236 AXXALS OF THE CaRNEGIE MrsFUM. 



In the new building which is in process of construction one of the 

 spacious rooms is set apart as a place in which to gather historic relics, 

 and the Editor trusts that this a])artnient will become to the student 

 of local history in western Pennsylvania what the Museum of the 

 Pennsylvania Historical Society in Philadelphia is to the student of 

 local history in the eastern half of the Commonwealth. In this con- 

 nection it is pleasant to notice that the Western Pennsylvania His- 

 torical Society seems to be again bestirring itself after a long sleep. 



