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~ t.t.-,rical Manuscripts Commission
,b. American Historical Assocl''io"
,.,. forfh the following cifcui"l' "'
i''' 81 nri,ato individuals. oWHln5 VI
t,... urovyledge of unpuuli-h'" "'N"
mants of historical Naine. .,,...,, will
tristorical students. It is pene|e'' W. WI
.,,r in the opinion that the H'i''
.f-.rcrmeut. of historical ''H"'". '.''F
,~,., cam i'm no way be better pro
.,,..t.d imam bv the extensive pu"ii' y" .''''
- orioinal materials hitherto u"i'
az such papers large nuIl"'i gu '.'
,,o..ession of the United states
,,.nt and have been printed OF WI.
,,,intod hv 90: others have n''H vi -"
be similarly cared for by 'Ng ~ ,t,..
-. Of me Dominion of Canada ana '"-
i.lt,.t4.,.t states of tho Union, OF 10y
ir..,i historical societies which PRINT en-
-. series. But much manuscript iN'-
..ri.l ~ Great importance 10 Amer
,.i.,o~,. is not thus provided for. nelns l'
,.rf..afo hands or in the posse7Sl'" W poo
..ft,tiors which do not print such papers
,rt'.. ,,,t.re-fs of American historical 7'Hv-
t.,.f.f,,. have seemed 10 demand inc ci'd-
tio, 81 an agency representing am 7'
lions OF the country and animated TO o''
trroest historical OrgiuHtlloH " "r
Shall Systematically endeaFor 10 p'''7
these materials 10 the know rouge
students and 10 print those VINO" are "'
most Importance. -,..., MS
rn fbis connection the American lil--
.,.,..i Association. 40 its annual meet
inc i'm December. 1895. appointed lh'
,,rTarsienod a. Historical Manuscripts
comnieeion. 20 deal in the manner above
described with such manuscript maleiitiS
as seemed TO Dee of Importance To Amer
loan history. In this work the member
of the commission hope 10 secure tne CO.
oporlti0n of such private individuals an"
families as may possess or. have knoWl-
odra OF documents Of historical lmpof-
t9nce. They feel sure that lon an pan Us
OF the country there are collcciloh7 OF
family CORE spOudcncc when contain n'1
ONLY uuuuliishod letters of our distin-
,,nished public men. but also many of "a
pri,ate character which would throw
lieht uron our social and political hie-
tory and might be published without
breach of proprlcty. Private diaries
also exist. and narratives Of important
movements and events 10y participants
and eve witnesses. Ass we'll as memoranda,
account books and other Instruments
which would throw light on our economic
history and especially upon those Inc
situations and customs that have passed
away forever.
Should YOU own or know OF such his
torical materials and Doe interested in
their exploitation you are respectfully IN
vited 10 aid the commission DO accord
ance with the following methods:
l. By communicating 20 the chairman
or such member of the commission ass
YOU may prefer I'll list Of documents in
your possession. with brief notes as 10
their contents. state of preservation and
accessibility to students.
. by stating whether You are willing
a. have your documents published should
the Commission desire 10 print them
and n SO whether you could have them
copied for tho press.
B. Rv stating whether YOU would i'
wiliinc. barring publication entire. TO a'
low "a list or calendar of your document
% be made and published ana under
WHIT conditions in this contingency in'
documents would afterward Doe 'cea-
sible 90 general and special students.
T. Bv informing the Commission OF The
/ existence Of private collections or hl,'
torical materials IN other hands. and
bv using your influence 10 induce th
I holders 10 put themselves in commune
cation with tho Commission or with som'
local historical society.
Tho Commission promise that the mat
/ ter printed by them shall be edited w.t'
D
whatever T. chosen for publication shall
be first submitted 10 the owner for hi
approval. They hope for YOUR assist
ance i'm fnaueurating "a movement whicl
they believe likely 10 prove Of real an'
/ permanent utility 20 the cause of histor'
i'm America. The reply IS 10 be- addrcsse'
to the chairman or To any OF the Com
mission. whose names are appended. )
/ Franklin jameson. chairman. No. 10
Bowen street. Providence. r. l.; Dougla
| Brymncr. Archives of tho Dominion o
Canada. Ottawa. Canada: Talcott WI
/ liams. No. 81 South Sixteenth street
Philadelphia: William =. Trent Univer
sity Of the South Sewanec. Tenn; Fred
erick J. Turner. University of Wisconsin
Madison. Nis.-Philadelphia Record.
The meeting nj the West-End Chris
tan Mission. No. 1916 west Cary stree
by Rev. Jrnius wilkins are very inter
esting. Services commence at o clock an