Author: Michigan; Historical Commission

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 675

ISBN-13: 9781331908272

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Excerpt from Historical Collections, Vol. 31: Collections and Researches Made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Crises are not uncommon in the history and experience of all organizations. The Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society has had its period of adversity. Now its officers look forward to an era of prosperity. Systematic and energetic work in its behalf has commenced. In 1897, when legislative support for two years failed through the veto of its appropriation bill by Governor Pingree, the question of continuing or discontinuing its work was seriously discussed; but so much interest was felt in the work that the officers of the society decided to hold the annual meetings at the State Capital for the two moneyless years, and by thus complying with its organic act they kept, it alive for further usefulness. Present interest and progress show that it was a wise decision. The committee of historians, who have general supervision of its publications, take pleasure in calling attention to the work that was done under discouraging conditions; and, furthermore, take pride in saying that a revival of interest in the work assigned by the State to the society, as now organized, is one of the cheerful facts of the present and a hopeful assurance for the future. In each one of the thirty volumes prepared and published by the society, since its organization in 1874 with twenty-two members, there is much valuable historical matter and many interesting pioneer recollections; but in general appearance and careful editing the later volumes are among the very best. One of the charms of this historical collection, aside from its value as a permanent record of events, is the fact that it presents a large and varied amount of information concerning the daily lives and customs of the early settlers of the State, in papers based upon personal experience and observation. Since the general distribution of its volumes among the public libraries of the State has taken place, pursuant to a recent act of the legislature, the excellent work of the society in collecting historical data of the pioneer days of Michigan, is more widely recognized and commended than ever before. 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.

Download or read book Historical Collections, Vol. 31 written by Michigan; Historical Commission and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical Collections, Vol. 31: Collections and Researches Made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Crises are not uncommon in the history and experience of all organizations. The Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society has had its period of adversity. Now its officers look forward to an era of prosperity. Systematic and energetic work in its behalf has commenced. In 1897, when legislative support for two years failed through the veto of its appropriation bill by Governor Pingree, the question of continuing or discontinuing its work was seriously discussed; but so much interest was felt in the work that the officers of the society decided to hold the annual meetings at the State Capital for the two moneyless years, and by thus complying with its organic act they kept, it alive for further usefulness. Present interest and progress show that it was a wise decision. The committee of historians, who have general supervision of its publications, take pleasure in calling attention to the work that was done under discouraging conditions; and, furthermore, take pride in saying that a revival of interest in the work assigned by the State to the society, as now organized, is one of the cheerful facts of the present and a hopeful assurance for the future. In each one of the thirty volumes prepared and published by the society, since its organization in 1874 with twenty-two members, there is much valuable historical matter and many interesting pioneer recollections; but in general appearance and careful editing the later volumes are among the very best. One of the charms of this historical collection, aside from its value as a permanent record of events, is the fact that it presents a large and varied amount of information concerning the daily lives and customs of the early settlers of the State, in papers based upon personal experience and observation. Since the general distribution of its volumes among the public libraries of the State has taken place, pursuant to a recent act of the legislature, the excellent work of the society in collecting historical data of the pioneer days of Michigan, is more widely recognized and commended than ever before. 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.