The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22

other officers, in New Spain. There are
French manuscripts relative to the pur-
chase of Louisiaaa, Spanish manuscripts
relative TO the conspiracy of Aaron Burr
and the Vaccinations of General VIII
kinson and Senator Blount- There are
descriptions of the Missouri river and
the tribes that lived upon 1t written two
hundred years ago.
An Immense Task.
To make calendars and transcripts of
this foreign material is a task OF i'm
mense proportions. The manuscripts
relative to the United States as a whole
are being scientifically Investigated
and classified by experts sent out by
the Carnegie institution at Washington,
D. c. The Mississippi Valley Historical
association is better fitted than any
other organization for carrying on
similar Investigations in the material
relative to the Mississippi valley.
An elaborate program has been pre-
pared by the officers of the organiza-
ton for the forthcoming meeting in
Iowa City which should attract lovers
of this history from the gulf to the
great lakes On May rs, the day pre-
vious to the opening of the meeting,
there will be a gathering of the State
Historical society of Iowa and afftli-
sion will be presided over by Euclid
Sanders, president of the State Histori-
cal society of Iowa, and at the after
noon session Benjamin T. Sham baugh,
superintendent of the society, will pre-
side
On Thursday, May &c, the first ses-
sion of the Mississippi Valley HiStori-
cal association will open at 10 a. m, at
which Prof William G Wilcox OF the
University of Iowa will preside. The
address of welcome will be delivered
by G. z. Mclean, president of the uni
versitS. and this win be followed by
the annual address of Grin G. Libby,
president of the organization, and a
member of the faculty of the state uni
versity of North Dakota.
Many Papers on Program.
Papers will be read by Albert Wat
kins of Lincoln, Neb.; Bohumil Shimek
of Iowa City, Ia. and Charles E. Brown.
Madison Wis, on The Evolution of
est and 1.-THE State Historical Muse
um." In the afternoon there will be
a conference Of teachers Of history,
which will be presided over by James
A. James, professor of history In the
Northwestern university. A paper will
be read including the chief features of
the reports of the committees of five of
the American Historical association and
this will be followed by a discussion
on the teaching of history.
Later in the afternoon there will be
conference of the various state societies
and in the evening addresses will be
delivered by Prof. Frederick J. Turner
of the University of Wisconsin, presi-
dent Of the American Historical associ-
alton, and John Lee Webster of Oma-
ha, Neb., president of the Nebraska
State Historical society, on "The Sig
nificance of the Mississippi Valley in
American History and The Duty OF
the State in Relation to Its History
respectively.
On Friday morning the session will be
devoted TO the reading of papers, and
later in the afternoon the business ses-
sion of the organization will be held.
In the evening Prof. Frank L. McVey,
Grand Forks, n. D., president of the
University OF. North Dakota, VIII de-
liver an address entitled Past and
Present Sticking Points in Taxation"