I9O HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Northern Indiana Historical Society. 



Address. Northern Indiana Historical Society Building, South Bend, 



Ind. Secretary : George A. Baker. 

 History. Founded in 1895; incorporated in 1896. Library and museum 



open to the public. 

 Object. *To institute and encourage historical inquiry, to collect and preserve the 



materials of history, and to spread historical information, especially concerning 



Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan ; also for the study of all branches 



of general, modern and ancient history. 



Meetings. (Monthly, 2d Tuesday, at the rooms of the society. 

 Membership. 100 active (annual dues, $2) ; 2 honorary. 



Publications. 



PUBLICATION no. 1-3. South Bend, Ind., 1899-1900. 8. 



Contents: no. i. The St. Joseph-Kankakee portage. Its location and use 

 by Marquette, La Salle and the French voyageurs. By G. A. Baker. 

 no. 2. The glacial phenomena as exhibited in Northern Indiana and 

 Southern Michigan, and the resulting water-ways. By H. T. Mont- 

 gomery. no. 3. The Indiana Supreme Court with some account of the 

 courts preceding it. By T. E. Howard. 

 Distribution. Exchange. 



Local Historical Societies. 



CASS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Logansport, Ind. Organized 1907. 



CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Jeffersonville, Ind. Organized May 22, 1903. 

 Meetings monthly, ist Friday. 116 active members (annual dues, SDC.). No 

 publications yet. 



HENRY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Newcastle, Ind. Founded 1887. No pub- 

 lications. 



LAPORTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Laporte, Ind. Organized Jan. 1907. Meet- 

 ings monthly. 



MONROE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Bloomington, Ind. Organized April 1905. 

 Meetings monthly, 3d Friday. 40 members (annual dues, 5oc.). No publi- 

 cations yet. 



OLD SETTLERS AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF LAKE COUNTY. Crown Point, Ind. 

 Organized July 24, 1875. Annual meeting in Aug. Publ: Lake county, Indiana, 

 1884: an account of the semi-centennial celebration . . . with historical papers. 

 Crown Point, Ind., 1884. 12. Annual reports. 



TIPPECANOE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Lafayette, Ind. Organized Dec. 1906. 

 25 active and 10 honorary members. 



WABASH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Organized 1902. 



WAYNE COUNTY, Indiana, HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Richmond, Ind. Secretary: Walter 

 S. Davis. Originally organized by the Old Settlers of Wayne county, July 22, 

 1882; reorganized Nov. 1901; incorporated Apr. 8, 1903. Quarterly meetings, 

 3d Saturday of Feb., May, Aug. and Nov. at the rooms of the society in the 

 County Courthouse, except the August meeting, usually held at Fountain City 

 (formerly Newport) the old headquarters of the "Underground Railroad." 

 About 100 members (annual dues, SQC.). Publ.: Papers . . . v. I, no. 1-2. 

 Richmond, Ind., 1903-04. 8. 25c. a number. Exchange. On sale by the 

 Treasurer. 



