UNITED STATES 361 



WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION. 



An organization of officers, graduates, and friends of the university, devoted 

 to the furtherance of its work and the extension of its usefulness and in- 

 fluence throughout the community. Its principal activity is the maintenance 

 of a series of public lectures. Annual dues, $3. 



Publications. 



BULLETIN . . . v. I-V, 1903-1907. St. Louis, [1903-07]. 4. 



I vol. annually, containing scientific and literary papers read before the 



association. 

 Price: SQC. a vol. On sale by the Secretary. 



ST. PAUL, MINN. 



North-West Railway Club. 



Address. 35 and 37 E. 3d Street, St. Paul, Minn. Secretary: T. W. 

 Flannagan, Guaranty Building-, Minneapolis, Minn. 



History. Organized in 1894. 



Object. Professional improvement and social intercourse. 



Meetings. Monthly, Sept. to May inclusive, alternately in St. Paul and Minne- 

 apolis. 

 Membership. About 400. 



Publications. 



Official proceedings, v. I-X. St. Paul, Minn., 1895-1905. 8. 

 Price: $2 a year (9 nos.). 



SALEM, MASS. 



Essex Institute. 



Address. Salem, Mass. Secretary: George Francis Dow. 



History. Formed in 1848 (act of incorporation approved Feb. 12, 1848) 

 by the union of the Essex Historical Society (founded and incorporated 

 in 1821) and the Essex County Natural History Society (founded 

 1833, incorporated 1836). Consists of 3 departments: history, natural 

 history and fine arts. Maintains an historical museum. Library of 

 about 96,000 bound volumes and 335,000 pamphlets. Natural history 

 collections in charge of the Peabody Academy of Science. 



Ref. : The first half century of the Essex institute. (In Bulletin, v. 30.) 



Visitors' guide to Salem. 1902. 



Object. Promotion of history, science and art in Essex County. 

 Meetings. Monthly, ist Monday, at its rooms, 132 Essex Street. Annual courses 

 of free public lectures and occasional field meetings. 



a Publ.: Journal . . . Salem, 1852. i v. 8. Issued in 3 numbers, no. i, 1836; 

 no. 2, 1839; no. 3 & vol. t.-p., 1852. 



