HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



the Hudson river, and appropriate marking of places of historic interest con- 

 nected with this defense. Annual meeting in Sept. 113 members. Publ: His- 

 torical papers, no. I-XII, Newburgh, N. Y., 1884-1905. 8. (No. 1-5 have no 

 series title or numbering.) Exchange. 



JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Watertown, N. Y. Librarian : R. A. Oakes, 

 64 State Street. Organized May 10, 1886; recently reorganized. Occupies room 

 in Flower memorial library. Annual business meeting; literary meetings as 

 called. Annual dues, $2; life membership, $25. Publ.: Transactions . . . v. I-IV, 

 1886-95. Watertown, N. Y., 1887-96. 8. (The title Transactions appears only 

 on first vol., which is not numbered.) Exchange. 



JOHNSTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Johnstown, N. Y. Organized May 30, 1892. Small 

 library and museum housed by the Board of Trade. Monthly meetings. Annual 

 dues, $i ; life membership, $25. Publ.: A guide to places of historic interest. 



LIVINGSTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Geneseo, N. Y. Preliminary organiza- 

 tion, Dec., 1875; final organization and incorporation in Feb., 1877. Collections 

 housed in the Log Cabin, built by the society and formally opened in 1896. 

 Meetings annually on 3d Tuesday in Jan., at different villages in the county. 226 

 resident members (entrance fee, $i ; annual dues, $i) ; 10 life ($10) ; 7 corres- 

 ponding; 17 honorary. Publ.: Proceedings of the 2d-2gth annual meeting . . . 

 1878-1905. Dansville, N. Y. [etc.], i878-[ioo5]. 8. A history of the treaty of 

 Big Tree and an account of the celebration of the looth anniversary of the 

 making of the treaty, held at Geneseo, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1897. [Dansville, N. Y., 

 1899?] 



LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. See under Brooklyn, N. Y. 



MADISON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Oneida, N. Y. President: Theodore Coles. 

 Founded 1898 ; incorporated 1900. Monthly meetings, 3d Wednesday, at the rooms 

 of the society. 175 members (annual dues, $i). No publications to date. 



MINISINK VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Port Jervis, N. Y. Secretary: W. L. 

 Cuddeback. Organized 1889; registered at Albany, 1892. Publ: 1690-1890. Bi- 

 centennial celebration of the 200th anniversary of the settlement of the Minisink 

 Valley. Port Jervis, N. Y., [1890]. 8. Addresses delivered and papers read 

 . . . 1896. Port Jervis, N. Y., 1897. 8. 



MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 58 Market street, Amsterdam, N. Y. 

 Organized May 18, 1904 ; incorporated June 27 following. Publ: The minute 

 book of the Committee of Safety of Tryon County, the old New York frontier, 

 now printed verbatim for the first time ; with an introduction by J. H. Hanson 

 and notes by S. L. Frey. New York, 1905. 8. 



ONEIDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT UTICA. Munson-Williams Memorial Building, 

 Utica, N. Y. Founded in 1876; incorporated in 1878. Library and collections 

 in the society's building, occupied since 1896. Monthly meetings, 2d Monday. 

 96 resident members (annual dues, $5) ; 131 life ($50) ; 8 honorary. Publ.: 

 YEARBOOK . . . no. i-io, 1881-1905. Utica, i88i-[i9os]. 8. (no. 1-9 have title 

 TRANSACTIONS. Serial numbering begins with no. 5. The volumes of this series, 

 together with the special publications of the society, are listed chronologically 

 in Yearbook, no. 10, p. xii-xiii, as Publications 1-35) Catalogue of the library. 

 Utica, 1896. 8. Exchange. 



ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. See under Syracuse, N. Y. 



ONTARIO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Canandaigua, N. Y. Incorporated 1902. 

 No publications to date. 



