussat, of the University of Pennsylvania, on southern projects. for a railroad to the Pacific coast; l 1845-1857, was limited to a'discussionofthedevelopnient of south l ern interest in the route byway of the valley Of the Gila River and to an accoutit of the':schemepromoted by Robert J. Walker and his ~ associates in ·1852 and· the years immediately following. Walker t planned· to build a railroad to California along the Gila route l {: through the agency of a corporation which was chartered by the State of New York and which was to exploit, the land grants so lav., ~.> ishly offered by the State of 'l,'exas. The paper traced the relation l- "; to this scheme of the bills that were before Congress in 1853, the Q attitude of the Pierce adniinistration; the significance in this connec \' c' tion of the Gadsden mission, and the division of southern sentimeI!t revealed at the session of the Southern Commercial Convention held at Charleston in the spring of 1854. ( The only paper relating to the diplomatic history of. the United f( \ States was that of Mr. Tyler Dennett, of Washington, on early " .American policy in Korea; an· intensive study of the· period, from 1," the beginning of American diplomatic relations with·theipeninsultt in 1883 to the recall of Lieut. George O. Foulk, our representative; .. in 1887. The Shufeldt treaty Of 1882 was negotiated in the: hope that Korea might be assisted to a renovation similar fu, that, wbich (,t Japan experienced after the Perry expedition_; But; wliilethe Japa-' nese could carry that process through without losmgtheir evidences " of sovereignty, the Koreans immediately became the center of a cpn- ~' ~ {,. \ , ? I • I f t /, l~ c THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 49 test of China, Great Britain,Russia, and Japan, in respect to which the United States quickly adopted a policy of strict neutrality. The story was carried through three attempts-by Japan, Russia, and China, respectively-to subvert the Korean Government. The recall of Foulk at the request of China showed the desire of the United States Government to remain outside the contest, recognizing the ascendancy of any successful power, as in 1905 it recognized that of Japan. The rural political movements of the eighties and nineties in one State and another have been the theme of several interesting studies presented at recent meetings of the association. This year this type of study was represented by a paper on the Farmers' Alliance in North Carolina, by Prof. 36hn D. Ricks, of the North Carolina College for Women, who traced the history of that organization down to the time when it completed its control of the Democratic Party in the State in 1890, described its State legislation, and showed how its need of Federal legislation led many of its members to gravi tate to the People'sPariy', disrupting the Democratic Party and for a time admitting the Republicans to power. Though the alliance ended unfortunately, yet within the State it contributed immeasur ably to the social and fraternal life of the rural classes, promoted. scientific agriculture, established a business agency which saved the :farmers thousands of dollars, forced the creation of a serviceable railway commission and the eI!actment of a 6 per cent interest law, and drove .from pow'er the ruling caste of elderly politicians, whose conservatism had for years~ tJiwarted' progress. In the national field the North Carolina Alliancetnen bore their part in the struggle for regulation of trusts and railways and in financial movements that entered usefully into the final results of the Federal reserve system and the Federal farm-loan bank. .To the same period belonged the study of the· abandoned farms of New England, by Mr. Avery O. Craven, of the University of Chicago, who explained however that the abandoned farms, whose nUmber excited so much disquietUde about 1890, were but a symp tom Of agricultural difficulties under which New England had long been suffering, but which at that time were already beginning to '''' yield' sobewhat· to' the ameliorating effects of· increased cooperatio~ and more scientific farming . . To the latest perina; of all belonged the paper of Prof; Holland Thompson, of theCoiIege bfthe City of New York; onl3orile newer aspects of the Negro problem. Ttsessencewas, that; ihrec~mtyears a new spirit of raceccinsciouSness' haa lieen taJrirrg possession of the Negro, caused by the effbrtsoI 'certarn Negro crrgalliz\!tions, by the gr~at vohune of migration from the South: to the North, by the .47994° -26--4 • ... --- '\~ 50 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION large influx ·of West Indian negroes, not accustomed to racial dis criminationj by various reactions from the World War, such as those. arising from segregation and discrimination in Army camps and elsewhere and from the absence of race prejudice in France, and by the great increase in the circulation of Negro pUblications. The influence of Marcus Garvey and his projects was also touched UpOD, and the increasing influence of racial interests upon Negro voting. . Finally,. two' papers dealt with episodes of recent Spanish Ameri can history, that of Prof. CharlesW.Hackett, of the University of Texas, on the recognition of the Diaz Government by the United States~ and that of Prof. ClarenceH. Haring, of Yale University, on. German colonization .of Cbile~ While General Diaz, after dis placing -:president Lerdo de Tejada, was rtiling MeXico through a !" provisional govetnn1ent, President Grant's administration took into consideration the question of recognition' because it apprehended r that without such recognition it might not receive payment in J an ·'1 uary, 1877, of the first installment due from awards of the Mixed j ( Claims Commission. Diaz, however, .paid this, regardless of recog ! nition,and the question, Was left to the .Hayes ad:oJ.inistration, Diaz having meantime, : in, February, been electedeonstitutional presi dent, ,ID. September the Hay~ govetnment demanded, as a ,pre requisi,te to ,recogWtion, the settleme!lt: jna -jorrp.al,treaty of all . questions,eCOIj.oD;lic. as well. as aihniniptrative, then in dispute be ( tween thetwQ .countries. ,Finally, however, :Mr. John W. Foster, {, ~ister to:;Ml3Xiyo, persuaded the a THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 51 the meeting was badly hurried and ill attended, as was natural when the program set one of the confereIltces to begin at2 o'clock and two of the others at,3.0'clock, while the: business meeting was scheduled to take/place at~areception.at:,4.30".and one of the din~ ners atQ.30. ,l{atUI'aJIYf there was littledislluss~on oifreports,and the recommenda.tions ·0£ the council wereadQptedrtl.pidly. Fortu nately they contaip.ed. nothing st8trtli,ng or dangerous. The secretaryreporte4 that during the year there"had been a loss of 41 members, the pres~nt membe;rship: ,b~ng 2,591, as compared with 2,632 in th~ preceding year. It wilLbe 'S,ee1l tb.at.the increase in membersPip, dues, £rpm $3 to· $5, £:ifective September 1, ~922, has resulteciin .p.omateri!il,loss :0£ 'membership.: On the .other hand, the ,treasurer's rep9rt showed that during the year the net receipts amounted to $14,043, as against the net receipts of $12,523 in the preceding year. Then,et expenditures: during the year were $12,511 ) as against $1,2,687 in the ,year preceding.' These figures are arrived at by ignoring for the,sake of simplicity the sums,:reported as cash balances and those tI:ansferr;ed from fund to fund by reason of in~ vestments; A mOre for~ pr~sentation of the matter, may be found in the summary of the treasurer's accounts which is appended to this article, together with the budget for 1923 :as framed by the council. j '. It is plain that the increase .Q£ the .annual dues, while it .has had no !3erious effect uppn the; increase of membership, has considerably increased the reven,ues of tb,e,SQciety . .It is, however, hoped that the receipts may be stillfurth~ increasedduting the coming year in order that the various activities of the association may be' carried forward. Thesecretaty called, especial attentioIitO the considerable number of withdrawals eaCll year and hoped. that· some means might be devised for reducing the nlImber, mentioning that the committee J on membership, which had the matter UIlder consideration, would " welcome any suggestions thAt might be offered. An active effort to increase the endowment is. also planiied .for' the coming year. . R~ports from various. committees weresubmitted,':as &Iso olie of t.b,e,Paciii,c coast bran~h,whichwas represented,at the 'meeting by Prof. Ep,ffi..'aiw. Dr Adams. The';newly. otgaruzed·0anadiari His~ .... torical Association had also been invited to send a delegate, and Mr . Lawrence J. Burpee, its president, attending in that capacity, ad dressed the meeting briefly, by request, on behalf of that society. A resolution was passed authorizing the committee on publications to bring together all materials for reports for the years 1920, 1921, and 1922, and to publish them in one volume, as Annual Report of the American Historical Association, 1920-1922, Vol. r. The com mittee on the Justin Winsor prize reported that the prize had been awarded to Mr. Lawrence H. Gipson for an essay on Jared Inger- , . \ 52 AMERIOAN, HISTORIOAL ASSOOIATION soll: A study of American'loyalism in relat~6'n to British Colonial Government, published 'in 1920. Thel committee on the George LouiS Beer prize recommended no award, the competition having been insufficient. No doubt this was because of the short time elapsing between the announcement of terms of award a year a.go and the date prescribed for submission of essays. It seems certain that a. valu;able' priZe, offered for the " hest w()rk upon any phase of European international history since the year 1895," will elicitabmidant' competition. " The number of essays and manuscripts o1Iered in competition for the other prize.Nellie Neilson, I'( {.J ", and W. L. Westermann; the committee has not yet been able to effect i by correspondence the choice of its chairman. / ~ The executive council elected Prof. D. C. Muhroto fill the vacancy ( 1 on the board of editors of the Amei-ican Historical Review caused f by the death of Prof. Williston Waiker,'andProf. Evarts B. Greene 1., was elected in place of Professor Becker, whoSe tefm had expired. ' . 1-, {' f" ~\. ,j<, ! 't ~ • \, {. 1 5/ ~ I ,~, ·' PROGRAM OF THE THIRTY~EVENTH ANNUAL MEETING HELD .IN NEW HAVEN"OONN., DEOEMBER 27-30, 1922 WedlleJJdall, December 21 '12.30 p. m. ' Luncheon meeting of patriotic societies. Ballroom, Hotel Taft. Chairman, George S. Godard, .State llbrari~n of Connecticut and director of departtn'e~t of war records. Work and plans of Connecticut patriotic soci eties.~dolonial Dames ~ (a) General:.....Mrs. Leonard .M. Daggett, president; (b) History of early Connecticut houses, Mrs. Elford P.Trowbridge, chairman. Colonial wars utili founders and patriots 'of America: Prof. Arthur Adams, registrar general. ' Datight~rs of founders and patriots of America: Mrs. Frank A. Corbin, president: Sons o{the American Revolution: Judge Ernest C. Simp sOll,' president DaVid HUmphreys Branch, New Haven. Daughters of the American Revolution: Mrs. Charles H. BiSilell, State regent. Military order of foreign wars: George S. G(jdard, state librarian of Connecticut and director of department of war reco~ds. .Words of encouragement: Mrs. George May nard Minor; president general, National Society D. A. R. 3p. m. Conference of American history. Lampson Lyceum. Chairman, Franldin L. Riley, Washington and LeeUniversity. "Opportunities for research in the eighteenth century": J~mes Truslow Adams, BridgehamptCln, L. t. "The Secretary of St!1te": Gaillard Hunt, State Department, Washington, D. C. " Isaiah Thomas, printer and publisher": Charles L. Nichols, Worcester, Mass. " Historical aspects of th~ Negro question ,j: Holland Thompson, College of the City of New York., 6 p. m,' Subscription dinners.. Hotel Taft. Mississippi Vallcy Historical ASsoCiation. 'Toastri:\aster, Cari Russell Fish. Speakers, Edward Cbanning, J. Franldin, Jameson, Benjamin F. Sbambllugb. American Catbolic Historical Association. :Eilspanic-A1nerlcan group., Speaker, H. E. Bolton: "Two types of history." 8.30 p. m. Presidential address. Sprague Memorial Hall. l'1barles Homer Haskins: "European history and American scholarship." 10 p. m. Smoker and reception by the Yale University Press. Eurl 'l'rumbull Williams Memorial. Thur8day, December 28 8.30 a. m. Breakfast conference on resources of libraries. Hotel Taft. Chairman, George M.Dutcher. lOa; m;Hispanic-American history. , 2 Lampson Hall. Chairman, Her bertID: :Bolton, Umversity of California. "The frontier in Hispanic-American history"; Victor· A. Belaunde, University of San Marcos, Lima. " German colonization of Chile": Clarence H. Haring, Yale University. "The recognition of the Diaz Government. by 'the United States": Charles W. Hackett, Univers ity of Texas; "The geographical activities of the Casa de Contratacion": E. L. Stevenson, Hispanic Society of America. 10 a. m. Joint meeting. of tpeArchaeological Institute of America apd the American Historical ASsociation. LllIDpson Lyceum. Ohairman, Hon. Robert Lansing, pres.ident of the Washington Society of the Archaeologj.cal Institute of America. "The situation in the: Near East from an historical and archaeologi cal point of view": W1ll1am Hepburn l?uckler, London and Baltimore. "The three Flavian Cresars"; Ralph V.: D. MagofHn, Johns Hopkins University. • 53 54 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION "History and chronology in ancient middle America" (illustrated with slides and drawings) : Sylvanus Griswold Morley, associate in the Carnegie Institu tion of Washington . . ' '12.30 pc ·m~ Lti1ichMd conference on ,the geileral eollege course m American history. Ballroomi Hotel TIJ1t'. DhmrIDlln, Nllthanlel W.Stephenson. Speak ers, Beverly W. Bond, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Ralph H. Gabriel, Dixon R. Fox. 2. p. m. Conference of Archivishj: \'2 t,iith1JS'on' Hall. Introductory remarks, by Victor Hugo Paltsits, chairman of the Public Archives Commission. "Some problemsin'th~'clasi;ifi<;ationQf ~e~ar~entala:rChives": pavid W. Parker, of the publiC archlves of Canada, Ottawa. DiscUSsion of the :;;ubject of classifica tion of archives, b;}" several persons,fdl1~'wedby geIieral disc1lssion and query. 3p. m. Legal history. Hendrie Hall. Chairman; George E. Woodbine, Yale Universit:v. U What legal hlstory means to the lawier i.: Eldward Grant Buck f, land,'vicepresident andgeneral counsel tortlie Ne\v Y~rk> New Haven &: Hart ,~ ford Thillroad. "'W'ha't'legal history mean's to the hiStorian": Charles Howard , . - "" ",,' --', ,·t ,', < " -' , { McIlwain, HaFyard 'Unlv~sity. Dlscuss~on to be opened by George Bu:&ton Adams, Yale tfniversity', and 'Ed,wardJ'ames'W opdhonse,Smilli. College . .3 p: . pl. C1onferen~e'on'probleniB, of. th~. FnrEast., Lampson Lyceum. ;-~ chiurman,~taIJ.eY k: Hornbeck, Departmenfof IState; Washtngi:<:in, h.c. "The ~, i' present outlook f~r Chinese historical studies" : K .. 1:.. Lo,dolumbia University. ''\ Discussion led by Geoffrey C. Chen,Harvard University. "On the evolution of // the fief ".: K. I .. A'saka~a, Yale Unlverr;;ity. Discussion ,led by Dana M. Munro, Princeton .Umversity. I, :Early Americrui poIicylli Korea": Tyler,Dennett, Washirigton;'D.Q.,' .... ,',," "', . " ! ; " ," " .' . 4 p .. m. Annnul,liusm,essmeetlngofthe association;" '$prague Memorial Hall. 4.30.:-6 p.'m, Reee~tion give.I;! llithe Elizabethan. C\.ub, :t23 College Street. 5.30 p.' m.' 'subs'6riptiondinner, Agricultural Histort Society'. Presiding, ,( HerbertA. Kellar. Speakers : lfrederick ,J. Turner, "Agric]lltnr8.1 history as a \ field of research;".midJ.' L~¢aIi'~sbur:v, "The agribUltural survey; ail illus- (, , b:atio~'of itsus'e' In histor'ral r~eareh." ' . .. ) '8. p. ill.' Addfessby the Right Hon. Sir Robert Borden~ . Sprague Memorial , ~ Hall.' "Certain" aspects; Of the political relations b'etween Jlrilglish'-speaking peoples." , ) 9.30 p. m. Smoker for men given by tbe Graduates Club, 155 Elm Street. Re ception at the FacUlty Club', i49 Elm Street, for all members of the association. :> , .. Friday, December f9 ,) 9.30 u. m. Meeting of the Bibliographical Society of America. Memorial , Quadrangle. t' 10 a. m. Joint meeting of the Mississippi Valley Histol!iclllA.ssociation and , [ the American IDstorical Association .. 2 Lampson Hall. ,Chairman, Solon J: 1 .... . Buck;'Untversit;yot:Mlnnesota, president of 'the Mississippi Valley Historical " Association. " .;I,! Southern "projects, for'. ',n , railroad,· to 'the Pacific' coast, .1845'- 1857 II : . St. ' Geoi:ge.:Ii;·~toussat, University.' Of, PennBY lvania., " The .farmers' t. alliancE!' 111 ·North 'Carolina":' JOOn,·D. '·IDcks" North. cCarolina College for . Women. "1 Some, salient Characteiistias" ot· frontier religion":· William W . • Sweet, De Pauw University. 10 n. m. British Imperial history. Lampson Lyceum .. Chairman, George.Burton ~ Adams, Yale UniversitY! "How the,di1licUlties .QfSQuth.Afril!anUnion were over ~ I!omeo'! : ·Basil Williams, McGill University. " l'b,e BritislJ umy in the American ~ Eevol~t1on":, Edward E, ,Curtis, Wellesley College. "lllQ.J!ly Br,itl,sh radicalism } and the Brl~ qUl*ltion": Robert,L. S<;huyler, Coltnnbia U,ni,versity. { 12.30. p. m., ,Joint sul)scription luncheon with ,.As~ocJ/l..1;1on. of College PrQ' f f~sor8. Lawn Club. -; ;..f " THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 55 3 p; m. Conference of historical societies. 2 Lampson Hall. Chairman, Victor H. Paltsits, New York Public Library. "The State of Florida as a field for historical activities": John B. Stetson, jr., Elkins Park, Pa. "Historical interests in New Hampshire": Otis G.Hammond, New Hampshire Historical Society. .. Archreological and historical survey in Indiana": John W. Oliver, Indiana Historical Commission. "The historical society and genealogical re- search" " Arthur Adams, Trinity College.' . 3 p. m. Joint meeting of·the American Philological AsSociation, the Arch aeolOgical Institute of America, and the American Historical ABsociation. Lampson Lyceum. GeneraLsubject: The papyrL ""The Wisconsin papyri": A. G. Laird; University of Wisconsin. ".TheevaIuation.of.tM Greek papyri as historical material": W. L. Westermann, Cornell University. "ApapYi'USfrag ment of Dioscorides in the Micb!1g8Jlcollection ",: Campbell Bonner,University of Michigan. !' The record office :of' Tebtunis ~d Kerkasouchon 0110S": A. E. R. Boak, University of Michigan. "The libfilli of the Decian persecution re examined P.; J. R. Knipiing, Ohio State University. "A recent addition to the Princeton collection and notes on a dialysis of the fifth century A. D',,: H. B. Dewing, University of Texas. ) 8 p. m. AddreBs by the Hon. Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary Of State, Washington, D. O. Woolsey Hall. "S'ome aspects of our foreign. relations": Introduced by President JamesR Angell, Yale UnIversity. 9.30 p. m. Reception given by Yale University. Memorial Hall. Saturday, December 30 10 a. m. Joint meeting of the 'Agricultural HistorY SoCiety and the Ameri can Historical Association. 2 Lampson Hall. Ohairman, Percy W.Bidwell, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D; C. 'I The abandoned farms of New Ehigland" ~ A. O. Craven, University of Chieago, "The development of agricul tural societies in America": Rodney H. True, university of Pennsylvania. U Early travel as sonrce material' tor agricultural hist1Jry": R. W. Kelsey, Haverford College. '. : l '; MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING HEtti AT SPRAGUE MEMORIAL HA7LL, NEW 1IAVEN,' CONN., :QECEMBER28, 1922 The meeting was called to order by President Haskins at 4.15 p. m. The report .of tjJ.e secrf!tary was read and accepted. The report of the treasurer was presented by Mr. Moore with a supplementary statement respecting the endowment fund. Mr. Moore announced that arrangements had been made for a. full., meet[pg'of, 'the council' about Thanksgiving and that an allowa,nc,e had been made for paying traveling ex pellses of the members, this meeting to take the place of 'the meeting of the com mittee on agenda. The president appointed M~. J. Hi vincent and Mr. Holland .'" Thompson a commitfee to &aniine arid auf4t the report' of ,the tr~asurer~ . The budget' as recommended by tlie cOullcil and presented by the, /+I!ftsurer was approved by.avote nf.the meeting; The treasurer in presenting his report explained that the item: of· '$500 for:thecommittee onbiblidgraphy was in the nature of a loan to be repaid to the aEisocintiou.from: roy.altieB1On the sale of the proposed handbook. Thwsuml at $500 for the use of the"executive council l was for the purpose of holdlng'thaNovefuber. meeting.' , ' In the absence of Mr. Bolton,· delegal:efrom the Pacific Oonst Branch, an in formal report was made by Mr. i --""-...... ,- ", 56 AMERICAN 'HISTORICAL ·ASSOCIATION on behalf of the Canadian association, extending- the greetings of his own as sociation, and also a message of good will from the Royal Historical Society of Canada. The. report of the council was presented by the secretary nnd placed on file. The secretary reported that invitations for the annual m€'€'ting' of 1923 had been received from San Francisco, PrOvidence, New York, Buffalo, Chicago, At lan"tic City, and Columbus, Ohio; and that the council hau voted, in pursuanc€' of action taken a year ago, to recommend that the meeting for 1923 be held in Columbus, Ohio. The recommendation was approved. The secretary also re ported that the council had voted'to recommend that· the meeting for 1924 be held in Richmond, with the expectation of ,holding one ses.<;ion in Washington. ( The recommendation was approved. , A memotial 1 to Lord BrYce was presented by Mi; J. F. Jameson, and a (. memorial to Prof. William A. 1?unning was presented by ;)1:r. A. C. McLaugh lin and read by Mi. Ulrich B. Phillips. It was voted,to spread these memorials upon.the records of the association. ?.." Mr. J. F. Jameson spoke of the death of Mr. Austin Scott, one of the founders of the association, and also a life member. The reports of the committees were presented by the secretary and no requests being made they were ,not read. Mr. George M. Dutcher, chairman of the committee on bibliography, made .' additional remarks on the report of his committee with respect to the work of the handbook of bibliography, which is progressing satisfactorily and will be published under the authority of the association in 'due time. Mr. Bernadotte Schmitt made additional remarks to.the report of the com I mit~ee on the George L. Beer prize. He stated. that no essays had been ,re ( '.., ceived during the ,current year, and requested that persons directing the, search in the field covered by, this prize bear in mjnd the possibilIty of making the competition effective in the future. The secretary reported for the committee on the Justin Winsor prize that .\ the prize of 1922 had been awarded to Mr. Lawrence H. Gipson for his essay entitled" Jared Ingersoll; A study of American loyalism in relation to British <> Colonial Government." . ' '.' ~)' The report of the committee on .nomillations was presented. No other~~mi nations were made and it was voted un~nimously that' the chairman of the committee be instructed to cast the ballot of the association for the' candi dates nominated by the committee. This was done and the following elec tions were duly declared: President, Edward P. Cheyney. First vice president, Woodrow Wilson. ( Second vice president, Charles M; Andrews; '1 Secretary, .ToJm S. Bassett. / Treasurer, \Jharles Moore. . ... _... .' , Executive council: Henry P. Biggar, Arthur H. Cross, Sidney B. Fay, Carl. Russell Fish,' Carlton J. H. Hayes, Frederic L. Paxson, St. George L. Sioussat; Mary W. Williams. . .' Committee onnominati(.ns: Ephraim D. Adams, J. G.de Roulhac Hamiltort, William E. Lingelbach, Nellie Neill$()n,William I" Westermann. If ; The audit. committee reported. that it had examined the treasuretls report and found it correct. It was voted to accept the report of·thlrcommittee. f. t By vote the secretary was instructed to extend the thanks of, the association to Yale. University, the New Haven Colony Historical SoCiety, the Elizabethan t Club, the Graduate Cluh, the Faculty Club, the committee on local arrange- ~- {~' 1 See pp. 9U to 96, ( { ( \ f Ji -~~- ,-.~~ "~ " '" THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 57 ments, and the committee on program for their courtesy and assistance in promoting the success of the annual meeting of the association. There being no fUrther business the meeting adjourned. REI:oRT OF. THE SECRE'l'ARY A review of the .business transacted in the secretary's office during the year just ending shows that: the respective parts of our organization have per formed their functions. satisfactorily and leaves the secretary with no striking or exciting information to communicate to this meeting. We meet with no prospects of amending the constitution or by-laws and, sofar as I know, with no open challenge in view against the conduct of any officer or committee. This happy state of amiability is as gratifying to the secretary as to any mem ber of the association, but'j.tchRll the effect of making his report a little tame and casual. He is ,left to . the simple task. of passj.ng in review briefly the more striking phases of our activities and to call attention to some of the tendencies that seem to run in the historical situation in this country, with whose wel fare we are most concerned. Member8hip.-When we voted to raise the dues of members from $3 to $5 a year many of us expected a sharp losS of members in th~ first year under the new rule. It is gratifying to be able to report that the loSS has been small. A year ago the total membership was 2,633; to-day it is 2,592, a loss of 41. Looking at the matter in another way, the average gain for 1920 and 1921 was 94 members a year. Had that rate of gain been continued during the year 1922, we should have 2,727 members. Since we hav:e only 2,592, it is pos sible to say that we have lost 135 members by the change of the annual fee. The report of the treasurer will show the net advantage in the revenues of the association. Of the losses in members during the year, 31 were by death, 106 by resignation, and 155 were dropped because they were in .arrears in their dues. On December 15, the date for which all the fignres are made up, the delin quent members numbered 554, only 27 more than a year ago, for thoSe who were delinquent since the last bill. For those who were delinquent a year the num ber was 22, and that was 3 less than those of the same class a year ago; Thus we conclude that the change in the fee has not materially lessened the ninnber of members and it has materially increased the annual revenues. During the year 18 Il'lembers changed from annual to life members by raying the fee for life members. Most of them were youngish men with the prospect, happily, of long and useful careers, and few of them are opulent. The' action of these members is worth noting, because it illustrates the advantage of the life membership as a business proposition. To the young member the life membership offers an opportunity to capitaUze his annual obligation,at a higher rate of interest than can be obtained from any other investment equally certain to pay dividends. For the association the life membership has the solid ad vantage that the fee goes into the endowment fund, a permanent fund,' and yields a return ten, fifty, a hnndred years after the member is dead. With respect to the regional distribution of the members, 388 live.ill the New EngllUld States, a gain of 1 during the year; 807 in the North Atlantic States, a loss of 21; 136 in the South Atlantic States, a loss of 23; 537 in the '. North Central Stat€Si a gain of 20; 63 in the South Central States, a loss of g; 344 in the West Central States; a gain of 20;' 219 in the Paciti!! Coast States, a loss of 23; 5 in the Territories, a loss of2; and 93 in foreign countries, a loss of 4. Therefore,we have gained in the New England, North Central, lind West Central States,and we have lost in all the-other regions. The statistics of membership demand our most careful consideration. 'They indicate the state of prosperity of the association. In its report for the • year the committee on membership calls attention to . the large n:nnber of ,.,.",.---~ 58 AMERICAN HISTORICAL -ASSOCIATION ;' withdrawals. From 1918 to 1921 the average number of resiglJations annually was 63lh; in the same period the, average number dropped, annually was 1491h. From the two sources we 10st21B members a year. One of the most Int~resting problems we have is how to keep these members satistied within the association, so that they will not leave it Unless .impelled by imperious necessity. The problem is being COnsidered by the committee on membership, which is a:wous for helpfUl sUggestions. Every member owes it to the association to tlow~at is possible to keep up-the'rfiembership fu·the point of including all fuose Wf'Tthy "- Mends of historji!whO'ai'eWlthlrl the lire&. of (lur influence. i A promising source from which we -!!hottld drhw members is the large group i '. of advanced students of history in thellDiverstties, and' colleges. The com· I mittee on membership calls attention to the opporturiity'for service in ,this con mlction by fnsti'uctors of stIch students. Out Of' this class come those who ( make om tJl(ist: eonsta'nt and aotivemembers: TMy usilally join for life ) when they do join,.. ; It is worth -whl1e to trY' to get the largest possible num· -' ber of-them into'theJoi'gatiizittion. - G The association has lost the following members by'uetlthl 81 in number: 1 ,<.< , . ' , ' HONORARY. .MEMBJm8 Right, Hon. J,ames BfYce. ' ' , LIFE MEMBERS Andrew McFarland Davis. William, Archibald :punptng. Henry Herbert Edes. ' Henry Fitch Jeilks (died 11t'i920) , William' Cary Sanger' (died iIi 1921). Austin Scott; ) A'NNtJ.AL MltMBERB' - Edward B. Adams. MorriS Ai: OOhn; .' ,Samuel CantollDerby (died in 1921). August;us Reynolds Dillon. :Ira HobaJ;t Evans, · Mrs: T, lIarrisoh Garrett (died in 1921). } Robert GlasgoW', ' - Frank Hamlin. ' Mrs, Marcus Alonza Hanna (died in 1921). ~ '.- Elmer EllsWPJ;th Lacey (c.lled in 1921), Frank'!. Losee. · Seymour Morris (dteCl In 1(21). I I A" F. Morrison (died in 1921). I Thomas Nelson Page. Abraham A. Rolf. · William . 0, RustoI\. Walter Scott Smi:rOt (died in 192i). Amand Max Souby. Charles. Henny Taylor (died in 1921). Hamilton)'}. Tompkin/l (died,in 1921). BYron G, 'Van norne.· ' Henry Vlgnand, -' . - Willlstoh' Walker, ,; -' '.' . Frank Ernest Woodward (died ln1?21). To onr fellows 'who pass 'on we give the sincere tribute of our esteem. They live in' our memories and thr'ough their services to the .national life. Some of them 'Wollld be here were they living. They deserve andJlave all that holy respect',ttrat'llvlng,men feel 'for honorable men who, have passediuto the mys ~ terious portals of, death. Peaee, and honon, andm(}re-only the heart knows r: not how to say it. Two of ,th()Be .who ar:e gone have beWl esPecially high in our ") esteem, For, them individual tribute, will be· presented at the proper time by ( persollS who are peCllliarly quaUfled to speak of i;heir wor~ and worth. They } i ~, \ ~~..-,.,.--..-,."" t -r.#"-..... ~". ~ THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 59 are William,ArchilJllldDU)}ning, once a president of ' the association, and'the Right Hon. JameS Bry~e, Viscount Bryce, our only honorary member. During the year, announcement has been made that the Fifth International Congress of m.stor1cal Studieswlll be held in BrnsselEHiuring the Easter holi days ill 1923. ,'The congt'essllas b~ ,called by the, :Belgian histollians at the suggesjjonof the ROY;u, l:fiBtori!;!ll Society of London. It will Jje :In session from April 8 to ,April 15. ' The president of this association has' appointed the following cOJ:!lID.i.tteEl., to, J;epJ:esent us and" render what aid we can give in making the congress" a success: J. Franklin Jameson (chairman), Clarence W, Alvord, Sidney B. Fay; Carl RUssell F1sh,Tenney Frank, Waldo G. Leland, James T. Shotwell, Paul Van ;Dyke. Members ,of the association who expect to be in Europe during the coming spring are urged to attend this congress. ' During the •year the editot' ha~ IJeen'Wormed' that"llithe p~o~ss of pre paling the Budget for the year beginning July 1, 1923, the Government will l',educe our Bubvention for printing from $7,000 to $5,000. If this announced ilItention is carried out we are face to face with the necessity of reducing our pubUshing activity. It is a situation that calls for the careful examinati()n of our membership in general. To cut off a part of our annual report at this time Will be very unfortunate; for our industrious manuscripts conuni!lsion has re cently placed in the hands of the committee on publications the manuscripts for 'the Austin papers and the Calhoun letterB and are forced to announce that they see no need for proceeding further until these two collections are nearlY' off the press. The situation calls attention to the need of a permanent invested publica tIon fund. And in that connection it is pleasant to announce that the loyalty of our late colleague, William Archibald Dunning, has provided us with a fund of $5,000, payable in the future, for the general use of the association. A" a college or university lives and develops through ita alumni, so a his torical society lives and develops through the devotion of its members. A year ago the council appointed two of its members, Henry Johnson and Arthui :IIi. Schlesinger, to represent the association on a joint commission composed of delegates from the' other iarge organizations concerned with the social group of studies, to take into consideration the teaching of such studies in the schools. The report of the joint commission has been before the council and will be alluded to in the report of the council to this meeting. The sub ject is brought up here because the most important developments are just ahead of us. It behooves the teachers of history to give serioUs thought to this broad field of inquiry. It is probably the most serious question now up for the consideration of history teachers as such. A pleasant duty that fell upon us during the year was to send our feUcita tions on the interesting occasion of the birth of a sister organization, the Canadian Historical Association. The committee on agenda in its November ,meeting, acting for the council, invited the new-born association to send a delegate to this meeting. The invitation was accepted and the Canadian asso ciation has honored us by sending its president as a delegate. From Washington comes a plaintive note from an organization which may be considered as one of our own bantlings. It was chiefly through the efforts of our own officials that the initial steps were taken to create the University Center for Research in Washington. We feel a considerable amomit of paternity for it. A year ago it was decently opened with competent Officers to .receive, protect, and advise such students as Bought its aid. ' Now comes the report that for the first time in several years Washington is almost entirely wanting m research students in history, the very class for which the University Center seems most needed. In the next issue of the American Historical Review will appear a notice at length of the situation It is mentioned here in order that the • attention of the members may be called to the subject most particularly. ~--- , . 60 AMERICAN. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION By a vote of the council at its last meeting in St. Louis, December-iSO, the president and secretary were given authority to appoint persons to certllin unfilled offices and to fill vacancies occurring during the year. By virtue of that authority the board of editors for the studies' in llnropean history was constituted as follows: George Burton Adams (chairman), Arthur E. R. Boak, Robert H. Lord, Wallace Notestein, and James Westfall Thompson. John B. Stetson, jr., was appointed chairman of the committee on the historical' con gress in Rio de Janeiro and James A. Robertson was appointed secretary. REPORT OF THlIl 'XBEASUlIER , , (NOV1llMBlIlR 30, 1922) " ) Comparative f/m{Lncialstatement for the {iscal1/cars 1922 ana 1921 \ 1922 1921 '\ INCQUE From members, annual dnes ______.____ .______~ __. ______~--'------.------'-I $10,763.114 $7,OOQ.71 From members, contrlbutlons_____ ~ ______,______648. 00 2, 903. 75 American Historical Review, contribntlon ______.cc______500.00 500.00 / 11,911.94' Endowment fnnd, interest ______\ 1,477.80 Bank balances, interest. ______,______75.23 L3!lS.51 67.44 Royalties ______• ______- ______• ___ .__ • __ ~,5~ ~ 1------72:49 Pnblications: Prize essays ______c •• __ 1 .127.82 .213. 53 PapersWritings Bnd on annnalAmerican reports hlstory ___ .______• ______,------,------,------.-.--- .______102.os. 6878 w.2O1!7~71 i?~f~.L:: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: :::::=::~:::: ~:~ ______~~~ 304. 58'1 ______ Registration fees __ .-.----.--.. ---.----.----_-- _-.---.--.-.-.-.------•. -.-. _'_1 162. 50 54.25 159.91 ~~i~~F::~~~~~;i:i~~:~~===::::::::::::::=::=:::::::::::= :::::::::::::: .i: f~~~ft 3,881.16 1 I:''''''~17-, 7"7'5-9.-58-1 -1-6-',40-3.-66-'- / D1SBCRSEltENTS . i { , . .' . I Office of secretarY and treasurer _. ______._ •• __ . ______• ______,._c .. __ . __ ... 3,017.68 2, 928. 77 Paclllc Coast Branch_. ______• ______., ___ . ______. ______• ______•. _.. _._._ 39.46 43.88 ~ Committees o[ manugement: . , i On nominations ___ ------_- ______• ______•.. ______._._ 54. 00 46.93 r On membership ___ -----______-_____ ._. ___ ._ •. ______. _____ . __ . 22. 25 23.85 383.15 g~ f~°af~anginieni;~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: m~ 203. 3D " 39.75 g~ :~~k::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -'-:-286:45' 75.03 Historical activities: i Committee on bibliography ______. ____ ._. ____ •. __ • ______. ___ ._." __ ._. __ ._ 238.17 295.39 \ 677.2Q J g~~~m: ~~ ~~~rc;~~asedu;;tioii:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: _._._~~~~_ 300.00 Conference of historical societies_. ______• ______. ______• ___ . __ . __ ._____ 24.95 25.00 Writings on American history . ______••.. __ . __ ••• _. _____ . __ . __ ._ .•. _._. 200.00 ! 200.00 ~, American Council of Learned Societics ______... ______. __ ..______.• _._._ 153.54 153. 89 Prizes: { Herbert Baxter Adams prize, 1921, Einar Jornnson, "The Danegeld in France" .• __ ._. __ -.-:---'___ . __ • __ . ______. ______.• _ ~200'00 ______Jnatin Winsor priM, 1920. F. Lee,Benns, "The American strnggle for the ., '. . .' '. British West India carrying trade, 1815-1830" ______.. _____ ._:______•• ___ . 200,00 _____ --,,--c Robert M. Johnston prl>;e. T. R. Hay, "Hood's Tennessee cBIIIpaign" __ • ______...•• .250. ()(j American Historical ReView ___ .---___ . __ .•___ ._. __ ••• ____ . ____ ._._ .• _. __ .______7, 227. 90 7;040.90 I, OBih advances to endowment [nncl ______._. ______•• ____ .• ,c-.---;:.-.;- '. . 1,119.·12 f I f Balance Dec. Lmm ______. ______m. ______m. ___ m ______._. __ :~._I· l~:.ill:~. .lg: ~ ~ I F. 759. 58 16, 403. 66 <.-J . I .! ( \ '/{ L __ ...r ... ,~."t~, ," THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 61 " ENDOW14EN;.L' FUND-STATE¥ENT FOR 1922 Receipts I E~~di- I. .Balance . Life memberships._" ___ , __ ~ ______• ______$1,450.00 1 $1, 119. 1 $330.88 Andrew D. White fund ,______------1 87. SO ______12 87.80 George L. Beer prize fund .______267.50 _____ ••••••• 267.50 . 1,805.30 1, 119. 12 '1686. 18 ENDOWMENT FUND-PRINOIPAL ACOOUNT Unrestricted (Including Herbert Baxter Adams bequest, 1002, $4,875) Cost (Par value" YIeld ~U per cent LibertY's, In11.c..:. __ .c.______$2, 450. 00 $2, 450. 00 $104.12 ~U per cent LibertY'B, 1933-1938_ , ______.______5,497.25 5,800.00 246.50 4U per cent Liberty's, 1927-1942~ ______21,901.35 23,200.00 986.00 ~~ Per'cent Liberty's, 1923______50.00 50.00 2. 37 7 per cent Pennsylvania R. R. bonds, 1930______2, 113. 00 2, 000.00 140.00 1------, ------. 1,478.99 George L. Beer prize flll!d: . I 4~ per cent Liberty s, 1938 ______. :l, 797. 35 3,000.00 127.50 7 per cent Pennsylvania R. R. bonds, 1930 ______: 2, 133. 00 2, 000. 00 140.00 ------267.50 Andrew D. White fund: 4U per cent Liberty's, 1947______1,037.48 1,200.00 51. 00 1 ~~~ f~?~~~iL~~~~!it~:::_~~====::::=::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::: ~r: m: ~ CHARLES MOOHE, Treasurer. ,_c, AMERI()AN HISTORICAL REVIEW The American Historical Review owns $1,200, par value, 4U per cent Liberty bonds, 1933--1938, cost $1,134.64, Yielding ____ ------c ____ ~ ____ : ______$51.00 1 Repaid to cmant fund for cash advanees In 1921 for investment. . , Interest from this fund to be used in accordance with the following resolution adopted by the National Board for Historical Service, Dec. 29, 1919: .. That the board offer to the American Historical Association the sum of $1,000, der!vad from the TOyal ties of the board, together with an assignment of all future royalties, to be kept, together with all hiterest which may accrue from these sums, as a separate trust fund, to be called the Andrew D. White fund, from which expenditures shall be made, in such manner as the council ahall direct for historical undertakings of an international character through the American Oouncil of Learned Societies or through such other methods as the council may order." I Interest from this fund to be used for payment of the George L. Beer prize In history of European inter national relations since 1895. REPORT OF THE AMERIOAN AUDIT CO. DEOEMBER 19, 1922. THE AMERICAN HISTORIOAL ASSOOIATION, .... Washington, D. O . DEAR SillS:, We have audited your accounts and records from December 1, 1921, to November 30, 1922. Our report, including two exhibits, is as follows: JJJ!lJ1Libit A.-Statement of receipts and disbursements, general. JJJ!lJhibit B.-Statement of receipts and disbursements, American Historical Review. We verified the cash receipts, as shown by the records, and the cash dis bursements were compared with the canceled checks and vouchers on file. They are in agreement with the treasurer's report. 'The cash called for by the records of the funds was reconciled with the bank statements. • • , ~' 62: AMERICAN IiISTORICAL 'ASSOCIATION We inspected the sectrritiesof the association,'wbfcll agree with the, records, as follows: American Historical Association, general: Endowment fund- Liberty bonds, par value______$31,500.00 Pensylvania R. R. bonds, par value______2,000.00 ---- $33,500.00 A. D. White fund: Liberty bonds, par value______1,200.00 G. L: B~er prrne fund- Liberty bonds, par value______3,000.00 Pennsylvania ,R .. R, bonds, par value______- ___ , 2,000.00 5,000.00 89,700.00 American Historical Review: Liberty bonds, par value______1, 200. 00 Respectfully submitted. [SEAL.] THE AYEIUCAN AUDIT Co., By C. R. CRAMMER; , Resident Manager. Approved. F. W. LAFBENTz, Pre8ident. Attest: A. F. LAFliENTZ, {3earetarll' EXHmIT A.-Receipt8 and disbursements, general, from December 1, 1921, to November 30, 19'22 Receipts: ,', Annual dues ______~_~ ______$10,763.94 IJfe rueruberships______1,450.00 Itegistration fees______162.50 Voluntary contribUt!ons ______------648.00 Publications______~______304,58 Royalti~s--_-_---~-----~------___ 83.18 Special contribution-the Aruerican Historical Review ______500.00 Interest- Endowment fund $1,477.80 A. D. White furid______'_ 87.80 G. L. Beer prize fun(L ______-; ______267.50 Bank deposits~_------_------,75.23 , 1', 1,908.33 27.80 Miscellaneous -----.2;'-:..----.:.:.-----'-:.:_----::-,.---"C,.:::,-_:.,::----~- ----,-- 'J Total' reCeipts -'~'-_,- __ -'_,.: _____ .:.'_"':.: ______,.:______15, 848; 33 Cash on deposit; Union Trust Co; Dec. I, 192L______2,597.43 18,445.76 ~T Disburseruents : Secretary and treasurer ______~ ______~ ____ ~______3,017.68 Pacific coast branch______39.46 CODlDlittees of ruanageruent- Noruinations ______$54.00 Meruberships ______22.25 , PrograruLocal arrangements ___ ------,------______308.74112. 28 '> 'Agenda __ ~ ______~ ______~~~ ______::~ ____ 286.45 -'-'-- ·783.72 HlstQrical activities-, ' " . , Bibliography ______~ ______~_ 238.17 Publications ______426.01 j Historical societiefL.:'-______,, ______-'_ 24.9!5 Writings on Aruericanhi,story___ h ____ :..~ ____ "'..;"'__'. 20(}~00 t, American Council of Learned SOcieties ______-'---, 153. 54 ~ 1,042.67 1 I. t r .' THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 63 Disburs.ements-Continued. Prizes- Justin Winsor, 192(L..; __ ~ ____ ;.._,-~ _____ ..'.,-_~ _____ $200.00 Herpert Baxter AdamsJ.1921 ___.------~--- 200.00 . $400.00 Arileridlll Historical Revie'w~---~:....:.--7-...:----.:.---~-~------..:- 7~227. 90 Total disbnrsements -:..'-:" __. _ . ..; ______~ __ .:. ___ ..;_~'______,. 12, 511. 43 Cash on deposit; Union Trust do., Nov. 30, 1922______5,934. 33 : : - ; . . 18,445.76 ,," ! EXHIBIT B.-Receipts and disbursements, American. ¥l.storical ~eview, tram December 1, 1921, to Nopember SO, 1922 '., , Receipts: '. ". . . . The Macnifllian Co;,per contract:..~ ___ _'_..: ____ :... ___ '_.: ____ _':... _____ $2,400.00 Interest on investJnents...~ __ ~_ .... ~'" ___ '".:. __"" _____ ;;. ____.:.___ 51. 00 );nterest on bt;nk; !ieposits-----______--..,~------19. 35 ToW . rlke1PtS __ :... ______~:... __ .:.:.._:.. ______~______2,470.35 Cash on deposit, Union TrttstCo., Dec. 1, 1921:.._:.. ____ ..: ______'"- ____ -' 657.37 ~ 3,127.72 J " DisbUrsements:.. .' , .' . " i Office of managing editor_____ :.. ______:...~ ______:... ___ _ -l: • 154.74 Stationery, printing, and Bupplies-___ '--':... ___ -' ____ i:..._'-______.:._'-::.. 88.75 \ Binding ______..;:..._~~_~ ______..; ____ .:. ______~ ___ ~ ____ ..'. __ ~ \ 32.00 Publications ______~ Translating______22.40 20.00 Ii Documents purchMed ______,.. ______10.74 \; Contributors to the Review _-' ______'- $1, 547. 75 ",", ~srefunds ______..; ____ ~~------'23.00 I J Traveling expenseB.. ' ______. -,-__ l,~m345.78 I Contribution to the American Historical Assoclation ____ :..._____ 500.00 ) Servicesl JanllarY,,:1923, J;teview ______"'-______10; 00 ~~!n~-;du-;~:~ ~-C"--=;::~~~=;~~--:=:::~==~~~-~~~~~.. i: ~ b .Total diSbUrSeIDents ____ .:..;._.,.~~.,..:..:.~-..:.:~~.,.-.,..--~'--J~--- __4_ 2;714.96 Ii) Cash on deposit, Union Trust Co., Nov. 30, 1922 ___ .:.. __ "' __ ~ __ ~---412. 76 .f, 3,127.72 ~'~ Approved: J. M. VIl~:OENT, 1/ DEOEMBER ,28, 1922. HOLLAND ~HPMPaON, . ,~ Audit committee, A1neNean Historkat Ailsociation. . . ',' ,- " " t REPORT' OF THE: HIBTOlUQAL:' MANUBORIPTB COliI:MJ:BSION '1 beg leave to report that the manuscript ot the Calh9un ,letters has been com pleted an~ .that thlij'matter h~S been turned OVer to the publication committee. On account ol the time and money thatWm .be req\1ired,' as I suppose: for the pnblicatlO1;l' of 'the A~tin:p!lpers, it dci~ !lot aeemto me. desirable to lay ! - -, ;' , ' " , " tl further plans at present. .: . t Respectfully submitted.. ] JUBTIN. ff.SIDTH, OhGirman. i l ~! REPORT OF T'im 'PUBLIO AiCHrviJ:i3 COMiussioN The report of the Public Arch1ves.Commission, together with an account of the ninth and tenth conferences of archIvists, a digest of legislation relat ing to archIves, 1918-1921, and a list of some archival publications, 1918-1fl21, appears on pp. 113-186. r '1:i l ILl 64 AMERICA.N HISTORICAL ,ASSOCLA'l'ION REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS Since December, 1921, two volumes of publications have been distributed among members desiring them: Volume I of the report for 1918 and a volume SUpplemental to the two forthcoming volumes of ,the report for 1919, entitled "Writings on American History, 1919," compiled by Grace Gardiner Griffin, the fifteenth number in this well-known series of bibliographies. Miss Griffin's sixteenth volume in the series, that for 1920, also, issued in supplemental form, should be ready for dIstribution shortly. The report for 1919, aside from the supplemental volume of that year already distributed, consists of two volumes now in proof: Volume I contains the proceedings and various papers read before the Cleveland meeting of the association. Yohtme II, divided for \. convenience into Parts i lind II, contains a conSiderable portion of .the Austin Papers edited by Prof. Eugene C_ Barker, which constitutes a part of the fifteenth report.of the Historical Manuscripts COmmission. At Mr. Boyd's suggestion your committee recommends that the editor be Pennitted to gather together all the business records ov~, th,e yeara 1920-1922 / \ and abstracts of papera-:-such materials 8,8 wrtain ,to,tp.e ·proceedings of fu~ three successive annual meetings held at Washington, St.Louis, and New Haven, respectively-in order to issue them in a single volume to b~ identified as Volume I of the Rnnual report for 1,920-1922. In this way Ilomething may be gained in the process of bringing our records near to date. I '. The remainder of the AUIltin Papera-:-or such portions of the remaitider as it seems wise to publish-will appear as Volume II of the report for '1920- 1922. Inasmuch as the extent of these papers was looselyestjmated 'iI't1918 (annual report ,for tliat year, I, 37" 53), and as they ,bid fair to absorb a disproportionate amount of our annual appropriation from the Government, the committee has had the council put upon record (December 27, 1922). the foliowing resolution ~ , That hereafter the council will decline to approve any proposal from any conllnittee for the inclusion of any material in the, annual report unless such proposal is accompanied by estimates of amount which the chairman of such .committee shall personally- certify to be correct. ,This resolution is not intended to apply to papers read before the assocIation or to formal ) records or reports of the association or its committeeS.' ' , In this connection the association may here be reminded that, although an ( effort has been made to have our Government appropriation for 1923-24 .\ maintained at $7,000, the amount annually granted to UIl since, 1907, that sum is Ukely .to be reduced to $5,000. ' , The Herbert Baxter Adams prize essay of 1917, the work of Lieut. (now \ I Prof.) F. L. NUIlsbaum, is about to appear as the concluding essay in the I series for the separate printing of which the association has heretofore held ) itself responsibie.· It will be issued. in an 'edition Ifmitec1 to 300 copies con- ,- <, ,'-< ... forming'exllctly in size,type,and binding, to the two volumes by Dr. T. O. Pease andD~~ Richard J. Purcell, respectively. Its title. is . 'idomm~~cil\l policy in the French Revolution-a study of the career of G: ;to A.. Ducher.'i Note may be made at this point of the award in 1920 of the ,;' t~ ,. \ t l!HIft;r:y~SEY;ENTH.ANNUAL MEETING . 65 son of the.Unlve):sity ,.of Chicag~kfor 1Ul ~say entitled" The J)anege~d, in Jrrllnce." , ., _ ~". , " ' Figures on the sale of our publications for several yea.rs past stand as foll()ws;" - ,>,' " ;h ,- ",;T . ." ' .' , 1"""191 . "'" ','''' "'$542.00'1'1'9 '''1 0" ,,' '" --, $I' 1 0" 1.9 ':. 19,: _,'_.-::-. ___ -: _____ . ,6 :'. 3 1917.1918,7~-,--,:.~,------,,":-~-,'L~-, _~ ______~_ 266,0.6,.,', '. 192~1921-,92-:.-;~~~. ___ ~_~ ______~.' 408.9~ 19i9....1919i._-,_.:...:_.:. ____ :.:.:._L_.:._ 503.59 1921-1922 (to Noveri1be't' 30.) ~ '387.76 ¥,te~ offering tiie;.piA~ ~8Say~, )fas(;yk~~ af ~ei~ ,~~d]lction 'm~ric.eB;th~ h~l~: mgs' of'tlie aEsociation may be listed in this wise';" . "',, .' ,,:' ;-" '_'; '·;)1»-.-, .' : - I' .c' > Bound' '" Unbound, , 'KtebbieL.~~ ______~_.:.~:,, ___ -'~ ____ ~_~~______", 185 Oilrter __ ~_"' __ i...:~_-, __:" ___ ':' ______'::_"''''_~:.._'___ .:. ____ '168 " ·Muzzey_.:: _____ ~ ___ _' __ r.:. _ _'L_'l..~'_.:...:_..:::--LL::::.."'..:·_:J.:.1!_..:· _0::.1 ,·238 ",,' ¥.t~iE~,~i~ii~~;~.~,i~~~~~~~~;3;~~~~~~~~~~;f~~,i~·' '.~~' ,fi22 ,1,217 lad 't~ th~e ;' 1'T" P~pers ______~ _____ ~_---- ___ ~~______610., .,:" Annual reports ______2,50.9 75 ' Churchhlstory,papeTS__ '-_:.:~'''_':.._..:'C:.:....:!::.:.._'.:·L:.c..:_::2:.:.:.. ,,~, 98 Ii" ' 'Writmgs: on;:Amerlcan: histor,y-.L.:.. ..::..-'~L:.i._'."'..;=;,.~'_l,jG41, ) 841 r 1 • Tot~EL:~~~·_;~~-~,--~~~;-'~:.----,~:-~~~,.'~~--l77()~ .2,:743 i1', .~s 10ngagoas.l~17 (annual reI?Or.t -...",-..-' ...... --...,.- .. -~-.....-~..--<-----..-~~-.-,..<~ ...... -- 66 ' 'AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION The 'committee hao several long 'sessions at St: t.ouis in ~ember,1921, two sessions in the spring of 1922, and a session at Middletown, Conn., No- vember '11-"12; 1922.: • ' Progresl.! of the manua~ of bibliography.-The work of getting therevi~ws ~Dm., ,the reviewers of books· and, the completed chapters from the chapter !l4itD~ has necessarily progressed: somewhat slowly but Is making good prog r~"." The '{lOlIlDlittllflhas ,at;'pres:eIlt in. hand, out of the 29 chapters which will comprise the Manual for Historical Literature, 15 chapters which are all cbril~le\:e lind :r~dy f6;r' the 'prtiiter excepbillll: they Will haye to b~ gone over carefully to secure uniformity'tff l1iJ 'lillitteJi of fititlals and fOrffi ~nd:fo assign 'serial htllJ.bers to each book or group of bOOks. In the case of several of the~: chapters the easiest and' clearest way tcnt, and "llierewiUbe'a" fnrthel= expenditure df"$98:13 'for 't'ravellilg' eXpenEiesfor' tllli'Tecent meeflhgof th'e' conllnitte~ at Middletown. This will leave a considerabh~"l\rie:q,end'eti balance afthe end of the financial year in December. The committee vef-yearnestly"i'eqttests that'lf\fuay be'grlinted $500;f~r tHe year 1923, virtually all of which will be needed and expended in the pr,eparation of the manuscript. fQr the printer, as it is not expected 't'hIi('illo¥Jj thllIr~on~' ftirther'meefulg6'f the committee w;i.llll!l nec.efl!3¥!,inv.olpng rtI'!l-YIl)lng,expenses.., ,;,11' IF" i"'; pibliom:aph,y of lV(3l!ter~ .• trav.6f~.,.;Th~; :"ubcoJlUl1.ltte.e o~ tlle ~oJlWl~tt~ ,oA J - IJiplfogrllph;V, w:jlicl1 was asked. tQ takeJIP< the 9,uj!s.tjpn.,9f ,f\.,.j:li\Jli!)graphy: of. Western travels, has been reorganized during the yeaf: mtl,l M. ,M~. Quaife .as. ('liairman ill place of Professor Shambaugh. Prof. H. ,C. Hockett, of Ohio ~;.1 I THIHTY-SEVENTH AN1'l"UAL MEETHW 67 State UnIversity, ba::; been asked to become a membcr of this subcolllmittee. ,A sep~ratc report, will ,be m REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE CONF~iJE riiI! HniTc:iMeAir. Soel1!:rlEs ':' . Tbe conference of hiStorical sociiltieldfiet'lit'st Lom~, Mo.;'iJtDecember, 1921, and papers were read and discussed dealing wIth historical materials in Washington, D. C., and in the various depositories of the Middle West. In the business meeting which, !oJ,lowed" the ~etaryrep()rted, that the recetpts from dues fr~m the socIeties had been larger than eVE!r bef'01'e and t had'made possible the separate 'Printing andillstribuU()ll',of tile Iirocfieding;. i He sugges~ed, however, that, 110 frw,societie:,uvei'~. cll?=ryillgm:?~(oi.~i#I'Lflnan cial burden and recommended that the basis of support be changed(and that each' society, irre~pective of size, be aSked.to. pay it fee of'·$K 'Amotion: was passed to this etrect, and the secretary was also instructed to send out publi catIdris only to those societies remitting, ,dues. Du.,ring, the, l'.ear i 1922 tbe ~ secretary mailed out a circular to the soCietiesnottrying the~' of thI~ change, and dues have been received from a larger number of organizations than ever before. The total reCeipts are not as large as in the pi'eeeding year, but have been enough to permit the secretary to print tile proceedIngs of tile meeting of 1921 'and send out notice of the meeting at New Haven in '1922~'A stMe \i merit df receipts and dIsbursements L'l appended. Stnce the procee~gs h~v~ t been'ma1led only to those reiufttihg {lues, th~ secretary expects' th~t ti;le failtire ) to receIve' copte~ 'with' the hotige' Of C the present' meeting Win 'b).'J,Dg a ,con siderable incteasein tecelpt's fTdhi' those: who hil~e °JV~~IOOkedt~e*lJIatter. ',' I, The ~ecretar~' teels that'tbe: ~xpen,e~cie •~f ,~~: yea,r! jj~tl~ff't¥: C~~lI!l~ , ~, tile basis' of support and. believ,es thatsp,cceeUing, years Will show a steady growth 'in receipts. ' c.' , " """ , '; ',; ••• " ' ,ProgreSswasf'eporte'd from' bO,til the coni,ihlttee 011 the ,hanllb90Ji:!Uldtit~ committee on the continuation ofllieG~iiiin bibliography. Data'secUred from the societies since the last' 'publlcatlonof iliateriathas been t{uned o~'e~ to tile chairman of tile handbook committee for the use of the lndi:nduttis. j cariy'.: ingouLtil~ survey in Jach State,"fugeilier wIth a'qq~~tio~~(c!lver1ng tile points dclnred iit tile handbook. The secretary ¥"1' supplellle:nt~d this '., work by sending out, in December, 'i922: a similar questionnaire to all the soCieties; in order that none may be overlooklld. " ' ,'" ... With regard tofhecontinuation of the Griffin bIbliography of hIstorical societies, the secretary, after correspondence with, various individuals, is of tile opinion tilat the project will entail financial support that tile conference alone is unable to provide. It seems desirable that the work be carried on by or under the direction of the original compiler, Mr. A. P. C. Griffin. The " conference, however, could perform tile service of seeing the project through, (~ if it could be given some assistance in the way of financing and printing by the AmerIcan Historical Association. The secretary is suggesting to the con ference that it appoint Mr. Paltsits, who is familiar with the situation, to '1't, ?~ c IJ:"I .. .~~,,_ .. ______• .~--'-,~_-...r"-~ ---~~~-----'~=="""~ '- ., 68 A:NfERICAN HISTOrnCAL ASSOCIA'tiON 'confer willi 'fue' secretarY ofth!!.. Ariieri~an' Hi~torical' Associaition ; iind 'with Mr.' Griffin'; 'for :tile 1111rpOse of advilllclng tilii' very' desir'able publication. .. A continuation of the appropriation of $25 to the conference by the Ameiican Historical Association1 would 'be 'greatly appreciated. Respectfully submitted. i JOHN C. PARISH, Secretary. Fi1!ancia~ statement of 'theoonference of histori{)aZ 80cietie8 for 1922 Receipts : G~sh .on hand, Dec. 20, 192L_~·_-,-":.;.:""" ____ ,,,,;_,,;,,;,,,;~~~:,,_~.J __ ':' ____ "; $81.1)4 Dues from societies, etc______56.00 "Appr9priation fJ;0JIl. American. Hlsto;r~calAssocilltion'--'--~-.-.'"'_.:.'"~_ 25. 00 112.94 Expenses: Multlgraphing and'rnailing:Clrcnlar letter, July, 1922 __ '____ '- ____ ,_~_';, 9.95 !;etter: heads-.;. .. ".J_'"_'-:.;."L~'_'__L_'_"_.J..._....:. __.. _~~ ____ .:."':.'_-'_"'.:L _ _'.:.,_!.._~, .' ·5. 00 ~os.tllg~ f.,or, prpG~e.4t)lW?*l'l.C;;Q!:respoHd~pc~=~,..---~:..,-~,..--:_~--.. 10,.00 Pri'nting proceedingsi ------.,------~7------,,--,---- ..60.00 Multigraphing a1i:d , n'1aillngout 'December circillars 'and "question-" , ,naIre '--':..· ____ ..;.:._'-_..;.:'-;~.:._:.::.._'"~:..:.;:.:_.:.:.:.;. ___ '__L_:.:'..:.::.:::_.:._:....::_:.. .:...:_.::.::::" '23~76 Revision and copying of mailing lisL__ ·"' __ .c· ______.c.:. ______-i ___ '-'-'-', 3.,00 .. -.--.-.-, ...... ,i, '. " '., . 111.71 ,Balance Oll'hand DeC. 18; 1922.:.:...:.:.._'-____ ..:-,..:.:. ______-, ___ ----- 1.23' ,;: -;':'111\'", - 'i-'>~' j' ,n" '; _'_'_'_'_ '; ;," ,~ ! , - ,~ ) • d .. I >, . 112,94 ~ !-. - ~ i) _ ; ; " :ft~l'O~T Oli,THE Co¥:lgTT..FW ~iI!. MEMBER,SHIP ;., . . ,(~5< __ ~ '1<' ;" - .,,' It ~: : : ~ L'" " .. ~,lh'·~if} .--~~\ ·"f;:.ur; 1,1 'i't' ,·.~'",<1 ~.~ '-c f.,:> ·r :-: ,-:: ,,$ ~ ,i.ffr-'J "1: .! ~ j ::1 t ~ ; . " >1 bU'I·,![_nl , I'· ji J ~~£i; ,', i ,:<111 l;-;.: • .iii I I' THIRTY-SEVENTH' ANNU.A.L MEETiNG 69 ~ ~ <'1' ~; Sratistics ot membership i ---'--"~---'-'---'--~~ I , , i ISIS ' 1919 11120 11121 " 11122 1'~~-'-' ',.'.' '." L .Gn&BAL'... ",' " , , .", '. I Total membershlp.--•••• --•••• -",.'O"h ..• ' .• ~c•. ·.,..··.c~~·~cl ,,2,619.• ,2,(45 I '.2"~,,i:J.~~,2,6\12 LIfe •••• _ ••.. _~·~" .•~ •• _ ••.•....•...... •••••••••••.I 1011 1' 107"." . 106'~'; 138 i~:w:!hoJ;i,~:==,====I==:::::::::::::::=:::::=::::====:=:=! 2, ~ 2, ~~ 2, ~ 2, ~ 2, ~ i---:==: Total paid UJe!llbersWp.~.;..- ••• ----.7 •. -..~.r·- .• ···.... ~.c.··jl,8i7I-::;;0022;074 ,2, 106 1'2:038 Dellnqueut, total•...... ••.••••.•...... __ .• __ •.•.••• , •••.... ; ,702 I ~a (50 ,';27 1 554 . ".'"Since last bilL •••.••••••••.....'" __ .•••.•••••••.••••:'.' . __ ••""'a'''j'' _.__ . 675' .388 ill 502'pg '532 '.' FOl'oueyeat.••••.• : .••c.;~·.,.: ..... ":c:.:c.::.2.:J. ..; .. ·.:L::?, ,:'27 f: (5 ';, 8' I, 26'; ,. 22 ·,qss{:to~I\L~:~i:;:~.~:--~··:.·;/·:~~~;~·;·::;~;'::~+:::·~·~··;~i, ~ r "282, ); ~:~r=.~ . , D. ea. ths ••••, •..•••• _-.-- ...•••.•...... c ....••••••••.•.•· .• , ······1· 39 36 37 291.' 31 ·'·ReslgnatloIIII'c';,.:!. __ •... ,·::::•..... :~.;""'::, ••· •.• ,_.:.01" ,61), ,.!, 58 "iii '67 : 106 i "I)~pp:ti~86 .-:-:7~ ,; '71!. '. lIlq, . ·-t1 t ." II. 'REGIONAL, ,,' l New England __ ", . .! __ ••. , __ ."'. __ • __ ~_ •. _•.. '_,l._._ .•. _... ,~~. 400 397 ,403 ;887 . ass ~: t:I:::flg::=::::=:2c==::::::::::=::::}=~:::::=:==::=:::=: ~j • ~ fa: , ~ Wo {! ;~ft~ 8:;::.~:=:~:..~::::::::::::=::::::::::::==:::=::~~:,:::: 4~ 4~ ~..,. sg 53J . ,WestCentral:____ •. _•.••. __ ,_•.• ___ ,.·.,_ ••~ .• " •• __ ._,c ... _._.; ,284 278 . 289 3U . M4 ¥:~tl,:r~::::~}=~:::::~:::::::~::::~:~:::::::::::::=:::=:::: ~" 23~ ug ~ 21~ Other ,cop.ntrl~--"'-~--'------'~"--"'~"~'--"---"""'--I, 81 88 114, 97. ,93 { J.! ,j, 0:,"," l 2, 519 2, m;2, 6U I 2, ~ 2, 6r,! . "REPORT "OF THE COMMITTEE' ON' TiIEJUS'rIN WINSOBPRIZHI l-: ,-," L> -:_') • \< _',-." ~ r -t: 0, _, " ~* ','~~ _:..- ,+ [: }'-,: "-, '_, /. ::-, <; -, {i Y!1ur~<;OJpmitt~,on.awa,r~g".tp~.l~,# .1Yins~r RF~e b~~ l"~~y'e ,to~ybI~~it .thf!;,fo)lQ~mg, .r~port:, , '<" • '. i ,'. ,:;.<;' ;i,';r •• '";,;' .;. I ,~h,1,! e~ys Bub.J;llitted,w,ef:Il,numerolls Illl(t,.O~ ~cell~I,l~ .. ~ualit~';:.l.ft ,;~s, therefore, a difIlcult matter to reach a deciSion and this difiicultywas in- ~l' ~ea~~ r .. "_",, 1- >,,- > -, ---~ -... -~ --... ---.~ '" 70 nAMERlOAN HISTORICAL, ASSOCiAtiON tion and the historical profession 1ng-enera] are to be congratulated upon the splendid and varied showing made in the field of original research. Your"chairman renews the earller suggestion that the date for submission of the' essays should 'be placed not later than April 1 of the year in which the prize is awarded. He wishes to express his :appreciation for the spirit 'ofcooperatiolishowu' by his colleagues on this committee. Respect;fu11:t submitted.' > I. J. Cox, Ohairman. T. F. MORAN._, REPORT OF ,1'HIii COMMITTEE ON THEGEOBGE LOUIS BEER PRrtE As chairman of the co~ttee ontlle GeOl:ge Louis Beer prize I beg to report ,that no essays have beerLsubmltted in the competition for the ~urrerityear. I: dare say that the llrize is of too 'recent announcement to hav~ aroiIsed much interest as yet,but 1 H1l1 wondering if some advertising shouidnot be done. if this'ls proper, I Bubmit,it for the committee on agenda. It may be that this riills wfi:hin the fUllr:tiQ!i, pt the committee; I am really writing for information. , '. BEBNADOTTE E. SCHMITT, ,Chairman. Iil!lPont ;OF TH~ :COMMITTEE ON THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES The committee feel that they have done what they could during the year, toward 'the securing'of a sUitable National Archive :auilding, but it hasproyed inlpossible to secure the necessary appropriation from the Sixty-seventh Con I \ gress. What JlRd b~en previously achieved may be described by saying that legislation ailthor~Zlrig the:;erection of a building was secured six years:a:go; tha t a Mte has beeU:; selected according to the procedure provided by law ~ and that the Sec~~tary "of the Treasury has' for several YeHrS past inserted in tile estima't~s an,liem 6f' about $480,000 for the purchase of this site. The Public Buildings ClimmiSsfQn, has given tills building a foremost place in their pro gram. In: pieplir~tron: for the session beginning December, 1921, the Director of the Budget approved the item in the Treasury appropriation bill, above , mentioneq.'l,'he,HouseCqmmittee on Appropriaions, however, left the item (. out of the bill when they presented it, to the ,House. Efl'orts to restore it, made on the fIoorof the Hollie hy Mr.F~sso:r Ohio RtldMr.Datihiger of Massa chusetts, wCl:e unsuccessful, and the bill went to the Senate'Wfthth:iethIs item. The Senati{Coillmitt~6n ApptoP~iationSbrouglif{uie ~ite'fu;llias an am~nd , nient; whi~h 'wtis 'a'd6I1ted'bythe "Sehata' lnit"was i6st: ihf con:f(~riince: When \ ilie conference i:~poi;t' c~fuJ' lfet6te 'tiie' HousFMessrs.Dllllhiger','arld Fess endeilvo;}~4' 't~ s'~tirelice~PtarlM' Of' thi? S'ehai:e aiii~ndmeiit,' buttii~ntiproposlil was defeated by'Jd vote 'of 113 Hi'S:'" ,,;,:!., '".'" In respect to the pi~S'enf se~si6n; thougJi;'tb'e"Tteasrl~lput forward again ilieneC~ssarYe8timnte;, the J)lrec~o'r of'thJ Budget cut, it out, ,and it is ap ,) parent'atllie'tike ot'making thisreporf'ihatt1{e Hem w111 not be inserted ill the Treasury approprikilbh bill hy'the iHoli!:Jl! COxhIhtttee on AppropHations,and '''' will not come before the House." "'" ' R,esllectfplly ~~~~itted. J. F. JAMESON, Ch(~irman. 1 Rl!lPoRT' (lJ!"ITRE,COMMITTEE ON SEBvtCIt, ' "n' :"! ,T~, ~~Jl1mittee ·\~as,'~t,/I.~li~~~di#,. or(l,~r .t~. relJ~yeth~::~~r~t#r!'~:,?iW~~ in Washington in respect to miscellaneous historical questions which come there £rpm IJ1~ber!, ~~: " illgtou", ti]n¥ is,[!,\ave~J~~.tl1e assist~n~ s~cre,~al.f }ns.te~d,of"sen:din~) ~~lch ques t tions to him CRn refer them immt'diately to a member of the committee llving / !, /''''-\ /'~-~ .. __. ___--'O- __.. __ ~- F' / I.... ______~- {~-, ------._--.. ,---,,--.,.. --.. -- . ---~ THmTY~SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 71 in ,Washington, orilend them atoiice tothatmemher' of theconinrlttli6,resldeht elsewhere, who ia expert in the particUlar fleld'wifhiriwhlch tlie'qtte'stion'fai1K ~y such questions have during ilie year'been dealt' With hitliismanner: NO,formal record of them has 'been keptl· :;,." . , . Respectfully submitted, J. F. JAMESON, Ohairl1imt. ' REPORT OF COMiliTiEE' ON ;TFiEU~r~Sl~'CEN~~ ;Or;'REs~ARCH ;NWABHINGT~~ ';'. ",1 >!,.i_'rt The America:n,matQrlcal iA"SSocln.tion·ls represented in the board of research, advisers of th1i!()1'ganizll.tl~n: b~'(se)Iet'al .members: Lieut. Commander Edward Breck, Hon: Da~1dJ'.·Iii1I; GatlIaii(B'uiit, .T. Franklin Jameson, Julius' Klein, Baron 'Se~ge 'X:' 'Korfr, Ii; 'Iim~'£ea:~ed, Waldo, G. Leland, Charles Mooi(l,' Thomas W. Page, Herbert Pntrutl1l\"mtililird A.Rice, CoL Oliver Ir.. Spaulding-,. and George F. Zook. Most I REPORT OF CoMMITTEE ON THE DOCUMENT.ABYHrSTORICAL PUBLICATIONS.OF THE . ;':;:"u'~n:¥'~fA,~E(GQ$J.fMENT· ,;, ;,' No progre~!! has beeIl m~de~itll,t1i~.vrese~t COl1gI'e$.S:;~,;advtW!!lng ,eith!l,r the cOplprebensiveprpject prepare« in'1908 ,by a committee appointed for the purpose by President Roosevelt or in: nnyother: 01' lesser scheme of documentary histOl;ical pubjlcllction. ,Some preparations have, however,beenmade which may lead to better results in the next Congress. ltespectfully sub;mitted. J. lI'.JAMEBON; Ohairman.' REroRT OF 'THE COMM:iTTEE'~N TIlEHISrl>RICALCo,NGRESS ;'T RIO DE.iA~IR'o > J < ,,~ ,i .; , i· t; -:' " ! ,'. ,-- .:' ,By:;directlon ,of, the presidentof,the;commfttee;Mr; John· 'B" &'1:etsollj ,:lr./the present report of the operations of the committeedn the Historical Congress at R~Q,;delJaneirodsrendered.:,' ' l' ,,' .# '\Dr. Julius, Klein :was appointed seCretary of the" conimittee,' but 'owing to, the" press o,f other duties, he was reluctantly'relieved;iofithis post: anll the ulider: i, signed 'app,ointed 'secretary; fudlis'stead~·, . :' ,." ; !; -,[ The functio.ns of.;tl\w ,Co,mmittee· were 'simple,"namelyit() "obtain, th'iH:>oopera: ' tion,of United States'mliversities tlndcolleges and of United States historical scholars in the Historical Congress ~I'~ichwas,opelled at:&i,Q, ~~;ral,l~iro, Brazil, Sepieciber 7,1922: " :', ,." ,. ':~:" ' ~' (a) By means of delegates ~vJio' might 'titteud th~ C~~!;'res~ill person awl represent their institution and 'the American Hlstol'ioal'Assoefatlbn; (0), By means of historlcal ,papers Written eXPressly-for, aild presented at, the ('on gress, + ~I , .. ..? t'~---~- .. ..--""'--...... ------..... -...-.. -,.>-...---~-- ...... -. ... ------...... , --.,-. ~ ...... ~~~--»-"'---~-... -<-.~~ " 72 A1yfERIOAu.'f mS'IORICAIl ASSOOIATION" '4cpor~~y, :tP~,lea~g"nniversities anlt colleges of, the 'United' States 'and solIl~"~m~~,,Ws~~l!s.,knoW,n to be interested. espeoiallY'in HispimiC-A'1'llm c~,N~to!Y,;~Y~r:e, requested toappoinf;, cielegates.to the congress, 'ana'it was i suggested. to various historical scholars. ,that' they: prepare papers for": the I occasi()n. i. ' ::. " . Re8u~i8.-Delegates were appointed by the following institntiqns: '+{,-;-:,,_';_ '< .;' '; 'T : ;_,.1 ~-_ :,' ;' •. ~\ F;-~~+~:-t,~-r '1,-' :_'0' ': .. "1' ,'. Harvard ______Ambassador Edwin V. Morgan. <., .. " .' '::11' .'" ',JesseciKnight,RiodeJane1ro;" ·.·f. '.';- pellllsyf;vanl'!;-:-7,,--(:-,-;-.,.-~'T"."'_t--,.,,_;"'.;"7,,~OA .13,·Jl)'~YFRj,O de:Janeiro. ""';' Prlnceton______~---__ --_,~-T- Rev., l1etbert ,S •. Harms, .Rio .de Janeu,o. ',' ",:, ...... " ...., "Richat Isaac ..iostlh ·:Cox,,-'_':~:': __ ~~~_~:':Trffe~j6~0~~d8~9,., " :'~ 1 .: "f,- '.' , Herman .James ___ ,------Do. . .:-",', (, " .. :,;~;.' ," .. ;- >. Ju1ius.IPeln,..~-.,.--+:'_.:.--.!.-..:-, Commercial relations.be'tween·'.13fazil ; arid the United States during the last century (1822- . " .• r • ,1922) ~ .. ..,' .' •. . . , ,. . Percy Alvin Mtfrtiri~:-' ______.,_ 'Minas'. Geraes and California: A comparison of (, " , <,; "certain phaseso! theIr historical and social , evolution...... ,,,. ',.' " \ ' Mary WllhelbiiiJ:e'WUIfams __ ':': The treatment of negro '~laves' in: tp.eBra,,, .' .' ' ,.: ". ", zilfllIi Em'piI'e:':A,'comparis'onWitlftheUiliteu ' ,,,States of".America;· I';' ;".' c'''', '.'''- :It is understood'also that II. paper waspreselited 'bY'WillinmHermnn'Hiias ~) on a geological subject. " .' ;,;, ,I! ' if','" ;: \ On' 'reqiIest; tbeDepartment of State instructed the UiiifMStat~s; ( amoas sador at, ~io cde .tllnelro" to nOi;lfY the.. ~};lp~pp'rIateJlr,!-~~n,,!llJtl,l9fiti!'!s of tlfe names Of the deIegateswho were granted credentials by the American His torical A&sociatiOll, nudAo reqnestfor' theseigentlemen'·sucfrrcotirtesies·asit.fs U!\ual.to accord.menses of.thiskinlb("",', 'C[' ".J: "I,.:'::" ,. ><.' ,I The committee worked in close cooperation with the 'Pan" Amel'fcarr, Uruonj: ..,. • and ,was also, able to· give infol'Dlationctode1egates: to. the twentieth! congress {jf Americanists; ,which,met'at :Rio {ieiiTaneiro."'· .• <'! The committee wishes to express its appreciatidn,for aid reridered1by'Wi11iamh Lytle, Schurz, commerclaIllttacM ·for,theUnited·Statoo·ac,Rio'de4'Janeiro. '!;'T .. ,'" ,f'. .. '.' ;. JAMES·A.'RoBEBTSON,:8ecretd'rY,!f'lL! , ,,~t i,':- -'"U.'>' -,:-. _I' _- !",,-) ,,'C, ."!~~ :f~ >_#ittf-d;:·-~ REPORT OF' THE TREAsuRER OF THE FUND FOR CALENDABING DOCUMENTS IN ,1i:ARIIl ;~-~~~ ~ '-'Pi:, ~.' ,I, \ ARcHIVES RI!LATING TO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ( • ~ , '" it," t, t ~ The haiance ..inthis tundas last; ' reported. (December,;,1920Lwas $355;60,,: ~ 8i11cel;lIat iiPle .th~ llliJollnt of intel!est whieh .t\-cQrned was '$9.93., giving' 'Ii totlll i ~ ~ .. , ~ L...._~_. ___ .~,~.~ •. _~~~ __ "./'",'~ ....,~~, __~",-_~ ___ .__ ~.~~~ __ ·~' ?THIRTY-SEVENTH'AN~-ru AL" MEETING ~13 ,of'1$365,62. ,Thispsum bas riowbeen expended 'itS folldWs,!mdtbe' accotilit is !icloaed: &To'·M¥. ;,\bel''D6ysie,'for service in Pads______.:.. ______.:. __ ':.. __ :._.2 ____ $345:35 W()\Supplles ,usedJinconnection with this' work_;:.:._jc.;L1: __ i:i:.:~,-':i-,::::' __:': < ;'20: 27 ~,.:-. ~ ,,1' -,; "< -l:",~ ;: 'e ,f ",{. :, ".- ~.: 365.,62 .> qlhe;libr!ll'y:perforIl!s . .services'ot·'/l' varil!d,-character such fill tliesupply of regular bulletins of literary news to tIle newspapers IJrilltetl ill English . in. Pari.s; the furnishing to French peripdicalll'o{, regular .news respecting 4lneriean publiCations and the eOllumtg;of;~eriw;.perioaicalS, sel~~bibli ographies, and books for review; the supply for small collections of books fo'lfbraries or edUcational institutions in other parts of EuroIHl ; the loau of travellngHbraries (especially for use in conducitngcotITses' In American subjects iii the 'prdViriCiiu universities) ; the supply of information in reBIlonSe to i.nquiries;: and therenderi.ng of llI3si1;tance to American libraries, educational institutions, publishers, etc., in securi.ng foreign publication or information i, relating 'thereto:, . . :', .... ,. "".'" ,(,; .. ;,';;" ";,, ,., " ,.... ( ':In the fieldS 'hisfOi'y"anCf the of tmUtlcS .ilie ,/ iO~ 'atiled~fe~ts' 'Jko~()n1l~ ~tid' library 'liotJeB'ti:i dMelop ii" Sp'here' 6f'siieclili ttSeftl1tle~:;; A belifuiiing' has I' been made in American history 'by' th~· apPo11'lttneri't; ~t ' ,r i: -r t J...' I .: r; ,<~ ~ , _.' ,-- - :... ' ~ "!bEPOR'!LOF'THE COHYI'ITEE ON NOllINATION8·' '. rour 'co~mfttee onn6infnatiohs' ip.:' C9mpliance )Vith' the, 're~iIirefuents 'of 'the by-laws' report the folloWing nomlilatlo~"for' the ~ectiv.~'omcei and com- ~ftte~ :~~n!~~~hik~, ?~:t~e;~~OO¥II:M~n.for :tfe:~~,~,~Jn(¥!!a~-rw 'i C' • !'BEB1D~.N1', Edwarp. f. ,Cb.eyney. '''' '" _ . , ., . 'FIRST VICE PRESIDENT;WOOdtow Wilson.:."'""'"'''' .'" I SECOND VICE PRESIDENTj"charles M; AndreWB. "1 IIf THllITY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 75 SEORETARY, John SpenceJ: Bassett. TREASUIlER,Cha,rles Moore,;, ' ", ',' " 'EJJ6Clitive CO!t1lCit-;-Atthur L. Cr~8s, Sidney B. Fay, (jar! Russell Fish, Carl- ton .J: H; Hayes, It'rederic L.Pllxson, St. George 1;. Sionslmt, Henry P.Biggtu', Mary 'V. WilliamB~ , , Committee on nominaU01l8.-William E. Lingelbach, Nellie Neilson, William L. Westerm~Ephraim D. Adams, J. ,G. d~ RpuJAac ,Ram~lt'?n. The retiring chairmanwiBhes to eXplain that the' continuation: of three mem bers of theconlmittee on nominations Is snggested on his own responsibility: without consulting the members in', qUeStion,because it 1s ill aecordance With the practice of the association. • Respectfully submitted" I; .:,,,,,' ,;, ,: HltNnY'EI'JBounrOr, 'Cha.irntitn; , , ,WILtUl.FE.' DODD;' WILLIAM E. LINGELBAOH. "~ , ! NICnlJIE 'NlIlILSol't. L.<, '~ : .' :'VILLIAl! L; WESTEiBMANN. REPORT OF THE C!JMMITTEE ON AGENDA The committ~e ,met at the ,001Jl\llQia "U,I!h'ersity •Club; : 4West,F{)rty-third street; New York,November2l),,19~;Urt:wo a~8io~ ~,t lO,o'ciock a,. ,in.. and 2 ,p. lll' ,Pres~~, Messrs, ~askiJ;lBi~.MoOr!h1 (Jros8,;Fay."RaYeB) ,Paxson; and Bassett. ,",: '., "',,' '", ]'ollQwing tlie, practic~ establlshe,d a yea,r ago):herepo,rt, .of the proceedings isarranged)n two par'ta. The .first referl3 to .matt~l'!'1.collBideredand disposed, of. by the committee and ,referred. to thec.council for.in!ormation;..and the second refers to. matters. on which the.commlttce did not, £eel,autllOriz.ed to act but referredth.«;!m, to PIe council fpr·decis{on: , . ." .Prirt r " -, ~.' ',., ;i The secretaryprcsen~d ll' request4rom ,the Motion l'icturesProducers and Distributors of:.,Alnerica, t;hat the, asspc!.a~on. appoint, arep;resentative to serye on a general committee for theimprqvement ,of,mo,tl,ou;lIIictnres.;·,'Tbe com mitteevoted that it was not willing ;at· this i tin;le to! !!onmtitthe ~assQci/l.tion, to the appointment of a representative for t;he purpose requested, but t,hat it"was . wiUingthat mernberl:l shollJd, c09perate aa individuals and keep ~n :toucb as the W9rk develops, '" The secretarypresente4 Il,let:ter.from .the Mexican9h8.ll1ber .of Commer.ce' in New York City calling attention fo the' activities ,·of the 'chamber and tendering its· ~rvices to members ot: tIle .asB9;Cia,tion , working in Mexico. The committee voted to express its appr~iation. of the c(n~rt~es offered the mem~. bers (jf tl;tc liSsociation. < ,: ;, 4n~vit/l.tiQn ~p jQiIl1:he 'Citizens OOll1lllittee of ,.America was presented ,and '''' the, committ;ee yoted;not t(l,join;." ,',' lLconllllUnicatipJl., was ~esented iromllon. J. J.,Tigert, United, States' Bom missioner ,p;l; ,EducatiQn" snggesting ,,that the association cooperate withothel' learned bodies ,[01:, ;the'.~~Qlif;hmeJ).,t of an American, sclliJoL of history ~d , , archreology, in Const8l!iJnoplc." It :~Yl!s, voted, to assure ,the Commissionero! Eucation .pt our lnten~j'!t W: 1he: ~tter prQPQlled aq!l .. ~t,we shQuld be pleased, to be kept informed of steps taken. 'l;'.he secretary I:eau ,ru;t. Ilxtrl1,ct ffOm,;the w~1J; at FJ;oJ;essor DUnning by which tb,e.asspciatipnisto receive,tl1c. !lum of$5,()QO.,~',\le committee voted to ask Pro~ •. ~ .C. McLallgWin. to,preD~a.,a..lPE!m9l'iatpt.~o1:esBor Dunning to be read ih the annual business meeting on December 28 . • ---'-'-~y- /' 76 AMERICl\N HISTORICAL : ASSOCIATION The committee voted to assure MI'. ~I. Lewellyn' 'lUUle'y, represeI1tiilg'tlle American Library . Association",oi their support iD:'hl¥ efforts todefeat"tb.e att~mptsof ceriahI; int~ests tq incorporate in ',;th~Lpendirig copyright bill, ,a clause to restrict to copyright holders the sole right to import; copyrighted boolti;.; ,. ' . It was voted that the SpecilU' commht~e on the propbs~cooperation'with 'the Peoples of America Soclety be' discharged from furtherduty., " ;.,; ',It was voted that the committee onnationaLarchhes be authorize t ------.~- . THD,tTY~SEVENXH ~NNPAL ¥EjEjTLNG 11, ':r'h~' cpmmit,tee'i reco,mI!lends ,thecreario,n o~ a standi~g, committ~e 9{ nine mem,bers on Government documents." ' It was recommended that the ,creation of'. a c'ommitteeto'ende~~~r to in ('rease the endo~entof ilie as'loclatiou be dis~u.~~~~fnt Haven.. ' : <, - ,~ r " ,- i< - ,- ,>", ,,,-',:,' ," - New- . r :M:IilfUTES OF THE MEETING oF1HEi The coUricil met at 9,30 a;m, 'Present : PresidentIIaskins;preSidillg : Messrs. G.:Ii. Adtun:!!; Cheyney, crbss, Fay,' Hayes,Jameson, 'Moore,' Sious'Sar, Miss'Put nam, and the seeretary. The assistant secretary and Mr. H; B. Learned; chilli.... man of the committee on publicatlons, *ere a:Is6present.' " " The' report 'of thl} tl'easurerwas pres~ntedbYMr.?l-iooj.e, ",li(y repdi·tecnliat the cotilmihee on agenda had voted' to ree<>mrriendto the- cotthCit'lthat steps be taken to resume the work of increasing the endowment: fund.' "In the absence' of,M,r., ,B,p));en."wij:l;twhom ,the plap., .for :illaising~, eJ},do\Y;Dlent, f.und haq.,origi nated ·and, who! had eXpeCted to bepi:eaent, Mr. Modre explained that it: was the intention of'lUr. Bowen to prepare a circular setting forth, the fact tha't the :A1nei'iciili 'HIstorical Associatloh,. operating pnder 'a charUirhy Congre8S, ie~eiv~ ri~: ap'p!;oPJ;~at!.on fr,om bOP!!r~Wl forhi~toricala(!tivities, 1J,1ld,.that contributions made to the endowment fund would be used for this purpose and: ~qt for (!\lrJ.'ente~~e~" .4,Cti01~ ill tJ;le,,I.Ilatt!¥,·.wasp~stmllled,tq a, later .Dlfilet f inJ; ,~~9Fg~J; thll-t)¥r:.Bpwen, be giVIW:,lI,n ,qpI!or~!:Y; to,JllYllis; plaJl before, ;thll c ~~~cy.i ,i ..... :; ;:',., l'.C _'t:~~'P~~ ~,: Mr. Moore also reported that the committee/on agenda had voted -to rec()m- mend. to, thE) council that the Herbe,nt B!pi~er Af;lams.bequest ($4,875) be seg regated and carried as a separate fund as a memorial to l'rofesso]; A.dams. TJ;le council voted to approve the recommendation. , .. :Action upon theresoltli:lou of the comniittee on agenda res~ctlng the .legacy fi,?i~·;prg#~dri :Qh>'?h~,w~ was de!er!:~d' Iu,itll ,the ;fUR~ shouldJJe r~eived. ' ,'J:I1~,J>e,(!i'etary stat!ld, thaL.Mr. Bolton" representati.e of the Eaciflc coast branch, had:no:fornial reporttoniake.' ' The report of the comniitfee'dii'itgenda was presented' by the secretary. 'IiI a~(!ol'qan(!ew,iththe practice t):le .matteJ;s w,hi!!hthe committee felt authoriZed to, ~ct upon were p.laced, in ,Part I. of the· report ~nd those: wh fch. required action by the counc::il in Part ~I. After:somediscussionlt :was voted to 'approve the action taken by tl).e c!lmmlttee. as.set forth in Part L Mr. Bassett l'epOl;t~d.verballyfor thl}committee appointed by the conimittee. oIl«!lgen!'la to consider the. Sugg"lstion,.Qf, Mr.. ·H.·M; Lydenberg respecting: a cepSus pf manuscripts q}Vjled by American,lipraries.' . :It appeared upon discus s,i()~Jhatonly,a lill1it~d list of such ,ll)aterial was available' and, upon motion by:,Mli,. ~iQ)¥l!'lfl.t, it was voted:. ·"What theL.ibrary of Congress be requested to consider Tevisrng its 'check'Ust of,them!lnllS(!i'i;pt;colle,ctions ge,nerally throughout the country. ; . .It: was·f."l(!ommended" that, in preparing such a dieck list,Mr. Bassett,'Mr: Moore, and Mr. Justin H. Smith be appolnt~ a committee to make' negotia- tiQIlS ·wl,th ,the Library ot:Congress. " . .. The ,invitatiQn~om; the ,U;yden ',Pilgrim Fathers· Society' waS' ebnsidered: It, was vo~ed.. that.iIlasmuch as :the association has1never been a:rmeinb'er'ofa so¢ety; of tl11a,sort.it. express -appreciation of the 'invitation "aDd; sympathy W;ith the purp~ of the BOciety andstate:thatAts 'policy WOuld not allow it to beCome a member. It was also voted that this decision should apply in the case of similar inY! lations. • '"L -"'"~- --/,~ /' " , ; 78 AMERIdAN HisTORICAL ASSOCIATION 'It 'Was voted to recohlmend t6 ' the' itssoCintlon:l:Tia:h;he Iinilual meeting of 1923 be held in Columbus in pursuance of the vbt((of i year ago.' , 'It was 'voted to recommend that'the>meet1rtg Of 1924 be held in RiChmond, ' The secretary repbrtedthat an' invitation had been teeeivedfiolll Ann Arbor fO)f.the 19;>.5 meeting 4lld was ,)Jeing considered, and tbat iJ,Lvitations. had aL"lo been ~ec~~~c1~om San Franckco, 'Providence, .Buffalo, Chicago: 'and Atlantic City. ' ", .,' , ",1.,. . ." '" ., , ~t was voted" that, recommendations r,especting ,the, meeting pf )925 be de ferred until in!onnation was received as to: the-meeting place. of the American Political, Sciell~e Associatio~ ;an5\'~ther 0,rgaDlzati91l:'l with which ,the Ameri- can Historical Associa tioll. h/l!l U,l~pn the P8$t" " After dlscuSijion of the matter resvecting, the publication .nf ,.,theAustin Papers, the fOllowing. r,esolutio..r;t, prepareq. ,qy, Messrs. Learped, ,Boyd" and J am~o.J1, 'Yas adopte,d: , WhereaS,Doctol"',Barker, edltor ,of the Austin Papers, bffers to reduce their amount to 6,000 pages .of print,:.'bY eliminations from the portion not yet in type, , ", .. , ,p", , ',. 1,' ',. ;, , J:Ze8olv~d"That.the comnpttee"qp, p,ub*~1;i9J:18be .authorized either to accept tht'! ' offer or to agree to arrangeIj1ents for. pUblication througb other means, Without. draWing more Illtgely'uptJn tM'approptfatiOll mndido' tbt! 'association for printing, . , ' , , Messi'S.I.. earned, Boyd,' and Jailreson wet!:! apPOInted 'ac'ommittee to confer With' 1.11', Blirker for the' pui'pos€'ot,reaChitlg 11 'd(.cision as to the nlliterial to be eliminated, provided no arrangement can be made for publishing the balance-of the matetialnot yet'in'typt!:"" " ! " ., " ',,' , The followilfg resoltit1on, prepared' bY Messrs.' Lea,t.n&1; Boyd,' and Jamesoii, was'alsoat1opted: i, ',"'" "" ' it f I!:el1olv(Jq., 'rhllt,here.after Jlj.e, cP~ci;i,;will decliue to .appro~e any propo,sal ~, fromany'e:omm,itteefor tJte ~c~usi,on,ot~y ~terial in,,~e annual rsport ( unlessSticb proposal'is'acc6mt>an'fed '(,y estimates ofumount Which the chair manof''81Wlii committee'shall'J)el"SofiaUy certify tv be 'correct. This resolution is not intended to apply to papers read before the association or' to formal !' r~ords or, ~eports o~ the associ~tion or its C9mmittees, i It -was suggestedbyMr, Learned that members 'of.;tlIe corui'cnrequest'the' 't SeCretary of the' SmithsonIan Iniltitutiort to give an oIimion;as to the proPer ( material to be published inth'e animal' report:' . No adtiori was' dikeD; , Upon recommendation by' tliecdttuIiitteeon pubUcatiriIis'if was'votedthaf { a member of thatcommitteebe;placedon the ptograin cOlrlmittee. ' f It was voted to:inCreitsethecotninlftee oIi the dOculnentary historicalpubli cations of,;tMUnited States to 'hine'members. ntirfugt1le discussion that \ followed: it; was pointed out that :t1ie' Government is doing nbthingfor United ( States history. It is the opinion of the council'that the association should ( claim fo,\',Hs,elftbe position to· which it is entitled as.the historical agent for the Government, and. as'a first' steri:4rltIiis direction it was voted that' the com ,,,. mittee· Of ,nine,to be appointed be instructed'to make a list of material that ! needed to be published at· this time. :':,' " i, f The question of printing only abstracts of pa:pers read at the anmiitl meet ~ i; ings was brought up by Mr.! Learned. He explained tlultas the matter now .. stands it is mandatory. upon the cOmiuittee to ,print only abstracts in order fo' t make space for contributions· too long. for publication iii· tlieReVIew'!'~ It was vqted to autho~ the coltunittee to 'Print in the report' such pllpers'as it ~on;; sidered desirable. ' I, ~ y-- '. THIRTY-SEVENTH' ANNUAL MEETING ?79 }twas :voted, tQ ~eportto tpe association at the business meeting thatinAhe future'.the Program <:omJlli.ttee ~oqld· I}e ,instructed to have the program in type 'by November 15 ~r' as'soon thereafter as possible. It wasvpted that in the future afuU half.day"begtven·to the 1Illnual.busl ness meE\ting·iuI.d~t!tg,e·~~~ .8hPul4".I)'9Q ~ on: the:lastc day. off. the annua1.meeti!lg., ' .. , '. ,'.' .,' .y. ;', : ";, .;;, "", It was. su:ggesteJib.i~J,: ••ClleYney. ~!l!it,~oqld be de~1!:'able ,at tbeannual meetings to hav,emore pa~rs from ,the:association ~,anassocJation and not to haveth~ .8..sS0d~tipl,l,;repre~e.nt¢·b~~'tio; ~ co¢erences. ' It was voted that the for,m,al VQt~ ~!itJle qok in;l$to:r.f, fa its u~ess for some. s~o~d.ary wrpose, s~ch 8.j3t,J,'8JA1n~w ~p.• : , . The follo~g, pr~po~ls ~om Mr. LelAAd refi!p~ting. tlle .AmerJca,n r.ibrary til Paris were read by,tite secr~tary:. " ,'. .." , . " . . 1. That the associationOOcQzqe an annnalm!¥Uqe,J;,:qf ,the liI:IJ:8,ry. 2. That the association appoint a committee to cooperate with the, library• . No actiqnw~staken' respecting the' first suggestl,on.After ,diS!l~SSiO~ of. the second ~ggestion it was 'vOh!d tiUlt Mr>r.eland be ;llppobt,l;e9. to ~Ol;kin !!~~!~tl,o,n~ItJl ~e 1j~:t;ar:y.IIl:r.ar~~and that. the ' work in,.t~e United States be. referred to the cPmmittee On bibliography." , , .... 'The coUncil adjour~ed to ~e'e(at' i.ti5 p~~: .. ." 1:!1oooiifi 'B~Bio~ , , - + ';-' - , r_,~1 ;'_, :- The afternoon seSsion of the coun'cillnet at' 2A5~PreS~t:''Mr'.\bheynh, first vice president, presldiDg;'Oroas, HliyeS;' :ratiieson;'Moore; 'ptisoh/Sloussat; Miss Putnam, and' the' secretary. The assistant ~eCreta:ry ab'd' ?fessts. W. H. Siebert and A. M; Schlesinger'were also present; .... .,' . • ( . Consideration of the report of 'the~omhilttee on'iI'ppoiutments; beg\lli'dnring the' 'fi1'st'session;'was' corltinlietl,· 'The 'folloWing' 'appblntnlentSto' colliiriittEie's for 1928'lvere approved: "",', " .';: " \ ;1.;.:, i ,i,t ., ',,, ,'~ ,\ \ > ...- : ~ S:r~DINq CW~I~EEe ... (The names of 'new' ine:nllersiLreltallclzed) . , ' , 1; OommUtee of!-, ;1!r~il?;a1zt, thirty~eiglLt~ annual. me6ttng.-Jillber.t,.J.i. Benton, cha1X~an (terln.,~Pires.in 19~) 1 ,NathUf*~ w,. S:teph8lt:8QlldlL'925).I,utrthur ,0-, Oole (1928). (~he othermeD;lbers of tb,e committee; are:, Eloise Ellery, ap pointed in 1922. for theterIU,eXplflng in.19;:!4;. Dayl!lS.¥uw;ey,.:Teappolnted in 1922 for the y~r 1923; and, ex oflici'is, Nils Andreas Olsen, secretary of the Agricultural History Society,and· Joseph; Suhafet; secretary of the Conference of Historical Societies.) Gommutee on lo'ca~ CUTangetlrent,,·t1tirtV:'elgltth aimurilmeetifig.-lvilbur H. Siebert,' chairman. .., ~ '; . > • .. , '86 ~. AMERTeAN' ·HISTORICAL·· AssOCIATioN .. ' 'Historical·' tna~cript8'''b(J1Mni8Bit:m.wJu:stin ·,g:'!Sfu1th,; chiliiiiiirl;: '!Jizmes tl'rmlow' Adam8,Eugene 0, Barker, it{)I}ert ' P. B1'6dkSrLogan'lllsarey; i GitiU'ard Hunt. ,,' , ... ',«n· ""~ .:' !'diJ.ommtttee,;i:in.,,'the Justin )Wm~mrprize.-'-lsaac iJiCox,' cliattiriaii'(' d.: s . .,Boucher,·Thomas F, Moran; Bernafdci.ostether: C.Eldred Thompson:: ,;i' ' Oommittee on the Herbert Baroter Adam.s llrize.-Conyers Read;'cliairIDan; '0harles'H. McllWain', ;NelIie'N!!ilSoir, lloiiis'J'i'PaefowrBernadofteE: Schmirl:. ': Oonitmttel1'lm> pubUcati0ft8 '(all; ex "6mclo 'eXcepr tlie df8:irilllll) ;~H.· B~l'rett Learned, chairman; Allen'R; B6ydr secretary ;aolili' S.Bnsi'lett, El6ise Ellery, eJ'.' Fra'nklineJameBon;'Julitln4!; sfiilt1i; 0:10: Stttie:'l : j: ,', ': \ '.;:" ". ,Oommittee 1m, '11tember81tip)·i:lLutlise 'Flfrgtl' Brdwri;i!halitiitilii11'CirfjJ E. liarne., R. D. W. Oomor,' Elizubeth'DonntUi, illb'ni:eF'OJ'JTvc'kii#,; 'A: C. Kfey, wnliam A. Morris, Charles ' Wi· Ramsdell; .Al1:lnlr P; . Scott; "iain~' E:"Wih'ston, ,;J'eSlItJ 'liJ.:'Wrench~·; ". ' ; I! '@ THlRTY-SEVENTH'ANNUAL MEEi'rN'G ;8'1 , Oommittee on tlocut'ncntarll~hutdrrcal' publicdtiimi of t7te uiiifcct stafeif: J;, rr~ ,;r am eson, c)ia lrnl~':' Cli~r~~s ; M:?A*~' :,'(In"a~cotdan~ewith, ~a;, vqte ,Rf the cOl1Ilcil,9.uth~rizip.g;tl,l,E\:,president ,lI,nd ,Me&~a, Jameson and Moore to ~ name; seven additional members~,tor" thIs!cdttuUittM;;,)the< 'following appoint- nientswere ma:E1e: ChRtles M. A1ldt'ews;'John'S~B'a~ett, Wcirt1llngtoIi(). Ford, GalliaHl' Huiit' i AriiIfh~: U'''McLa" . lillli ~j ~n'~i.!i ch ,: MclI:Mtei· "Frederick :J. <', ':'." < .•",'." 'd,'" .~,",,; _, JIg ,., .,~,~!,&!,~ "~ .~., """"'!,." ,~'. Ttp:ll~_)' ".",,' j,~« <'i""", i :; ',i;'f: ,,':,~, Oommittee on the writing of ~histOt'1/;-Ambassaddr ~'J elln ':JUles ~ Jl1ssetand, chairIritm j' JOhti'S. Biuise'tt, secrefal'y: Wilbur C. Abbott, 'CItltrles: w:' C~lby, ; (Jo""i~ft:t.e~·~ ,on Ji~~;~~~811f8. 'lIiS!Qrif4 ,¢,o.~bre,8>!,~~ (~~~41~!!fj':r~D,l~Son, : g!lairnuin j Clarence w..' uUvOfd, ,Sidmljl,!.a. t,lilQfI, t: QarhRussell;l FiSh. Tenney 'Frank, WlIldo G; Leliuld,',JllmesJrr. ShotweU;iJ!'aut: Varii;DJlke:,)"'" ; ';, 1:1 :wlli:'Sieb'ili. the 'n~~l Ii'" 'intea 'cliafriilan-'(ff ftb:~1pro' ~" "cohfuiitte'e' was I' re'sfuit a'h(f'~tll.t~tll[{1t~illi'-":hl'ail;j')1;j)ib:fjjio'';~;'~tln '. t'C6iuni, P"",,,,,,,.,,R ,"u ,,~,W "'.. ~~~" , '" .,O~""" 1,1 ,g a, " ; J;11].a,~d!'l.l,eeIl,~llUlde,> ,ItWllEl ;agreeddthal£,tlle lDeeting ,61!ould, be: held, on Thurs- da'Y, Frtday(andSatttrdtiy; December'2T·':29,"·! :! , . ,', ,- " 'L~n:was voted' td'nuthome thefreasitre~ to: hillister, ti)'tlie,endowmentftlld, as 'fnef~dlofthe association '~oti1d allow; an amount equarto th.~ ~OI).tri,~l1- tion made 'bycthe Amerlc~,.rustoricatRev.iew., t 4791.H 0 -26--6 ,AMERICAN, HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 82 ~"_;, _<-, < \ c , " _, _ - _. _ > > _ >_, encourJlg~ :writ~rs.who hll,ve not,publif1h!l ~ pen ces, e c: > -., . . .' • • • .' '. :.' "'Work!iiirnstM snbIlifttetlon'or before April 1 of eacli'ye9.l'in'otdet to' be t considered for the competition of that. year: Inilie case of :printed, works'the I( date, of publ,ication;must fallwithl,n:a, peripd of two andra ql\artel', years prior to April 1."" ''''"", " . ,,': .' .' .": A work submitted in cpmpetit10n .for the.Herbert :ijaxtel' Adams prize may t at the same time, 1f its sitbject;Jriieets the'reqii1remeritsi"ooBuBmitted'forthe George Louis Beer prize; but no work thaf,shal1'htl:v.ebeen~so submitted for I both prizes ,will, be; ~9¢tt~,to,the,~ompetitlDn·tor.J;h~B~1' ~: in, any {. ~ ~u~h~~~itka~ard' tlik. cbniliHttee in '~harg((will'cdnhld~r noi'6!1lY f~~~ch, ( accuracy, . ana· orfgIiiiillty, 'but: tiIso' rilearness 'fJf 'expresSion'; logical' :arrange- ! ment, and general excellenae.:of,stYle".'; ". i'·;;'<,L,;,',,~; >.;.' , :. ,Tpe"p~"isideslgne4 E\SPI1Gi/lllY, to; enco~~ge~, j:110!lf 'W.Q.o :have not. published previo,us1r fu;1~, ~9Wl~dep!bla 'Yo.f~ no~ ()bt~~~, aJil:,estall!.\s~~qreputation . .. Only works in the Englisll lanpmge Will receive ~6nslderation. .. { ", ;r!~;~,> I; :~;1 ;:i~-<::,£,«"="): nj:'<'!;'<~ .. ,t'f', _,~- !-_ ~;. ',- \-- ~ ~ ": ••,- \ i< The report of the committee on publications was, J,lresenteq. by the secretary. ];1; w~ Y9ted,,~0. ,~uthor~J~e ,r¢l,tOt,Jo,j~p»d~nst\ 1ntq one: v:ol,ullle the pro- f cee~gs ,W' the !l\l.soci~~o~. fl111, t\le"fel:!lsl~20i lP21, ,a,n~ 1,9~ •. ,. " ,: ' ~ !twas voted, thliPl\ pybli$lngJ,be.,~nl,1al r.epQ~po thepr~eedings, ,of tile " llSsoc~ation b~ lrtv;en ~6(!~euA~ ,1Jll.d, thllt (,me Jo~u;me" be, brought .9~t each year, and that such, ~W'pllW, l,I,fj.maY,r,emain.,in ~ p~intQlg appropriation be f \ d~~oted ·tothe printing lof, f!,!'l 'i'to '. TH1:RtY"5EVENTi-r ANNUAL ilIEETING 83 The report of the committeer on'tnembership ",'ali read bythe-'secretary. It was suggested that memhers be given an opportnnity to choose bct,,'eell 're ceiving the Alnerican HIst'orical ReView' and the Historical Ontlook. The matter was discnssed but no detinite actlontliken. "'It was thought, 'howQ~er, that it would~be 'in1prIH~ticaJ:j!e at this fulietl:lllut'sul?!i'!t'practice into efi'iict. At this polntPresidertt HitSkin!! arriVed and'tbokthe 'clfatr, , ' ' At the reqnest of the treasurer it was voted toliuth6riY~hln1 to sendimt the bills for annual dues on July 1. Upon the suggestion of I1it'. Cross that cheaper rates 'Of 'sUbscriptions to the Historical Outlook might be given members of the association, it was voted that the committee on membership be authorized to request the Historical Outlook to consider the matter and to report to he council the decision: of the Outlook. , 'The report of the Conference of Historical Societies was presented by the Secretary., The report was accepted. 'A'Th'e committee on the Bibliography of Historiclll Societies reported that hi) progress had been made during the year. Its plans at present are to bring the Bibliography of Historical Societies, published in 1905, to date. No report was received fi'om the committee on the Handbook of Historical Societies. , The r('port of the committee on thenatiolial II.rchiv~k· wils,a&eP~ed . and placed on file. ',.,.' L' f", " , ' , The report of the committee on bIbliography was presentecIby:Mr. F~y.He: reported progress on the Manual of Bibliography and stated that it ",as the expectation of the committee to bring out the volume IieXt autumn;' '$500 requested by the committee for the completion of the work' was appropriated. "The Public Archives Commission reported that a conference 'had b~ arranged for the New. Haven meeting and requested that"~' stehographe'rbe' furnished for reporting the conference, It was voted that,lnasinl'ich as 1t had !idi:' Been the policy of the association to report dfscussibns' of ~orifer£!llces, .it, would not be possible to do so in this case. ," . . .' No report was received from the commltteeon' obtainingtra'nscriptsfrom foreign archives, the committee on militiirY"b.isto'ry,' and, th.e cci~mitte~ 611 . >:~. -;'; ,'.to" t·~'~·ij ,.,', - t •• - ~>-, ~ h~reditllry patriotic societies. , " "'" . " 'The report of the committee on service was /1.c'ce);Jtea an;fbia~edo;;: fil~. 'At the request of the chairman the committee is dtscontiiiu'ed. . ,. ,', ." . An informal report from the Historical Outlook, which was read by the Secretary, was accepted and placed on file. .. , The committee on the Geo~ge L: Beer p~ize reported that~o es~ys had neen submlttEid· for the cnrrent', year; 'The secr~tary'stated that' lit the request ofthecbliirman:'ofthe comniittee an opportmiHy:would;be gi'Ven him at the annua.! business meeting to ma)re a statem,ent respecting the. prize. The report wasaccept~d and placed on file.', . "','" . , . , Tnerepoit of' the committee on resea17cli ill' college ~as presented by the secreta.ry: . The- report 'was accepted and an app~opdati~n of $50 requested by the chairman for the expense of P17inting and distdbuting aquestionnaiie was approved.'... :.', ,:," .' ';:,.:" " , """, Mr. Jameson, feportlrig fOr. the conunittee on the ~versitY center in Wash~ ., < - "i _ '.': '.';, .<." _ _. ',c ,c' ; _. ';",,0'-. ,,' ,."}_' }! .-' " ington, said that the ¥,~~ f~r, ~V~ i a cent~~ ,wasa~J'a.t~tl,.rnots!> great at present as when the project was tlrst tmdertaken, and that a statement respect ing the center had been pr~Pab~d foi publicl!tIiirr}p.'tli'e.A:tperlcan Historical Review_, Tlle repott was ~cc~Pted and pl!l.l!ec;(0It~flie.:; '.,'" .', Consideration of the report of the c;!Ommittee OR the tea(:hing of .history in the schools was postponed for a later meeting when it could be considered in • 84 ~RIOAN.lIIt;TORIPAL AS!,?OqIATION conneotionwith,theJ;ep()J:/; of the, j oint ,commission. ,On thepresentatiQn of social studies mtha s$oolS., .o:phe rellm;j:.of ,the, coqtpllttee on the Historical Congress at ~io de Janei:ro 'Vas•. accept~~4 placed on file and the committee di~harged, . . ,The /3~el:l\.ry. ,reported, for the committ~ on themitiP,g, of. historY that II meeting 'in New Haven had t>e'e~ planned and that the.;commitj;eewould ~on :'!ider"at that meeting whether, or Dot.it seemed, .advisab~e to continue ,the committee. The follow,ingllpdget presentefl, by the treasurer was approved: :RECEIPTS 't: Annual. dues ______.l. _____ -;_.:: _____ hM ____ '--i------.-~.~ ... - _-""-~_+.. :~*"~--"'" $11; pOO Registration fees ______.______,: 11)0 Ppblica tions __ ~_~ -_-, ______-___ .::.:. - ~ ______"; ___ _' ___ ," ___ . . 100 Royaities ______."""'------~-~-- ___ .. -'-.:.--- 50 In~resh_._, --:-~---,_:--'..,..,-~,.-l'---r__----;"_:,.-~-,,--~:..-----~-'- .. -~... ,1,800 Mis!!ellan~us..._T,------;_- .. .,.,~_,-,-;..---7---"'-----;.,_,,~----,,---- ____ ~_'-___ 50 ., 13,1}50 - ,,'~ ExP~N1)iTURES' $3~900 ::~~a&:s~dB~::~i:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=~======, 1}9 C~mmitt~eo~ nominati,0l!~_:------,-.,:_,_:----:----,7";'--:---,-,-7--,_:---,--_,-',- , ,!OO ~~~i~;~:~~,,~;;:~~i;==~:~====,~~~=~=~=:====~~=====~==~====:= ,' .J~~ Committee on local arrangeme)lt~--""--_------'-7"'--"-----_-_'------' ',' 150 i I ,t ,I, j ~; 1 ,1 " Committee on resea~ch in ~olleges------~-'C----7---,~->---;---:_----- __ -.:. , ,50 , Commitleeon 1listory},7tic~g}n'~ch,~oi!>,.~j~~'~---_;.:-;-";;i"~ .. 7-·~~,~~--' ~P: ,,' ,i"ll '." 13;435 f The council adjourned to meet on Thufsdriy,':becenib~r28,al: 9.30 Ii: m. ' .~--,! 'i< r f ,p I. MINUTES 0.]'. ';Il:a:EMEETING, ,OF, THE ,jEXECUTIViEl COUNCIL i HELD I AT,TIIE TAEIJ:' HOTEL, N:EW,HAVEN, CQNN.,DECEMBER28, 1922 :Ti ,~ '-,0· , ":i ~ I L, <, '._ ,-; <, d', - ". ' -I,: ;; f _;, -.-" ';'" l: The counNI met at 10 U. m. Present: Pr,esldent Haskins, presiding; M~ssrs. ,~ Cheyney, Cross, Hayes, Jameson, Moore, Paxson;.Miss Putnam, 'and the secre t tll~y. 'Th~ ~ss'(~thnt' secr~tary ~iid ':Messrs: Farrimd and 'scb'lesi~ger were also p~e~e~t.:<'i< .. <'.~-_~'·~~~:" «~-~, I:,~.I<~"t:::~:;:~~~~.:.',"-~ t'~;;::' -;-".:' t',! _'~ .','" ,'·.T '.":'_-<~' (; ;·-~c; '-:)~: 'If;~ 'The report of the (\ommittee on hisforical'teaching in the schools and the, report of the, representatives ,of the association in, the }o,%nt ~ommissioJVcil " '-:' ", l") - ,'> - ".'.' ,-, , " , • ' "." '. -'-"'\"<' "'. - " , ••. , 1 teachers of social"sfudie's were presPJlted verbally by Mr: Schlesinger.. ,He :;., _ ~';>. :'_ ,_",' ,;,-' '-;'-;,L-'; ~';'! ( ~~"'_- -,- - C~_~_.'!- "'!J' j,-_'~ . ~-: tl1t'_:-~;-f ! stated that the asSociation was r~uested to do three things:;", . r ;,li',T~.\!ou~lle,!;1ie ~~p,r~~n~tion jnthejOintco~~Qa,': ,;' ',' " I 2. To authorize the appointment of a member of theassociation to serve on the I'" governing board of the National ComiciI 'of TeaChers 'of Sodal StUdies, pro.. I vided the'jojnt'cOmmisslon' makes certain changes iu t... .f THIRTY-SEVENTH' ANNuAL,' MEEfTING 85 '8. That.the,cmmcit authorize an appropriation to pay for printing enongh. additional copies of the report of the joint commiss:on on the presentation of social studies in the schools to, be distributed to meml)ers of the association for CrlticlSm and coinment, mtbthe reqnestthat such 'criticisms.and comments' be sent to Mr. Schle'singer: ' ',', ,,' ' ", , After Ii long discussion, the, follbwmg resolntioris w!lJ;e adopted: : 1. That the associlition's 'repres'entatives on t1e'jolnt CQllllUission' be con" tinned -for one year for tJleChief'purpose of repoHingUpon "(1) rue purpose of thesoctnlstudies in the schOols and (2) thedistiilcti'\\ec • , . 86 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION committee 'proposes to 'make the volumes a memorial to' Mr. George W. Pl'othero; , ,. ' , L: It W!ls,v:otedthat in"1023 the anmlal lneetingo{the committee on agenda be olllitted and that the cou;lcii hold a meeting i~ November, to whlchthe expenses of officers and elected Illerqbers be paid. , ' , Upon explanation by Mr: Moore that a letter lUld been received from Mr. Bowen ~tat1ng thnt it wouidbe ipipossible to]; hlm 'to attend the meetlng of the"counctl, the m~tt;;~f'th~:~d~w'~e~tf~d';;~J'~ ~p. VarioU!!plans, for carrying on the, work"of increasing the·~ fund ~e discussed, and it was v~ted that It cOmmittei!' of tli'iee be'iipjjOirttedfdf' 'tIle Pul'poS'eof' drawing up a circular pr~enting t~e" assRciaJiip~ Jp)t!;\ r#afi'?J,lS .. to ·tli~· pt),bllcand ~ that the circular. be, ~uhJll1tted. ~o the, council, for apPl'Qv~ afiep, it ,has ,been prepared. It was ,yoted, to autl10rize the presidEfut to appOint' the'committee, ~ , . , Adjonrnedat 1:A5, Illlbject to' calL' . ' \ ' "_.. • >,!;: ;~. > "J PROCElill)!~i1S':b,F '*l:i:ef ~<#J~#.~' C~;rall~'ADOPTED' BY' 09:RRE~ SFONDENCE WITH ITS"MEMBEBS , ~ ~ :>' '-<-;' APl'OINTMEN'rS 10 Oo~nTEES Ol!"~cntrNtlri:l FOR 1923 , : ' ."j ,- ~ ,,' - jC' ~ - :; ~ • '.: o ommiUee on: agenda;:.:.:cnaHtisR~, Hllsktiislcl1~ltn f EdwtitdP. Ch~yney (ex om~o),'WoddxQW Wilso~ (ex ~mClO)i Ph'~les}:i.;:~ews (ex officio), John S. Bassett (eX,' officio.)i ,041lrles ::M(Jore' (ex '.officio),' Arthur L; Cross, Oarlton 1.' H. HayesvSt.GoorgeoL!'SioUssat,Marj W\ Willlallis. Oommit~tJ (i1imeo/ingJ:~:f,~z,a'ffo~:::-::;r9* S.,;Bn~~~!t,'~~'r~a!l~1r~rltY~ f Wgg~r,;pl!rr ~el1 ,:rrrs~"AWIretr,(J·,~c~aughlip, ¥lI+yW.,W}J,liams." , Oommitt()f} on, fi~I1{)f.~ha.rles ,1I; CM~er?,' thIlifritian; Jolin'S. Bas~ I sett, Sidn~i~.Fliy,',b8tltori''l.!iL'E:ayes, i\'r~de):rcJ;J: r'axSon., '" ' i' , > - -., < f ,~ .( APPENDIX ~ -~ ~. I -, ~. '>,; I; ", REPORT OF 'THE, JOINT ,OoMMI13SION ON THE PRESENTA:rt()W O'Jr806ili STtfuI'ES'IN , ',\ ,; "':rHll: SonooLS ' i; (The joInt commIssion gratefuily acknowledge. ~I , f \ 1:H1R~Y-SEVEN~H AN~UAL ,MEE'rING 87 organ is The Historical Outlook.. At the n~xt meeting. of the cou~cil, changes will be proposed in its consjit1,1tionwhich,i:!' adopted, ~Il dl;'tine the field oJ' the council to be that of discovering and giving currency to objectiye)~for- mation needed by workers in the social studies. ",. '~, . '."'< .. '.~ Other. changes in the c9ustitution will be proposed which, if adopted, will place the. control·o! the {)rganization in the hands of a group of persons made up of (1) three or four officers elected at the annual meetings, (2) the editor of The HistorUialOutlook. and (3) one representative from each of the fol lowing organizations: The American Historical Association; the American Economic Association; the American Political Science Association; the Amer ican Sociologicsl Society ; the National Council of Geography Teachers;. the Department of Superintendence of the National Education Association; the Elementary, Secondary, and Normal School Sections of the National Educa tion Association i the National Society of College Teachers of Education; the regional associations of teachers of history and civics for New England, the Middle States and Maryland, the l\Iississippi Valley, the Southern States, and the Pacific Coast. .. .In view of the fact·that (1) this reorgllDization of the national council will make it the organization which best represents the various educational agencies fundamentally interested in the presentation of the social studies in . our schools; and that (2) the National Council for Social Studies is already doing effective work and gives promise of even more effective work in the future, the joint commission recommends that the American lIistOl'ical Association, the America.n, Economic Association,· .the American Political Sci ence Association, the American Sociological Society, and the National Council of . Geography Teachers: each authorize,~the appointment of ',0116. member to the board of directors of the National Council for Social Studlcs,',provided that the !oreg9ing constitutiOnal p):ovisions· be, in substance, put into ,effect by, that body., .. " ,;.. '>" .'. . '." ' . , . . FONlIillla,tf,onif Of :(1) Jhe,.purp08e ,of. the 8QcUL'. 8tudU!ll·in·,the8Ql~0J)18 and (e) the diBtirlctive contribution of each tte~d of 3tuav.~In counection, wi'th its duty of continuing the study of 'the pre&enUttiQn of tllefjocial, &tudies in, s~ondary schools, the joint commission has sought to l1endera, .Iilervice by formulating statemellts· of (1) the purpose of the SOCial studies i~ the schools and (2) the distinctive contribution of each field o~, social, study ,to· that purpose., ;rn formulating, these,.stlltements ,the jOint commlssiontried tQ secure. Ii. c()ncensus· of, !!xper~'QP~~,n. ,.Jt made, preliminary inquiries from 100 histooans, ,1QQ'Jjlo~ticaJ, •.. sci,entJ.st!;!" i ~QO,geqgrap4ers, . tOO' spciolo glsts, and100economlsts.,; Jt:tl1ell, s.eut ,put to~mwittees: of 100, for fur . ther . suggestions and., crtticisms, ,aformJ1,laUon .Otf the distinctive, contri bution of each field, 0,11 th.e basis of the tI;W1l,ie;s .r~~ved, the re:pl'esen,tatiy~s {)f each field worked. out, in cooperati01,l with.th,e other,;n;tempers .ofthe joInt coJpIDission, the feritative formullltiQns Ilppe!lfing.in ti).U! report. ." .. , The' joint commission l'ec.orrunends that tpese tentaUve formulations' be received by the paI;entsocielies. .it fUrther recoinniimds that eac1;L society print and mall, .not later tluinFebruary 1, 1923, a copy of· tlre$e. tentative •. ~ormullitions to each. of its Ill,embers with a requ~st for stillfurthersugges tions, ancl criticisms.. ,It·iurtlier recommePds .that the joint commissloQ. con ~teIilpu.lted ill the secti9n follO\v~g be authOr~lI'~ toqxavi,')lp,andseCure p)l.Dliclty for a final, formulation p~ ,(i) the purpose of the'social studies. ill our schools and ,(2) tlie.4isti,nctive. contrUWtion qt eacll,:fJeul p~ ,~y to .tJllit. puipose. :r~ future, Of· the Jof,nt commis8i{Jn.-,,!j;pe. joint cOmlnlssion hopes that the parent societies will feel.· that . this exp.erlroent blcooperation among the .# social 'sciences, ,is. sutncien,tly.promisillg ~o justify Hscpntinu!Ulce. It, t:b,ere fo.re, recommendsthaj;,each parent ,society appoint two representatives otia similflr joint coJnn4.&Si,on for the yew; 19.23 .. It,~rtAer reco~.ends tllat this joint commission tor. 1923 be authorized to carry out the third recommendation of the section given abO,vif and to include in. the scopeoptii actfvities tlie study of the presentation, ot.the St?cJIlI studies at e1ement,ary, secondai'y,and collegiate levels~ As illustratioJ], ot r;,ome of the matters which mIght. be' tal!:en, up tinder thIs authorization, the followllig may be mentioned: (1) a socia.! study pro gram for elementary and secondary schools; '(2) social science courses for college freshmen; (1Dteilcher:tl'ffiiJ,ing: (4) 'ueg1ected(jppodunities of the • 'Sg : AMEIiiCAN" n!STORICALNSSOOIAt.J1ION social' ~'sciences in collegiate work;' (5) the lllsto'ry ofthefeaclii'ng of'the social' stndies ; 'and (6) current experifu'entft ill' tbe"presimtation 'of:'thesocial studies. ' " .. ", Respectfully .submitted. i ", ,i' '", .l>:",,;{, ", ,"At' M: SoHtic8INGER,'; ,,' ," ".tinter-tea»' HiStONCaif,i A880oi4fi{)n.~ , j, ~) ,!!. "'W: H. KtEKHO:E'ER, ;,-,) , ~-; L';',. L CMARSRA,tt.' " !; ,r ~ .. :~ j ~ ~ I, Amtiri{)Un: Ec01W1niC;A~ocia.f'i{Ht. "",R.:G, GETTELL; " JW.' J;' SiIE?A1ID, , :,; Americalf.,poUtioat"Science' 'A IfSoeoi{1 t/{)n. iR, L:,FrnNm';'" , ; "'it (Y.: HAYBffJ"fi;:!. .-c' f ; , ~ Aniericmt 'BOCiologif}(f,~';S'()oiety:" :! ~ , "Bi" D, 'CALKINS', ,; ir. "[:,i,,.· t EDITH P AnKER' I ' .,. i /' National OOIl71eil' of 'GoatJl'a,p1/1I Teacherk. .:," Lo,e.MARSHALL, ~ ",0; G.'RUGGLES., I; " '" ASliaCIitUOI~ of Oo1ler/iate FJOlwollf,or Busine8S.' , -:r:'~'iT'; '~<.{f: ~~i:; f<~~- !" ';/t,;')'~'->J, ';:.\ <<-;~;'_.<_-. ~ TENTATIvE' FORYULATIONS; 'OF; (,1 F THE PURP(')SE ~OFqrHE ; sOciAD, 8TUIlli>Js; IN; THE SOHllOU! AND' ~2)THJI)'DISTtNG'I'i'V1c OON'l'lmroTION 0P:lIiAOH' FIELD OF"STUDY t , ~ ,ti -. ~ i; ; H.: .,..r f (; 'l'he folibwihg tentativeformulatlons are submitted as a basis for suggestions " 'and'criticiBDlS: I" I," ,', '" 'TILe 'pilrp(}~e of tlLe';tocial 8t1ldies tnowr 8oliool:SJi.!.Tlie organi1.ation, of ;the ,social studies. in the .schools should be determined by the pUl'p68e',j!ot!'whlch t 'those 'studies 'fire intrtlduced:"Theit,"pttrpOSe,ds\to ''enablel our youth"toc(l'ealize ,vhatiti means' to llive 'hi sol!fety, toappre'ciate"llo'IV'people"liave 'lived' 'and :do '1iv!:!' 'together, 'libd 'to ,U~aeffll1rid the: ~onditiOnseSsel!tii1Yt!i"livrn¥ t0gether I; 'We1r;to :the'end that our youth may' develop' sllch abllities, inclinatIonBl'" and II 'ldea1s as 'may 'qilalify'them tdtake an; iiltelligentiuld, effective'Pal'tFlh'an 'evolvirig'sOciety. THIRTY-SEVENTH ·IANNUALMEE:'r]:lfG 8~i' erids. These activities axe :,om:' :economic: .actlrities., They .are carried, on,. largelyin~grouplife and, even when most individ"al"ll,re s,ffecte~ by groll11,A~.e Elconomics, 'then, promotes aiealization of'IVhat·~t JUeaIllJ to)h'e togetheranq . an nndersfanding'ofthe conditionsessen~al: t9; living :togeither.'lVeli, ~ecatl;ie)t helps to explain theorg!Ulization and fm).f!tiprung.q~.nan:~!OtV1llg.s(}CIety ,-r.om the point of>:view, o:tthe·sQclalprocess ofmak:ing,a. liVWg. ,~7: . '.. 'Economics; setsfotth, for example"f!ertain asp.ects.o~: ,~Ul' f:!ll~il!.lillation, our interdependence; our; lliJSOCiative effort,; QUI' .teclulQlofrtcal: ~tt;ugg1,a .wi.lli. ~a.tn.re,., om: pecuniary· organilzatioD, of: the, production and f$.lll~rlJ!g ()f g.aods; 0,111' ~tiliZl1. ti6nof labor under: the· wage:. systlPD. :o~: markl:lt.. jlxchange" Our· intern~l:i,op.a,l . ecOnomic relations; our SCheme ofpr.i,vate property and cOlJ}pe1;itiv:e effpr~':;7i41, of which ,have· become vital· parts of .om: present, 89cial . organiZal:io.t;l-:-a1fti it . shows how all of:·these fu~tion m enabling us to ;wprk,l!.D.dtolivetogellillr. Ooncf!rIiing thel!!e ecc:momic:prpcesse,a.CI:!J:~ gen~r(JJiza.tiQns ,Qt.la.wsh.nve peen,. worked ontand theY'.R:re ,a.:vdla.ble! af:!,j5~ndllrq.s, o~" gu},des. .foJ.; Individuals ,an.4 for'groups;' .. ·· ,; ", ':;"""u:' ~" ,~ cause. Understanding of the social setting results from study of society as a compOSite ,unifY" maffilIu:p-(of "'fulfily interrelated' 'grbfipl3 and~ carrytng;on- many, In±e1!depen£fept ;tlc1;i;.1'itie& 11Jl\ Qfi. :which'! are'conQjtiqnE)Q:, by.certain everr present types of causation. The multitudinous and repetitious manifestations.'o:f.',fIlese types of causation are more or less subject to statistical treatment and rrlake Up those:-treprlll, of, lloc1al':~P3Jl,ge a full statelllent of .which would be social laws. Soc~ol~~ studies t:l).e.Y,~,l.'iflUS f0nllil o~- CI?-1:lS~1 rel';L,ti,Ons between tlie activities of mdIVldu.als that are !ilways occurring III homep. schools, neighborhoods crowdS', 'publici3'/tind wner~ver hUllllfn 'belligs' meet, 'and that give riEie to :pubii~' opinion, customs, and, institutions. " ,. ':' , ' Sociol()gy; also, studies, the problems of population as affecting all types of social activity; tp.e effe<;t,s!of small Il:~fll,ar~m. p~9.ers, of sparse Rl}1l A~~~, ~ ."...-~-~#'"" ..... -t-~_~ , < 90 AMERICAN HISrrORIOALASSOCIATION distribution, of llifl'erehceslll thequl'ility of the individuals who co.mpOse ,the" IX!P1;ilatlo.n, both'tliettinborn traits as 'determined by racial and fatnily hereillty;,Itn'd' tIle' tlcqtUied h'aits which result from prevalent vices, diseases, o.ccupation; and wooe anite: This branch ofsociolo.gy inCludes certain aspects o.f the probteinB of inuiliil'atio.n; eugeIiics, and publio, health. " , It studies the causes, pre'ventio.n; and treatmffi'it'of Jlovertyand crime: ' If IHiiltc'B' a' comparatIVe ,!;!tudyof 'din'erent;/:locIeties,i lncluding the moat prlmltlve;'which -reveals"the social o.ngIns and the method, of progress." ThIs comparatife sft:idy sho.mHiliat'nothlJig"ls to'o repugnaht,to us to. have been CtlSt0ttiart somewhere ll)1d' that we must· M' 1fio.WW think that anything Is too. ideal tp b~lla. sympathetic' undet'st!tnding o.f peo.ples in that it affords a key to." tbe 'explanatio.n ;'of characteriStics. and attlhldes 'likt'ly otherwise to.: be misimderstood: Thestudy,of the' peoples of"varIed regio.ns tit different parts of the wo.rld; discloses; mo.l'eovel', !their interdependence. and reveals the fact that the envi rorilnent affecting each; gTPuP()f peo.ple haSco.me; thro.ugh means o.f trans portation'tirid cOmmimlcatio.n, taembrace practicall;y,'.theentire earth. The idea 'Of earth unity derived from' ,the ",realizatio.n ' o.f ,SUCh interdependence is another conVribhtio.n o.f geoltt'aphyto;the' social: sfudiesrandis essentlal,to the understanding' ofqvQrld Rffafts:. ",' [,"" ,', ' '''' ,:,~)." ~. ~_ ~\~ I )L:l'~,'1 ;~;;;.~-' ,;-<' ',; BEGISTEB' OF :ATTENIlANCE' AT. TRE TlIIRTY-SEVENTH:ANNUAL . MEETING Oli'71j)HE: AM'E[&IGANHISTORICAL ASSOCIATION,"NEW ,~~~~:~ ::i·-~:"~;~~~~;j":'~ ;~~:j:~!_;;~:~!:,: ,:<.,.,: .:'),~: ·':'~'f"·: . . ; , :'., "', :;:, .. , ,~,< .. ~';;',!. >':,:' i~>< ",A.. , f ('Aito.",,' Arthur S. '.Ander80lI; FrlinkM!I10T-';' ,;" '"." ",.,W"'" 'J" " ' ' .. ," m's" ,,","q ,." .: ',' , " '~S,()P'1io.~ )1:., S.,~ders9p.,~. ~ , i·~.~' A;bb.9.~ W·.o;,. ' , ,Alli~on."WllU.am H. ~W:~w. J;9hn >Cbarl~, ) Adams, Ephraim D. Alvord, C. W. ,yStlLtes", ""ii'" ' Adams;G,B; , , Ames, Herman V. ;Ahdi'ews;-Arthut I. t Adams, IDlndoiph G. Anderson, D. R.Alidr~ws.'C. M; V .. f ~,. ~ 6 •" ~ t-.~ __~ _____ < ____., __ ~ .. __.....-..", ____ ~~ __.~_~ I--'~''''_''-' -. .... "" ___...... -~~_~.:>~>oK-_",.--' ...... -r~ ," " TH1RTY-SEVENTH. ANNUAL MEETING 91 Appleton, William W. Cleven, N .. Andrew N. G Arnold, B. W. j jr. Cohen, EdwarAi ·M. Galpin, W. Freeman. Arrago)J, Reginald F. Coleman, Ohristopher B, Gambrill,. J. 'MoD:tgom- Asakawa" K. " Collier, Theooor~ ery. Auchampaugb, :Po G. , Colvin, Carolihe. . ;. Gardner, Charles F. Anlt, W. 0, . ). ! CoolIdge, Archibald Car,V::' George, Robed H. Coulter, E. :.M. /".'; d; Get16fl', ;Martha: LOuise. B Crane, Vern$' W. GelTish, winiaili .0, Baldwin, Jame!!, . ·F. Craven,, 4,., O. . L.if ; '\' Gibbons ' Lois' Oliphant.. Crossj ;Ar,thu): . yon, Gillespie James ill ' Baldwin, SlJmmerfield, Crouse Nellis Me . '.. H·'< 3d. • .'. "';" Glps~n, Lawren~e, . '. , t·' Cnmml1,lgs,:~~llr:«,_j .. God11t'd'::q eol' ge Bey- Bancroft, Margare . .' Curtis Edwar".E.. , ,: ,t; '.,.' , Barbour, Viblet. " ' , .. , ...... , , .•. mour. ",' " , .' . . Curtis, Eugc!le·l\Tewton•. Gould, Clarence P. Barker, Corhine,¥', . Custer, JohnS, ',,' , . w··,,' , "D Barnes; VIolu· Fl." .' ..' "Gray, llllllm. Bassett John S. " .~ Greene, 'Evtll'ts B. B a sye,. 'Arthur H.' , D W . ," " Grose, Clyde Ledare. Beale Howru'd K. Daniel, J.W. . '. Guilday, Rev. Peter. Bean: WilliamG. " DavenpOl't,Fra,neeS;~;" Guttridge, q. H. David, Charles Wendell: B ec k'er, C ar.I . '. . ""B ,. B laundeVictor Andres. Demarest, Eli~a'beth" " )1!" B:lcheJ:, Katharine if.,; , Dennett; Tyler'.'·'; ,.• ' Hackett, Charies W. Belr; Herbert b: Dennis, A. L. P. " Hadaot, P."W;· Elbert iI. 'Deyo, Rev. John Maurice. , H 11 Cliftd' R . B ent on, Di tz, F C; ,a, n . . Betten, Rev. Francis S. e . ""; b th Hatnmotld, oH!!I O. Donnan, .lllUza e . ,.. 0' Bon;d B everI ey W ., j r. D h Arth' L Hanaway, Ro. y . . un am, l11. • . , Brngham, IDram. '. D' 'U thUd "1 Hansen, ru:.arcus L. illi ' Ulllllng, "':La e J.l • R Black,.J W . am;· D t~l, G M Haring, C;' . ' Blakeslee, George H. u "",er, . ,.eorg~; ~ , Haskins, CharleS H. ' Boak, A. E.R. E'Hatfield, Georlfe B. Bolton, Herbert.· . Hayes, Carlton J. H. Bonham, Milledge L.i Jr. . Earle; . Edward 'l\i, Haynes,' George H. Bourne, Henry E: ' Edlnonds, John H. !,' . Heald, Milrk "M."; Boyce, G. C. Ellery, Eloise. Heckel,'Albert'If. ; " Bradford, SarahR.Ellinghouse, R. H. . Hickey; Rev; Edward'J: Briggs, :Elizabeth. Emerton, Ephraim. Hickman,. Emily. Brown, Marshall S. . Evans, Austin P. Hicks; 'John D; Bruce, Kathleen'Eveleth;' Higby; O.P. Buck,'Solon .T. ',. ,F" '" "Hill, Henry W: Buell, Raymond L. Fairbanks Elsie Dl . ',' 'Himrod',:,JamesI11l ttl~ Burpee, La\vre!l~e,.;r; .. ]'arnam, Henry W:'" more.' Ie, Burr, Gech:get;.: '·'.Farrand,Max., '" . Hinkhouse, Fl'edJ: '#< Byrne, Erigenelf.', , ,Fay, Sidney Bradshaw. Hirsch, Arthur H. ~ - ;~~' ,Ferguson, W.! S. Hodgdon, ·FrederIck O. o " , '.' , ;.,.Flte, Emerson. ,D.," Hornbeak,uLotit~ ~: CaIman, 4lvlp Ri' .. ,Flick, Alexander 0.· Hoskins, Halford L. ;::Flournoy, Frank:R. " . House, R. B.' " Carer,' GertrudeM. Carman, Harry, J. .,.,Ford, Guy: stanton. '" , : Howe, M. A. lie Wolfe. Carp~ter, Willianl S.. ' .' ,:]'ord,;,Worthington· O~H'" Hubbart, H. C. Carroll, E. M. 'Foster, HerbeJ:i"n.' '. "Uull; 'eharles H. Cheyney, Eldward P .. ; Fox, Dix9ll RyaJt. . " ;,"mull, William I. Christie, lPrancis A. Fox, George:,L;l"'" .: :'l,'lHume, ,Mary',B. Clark, Victor S . ]'I'ayer, :William' A. ";Humphrey, E. F. • ~' .... _, ... ,"""--. ~" __,v_",, ___~_,,,,_~ __ .. '~._ .~ ... '\ _,___ -J-~_~-__' ( \ ___~.~-_"....~ .. ~.....-- ____ ....-0-,.- 92 ,AMERICAN :i:lISTORtCALASSOC:EATI0N Humphrey, Mary H. McIlwain, C.H. Pearson, C.' C. Hunt, . Agnes, , McKee,Margnerite.M; Perkins, Dexter.' Hunt,' tiamllrd. MacKehzie, Hugh; , Perkins, Ernest RaIph. ; Hunter; Louis O. Magoffin,Ralph V. D: · Phillips, Ulrich B; . , Marr, Harriet W. Pitman, Frail1!:'W.' ,J, . Martin; A. E. Pratt, Jennie A. Jaclcspn, _belli .~~. Mead, Nelson F,i ' ; Prichard,Walter. Jackson, W. C. ,,:. Mecham,J. Lloyd. , Purcell, Richard J. James, Alfred P. . Meech, Mrs.,Sanford; , Putnam, Ruth. Ja~es J A Mereness, Newton D. 'R ." James~n: J:F. ,',,: Merk, Freuerlck' \~ '" Jenks, Leland Hamilton. . Merriman, ROgerB.'" Raymopd,,D9r!l'~eUI •. Johnson, Allen. Meyer, Jacob COnrad: Raymond, :J;rv!ngW""f'(":' Jones, GuerniWY. . Meyer, Leo J... . ' Read, ConYers.• , ,;' Jones, Leonard ,Chester. ,Miller, Lewis Rex. Rebboli, Mary D •.(Mrs,]J;: Jones, Theodore· F .. ' : Moon, Parker Thomas. R 0.). Moore Charles. edstone,E. H; .. " Moore' GeorgeH. . . .,.; Riegel, R,':ID.';· , ;.' h .K., .,'MOrga~ William ~~~as.; R~pPY, J. Fre,d:.: 'fl.· ) Keenleys~de, H. L.' Mowbray. R. H. " " RIsley, A. W. .' ., ~ane, ElIzabeth G. Mueller" Henry R. Roach, HannahGrace. ' Kellar, Herbert A. Munro, Dana,Carlton. . Robinson, Chalfant." " KelseYI·R. W.·, .' .'. Munson, R. B. ,. :Robinson;?~roid,'Fa;'n.-.; Kingsbmy Joseph Lymaru. . . quary. , .• Kline All~ :M..', '. .,' ,M1lljse.r,;T ohn., \., . . : Robinson, iHpwll.td. Kliu~nhag~' ~a }d::.: . Muzzey, David' S."nl RobinsonllMorganP.: Dunt, W. E.,,: : Packard, Sidney R.. ' Siebert, WiIbm'H. "CO,: u • Lybyer, A. H. ; Page, AlieeE. : ,,;Sioussaff.St.;George-Lf. 4 ·!,,'· M;: "Paine, Mrs.O. R' Smith, Justlli'H.H ,:1ce' ,':1)' , . Paltsits,·VictiJr Hugo.' Smith:, Keri /,..,."~ . ' ~' >.- .- ...... -----,- ...- ''>t _.------j ,-'"~" ~~ THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAl.. MEETING 93 Sorenson, C. l\f. Townsend, Mary E. Wertheimer, Mildred S. Spaulding, Col. OIiYer L., Tschall, Fraucis J. West, Allen B. Jr. Turner, Frederick J. 'Vestermann, William Linn Stanclift, Henry C. Turner, Ralph E. Wheeler, .Alice M. Steefel, Lawrence D. Tussey, M. C. White, Albert Beebe. Steele, James Dallas. Williams, Basil. Stephenson, N. W. U Williams, Clarence R. Stevens, Wayne E. Upton, Eleanor S. Williams, Judith B. Stevenson, E. L. Williams, Mary W. Stevenson, SarahC. Wilson, Amy. Stimson, Dorothy. v Wing, Herbert, Jr. Stine,O.C. Van Cleve, Thomas C. "i'iuston, J. E. Stock, Leo F. Van Tyne, C. H. Wood, George A. Stone, Thora G. Varrell, H. M. Wood, William H. Sullivan, James. Vincent, John Martin. Woodburn, James A. Sweet, Alfred H. Vincent, Mrs. J. M. Woodhouse, Edward J. Sweet, W. W. Yolwiler, A. T. "'riston, Henry M. T W Tanikawa, George N. Y Tanner, Edwin P. Wall, Alexander J. Young, Helen L. Taylor, Anne M. Ward, Laura Adeline. Yuan,T.L. Thallon, 1. C. 'Ware, Edith E. Thomas, H. M. 'Washburne, G. A. z Thompson, Frederic L. 'Waterman, \V. Randall. Thompson, Holland. Waugh,W.T. ZeIiqzon, Maurice. Toelle, J. H. Wendel, Hugo C. M. • 1;' ~< . t\ .'~ ., , 'f n )'~ .' .. .1Jn~t~riami '. ~, : ... '; J'AM'Es'BRtCE' " . . ; By J. FB.ANxr..m JAMESON :, ~ r. The distinguished career of Viscount Bryce has since his death, been commemorated in many places, ItIldInany writers have paid their tribute of admiration, from varied points of view, to the many sided endowments of his mind, his wonqerful learning, the, distinc tIon lindachie'veIilents of hiif p'ubllcandlitetaily';~a'r~er, msbenef" icent 'public' sptrit;and 'the high' q1ia:lity-of hisbhat!tc~t.;' rt)hay b~ appropriate to c6nfirieth~' pre~nt~ fn'emoral:uImrl!td a' t-ecOI'd ot his relation to the American Histdrica:l AsSociation ahdM its feeling toward him. .; . ,When the association held its atmual meetihg' at 'Providence in December, 1906,James Bryce had been .appointed ambassador to the United. States,' but had not yet'came 'fu W IishIDgt6n~' '. As apart· of the universal. w~lcoriie 'with which the-apptiintllient Was received in America, this 'association" elMt;ed '. hW "to' non6tar'y i membership; a. distinction which it had bestowed'ononlj,tiiree: Eurltlpeawhistorians· in the course of its ~xistence; and 'which he heldalon8>'duringthe . remltining years of his life. In November" 19O'T; he l!ailleup from Washington to. New York to attend a dinner. of the' executive 'council, and spoke words of~ordi.al interest in: the work of ;theassociation. ' On.hearing ,that 'the meeting. of;December; '190S,'was to be held in Washlllgton~ heispontaneously. andwitll: ,alacrity, offered to the mem~ . hets a,reception,at th:e.Britiih, Embassy;,:which his gliacioUs' haspi taUty:and"that of Mrs . .BrY~ made Ildnemorabwcdelight. to: 0.11 ,,,ho ... where lpresent., "ffiIt3;atteiilled :with evident-pleasure the meeting at N~w ¥orl{, in 19Q9,;which;!commemorat€td'!1ihe: ,twenty:-ftfth anni- Yersal'Y(Q,£th~ soc~ty.(,,;!!!;i';f:'!':, 'C,'; ',' "< "f;'- " Througl}Dut !th~ peridd:,Qi:bi£! emhas,syand,wtheJast ,d,ay of his long ~ " , ":, 96 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ness of his manner toward them remains with them all a beautiful memory. It was a matter of just pride that a distinguished member of our profession should occupy the high position of ambassador of Great Britain to this country. That, of all such representatives, he should have done most to promote good feeling and mutual under standing between the two countries is gratifying beyond expression. That he should have be~~t~IMt!ilt,on~tly the friend of every one of us with whom he ha~>~;;.~p:,bJ~~~ ,P,ersonal contact endears his memory to a singularly large 'p!=oportion of our membership . .-. ~'-:-- '-:: -~ if WILLIAM ARCHIBALD DUNNING '; tl,~...-';; ~{f~ "-~1 i;n"~;f::'l:·<' "'~1;;~~~'r; '.{ l~i! • I _ ~- /' • " ~~_+ ,.- ., ,i~d' ; r~; {:H',o' , 11""l> S,ince the lastmee~ing of this a~sociation, a,me/lib,e:dong ipter~Qd 1 in its welfare ,and a p:IJ;tic~pant);nits,cpu~sels,ba..'lbeentakQnJ:)y; de.~t~., Pc~pf.,W,~lli~IFLArypip,!l~'*J>u.nnht& diep. ~t:New :i:ork,:A,uglWF'; 2!L.: 'r1;Usjl'l n,ot th.fi;timelortP:~fpla~·m}li~ b,i~,writmgs,9r to. rQCoUIlt; in any detail his accomplishments as a teacher and scho,lar.",WeJ have,> 'hll ,~ops~df:\:r:~d2r4~nall[ h~tl.tll.9rity :in;twp, ,fields. ipfdlistotlcaI st;udy-;-;-the, .li.ecpn.Rtr~cgqll,pe:r:iqdij.p., ,Ameriqap.. hi$tory and. the ;gene:. ; eral fi,el\-'1.of poli~~~UheOJ:Yi ifu!l,~ilitiop. to his distinguished work as a ;publicist,;he gQid~d the resea'Iiche$ of maThys.tudents" whose. pub,.; i li,sh(ld 'stuW.es.ll.r!'l .. oi.m~rkedl; v:ah;le'arP.ong,: IDodernwritings'on Americanhistol'Y. All of his (nm, bpoksare! characterized by' excep-, . tionalclearness and ;vivacity:o:f;.style:and·by skill and,discrimination': in the handling of materiaL';, i,,:~·I"I: -ce'.,,;"":""'I': Most"o:Llis know, him toOl ,well, to' wish· to:paSscritica]r judgnient,' upon his work,; ,p'e,rhaps'we know him' too ;well,to' appraise itj~stlYF Doubtless we. are now thinking.o£';liiin chiefly;as'a;;fellow~ worker, In, , helpful member of this .assOciation,· and.a cheeIlfui)'i$timruating .com'] " pa~on:. -> In the eaHy·.years·.of the; aSsouiation;: when it 'specially .,. needed;his 'enthuaiitsm :and''8nterprising "Spirit, he took inoorest'in. 'its development; from tha1i 1> ' ~ ." j :- i. < ; ~ }' < ., j : - f : ~ \; { , : ; '-~.-~~-~----~-~----"----'~------~---'~-~-- THmTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 97 At all times his engaging humor, his unaffected friendliness, his wide sympathy, his sane and human interest in his own work, and his equal interest in the tasks and hopes of others, his unusual per sonal charm gave him a peculiar hold upon our admiration and affection. This brief memorial-brief, but still, perhaps, too long "' and too earnest to suit his own simple and dignified m.odesty-is here presented in testimony of our friendship, of our gratitude for his work in the association, and our recognition of his achievements as a teacher and historian. 4791W-26---7 .'" " .. ~ : w II. PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PACIFIC COAST BRANCH OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIF., DECEMBER 1 AND 2, 1922 99 ([; {!1 ... t '" tt • r .. ,-,-,--,,-- I';-"""'--"':----:------.-.-_..~: -.----.. --.~.~. -"... - ... ~~,.------.,. ... __ __ "__ ._~_~., __, . , ~~ :{ t PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEET . INROF'THEPACrFIC COAST BRANCR~()FTHE XMERI 'CAN mSTORICAL ASSOCIATION"'·" .' The eighteenth annual meeting -of. the Pacific Coast Branch of the Americali Historical Association was held at Stanfdrd'Univel:. sity Friday afterIioon and Saturday, December land '2, 1922. ':A bureau of registration :and infor.mittion· was established i1i rbOni230, History Building, and· the sessions were in room 231 of the same puilding., Local arvangements were under the direction of a com mittee consisting of R. G. Trotter,chRirman;R. fL Lutz'and Xamato Ichihashi. The very interesting program of th~ meeting-was ,pr.epared by. a committee consisting·{)f· (J.E. Chapman,chairmanj D. H. Richardson, R. H~ 'I' , annual dinner was about 60, on Saturday about 40., . " , :~ " At the opening session Saturday afternoon the first paper was readby Pro:f.Henry Stephen Lucas of the University of Washing l~: ton" whose topic was. "The newer view of ErasmuS." 'The aim of thE3paper! was. to emphasize the significance of some' new'et-: facts cQncerning the youthahd earlierliie of Erasmus; The older view of .the barbarous conditions. Surrorindmg' the weat' 'hliniaIiist at this periodoi his·life was derivedfronl contemporlu1y writers' such as More, Linacre,and .the writings'ofErasth'ns b.ili::rself:·· Tt'wa~ lic:.' cepted by Seebohm and, others who revivedihterest 'in,,'Erasrrllls about 50 'Years ago and at a more recent period by' btuinmond, Fro.ude, and Emerton. Professor Allen has in this relatio~ :rendere'd the greatestservic6'in producing. a definitive'edHiotl"o£ tIre letterS \' ;'.···.~:' of Erasmns. Based upon this we now have a'new account of Eras I" mus's·life·in the low countries.' A very imp6rtaht contribution to this: sUbject was made 40 years ago at· Leyden, .and contributions of r..."'·. :B:nofessor:Blok andotJ.1ers must go far to change the curt-ent cori~ cept~on bfErasmus;,'''' . . . !' The older version of the condition in the schools and monaSterieS which Erasmus, entered, 'springs:' so' it was . held; from 'twofulJ,ip. motives'. Oneo£ these was a:desire to controvert:persistentrumots i, that Erasmus was the son of a priest who lived in' concubinagl3, the other ,to explain why he left'lfireli!iioushoiise"an.a;'Was'leadihg ii secular life. Some of the 'other'writings'oT Erasmus in 'the earlier "I: period ,are also highly cplored. . On various' occ~sions he sought the' 101 t I, , , , 102 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION absolution of the Pope, and in 1517 Pope Leo freed him from all ecclesiastical penalties either as to his birth or as to withdrawal from the monastery. Yet he subsequently repeated the earlier stories. , ""1','''t',', .,:' ,.' ',':',: ',There ls;eviden~fhat hiS lif~w. the earlier y.ears inthehou~s at Stej7n"and Deventer w'as pleas~t;~i:t~~t the AAI;l~tionsofl~n ing were good. He was associated with at least one humanist of importance.; The monastery at Steyn was of the Augustinian order, and had fan~under the influence of the Bretlu!en; hf, the. Cotnmon ;Life. Th,ese ,f:Qrmed a, religious coterie :within the 'Church ..' They pr~ctJ.ced poverty, chastity,and obedience: but did not tak& irt'evGca ble vows .. They were ~()t concerned witli most poiritsili theology l:mt merelywjth .the Ohristianlife. The great monument to their ideals ,i~ the;lmj.tati()n, ~fChristby Thomas a Kempis. , OCtheseE1rasmussh0'Ys the-. impress" notably: in his vein of mysticism. AcllaTacteristic . motive is the 'realization. :in hU)fiatJ. conduct of ~he Sermon on the Mount. .The necessity of knowing the Bible demanded a mastery of the languages in which it was Written. Scholastic subtleties made no. appellil to Erasmus. In fact he did not have a very c~ear conceptiQnof~theimportance of the Schoolmen. Hard aJ;Lc;I"ia:st ~lE¢eJIlS, of,tlleology he. always. opposed. To hiin there wasil- far grear,er,.dljDgermthe ig:n6ranoe of S9ripture tharr in the rf3acijng of [it. '. To .the ¢OIl,ception of .the Bible as the n;orm· of· Ohris tia~lif~,~. alsopwed his attihlde toward current views and usages of his dl!iY, .such as :fasting, the cult of the Virgin, and' war on the Tur~:ret h~,didnot attack theOhurch on principle nor the fundk ; " mental basis of monasticli:!m. He deemed the. hierarchy vali'diitnd the C~urch Ol1thoclox ..:Hewas thus,di'iw,Jl by,th~ needSl{}I it situk tion. , :?fa~tical moraij.sm forbade him to approochthe' problem of siIt RS,4ifi, ~uther, With,Er.&smus .justification was·the 'process of beGomffig ,;rigl?;teous •• lIe. t4o,~ghj; of. faith ' and, works: (tOgether: and ne'Y~.' f~~1;lop1ecl}fta'Ql~e ,theQJogy, ~S (jid, :Luther., Christ;as the " dlylne~:iample tendep to.drive out Christ the Son Of the,Fatlier, Hls:'e~p4~,~'cQ~du~t led· him: to war'on the grotesque 'practices of hl? ,time. .:WI'llm~ythustrace ,tlw influence of his early envil'on .'" m~~t:"He;,.foffi\ded, the low, ~Ulltry;move~enLfor're'form, and some movements of the seventeenth and eighteenth, centuries hark back,0~ :' ..; . ,.; '; '1.' ,. ,,:', ') ':' •. 'r., '.: i ,:., l,' " ,.'f).1.e paper,.of Oapt, iEii;w-arq ~~ Beach, of Stanfoud.University,·on "T~e causes of the;,;War, of. 1812,'" whic4 .w.asnext '!pl"esertted,' after m,eJiltlo$lg the, two ru,l;6ctspecifW caus~ the .impressment 'of; men 0,J1 PQ~meFcha.n¥hips, anii the ~ritish, Orders' in Council of 1807· forbi,d,dingtrad,e with by,British'canSent i ai}.~ 1,80~, Franceex~pt, and·l~adiIigt~. the. seizUl,"e ofhun4reds ,of ships,.shQWed that internal ~ ~. ../"'----< .'1'., PROCEEDINGS OF THE'PACIFIC COAST BRANCH 103 conditions had much to do with the struggle, in America; individual~ ism, in England; nationals~lidarity. The early formative conditions influencingAmeticanoharacter, lived on. iWithout 'govetnmental or ehurch -support on soldiers. to defend them thEkcOloil.ists had de velopedquRlities;of self~reli8JlCe; They c1id;i1othll:ve so much· gov,; ernmeIit as the people 'of Englahd. It woUld be hard to find com munities With grea.terccontrol;: spirit of independence, and indi vidual~ ism.. ': In. England; :on the other Jhand,therewas;a feeling that' the na vy i was the, nati1imaJ. defense,; ~ ~ ,A J realization; :;that·:the: merchant marine was failing had led to the,navigation aots Qf,1651and 1660; In the year 1728, 2,052 merchant ships entelledL0HdoiI,:nearly il:11 British.; ~~ The ~ perpetuation; of.the'merchaht hiarine ,was traditional. Itw~,something to.behanded onto .posterity;-/ Just previous to :tS12when'Ehgland was ,at1;fie'Crisisoi a gre8.ii' struggle 'she saw her seamen' deserting h,; Amerjcan ;ships and: engaged in: a; semce the effect of :which ~ was .,to aid N apoleop.; the M'ch, enemy~' She . could no.tgi:ve;,)tlp tpat.. upon; wmchlIlatioria1 sOOidarity: depended~ ',The pe9ple were behind~ the' :govermng; families:whichrllied·Engla;nd.~",' ,TheAm~rican;jn. some, cases:acc6hipanied his'patriotisInifwith poor judgment, and objected to submerging his judgmen.t;: The rul;. ing influence was partisaIi politics., One great partysympathiied with England, the .oth~t' with France.:rrhe' Republican ~Party was in ,the ~ajority, hence the declaration of war on England·. ~ For the war thereha<1,beenn Republicans and Federalists,said of each other.: 1 "In, lspite of. the military failure, the war was· not a failure. There )Vere nq m.or~ Qrdelis, in·council nor inipressments.A better.' Secre ~ary;of WM'(l,SSQIDed charge, :and befol'e>.the:'endofthe rival' there w.ere better geper.als, '8uch:¥ Jackson. Moreover,··the·:Americans learned iI!: tJle crisis. thllJf;partisanship must give ~ way.to ·patriotism. ,T1W ;thirq"papel'j:<>X: ~ afternoon,· tliat,ofProi; Levi· Edgar .~ Young, of till} U:o,i~eraitYJ~fJ:Utah,on the"l',ColOnizatiorib'f Utah,in 1847," was advanced from its original position on the prograin of. the S.aturday;mor~g 13~<>n. ,It wasfol.1:Uded an oM, journals' and some letter8ofBrighit~ -Yo11I1g in .1847 to his people remaining on the l\f.i.ssouri Rive~. The' speakm, ~tated that ;the fitst company, of • F''''''--o, <, 104 AMERIOAN HISTORICAL' ASSOOIATION pioneers reached, Utah m 1847 and consisted of 147 men, besides womeh,and·childrefi. TAater they were jomed,by the Mornion bat talion-who: had marched. from San Diego. Durmg the first month 87 aCl'eao£ vegetables ,were planted; Six men at once begantheexplora tioIl! of the ,valley of the Great Salt Lake under the order '0£ Brig ham Y otmg. On August 22. Salt. Lake. City WitS named.! In Sep~ tembe~and OctobeJ:!Came a.compailyp£:a thousand people across;the plains•. Durillg thedirstyearA:,OOOcamem bands. A journal of October. 19;1841, telhlof the opfuling.of a: school in a military tent shaped like, a wigwam. In·185L was passed. :tha first'law providIDg schools for .the Territory of Utah. . '. . ' The speaker also told of the organization of a dramatic companj, which"Brigham Youngexplamed the Colonists needed after what theyhad,,~ndured"The fir.st theater,'Known as the Little Theater, was dedicated,m~January,1852. 'The' prmting of a:journal was deiayed!llY lack of, pfintmgpapeu, but was begun mc '1850. : .. Harliiet.Youhg's!jorirnal relates·thather husband planted 3' acres of wheat, the first in the valley, in 1847. She observes that irriga tion will be necessary. In J849 a great colony sent out to the south ( ( carrieu'apple trees 300 ,mileS. \ " The, conclusion. of the speaker was that the; typical' American ( institutions :werle 'introduced, notably the .home, agriculture; and the f state. Alsohthat,'!schools, wereestablisheda'nd ; the'principle that every: might, ,coine-and' w(,>rship ,God 'acc6rdIDg to the dictates t. man \' 1 .~: of.. his 9wn ;conscienee. ,The history 'of, Utah must emphasize the i " industrial and the social sides and .is' mar1red by colonization with high religiol}.S idealiSm. . \ Prof. Henri Pireime·of the Universityof·Ghent :next gaivean address entitled "Mahomet etOharlemagne;" ,This was' presented in outline in, English ana, detail added in French. PrOfesSor' Pirenne held that too great importanCe has 'heengiven to the Tetitonic invasions, from the fourth to the sixthicenturies.' These did not (, mtroduce an essential' transformation' of .civilization. , Most ·of the Teutonic 'peoples who entered the empire were established m Medi ter.ranean lands. It was only with ;the: \ t t. { -~-~ ~" PROCEEDINGS '. OFTHEPACiFIO COAST' BRANCH et{)5 president then before ,adjouriunent appointed a cotimlittee on'ilonlina tions, a committee on resolutions; and a committeEr on auditing. The annual dinner was at 7 o'clock in,the' Stanford Union; Prof. E. D. Adams, presidfug., ProfeSSor, Tteatin-'deli\l'ering the 'presi dent's annual address dealt with the forceswhicfH3xpiam the rise of modern Japan. ,"," : ' In the middle of the last century the civilizatioris of India: 'and China 1Vere surpassed in Asia by a third, that of' the Mediterraneali. China was humbled by a . group ()f: Indian' soldiers and tradets; In Korea a weak and .intolerant (lourti sought to protertitSelf bjdiolifuig aloof from the outSide: SO' it, wasm f'Japltn.· ,':China was 'the' hlost powerful of Asiatic nations, and Japan. regarded asoh~ of the ;w;eak. oriental powers. In 1900 India was more firmly gripped than ever before, Burma had lost its 'independence, Siam'was subordinate: Cambodia absorbed. ,The Boxer uprisrng had left China: prostrat~ and Korea had lost its' independence: Japan alone wiisstrengtheried. It ,had used theweapons:of the' West,t<:fhumble:(iruna,;and:itsoon defeated one of the strongest Europeail )p6wers. ,i For the first time in the modern age an Asiatic powei'was :to the fore~' "Why this i'ise ~ First, certain physical, conditions' Bided; ,The climate is favorable. No part of Asia is sOITeqU£'ntly subjected. to sthlmlating cyclonic storms. Irisularity and limited amount of arabl~ land are the main physical features. Instead of l'eceiving ari alien civilization impbsed:by force, Japlin adopted thaf'of China:. 'The mountain; masses'and liniited:amount of arable 'laridrequired in~ cessant industry. . It is difficult; toeStimafe the'iffiportRrice 'of racial homogeneity. The several Stocks wererused longbdore the dawn: of history. In historic times the only alien race is the: Amo:'Japan has been spared the retarding influences ofs. conflictofJ:aces, 'imd modern Japan, unlike India, has heen'spared any religiousrivahj. GedainJapanese traits and peculiarities also tequhe consideration:. The Portuguese in Japan were first impressed with the politeness and cUriosity, of the people.' At a; tiine when China was :coiifident in hell "defiance of the barbarians of the outer w'orld, the J apaIiese carefully noted all the particulars of Perry's'fleet.. The Japaries~: learned; more' 'ina few years· than the other Asiatics in centuries. '. They had made the old culture of China Japanese. So was it in the·nineteenth,lltlld twen:tieth centuries with' western civilization. . Is the ,western civilization of Japan' a veneer ~ This has been mlich assimilated. It seenis unfair to judge the Japanese: by ~'eSt ern standards. No people has been ·more'responsive to juSt and well-intentioned' critidslll. When'J'ohn W.Foste'r tried to have tb,em!illodify their demandsJat thecloS'eof:IFvictorious war he sO appeaJed to them. . A criticism of their poliCies toward China: in the last war brought abandonment. On the other hand, Chinese ,~ )06 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION philQE:~phY"l~gnQ,rw.g, the outside; barbarians, f.ailed to value the O.piniO.J:l: 9::f ·9,u~iders.I~India,and China willingness· to sacrifice .¥-J.,.L'fo~h~\~~:i,spr~ent.onl,y,' insmalLmeasure. ThE\' Samurai ajJ;O.f;d )~~der~ not. pO.~ssM· :by. ,.. PROCEEDINGS OF THEPAOIFIC COAST BRANCH 107 basin of the Rio del Norte. The years 1824.-1826 mark the advance into the Colorado Basin. By .' the end of 1826 practically every' stream of this basin had been trapped until beaver were rare and the trade had, brought the trappers over' $100,000. Between 1826 and 1832 camE:} the opening of various trappel'S' trails to California.' The persons engaged in this Southwestern trade,must have' aggre gated .thousands... After 1832 wapping was continuedibut iVith de creased signifiCf;l,nce .. The paper dealt in detail with the'Mtivitibs f of Ewing Young, who come to New }fexico in 1822, niade his way to San ~Qaquin and Sacramento. valieysm California· iIi:1831, going i, . as far.north as the·moutlliOI,the Um:pquain Oregon and finally being I j induced tQ.s~ttle in theWillainetteNhlley; .: He. IDttst have' traveled by mtile some 20,000. ·miles: and the' men: under his' corriIIll1nd took 1 $100,000 worth o~ beaver.' A sketch was' also given: of thec\t1'eer of ) another noted trapper, Antoine Robidoux, who in 1824 came from Port Atkinson on the Missouri Rivet to Santa Fe, and who later' IJ operated two posts, respectively, in the basin of the Green River and , t.hat.of tl,le Gran:([ River until 184:tk ,.At some time before 1840 he visite ,< m:?vement fortha bu.iIding cif a library. at Madison. At the dedi- Ir , t I ~ ;"",,. 108 'AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION cation' of this bea.utiful building in, 1900, Charles FranCIS Adams, president ,of the Massachusetts HistOrical Society; founded 1797, said that Wisconsin was more ,fortunate than Massachusetts, fo~ the State and the society were coevalJ·In Massachusetts five genera tiQIl,S had passed before it occurred to make provision for the col lection of the records 'of the race.' As Wisconsin found her Draper, California· found her Bancroft. About 1860 he began the forma.tion of a collection which he housed and classified. .The director of the .A:rchi ve N ationalin Paris has declared that this rapid American method has boon but once em~ . ployed so as to insure success. Here is 81 coll(\ction 'of material uitique in the world's history. In 1905 when Thwaites was sent to appraise it .he reported that it. was 'astonishingly large and' complete, .and set its valuent ,$300,000; In: the same year it was purchased for half tbat SUl1l ,by the regents of, the' University of' California. FOl~ tunatelysaved from the San Francisco fire of 1906, it was sheltered' i in a fire proof building at the imiversity. A consIderable number . I (: of book$ have been written under the direction of Professor Bolton', l f the presellt director, and a large collection of manuscripts, especially ~ MexicaJ1 manuscripts, has been added. In 1915 the CaliforniaHis~ { torical Survey Com.missionwas established in the' Bancroft Libra:ry~ i More and more the space in the university library, in which the Bancroft Library is now housed,·has been demandedbyoodergradu ates, aI;fd the time has come for the organization of a State histdric~li society,to se,cure abuilding on the campus. This society would give' l central dil!t;\ction to' historical activities in the State. Eventually collections, of rare Americana will find their way hither. Plans ( " should be made to preserve manuscriptsandnewspflper files; There should be faGilities for research,and an historical museunishould, be. added. The work on Franciscaih missions should alS() reach back to ,St. ;l)~ranpis. ':Dhis is the: place for a large collectiori' of FtanciscanO:: What. ;Wisc:;qru;indid 'years ago lon-the 'Qasis~ of the: Dra:percollection, ( California ,is" abtIDdantly. able· to do '. on -it basis· of . the Bancroft ! cOllecti,on~, -j At the business session which foUowed the' conclusion of this' paper:, the eommitteeonresolutiohs,'consisting of Alden J. Abbott, \ I chaJrm~, and·CharleA Francis'Ctitts and Henry S. Lucas, reported the':follo-Wing; '. ; , ", ; Re8~lvea by ther>acific Ooast' Branch of the American 'HistorIcal Msociatlon, at its eighteenth annual. meeting, December 1 and 2, 1922; that:we' hereby: express our sincere appreciation of. the hospitality and. of the. coW"Wsies ex tended to us by' Stanford Uri!verSlty' and by its history'dePartment; and that .we express our thanks to the retiring officer~ to 'the speakers; and to all, ouitirs whose efficient efforts have. contributed to the Buccessand 4ilDjoyment of . the meeting; and we wotild' especially comniend theworli of' the retiring secretary, Professor}Iorris, .during his long term ,of oflice. ,:', ' , ResolVed further, That we' hereby express ourapprecl~tioJ? of the aid given" by the state bf California to the scholarly' historical wdrkof the California vI ( PROCEEDINGS OFTHEPACIFIO COAST :BRANCH 109 HiStorical Survey ,CommiSsion and that we ' urge' the legislature to : support· the work with, such liberality as to make possible a more extended program, (If publication.' , ", " " " " ,., .' «, ResoWed, That the Pacific Coast Branch of'the American Historical Asso ciation recommends that a State Historical Soelety. of . California be ;created and that tltechiUr appoint' Ii. coinnlittee to: I5ring'thls proPosition before 'the people of the State of California. ' " . ,,':"', Be it further ,resoZved by the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historl-, cal AsSOciation that we' strongly'dlhlipprcive of ell'orta that are' Ming made 'to distort American history in the, interest of so-called patriotism. On the con trary, we feel that the, highest type of Amerlcan.plI,trlotism is lJest fostered in oUr Schools by the teacliingof American history in such a way as to present judiciously the. truth about. our, .country, including, its reiationswith other countries. In this c~nnecti.on w~,,~o~ld ind,orse, the, recent report Qf, the Oommittee of Five which has' been ap'provedand published by the Cali- L fornia' State Board 6fEducatlon., " , ' .. ;., l The secretary is accordihglyrequestedto ,cOmInUnicate the second I and third TeSolutionto theptoper. officers of the ,California Legisla t" ture and.to gi~e.properpublicity to the final r.esolution. The final resolution attained its form as here given after it had been referred to the, committee, for revision and after a preamble originally~eporte4 had b~en $;uck.outon motion in open meeting •• The, comm,ittee provideq ~or ,in" the. thj,rllresQlutio~: was subse quentlynamed byAhepresidellt,as,fQllows!L.J;,. Paetow, chair,.; man; Monstgn~m Joseph ¥. .Gleason, Edgar E. Robinson, Robert G. Cleland, Owen C. Coy. I The auditing committee, consisting of Miss Effie!. Hawkins and E. J. Miller; reported their approyalof the accounts of the secre tary-treasurer. f Theco:trunitt~Qnnolllinations, consisting of L. J. Paetow, chair l' man; Percy A. Martin and Walter C.BarneS, reported the follow- ing nominations; , , " President, Eugene I. McCormac,University of Ca:lifornin. Vice president, Robert G. Cleland, Occidental Co),lege. ' . Secretary-Treasurer, Ralph'H. Lutz, Stluiford' Uhlversfty. ';~ Council, in addition to the above: Cardinal L, Goodwin, Mills College; Waldemar Westergaard, .Pomona College;, Walter O. BarnesUni \ versity of Oregon; Miss Effie I. Hawkins,' State Teachers' College. "' San Jose. ' . Ii Ort motion' the nominations were closed and the secretary was instructed tiicast the ballot for these nominees; who were declared elected for theerisuing year. ;. Prof. Herbert E. Bolton was elected ~elega,te from' the Pacific '" Coast Brancli to, the next' meeting' 'of the American HistOrical A'ssociatioIl, at New Haven. The 'business session then adjourned:" The session of Saturday afternooIl was the teachers' seSsion;' I . The program' was' arranged with especial reference to theintrodU:c~" tory college course ',in history, the' general topic for' discussion beirig t "Tlie field and £ruiction61 liistOr;y.", . ..' ',',' . The first paper of the 'afterrioon 'wasprese~ted' by Prof. Franklin 'f C. Palm, of the U rii versity of'California. He held' that few students r J f 110 ,AMERICAN, HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION at first have a purpose in taking history, but are impelled by such cotisiderationsas requirements, prerequisites, and favorablEl~ours~ The stndentsHirst impressions, andconseqnently an appropriate in tr;()dl1.~tio:il,~~e hti'portan~ .,A:ftef'd6J9ini~' iYitl1.~ome defiilltioI1s of, history, to form part of such an introduction, Professor Pa.lm next to6k'tip th,e PROCEEDINGS OF THE PACIFIC COAST BRANCH 111 We can never abolish war and carry out great aims until we attack the problem in the classroom. Miss Margaret Bennett, of the Berkeley High School, in present ing the last paper of the session enunciated the view that definitions of history are due to the group ideas of the time when they were formulated. Any true conception must be dynamic, and any con ception which meets the demands of to-day must recognize the de mands of the sciences of to-day, thus emphasizing various phases of life. Changes in the method of history teaching change with the conception of history. The paper then described the methods em ployed in the senior class at the high school in Berkeley employing a form of drama as prolegomena. In the general discussion which followed Prof. E. D. Adams said ,\: that his first impression after listening to the papers was one of humility. He recalled a teachers' sessjon of the American Historical ( Association just 20 years ago when with the others he was asked to speak on the conduct of the freshman course and all disagreed. He i felt that Professor Hulme's ideas were somewhat impractical for a i, beginning course. So far as his own aims were concerned he had ! come to three things-stimulus to intellectual curiosity, analysis, and I" " synthesis. Monsignor Gleason believed that the function of history is to ,I'J teach the student how to dig out facts and get at the truth. Clarity f of ideas comes through definition and the faculty of analysis is t; taken away from the student before he gets to college because he learns no definitions. The secretary spoke of his own work in his tory as a freshman at Stanford University 25 years ago in a field which would not to-day be held to have general interest but which through the efforts of the instructor, the late Professor Shaw, was carefully done, formed good habits of study and commended itself ') to the student as worth while. It In conclusion the president expressed his appreciation of the work of the committees which made for the success of the meeting. 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