The Academy of Accounting Historians, established in 1973, Edward N. Coffman, Alfred R. Roberts and

Gary John Previts Gary John Previts (born 1942) is an American accountant, a Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio USA) and Professor of Accountancy in the Weatherhead School of Management. He is known for his work on ...

A history of the Academy of Accounting Historians 1973-1988
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'' 16:2 (1989). Retrieved 2015-08-18. is a non-profit organization of scholars of accounting history.

History

The organization was formed at the initiative of

, then of the

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, who in 1973 wrote to various academics to ascertain their interest in establishing an organization devoted to accounting history scholarship. Having received a number of expressions of interest in contributing to the formation of the organization, Previts formed a

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. The group held its first meeting during the course of the 1973 annual meeting of the

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, held that year at

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, Canada. Previts was elected as the Academy's first president. Later that year, the Academy was formally incorporated as a non-profit organization, under the laws of the

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. The Academy sponsors two publications, the ''

'', established in 1974, and the ''

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'', established in 1978.

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Libraries
Digital records of the ''Accounting Historians Notebook''
Retrieved 2015-08-26.

References

External links

Official AAH website
{{Authority control Accounting organizations Organizations established in 1973 History organizations based in the United States 1973 establishments in Alabama