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

 study of history, especially the history of this State and of the Middle West; to 

 this end, exploring the archaeology of said region, acquiring documents and manu- 

 scripts, obtaining narratives and records of pioneers, conducting a library of 

 historical reference, maintaining a gallery of historical portraiture and an eth- 

 nological and historical museum, publishing and otherwise diffusing information 

 relative to the region, and in general encouraging and developing within this 

 State the study of history. 



Meetings. Annually, 3d Thursday in Oct., at Madison ; special meetings on call ; 

 field meetings (or historical conventions) occasionally at various historical cen- 

 ters. 



Membership. 586 active, including 191 life members (annual dues, $2; life com- 

 position, $20) ; 10 honorary ; about 200 corresponding. 



Publications. 



COLLECTIONS . . . v. I-XVII. Madison, 1855-1906. 8. 



v. 6-17 lettered: Wisconsin historical collections, v. 1-3 have title: ist-3d 

 annual report and collections, 1854-56; v. 4-10, Report and collections. 

 1857/58-1883/85. v. 1-4 issued also in Governor's message and docu- 

 ments for 1855, 1856, 1857 and 1860; v. 2-3 issued also in German and 

 Norwegian ; v. 5 issued in 3 separate parts. Publication suspended 

 1859-67. General index to the first 10 vols. in v. 10. 



v. 16-17: The French regime in Wisconsin. I-II. 1634-1748. 



The first ten volumes are being reprinted (v. 1-2, 1903; v. 3-4, 1905). v. I, 

 (2d ed.) contains in addition to the reprint of the original issue, a me- 

 moir of Dr. Draper, and the early records of the society (1849-1854). 



Price: $2.50 per volume. 



2ist-32d annual report . . . 1875-1886 [i. e. for the years 1874-85]. 

 [Madison, 1875-86]. 12 nos. 8. 



2ist-3ist issued also in slightly different form in Collections v. 7-10; for 



ist-20th, see Collections, v. 1-7. 

 Continued as : 



PROCEEDINGS . . . 34th-54th annual meeting, Jan. 6, i887-Oct. 18, 

 1906. Madison, 1887-1907. 8. 



Report of the Wisconsin state historical convention, Feb. 22-23, !899; 



Sept. 5-7, 1899; Oct. 11-12, 1901: in Proceedings, 46th, 47th and 49th 



annual meetings. 

 List of publications . . . 1850-1902: in Proceedings, 50th annual meeting, 



p. 102-126 (issued also as Bulletin of information, no 20 [i. e. 18] May, 



1903). Earlier lists in Collections, v. 12, and Proceedings, 44th annual 



meeting. 



Index to the Proceedings . . . 1874-1901. Madison, 1904. 8. 

 Bulletins of information . . . v. I (i. e. no. 1-32), 1894-1906. Madi- 

 son, 1906. 8. 



Title varies slightly. Serial numbering begins with no. 9. Many nos. are 

 separates from the Proceedings, no. i, 4 ; reprinted in 8 and issued 

 with vol. t.-p. and table of contents, Dec. 1906. 



