HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AMERI

CAN. An a ociation of students and historical writers founded at Saratoga, New York, in September, 1884 with 50 members. now 2,500. The society aims to promote and encourage historical investigation, and its many publications cover a wide field historical study. The American Society of Church History merged with it in 1896 as the Church History section, but in 1904 separated and became an independent body again. Among the principal committees are those on Historical Manuscripts and Public Archives. Annual meetings are held, and annual reports are i ued through thes Smithsonian Institute. Among the Society’s important. publications are reprints of Original Narratives of American History (20 vols.); The Study of History in Schools, etc. The official organ of the society is The American Historical Review, a quarterly.