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- Title
THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF NEW BRUNSWICK LIBRARY: SUPPORTING GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE.
- Authors
BUHAY, DIANE N.; MILLER, RANDALL F.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the Natural History Society of New Brunswick based in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, which operated from 1862 until 1932. The organization was responsible for geological research and public education. The society's lead geologist was George Matthew who published more than 200 scientific papers. The society published the "Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick" from 1862 until 1917 which published over 800 lectures and speeches. The society was created in part to provide a scientific library for amateur scientists and was important because the Great Fire of 1877 destroyed many local personal libraries, but the society's library collection remained untouched. The society's library was the basis for the collection of the New Brunswick Museum.
- Subjects
SAINT John (N.B.); NEW Brunswick; CANADA; NATURAL history societies; MATTHEW, George; NATURAL history education; AMATEURS; LYCEUMS; NATURAL history; HISTORY of New Brunswick, Canada
- Publication
Earth Sciences History, 2010, Vol 29, Issue 1, p146
- ISSN
0736-623X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17704/eshi.29.1.v58q7t8676308377