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revived in 1878/79 and reincorporated in Feb. 1880, as a State his- 

 torical society, with headquarters in Frankfort, at the State Capitol. 

 Re-established Oct. 6, 1896, after several years of inactivity, under the 

 auspices of the Frankfort Colonial Daughters. 



Ref. : Some account of the Kentucky historical society, by Edward Jarvis. 

 (In American quarterly register, v. 15, Boston, 1843, p. 72-77.) Register . . . 

 v. I, no. I, p. 59 ff. History of the . . . society, by J. W. Townsend. (In 

 Register . . . v. 4, no. 12.) 

 Meetings. Annually, on June 7, in the Historical Rooms at the Capitol. 



Publications. 



Reports from the Kentucky State historical society, from its reorgan- 

 ization, October 6, 1896, to October 4, 1902. Louisville, 1902. 8. 



Reprinted in the Register, v. i, no. i. 



REGISTER . . . v. 1-4 (/. e., no. 1-12), Jan. i9O3-Sept. 1906. Louis- 

 ville, Ky., 1903-06. 8. 



Each vol. is made up of 3 nos. v. I, no. 1-2, are unnumbered. 

 Price: $i per annum; single copies, 25c. ; back nos., 5oc. 



For earlier publications, see Griffin, Bibl. Amer. hist. soc. 

 Distribution. Exchange. On sale by the Secretary. 



LA FAYETTE, IND. 

 Purdue University. 



Address. La Fayette, Ind. President : W. E. Stone. 



History. A state institution organized under the act of Congress of 

 July 2, 1862, donating public lands to the several states and territories 

 which should provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the 

 mechanic arts ; land grant accepted by the State of Indiana Mar. 6, 

 1865, and a board of trustees appointed with the corporate name 

 "The Trustees of the Indiana Agricultural College" ; present name 

 adopted by legislative act in 1869; opened for instruction in 1874. 



ENGINEERING SOCIETIES. 



These consist of the Civil Engineering Society, founded in 1893, the 

 Mechanical Engineering Society, founded in 1897, and the Purdue 

 University Branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engi- 

 neers, organized in 1903 as successor to the Electrical Society of 

 Purdue University which was founded in 1897. 



Rcf.: The engineering societies and the university. (In Purdue engineer- 

 ing review, no. 2, p. 97-102.) 



Publications. 



Proceedings of the Purdue society of civil engineering, no. i-S. 1896- 

 1904. La Fayette, Ind., [1897-1904.] 8. 

 Superseded by the following: 



