Page 37 - La Société canadienne d'histoire de l'Église catholique - Rapport 1961

FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT. 35
A Pire-Proof Edijce Needed.
We are probably as safe from exposure to fire as we could be
in any building not fire-proof. Yet we feel the necessity of
keeping tlze fact constantly in view, that there is some danger;
and hence we should study how wc may best and earliest secure
permanent fire-proof roomfi for our collections. This matter
calls loudlp ibr our serious consideration. Having dwelt some-
what at length upon this matter in our two preceding Reports,
the importance of the subject must impress itself upon the
minds of all.

Conarncndatios~s and Encouragements.
Hlev. C. B. SMITII, Secretary of thr: Iocwa State Historical
~Society, in acknowledging the receipt of a statement relative
to Wisconsin legislation in behalf of this Society, stated that
he had made use of the example and precedent in securing an
annual State appropriation for a similar organization in Iowa,
recently effected.
C. I. WALKER, of Detroit, writes, that "Inspired with zeal
by the efforts and examples of your Society, we are endeavoring
to awake11 attention to our early history, and to collect and
preserve such materials of that history as are still within our
reach;" and to this end, are making efforts to resuscitate the
Michigan Historical Society, founded in 1828, but which has
not held a meeting since 1841.
the
FRANCIS PARKMAN, historian, writes," I hope soon to
send your very active and vigorous young Society some more
documents bearing on the early history of your region.-
I shall remember you in my researches, and if anything comes
to hand that may especially interest you, you shall know it."
JOHN CARTER BROWN, of Providence, writes, "Your Histor-
ical Society appears to me to be the most active of any other in
the country; our own in Rhode Island is and has been for a
Eong time, very dormant."
AARON S. LIPPINCOTT, Esq., of Philadelphia, writes:-
"Whether I may be able to contribute anything of value or not,