The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-22
How the Kansas State Historical So.
cietY Grows.

SECRETARY MARTINS REPORT
How the Kansas State Historical So
ciety Grows.
In his annual report of the work of
the historical society, Secretary George
w. Martin shows there have been adj
ded to the society'S store OF historical
information during the year 743 books,
$500 pamphlets, 191 manuscripts, 1l5
maps, aliases and charts, 324 pictures,
so scrip, coin and miscellaneous relics,
1 ,412 volumes of newspapers and maya
zines and 81 single newspapers. The so
ciety's total collection now is %,
books, 25,319 newspapers and maya
zines and 7000S pamphlets.
Referring to the new space given to
the society by the executive council,
the report says: IAN the space definite
~ assigned to the society was Shelved
and otherwise placed in order. This
leaves us at this writing with books UNI
provided for sufficient to fill another
room. There are two rooms unoccupied
adjoining, but they lack the shelving.
The Kansas newspapers have been pro-
perly cared for in the large room as
signed for that purpose, and in the an
mex, or waste space over the south por-
ticO of the building. In these neWSpa-
per shelves there is provision for three
and possibly four years growth The
duplicates of the society, or rather the
accumulations of the entire state gov
eminent, will be gathered in a line large
concreted room in the cellar.
THE task of removal afforded an OPP
portunity to sort up some and in a gen
eral way take an inventory. All foreign
newspaper files We're left in the cellar
and only the Kansas papers, the Kan
SaS City papers, and three or four news
paper publications of a national char
acter placed on the shelves on the
fourth floor. The pictures have been
placed upon the walls with judgment
and taste, thanks to the courtesy and
assistance of Mr. George NJ. Stone; the
a.rr how ra1-r AaTlXv
played, and in several handsome new
show cases the relics and curlos are OBJ
jectS of interest to hundreds daily. the
newspaper files are arranged by coun-
ties. alphabetically, so that every single
volume is easy of access.
"A proper exhibit of the duplicates of
the society and the surplus books of the
state now mixed up as debris in the cell
lar, on shelves in a comfortable work
room, will enable us to relieve the con-
geStion- We have constant calls for
Kansas books, and we are confident we
can place from 5000 to 10000 volumes
in the next six months in places where
they will be preserved. In the last six
weeks we have shipped LOO Kansas
books and pamphlets to five different
institutions. and about 700 copies of
government publications to one institu-
ton"
PROF. BLACKMAR'S REPORT.
Prof. Frank Blackmar, of the COM
mittee of archaeology, reported that his
committee has made a number of in
tereSting Investigations during the past
year. The site of an old Indian village
has been discovered on the farm OF
Welcome Wells near Manhattan, and a
number of stone implements and steel
blades were found on the site. AT
depth of two feet below the surface was
also found a few fragments of old pot
terry, supposed to have belonged to an
earlier date than that of the Indian
village. Pieces of copper, pottery and
some stone implements were also found
nv the cnn7U1itfpR the site of the Paw
nee Republic in Republic county. In
dian implements and pottery were also
found on Mcdowell and Wild Cat creeks
in the Blue valley. All of these relics
We're turned over to the society.
Prof. J. D. Walter. of the State Agri-
cultural college, was asked some time
ago to prepare paper on the history
of the Agricultural college. Prof Wal
ter prepared an article of this character
in 1892 for the educational exhibit at the
Chicago Worlds fair, and he has re-
Gently been celebrating it. He has six
teen chapters prepared thus far and ex-
poets to complete the work in four more
chapters. He appeared before the So
ciety with the manuscript of the entire
sixteen chapters, but as he said it would
take about two days to read it all he
offered to read any portion that the
society desired. Instead he was asked
to give a talk on the early history OF
the college. Prof. Walter offered the
society his entire manuscript for pub
LEGATION if it was desired.
Other papers read De1Ore the society
were a history of the lead and zinc in
dustry in southeastern Kansas by Miss
Irene G. Stone of Galena; the annual
address of President John Francis on
AN Incident of the War in 1852"
paper on the struggles of the early pio-
neers of Kansas by E. c. Manning Of
Winfield; Slavery in Kansas" by c. E.
Cory of Fort Scott: Horticulture in
Kansas" by Mrs. Cora Bullard. of
Tonganoxie; Early Life of Quantrell in
Kansas by w. A. Johnson of Gar
nett.
W. H. Smith, of MarysviIle, was elect
ed president of the society for the COM
ing year. and w. B. Stone and John
Martin were elected vice presidents.
The following were elected to active
membership: DR.. ]. A Reed, Tecun-
sch; Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ. Mead, To-
pela; Rev. DR.. D. M. Fisk, Topeka;
Gurdon Grovenor, Lawrence; DR. E. T.
Metcalf, Colony; George U. S. Hovey,
White Church; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. o. Fife,
Kansas City, Kas.; Mr.. and Mrs. c..
W. w. Yates, Topeka; Capt. George w.
Weed, Topeka; Prof. E. Haworth, Law
renee; ]. c. Ruppenthal, Russell; Hill
P. Wilson, Hays City; G. Webb Ber-
tram, Oberlin; E. G. Manning, Winfield;