Annual report Distribution of publications Superintending and assisting in the work of all departments. Field work: Collecting data, libraries, public archives, newspaper files, etc. Albert Watkins, historian. Research and editorial work: Editing MSS for publication, miscellaneous volumes, Morton papers, Poppleton papers, and county history mss. A. H. Sheldon, director legislative reference library. Editing constitutional convention volumes, classifying and arranging Maxwell and Furnas papers. Minnie P. Knotts, librarian. Accessioning and cataloguing books, photographs, mss; care of exchange material, library, photographs and mss, and general oversight of reading room. Elmer E. Blackman, archeologist. Investigation in the field, care of museum, classifying, labeling and arranging specimens. William E. Hannan, superintendent newspaper and archives department. Care of newspapers, listing, preparing for bindery, cataloguing, etc., arrangement, classification and care of archives. Helena Krueger, stenographer, bookkeeper and clerk.  Respectfully
submitted,ROBERT
HARVEY,S. L. GEISTHARDT, C. S. PAINE. The motion to adjourn offered by Mr. Geisthardt was seconded and carried. CLARENCE
S. PAINE, Secretary. A regular meeting of the board of
directors was held |
at the rooms of the Society, Tuesday, July 13, 1909, present, Robert Harvey, vice president, presiding, Chancellor Avery, Professor H. W. Caldwell, N. J. Ludi, and the secretary. It was moved by the secretary and seconded by Chancellor Avery, that the reading of the minutes of the last meeting be dispensed with. Carried. The report of the secretary was read and accepted. Names of persons proposed for election to membership were then read as follows: Brig. Gen'l Nathan A. M. Dudley, U. S.
A., Roxbury, Mass. Charles R. Morehead, El Paso,
Texas.
It was moved that the secretary be
instructed to cast. the ballot of the members of the board
present for the election of the persons named. Seconded and
carried. The ballot was so cast. |
a leave of absence on full pay each year, the limit of absence to be governed by length of continuous service, as follows: one year, one week; two years, two weeks; three years, three weeks; four years or more, four weeks. Seconded and carried. The secretary then moved to make Saturday afternoon a half holiday during the months of July and August, one member of the office staff to remain and keep the rooms open during the usual hours. Seconded by Ludi, and carried. The following resolution was offered by the secretary. WHEREAS, the Nebraska State Historical Society is to receive from the estate of the late Lorenzo Crounse the sum of $500, therefore be it Resolved, That the treasurer of the Society be directed to place such sum, when received, in a fund to be known as the Lorenzo Crounse Memorial Book Fund, and be it further Resolved, That such fund be used exclusively for the purchase of new books for the library of said Historical Society, and that all books so purchased be designated by an appropriate bookplate, signifying their purchase through the aid of said fund." Seconded by Professor Caldwell and carried. The secretary moved that the treasurer be directed to place all funds derived from the sale of publications and duplicates in a separate fund to be known as the Book Binding Fund, and that such fund be used exclusively for the binding and rebinding of books for the library. Seconded and carried. It was moved that Mr. Harvey be made chairman of the committee on historic sites and that he be authorized to name colleagues on such committee, in such number as he may deem desirable. Seconded by Ludi and carried. The chairman named associates on the committee, for marking historic sites as follows: |
It was moved that the action of the
secretary and vice president in paying to Louis Jensen
$3,199.40 on progress certificate No. 1 of the architect, be
approved, and that said officers be authorized to make
payment on building contracts in the future on the progress
certificates of the architect; provided, however, that final
payment on such contracts shall not be made except when
specifically allowed by the board. Seconded by Chancellor
Avery and carried.
After due consideration was given to
the plans and specifications and the offers of the various
bidders, it appearing from the same that Louis Jensen was
the lowest bidder, the secretary moved that the, building
committee be authorized and empowered to enter into a
contract |
with the said Louis Jensen on the basis of his bid for the finishing of such basement story in accordance with the plans and specifications of the architect. Seconded by Chancellor Avery and carried. Mr. E. E. Blackman was called before the board and made an informal statement regarding the work of his department. After some discussion the secretary moved that Mr. Blackman be employed for the remaining half of his time for the current year, beginning June 1, at a salary of $40 per month. The motion was seconded by Mr. Ludi and carried. The secretary moved that a vote of thanks be extended to Charles R. Morehead, of El Paso, Texas, for a large framed portrait of William H. Russell, which he had presented to the Society. Seconded and carried. A motion to adjourn was seconded and carried. CLARENCE
S. PAINE, Secretary.Approved October 12, 1909. A regular meeting of the board of
directors was held at the rooms of the Society, October 12,
1909, at half past one o'clock in the afternoon, present,
Robert Harvey, acting president, presiding, Professor H. W.
Caldwell, Dr. Charles E. Bessey, N. J. Ludi, and the
secretary. |
It was moved by Dr. Bessey that the
secretary be instructed to cast the ballot of the members of
the board present for the election to membership of the
parties named. The ballot was so cast. |
Also that the action of the acting president and the
secretary in signing vouchers for the payment of these
contracts be approved, and that the warrants be held by the
auditor until the final acceptance by this board of the work
done under these contracts. |
tional Fidelity & Casualty Co., covering this contract, be cancelled and the surety be relieved of any further liability under the same. Seconded by the secretary and carried. A motion to adjourn was seconded and carried. CLARENCE
S. PAINE, Secretary.
A special meeting of the board of
directors was held at the office of the secretary, January
6, 1910, at half past one o'clock in the afternoon, present,
Robert Harvey, acting president, presiding, S. L.
Geisthardt, Dr. Charles E. Bessey, Professor H. W. Caldwell,
and the secretary.
Motion seconded by the secretary and
carried. |
A list of names of persons was proposed for election as members of the Society. Professor Caldwell objected on the ground that it was unconstitutional to elect new members at a special meeting of the board, within three months of the annual meeting. Objection sustained by the acting president. A motion to adjourn was seconded and carried. CLARENCE
S. PAINE, Secretary.Approved January 19, 1910. The first session of the thirty-third
annual meeting was held at the Commercial Club rooms,
Lincoln, Nebraska, January 11, 1910. |
Paine, the question was put to vote by the president who declared the motion lost. Professor Caldwell called for a division of the house. The chair appointed as tellers, Professor George E. Condra, Mr. J. G. P. Hildebrand, and the secretary. Professor Condra announced the result as sixty-five in the affirmative and eighty-nine in the negative. The motion was declared lost. The secretary moved that the reading of the minutes of the last annual meeting be omitted. Seconded and carried. Mr. Robert Harvey, the acting president, then presented his annual report. Members of the State Historical Society, |
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