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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Membership: Requires active interest in elec- 

 tron microscopy, industrial, biological, or tech- 

 nical. Total membership 174. 



Meetings: Bimonthly. 



Publications: International Bibliography of 

 Electron Microscopy, quarterly. 



Library: 8,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 Electron microscopy. 



1113. New York State Archeological Associa- 

 tion. State Education Building, Albany 1, 

 N. Y. President: Ralph S. Solecki, Colum- 

 bia University, New York 27, N. Y. Term 

 expires April 1, 1961. Secretary: Charles F. 

 Hayes III, 657 East Avenue, Rochester 7, 

 N. Y. Term expires April 1, 1961. 



History: Organized 1916; absolute charter 

 granted by Regents of University of the State 

 of New York 1927. Chapters : Archeological 

 Society of Western New York, Lancaster ; 

 Auringer-Seelye, Glens Falls ; Chenango, Sher- 

 burne ; Lewis Henry Morgan, Rochester ; Long 

 Island, Southold ; Mid-Hudson, Rhinebeck ; 

 Orange County, Warwick; Van Epps-Hartley, 

 Fonda. 



Purpose: To promote scientific archeological 

 and historical research relating to Indians of 

 New York State ; to coordinate work of ama- 

 teur and professional archeologists. 



Membership: Open to any person interested 

 in archeology and willing to subscribe to objects 

 of Association. Active members, 246 ; Sustain- 

 ing, 23 ; Junior, 16, Husband and Wife, 25 

 couples ; Honorary, 2 ; Life, 25 ; Members-at- 

 Large, 8. Total membership 370. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Fellowship; Achieve- 

 ment Award. 



Publications: Researches and Transactions, 

 triennial, current volume : 14, free to members. 

 Editor: Alfred K. Guthe. Bulletin, three an- 

 nually, current volume : 18, free to members. 

 Editor : Louis K. Brennan. 



Library: 2,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 Anthropological. 



1114. New York State Association of Public 

 Health Laboratories. New Scotland Avenue, 

 Albany 1, N. Y. President: Glenn J. Cope- 

 land, Clifton Springs Sanitarium and Clinic 

 Laboratory, Clifton Springs, N. Y. Term 

 expires May 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: 

 Mary B. Kirkbride, 314 State Street, Albany 

 10, N. Y. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1916; constitution adopted 

 November 12, 1919. Committees : Use of Lab- 

 oratory Facilities; Laboratory Services; Post- 

 graduate Training; Enumeration of Laboratory 

 Examinations. 



Purpose: To increase efficiency of laboratories 

 engaged in public health work in New York 

 State; to unify interests of their workers by 

 stimulating a spirit of common understanding 

 and cooperation, and to encourage constant 

 cfifort toward improvement and standardization 

 of technical methods. 



Membership: Active members, 140, fully quali- 

 fied representatives of laboratories approved by 

 State Commissioner of Health ; Associate, 148, 

 qualified workers in laboratories approved by 

 Commissioner of Health, and others actively in- 

 terested in work of this Association; Honorary, 

 8; Emeritus, 10. Total membership 306. 



Meetings: Two annually. 



Publications: Proceedings, twice annually, 

 current volume : 40, $1, free to members. Editor : 

 Mary B. Kirkbride. 



1115. New York State Capital District Branch, 

 American Psychiatric Association, Inc. Presi- 

 dent: Santino F. Lando, Ellis Hospital, 

 Schenectady, N. Y. Term expires May 12, 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Ian C. Funk, 

 Albany Hospital, Albany, N. Y. Term ex- 

 pires May 12, 1961. 



History: Organized February 5, 1957. Dis- 

 trict comprises following counties of New York 

 State : Albany, Columbia, Montgomery, Otsego, 

 Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, 

 Warren, and Washington. 



Purpose: To foster progress of and repre- 

 sent psychiatry in the New York State Capital 

 District, and to assist in promotion of aims 

 and objectives of American Psychiatric Asso- 

 ciation. 



Membership: Members, 35, members or asso- 

 ciates of American Psychiatric Association 

 with three years' experience in psychiatry ; As- 

 sociate, associate members of American Psy- 

 chiatric Association with less than three years 

 in psychiatry ; Honorary, individuals who have 

 rendered signal service to psychiatry. Total 

 membership 35. 



Meetings: Six annually. 



1116. New York State Geological Association. 



Department of Geology, City College, New 

 York 31, N. Y. President: Joseph L. Rosen- 

 holtz, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, 

 N. Y. Term expires May 1961. Permanent 

 Secretary: Kurt E. Lowe. 



History: Organized 1925. 



Purpose: To promote acquaintanceship and 

 exchange of information among geologists in 

 New York State and adjoining regions; to 

 foster better understanding of New York geol- 

 ogy by field meetings and publication of guide- 



