...information, especially within the State of Missouri, ami also within the entire Mississippi Valley. The particular objects of this society shall be :...appropriate to such an institution, with convenient worts of reference, and also a cabinet of antiquities, relies, etc. ; second, the collection into a...

...information, especially within the state of Illinois. One of the first provisions i if the constitution is for the establishment of a library of books and publications appropriate to such an institution. In 1868 the society completed a building supposed to be fireproof on the corner of Ontario street and...

...Valley, and to embrace alike aboriginal and modern history." They declared in their constitution that the particular objects of this society shall be: First....permanent depository of manuscripts, documents, papers arid tracts possessing a historical value and worthy of preservation. Third. — To encourage investigation...

...Valley, and the Louisiana Purchase Territory. The particular objects of the corporation shall be: A. The establishment of a library of books and publications...institution, with convenient works of reference, and a cabinet of antiquities and historical works. B. The collection into a safe and permanent depository...