UNITED STATES 



North Carolina Academy of Science. 



Address. Raleigh, N. C. Secretary: E. W. Gudger, Greensboro, N. C. 

 History. Founded Mar. 21, 1902; practically reorganized through rad- 

 ical change of the constitution, May I, 1903. 



Object. To promote study and scientific research and to furnish a means of 



publication of valuable articles. 

 Meetings. At least one meeting annually for presentation and discussion of papers 



and one business meeting, at time and place determined by the Executive 



Committee. 

 Membership. 50 (annual dues, $3) ; associates for the annual meeting, $i. 



Publications. 



In 1904 the organ of the Academy was the Journal of the Elisha Mit- 

 chell scientific society. Reports of recent meetings have been pub- 

 lished in Science. 



University of North Carolina. 



Address. Chapel Hill, N. C. President: Francis P. Venable. 

 History. Charter granted in 1789; first session in 1795. 



Ref.: Sketches of the history of the University of North Carolina, to- 

 gether with a catalogue of officers and students, 1789-1889. [Chapel 

 Hill, N. C.], 1889. 8. History of the University of North Carolina, 

 by K. P. Battle, v. I, 1789-1868. Raleigh, N. C, 1907. 8. (v. 2 will 

 bring the history to the present time.) 



Publications. 



JAMES SPRUNT HISTORICAL MONOGRAPH, no. 1-7. Chapel Hill, N. C., 

 1900-07. 8. 



Contents: no. i. Personnel of the convention of 1861, by J. C. McCormick. 

 Legislation of the convention of 1861, by K. P. Battle. no. 2. The 

 congressional career of Nathaniel Macon, by E. M. Wilson. no. 3. 

 Letters of Nathaniel Macon, John Steele, and William Barry Grove, 

 ed. by K. P. Battle. no. 4. Letters and documents relating to the 

 early history of the lower Cape Fear, ed. by K. P. Battle. no. 5. 

 Minutes of the Kehukey association (Baptist). With letter of Joel 

 Battle Fort, and with introduction and notes by K. P. Battle. no. 6. 

 Diary of a geological tour by Dr. Elisha Mitchell in 1827 and 1828, 

 ed. by K. P. Battle. no. 7. William Richardson Davie : a memoir, by 

 J. G. de R. Hamilton. Followed by his letters with notes by K. P. 

 Battle. 



Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, (v. infra.} 

 Distribution. Exchange. 



ELISHA MITCHELL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. 



Address. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Secretary: 



F. P. Venable. 

 History. Founded in 1883. 



