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Worcester Natural History Society. 



Address. 12 State Street (cor. Harvard), Worcester, Mass. 



History. Organized in 1854 as the Natural History department of the 

 Young Men's Library Association (founded 1852 and incorporated in 

 the following year), receiving from the American Antiquarian Society, 

 as the nucleus of a cabinet, the collection of specimens formerly owned 

 by the Worcester Lyceum of Natural History (active from 1825 to 

 1829). In 1856 the Worcester Lyceum (established 1829) was merged 

 with the association to form Worcester Lyceum and Library Associa- 

 tion. With the transfer of its library to the city of Worcester in 1859 to 

 form part of the Free Public Library, the study of natural history be- 

 came the principal object of the society and accordingly its name was 

 changed in 1866 to Worcester Lyceum and Natural History Associa- 

 tion, and again in 1884 to the present form. 



Ref.: Annual address of the President [Nathaniel Paine], 1870. 8. An 

 account of the Worcester lyceum and natural history association, by 

 Nathaniel Paine. Prepared for the International exhibition, 1876. Wor- 

 cester, 1876. 8. 



Meetings. Monthly. 



Membership. Active members limited to 50. 



Publications. 



Flora of Worcester county, by Joseph Jackson. Worcester, 1883. 8. 

 The physical geography of Worcester, by Joseph H. Perry. Worcester, 

 1898. 8. 



The geology of Worcester, Massachusetts. By Joseph H. Perry and 

 B. K. Emerson. Worcester, 1903. 8. 



Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 

 Address. Worcester, Mass. 



History. Incorporated in 1865 as Worcester County Free Institute of 

 Industrial Science; opened for instruction in 1868; present name 

 since 1887. 



Publications. 

 JOURNAL . . . v. I-X, 1897/98-1906/07. Worcester, [1898-1907]. 8. 



Issued bi-monthly, Nov.-July. 

 Price: $i per annum. 

 Distribution. Exchange. On sale at the Institute. 



