UNITED STATES 407 



Southern History Association. 

 Address, Washington, D. C. 



Secretary: Colyer Meriweather, P. O. Box 65. 

 History. Organized April 24, 1896. 



Ref.: Publications, v. i, p. i-n. 



Object. Study of the history of the Southern States, encouragement of original 

 research, discussion and conference among members, widening of personal ac- 

 quaintance, publication of work, and collection of historical materials. 



Meetings. Annually in Washington for the election of officers and transaction of 

 business ; time not fixed. 



Membership. About 250 (annual dues, $3; life composition, $30). 



Publications. 



PUBLICATIONS . . . v. I-X. Washington, D. C., 1897-1906. 8. 

 q., 1897-1900; bi-monthly, 1901 to date. 

 Prices: $3 a vol.; single numbers, $i each; v. 1-3, o. p. 



Extra volume I : Index to names of persons and churches in Bishop 



Meade's Old churches, ministers and families of Virginia, by J. M. 

 Toner. Rev. by H. A. Morrison. Washington, D. C., 1898. 8. 



Issued as supplement to v. 2, no. 4. Price: $3. 

 Distribution. On sale by the Secretary. 



Washington Academy of Sciences. 



Address. Washington, D. C. Secretary: Frank Baker, Zoological Park, 

 Washington, D. C. 



History. Founded Feb. 16, and incorporated Feb. 18, 1898. Formed 

 by the action of the Joint Commission established by the scientific so- 

 cieties of Washington in 1888, and committees from the Anthropolog- 

 ical, Biological, Chemical, Entomological, National Geographic, Geo- 

 logical and Philosophical societies. The Academy acts as federal head 

 of the affiliated societies, to which have been added since the organiza- 

 tion of the Academy, the Archaeological, 6 Botanical, Engineers,* 1 Ameri- 

 can Foresters, 6 Columbia Historical, and Medical societies. 



Ref. : Proceedings, v. I, p. 1-14. Directory. 



a See American Chemical Society (p. 10). 



b See Washington Society of the Archaeological Institute of America (p. 47). 



"The Botanical Society of Washington was organized Nov. 28, 1901, through the 

 consolidation of the Botanical Seminar and the Washington Botanical Club, founded 

 in 1893 and 1898 respectively. 86 members (annual dues, $3). Meetings, 4th Satur- 

 days, Oct. to May. No publications. 



^Washington Society of Engineers, organized Nov. 23, 1905. Monthly meetings, 3d 

 Tuesday, Oct. to May, at Hubbard Memorial Hall. 316 members (annual dues, $5). 

 No publications. 



e See Society of American Foresters (p. 88). 



