The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-21
THEHISTORYOF OUR STATE
Custodians of 1t Hold Their Annual
Meeting Today.
TREASURES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED

To the Archives of the Society within
the Past Year-TOnight There VIII
BE Speeches.
The twentieth annual meeting of the
Kansas State Historical society is IN ses-
sion today. The board meeting is being
held in the society's rooms this afternoon
at the state house.
There are something over thousand
members of the society in Kansas but
not more than two hundred of them are
here to attend the meeting. There are
ninety-nine members of the board, one.
third of which are elected every year.
There are not more than thirty mem
bers of the board present at the meeting
this afternoon, and their business is to
nominate thirty three Rew members for
the next three years, and also to nomi-
nate for election by the new board to-
night after the session of the society, a
president and two vice presidents. Gov
ernor Morrill, has been the president
since Judge Thacher died.
At the meeting this afternoon, F. G
Adams, who has been the secretary for
the twenty-one years the society has
bean in existence, and who, it is hoped,
will be secretary for the next twenty one
read his report In it he says:
During this year there have been ad-
ded to the library 1920 volumes of
books; ,462 unbound volumes aud pam
phlets; .24S volumes of newspapers and
periodicals.; 2,200 single newspapers
containing matter of special historical
interest; 361 maps. aliases and charts;
427 manuscripts; 269 pictures and other
works of art; 4 pieces of scrip, currency
and coin; l war relic, and 3S6 misceIlan-
eous contributions.
'Thus TO the library proper, of books,
pamphlets, newspapers and periodicals
during the year have been added $3.50
volumes. OF these 3,505 have been pro-
cured by gift and exchange, and 225 by
purchase.
''The total of the library at the present
time is as follows: Sixteen thousand
eight hundred and ninety-four bound
volumes of books, 50.079 unbound vol
umes and pamphlets, 1851 bound news
paper flies and volumes of periodicals; in
all, So. $50 volumes.
Tho library now contains on its shelves
11,477 bound volumes of Kansas news
papers and magazines.
unfortunately the legislature has
never made adequate appropriations to
supply the deficiencies. Instead it has
permitted an absurd conflict as to libra
ries to exist in the state house; a strife
between two libraries of the same kind
the library of the State Historical
society and smaller library in
connection with the law books
in the state library. At every session of
the Legislature the two interests come in
conflict. There is no reason why the
state should build up two libraries of the
same sort in the state house. There is
waste of money for each must neces-
sarily be in measure duplicate of the
other"
Mr.. Adams also spoke of the assign
ment to the society of the entire east
room of the state house excepting the
senate chamber and said that the COL
lection now would almost fill the two
fioors
This evenings meeting will be held at
Representative hall and will be address
ed by Governor Morrill, on "The Trials
Hardships and Privations of Early Set
tiers in Founding Kansas"
Eugene Ware 10 too sick to deliver his
expected address and his place will be
filled by Prof. Frank Holder, historian
at the state university, on "Kansas His
tory"
There will be short addresses also by
members.
The Lotus quartette will sing during
the evening.