Report And Collections Of The State Historical Society Of Wisconsin For The Years Volume 7

Author : Lyman Copeland Draper
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ISBN 13 : 9781332613564
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Vol. 7 (Classic Reprint) written by Lyman Copeland Draper and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Vol. 7 Four years elapsed between the publication of volumes vi and vii of the Collections, during which the Society made broad strides in growth of Library, in extension of its usefulness to scholars and the general public, and in spread of reputation in the world of letters. The Society had emerged from the stage of experiment; the institution appeared now to be well grounded in popular favor, and reasonably certain to at least keep pace with the development of the Commonwealth. The Annual Reports of the Executive Committee, covering the years 1873-76, strike more stoutly than their predecessors the note of confidence, and assume a tone of dignity more in accordance with the improved situation. It is curious, thirty-odd years later, when the Society occupies a position probably but faintly foreshadowed even in Dr. Draper's optimistic vision, to find that the Nineteenth to the Twenty-second Annual Reports call as vigorously as those of our own day, although equally in vain, for a considerable private endowment to piece out the State appropriation; and that the cry for more space in which to accommodate the rapidly-increasing Library, was as familiar then as now. Despite what successes may await us, it is probable that, like most educational institutions, we shall always be more or less embarrassed from lack of funds adequate for meeting our ever-widening opportunities for public service; and so long as the Library continues its growth, which we trust will be of cumulative ratio, the question of storage will never be far removed. There are several notable papers in volume vii, giving to it a high average of interest and value. John Gilmary Shea's "Discovery of the Mississippi" was for its time an excellent piece of basic work, bringing to light much that was then new to Western history. Joseph Tasse, in his "Memoir of Charles de Langlade," admirably commingled material obtained from Draper's famous interview with Angustin Grignon (in our volume iii), and results of his own investigations in Canadian and Paris archives. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."