Independent Historical Societies

An Enquiry into Their Research and Publication Functions and Their Financial Future

Walter Muir Whitehill

    Preface

    1. The Massachusetts Historical Society

    2. The New-York Historical Society

    3. The American Antiquarian Society

    4. The New England States

    5. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania

    6. The Virginia Historical Society

    7. The Middle States

    8. The Southeastern States

    9. Independent Societies in Middle Western Cities

    10. California and Hawaii

    11. Draper in Wisconsin

    12. Early State-Supported Historical Societies

    13. Later State-Supported Historical Societies

    14. The Historical Associations

    15. Local Historical Societies

    16. The Tombstone with a Footnote

    17. The Shinto Temple

    18. A Cloud of Witnesses

    19. The Ship of Theseus

    20. State Archival Agencies

    21. The Organization Men

    22. The Virtuoso's Collection

    23. Togetherness

    24. Mammon and Monuments

    25. What Shall Be Done?

    Index

The late Walter Muir Whitehill was the Director of the Boston Athenaeum.