l6 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Publications. 



JOURNAL . . . v. I-XII, July i896-Apr. 1904. [Detroit, 1896-1900] ; 

 New York, 1900-04. 8. 

 Discontinued. 



TRANSACTIONS . . . 1904-05. 8. 



v. I in progress. Printed by "The Foundry" at cost to the association from 

 the plates used to print the articles in that periodical, with additional 

 material. 



American Gas Institute. 



Address. Secretary: James W. Dunbar, New Albany, Ind. 



History. Formed in 1906 by the amalgamation of the American Gas 



Light Association (organized in 1873), the Western Gas Association 6 



(organized in 1878), and the Ohio Gas Light Association (organized 



in 1884). 

 Object. Advancement of the gas interest of the country. (The territory of the 



institute includes all of the U. S. as far west as Colorado.) 

 Meetings. Annually, 3d Wednesday in Oct. 

 Membership. Active and associate (entrance fee, $25; annual dues, $10) ; junior 



(entrance fee, $10; annual dues, $5). Entrance fee includes ist year's dues. 



Publications. 



Proceedings will be published yearly and will be on sale by the Secretary. 



American Historical Association. 



Address. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. Secretary: A. 

 Howard Clark. Corresponding Secretary : Charles H. Haskins, Harvard 

 University, Cambridge, Mass. 



History. First meeting at Saratoga, Sept. 9, 1884, under the auspices 

 of the Social Science Association ; independent organization effected 

 Sept. 10, 1884; incorporated by act of Congress Jan. 4, 1889. In 1896 

 the American Society of Church History" 2 became an organic part of 

 the association, forming the Church History Section, recently discon- 

 tinued as a separate section. Pacific Coast Branch established in 1904. 

 Two special commissions have been established by the association : The 

 Historical Manuscripts Commission, 1895, and the Public Archives 

 Commission, 1899. Historical collections of the association in the 



a Publ: Proceedings . . . v. 1-22, 1873/74-1905. New York, 1875-1905. 8. (v. 2-9 

 have title : Report of proceedings, v. 2 pub. at Hartford, Conn. ; v. 9-13 at Providence, 

 R. I.) 



b Publ.: Proceedings . . . ioth-28th annual meeting, 1887-1905. New Albany, Ind., 

 1902-05. 5 v. 8. 



c Publ: Proceedings . . . 1901-06. Question box . . . 1904-06. 8. 



^Founded Mar. 23, 1888. PubL: PAPERS . . . v. I-VIII. New York ,1889-97. 8. 

 The American church history series, consisting of a series of denominational histories, 

 pub. under the auspices of the society. New York, 1893-97. 13 v. 8. (Bibliography 

 at the beginning of each history.) 



