The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-04
ITS FIFTIETH YEAR
HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL CELR-
BRATE IT'S SEAII-CENTEN-
NAL NOV. 1S
SPEECHES BY loLD SETTLERS
ernOr's Chair wiIFBe Included In
the List of Speakers Bishop
WhtppIe and Judge FIandrau
Will Also BE nAmOng Those to
Take Part In the EXERCISES.


Inc committee having in charge the
ffteth anniversary OF the organization
OF the historical society. consisting Of
Henry l.. Moss, Russell Blakely, Green
leaf Clark, William Pr Clough, George
II. Daggett, William G. LIE Due and
Warren Upham, have announced in detail
the following programme for the ami
Yersary, Nov 10:
$3.50 p. M
luth. o"' -
Response--Hon. Alexander Ramsey.
Organization and Growth Of This So
cIety-Gen William G.. LIE Duo. of Hast
ings.
The Library and Museum of the So
G1ety-Hon. Nathaniel P. Langford of ST.
Recollections of Persons and Events in
the History of Minnesota-Bishop Henry
d; Whipple, of Faribault.
Progress of Minnesota During the Half
Senfury-Hon. Charles E. Flandrau, Of
st. Paul.
Opening Remarks-Hon. John S. Pills
oury, OF Minneapolis.
Educatlon in the United States and in
MMlnnesota During the Past Fifty Years
Eyrus Northrop. president of the state
bur1nE
the Half Century-Hon. Cushman X.
Dav1s, United States senator.
Minnesota in the National Congress and
RK@ nnte N puring These FIFTY Years-IIon
me Soc1ety's Work Through Fifty
Years In Preserving Minnesota History,
ana lts Duty to the Future-Gen. James
III. Bauer, Of Mankato.
The president of the society, Hon. Alex
ander Ramsey, who fifty years ago was
the first governor of the territory of Min
nesota, will preside.
The historical society has accumulated
a library of about $500 titles which
stands in the front rank, as to its ex-
tent and value, among historical libraries
OF the United States. 1t is IN the state
capitol building, and is a free reference
library, open daily to the public from
$50 a. m. to p. nj.
the society has taken especial care to
obtain all published township histories
and family genealogies of the United
strictly local histories Cbut not including
county and state histories, biographies
and publications of societies), the number
Oh pound Volumns in the library for
Maine is about 80; New Hampshire, 100:
Vermont, So; Massachusetts, 460; Rhode
Island, 40, and Connecticut, 100; with con-
siderable numbers for New York New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and all the states,
SO far as these special histories have
been published
or American geneaIogies this library
has about 1850 bound volumes and 44O
pamphlets, besides many books in this
class published by societies, others Civ
ing genealogies Of many families COL
lectively, and the genealogical portions
OF township histories. These collections
free for the use of readers and students,
are much consulted for tracing lines of
ancestry
The Minnesota department of the H.
brary is contained in five large cases.
It includes 1,072 bound books and about
1900 pamphlets.
Another. department. 4! which is much
consulted is the complete series of re-
ports Of the United States patent office,
which fills six cases.
Files of all newspapers published in
Minnesota as territory and state, since
1649, have been gathered and preserved
by this society. It's number Of bound
newspaper volumes at date is 4,25e; and
it's number of Minnesota newspapers
daily, weekly and monthly, regularly re-
ceived, is 421, these being donated by
the editors and publishers. The newspa-
per collection is kept in an extensive
fireproof vault which is part of the
scciety's rooms in the capitol. 1t is ac-
cessible to all who wish to consult it,
and is so arranged that any paper Of
any date can be readily found.
The society solicits gifts of books, PAM
phlets, newspaper files, maps, manuscript
narratives, diaries and original docu-
ments of every sort which may throw
light on the history of any portion of
the United States, and particularly Of
Minnesota and the Northwest.
Especially it is desired to obtain all
new publications Of township or other
local histories and of family genealogies