Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1857	According to an entry in the Encyclopedia of Chicago entitled Chicago Academy of Sciences, the Academy was founded in 1857 and chartered in 1865.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
CITY COUNTRY	This location is supported by the name of the Academy.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1865 -	Chicago Academy of Sciences	Catalogue records give this name as early as 1865. This name may have in use right from the start of its founding in 1857.
Chicago Academy of Sciences

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1.1865 1.1867 - 2.1870,1   1865-A	Proceedings of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 1.1865 This title was continued by Transactions of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 1.1867 - 2.1870,1 [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Chic. Acad. Sci. Trans. [Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Sep., 1949), p.415 cites 2, 1870.] Chicago Acad. Sci. Proc. [J. Paleontology, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Jul., 1967), p.1016 cites v 1, 1866.] Chicago Acad. Sci., Trans. [J. Paleontology, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Apr., 1937), p.190 cites vol. 1, 1868.] Chicago Acad. Sciences, Trans. [Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., Vol. 71, No. 1 (Spring, 1968), p.48 cites v.1, 1867.] Proc. Chicago Ac. Sc. [Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., Vol. 35, No. 152 (Nov., 1896), pp p.244 cites i.] Proc. Chicago Acad. Sci. [J. Paleontology, Vol. 35, No. 5 (Sep., 1961), p.1093 cites v. 1, 1866.] Tr. Chic. Ac. Sci. [Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc., Vol. 6 (1877), p.42 cites 1.] Trans. Chic. Ac. Sci. [Auk, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Jan., 1899), p.125 cites I, 1869.] Trans. Chic. Acad. of Sciences [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 29, No. 340 (Apr., 1895), p.393 cites Vol. I.] Trans. Chic. Acad. Sci. [Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Sep., 1949), p.411 cites 1, 1869.] Trans. Chicago Ac. Sc. [Auk, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Jul., 1904), p.381 cites I, 1869.] Trans. Chicago Ac. Sci. [Auk, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul., 1902), p.330 cites I, 1869.] Trans. Chicago Acad. of Sci. [Geographical Review, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Oct., 1935), p.670 cites Vol. 2, I870.] Trans. Chicago Acad. of Sciences [Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., Vol. 5 (May, 1860 - May, 1862), p.47 cites Vol. I, 1859.] Trans. Chicago Acad. Sci. [Condor, Vol. 57, No. 6 (Nov. - Dec., 1955), p.372 cites 1869.]
1.1883/86 - 4.1913; 5.1934/38 - 11.1959/78; 12.1980,1; 13.1985,1; 14.1989 - 15.1992/93; 16.1995,2 -   1883-A	Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Bul. Chicago Acad. Sci. [J. Mammalogy, Vol. 36, No. 2 (May, 1955), p.287 cites 5.] Bul. Chicago Acad. Sciences [J. Mammalogy, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Feb., 1953), p.14 cites 6. 1942.] Bull. Chic. Acad. Sci. [Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 132, No. 2 (Oct., 1994), p.307 cites 9, 1951.] Bull. Chicago Ac. Sci. [Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Mar., 1935), p.252 cites 5, 1934.] Bull. Chicago Acad. of Sci. [J. Mammalogy, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Feb., 1952), p.106 cites 5, 1938.] Bull. Chicago Acad. of Sciences [Auk, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Jan., 1936), p.114 cites Vol. 5, 1935.] Bull Chicago Acad Sc [Oecologia, Vol. 78, No. 1 (1989), p.40 cites 6, 1941.] Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. [Copeia, Vol. 1947, No. 2 (Jun. 30, 1947), p.143 cites 5, 1935.] Bull. Chicago Acad. Sciences [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 30, No. 349 (Jan., 1896), p.69 cites 1895.] Bull. Chicago Academy Sci. [Ecology, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Jan., 1968), p.110 cites 6, 1941.] Bull. of Chicago Acad. of Sci. [Botanical Gazette, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Mar., 1896), p.121 cites 2, 1891.] Bull. of the Chicago Acad. of Sciences [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Feb., 1886), p.148 cites 1885.] Bulletin Chicago Acad. Sci. [Science, New Series, Vol. 12, No. 309 (Nov. 30, 1900), p.822 cites II, 1900.] Bulletin of the Chicago Acad. of Sci. [Botanical Gazette, Vol. 19, No. 12 (Dec., 1894), p.507 cites 2, 1891.] Chic. Acad. Sc. Bull. [J. Mammalogy, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Nov., 1945), p.434 cites Vol. 6, 1941.] Chic. Acad. Sci. Bull. [Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Sep., 1949), p.417 cites 1, 1885.] Chicago Ac. Sci., B. [Herpetologica, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Sep. 4, 1940), p.13 cites 6, 1939.] Chicago Acad. Sci. Bull. [Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 63, No. 2 (Jun., 1951), p.112 cites 6, 1907.]
1.1896 - 2.1897 3.1898/1902 - 8.1927   1896-A	Bulletin of the Geological and Natural History Survey / Chicago Academy of Sciences 1.1896 - 2.1897 Continued by Bulletin of the Natural History Survey / Chicago Academy of Sciences 3.1898/1902 - 8.1927 [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Bull. Geol. & Nat. Hist. Surv. Chic. Acad. Sci. [Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Vol. 23, No. 6 (Jun. 30, 1896), p.254 cites 1, 1896.] Bull. ... Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey, Chicago Acad. Sciences [Science, New Series, Vol. 6, No. 136 (Aug. 6, 1897), p.207 cites II, 1897.] Bull. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. Chicago Acad. Sci. [Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Vol. 23, No. 8 (Aug. 20, 1896), p.325 cites I, 1896.] Bull. Nat. Hist. Surv. Chicago Ac. Sci. [Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Mar., 1935), p.253 cites 8, 1927.] Bull. ... Nat. Hist. Surv. Chicago Acad. Sci. [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 33, No. 388 (Apr., 1899), p.337 cites No.III, 1898.] Bull. Nat. Hist. Survey, Chicago Acad. Sci. [Ecology, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jul., 1931), p.496 cites 3, 1902.] Bull. ... of the Nat. Hist. Survey, Chicago Acad. of Sci. [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 41, No. 489 (Sep., 1907), p.596 cites Bull. 6.] Bull. ... of the Natural History Survey, Chicago Acad. Sciences [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 59, No. 662 (May - Jun., 1925), p.285 cites no.3, 1902.] Bulletin ... of the Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv. of the Chicago Acad. Sci. [Botanical Gazette, Vol. 21, No. 5 (May, 1896), p.309 cites No. 1, 1896.] Chic. Acad. of Sci., Nat. Hist. Sur., bull. [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 41, No. 488 (Aug., 1907), p.544 cites 6] Chic. Acad. Sci. Nat. Hist. Surv. Bull. [Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Sep., 1949), p.416 cites 5, 1902.] Chicago Acad. of Sciences. Nat. Hist. Surv. Bull. [Biological Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Jul., 1912), p.95 cites III, 1902.] Chicago Acad. Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Survey [Botanical Gazette, Vol. 85, No. 4 (Jun., 1928), p.470 cites 8, 1927.] Chicago Acad. Sci., Geol. & Nat. Hist. Surv. Bull. [Bryologist, Vol. 75, No. 4 (Winter, 1972), p.497 cites 1, 1896.] Chicago Acad. Sci. Nat. Hist. Surv. Bull. [Botanical Gazette, Vol. 48, No. 4 (Oct., 1909), p.311 cites 7, 1909.] Chicago Acad. Sci., Nat. History Survey Bull. [J. Paleontology, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Jul., 1944), p.365 cites 4, 1907.] Chicago Acad. Sciences, Nat. Hist. Surv., Bull. [Auk, Vol. 57, No. 1 (Jan., 1940), p.116 cites 6, 1907.] Chicago Acad. Sciences, Nat. History Survey Bull. [J. Paleontology, Vol. 42, No. 3 (May, 1968), p.825 cites no. 4, 1907.] Nat. Hist. Survey of the Chicago Acad. of Sci., Bull. [Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 4, No. 10 (Jul., 1916), p.457 cites No. 3, 1898.]
1.1902 - 3.1911; 4.1940 -   1902-A	Special publication / Chicago Academy of Sciences [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Chic. Acad. Sci., Spec. Publ. [Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Sep., 1949), p.436 cites 5, 1944.] Chicago Acad. of Sc., Special Publication [Annales Géog., 23e/24e Année, No. 132 (15 novembre 1915), p.394 cites N0. 3, 1911.] Chicago Acad. of Sci. Sp. Pub. [Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., Vol. 45 (Mar. 26-28, 1942), p.342 cites No. 3, 1911.] Chicago Acad. of Sci., Spec. Publ. [Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 75, No. 2 (Jun., 1963), p.205 cites No. 12, 1956.] Chicago Acad. of Sci. Special Publ. [Geographical Review, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Apr., 1952), p.214 cites No. 3, 1911.] Chicago Acad. Sci. sp. pub. [Biological Bulletin, Vol. 53, No. 2 (Aug., 1927), p.64 cites No.3, 1911.] Chicago Acad. Sci. Sp. Publ. [Herpetologica, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Jul. 11, 1961), p.370 cites no. 4, 1955.] Chicago Acad. Sci. Spec. Pub. [Copeia, Vol. 1963, No. 1 (Mar. 30, 1963), p.162 cites No. 4, 1940.] Chicago Acad. Sci. Spec. Publ. [Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 75, No. 2 (Jun., 1963), p.204 cites No. 12, 1956.] Chicago Acad. Sci. Special Pub. [Herpetologica, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Apr. 9, 1962), p.63 cites 4, 1940.] Chicago Acad. Sci. Special Publ. [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 70, No. 729 (Jul. - Aug., 1936), p.370 cites 3, 1911.] Chicago Acad. Sciences Sp. Pub. [J. Parasitology, Vol. 39, No. 2 (Apr., 1953), p.132 cites No. 3, 1911.] Chicago Acad. Sciences Special Publ. [Science, New Series, Vol. 78, No. 2031, (Dec. 1, 1933), p.509 cites No. 3, 1911.] Chicago Academy Sci. Spec. Pub. [J. Paleontology, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jan., 1946), p.56 cites no. 3, 1911.] Sp. Publ. Chicago Acad. Sci. [Copeia, Vol. 1949, No. 1 (Apr. 15, 1949), p.73 cites 4, 1934.] Spec. Pub. of Chicago Acad. of Sci. [Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 72, No. 1 (Mar., 1960), p.26 cites No. 8, 1950.] Spec. Publ. Chic. Acad. Sci. [Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Sep., 1949), p.411 cites 2, 1908.] Spec. Publ. Chicago Acad. Sci. [Herpetologica, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Dec., 1979), p.305 cites 4, 1940.] Special Pub., Chicago Acad. Sci. [Copeia, Vol. 1956, No. 4 (Dec. 31, 1956), p.214 cites 4, 1940.] Special Publ. Chicago Acad. Sci. [Copeia, Vol. 1954, No. 4 (Oct. 29, 1954), p.301 cites no. 4, 1940.]
1.1930 - 8.1937/38 1.1938 - 10.1947/48[?]   1930-A	Program of activities / the Chicago Academy of Sciences 1.1930 - 8.1937/38 Continued by Chicago naturalist / Chicago Academy of Sciences 1.1938 - 10.1947/48[?] [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Chicago Acad. Sci. Program of Activities [Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 64, No. 1 (Mar., 1952), p.49 cites 5, 1934.] Prog. Act. Chicago Acad. Sci. [Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Vol. 62, No. 7 (Oct., 1935), p.425 cites 6, 1935.] Prog. Act. Chicago Acad. Sciences [Auk, Vol. 57, No. 1 (Jan., 1940), p.116 cites 5, 1934.] Prog. of Act. Chic. Acad. Sci. [Ecology, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Jan., 1956), p.106 cites 5, 1944.] Program Activ. Chic. Acad. Sci. [Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Sep., 1949), p.411 cites 7, 1936.] Program of Activities, Chicago Acad. Sciences [Auk, Vol. 50, No. 3 (Jul., 1933), p.378 cites IV, No. 2, 1933.]
1.1946 -   1946-A	Natural history miscellanea / Chicago Academy of Sciences [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Chic. Acad. Sci. Nat. Hist. Misc. [J. Herpetology, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Oct. 30, 1978), p.553 cites 140, 1955.] Chic. Acad. Sci. Nat. Hist. Miscellanea [Am. Midland Naturalist, Vol. 124, No. 2 (Oct., 1990), p.371 cites 58, 1950] Chicago Acad. Sci. Nat. His. Misc. [Herpetologica, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Feb. 25, 1959), p.5 cites 1959.] Chicago Acad. Sci., Nat. Hist. Misc. [Copeia, Vol. 1977, No. 2 (May 25, 1977), p.374 cites 127, 1954.] Chicago Acad. Sci., Nat. Hist. Miscellanea [Herpetologica, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Aug. 15, 1950), p.68 cites no. 9, 1947.] Chicago Acad. Sci., Natur. Hist. Misc. [Copeia, Vol. 1979, No. 4 (Nov. 28, 1979), p.642 cites 66, 1950.] Nat. Hist. Misc., Chic. Acad. Sci. [Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 98, No. 1 (Mar., 1986), p.14 cites 99, 1952.] Nat. Hist. Misc., Chicago Ac. Sci. [Ann. NaturHist. Mus. Wien, 77. Bd. (1973), p.241 cites nr. 93, 1952.] Nat. Hist. Misc., Chicago Acad. Sc. [J. Parasitology, Vol. 43, No. 5, Section 1 (Oct., 1957), p.558 cites #57, 1950.] Nat. Hist. Misc., Chicago Acad. Sci. [J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas, Vol. 13, No. 1 (23 JULY 2019), p.156 cites 88, 1951.] Nat. Hist. Miscellanea, Chicago Acad. Sci. [J. Herpetology, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Jun., 1992), p.185 cites 163, 1958.] Nat. Hist. Miscl., Chicago Acad. Sci. [J. Mammalogy, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Aug., 1952), p.362 cites No.28, 1948.] Natural History Miscellanea ... Chicago Acad. of Sci. [J. Mammalogy, Vol. 43, No. 2 (May, 1962), p.149 cites No. 130, 1954.]