Report of Committee on Methods of Organization and Work on the Part of State and Local Historical Societies

Washington, D.C.: American Historical Association, 1906. Good. Brittle with chipping, dust soiling. Unopened.. An offprint "reprinted from the Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the year 1905, Vol. I, pages 249-325" (upper wrapper), reporting on the a meeting of the American Historical Association in which was discussed the current state of local historical societies in 1905. Includes a chart showing the following information: name of local historical society; year organized; membership number; value of building; number of books and publications in library; annual State appropriations; and misc. remarks. An interesting view into historical societies' activities in the early 1900s. Single vol. (9.5" by 6.25"), pp. 325, [3], in original printed brown wrps, early ink manuscript not to upper wrapper ("1879"). (Inventory #: 22001905)