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A partial index to the Proceedings . . . 1812 to 1880, by S. Salisbury, jr. To which is added a table of contents of all publications and reprints of the society to April, 1883, by Nathaniel Paine. Worcester, Mass., 1883. 8°.

Contents of the Proceedings

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1880-1903, comp. by Nathaniel Paine, with a list of the reprints of special papers, etc., 1883-1904. Worcester, 1905. 8°.

A catalogue of books in the library. . . Worcester, [1836]-37. 8°.
"An author alphabet, each letter paged independently and issued sepa-
rately." Price: $1.50.

Diary of Christopher Columbus Baldwin, librarian of the American
antiquarian society 1829-1835. Worcester, Mass., 1901. 8°.

Price: $3.

Distribution.-Exchange. On sale by the Librarian. Prices on application.

Clark University.

Address.-Worcester, Mass. President: G. Stanley Hall.

History. An institution for graduate work, founded by Jonas G. Clark and incorporated in 1887; opened for students in 1889.

Publications.

Clark university, 1889-99. Decennial celebration. Worcester, Mass.,
1899. 4°.

Publications of the Clark university library. v. I, 1903-05. Worcester,
Mass. [1903-05]. 8°.

v. 2 in progress, no. 1-5 issued July 1906-Aug. 1907. Includes Bibliography
of child study for 1902-06, by L. N. Wilson. 5 nos. (Earlier contribu-
tions pub. in the Pedagogical seminary from 1898 and issued also as
separates.)

Periodicals published at the university.

American journal of psychology. v. I-XVII, Nov. 1887-Oct. 1906.
Baltimore, 1887-89; Worcester, 1889-1906. 8°. q.

Ed. by G. Stanley Hall and others. Price: $5 per annum; single nos.
$1.50 each.

Pedagogical seminary; a quarterly international record of educational literature, institutions and progress. v. I-XIII, Jan. 1891-Dec. 1906. Worcester, Mass., [1891-1906]. 8°.

Ed. by G. Stanley Hall and others; organ of the Educational department of the university.

Price: $5 per annum; single nos. $1.50 each.

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 Association. 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 became the principal object of the society and accordingly its name was changed in 1866 to Worcester Lyceum and Natural History Association, 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. Worcester, 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: $1 per annum.

Distribution.-Exchange. On sale at the Institute.

Worcester Society of Antiquity.

Address.-39 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Mass. Librarian: Ellery B. Crane.

History-Instituted Jan. 1875; reorganized under the laws of Massachusetts, Mar. 6, 1877; incorporated Mar. 22 following. Library (about 20,000 volumes and 35,000 pamphlets) and museum.

Ref.: Proceedings, 1875-77, p. 9-18.—Historic homes and institutions . .
of Worcester Co., Mass., with a history of the Worcester society of
antiquity. Ed. by E. B. Crane. New York, Chicago, 1907. 4°. v. I,
p. xi-xvi.

Object.-To cultivate and encourage among its members a love and admiration for
antiquarian research and archæological science, and to rescue historical matter
from oblivion; to collect and preserve antique relics of every description.
Meetings.-Monthly, 1st Tuesday, in the society's library building, at above address.
Membership.-258 active (annual dues, $3); 15 life ($50); 12 honorary; 19
corresponding.

Publications.

COLLECTIONS . . . v. I-XV. Worcester, Mass., 1881-97. 8°.

v. 14 dated 1897; v. 15, 1895.

Issued in parts numbered 1-51 in order of publication but not always con-
secutive in the volumes; no. 2 is comprised in no. I and no. 4 in no. 3.
Include the following sub-series and monographs, which have special title-
pages and separate paging :
PROCEEDINGS

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1875/77-1896. Worcester, Mass., 1877-97. (no. 1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 17, 19-24, 26-27, 31, 35, 39-41, 45-47: in v. 1, 2, 5-7, 9, 13, 14.) For continuation, v. infra Proceedings, v. 16-20.

Worcester town records, 1722-1848, ed. by F. P. Rice. Worcester, Mass.,
1879-95. 7 v. (no. 6, 8, 14-16, 28-30, 32-34, 36-38, 48-51: in v. 2, 4, 8, 10,
11, 15.) The first 2 vols., 1722-53, numbered as bk. 1-2, have title Early
records of the town of Worcester; the last 4 vols., 1784-1848, pub. jointly
by the society and the city of Worcester.

Inscriptions from the old burial grounds in Worcester, Mass., from 1727 to
1859: with biographical and historical notes. 1878-[79]. (no. 4 in v. I.)
Records of the proprietors of Worcester, Mass., ed. by F. P. Rice. pt.
I-IV. 1881. (no. 9-12 in v. 3.)

Records of the Court of general sessions of the peace for the county of
Worcester, Mass., from 1731-1737. Ed. by F. P. Rice. 1882. (no. 18 in
v. 5.)

The abolitionists vindicated in a review of Eli Thayer's paper on the New
England emigrant aid company, by O. Johnson. 1887. (no. 25 in v. 7.)
Worcester births, marriages and deaths. Comp. by F. P. Rice. 1894. (no.
42-44 in v. 12.)

Continued as:

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PROCEEDINGS . . v. XVI-XX, 1897/99-1904. Worcester, Mass.,
1900-04[-6]. 8°.

v. 16 in 3 pts., numbered 52-54; v. 17 in 13 pts.; v. 18-20, each in 6 pts.
A list of historical, biographical, genealogical and other papers; burial
ground inscriptions; proprietary, town and court records; births, deaths
and marriages, contained in the 1st 15 vols. of Collections . . . : in
v. 16, p. 181-184. (Also separate.)

The following publication, issued Sept. 1898-Nov. 1899, is indexed with
v. 16:

Bulletin . . . no. 1-14. [Worcester, Mass., 1898-99.] 8°.

No more published under this title; continued by the monthly issues of Proceedings forming v. 17, no. 1-8, Jan. 1900-Feb. 1901. After the latter date the society resumed its earlier method of publishing its Proceedings at irregular intervals.

For separately published papers, see Griffin, Bibl. Amer. hist. soc. Distribution.-Exchange. On sale by the Librarian, who will supply price-list on application.

WYOMING.

University of Wyoming.

Address.-Laramie, Wyo.

History.-Established in 1886 by act of the Territorial legislature; opened for instruction in 1887. School of mines established in 1892.

SCHOOL OF MINES.

Publications.

Bulletin of the University geological survey of Wyoming. no. 1-7. 1893-1905. 8°.

Petroleum series. Bulletin no. 1-6. 1896-1903. 8°.

Wyoming Historical Society.

Address.-Cheyenne, Wyo. Address communications to the State Librarian.

History. Organized by the State Legislature in 1895. The work of the society is in charge of a board of 6 trustees appointed by the Governor, together with the Secretary of State and the State Librarian as ex officio members. Annual appropriation of $250; property of the society in custody of the State Librarian.

Object.-To collect books, maps, charts and other papers and materials illustrative of the history of this State in particular, and generally of the Northwest, as well as fossils, specimens of ores and minerals, and objects of curiosity connected

with the history of the State; to procure from pioneers narratives of their exploits, perils and adventures; to procure facts and statements relative to the history, progress and decay of the Indian tribes within the State.

Meetings. Meetings are not provided for by the law creating the society; called by request of the Secretary, Librarian or other members of the board. Publications.

Collections

v. I. Cheyenne, Wyo., 1897. 8°.

Lettered: Wyoming historical collections.

Ist-3d report . . . Cheyenne, Wyo., 1898-1903.
Serial numbering begins with no. 3.

Distribution.—Exchange with historical societies.

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