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Mission Statement from the Constitution of 1899 The Ripon Historical Society…is formed for historical and literary purposes…The particular objects and business thereof shall be the discovery, collection, preservation and publication of historical records and data of and relating to the City of Ripon, in the state of Wisconsin; particularly the collection and preservation for itself and for the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, of books, pamphlets, maps, genealogies, portraits, paintings, relics, manuscripts, letters, journals…and materials which may establish or illustrate such history, or the growth and progress of population, wealth, education, arts, science, agriculture, manufacturing, trade and commerce in said city , or in other portions of Wisconsin or adjoining States… In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this twenty-third day of October, A.D. 1899. Officers George L. Field, President W. S. Crowther, Vice-President A. W. Tressler, Secretary John S. Rountree, Treasurer Advisory Committee Dr. E. H. Merrell S. M. Pedrick C. H. Ellsworth |