Finding Aid to the Acoustical Society of America miscellaneous publications, 1934-2010Niels Bohr Library & Archives1.0American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & ArchivesOne Physics EllipseCollege Park, MD 20740USAnbl@aip.org2011Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Amanda Nelson in 2011. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.Finding aid is written in English.
Description of the CollectionAcoustical Society of America.Acoustical Society of America miscellaneous publications
1934-2010American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.3.0 linear feet6 manuscript box(s)AR20111010EnglishPublications from the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) that include newsletters, membership directories, meeting materials, Standards, and brochures.
Selected Search Terms
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International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS)
using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Acoustical Society of AmericaPhysics. Publishing.Physics. Societies, etc.Sound. Periodicals.Directories.Newsletters.Historical Note
A professional society of physicists and engineers in all fields of acoustics: electroacoustics, ultrasonics, architectural acoustics, physiological and psychological acoustics, musical acoustics, noise, vibration control, underwater acoustics, biological response to vibration, and speech communication. Founded in 1929, its purpose is to increase and diffuse the knowledge of acoustics and promote its practical applications. The Society was a founding Member Society of the American Institute of Physics.
Scope and Contents of Collection
The collection contains miscellaneous publications printed by the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) for their members, and include newsletters, membership directories, meeting materials, and brochures. Includes ECHOES, 1993-2010, ACOUSTICS TODAY, 2005-2010, and STANDARDS, 1975-2001.
Organization and Arrangement of Collection
The collection is organized by type beginning with membership directories, then followed by brochures, Standards of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), meeting materials, and newsletters. The membership directories, Standards, meeting materials, and newsletters are in chronological order; brochures are arranged alphabetically, as are the various newsletters from different divisions of AAS.
Access to Collection
Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html.
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Collection is added to on an annual basis as new publications are received.
Processing Information
Amanda Nelson
2011.
Preferred Citation of Collection
Box [number], Folder [number], Acoustical Society of America miscellaneous publications. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Container List
Series I: Acoustical Society of America (ASA) miscellaneous publications
11
Membership directories, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1939, 1943, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1955, 195712
Membership directories, 1959, 1961, 1963, 196513
Membership directories, 1969, 1971, 1975-197814
Membership directories, 1979, 1983, 1985, 198715
Membership directories, 1989, 199316
Membership directories, 199521
Membership directories, 199722
Membership directories, 199923
Acoustical Society of America (ASA) at 75, 200424
Acoustics and You, 1985, undated25
Member rates, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 199826
Officers, 196527
Standards flyers, 1998-200028
Standards , 1975-197929
Standards, 1980-198231
Standards, 1983-198432
Standards, 198533
Standards, 1986-198734
Standards, 1988-198941
Standards, 199042
Standards, 1992-199443
Standards, 199544
Standards, 199651
Standards, 1997-199852
Standards, 1999-200153
Acoustical Society of America (ASA) meeting announcement and call for papers, 199754
Acoustical Society News, 195455
Acoustics Today, 2005-200656
Acoustics Today, 2007-200861
Acoustics Today, 2009-201062
Echoes, 1993-199663
Echoes, 1997-200064
Echoes, 2001-200465
Echoes, 2005, 2007-2010