OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR 1911-1912 VOLUME V EDITED BY BENJAMIN F. SHAMBAUGH SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA THE TORCH PRESS 1912 PURCHASE MAY 4 32 F 351 143402 v.5 1211-12 COPYRIGHT 1912 BY THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION EDITOR'S PREFACE This volume of the Proceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association covers the transactions of the Association from the close of the fourth annual meeting in 1911 to the close of the fifth annual meeting in 1912. During this period two meetings of the Association were held-one at Buffalo, New York, on December 28, 1911, and the other at Bloomington, Indiana, on May 23, 24, and 25, 1912. The regular mid-year meeting was held at Buffalo, New York, in connection with the regular annual meeting of the American Historical Association. The Bloomington meeting was the fifth annual meeting of the Association. Papers and addresses delivered at the midyear meeting will be published by the American Historical Association, while those delivered at the fifth annual meeting are included in this volume. There was held in connection with the Bloomington meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association two joint sessions of the Teachers' Section of this Association and the History Section of the Indiana State Teachers' Association. The papers read at these joint sessions are accordingly included in this volume. A Report of the Committee on State History in Secondary Schools has come to the Editor. This Report includes (1) a syllabus of Kansas history by Mr. Raymond G. Taylor of Manhattan, Kansas; (2) a syllabus of Missouri history by Mr. E. M. Violette of Kirksville, Missouri; and (3) a syllabus of Ohio history by Mr. Frank P. Goodwin of Cincinnati, Ohio. In view of the fact that other syllabi are to be prepared later, it has been decided to postpone the publication of the Report until it is complete. |