A report on the past work on the project for the History of Ljubljana and an outline of some more important investigations in the history of the town in the last ten years — covering the period up to 1918 — were given on the Historical Society constituitive general meeting in Ljubljana on December 3rd, 1979. It was stated that the investigations in the history of Ljubljana that were being so far published by Slovene historical newspapers and magazines or as independent publications were variegated and numerous. The local past of Ljubljana finds place also in popular magazines* factory papers and independent jubilee-publications. The aim of this report was to encourage the continuation of work in order to prepare a synthesis of the history of the Ljubljana town.