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Membership Fellows of the Library Program |
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Although membership in the Massachusetts Historical Society is by election only and is limited to 500 resident and 250 corresponding members, the Fellows of the Library are open to all who wish to share in the mission of the Massachusetts Historical Society. AN INVITATION TO JOIN THE FELLOWS OF THE LIBRARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Fellows of the Library of the Massachusetts Historical Society are pleased to invite you to join them in supporting the Society's work. For over two centuries the Massachusetts Historical Society has served the threefold purpose of collecting, preserving, and disseminating resources for the study of American history. Through the good will and financial support of its friends, the Society has collected the books, manuscripts, prints, maps, paintings, and other materials that make it one of the great research centers for the study of American history. Now more than ever the Society needs such support, for in recent years the growing cost of collecting, preserving, and storing these priceless records of our nation's past has placed a mounting burden on available resources, human and physical as well as financial. Established in 1791 by Jeremy Belknap, a Boston clergyman, the Society is the oldest institution of its kind in the United States and the oldest institution of any kind devoted primarily to collecting and publishing in American history. It is an independent, not-for-profit research institution incorporated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. To encourage support of the Society's programs, its Council decided in 1969 to organize a special group of friends, THE FELLOWS OF THE LIBRARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Fellowship is open to anyone who actively supports the purposes of the Society and contributes at least $100 annually. Contributions are tax deductible within legal limits. Fellows are cordially invited to attend Society meetings and special lectures, the annual dinner, and the Spring exhibition. They also receive the M.H.S. Miscellany , the Society's newsletter, and the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society , a collection published each year containing essays and documents on Massachusetts and American history as well as the Society's annual report. Please address any inquiries about the Fellows of the Library to: Office of the Director Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02215 |
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