OF THE

State Historical Society of Wisconsin

AT ITS

FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING

HELD DECEMBER 10, 1896

WITH FISCAL REPORTS: THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

AND THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES:

LAKE MILLS IN THE WAR OF SECESSION, . . . BY ELISHA W. KEYES
THE WEST AS A FIELD FOR HISTORICAL STUDY, . . BY FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER
AVAILABLE MATERIAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE INSTI-

TUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE OLD NORTHWEST,. . By ISAAC SAMUEL BRADLEY EVOLUTION VS. REVOLUTION, IN POLITICS, . . . BY ANDREW D. WHITE

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A.-REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE .

B.-REPORT OF TREASURER

C.-FINANCIAL REPORT OF SECRETARY

D.-REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-

Summary . . . .

Death of Lucius Fairchild

Death of Elisha Burdick .

Death of Alexander H. Main

Other deceased pioneers.

Financial condition-

General fund .

Binding fund .

Antiquarian fund

Draper estate settled

Proposed Draper fund

Library accessions

Work in the library-

Card catalogue

Classification

Catalogue of newspapers.

Portrait collection

Museum . .

Secretary's office

Gathering materials for local his

Free traveling libraries .

Constitutional revision. .

Progress upon the new building

E.-REPORT OF EXECUTOR OF DRAPER ESTATE

F.-GIVERS OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS . . . . . . .

G.-NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS REGULARLY RECEIVED

H.-LIST OF SOCIETY'S PUBLICATIONS, 1850-96

HISTORICAL PAPERS--

“Lake Mills in the War of Secession," by Elisha W. Keyes . . . .

“The West as a Field for Historical Study," by Frederick Jackson Turner, Ph.D.

“ Available Material for the Study of the Institutional History of the Old

North west,” by Isaac Samuel Bradley . . . . . .

“Evolution vs. Revolution, in Politics," by Andrew D. White . . .

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, 1896-97

PRESIDENT HON. JOHN JOHNSTON . . . . . . . . . . . MILWAUKEE

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VICE-PRESIDENTS PROF. JAMES D. BUTLER, LL. D. . . . . . . . . MADISON HON. JOHN T. KINGSTON . . . . . . . . . . . NECEDAH HON. DANIEL WELLS, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . MILWAUKEE HON. JAMES T. LEWIS, LL. D. . . . . . . . . . COLUMBUS HON. JAMES SUTHERLAND . . . . . . . . JANESVILLE HON. PHILETUS SAWYER . . .

SHKOSH IION. SAMUEL MARSHALL . ..

... MILWAUKEE HON. GYSBERT VAN STEENWYK .. ... LA CROSSE HON. JOHN E. THOMAS . . . . . . . . . SHEBOYGAN Falls HON. ROBERT L. McCORMICK . . . . . . . . . HAYWARD HON. THOMAS J. CUNNINGHAM . . . . . CHIPPEWA Falls HON. SAMUEL D. HASTINGS, SR. . . . . . . . GREEN BAY DR. EDWIN ELLIS. . . . . . . . . . . . ASHLAND HON. WILLIAM A. JONES . . . . . . . . . MINERAL POINT HON. WILLIAM W. WIGHT . . . . . . . . . MILWAUKEE HON. JOHN B. CASSODAY . . . . . . . . . . . MADISON

HOVORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS FREDERIC L. BILLON . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri ROBERT CLARKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ohio WILLIAM H. WYMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . NEBRASKA CHARLES FAIRCHILD . . . . . . . . . . MASSACHUSETTS COL. STEPHEN V. SHIPMAN .

. . . . ILLINOIS HON. AMASA COBB . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEBRASKA COL. REUBEN T. DURRETT . . . . . . . . . . KENTUCKY SAMUEL H. HUNT . . . . . . . . . . . . NEW JERSEY SIMON GRATZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . PENNSYLVANIA RT. REV. WILLIAM STEPHENS PERRY, D. D., LL. D... Iowa HON. THEODORE ROOSEVELT . . . . . . . . . NEW YORK JUSTIN WINSOR, LL. D. . . . . . . . . . MASSACHUSETTS

SECRETARY REUBEN G. THWAITES* . . . . . . . . . . . MADISON

* To whom communications should be addressed.

TREASURER

FRANK F. PROUDFIT . . . . . . . . . . . . MADISON

LIBRARIAN

ISAAC S. BRADLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . MADISON

CURATORS, EX-OFFICIO HON. EDWARD SCOFIELD ..

EDWARD SCOFIELD . . . . . . . . . . GOVERNOR HON. HENRY CASSON . . . . . . . . SECRETARY OF STATE HON. SEWELL A. PETERSON . . . . . . . STATE TREASURER

CURATORS, ELECTIVE

Term expires at annual meeting in December, 1897

HON. ROMANZO BUNN
HON. SILAS U. PINNEY
HON. ELISHA W. KEYES
HON. GEORGE RAYMER
HON. PHILO DUNNING
HON. HALLE STEENSLAND

CHARLES N. GREGORY, A. M.
ARTHUR L. SANBORN, LL, B.
HON. JOHN B. WINSLOW
HON, WILLIAM F. VILAS
HON. A. W. NEWMAN
REV. PATRICK B. KNOX

Term expires at annual meeting in December, 1898

JAIRUS H. CARPENTER, LL. D. PROF. WM. H. ROSENSTENGEL HON. BREESE J. STEVENS FREDERICK J. TURNER, Ph. D. MAJ. FRANK W.OAKLEY HON. ROBERT G. SIEBECKER WILLIAM A. P. MORRIS, A. B. HON. ROBERT M. BASHFORD WAYNE RAMSAY

GEN. EDWIN E. BRYANT HON. M. RANSOM DOYON HON. HORACE A. TAYLOR

Term expires at annual meeting in December, 1899

HON. BUELL E. HUTCHINSON JOHN C. FREEMAN, LL. D.
HON. N. B. VAN SLYKE

RASMUS B. ANDERSON, LL. D.
GEN. CHANDLER P. CHAPMAN HON. BURR W. JONES
PROF. JOHN B. PARKINSON CHARLES K. ADAMS, LL. D.
HON. GEORGE B. BURROWS FREDERIC K, CONOVER, LL. B.
HON. JOHN A. JOHNSON

J. HOWARD PALMER

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

The president, vice-presidents, secretary, treasurer, librarian, curators, the governor, the secretary of state, and the state treas. urer, constitute the executive committee, and the following standing committees are sub-committees thereof:

STANDING COMMITTEES.

Library - Thwaites, Butler, Turner, Gregory, and Conover ; ex-officio

Scofield, Casson, and Peterson. Finance -- Van Slyke, Morris, Doyon, Ramsay, and Burrows. Auditing Accounts - Morris, Carpenter, Ramsay, Steensland, and Con

over. Printing and Publication - Thwaites, Butler, Adams, Anderson, and

Turner; ex-officio — Casson and Peterson. Art Gallery and Museum - Thwaites, Bradley, Winslow, Sanborn, and

Cassoday. Endowments and Contributions — Bradley, Johnson, Keyes, Oakley,

and Morris. Literary Exchanges — Thwaites, Bradley, Parkinson, Freeman, and

Rosenstengel. Natural History - Fairchild, Bunn, Dunning, Siebecker, and Palmer. Historical Narratives — Pinney, Carpenter, Gregory, Anderson, and

Bryant. Nomination of Members - Stevens, Cassoday, Bunn, Proudfit, and

Taylor. Prehistoric Antiquities, and Indian History - Butler, Turner, John

son, Raymer, and Knox. Obituaries — Pinney, Parkinson, Newman, Johnson, and Bashford.

SPECIAL COMMITTEES.

Draper Homestead — Van Slyke, Steensland, and Thwaites.
Biennial Address, 1897 — Thwaites, Butler, Adams, Turner, and Gregory.
Revision of Constitution and By-Laws — Van Slyke, Gregory, Morris,

Jones, Parkinson, Thwaites, aud Conover.