Association of American Geologists and Naturalists

Founding of the Society

Year	Authority / Notes
1840 – 1848	According to Kraus (1921), the American Geological Society was founded in 1819 at Yale College. The membership included the illustrious Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864). The Society was short-lived, going out of existence in 1828. Kraus follows this discussion by going on to the Association of American Geologists. Although Kraus does not spell it out, it seems clear that the American Geological Society was in some sense a precursor to the Association of American Geologists. Kraus (1921) indicates that the Association of American Geologists held its first meeting in Philadelphia on 1840, April 2. According to the Archives area of the American Association for the Advancement of Science website , the Association of American Geologists was founded in 1840, and in 1842, it became the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists. The Association ceased to exist on 1848, September 20, when its members convened to resolve their society into a new organization: the American Association for the Advancement of Science .

Year

Authority / Notes

1840 – 1848

According to Kraus (1921), the American Geological Society was founded in 1819 at Yale College. The membership included the illustrious Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864). The Society was short-lived, going out of existence in 1828. Kraus follows this discussion by going on to the Association of American Geologists. Although Kraus does not spell it out, it seems clear that the American Geological Society was in some sense a precursor to the Association of American Geologists.

Kraus (1921) indicates that the Association of American Geologists held its first meeting in Philadelphia on 1840, April 2.

According to the Archives area of the American Association for the Advancement of Science website , the Association of American Geologists was founded in 1840, and in 1842, it became the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists. The Association ceased to exist on 1848, September 20, when its members convened to resolve their society into a new organization: the American Association for the Advancement of Science .

Seat of the Society

City	Authority / Notes
Philadelphia United States of America	Kraus (1921) gives the founding city as Philadelphia. It should be noted that the publications of this Association indicate that their meetings were also held in Boston and New Haven.

Name of the Society

Dates	Name	Authority
1840 - 1842	Association of American Geologists	The Archives area of the American Association for the Advancement of Science website .
1842 - 1848	Association of American Geologists and Naturalists	The Archives area of the American Association for the Advancement of Science website .

Journals of the Society

Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1840/1842 [pub. 1843] (1st/3rd) A	Reports of the first, second, and third meetings of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, at Philadelphia in 1840 and 1841, and at Boston in 1842. Embracing its Proceedings and Transactions. Continued by B. Indexed RSLC [Harvard Univ. cat.]	Amer. Geol. and Nat. Assoc. Reports RSLC, v.1, p.xiv
1845 (6th) B	Abstract of the Proceedings of the sixth annual meeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, held in New Haven, Conn., April, 1845. Continues A. Indexed RSLC [Harvard Univ. cat.]	Amer. Geol. Nat. Assoc. Proc. RSLC, v.7, p.v & v.9, p.vii

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