314 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies. 



Address. Secretary: Samuel P. Heilman, Heilman Dale, Pa. 



History. Organized at Harrisburg Jan. 5, 1905 ; in 1907 the legislature 

 appropriated $2,000 for the purposes of the federation. 



Object. Encouragement of historical research relating to the Commonwealth of 

 Pennsylvania, especially in the preparation of check-lists of publications and the 

 collection of material for a complete bibliography of the Commonwealth. 



Cf. Amer. hist, assoc. Ann. rep. 1905, v. i, p. 184-188. 



Meetings. Annually on first Thursday in Jan. 



Membership. 29 societies (annual dues of each society, $2) viz: American Bap- 

 tist Historical Society, American Catholic Historical Society, City History So- 

 ciety of Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania-German 

 Society, Presbyterian Historical Society; the historical societies of Berks, Brad- 

 ford, Bucks, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, McKean, 

 Montgomery, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Washington, and York counties {v. infra) ; 

 Hamilton Library Association of Carlisle, Pa., Historical Society of Frankford, 

 Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Kittochtinny Historical Society, 

 Moravian Historical Society, Pennsylvania Society of New York, Tioga Point 

 Historical Society, Wyoming Historical and Geological Society. 



Publications. 



The Pennsylvania federation of historical societies. [Harrisburg], 

 1905. 8. 



Report of the meeting at which the federation was organized. 

 Acts and proceedings, ist-2d annual meeting, 1906-07. Harrisburg, 



Pa., 1906-07. 8. 

 Distribution. Free and general. 



Pennsylvania-German Society. 



Address. Secretary: H. M. M. Richards, Lebanon, Pa. 

 History. Organized April 15, 1891. 



Object. To perpetuate the memory and foster the principles and virtues of the 

 German ancestors of its members, etc. ; to discover, collect and preserve all 

 still existing documents, monuments, etc., relating to the genealogy and history 

 of the Pennsylvania-Germans, and to publish them from time to time ,particu- 

 larly such as shall set forth the part belonging to this people in the growth and 

 development of American character, institutions and progress. 



Meetings. Annual meeting in Oct. at place selected by the Executive Committee, 

 usually a locality of historic interest to its members. 3 additional meetings may 

 be called each year. Quarterly meetings of the Executive Committee. 



Membership. 430 active, descendants of early German or Swiss emigrants to 

 Pennsylvania (annual dues, $3; life composition, $50); i honorary. 



