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The morning sessions of the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, were held in the Lecture Hall of the National Museum, December 28 to 31, 1889.  There was a large attendance of members of the Association and much interest manifested in the Museum collections.  This Association was incorporated by act of Congress approved January 4, 1889, and by this act is directed to report annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings and the condition of historical study in America.  The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are authorized to permit the Association to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets and other material for history in the Smithsonian Institution or in the National Museum.  Under this act some books and pamphlets have been deposited in the Museum and placed in charge of the Curator of Historical Collections who has been elected Assistant Secretary and Curator of the Association.