UNITED STATES 193 



Publications. 



Bulletin from the Botanical department of the State agricultural col- 

 lege, Ames, Iowa. no. 1-3. Cedar Rapids, la., 1884-88. 8. 



Slight variations in title. 



Contributions. Botanical department . . . v. I (/. e. no. 1-20), 1896- 

 1902. [n. p., n. d.]. 8. 



Reprints from various journals ; t.-p. and table of contents, v. 2 in progress. 

 Engineering experiment station. Bulletin, v. I-III. 1901-06. 8. 



The earlier numbers are reprints with various titles ; volume numbering 

 begins with v. 2, no. 6. See list in annual catalogue. 



The IOWA ENGINEER; a quarterly publication issued by the engineer- 

 ing departments of the Iowa state college, v. I-IV, June I9oi-Mar. 

 1905. Ames, la., 1901-05. 8. 

 Distribution. Exchange. 



Pioneer Lawmakers' Association of Iowa. 



Address. Des Moines, la. 



History. Founded in 1886. Permanent organization in 1892. 



Meetings. Sessions biennially in Des Moines, beginning 2d Wednesday in Feb. 



Membership. Members consist of all former state officers, including members 

 and officers of territorial and state legislatures, senators and representatives in 

 Congress, members of the Cabinet from Iowa, U. S. supreme, circuit, and 

 district judges, etc., who have served 25 years prior to each biennial session. 



Publications. 



REUNION of 1886-1904. Des Moines, 1890-1904. 8 v. 8. 



1886 and 1890 issued combined; 1896-1904 "publ. by authority of the State." 

 1896 has title : Proceedings . . . Reunion of 1896. 



State Historical Society of Iowa. 



Address. Iowa City, la. Secretary: Frank E. Horack. 



History. Established by act of the General Assembly in Jan., 1857 ; 

 constitution adopted Feb. 7, of the same year ; incorporated in 1867 ; 

 reorganized by legislative action in 1872, being brought thereby into 

 closer relation with the State; reincorporated in 1892. Library and 

 collections in the Hall of Liberal Arts of the State University. 



Ref.: A brief history of the State historical society of Iowa, by B. F 

 Shambaugh. Iowa City, la., 1907. 12. (Reprinted from Iowa journal 

 of history and politics, v. i, no. 2, Apr. 1903.) 



Object. To collect, embody and arrange, and preserve in authentic form, a 

 library of books, pamphlets, maps and other materials illustrative of the his- 

 tory of Iowa; to rescue from oblivion the memory of its early pioneers; to 

 secure facts and statements relative to the history of our Indian tribes ; to 

 exhibit faithfully the antiquities, and the past and present resources of the 



