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Geographical Society

AMER- ICAN, a society organized in 1852 for the purpose of investigating and disseminating geographical knowledge. The headquarters of the society are located in New York City and contain a valuable library of over 50,000 volumes. The executive council of the society awards yearly two gold medals, the Collum and th the Daly me medals, named respectively after their founders. The society publishes a monthly bulletin. Its collections and library are open for free reference and inspection to the public.

The membership of the society is about 4,000.