CONSTITUTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION I NAME The name of this organization shall be the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. The object of the Association shall be to promote historical study and research and to secure coöperation between the historical societies and the departments of history of the Mississippi Valley. III - MEMBERSHIP Any one interested in the study of Mississippi Valley history may become an active member upon payment of the dues hereinafter provided. IV OFFICERS The officers of the Association shall be a President, a Vice President, and a Secretary-Treasurer, who with two other active members, and such ex-Presidents of the Association as retain their membership therein, shall constitute the Executive Committee. All officers shall be elected at the annual meeting, and shall hold office for one year or until their successors are elected and have qualified. The Executive Committee shall have general charge of the affairs of the Association, including the calling of meetings and selection of papers to be read. A regular annual meeting and a mid-year meeting of the Association shall be held on such dates and at such places as the Executive Committee may determine. VI - DUES The annual dues for active members shall be one dollar. This Constitution may be amended at any regular meeting, notice of such amendment having been given at a previous meeting, or the proposed amendment having received the approval of the Executive Committee. OFFICERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THE YEAR 1909-1910 PRESIDENT ORIN G. LIBBY, PH. D. Secretary of the State Historical Society of North Dakota VICE PRESIDENT BENJAMIN F. SHAMBAUGH, A. M., PH. D. SECRETARY-TREASURER CLARENCE S. PAINE Secretary of the Nebraska State Historical Society EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE In addition to above named officers (EX-PRESIDENTS) FRANCIS A. SAMPSON, LL. B. Secretary of the State Historical Society of Missouri THOMAS M. OWEN, A. M., LL. D. Director of the Department of Archives and History of the State of Alabama CLARENCE W. ALVORD, PH. D. Associate Professor, University of Illinois (ELECTED) DUNBAR ROWLAND, LL. D. Director of the Department of Archives and History of the State of Mississippi CHARLES E. BROWN Chief of the Wisconsin State Historical Museum |