Quarterly Bulletin similar experiences. Seemingly as if in palliation, some years after Dr. Gorrie had made artificial ice in his laboratory, there was built in Apalachicola the first commercial ice factory in the world, and now there is a monument to him in Apalachicola, another in Washington, and a bridge on the Gulf coast and a school in Jacksonville are named in his honor. George A. Zabriskie ACTIVITIES OF THE SOCIETY THE Society has purchased an automobile, a panel truck of one ton capacity, which has already proved its usefulness in transporting gifts from their donors to the Society's building. During the summer, Mr. Wall, the Director, traveled eight thousand miles across these United States, and studied the important history museums, libraries, and historical societies in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, the South, and the Far West, to learn of the source material available, the extent of their collecting, and the special activities being carried on throughout the country. A 96-page Survey of the Manuscript Collections in The New- York Historical Society, compiled by Miss Susan E. Lyman, the Curator of Manuscripts, has just been printed. Its publication fills a long-felt need of making known to students the wealth of manuscripts gathered and preserved by the Society during the past one hundred and thirty-seven years. A copy will be sent without charge to any member who requests it. We hope that similar lists may soon be published for such valuable collections owned by the Society as early imprints, views of New Yirk City, and the ships of New Yirk Harbor. The Society opened the fall season on September 2nd with an exhibition of American Certificates and Diplomas, from its own collections, dating from the early 18th century and covering a period of nearly two hundred years. There were shown 127