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Publications. 



Proceedings . . . 2d annual meeting held Jan. 22, 1903. Palmyra, 

 Mo., 1903. 8. 



Proceedings of ist annual meeting not yet published. 



MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW, v. I, no. i-2. Columbia, Mo., Oct. 1906- 

 Jan. 1907. 8. q. 

 Price: $i per year. 



Bibliography of publications of the society and of papers read before it: 

 in v. I, no. i, p. 99-100. 



ist-3d biennial report of the executive committee 1901/02-1905/06. 



Columbia, Mo., 1903-07. 8. 



Distribution. Exchange. 60 copies of the official publications of the State are 

 also at the disposal of the society for exchange purposes. 



Local Historical Societies. 



Ref.: Missouri Historical Review, v. I, no. I, Oct. 1906, p. 101-103. 



KANSAS CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Kansas City, Mo. Organized Dec. 17, 1895 

 as The Early Settlers of Kansas City and vicinity; name changed to The Early 

 Settlers and Historical Society of Kansas City, Missouri, Jan. 5, 1897; present 

 name since Jan. 1906. No publications as yet. 



LEXINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Lexington, Mo. Organized Sept. 1897. Publ.: 

 The battle of Lexington, fought in and around the city of Lexington, Missouri, 

 on Sept. i8th, igth and 20th, 1861. [Lexington, Mo.] 1903. 8. (The society 

 has a collection of manuscripts and newspapers but is inactive at present.) 



PIKE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Public Library, Louisiana, Mo. Librarian and 

 custodian: R. R. Rowley. The special object of the society is to establish a 

 historical library department in the public library at Louisiana, Mo., with 

 records and relics of Pike county. Auxiliary to State Historical Society. 



PILOT KNOB MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. St. Louis, Mo. Organized in 1903, to collect 

 and preserve historical data bearing on the battle of Pilot Knob and the Price 

 raid in Missouri in 1864. It holds annual meetings on the battlefield, Sept. 27th, 

 the anniversary of the battle. Publ.: Annual meeting ... on the 40th-42d anni- 

 versary of the battle of Pilot Knob, 1904-06. [St. Louis, 1004-06.] 8. 



PETTIS COUNTY OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION. Sedalia, Mo. Organized Oct. 7, 1905. 

 Auxiliary to State Historical Society. 



University of Missouri. 



Address. Columbia, Mo. President: Richard H. Jesse. 



History. Established by act of the legislature of Feb. 11, 1839. Corner- 

 stone of the main building laid July 4, 1840, which is generally accepted 

 as the date of foundation of the university. Instruction began Apr. 

 14, 1841. The College of agriculture and mechanical arts at Colum- 

 bia, and the School of mines and metallurgy, at Rolla, Phelps Co., were 

 made departments of the university in 1870; the latter was formally 

 opened Nov. 23, 1871. 



Ref.: Catalogue, 1903-4, p. 43. 



