Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1817	According to its website (), this Academy was founded in 1817 as the Lyceum of Natural History in the City of New York. It should be noted that the Lyceum was founded only three years after the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York. The two became rivals, in a sense, although the Lyceum was founded with a distinctly narrower scope, namely natural history. Not long after the founding of the Lyceum, the Society went into a protracted decline; its last recorded meeting occurred in 1834. By contrast, the Lyceum still exists, but under the name of New York Academy of Sciences.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
New York City United States of America	This location is supported by its website ().
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1817 - 1874	Lyceum of Natural History in the City of New York	Its website () gives this as the founding name; its publications gives this name for 1870, Apr. 4 - 1874, June 1.
1824 - 1877, June	Lyceum of Natural History of New-York	Its publications.
1877, July	New York Academy of Sciences	Its publications.
New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1824 - 1877, June (Vol.1, pt. the 1st - v.11, no.11-12)   A	Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York Continued by C. Indexed RSLC [Library of Congress cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.]	Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. N. York [Phil. Trans., B Vol. 215 (1927), p.168 cites vol. 9 (1868).] Ann. New York Lyceum Nat. Hist. [J. Am. Geog. Soc. N. Y., Vol. 30, No. 5. (1898), p.404 cites IX, 1870.] Annals Lyceum Nat. Hist., New York [Phil. Trans., B Vol. 179 (1888), p.386 cites 1874.] Annals of the Lyceum of Nat. Hist. N.Y. [Phil. Trans., B Vol. 199 (1908), p.226 cites vol. 8, 1866.] New York, Annal. Lyceum [RSLC, v.1, p.lvi] New York, Lyceum Annals [RSLC, v.9, p.xxiv]
1870, Apr. 4 - 1874, June 1 ([1st ser., no.1] - 2nd ser., no.4)   B	Proceedings of the Lyceum of Natural History in the City of New York Series 1 comprises 300 pages, apparently issued as a volume; ser. 2 has 156 pages, issued in numbers as follows: [no. 1] Jan. 3-Mar. 3, 1873; [no. 2] Mar. 10-June 2, 1873; no. 3, Oct. 6-Dec. 22, 1873; no. 4, Jan. 5-June 1, 1874. Indexed RSLC [Harvard Univ. cat.]	New York Lyceum, Proc. [RSLC, v.7, p.xxii]
1877, July - (v. 1- )   C	Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences The entry in the RSLC, v.9, p.xxiv gives the title (for v.1, 1879 - v.2, 1882) as Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, late Lyceum of Natural History. The entry in the RSLC, v.13, p.lxvii also gives the latter title for v.3, 1883/1885 - v.14, 1901/1903. Issues for Jan. 1899-Oct. 1938 include D. Continues A. Indexed RSLC [Harvard Univ. cat.]	Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. [Phil. Trans., B Vol. 196 (1904), p.100 cites vol. 13, 1900.] Annals N.Y. Acad. Sci. [Phil. Trans., Vol. 198. (1906), p.403 cites vol.11 (1898).] N. Y. Ac. Ann. [RSLC, v.13, p.lxvii] New York Acad. Annals [RSLC, v.9, p.xxiv]
1881, Oct. - 1897, Dec. (v.1 - 16); 1938, Nov. - 1983 (ser.2, v.1 - 41)   D	Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences The entry in the RSLC, v.9, p.xxiv gives the title (for v.1, 1881 - v.2, 1883) as Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences, late Lyceum of Natural History. The entry in the RSLC, v.13, p.lxvii also gives the latter title for v.3, 1885 - v.16, 1898. Issues for Jan. 1899-Oct. 1938 published in C. Indexed RSLC [Harvard Univ. cat.]	N. Y. Ac. Trans. [RSLC, v.13, p.lxvii] New York Acad. Trans. [RSLC, v.9, p.xxiv] Trans. N.Y. Acad. Sci. [Phil. Trans., A Vol. 187 (1896), cites vol.13, 1893.]
1895 -   E	Memoirs (New York Academy of Sciences) Indexed RSLC [Harvard Univ. cat.]	N. Y. Ac. Mem. [RSLC, v.13, p.lxvii]