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N'otcs and Ncivs 395 The Public Archives Commission of the Association, organized at the Boston meeting, in December 1899, under Professor William MacDon- ald of Bowdoin College as chairman, has made considerable progress with the organization of its work. The following persons have been ap- pointed as adjunct members to represent the Commission in their respec- tive states : New Hampshire," Mr. Albert S. Batchellor, Littleton ; Massachusetts, Mr. Andrew McFarland Davis, Cambridge ; Rhode Is- land, Mr. Clarence S. Brigham, Providence ; Connecticut, Mr. Albert C. Bates, Hartford ; New York, Professor Herbert L. Osgood ; New Jersey, Mr. William Nelson, Paterson ; Pennsylvania, Dr. Herman V. Ames, Philadelphia ; Virginia, Mr. William G. Stanard, Richmond ; North Carolina, Professor John S. Bassett, Durham ; Alabama, Mr. Thomas M. Owen, Birmingham ; Mississippi, Professor Franklin L. Riley, University ; Louisiana, Mr. William Beer, New Orleans ; Ohio, Pro- fessor George W. Knight, Columbus ; Indiana, Professor James A. Wood- burn, Bloomington ; Illinois, Professor F. W. Shepardson, Chicago ; Iowa, Professor Benjamin F. Shambaugh, Iowa City ; Kansas, Professor Frank H. Hodder, Lawrence ; Michigan, Mr. Harlow S. Person, Ann Arbor; Wisconsin, Dr. Orin G. Libby, Madison ; Oregon, Professor F. G. Young, Eugene. The preliminary investigation into the condition of the archives of most of these states is well in hand, and the publica- tion of the preliminary reports will probably be begun in the next report of the Association. The Commission has been so fortunate as to secure the co-operation of Mr. R. R. Bowker, of the Publishers' Weekly, who has placed at the disposal of the Commission the material which he has collected for his State Publications. In all cases the Commission has sought to work in co-operation with historical societies, state record commissions and individual investigators, with a view not only to greater effectiveness, but also to avoid duplication. The Stokes bill, providing for an investigation of the condition of both state and national records under the sanction of the national government, passed the Senate at the last session of Congress, and was favorably reported in the House. The bill, which has many supporters in Congress, will be pressed as earnestly as possible during the present session. The Committee of the American Historical Association appointed at Boston to consider a co-operative history of the United States has re- ported to the Council in favor of the project and asks the Council at the Detroit meeting to appoint a standing committee of five to arrange for the publication of such a work in small volumes, each complete in itself so far as it goes. It is proposed that an editor-in-chief be chosen by the committee, and that the committee have power to make the publishing arrangements, the Association to have no pecuniary responsibility or liability. Professor Burke A. Hinsdale, who died on November 29, 1900, was at one time Professor of English at Hiram College, Ohio, and later, president of that institution. From 1882 to 1886 he held the position of