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Minor Historical Societies. 



BRIDGEPORT SCIENTIFIC AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. See under Bridgeport, Conn. 



MATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Waterbury, Conn. Secretary : Miss Katharine 

 A. Prichard. Founded 1878; incorporated 1902. Its object is to collect and 

 preserve whatever may serve to explain and illustrate the archaeology, the art, 

 the literature and the history of the State of Connecticut and especially of that 

 part thereof which was originally known as "Mattatuck." Quarterly meetings, 

 2d Wednesday of Mar., June, Oct. and Dec. 50 members (entrance fee, $2; 

 annual dues, $i). No publications. 



MIDDLESEX COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Middletown, Conn. Incorporated May 

 15, 1901. Monthly meetings, 3d Tuesday, Oct. to June, at Williams Library. 

 108 members (entrance fee, $3; annual dues, $2). No publications except 

 annual reports of officers, charter, by-laws, etc. 



Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers. 



Address. New Haven, Conn. Secretary : J. Frederick Jackson. 



History. Organized at Bridgeport, Conn., Jan 15, 1884, as Connecticut 

 Civil Engineers' and Surveyors' Association. (Name used on publica- 

 tions, 1886-94: Connecticut Association of Civil Engineers and Sur- 

 veyors.) Present name adopted Apr. 20, 1901. 



Object. Professional improvement, encouragement of social intercourse among men 

 of practical science, and advancement of engineering in its several branches. 



-Meetings. Annually, 2d Tuesday in Feb., at different places within the state. 

 Other meetings during the year as determined by the society. 



Membership. 200 active and 2 associate (annual dues, $3) ; 8 honorary. 



Publications. 

 PROCEEDINGS . . . 1885-1903. New Haven, [etc.], [1885] -1903. 8. 



Title and place of publication vary. Continued as : 



PAPERS AND TRANSACTIONS for 1903-05 and proceedings of the 2oth-22d 

 annual meeting, 1904-06. New Haven, 1904-06. 8. 



Price: soc. per vol. 

 Distribution. Exchange with kindred state societies. 



DAVENPORT, IA. 



Davenport Academy of Sciences. 

 Address. Davenport, la. Secretary: A. F. Ewers. Curator: J. H. 



Paarmann. 



History. Organized Dec. 14, 1867, as the Davenport Academy of Natural 

 Sciences ; incorporated in 1868. Present name since 1903. Building of 

 the society erected in 1877. Library; museum (principally American 

 ethnology and natural history). By the will of the late W. C. Putnam, 

 1905, the academy will eventually receive all of his property, valued 

 at about $400,000. 



Ref.: The Davenport academy of natural sciences, by Frederick Starr. 

 (In Popular science monthly, May, 1897, P- 83-98.) 



