184 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Illinois State Historical Society. 



Address. State Historical Library, Springfield, 111. Secretary: Mrs. 

 Jessie Palmer Weber. 



History. Organized June 30, 1899; incorporated May 23, 1900; became 

 a department of the Illinois State Historical Library by act of the legis- 

 lature, approved May 16, 1903. 



Ref.: Transactions, 1900, p. i; 1903, p. 301. 



Object. To excite and stimulate a general interest in the history of Illinois; to 

 encourage historical research and investigation and secure its promulgation; to 

 collect and preserve all forms of historical data in any way connected with 

 Illinois and its peoples. 



Meetings. Annually in January at time and place fixed by the board of directors. 



Membership. 215 active (entrance fee, $i ; annual dues, $i) ; i life ($25) ; 8 honorary. 

 County and city historical societies, and other societies engaged in historical or 

 archaeological research or in the preservation of the knowledge of historical 

 events, are admitted as affiliated members upon the same terms as active and life 

 members. 



Publications. 

 TRANSACTIONS . . . 1900-05. Springfield, 111., 1900-06. 6 v. 8. 



Published by order of the Board of Trustees of the State Historical Library, 



of whose Publications they form no. 4, 6-10. 



Distribution. Exchange. Not for sale. Distributed gratis to members of the 

 society, and of the General Assembly of Illinois, to the libraries of Illinois, and 

 to the State libraries of the United States, as well as to the libraries of large 

 cities, and to a number of private individuals interested in history. To be ob- 

 tained only by application to the Secretary of the society, or to the Librarian 

 of the Illinois State Historical Library. Transactions 1900-03 are o. p. 



McLean County Historical Society. 



Address. Bloomington, McLean County, 111. Secretary : Ezra M. Prince. 

 History. Organized Mar. 12, 1892; incorporated Dec. 28, 1899. 



Object. Collection and preservation of the history of McLean County and Cen- 

 tral Illinois. 



Meetings. First Saturday of Mar., June, Sept, and Dec. Other meetings on 

 call of executive committee. 



Membership. 100 (entrance fee, $2). 



Publications. 



TRANSACTIONS . . . v. I-III. Bloomington, 111., [1899-1903.] 8. 



Contents: v. I. War record of McLean County, with other papers. 1899. 

 v. 2. School record of McLean County, with other papers. 1903. v. 3. 

 Meeting of May 29, 1900, commemorative of the convention of May 29, 

 1856, that organized the Republican party in the state of Illinois ; ed. 

 by Ezra M. Prince. 1900. 

 Prices; v. 1-2, $3 each; v. 3, $1.50. 



Distribution. Exchange with publications of equivalent value. On sale by the 

 Secretary. 



