The ''Encyclopedia of Associations'' (''EA'') is a comprehensive directory of more than 20,000
associations,
societies, and other non-profit membership organizations in the United States of America.
Originally titled the ''Encyclopedia of American Associations'', ''EA'' was created by
Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr.
Frederick Gale Ruffner Jr. (August 26, 1926 – August 13, 2014) was an American publisher who is known as the founder of Gale Research.
He died August 12, 2014, at the age of 87.
Publishing career
Ruffner founded Gale Research in 1954 while wo ...
in 1954 while he was working as a market researcher in
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...
.
More than 140 scholarly articles have made use of ''EA''.
Past extracts from ''EA'' have included "Organized Obsessions" and the "Gale Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Associations".
A detailed history of ''EA'' is available in an article in ''Distinguished Classics of Reference Publishing''
See also
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Gale Research
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Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr.
Frederick Gale Ruffner Jr. (August 26, 1926 – August 13, 2014) was an American publisher who is known as the founder of Gale Research.
He died August 12, 2014, at the age of 87.
Publishing career
Ruffner founded Gale Research in 1954 while wo ...
References
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External links
Gale website
Directories
American encyclopedias
Specialized encyclopedias