124 



SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



and anthropology, particularly in relation to 

 Indians of North Carolina ; to strive for proper 

 conservation and exploration of archaeological 

 sites. 



Membership: Prospective members should 

 demonstrate scholarly interest in and support 

 of aims and objectives of this Society. Active 

 members, 174; Sustaining, 35. Total member- 

 ship 209. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Merit Award, annual, 

 to a Society member. 



Publications: Newsletter, irregular, current 

 volume : 38, free to members. Editor : Jofifre L. 

 Coe. Southern Indian Studies, annual, current 

 volume : 10, free to members. Editor : Joffre L. 

 Coe. 



372. Archaeological Society of Ohio. 65 North 

 Foster Street, Norwalk, Ohio. President: 

 Harley W. Glenn, 2011 West Devon Road, 

 Columbus 12, Ohio. Term expires May 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Arthur George Smith. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized by group from the Ohio 

 Indian Relic Collectors Society, whose member- 

 ship was absorbed; incorporated March 1955; 

 has several small chapters. Technical committee : 

 Fraudulent Artifacts. 



Purpose: To discover and conserve ar- 

 chaeological sites and material within the state 

 of Ohio ; to seek and promote a better under- 

 standing among students and professional and 

 amateur collectors of such material. 



Membership: Active, 530, professional and 

 nonprofessional persons interested in archaeol- 

 ogy, of good character, over eighteen years 

 of age ; no residence requirements ; Junior, Z7, 

 fifteen to eighteen years of age; Institutional. 30; 

 Honorary, by vote of trustees in token of out- 

 standing service to archaeology. Total member- 

 ship 597. 



Meetings: Five meetings a year, three indoor, 

 and two at some large site. 



Publications: Ohio Archaeologist, quarterly, 

 current volume: 10, $1. Editor: E. W. Atkinson, 

 420 Chatham Road, Columbus 14, Ohio. 



373. Archeological Society of New Jersey. New 



Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N. J. Presi- 

 dent: Donald Dilatush, Robbinsville, X. J. 

 Term expires January 1962. Secretary: Mrs. 

 Kathryn B. Greywacz. Term expires January 

 1962. 



History: Organized November 1931, incorpor- 

 ated May 1940. Committee: Research. 



Purpose: To promote and encourage the study 

 of archeology ; to preserve important archeol- 



ogical sites, monuments, and artifacts ; to assist 

 in the development of a museum for display and 

 preservation of archeological materials ; to 

 record and preserve data on the foregoing and 

 to exchange archeological information with 

 other organizations. 



Membership: Open to persons interested in 

 the purposes of the Society. Total membership 

 432. 



Meetings: Quarterly. 



Professional activities: Archeological field 

 work. 



Publications: Bulletin, semiannual, current 

 volume: 15-16, $1.50, free to members; News 

 Letter, quarterly, current volume; 51, $.25, free 

 to members. Editor: J. Alden Mason. 



374. Arctic Institute of North America. 3485 

 University Street, Montreal 2, Que. United 

 States offices : 2 East 63rd Street, New '^'ork 

 21, N. Y. ; 1530 P Street, N. W., Washington 

 5, D. C. Chairman: C. S. Lord, Geological 

 Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ont. Term ex- 

 pires December 1960. Secretary: M. J. 

 Dunbar, McGill University, Montreal 2, Que. 

 Term expires December 1962. 



History: Organized 1944. 



Purpose: To encourage and promote scientific 

 research in the polar regions and to act as a 

 coordinating center for polar research in North 

 America. 



Membership: 2,400. Members must have a 

 general interest in polar regions. 



Meetings: Monthly, October to May. 



Professional activities: Approximately 350 

 research projects supported since 1945. 



Publications: Arctic, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 13, $5. Editor : P. F. Bruggemann. 



Library: 4,000 volumes on polar regions and 

 related topics. 



375. Arizona Academy of Science, c/o Edwin 

 B. Kurtz, Department of Botany, University 

 of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. President: William 

 H. Woodin, P. O. Box 5602, Tucson, Ariz. 

 Term expires April 1961. Secretary: Edwin 

 B. Kurtz. Term expires April 1961. 



History: Founded 1956. Supports a Junior 

 Academy. Sections include : Anthropology, 

 Biology, Geography, Geology, Physics, Astron- 

 omy ; affiliated societies of state scientific organ- 

 izations. Affiliated with the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science. 



Purpose: To stimulate scientific research and 

 edlucation, encourage publication, and unify the 

 scientific interests of the state. 



Membership: Interest in the Academy's objec- 

 tives and sponsorship by two regular members. 



