The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-09
NEWSPAPER TIMES
OF so YEARS AGO
D. S. B. Johnston to Discuss
Them Before the His
torical Society.

At the meeting of the historical So
ciety this eyening-the officers Of the
association will be, electedYbycthe mem
bers of the council who were. selected
at the January meeting,
Following the business session D. S.
B. Johnston will read his third paper
on Minnesota, JouraalisnrNof the Terri
torial Period" 1t will deal, especially
with the newspapers and newspaper
times of 1856 and will be well illustrat-
ed by anecdotes and incidents of the
period.
Mr.. Johnston was for I've years a
Minnesota editor, half of his service
coming within the territorial period.
Two more papers will finish the series
up to May II, 1858, the time when Min
nesOta came into the Union as" state.
These will be read SOM time during
the coming spring. ~vs,a ayoy.
During the, past year the growth Of
the library Of the Society has been re-
markable.
The number Of bound books added
to the library was 2,f21, and the num-
Der of pamphlets, or unbound books,
40. The total number of bound vol
umes at the beginning of this year was
1925, and of unbound volumes, 34,098,
amounting together to 1926 volumes.
In this summary the newspaper de-
partment is included, but 1t should also
be considered separately. During the
year 1902 the number Of newspaper
volumes bound and added to the libra
ry was 400, or about a twelfth part Of
the present number, which is 5,419.
The number of Minnesota newspapers,
daily, weekly and monthly, regularly
received, is now asa, and twenty eight
others are received from outside of the
state, making the entire numbe 482.
The Minnesota danq rfN9nnf of fhn
library, including books that relate
particularly to this state, Is contained
in five large cases. It numbers 1,271
bound volumes and about 1900 pamph-
let's.
Two other departments to which con-
slant attention for their increase has
been given during many years, and in
which this library is scarcely surpas-
sed by and in the United States, are
local history and American geaealogy.
During h past five years the number
of town histories of the New England
states has increased from 730 to 1922.
OF American family histories, Of
genealogies, the library now has l.
402 bound volumes and SIS pamph-
lets, besides many books in this class
published by societies, others giving
g~eneaiogies of many families collec-
lively, and the genealogical portion Of
township histories.
ROS y ~ GLAAO "
ciety's museum which, SO far as 1t IA
now be exhibited, is contained in five
cases. 1t comprises historical relics
Illustrative of the conditions of the pio-
neer settlements of Minnesota, of the
Sioux war and the Civil war, of the
people who built the thousands of pre-
historic mounds in this state, and of
their tribes, the Sioux and Ojibwas.
ThO were living here when the first
White men reached his region.
1t is expected that when more space
shall be provided for this library and
museum and for the display of por-
traits in the new capitol building, all
these collections will be greatly in
creased. This will be especially true
Of the museum in It's department of
archaeology, for which ]. v. Brewer,
a member of the society's council, has
collected during the past seven years
a vast number of specimens, in total
exceeding $4,000, of stone implements
and weapons, fakes from their manu-
facture, bone and copper ornaments,
pottery, etc, partly from the modern
Indians and partly from the ancient
mounds, throughout Minnesota and q
large region reaching west to the Rocky
mountains and south to Kansas.
Another member Of the council, Rev.
Edward C. Mitchell, has announced his
intention to deposit in this museum the
greater part OF his very valuable pri-
vate collection, now at his. home in this
city, including many thousand speci-
mems Of aboriginal implements, weap-
ons, ornaments and pottery. These
muniicent contributions from Council
ors Brewer and Mitchell viii give to
this museum a national Importance
surpassed by only very few other ARCH
%aeologic collections In this country.
The number of individual portraits
displayed in the rooms of the society
is nearly 200, besides thirty group pic
lures, which comprise about 1900 por-
traits. There are also more than a
hundred other pictures, as Of ancient
buildings, monuments and PAINTINGS
of historic enc .a4.4@
The society now has eighteen hon.
airy members, se~venty-eight cores
ponding members, 175 life members and
fifty annual members, the total being
321. The honorary and correspond
Ing members represent nearly every
state of the Union and the provinces Of
Canada. Nearly all of the life and an
nual members, together numbering 22S,
are residents of Minnesota.