THE NEW HOME OF THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN Now in course of erection at Madison, in the proximity of the State University. 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: Gathering materials for local history. Progress upon the new building E. REPORT OF EXECUTOR OF DRAPER ESTATE F.-GIVERS OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS "The West as a Field for Historical Study," by Frederick Jackson Turner, Ph.D. 107 "Available Material for the Study of the Institutional History of the Old Northwest," by Isaac Samuel Bradley "Evolution vs. Revolution, in Politics," by Andrew D. White RT. REV. WILLIAM STEPHENS PERRY, D. D., LL. D. HON. THEODORE ROOSEVELT JUSTIN WINSOR, LL. D. ILLINOIS NEBRASKA KENTUCKY NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA IOWA NEW YORK MASSACHUSETTS SECRETARY REUBEN G. THWAITES* *To whom communications should be addressed. MADISON JAIRUS H. CARPENTER, LL. D. PROF. WM. H. ROSENSTENGEL HON. BREESE J. STEVENS MAJ. FRANK W. OAKLEY FREDERICK J. TURNER, PH. D. Term expires at annual meeting in December, 1899 HON. BUELL E. HUTCHINSON JOHN C. FREEMAN, LL. D. |