Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-07

Grinnell. treasurer. Reports of com.
mittees were read. The coramittee ap.
pointed two years ago on revision oil
the constitution, did not report III
was decided to hold the 1904 conven-
ton in St. Louis. during the month oil
October. Owing to the fact that this
| Louisiana Purchase exposition is to bt,
held in that city the Intern ational Ii
brary Association and the Americas
Library Association will hold their SEES
| sions there. The Iowa asso citation, like
| those of some other states will NEE.
| In connection with the conventions oil
the larger organizations, two or three
days being given over to tile work oil
the different states.
After the business of the session was
concluded the first paper of the norm
ing was given by Benjamin +. Sham-
baugh. Phi. d., OF the chair OF political
science. State University of Iowa, ana
editor of the Iowa Journal OF History
and politics. DIR. Shanbaugh's subject
was The Work of the State Historical
Society of Iowa" He spoke in part as
follows:
The year 1903 Is characterized by am
increased activity on the part of the
State Historical Society of Iowa and
by larger interest thruoul. the state
generally in the. work OF this venerable
institution. In many quartz Is the his
tory of our commonwealth has become
a real, living enthusiasm Is, more
over, natural and proper that these
larger efforts of the state library So
ciety and this livelier enthusiasm in our
state and local history should come at
q time when we are celebrating, or
rather preparing to celebrate the cen
tennial anniversary of the acquisition
of the province of Louisiana-of which
area Iowa forms so important a part.
Thus by renewed zeal In its iabors and
by increased devotion TO the work COM
mitted to it by the people of this COM
monwealth, the State Historical Society
of Iowa fittingly common orates the
great event OF 1903.
1.-The people of our commonwealth
have always been more or less inter-
ested in their state and local history.
This is attested by the fact that the
institution founded by our pioneer
fathers under the name of the State
Historical Society of Iowa, and sup
ported from the first by the state as
state institution, for the purpose of
collecting. preserving and publishing
the materials Of that history. has had
a continuous existence for nearly half
century.
The work of the State Historical
Society of Iowa began with the estab-
lishment of that institution by that
name in the year 1857, when a perma-
nent annual appropriation of $3.50 was
voted by the Sixth general assembly Of
the state for the benefit OF Il state
historical society In 1860 the annua,
allowance was increased TO $500. TWen-
-ty years later Ii was fixed at $1,000,
and finally. in 1902, the permanent an
nual support of the society was raised
to $500 and a special APPROPRIATION of
$4,000 was made at that time.
with these somewhat limited means
at its disposal, the state historical So
ciety, has accumulated a library of
about 10000 volumes and has issued
several series of valuable publications.
Among the more important publica-
tons issued by the society since 1857,
are:
Il. The Annals Of Iowa, twelve vol