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its previous publications, was destroyed by fire in 1881.) Rooms in 

 the State Capitol. State appropriations. 



Ref.: Organization and growth of the Minnesota historical society, by W. 

 G. Le Due. (In Collections v. 9, p. 559-568.) The library, museum and 

 portrait collection. (Ibid., p. 569-575.) 



Object. Collection, preservation and publication of materials for the history of 

 Minnesota and its people; collection and management of a library containing 

 works of reference on local and general history of Minnesota, of the United 

 States, and the world, and on all other valuable departments of knowledge; 

 diffusion of useful knowledge among the citizens of the State. 

 Meetings. Monthly, 2d Monday, Sept. to May; annual meeting, 2d Monday 

 succeeding the assembling of the legislature in years when a session is held, 

 and in other years on the 2d Monday in Jan. 



Membership. -224 life and 38 annual (dues, $25 in one payment or $5 yearly for 

 six years); 82 corresponding; 22 honorary. 



Publications. 



Annals . . . [no. I-V]. St. Paul, 1850-56. 8. 

 no. i, 2d ed., pub. 1850. 



no. 5 has title: Materials for the future history of Minnesota. (Pub- 

 lished also as an appendix to the Journals of the 7th session of the 

 Legislative Assembly.) 



COLLECTIONS . . . v. I-XI. St. Paul, 1872-1905. 8. 



v. 2, 3, 6, 8 each issued in 3 parts ; v. 10 in 2 parts. 



v. I (18/2) is another edition of the Annals, somewhat abridged and con- 

 tinuously paged (reprinted 1902). 



v. 2 (1889) contains: pt. i, Voyage in a six-oared skiff to the Falls of 

 St. Anthony in 1817, by S. H. Long (Philadelphia, 1860, or 2d ed. St. 

 Paul, 1890) pt. 2, Collections . . . for the year 1864, 2d ed., 1881. 

 (ist ed. issued separately, 1865) pt. 3, Collections . . . for the year 

 1867, [and] the Carver centenary, 2d ed., 1889. (ist ed. of each issued 

 separately, 1867). 



v. 4: A history of the city of St. Paul, and the county of Ramsey, by 

 J. F. Williams. 1876. 



v. 5: History of the Ojibway nation, by W. W. Warren. 1885. 



v. 7; The Mississippi river and its source. A narrative and critical his- 

 tory of the discovery of the river and its headwaters, by J. V. Brower. 



1893. 



v. n: Itasca State Park. An illustrated history by J. V. Brower. 1904. 

 Index to v. i-io, in v. 10, pt. 2. 



Bibliography of Minnesota: in v. 3, p. 13-75. (Also issued separately.) 

 Prices: v. 1-3, 6-9, and II, $2.50 each; v. 4-5, $3.50 each; v. 10 (bound in 



2 pts.), $5. 



Proceedings . . . from its organization Nov. 15, 1849, to the admis- 

 sion of the State, May 11, 1858. St. Paul, 1878. 8. 

 Transactions of the Department of American history . . . Minneap- 

 olis, 1879. 8. 



No more published. 2 pamphlets also issued by this dept. See Griffin, 

 Bibl. Amer. hist. soc. 



