Learned Societies
The publications of American and foreign learned societies, past and
present, form a collection closely related to the Institutions
Collection. The societies included in the collection range from the
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia to the Zamorano Club of Los
Angeles. The collection includes approximately 6,700 volumes (in bound or
pamphlet form) of transactions, proceedings, annual reports, and
miscellaneous publications. The Learned Societies collection is also an
archive for all of the Society's own publications; copies of the
Transactions, the Proceedings, and all books and pamphlets
published by
AAS are shelved here.
The United States learned societies (for which there is a checklist by
name of the 195 organizations represented in the collection) are arranged
alphabetically by name of institution. Foreign learned societies, to which
there is at present no bibliographical access, are grouped by country and
arranged alphabetically by name within each group. Some titles are
cataloged in the Society's General Catalog. Materials published before
1801 are included in the online catalog.
- Keith Arbour, former Head of Readers' Services; updated by Thomas
G. Knoles, Curator of Manuscripts.
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The American Antiquarian Society is a charter member of the American
Council of Learned Societies, founded in 1919. Today, sixty-six learned
societies in the humanities and social sciences comprise ACLS's
membership. In addition, numerous other scholarly and professional
organizations, colleges, and universities hold associate or affiliate
status. To access the website of ACLS and those of its constituent and
allied organizations, click on
http://www.acls.org.
For current information on the cataloging status of this and
other AAS collections, choose "Collection Access" below.
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