Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1830	According to a Wikipedia article Boston Society of Natural History, this Society was founded in 1830, and ceased to exist independently of the Boston Museum of Science after 1948. According to this Wikipedia article Boston Society of Natural History, this Society ceased to exist as such in 1948 - and "After World War II, under the leadership of Bradford Washburn, the society sold the Berkeley Street building, changed its name to the Boston Museum of Science. ... The cornerstone for the new Museum was laid at Science Park [in 1949] and a temporary building was erected to house the Museum's collections and staff. In 1951, the first wing of the new Museum officially opened."
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Boston USA	This location is supported by the name of the Society.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1830 - 1948	Boston Society of Natural History	A Wikipedia article Boston Society of Natural History and catalogue entries for its journals.

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
v. 1 - 7; 1834/37 - 1859/63.   A	Boston journal of natural history The corporate author is given as Boston Society of Natural History. "Containing papers and communications read to the Boston Society of Natural History." Continued by C. [Harvard Univ. cat.]	Boston J. Nat. Hist. [J. Kansas Entom. Soc., Vol. 46, No. 4 (Oct., 1973), p.499 cites 1, 1837.] Boston J. Natur. Hist. [J. Kansas Entom. Soc., Vol. 39, No. 3 (Jul., 1966), p.512 cites 6, 1850.] Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. [Copeia, Vol. 1960, No. 3 (Sep. 26, 1960), p.261 cites 6, 1849.] Boston Jour. Natur. Hist. [Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 48, No. 2 (Jun., 1994), p.190 cites 6, 1849.] Boston Journ. Nat. Hist. [Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., Vol. 18 (May, 1882 - May, 1883), p.425 cites III, 1840-41.] Boston Journ. Natur. Hist. [Folia Geobot. Phytotax., Vol. 8, No. 2 (1973), p.220 cites 5, 1845.] Boston Journal Nat. Hist. [Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. 37 (1885), p.15 cites vol. iii, 1849.]
v. 1 - 42, no. 2; 1841-Nov. 1942   B	Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History [Harvard Univ. cat.]	Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. [American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1913), p.339 cites vol. XXI, Feb. 1, 1882.] Proc. Boston Soc. Natur. Hist. [Ecology, Vol. 49, No. 6 (Nov., 1968), p.1163 cites 38, 1927.] Proceed. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. [Science, New Series, Vol. 272, No. 5259 (Apr. 12, 1996), p.282 cites 15 (1873).] Proceed. Boston Soc. Natur. Hist. [Z. Ethnol., 28. Jahrg. (1896), p.530 cites 1896.] Proceedings Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. [Botanical Gazette, Vol. 13, No. 5 (May, 1888), p.122 cites 1845-48.] Proceedings of Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. [Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jan., 1882) p.4 cites c 1882.]
v. 1 (1862) - v. 5, no. 11 (1904).   C	Memoirs read before the Boston Society of Natural History Continues A. Continued by E. [Harvard Univ. cat.]	Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. [Botanical Gazette, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Apr., 1907), p.292 cites 5, 1899.] Memoirs Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 25, No. 300 (Dec., 1891), p.1114 cites Vol. IV.]
v. 1 - 8; [1869] - Mar. 1941.   D	Occasional papers of the Boston Society of Natural History [Harvard Univ. cat.]	Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. [Crustaceana, Vol. 24, No. 3 (May, 1973), p.292 cites 1905.] Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Natur. Hist. [J. Kansas Entom. Soc., Vol. 39, No. 3 (Jul., 1966), p.512 cites 2, 1875.] Occ. Papers Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. [Auk, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Apr., 1937), p.234 cites 5, 1923.] Occ. Papers Boston Soc. Natur. Hist. [J. NY Entomol. Soc., Vol. 97, No. 4 (Oct., 1989), p.406 cites 1917.] Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. [Herpetologica, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Sep., 1974), p.298 cites 5, 1931] Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Natur. Hist. [Science, Vol. 165, No. 3900 (Sep. 26, 1969), p.1377 cites 8 (1933).] Occas. Papers Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. [Auk, Vol. 58, No. 3 (Jul., 1941), p.434 cites 8, 1941.] Occas. Papers Boston Soc. Natur. Hist. [Systematic Zoology, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Dec., 1961), p.195 cites 5, 1931.]
Vol. 6, no. 1 (1905) - vol. 9, no. 3 (1946)   E	Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History Continues C. [Harvard Univ. cat.]	Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. [Phil. Trans., B Vol. 211 (1923), p.210 cites 8, 1916.] Mem. Boston Soc. Natur. Hist. [Herpetologica, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Jun., 1970), p.232 cites 8, 1919.] Memoirs Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. [Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Dec., 1928), 256 cites Vol. 6, 1928.]
No. 1 (Dec. 1906) - no. 23 (June 1914)   F	Museum and Library bulletin The corporate author is given as Boston Society of Natural History. Continued by G. [Harvard Univ. cat.]
no. 1 - 79; Apr. 1915 - Apr. 1936   G	Bulletin of the Boston Society of Natural History Continues F. Continued by H. [Harvard Univ. cat.]	Bull. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. [J. Mammalogy, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Feb., 1928), p.77 cites no. 45 1927.] Bull. Boston Soc. Natur. Hist. [Herpetologica, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Jun., 1970), p.232 cites 63, 1932.]
No. 80 (July 1936) - no. 88 (July 1938).   H	Bulletin of the New England Museum of Natural History Continues G. Continued by I. [Harvard Univ. cat.]
v. [1] - 2 (no. 1-15); Dec. 1938 - Feb. 1942.   I	New England naturalist Continues H. [Harvard Univ. cat.]