Proceedings Volume 7 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER (May, 1914) The most important work of this Association during the year has been the successful launching of the Mississippi Valley Historical Review. While the magazine has not yet appeared, we can regard it as an accomplished fact, since the preliminaries have all been arranged and the first number is now upon the press. Upon authority given at the last annual meeting, the Executive Committee named a Board of Editors and selected Mr. Clarence W. Alvord as Managing Editor. This Board of Editors has held two meetings during the year, and the members have actively cooperated with the Managing Editor, who has submitted to them all important matters by correspondence. The burden of the work, however, has fallen upon Mr. Alvord, and great credit is due him for his indefatigable efforts, his persistency, and the tireless energy with which he has prosecuted this undertaking. Mr. Alvord's first efforts were given to the work of raising the guaranty fund which was required by the Association, in which he was assisted by the Secretary, and we are able to report a total subscription of $2075 for the first year, as follows: Chicago University, one hundred dollars; Mr. Lewis F. Crawford, fifty dollars; Mr. John W. Fristoe, two hundred dollars; Illinois State Historical Society, two hundred dollars; Louisiana Historical Society, fifty dollars; Mr. Frank 0. Lowden, fifty dollars; Mr. Cyrus H. McCormick, two hundred dollars; Nebraska State Historical Society, one hundred dollars; North Dakota State Historical Society, one hundred and fifty dollars; Northwestern University, fifty dollars; Mr. GeorgeL. Rives, twenty-five dollars; Mr. Otto L. Schmidt, two hundred dollars; Mr. Justin H. Smith, one hundred dollars; University of Illinois, one hundred do...