1 66 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Series III (pedagogic) : 



Teachers bulletin, v. I. Cincinnati, 1905. 12. 



Issued monthly during the college year. 

 Bulletin of mathematics, no. I. Cincinnati, 1904. 4. 



Contents: Lectures on the calculus of variations (Weierstrassian theory) 



by Harris Hancock. 



Distribution. Exchange, On sale by the University Press; printed price-list 

 on application. 



CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 



Address. Observatory Place, Cincinnati, O. Director: Jermain G. 



Porter. 



History. Established in 1843 on Mt. Adams by the Cincinnati Astronom- 

 ical Society (founded 1842); transferred to the University in 1872; 

 present building erected in 1873 on Mt. Lookout. 



Ref.: Historical sketch of the Cincinnati observatory 1843-1893. By J. G. 

 Porter. Cincinnati. 1893. 8. 



Publications. 



PUBLICATIONS ... no. 1-15. Cincinnati, 1876-1905. 4. 



CLEVELAND, O. 



Western Reserve Historical Society. 



Address. Cor. Euclid Avenue and Fairmount Street, Cleveland, O. 

 Librarian : Mrs. Gertrude R. Colborn ; Secretary : W. H. Cathcart. 



History. Organized in May, 1867, as a department of the Cleveland 

 Library Association (now Case Library) ; reorganized in 1892 under 

 a separate charter. Called also in its earlier years "Western Reserve and 

 Northern Ohio Historical Society." Building of the society purchased 

 in 1892. Library of about 23,000 volumes and 22,000 pamphlets; val- 

 uable manuscript collection; museum including numerous special col- 

 lections in the field of American archaeology and ethnology. 



Ref.: Sketch of the Western Reserve historical society, by D. W. Manchester 

 (Tract no. 74). Charter and reorganization of the society, 1891-2 (Tract no. 

 85). The archceological collection of the Western Reserve historical society, 

 by J. P. MacLean (Tract no. 90). 



Object. To discover, collect and preserve whatever relates to the history, biography, 

 genealogy, and antiquities of Ohio and the West, including the physical history 

 and condition of the State; to maintain a museum and library, and to extend 

 knowledge upon the subjects mentioned, by literary meetings, publication, and 

 other proper means. 



Meetings. Annually, ist Tuesday of May, in the society's building. Other meetings 

 as called. 



