PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY. Volume 9 of the Louisiana Historical Society Proceedings and Reports was prepared for publication by Miss Grace King during the year and has been sent to all members not in arrears. The Louisiana Historical Quarterly, edited by Mr. John Dymond, appeared on June 5th, and has been admitted to the mails as second-class matter. Only one number so far has been issued, owing to unexpected difficulties in having the publication prepared and printed. Back numbers of the proceedings of the Society are still available and can be had on application to the President. Two hundred and fifty copies of the Society's publication, entitled "The Story of the Battle of New Orleans," by Stanley Clisby Arthur, were ordered bound and were distributed to the various camp libraries through Professor Gill for the use of the American soldiers. GIFTS TO THE SOCIETY. The following gifts have been received during the year and deposited with the Society's collections in the Louisiana State Museum in the Cabildo: Miss Fannie Wolfson-Commission as postmaster of Campti, La., 1845, issued to Jacob A. Wolfson by the United States Government and by the Confederate States Government in 1862. H. W. Robinson-Copy of the New Orleans Democrat, September 14, 1874, and the New Orleans Picayune, September 22, 1874. E. K. Summerville (through Mr. Hart)-Four large photographs of the home and the tomb of John J. Audubon, in New York. Commodore A. V. Wadhams (through Mr. Hart)-Two small photographs of ex-slaves of Louisiana, made in New York in 1862. A. M. Costa-Old percussion cap gun, found in Lake Pontchartrain. Miss Grace King-Old pistol, found in making excavations in New Orleans. William Beer-Copy of a document on the history of the Battle of New Orleans. W. O. Hart-Program of celebration of the 142nd anniversary of the Battle of Lexington; New Orleans, program of the meeting of the Louisiana Bar Association, 1917; report of the Committee on Uniform State Laws, 1917. Professor Milledge L. Bonham, Jr.-Reprint; Baton Rouge's Municipal Centenary. LIBRARY. To the Library of the Louisiana Historical Society have been added 388 bound volumes, pamphlets and parts of volumes, making a total of 986 books and 3,083 pamphlets on the shelves. As most of the publications received by the Society are in paper covers, a large share being parts of volumes, it would be very desirable to have a small appropriation set aside for binding each year, so that the publications could be better cared for. Index cards have been made out so that the matter contained in the publications is made available for readers and students. The Society purchased a set of six volumes of Governor W. C. C. Claiborne's letters, from 1800 to 1815, published by Dr. Dunbar Rowland, of the Mississippi Department of History. Exchanges and gifts were received from the following: GIFTS AND EXCHANGES TO THE LIBRARY. Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Ga., Proceedings Seventy-eighth Annual Meeting. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana-Indiana Magazine of History. Illinois State Historical Library, Springfield, Illinois, Biennial Report. Chicago Historical Society, Dearborn and Ontario Streets, Chicago, Illinois, Publications. Iowa State Historical Society, Iowa City, Iowa, Iowa Journal of History and Politics. Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines, Iowa, Publications. Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas, Twentieth Annual Report. Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky, Publications. Kentucky State Historical Society, Frankfort, Kentucky, Catalogue No. 5. Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, Historical Collections, Volume 53. Massachusetts Historical Society, Fenway Station, Boston, Massachusetts, Publications. Cambridge Historical Society, 59 Temple Place, Boston, Massachusetts, Publications. Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 37 No. Water Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts, Publications. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, Proceedings, Volume 26. Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, Lansing, Michigan, Publications. State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, Missouri Historical Review. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota History Bulletin. Missouri Historical Society, Jefferson Memorial, St. Louis, Missouri, Publications. Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska, Publications, Volume 18. New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, New Jersey, Proceedings. Vineland Historical Society, Vineland, New Jersey, Vineland Historical Magazine. Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, 155th and Broadway, New York City, Publications. Rochester Historical Society, Rochester, New York, Publica tions. New York State Historical Department, Library, Albanay, New York, Publications. Buffalo Historical Society, Buffalo, New York, Publications. Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 155th and Broadway, New York City, Bulletins. New York Historical Society, 120 Central Park West, New York City, Bulletin. American Jewish Historical Society, New York City, Mag azine. Journal of American History, 30 East Forty-second Street, New York City, Volume 2. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 226 West Fifty-eighth Street, New York City, Record. North Carolina Historical Commission, Raleigh, North Carolina, Publications. Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio, Quarterly. Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, Burnet Woods Park, Cincinnati, Ohio, Quarterly. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio, Reports. South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, South Carolina, Publications. Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee Historical Magazine. Texas State Historical Association, Austin, Texas, Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin, Magazine of History. Washington State University Historical Society, Seattle, Washington, Quarterly. Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia, Publications. Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford Connecticut, Pub lications. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, Publications. American Historical Association, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, Reports. Academy of Pacific Coast, University of California, Berkeley, California, Publications. American Catholic Historical Society, 715 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Records. Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, Publications. Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine, Publications. North Dakota State Historical Society, Bismarck, North Dakota, Bulletin. Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, His toria. Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, Proceedings. Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Reports. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Publications. South Dakota Historical Society, Pierre, South Dakota, Publications. Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, Vermont, Publica tions. Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut, Publications. Presbyterian Historical Society, Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Publications. Philadelphia Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Publications. Nevada Historical Society, Reports. National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, District of Columbia, Publication. American Folk Lore Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Publication. The Record, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Sauk County Historical Soociety, Baraboo, Wisconsin, Reports. tin. Wisconsin Archæological Society, Madison, Wisconsin, Bulle Arkansas Historical Association, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Publications. University of California Library, Berkeley, California, Publi cations. California Historical Survey Commission, Berkeley, California, Reports. New York State Historical Association, Albany, New York, Reports. Historical Society of New Mexico, Santa Fé, New Mexico, Historical Society of East and West Baton Rouge, Baton Harvard University Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Reg- ister. State Library of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, Pub- Columbia University Library, New York City, Publications. Long Island Historical Soociety, Brooklyn, New York, Publi- Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, State University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, Register. Trinity College Historical Society, North Carolina, Publica- Rocky Mountain Herald, Denver, Colorado, Publication. Mississippi Valley Historical Association, Review. University of Texas, Austin, History Teachers' Bulletin. Annual Magazine, Subject Index, 1916. University of Illinois, Urbana, Studies in the Social Sciences. Latin Quarter News, New Orleans, 1917. North Carolina Historical Society, James Sprunt, Historical John Dymond, Louisiana Planter, 1917 issues. Professor W. MacNeile Dixon, London, 15 Pamphlets on the Sir Gilbert Parker, London, 42 Pamphlets on the World War. Louisiana Historical Society, Proceedings, Volume 9, and ADMINISTRATIVE WORK. The administrative work performed by the Corresponding Notices sent out announcing meetings. Envelopes addressed for committees.. 7,850 |