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title: "36 U.S.C. § 21302"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "213"
chapter_name: "AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 21302 - Purposes

## Text

The purposes of the corporation are—

(1) to promote historical studies;

(2) to collect and preserve historical manuscripts; and

(3) other kindred purposes in the interest of American history and of history in America.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1294.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2130236:20 (1st sentence words beginning with “for the promotion”).Jan. 4, 1889, ch. 20, (1st sentence words beginning with “for the promotion”), 25 Stat. 640.