vily upon teachers, and students to whom this publication must
appeal, that they have been unable to give it more liberal
support. Among the subscribers and members, however, there has
been manifested a deep interest in the matter published and a
keen appreciation of its value in the uplift of the Negro.

The membership of the Association for the same reason has about
remained the same as that of last year. The interest of the
members in the work and the value of the direction of the
Association to them, however, have both unusually increased. This
interest has culminated in the organization of clubs under the
supervision of the Director, who through them has been able to
give considerable stimulus to the work in remote parts of the
country. Among the clubs thus organized should be mentioned those
of San Antonio, Louisville, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington,
Philadelphia, Brooklyn and New York. Classes doing the same work
under the instruction of teachers have been formed in most of the
accredited Negro secondary schools and colleges. The work of such
classes at the West Virginia Collegiate Institute, the Virginia
Theological Seminary and College, Hampton Institute, Morehouse
College, Atlanta University, Paine College, Lincoln Institute in
Missouri, and the Kentucky State Normal School has been helpful
to the Association in its prosecution of the study of Negro life
and history.

With the cooperation of these friends and through travel the
Director has been making a study of _Slavery from the Point of
View of the Slave_. This has been done through questionnaires
filled out by ex-slaves and former masters, through the
collection of documents, and the study of local records. This
study, however, is just beginning and will require much more time
for completion. The Director expects to finish at an earlier date
his studies of the _Free Negro_ and the _Development of the Negro
in the Occupations_.

The most significant achievement of the Association has been the
success of the Director in increasing the income of the
Association to about $12,000 a year. This substantial uplift has
come in part from a large number of Negroes, who now more than
ever appreciate the value of their records and the importance of
popularizing the study thereof. A la