Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1807	According to an authority record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat., this Society was founded in 1807 as the Cercle Littéraire.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Lyon France	This location is supported by its name.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1807	Cercle Littéraire	An authority record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. gives this founding date and name.
1839 at latest - 1869	Société Littéraire de Lyon	A catalogue record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. establishes this name from 1839, Dec.27: Montherot, F. de À MM. les membres de la Société littéraire. [Signé : de Montherot. (27 décembre 1839.)] (Note: Société littéraire de Lyon.) Its journals establish this name from 1858-1869.
1870 - 1949	Société Littéraire, Historique et Archéologique de Lyon	Its publications.
1950 - 2015?	Société Historique, Archéologique et Littéraire de Lyon	Its publications.
2015? -	Société d'Histoire de Lyon	In the section of its website () devoted to its publications, it seems clear that this name was in use as early as 2015.
Société d'Histoire de Lyon = Society of History of Lyon

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1858/1860 [1861] (1.)   A	Publications de la Société Littéraire de Lyon Continued by B. [Zeitschriftendatenbank(ZDB)]
1860/1861 - 1868 [1862 - 1869]   B	Mémoires de la Société Littéraire de Lyon : Littérature, Histoire, Archéologie Continues A. Continued by C. [Zeitschriftendatenbank(ZDB)]
1869 - 1898/1902 [1870 - 1903]   C	Mémoires de la Société Littéraire, Historique et Archéologique de Lyon Continues B. Continued by D. [Zeitschriftendatenbank(ZDB)]	Mémoire de la Société littéraire ... de Lyon [Technology Culture, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Winter, 1966), p.27 cites 1874-75.] Mémoires de la Société littéraire de Lyon [Speculum, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Oct., 1964), p.642 cites 1874-1875.]
1904/1905 - 1945/1949 (1. - 17.)   D	Bulletin de la Société Littéraire, Historique et Archéologique de Lyon Continues C. Continued by E. [Zeitschriftendatenbank(ZDB)]
1950/1951 - (18. -)   E	Bulletin de la Société Historique, Archéologique et Littéraire de Lyon Continues D. [Zeitschriftendatenbank(ZDB)]