2O6 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Publications. 



Historical papers, no. 1-6. Baltimore, 1890-95; Lynchburg, Va., 

 1904. 8. 



Chiefly devoted to the history of the University. 



Catalogue of officers and alumni . . . 1749-1888. Baltimore, 1888. 8. 



LOUISIANA. 

 Louisiana Historical Association. 



Address. Memorial Hall, New Orleans, La. 



History. Organized and chartered for 99 years in 1889; supported by 



State appropriations (about $1,600 a year) in addition to membership 



fees, etc. 



Object. Collection of Confederate relics and documents. 

 Meetings. Quarterly business meetings. 

 Membership. About 50. 

 Publications. None. 



Louisiana Historical Society. 



Address. New Orleans, La. Corresponding Secretary and Librarian : 



Pierce Butler. 



History. Organized in 1836; reorganized in 1846; incorporated by act 

 of the legislature approved Jan. 16, 1860. Inactive from 1860 to 18/7, 

 when it was reorganized under a new charter transferring the seat of 

 the society from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. Inactive again from 

 1888 to Oct. 1893. 



Rcf. : Publications, v. I, pt. I, p. 11-15. 

 Object. Collection and preservation of facts, documents, records and memorials. 



relating to the natural, aboriginal and civil history of the State. 

 Meetings. Monthly, 3d Wednesday, Oct.-June inclusive, in State Museum, New 



Orleans. Annual meeting, Jan. 8. 

 Membership. 236 active (annual dues, $2) ; 6 honorary. 



Publications. 



PUBLICATIONS . . . v. I-III, 1895/96-1901/05. New Orleans, 1895- 

 1902/06. 8. 



Each volume in 4 pts., having separate t.-p. and pagination. 

 A discourse delivered before the Louisiana historical society, Jan. 13, 

 1836, by H. A. Bullard. New Orleans, 1836. 



Also in Historical collections of Louisiana ... by B. F. French, pt. I, 

 New York, 1846. 



Synopsis of the history of Louisiana, from the founding of the colony 

 to the end of the year 1791. By the Chevalier Guy Soniat du Fossat. 

 Tr. from the French, by C. T. Soniat. [New Orleans, 1903]. 8 P . 

 Distribution. Exchange with historical societies, and periodicals. 



