---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 21302"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "21302"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/21302"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 213 — American Historical Association"
---

# §21302. Purposes


The purposes of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) 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.

## Source credit

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

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 21302 | 36:20 (1st sentence words beginning with “for the promotion”). | Jan. 4, 1889, ch. 20, (1st sentence words beginning with “for the promotion”), 25 Stat. 640. |