American Antiquarian Society (AAS)

American Antiquarian Society (AAS)

Founding of the Society

Year Authority / Notes

1812 According to its website, the Society was founded on 1812, October 24. Much of its activity centres around its Library, but it is also a learned society, and has published journals since 1820.

Seat of the Society

City Authority / Notes

Worcester, Massachusetts
United States of America This location is supported by its website.

Name of the Society

Dates Name Authority

1812 - American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Its website gives this founding name and mentions no other name; its publications establish this name from 1820 to the present.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Website = http://www.americanantiquarian.org/

Journals of the Society

Years Full Journal Title Abbrev. Indexed
1820 - 1885
(vol. 1 - vol. 7)

A Archaeologia Americana : Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society
Continued by C.
[Harvard Univ. cat.] Am. Antiq. Soc., Archaeologia Americana
[William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 42, No. 3 (Jul., 1985), p.327 cites II (1836).]
Am. Antiq. Soc., Trans. and Colls.
[William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan., 1974), p.40 cites II (1836).]
Am. Antiq. Soc., Transactions and Collections
[William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr., 1975), p.236 cites VII (1885).]
Arch. Amer.
[J. Anthrop. Instit., Vol. 1 (1872), p.12 cites vol. ii.]
Archaeol. Americana
[Trans. Am. Philol. Assoc., Vol. 16 (1885), p.xli cites Vol. II. 1836.]
Archæologia Amer.
[American Anthropologist, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr., 1891), p.154 cites vol. II.]
Archaeologia Americana, Amer. Antiq. Soc. Transactions and Collections
[American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1, Part 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1935), p.164 cites Vol. 2, 1836.]
Archæologia Americana: Trans. and Colls. Amer. Antiquarian Soc.
[Geographical Review, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct., 1938), p.653 cites Vol. 3, 1857.]
Coll. Am. Antiq. Soc.
[Michigan Law Rev., Vol. 42, No. 3 (Dec., 1943), p.435 cites 7 (1885).]
Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc.
[Trans. Am. Philol. Assoc., Vol. 1 (1869 - 1870), p.74 cites vol. ii.]
Trans. Am. Antiq. Society
[Trans. Am. Philol. Assoc., Vol. 1 (1869 - 1870), p.76 cites ii.]
Trans. Am. Antiquarian Society
[Trans. Am. Philol. Assoc., Vol. 1 (1869 - 1870), p.59 cites vol. ii.]
Trans. & Coll. Am. Antiq. Soc.
[New England Q., Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul., 1928), p.376 cites iii.]
Trans. and Coll. Am. Antiq. Soc.
[New England Q., Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul., 1928), p.390 cites iii.]
Trans. and Coll. Am. Antiquarian Soc.
[New England Q., Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul., 1928), p.394 cites iii.]
Trans. and Coll. Amer. Ant. Soc.
[Pub. Am. Econ. Assoc., 3rd Series, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Dec., 1900), p.24 cites vol. 3.]
Trans. and Collect. Amer. Antiq. Soc.
[Isis, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jul., 1932), p.97 cites 1836, ii.]

May 31, 1843-Apr. 28, 1880;
new ser. v. 1- 1880/81-

B Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society
According to a record in the Harvard Univ. cat.: Proceedings for 1812-1849 were issued in one volume in 1912, comprising the hitherto unpublished records, and a reissue of all the matter printed previous to October 1849.
[Harvard Univ. cat.] Am. Ant. Soc. Pro.
[Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 17, No. 3 (Apr., 1912), p.498 cites 1867.]
Am. Ant. Soc. Procs.
[J. Res. Music Educ., Vol. 6, No. 1 (Spring, 1958), p.75 cites 1939.]
Am. Antiq. Soc. Proc.
[NewEnglandQ., Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr., 1930), p.379 cites XXXVIII, 1928.]
Am Antiq Soc Proceed
[J. Soc. Archit. Historians, Vol. 7, No. 1/2 (Jan. - Jun., 1948), p.75 cites v 55, 1945.]
Am. Antiq. Soc., Procs.
[William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 21, No. 2 (Apr., 1964), p.223 cites LVI, 1947.]
Am. Antiquarian Soc. Proceedings
[Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 45, No. 1 (Oct., 1939), p.40 cites IV.]
Am. Antiquarian Soc., Procs.
[William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul., 1972), p.375 cites N.S., XL (1931).]
Amer. Ant. Soc. Proc.
[Quart. J. Econ., Vol. 19, No. 2 (Feb., 1905), p.332 cites 16.]
Amer. Ant. Soc. Proceedings
[Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 31, No. 3 (Apr., 1926), p.443 cites n. s., XIII.]
Amer. Antiq. Soc. Proc.
[Columbia Law Rev., Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan., 1927), p.38 cites 1883-1885.]
Amer. Antiq. Soc., Proceedings
[William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct., 1970), p.628 cites New Ser., LII (1942).]
Amer. Antiquarian Soc. Proc.
[Am. Math. Monthly, Vol. 20, No. 10 (Dec., 1913), p.294 cites Vol. 1.]
Amer. Antiquarian Soc., Proceedings
[Church History, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Mar., 1965), p.73 cites LXIII, 1952.]
American Antiquarian Soc. Proc.
[Garden History, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring, 1986), p.38 cites 1948.]
Proc. Am. Ant. Soc.
[Pub. Am. Econ. Assoc., 3rd Series, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Dec., 1900), p.278 cites 1884.]
Proc. Am. Antiq. Soc.
[American Anthropologist, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Oct., 1895), p.416 cites 1894, n. s., ix.]
Proc. Am. Antiquar. Soc.
[Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 42, No. 3 (Apr., 1937), p.605 cites 1936.]
Proc. Am. Antiquarian Soc.
[Am. Econ. Rev., Vol. 14, No. 2 (Jun., 1924), p.381 cites 1922.]
Proc. Am. Antiquarian Society
[Am. J. Archaeol., Vol. 9, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1905), p.183 cites vol. XIV, 1901.]
Proc. Amer. Ant. Soc.
[Pub. Am. Econ. Assoc., 3rd Series, Vol. 1, No. 4. (Dec., 1900), p.33 cites vol. 13, new series, part 2.]
Proc. Amer. antiq. soc.
[Science, Vol. 2, No. 34 (Sep. 28, 1883), p.448 cites ii.]
Proc. Amer. Antiquar. Soc.
[J. Am. Folklore, Vol. 11, No. 41 (Apr. - Jun., 1898), p.158 cites vol. xi.]
Proc. Amer. Antiquarian Soc.
[Bull. Am. Geog. Soc., Vol. 41, No. 12 (1909), p.784 cites New Ser., Vol. 19, 1909.]
Proc. American antiq. Soc.
[Isis, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1913), p.321 cites 1911.]
Proc. of Am. Antiq. Soc.
[American Literature, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar., 1934), p.84 cites XLIII (1933).]
Proc. of Am. Antiqu. Soc.
[American Literature, Vol. 7, No. 2 (May, 1935), p.211 cites 1934.]
Proc. of Amer. Antiquar. Soc.
[Bull. Am. Geog. Soc., Vol. 47, No. 12 (1915), p.1093 cites Ann. Meeting, 1914.]
Proc. of Amer. Antiquarian Soc.
[PMLA, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Mar., 1928), p.29 cites XXXVI.]
Proc. of the Am. Antiq Soc.
[American Literature, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Nov., 1936), p.311 cites XLV (1935).]
Proc. of the Am. Antiquarian Society
[Am. J. Psychol., Vol. 14, No. 3/4 (Jul. - Oct., 1903), p.422 cites 1894, N. S., Vol. 9.]
Proc. of the Amer. Antiq. Soc.
[American Literature, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Nov., 1942), p.345 cites LI (April, 1942).]
Proc. of the Amer. Antiquarian Soc.
[PMLA, Vol. 74, No. 2 (May, 1959), p.137 cites 1957.]
Proceedings Am. Ant. Soc.
[Am. J. Sociol., Vol. 14, No. 5 (Mar., 1909), p.712 cites 19, 1908.]
Proceedings, Am. Antiquarian Soc.
[PMLA, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Mar., 1927), p.43 cites 1923.]
Proceedings, Am. Antiquarian Society
[PMLA, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Mar., 1929), p.49 cites 1928.]
Proceedings Amer. Ant. Society
[Pub. Am. Econ. Assoc., 3rd Series, Vol. 2, No. 2 (May, 1901), p.58 cites 1884.]
Proceedings Amer. Antiq. Soc.
[PMLA, Vol. 51, Supplement (1936), p.1254 cites XLV (1935).]
Proceedings Amer. Antiquarian Soc.
[PMLA, Vol. 47, Supplement (1932), p.1255 cites XLI.]

1901 - 1911
(Vol. 8- v.12)

C Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society
Continues A.
[Harvard Univ. cat.] Trans. and Coll. Amer. Antiq. Soc.
[American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1911), p.486 cites vol. XI, 1909.]

1913, July 16 - 1917, Jan. 5
no. 1-6

D Bulletin of the American Antiquarian Society
The record in the New York Pub. Lib. cat. gives the holdings as no. 1-6; July 16, 1913-Jan. 5, 1917, and includes the note: "No more published?"
[New York Pub. Lib. cat.]

American Antiquarian Society (AAS)
Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1812	According to its website, the Society was founded on 1812, October 24. Much of its activity centres around its Library, but it is also a learned society, and has published journals since 1820.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Worcester, Massachusetts United States of America	This location is supported by its website.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1812 -	*American Antiquarian Society (AAS)*	Its website gives this founding name and mentions no other name; its publications establish this name from 1820 to the present.
*American Antiquarian Society (AAS)* Website = http://www.americanantiquarian.org/

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.	Indexed
1820 - 1885 (vol. 1 - vol. 7) A	*Archaeologia Americana : Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society* Continued by C. [Harvard Univ. cat.]	*Am. Antiq. Soc., Archaeologia Americana* [William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 42, No. 3 (Jul., 1985), p.327 cites II (1836).] *Am. Antiq. Soc., Trans. and Colls.* [William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan., 1974), p.40 cites II (1836).] *Am. Antiq. Soc., Transactions and Collections* [William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr., 1975), p.236 cites VII (1885).] *Arch. Amer.* [J. Anthrop. Instit., Vol. 1 (1872), p.12 cites vol. ii.] *Archaeol. Americana* [Trans. Am. Philol. Assoc., Vol. 16 (1885), p.xli cites Vol. II. 1836.] *Archæologia Amer.* [American Anthropologist, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr., 1891), p.154 cites vol. II.] *Archaeologia Americana, Amer. Antiq. Soc. Transactions and Collections* [American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1, Part 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1935), p.164 cites Vol. 2, 1836.] *Archæologia Americana: Trans. and Colls. Amer. Antiquarian Soc.* [Geographical Review, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct., 1938), p.653 cites Vol. 3, 1857.] *Coll. Am. Antiq. Soc.* [Michigan Law Rev., Vol. 42, No. 3 (Dec., 1943), p.435 cites 7 (1885).] *Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc.* [Trans. Am. Philol. Assoc., Vol. 1 (1869 - 1870), p.74 cites vol. ii.] *Trans. Am. Antiq. Society* [Trans. Am. Philol. Assoc., Vol. 1 (1869 - 1870), p.76 cites ii.] *Trans. Am. Antiquarian Society* [Trans. Am. Philol. Assoc., Vol. 1 (1869 - 1870), p.59 cites vol. ii.] *Trans. & Coll. Am. Antiq. Soc.* [New England Q., Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul., 1928), p.376 cites iii.] *Trans. and Coll. Am. Antiq. Soc.* [New England Q., Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul., 1928), p.390 cites iii.] *Trans. and Coll. Am. Antiquarian Soc.* [New England Q., Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul., 1928), p.394 cites iii.] *Trans. and Coll. Amer. Ant. Soc.* [Pub. Am. Econ. Assoc., 3rd Series, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Dec., 1900), p.24 cites vol. 3.] *Trans. and Collect. Amer. Antiq. Soc.* [Isis, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jul., 1932), p.97 cites 1836, ii.]
May 31, 1843-Apr. 28, 1880; new ser. v. 1- 1880/81- B	*Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society* According to a record in the Harvard Univ. cat.: Proceedings for 1812-1849 were issued in one volume in 1912, comprising the hitherto unpublished records, and a reissue of all the matter printed previous to October 1849. [Harvard Univ. cat.]	*Am. Ant. Soc. Pro.* [Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 17, No. 3 (Apr., 1912), p.498 cites 1867.] *Am. Ant. Soc. Procs.* [J. Res. Music Educ., Vol. 6, No. 1 (Spring, 1958), p.75 cites 1939.] *Am. Antiq. Soc. Proc.* [NewEnglandQ., Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr., 1930), p.379 cites XXXVIII, 1928.] *Am Antiq Soc Proceed* [J. Soc. Archit. Historians, Vol. 7, No. 1/2 (Jan. - Jun., 1948), p.75 cites v 55, 1945.] *Am. Antiq. Soc., Procs.* [William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 21, No. 2 (Apr., 1964), p.223 cites LVI, 1947.] *Am. Antiquarian Soc. Proceedings* [Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 45, No. 1 (Oct., 1939), p.40 cites IV.] *Am. Antiquarian Soc., Procs.* [William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul., 1972), p.375 cites N.S., XL (1931).] *Amer. Ant. Soc. Proc.* [Quart. J. Econ., Vol. 19, No. 2 (Feb., 1905), p.332 cites 16.] *Amer. Ant. Soc. Proceedings* [Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 31, No. 3 (Apr., 1926), p.443 cites n. s., XIII.] *Amer. Antiq. Soc. Proc.* [Columbia Law Rev., Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan., 1927), p.38 cites 1883-1885.] *Amer. Antiq. Soc., Proceedings* [William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct., 1970), p.628 cites New Ser., LII (1942).] *Amer. Antiquarian Soc. Proc.* [Am. Math. Monthly, Vol. 20, No. 10 (Dec., 1913), p.294 cites Vol. 1.] *Amer. Antiquarian Soc., Proceedings* [Church History, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Mar., 1965), p.73 cites LXIII, 1952.] *American Antiquarian Soc. Proc.* [Garden History, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring, 1986), p.38 cites 1948.] *Proc. Am. Ant. Soc.* [Pub. Am. Econ. Assoc., 3rd Series, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Dec., 1900), p.278 cites 1884.] *Proc. Am. Antiq. Soc.* [American Anthropologist, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Oct., 1895), p.416 cites 1894, n. s., ix.] *Proc. Am. Antiquar. Soc.* [Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 42, No. 3 (Apr., 1937), p.605 cites 1936.] *Proc. Am. Antiquarian Soc.* [Am. Econ. Rev., Vol. 14, No. 2 (Jun., 1924), p.381 cites 1922.] *Proc. Am. Antiquarian Society* [Am. J. Archaeol., Vol. 9, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1905), p.183 cites vol. XIV, 1901.] *Proc. Amer. Ant. Soc.* [Pub. Am. Econ. Assoc., 3rd Series, Vol. 1, No. 4. (Dec., 1900), p.33 cites vol. 13, new series, part 2.] *Proc. Amer. antiq. soc.* [Science, Vol. 2, No. 34 (Sep. 28, 1883), p.448 cites ii.] *Proc. Amer. Antiquar. Soc.* [J. Am. Folklore, Vol. 11, No. 41 (Apr. - Jun., 1898), p.158 cites vol. xi.] *Proc. Amer. Antiquarian Soc.* [Bull. Am. Geog. Soc., Vol. 41, No. 12 (1909), p.784 cites New Ser., Vol. 19, 1909.] *Proc. American antiq. Soc.* [Isis, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1913), p.321 cites 1911.] *Proc. of Am. Antiq. Soc.* [American Literature, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar., 1934), p.84 cites XLIII (1933).] *Proc. of Am. Antiqu. Soc.* [American Literature, Vol. 7, No. 2 (May, 1935), p.211 cites 1934.] *Proc. of Amer. Antiquar. Soc.* [Bull. Am. Geog. Soc., Vol. 47, No. 12 (1915), p.1093 cites Ann. Meeting, 1914.] *Proc. of Amer. Antiquarian Soc.* [PMLA, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Mar., 1928), p.29 cites XXXVI.] *Proc. of the Am. Antiq Soc.* [American Literature, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Nov., 1936), p.311 cites XLV (1935).] *Proc. of the Am. Antiquarian Society* [Am. J. Psychol., Vol. 14, No. 3/4 (Jul. - Oct., 1903), p.422 cites 1894, N. S., Vol. 9.] *Proc. of the Amer. Antiq. Soc.* [American Literature, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Nov., 1942), p.345 cites LI (April, 1942).] *Proc. of the Amer. Antiquarian Soc.* [PMLA, Vol. 74, No. 2 (May, 1959), p.137 cites 1957.] *Proceedings Am. Ant. Soc.* [Am. J. Sociol., Vol. 14, No. 5 (Mar., 1909), p.712 cites 19, 1908.] *Proceedings, Am. Antiquarian Soc.* [PMLA, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Mar., 1927), p.43 cites 1923.] *Proceedings, Am. Antiquarian Society* [PMLA, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Mar., 1929), p.49 cites 1928.] *Proceedings Amer. Ant. Society* [Pub. Am. Econ. Assoc., 3rd Series, Vol. 2, No. 2 (May, 1901), p.58 cites 1884.] *Proceedings Amer. Antiq. Soc.* [PMLA, Vol. 51, Supplement (1936), p.1254 cites XLV (1935).] *Proceedings Amer. Antiquarian Soc.* [PMLA, Vol. 47, Supplement (1932), p.1255 cites XLI.]
1901 - 1911 (Vol. 8- v.12) C	*Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society* Continues A. [Harvard Univ. cat.]	*Trans. and Coll. Amer. Antiq. Soc.* [American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1911), p.486 cites vol. XI, 1909.]
1913, July 16 - 1917, Jan. 5 no. 1-6 D	*Bulletin of the American Antiquarian Society* The record in the New York Pub. Lib. cat. gives the holdings as no. 1-6; July 16, 1913-Jan. 5, 1917, and includes the note: "No more published?" [New York Pub. Lib. cat.]