UNITED STATES 2OI 



1905. State appropriations for its maintenance since 1877. Library 

 and collections housed in the State Capitol. Special attention has 

 been given to the preservation of Kansas newspapers and periodicals, 

 and the collection now embraces over 21,000 bound volumes of such 

 local material, besides 11,000 volumes from other States. The library 

 also contains about 30,000 books, 94,000 pamphlets and 28,500 manu- 

 scripts. The Department of archives contains 5,500 manuscripts. 

 Ref.: The Kansas state historical society, by G. W. Martin. (In its Trans- 

 actions, v. 7, p. 564-572.) The Kansas state historical society and its found- 

 ers, by W. W. Admire. (In Magazine of Western history, v. 9, p. 407.) 

 Object. To collect, embody, arrange and preserve books, pamphlets, maps and 

 other materials illustrative of the history of Kansas in particular, and of the 

 country generally; to procure from the early pioneers narratives of the events 

 relative to the early settlement of Kansas and of the early explorations, the 

 Indian occupancy, overland travel and immigration to the territory and the 

 West; to gather all information calculated to exhibit faithfully the antiquities 

 and the past and present resources and progress of the State, and to take steps 

 to promote the study of history by lectures and other valuable means. 



Meetings. Annually, 1st Tuesday of Dec., in Topeka. Special meetings on call 

 of the Board of Directors. 



Membership. 171 annual (dues, $i) ; 33 life ($10) ; 82 corresponding; 45 honorary. 

 Editors and publishers who contribute to the society the regular issues of their 

 periodicals are considered as active members (present number over 1,000). 

 County or city historical societies may elect one delegate member, who shall 

 have all the privileges of the State society and be exempt from the payment of 

 dues ; provided, that only one such delegate shall be admitted from one county. 



Publications. 



TRANSACTIONS . . . v. I-IX, 1875/81-1905/06. Topeka, 1881-1906. 8. 



Lettered : Kansas historical collections. 



v. 1-2 paged continuously with common t.-p. 



v. 3, pt. 2 (Collections of the Kansas state historical society, 1883-1885, 

 and proceedings of the Kansas quarter-centennial celebration, Jan. 29, 

 1886) is also issued separately under the title: Publications of the 

 Kansas State historical society . . . Topeka, 1886. 8. (Lettered: vol. I.) 



1st- 1 5th biennial report . . . Topeka, 1879-1907. 8. 



ist-6th reports issued also in Transactions, v. 1-4. 



ist-uth reports contain lists of bound newspapers and periodicals in the 



society's library; ist-i5th contain lists of current Kansas newspapers 



and periodicals. 



Proceedings of the 24th annual meeting, Jan. 16, 1900, containing also 

 a report of the secretary and a revised list of Kansas newspapers up 

 to Feb. 15, 1900. Topeka, 1900. 8. 



The proceedings and report of the secretary are identical with those in 

 I2th report, 1899/1900. 



