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SOUTH BETHLEHEM, PA. 



Lehigh University. 



Address. South Bethlehem, Pa. 



History. Founded in 1866. Sayre Observatory erected about 1876. 



Publications. 



Astronomical papers, v. I, pt. I South Bethlehem, Pa., 1907. fol. 



Results of observations with the zenith telescope 1904-5 ; those for 1894-5 



were published in Trans. Amer. phil. soc., v. 20. 

 Distribution. Exchange. 



The Engineering Society of Lehigh University (1873-98) published 

 Journal . . . v. I-V. Bethlehem, 1885-90. 8. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Huguenot Society of South Carolina. 



Address. Charleston, S. C. 



President : Rev. Robert Wilson, 75 Coming Street. 



History. Founded and incorporated in 1885. 

 Ref.: Transactions, no. i. 



Object. Perpetuation of the memory of the Huguenots and commemoration of 

 the principal events in their history; discovery, collection and preservation of 

 all still existing documents, monuments, &c., relating to the genealogy or history 

 of the Huguenots of America in general, and of those of South Carolina in 

 particular. 



Meetings. 2 regular meetings each year, Apr. 13 (anniversary meeting) and Oct. 22. 



Membership. 264, classed as resident, corresponding and honorary (annual dues of 

 resident and corresponding, $i ; life composition, $20). Membership confined to 

 descendants of Huguenot families, pastors of French Huguenot congregations in 

 South Carolina, writers on the history, genealogy, etc., of the Huguenots. 



Publications. 



TRANSACTIONS ... no. 1-12. Charleston, S. C., 1889-1905. 8. 

 Table of contents of no. 1-12: in no. 12, p. 61-64. 



Price: 40c. per number for members; 6oc. for non-members; no. i, 3, o. p. 

 Distribution. Exchange. On sale by Dr. J. Bachman Chisolm, 26 Broad Street. 



South Carolina Historical Society. 



Address. Charleston, S. C. Secretary-Treasurer and Librarian: Miss 

 Mabel L. Webber. 



History. Founded May 19, 1855 ; organization completed June 2 follow- 

 ing; incorporated by the legislature of South Carolina in 1856. Does 

 not receive state aid a . 



The Historical Commission of South Carolina, established in 1894, was reorganized 

 by Act of the General assembly, approved Feb. 20, 1905, to have the care and custody 

 of the official archives of the State, to collect and preserve materials relating to its 

 history and to publish historical documents. Secretary: A. S. Salley, jr. 



