The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-10
ANNUAL MEETING Of
NATIONWIDE INTEREST
Ninety first Yearly Session OF .Amerl-
= can Historical Association WIN
Convene December ~.
MANY v1RGINIANs INTERESTED
President Lyon G. Tyler Will Preside
Over Conference OF Historical So
cietics--Preservation Of National
Archives to BE Discussed.

The thirty-ffrst- annual meeting OF
the American Historical Association,
which was founded In 1884 and char
tered by Congress in 1889. thus max
ing It,. in sense, the official histori-
cal society of the United States, will
be held in Washington on Monday,
December 81, to Friday. December 81
The program, which has just appear
ed. promises excellent entertainment
for all who are interested in history
On Monday evening there Is to be
a large reception. offered by the Pan
American Union to the Historical AS
ISOLATION and the other learned So
cieties which are meeting in Wash
ington at the same time. Tuesday
morning. there Is to be a session on
Medieval History. which has for its
theme the interesting subject OF
Medieval Colonization. There will be
papers on East German Colonization
the Problems OF Anglo-Saxon Settle
ment, the Genoese as Colonizers. and
the Monastic Colonization in Spain.
On the same morning. there will be
held a session on American History,
over which Professor Thomas W. Page
OF the University OF Virginia, will pre-
side Two of the papers which are
to be offered at this session are out
be very interesting. They are on the
Economic History of American Agri-
culture, and on the Influence of Manu-
features Upon Political Sentiment in
the United States from 1870 to 1850.
Tuesday night Fl. Morse stephens. OF
the University of California. will give
his presidential address on National
ism and History. subject which is
attracting the attention not only OF
scholars, but of the world at large at
the present time.
Treats of International Rivalries.
Wednesday morning there will be a
session on the Economic Causes Of
international Rivalries and Wars in
Ancient Times. in which various schol-
ars will endeavor TO see II any gen
eral principles can be laid down as to
causes Of war. The same morning
there will be a Conference OF Histori-
cal Societies. at which there will be
discussion on the Historical Value OF
the Papers of Business Houses, over
which conference DR.. Lyon g. Tyler,
Of Williamsburg. will preside. II
is understood that especial attention
will be paid to the papers OF several
Virginia firms OF Colonial ana later
times On Thursday morning there
will be a session devoted to discus
sion Of the Historical Aspects of Ma
tionalism. There will be a paper by
James Harvey Robinson. well-known
professor in history In Columbia Uni
verdty, who will endeavor to trace
the causes and effects of national
spirit throughout the history OF the
world. On Thursday night there will
be papers by Honorable Henry White
on Diplomacy and PolfticA by the
Honorable David Jayne Hill, on a
Missing Chapter in Franco-American
History. and by Miss Ida NJ. TArhell
on the Education Of American Wo-
men In the First Half Of the Nine.
teenth Century. II Is expected that
at this session a letter from the Rt.
Honorable viscount Bryce. former Am