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Report of the proceedings . . . on the occasion of the [ii5th]-i27th 

 anniversary of the battle and massacre of Wyoming, July 3, 1893- 

 July3, 1905. [Wilkes-Barre, 1893-1905]. 13 nos. 8. y. 



1893 has title Historical address by E. G. Scott [etc.] ; 1894, Proceedings . . . 

 Price: SDC. per number. 



Distribution. Exchange with historical societies ; free distribution to libraries on 

 request. On sale by the Secretary. 



Wyoming Historical and Geological Society. 



Address. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Corresponding Secretary and Librarian: 

 Horace E. Hayden. 



History. Founded Feb. u, 1858; incorporated May 8, following; rein- 

 corporated Jan. 15, 1883. Includes in its field the counties of Luzerne, 

 Lackawanna and Wyoming. Library of about 18000 volumes and 

 pamphlets; geological collection of about 12000 specimens, including 

 the Lacoe and Scharar collections of Paleozoic fossils; ethnological 

 collections of 15000 specimens, and cabinet of numismatics. Housed 

 since 1893 m a building erected for the society by the trustees of the 

 Osterhout Free Library. 



Ref.: The educational value of the society, by Henry L. Jones. (In Pro- 

 ceedings, v. 7, p. 68-77.) A local geological society. (In Mines and 

 minerals, v. 22, no. i. Aug. 1901, p. 2.) 



Object. Chartered for literary, scientific and historical purposes, the collection and 

 maintenance of a library and museum, and especially the collection and preser- 

 vation of relics and records connected with and calculated to elucidate the history 

 of Wyoming Valley and its vicinity. 



Meetings. Annual meeting, Feb. 1 1 ; quarterly meetings, 2d Friday in May, Sept 

 and Dec. Special meetings as called. 



Membership. 212 active (annual dues, $5) ; 118 life ($100) ; 12 honorary; 40 cor- 

 responding. 



Publications. 



PROCEEDINGS AND COLLECTIONS . . . v. I-IX, 1858-1904. Wilkes- 

 Barre, Pa., 1858/84-1905. 8. 



None pub. between 1886 and 1899. i vol. yearly since 1899. 



v. i consists of 8 pts. issued 1858-84, as Publication no. 1-8. 4 editions of 



v. i, no. i pub. 1858-69. 

 A bibliography of the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, by Rev. H. E. 



Hayden: in v. 2, pt. I, p. 86-131. 



Pamphlets consisting principally of papers read during the period 

 when publication of the Proceedings and collections was suspended. 

 (See list of publications in v. 8). 



Distribution. Exchange. On sale by the Secretary who will furnish printed 

 price-list on application. 



