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Object. To cultivate social intercourse among its members and to promote their 

 best interests; to collect historical material relating to the State of Pennsylvania 

 and to keep alive its memory. 



Meetings. Annual festival Dec. 12; annual meeting, 3d Tuesday in April; other 

 meetings as arranged. 



Membership. 478 resident (in the City of New York or within 50 miles thereof) 

 and 347 non-resident (entrance fee, $5; annual dues, $5 for resident, $2 for non- 

 resident). Limited to persons descended from a native of the State of Pennsyl- 

 vania, or resident in the State for a continuous period of 7 years. 

 Publications. 



YEARBOOK . . . [v. 1-7]. New York, 1901-07. 8. 



v. 4 has supplement : Pennsylvania ; a primer, by Barr Ferree. New York, 

 1904. 256 p. (Also separate.) 



Manual . . . New York, 1903-04. 8. 



Reprinted from Yearbook, v. 3-4. 

 Bulletin, pub. irregularly since June, 1902. 



Distribution. Exchange. On sale by the Secretary. Price-list in Manual, 1904. 

 Prizes. Prize of $100 offered annually for the best essay on an an- 

 nounced subject connected with the history of Pennsylvania. Com- 

 petition open to members of the senior classes of the University of 

 Pennsylvania, Western university of Pennsylvania, Lafayette college, 

 Pennsylvania state college, and Lehigh university. 



Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. 

 Address. 66th Street and Avenue A, New York City, N. Y. 

 History. Incorporated June 14, 1901. 

 Object. To advance, by investigation, the science of medicine. 

 Publications. 



STUDIES from the Rockefeller institute of medical research, v. I- VI. 

 New York, 1904-07. 8. 



Contain reprints of papers giving the results of work done by the staff 



of the Institute and by those receiving grants from it. 

 Price: $5 per vol. 



JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE, v. VII-VIII. New York, 1905- 

 06. bi-m. 



v. 1-6 pub. by the Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore. 



Subscription price: $5 per vol. 



Distribution. The Studies are distributed gratis to libraries, learned societies, 

 laboratories, and individuals interested in medical research. A limited num- 

 ber of copies for sale at the Institute. 



Research funds, etc. Endowment fund of $1,200,000, utilized by the 

 Board of Directors in support of the work of the Institute laboratories, 

 and awarded as grants to those engaged in medical research else- 



