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Membership. 198 active (annual dues for men, $2; for women, $i) ; 4 life ($25) ; 

 ii honorary. Membership limited to those who have climbed to the summit of 

 a perpetually snow-capped mountain bearing a living glacier. 



Publications. 



Mazama ; a record of mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest, v. I-II, 

 May i896-Dec. 1905. Portland, Or., 1896-1905. 8. 



v. i in 2 nos. ; v. 2 in 4 nos. ; v. 3 in progress, no. i pub. Mar. 1907. 

 Price: 5oc. per number, v. I, no. I, o. p. 

 Distribution. Exchange. On sale by the Treasurer. 



POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. 



Vassar Brothers' Institute. 



Address. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



History. Incorporated and organized in 1881. The building of the In- 

 stitute, presented by John Guy Vassar, was dedicated in Nov. 1882. 

 The Poughkeepsie Society of Natural Science (organized in Sept. 

 1874; incorporated Jan. 2, 1875) was merged in the Institute early in 



1882. 

 Object. To promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of science, 



literature and art, by investigating and discussing subjects appertaining thereto, 



and by establishing a museum, a library, and a collection of works of art and 



objects of historic interest in furtherance of such object. 

 Meetings. Tuesday, Nov. to Apr. 

 Membership. About 85 (annual dues, $i). 



Publications. 



Transactions of the Vassar brothers' institute and its scientific section. 

 v. 1-7, 1881/83-1894/96. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., [1883-96]. 8. 



Each vol. in 2 pts. : I. Transactions of the institute. II. Transactions of its 



scientific section. 



The debates and proceedings of the constitutional convention of the 

 state of New York assembled at Poughkeepsie on the I7th June, 1788. 

 A fac-simile reprint of an original copy in the Adriance memorial 

 library. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1905. 8. 

 Distribution. Exchange. 



Vassar College. 



Address. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



History. Incorporated in 1861 as Vassar Female College; opened for 

 students in 1865 ; present name since 1867. 



Ref.: Vassar college ... A sketch of its foundation, aims and resources, 

 etc. [By J. H. Raymond.] New York, 1873. 8. 



a Publ- Proceedings . . . v. I, fasc. 1-3, Nov. 9, i874-Jan. 10, 18/6. [Poughkeepsie, 

 N. Y., 1876]. 8. 



