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• f I ,~ ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR 1930 IN FOUR VOLUJMES VOLUME 1 - PROCEEDINGS ,, 1 \ (, I I ill: ~~¥ ' .. \ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE • J WASHINGTON: 1981 ~ , ,~, 1 ~'F .f; For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. • Price 75 rents (cloth) .. " .' . , LETTER OF SUBMITTAL SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WCNfhington, D.O., July 1, 1931. To the Oongress of the United State8: In accordance with the act of incorporation of the American Historical Association approved January 4, 1"889, I have the honor of submitting. to Congress the annual report of the association for the year 1930. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. G. ABBOT, Secretlbry. 3 " .. 't , ' ACT OF INCORPORATION Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre8entative8 of the United States of America in Oongre88 as8embled, That Andrew D. White, of Ithaca, in the State of New 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 W. 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 history in America. Said association is authorized to hold real and personal estate in the District of Columbia so far 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 Dis trict of Columbia, and may hold its annual meetings in such places as the said incorporators shall determine. Said association shall re port annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution con cerning 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 association 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.] 4 " .. " .. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL THE AMERICAN H:rSTORICAL AsSOCIATION 40 B Street SW. WASHINGTON, D. C. MAY 1, 1931. Sm: As provided by law, we submit herewith the annual report of the American Historical Association for the year 1930. This consists of four volumes, as follows: • Volume I contains the proceedings of the forty-fifth annual meet ing of the association held in Boston and Cambridge, Mass., Decem ber 29-31, 1930; the proceedings of the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch held at Stanford University, Calif., on December 29 and 30, 1930; notes from the archives of Scotland con cerning America, by Dr. J. Franklin Jameson; and a list of manu script collections in the Library of Congress to July, 1931, compiled by Curtis Wiswell Garrison. Volume II contains a Eibliography of writings on American history during the year 1930, prepared by Miss Grace Gardner Griffin; Volume III, a guide for the study of British Caribbean history, 1763- 1834, including the abolition and emancipation movements, by Lowell Joseph Ragatz; and Volume IV, the diary of Edward Bates, attorney general in Lincoln's cabinet, 1859-1866, edited by Howard K. Beale. LEo F. STOCK, Olw;i1'17V(Ln, Oommittee on Publications. LOWELL JOSEPH RAGATZ, Editor. To the SECRETARY OF THE S~nTHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, D. O. 5 " " ", .... CONTENTS Page I. Proceedings of the forty-fifth annual meeting of the American His torical Association, held in Boston and Cambridge, Mass., Decem- ber 29-31, 1930_____________________________________________ 31 II. Proceedings of the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, held at Stanford University, Calif., December 29-30, 1930______________________ 87 III. Notes from the archives of Scotland concerning America, by Dr. J. Franklin Jameson ___________________________________________ ' 97 IV. List of manuscript collections in the Library of Congress to July, 1931, by Curtis Wiswell Garrison__________________________________ 123 Index to the same________________________________________ 235 Generalindex_____________________________________________________ 251 7 " " , " ,.- • CONSTITUTION 1 I The name of this society shall be the American Historical Association. II Its object shall be the promotion of historical studies. III Any person approved by the council may become a member by paying $5 and after the first year may continue a member by paying an annual fee of $5. On payment of $100 any person may become a life member exempt from fees. Per sons not resident in the United States may be elected as honorary or correspond ing members and be exempt from the payment of fees. IV The officers shall be a president, a first vice president, a second vice president, a secretary, a treasurer, an assistant secretary-treasurer, and an editor. The president, vice presidents, secretary, and treasurer shall be elected by ballot at each regular annual meeting in the manner provided in the by-laws. The assist.'lnt secretary-treasurer and the editor shall be elected by the coun cil. They shall perform such duties and receive such compensation as the council may determine. If the office of president shall, through any cause, become vacant, the first vice president shall thereupon become president, and the second vice president shall become first vice president whenever the office of first vice president shall have been vacated. v There shall be a council, constituted as follows: 1. The president, the vice presidents, the secretary, and the treasurer. 2. Elected members, eight in number, chosen by ballot at the aunual meeting of the association. At the election of 1931, the persons so elected shall be assigned to four equal classes, the members of which shall be elected to serve respectively, for 1, 2, 3, and 4 years. Subsequent elections in each class shall be for four years, except in the case of elections to complete unexpired terms. 3. The former presidents, but a former president shall be entitled to vote for the three years succeeding the expiration of his term as president, and no longer. lAs amended at the annual business meeting held on Dec. 30, 1930. See p. 3S. 9 I, • I. .. 10 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION VI The council shall conduct the business, manage the property, and care for the general interests of the association. In the exercise of its proper functions, the council may appoint such committees, commissions, and boards as it may deem necessary. The council shall make a full report of its activities to the annual meeting of the association. The association may by vote at any annual meeting instruct the council to discontinue or enter upon any activity, and may take such other action in directing the affairs of the association as it may deem necessary and proper. For the transaction of necessary business when the council is not in session, the council shall elect annually an executive committee of not more than six members, which shall inciude the secretary and the treasurer, and may include not more than two persons not members of the councIl. Subject to the general direction of the council, the executive committee shall be responsible for the management of association interests and the carrying out of association policies. The council, or when the council is not in session, the executive committee, shall have authority to appoint an executive secretary, delegating to him such functions as may from time to time seem desirable and determining his compensation. VII This constitution may be amended at any annual meeting, notice of such amendment having been given at the previous annual meeting or the proposed amendment having received the approval of the council. ' . .. f. BY-LA.WS I The officers provided for by the constitution shall have the duties and perform the functions customarily attached to their respective offices with such others as may from time to time be prescribed. II A nomination committee of five members shall be chosen at each annual business meeting in the manner hereafter provided for the election of officers of the association. At such convenient time prior to the 15th of September as it may determine it shall invite every member to express to it his preference regarding every office to be filled by election at the ensuing annual business meet ing and regarding the composition of the new nominating committee then to be chosen. It shall publish and mail to each member at least one month prior to the annual business meeting such nominations as it may determine upon for each elective office and for the next nominating committee. It shall prepare for use at the annual business meeting an official ballot containing, as candi dates for each office or committee membership to be filled thereat, the names of its nominees and also the names of any other nominees which may be pro posed to the chairman of the committee in writing by 20 or more members of the association at least one day before the annual business meeting, but such nominations by petition shall not be presented untU after the committee shall have reported its nominations to the association as provided for in the present by-law. The official ballot shall also provide, under each office, a blank space for voting for such further nominees as any member may present from the fioor at the time of the election.