will be to discover and collect any material that may help to establish or illustrate the history of the area: its exploration, settlement, development, and activities. It will seek out and research printed material such as histories, genealogies, biographies, directories, newspapers, pamphlets, catalogs, handbills, programs and posters; manuscript material such as letters, diaries, journals, memoranda, reminiscences, rosters, service records, account books, charts, surveys and museum material such as pictures, photographs, paintings, portraits, weapons, militaria, relics and material objects illustrative of life, conditions, events and activities of the past and present. The Society will provide for the preservation of such material and for its accessibility, as far as may be feasible, to all who wish to examine or study it, to cooperate with officials in insuring the preservation and accessibility of the records and to undertake the preservation of historic buildings, monuments, and markers.
The society will disseminate historical information and arouse interest in the past by publishing historical material in the newspapers or otherwise; by holding meetings with historical events and themes, addresses, lectures, tours, papers and discussions; and by marking historical buildings, sites, and trails to awaken public interest.
