248 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Nebraska State Historical Society. 



Address. State University Library Building, Lincoln, Neb. Secretary: 

 Clarence S. Paine. 



History. Organized Sept. 25, 1878; reorganized as a State institution 

 by act of legislature approved Feb. 27, 1883. Successor to the State 

 Historical and Library Association (incorporated Aug. 26, 1867). Li- 

 brary of 28,000 volumes and pamphlets, museum, and manuscripts 

 collection. 



Ref.: Transactions and reports, v. i, p. 13-16. 



Object. Collection and preservation of material relating to the history of Nebraska, 

 and of the West generally ; maintenance of a library and museum ; publication 

 of historical material. 



Meetings. Annually, at Lincoln, 2d Tuesday in Jan. ; meetings of executive board, 

 ist Tuesday after 2d Monday in Jan., April, July and Oct. 



Membership. About 300 classed as active (entrance fee, $2), corresponding and 

 honorary. 



Publications. 



TRANSACTIONS AND REPORTS . . . v. I-V. Lincoln, Neb., 1885-93. 8. 



Continued as : 



PROCEEDINGS AND COLLECTIONS . . . 2d series, v. I-V. Lincoln, Neb., 

 1894/95-1902. 8. 



2d ser. v. i : issued in quarterly nos. and as a bound volume lettered 

 Transactions and reports. 



Publications of the Nebraska academy of sciences. VI. Proceedings, 

 1896: in v. 2. 



v. 3: The provisional government of Nebraska territory and the journals 

 of William Walker, provisional governor of Nebraska territory. Ed. 

 by W. E. Connelley. 



v. 4: Forty years of Nebraska at home and in Congress. By T. W. 

 Tipton, United States senator for Nebraska, 1867-1875. 



Both series published by the State. 



Prices: $i to $1.75 per vol., except 2d ser., v. 3, $3. 



Distribution. Exchange with other historical societies; not often sold. The 

 society is allotted 50 copies of all official publications of the State of Nebraska 

 to be used as exchange material. 



University of Nebraska. 



Address. Lincoln, Neb. 



History. Established by act of the Nebraska legislature, effective Feb. 

 15, 1869; opened for instruction in 1871; reorganized 1875-77. 



Ref.: Education in Nebraska, by H. W. Caldwell. (U. S. Bureau of 

 education. Circular of information, no. 3, 1902. Washington, 1902.) 



