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First annual meeting held at the Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Friday and Saturday, January 5 and 6, 1990.
First session, Friday evening, at eight o"clock. President H. W. Beckwith presided. An address of welcome was delivered by Judge N. E. Worthington, of Peoria. The president"s address was delivered by Judge Beckwith, and the annual address by Dr. Richard Edward, of Bloomington.
Second session, Saturday morning, at half-past nine. Judge Beckwith presided. The literary program was carried out as follows:
The Field for Archaeological Research in Illinois, by Dr. J. F. Snyder, Virginia.
Local Historical Societies; Their Field of Work and Their Relation to the State Society, by Captain J. H. Burnham, of Bloomington.
Congressional Reminiscences, by General J. M. Ruggles, of Havana.
The business meeting was opened by the reading of the secretary"s report for the executive committee. The officers of the society were unanimously re-elected.
Captain Burhman then presented for consideration at a subsequent meeting the following resolution:
"The first vice-president shall be the president of the Chicago Historical Society, and the president of all the country historical societies of Illinois shall be vice-presidents of this society and entitled to precedence in the alphabetical order of the names of the several countries."
It was voted that a committee be appointed on publication. Judge Beckwith named the following committee: Messrs. G. N. Black, of Springfield; E. L. Merritt, of Springfield; J. A. James, of Northwestern University; E. B. Greene, of the University of Illinois.
It was also voted that a committee on auxiliary societies be named by the chair. The chair reserved the appointment of this committee to a subsequent time.
It was voted that the papers of the session be placed on file with the committee on publication.
At the close of the morning session the members of the society were given a luncheon by the authorities of the Bradley Institute. At the close of the luncheon a resolution of thanks to the authorities of the institute was moved and carried.
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