LOCAL SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS. 



Arranged alphabetically by cities, with the exception of State societies and institu- 

 tions and historical societies of counties, smaller cities and towns, which are 

 entered under their respective States. 



ALABAMA. 

 Alabama Historical Society. 



Address. 'Montgomery, Ala. Secretary: Thomas M. Owen. 



History. Founded at Tuscaloosa July 8, 1850; incorporated Feb. 5, 1852; 

 suspended on the outbreak of the Civil War; revived in 1874; inactive 

 from 1885 to 1898. Headquarters removed to Birmingham in 1900, and, 

 upon the establishment by the State of the Department of Archives and 

 History in 1901, permanently fixed at Montgomery in order to centralize 

 the historical forces of the State. At the same date the collections of 

 the society were relinquished to the department, as well as the work of 

 collecting historical objects and materials. 



Ref.: Administrative circulars, no. I, 4, 8, II. Proceedings of the i8th annual 



session of the Alabama educational association, 1899, p. 41-43. 



Object. Limited since 1901 to the encouragement of historical enterprise, the affili- 

 ation of members for study and research, and the publication of works relating to 

 the history of Alabama and of the States in connection with her. 

 Meetings. Monthly ; annual meeting in December at Montgomery. 

 Membership. Annual dues, $2; life composition, $25. 



Publications. 



Transactions. 1851, 1855. Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1852-55. 2 v. 4. o. p. 

 Alabama historical reporter, v. I-III. Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1879-85. 8. 



v. i in 10 nos., Oct. i879-July 1880; v. 2 in 12 nos., Dec. :883-Nov. 1884; 

 v. 3 in 7 nos., Jan.-July 1885. o. p. 



TRANSACTIONS . . . [new series], v. II-IV, 1897/98-1899/1903. Tusca- 

 loosa, Ala., 1898-1904. 8. 



v. I of this series, which will comprise all of the previous issues, as well as 

 unpublished manuscript matter from 1850 to 1897, will be published as soon 

 as the necessary material can be properly compiled. 



Prices: v. 2-3, $2.25 each ; v. 4, $3.50. 



MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS, v. I. Montgomery, Ala., 1901. 8. 



Half-title. 



Contents: Report of the Alabama History Commission to the Governor of 



Alabama, Dec. I, 1900, v. I. 

 Price: $2.25. 



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