4™ptJembe?,hi903?'}    American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  447 
The  resolution  creating  this  committee  is  as  follows :  "  Moved  by 
the  Council  to  recommend  to  the  Association  that  a  standing  com- 
mittee on  historical  pharmacy  be  established,  to  hold  one  public 
meeting  annually,  the  committee  to  consist  of  a  chairman  and  secre- 
tary to  be  named  by  the  President  of  the  Association,  and  such 
members  of  the  Association  as  the  chairman  of  the  committee  may 
select." 
It  is  proposed  to  divide  the  work  among  a  number  of  sub-com- 
mittees, and  the  chairman  gave  suggestions  concerning  the  work  to 
be  undertaken  by  each  of  these  committees,  some  of  which  are 
herewith  given : 
The  work  of  the  first  sub-committee,  viz.,  the  one  on  Retail 
Druggists  and  Drug  Stores,  is  at  present  possibly  the  most  import- 
ant. It  is  hoped  eventually  that  the  men  selected  for  this  com- 
mittee be  men  capable  of  arousing  State  interest  in  the  history 
of  their  calling. 
The  work  of  the  Historical  Committee  of  the  Wisconsin  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  was  referred  to,  and  it  was  stated  that  the 
principal  object  of  the  committee  is  to  secure  material  for  an 
historical  drug  store,  representing  the  period  1 848-1898.  Simi- 
lar collections  are  being  made  in  Michigan  and  Iowa.  An- 
other feature  of  the  work  in  Wisconsin  is  the  publication 
between  two  covers  of  everything  pertaining  to  the  pharmacy  of  one 
State,  this  being  embodied  in  the  Badger  Pharmacist,  published 
by  the  pharmacy  students  of  Wisconsin  University. 
One  additional  thought  should  find  expression  at  this  time : 
Should  the  dream  of  some  of  us,  viz.,  a  national  pharmaceutical 
museum  and  library  at  Washington,  ever  be  realized,  these  State 
collections,  if  properly  looked  after  now,  will  become  the  proper 
feeders  of  our  national  museum  in  the  future. 
In  regard  to  the  work  of  the  sub-committee  on  Local  Associa- 
tions, the  chairman  said  that  Mr.  Ebert  of  the  Veteran  Druggists' 
Association  of  Chicago,  has  set  an  example  in  showing  what  inter- 
esting results  can  be  accomplished  by  studying  files  of  newspapers 
and  by  correspondence.  The  history  of  State  associations  should  be 
carefully  written  up,  not  from  the  memory  of  individuals,  but  from 
documents. 
A  single  question  may  serve  as  a  suggestion  for  the  work  of  the 
sub-committee  on    National  Associations   of   Retail    Druggists : 
