Aug. 18— "Jessie Benton Fremont — A Great American," by Dr. James A. B. Scherer.
Sept. 29— "Cabrillo and California, 1 542-1942," by Dr. Max Savelle.
Oct. 27— "The Early Relations of California with British Columbia," by Judge Frederic
W. Howay. Nov. 17— "The California Academy of Sciences and the Early History of Science in
the West," by Dr. Robert Cunningham Miller.
NEW DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
In January Mr. Anson Blake was elected to the Board of Directors, to take the place of Mr. J. K. Moffitt, who could not serve because of pressure of other work. In June, Mr. Allen L. Chickering was elected to the Board to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Robert E. Cowan. At the same time, Mr. Aubrey Drury was elected secretary and Dr. George D. Lyman was elected treasurer, to succeed Ensign Warren R. Howell, who had resigned as secretary-treasurer to go into active service as a member of the U. S. Naval Reserve. At the Board meeting on August 25, Mr. John D. Galloway was elected to fill the vacancy on the Board caused by Ensign Howell's resignation.
GIFTS AND LOANS
For gifts and loans of books, pamphlets, pictures, maps, manuscripts, and historical items, the Society is indebted to the following:
Alameda County Library, Mr. Harris S. Allen, Automobile Association of Southern California, Binfords & Mort, Miss Alma Birmingham, Mr. Anson S. Blake, Mae Helene B. Boggs, Book Club of California (The Albert Bender Fund), Mr. Frederick J. Bowlen, Mrs. Philip R. Bradley, Miss Frances Bramhall, Mr. Thomas P. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Warner Brown, Mrs. Edna B. Buckbee, Mr. W. E. Burden, Jr., California Railroad Commission, Mrs. Martha W. Caughlan, Mr. Allen L. Chickering, Miss Fanny J. Chipman, Mrs. Edmond D. Coblentz, Mrs. E. M. Coffin, Dr. Peter T. Conmy, Mr. Mortimer
E. Cooley, Mr. Templeton Crocker, Mr. James H. R. Cromwell, Hon. Homer D. Crotty, Mr. William H. S. Demarest, Miss Lucie Dobbie, Mr. C. S. Donning, Mr. Aubrey Drury, Miss Alice Eastwood, Mr. William T. Ellis, Mrs. Milton H. Esberg, Mr. Francis P. Farquhar, Mr. Joseph Fauntleroy, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Mr. James K. Fisk, Mr. J. H. Furst, Mr. John D. Galloway, Mr. Vallejo Gantner, Mrs. Frances T. Gardner, Mr. Arthur Gradwohl, Mr. Louis W. Hage, Mr. H. S. Hamlin, Miss Ray Harris, Mrs. Jerome A. Hart, Mr. Robert P. Hastings, Miss Edith Hecht, Dr. Robert F. Heizer, Mr. H. Hewlett, Miss Alice Hilgard, Mr. B. F. Howard, Mr. John Howell, Mr. John Thomas Howell, Ensign Warren R. Howell, Dr. Rockwell D. Hunt, The Huntington Library, Mrs. A. Jannapolis, Mr. Abraham Kamber, Miss Florence R. Keene, Mr. Glenn A. Kennedy, Mr. Lawton R. Kennedy, Mr. Edmund G. Kinyon, Miss Bertha A. Kirkpatrick, Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, Mr. Robert J. Koshland, George H. Kress, M.D., Mr. Carl Larson, A. T. Leonard, Jr., M.D., Mr. R. G. Lillard, Mrs. Hans Lisser, Los Angeles City College, George D. Lyman, M.D., Mr. M. Hall McAllister, Rev. Francis
F. McCarthy, C. K. McClatchy Senior High School, Mr. Augustin S. Macdonald, Mrs. Charles E. MacKenzie, Lt. Comdr. J. F. MacMullen, Mr. Douglas C. McMurtrie, Mr. J. W. Mailliard, Jr., Mrs. Alice B. Maloney, Mr. Garfield D. Alerner, Mr. George A. Merrill, Meyer Supply Company, Mr. Franklin Mittau, Montana State University Library, National Society of Colonial Dames of America, Norwegian-American Historical Association, Capt. R. E. O'Neill, Mrs. Silas H. Palmer, Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies, Mr. Emmet Perry, Polish Roman Catholic Union Archives and Museum, Dr. Charles P. Porter, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Mr. Milton Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Rhein, The Roxburghe Club, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, San Mateo County Historical Association, The Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation, Inc., Miss Sue
