TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Preface v 



Brief History of the Association i 



The Period to 1850 1 



The Period from 1851 to i860 8 



The Period from 1861 to 1870 13 



The Period from 1871 to 1880 20 



The Period from 1881 to 1890 28 



The Period from 1891 to 1900 33 



The Period from 1901 to 1910 38 



The Period from 191 1 to 1920 44 



The Period from 1921 to 1940 46 



Statistical Data — Annual Meetings 50 



Statistical Data — The Pacific Division 50 



Statistical Data — The Southwestern Division 51 



Annual Sigma Xi Lectures 52 



Annual Phi Beta Kappa Lectures 52 



Annual Maiben Lectures 53 



The John Wesley Powell Lectures 53 



Meetings, 1848-1940 54 



Meetings of the Association 54 



Meetings of the Pacific Division , 55 



Meetings of the Southwestern Division 55 



General Officers, 1848-1940 56 



Roll of the Presidents 56 



Permanent Secretaries 57 



General Secretaries 57 



Assistant Secretaries 57 



Treasurers 57 



Articles of Incorporation 60 



Constitution of the Association 61 



By-Laws and Rules of Procedure 63 



Officially Associated Societies 66 



Organization and Operation of the Association 71 



History of the Constitution 7 1 



Classes of Members 7-' 



Annual Dues of Members 74 



The Council 74 



Election of the President 75 



The Executive Committee 75 



The Sections 76 



Divisions of the Association 76 



Local Branches ~ 77 



Affiliated and Associated Societies 78 



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