Maryland Academy of Sciences

Maryland Academy of Sciences

Founding of the Society

Year Authority / Notes

1797 A Brief History of the Maryland Academy of Sciences (supplied by the Maryland Science Center, which is run by the Maryland Academy of Sciences) gives the founding year of the Academy as 1797.
A Brief History of the Maryland Academy of Sciences indicates that the Academy began as an amateur scientific society, and in the early years the organization was quite informal. It also indicated that it was only in 1826 that the Academy was incorporated under the name of Maryland Academy of Science and Literature. The same source indicates that next 40 years were troubled times with irregular meetings, and in 1897, the organization was re-incorporated under its present title, The Maryland Academy of Sciences.
The history of this society is, however, fraught with difficulties. Both the Harvard Univ. cat. record and the Univ. Calif. cat. record for the Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Sciences (1888-1921) indicate that this journal was
designated "new series" in continuation of Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature, v.1, 1837. (This earlier academy was dissolved in 1844)
Yet the authority record in the Illinet cat for the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature indicates:
Not to be confused with Maryland Academy of Sciences, founded 1863. Its Constitution and by-laws of the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature, 1825. Founded 1822; incorporated 1826.
This latter authority record suggests that the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature was founded in 1822 [and evidently ceased to exist in 1844, according to the Harvard and Univ. Calif. cat records], yet had no relationship (or only a tenuous one) to the Maryland Academy of Sciences, which the authority record indicates was founded in 1863.
On interpretation of the above information is that:

the Academy began informally in 1797,
was formally founded in 1822 as the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature,
was incorporated under the latter name in 1826,
ceased, or became largely inactive, in 1844
was re-organized in 1863 as the Maryland Academy of Sciences, and
became formally incorporated under the latter name only in 1897.

Seat of the Society

City Authority / Notes

Baltimore, Maryland
United States of America Baltimore is the location of the Maryland Science Center (MSC), which was established after World War II by the Academy. The Academy is likely located in the same city, perhaps in the MSC iteself.

Name of the Society

Dates Name Authority

1822 - 1844 Maryland Academy of Science and Literature The beginning date is given by the authority record in the Illinet cat for the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature. The end date is given by the Harvard Univ. cat. record and the Univ. Calif. cat. record for the Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Sciences.

1863 - Maryland Academy of Sciences The beginning date is supported by the authority record in the Illinet cat for the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature.

No website found, as of 2003, December 3. There is, however, a Maryland Science Center website (the Centre was established by the Academy); under the menu item ABOUT MSC, there is some information on the parent body, the Maryland Academy of Sciences.

Journals of the Society

Years Full Journal Title Abbrev. Indexed
1837
(v.1)
A Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature
Scudder #3970a gives the title as: Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Sciences and Literature .
According to both the Harvard Univ. cat. record and the Univ. Calif. cat. record for B, the new ser. designation for B indicates that A is continued by B.
[Harvard Univ. cat.; Scudder #3970a]

1888 (Dec.) - 1908 (Sept.)
(new ser., v.1 - v.2);
1921 [Jan.?] - Dec.
(v.4, no.1 - no.3)

B Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Sciences
Designated "new series" in continuation of A, v.1, 1837. (This earlier academy was dissolved in 1844) Vol. 2 issued as follows: p. 1-18 dated June 1903; p. 19-26, Nov. 1905; p. 27-30, Sept. 1908. Vol. 3 not published?
Absorbed by C.
[Harvard Univ. cat.; Univ. Calif. cat.]

1921 (Feb.) - 1929 (Oct.)
(v.1 - v.8)
C Maryland Academy of Sciences Bulletin.
Continues B. Continued by D.
[Univ. Calif. cat.]

1930 - 1932
(v.1 - v.3, no.3)

D Journal of the Maryland Academy of Sciences
Continues C.
[Univ. Calif. cat.] Jour. Maryland Acad. Sci.
[Ecology, Vol. 23, No. 2. (Apr., 1942), p.173 cites 1, 1930.]
Journ. Maryland Acad. of Sci.
[Geographical Review, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Apr., 1931), p.346 cites Vol. 1, 1930.]

Maryland Academy of Sciences
Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1797	A Brief History of the Maryland Academy of Sciences (supplied by the Maryland Science Center, which is run by the Maryland Academy of Sciences) gives the founding year of the Academy as 1797. A Brief History of the Maryland Academy of Sciences indicates that the Academy began as an amateur scientific society, and in the early years the organization was quite informal. It also indicated that it was only in 1826 that the Academy was incorporated under the name of Maryland Academy of Science and Literature. The same source indicates that next 40 years were troubled times with irregular meetings, and in 1897, the organization was re-incorporated under its present title, The Maryland Academy of Sciences. The history of this society is, however, fraught with difficulties. Both the Harvard Univ. cat. record and the Univ. Calif. cat. record for the *Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Sciences* (1888-1921) indicate that this journal was designated "new series" in continuation of Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature, v.1, 1837. (This earlier academy was dissolved in 1844) Yet the authority record in the Illinet cat for the *Maryland Academy of Science and Literature* indicates: Not to be confused with Maryland Academy of Sciences, founded 1863. Its Constitution and by-laws of the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature, 1825. Founded 1822; incorporated 1826. This latter authority record suggests that the *Maryland Academy of Science and Literature* was founded in 1822 [and evidently ceased to exist in 1844, according to the Harvard and Univ. Calif. cat records], yet had no relationship (or only a tenuous one) to the *Maryland Academy of Sciences, which the authority record indicates was founded in 1863. On interpretation of the above information is that: the Academy began informally in 1797, was formally founded in 1822 as the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature, was incorporated under the latter name in 1826, ceased, or became largely inactive, in 1844 was re-organized in 1863 as the Maryland Academy of Sciences*, and became formally incorporated under the latter name only in 1897.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Baltimore, Maryland United States of America	Baltimore is the location of the Maryland Science Center (MSC), which was established after World War II by the Academy. The Academy is likely located in the same city, perhaps in the MSC iteself.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1822 - 1844	*Maryland Academy of Science and Literature*	The beginning date is given by the authority record in the Illinet cat for the *Maryland Academy of Science and Literature. The end date is given by the Harvard Univ. cat. record and the Univ. Calif. cat. record for the Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Sciences*.
1863 -	*Maryland Academy of Sciences*	The beginning date is supported by the authority record in the Illinet cat for the *Maryland Academy of Science and Literature*.
No website found, as of 2003, December 3. There is, however, a Maryland Science Center website (the Centre was established by the Academy); under the menu item *ABOUT MSC, there is some information on the parent body, the Maryland Academy of Sciences*.

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.	Indexed
1837 (v.1) A	*Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature* Scudder #3970a gives the title as: *Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Sciences and Literature* . According to both the Harvard Univ. cat. record and the Univ. Calif. cat. record for B, the *new ser.* designation for B indicates that A is continued by B. [Harvard Univ. cat.; Scudder #3970a]
1888 (Dec.) - 1908 (Sept.) (new ser., v.1 - v.2); 1921 [Jan.?] - Dec. (v.4, no.1 - no.3) B	*Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Sciences* Designated "new series" in continuation of A, v.1, 1837. (This earlier academy was dissolved in 1844) Vol. 2 issued as follows: p. 1-18 dated June 1903; p. 19-26, Nov. 1905; p. 27-30, Sept. 1908. Vol. 3 not published? Absorbed by C. [Harvard Univ. cat.; Univ. Calif. cat.]
1921 (Feb.) - 1929 (Oct.) (v.1 - v.8) C	*Maryland Academy of Sciences Bulletin.* Continues B. Continued by D. [Univ. Calif. cat.]
1930 - 1932 (v.1 - v.3, no.3) D	*Journal of the Maryland Academy of Sciences* Continues C. [Univ. Calif. cat.]	*Jour. Maryland Acad. Sci.* [Ecology, Vol. 23, No. 2. (Apr., 1942), p.173 cites 1, 1930.] *Journ. Maryland Acad. of Sci.* [Geographical Review, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Apr., 1931), p.346 cites Vol. 1, 1930.]