Northeastern Section - 40th Annual Meeting (March 14–16, 2005)

Introduction: Twenty-five years ago I recognized the need for a journal devoted to the history of the earth sciences. In 1982 Ellis Yochelson and I founded the History of Earth Sciences Society and the Journal Earth Sciences History. I was likewise involved in forming the British History of Earth Sciences Society to which John Thackray recruited me. Many of the geological societies have now organized symposia in the history of geology, and the field is flourishing. After 24 years of publication our journal has become sophisticated, as more people seem to be interested in the field

REV. AUGUSTUS WING AND BEEKMANTOWN STRATIGRAPHY

THE PEACH BOTTOM SLATE IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA - ONCE THE BEST BUILDING SLATE IN THE WORLD

EBENEZER EMMONS (1799-1863) FATHER OF THE TACONIC SYSTEM

WALCOTT AT SARATOGA, NEW YORK, 1877-1878

HENRY S. WILLIAMS AND THE SARATOGA SPRINGS COURT CASE - 1908-1913

GEOLOGISTS ELECTED FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA, 1883-1932

WINIFRED GOLDRING (1888-1971), NEW YORK PALEONTOLOGIST

GEOLEX—THE U.S. GEOLOGIC NAMES LEXICON

THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF FRACTURES WITHIN THE BEEKMANTOWN GROUP CARBONATES OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE