Collection Timeline

1844 to 2007

1844
This collection of letters (1840-1844) contains the initial responses for those invited to join the recently inaugurated American Statistical Association. The respondents include well-known statisticians such as Edward Jarvis, Francis Lieber, J.M. Peck, and William Prescott. The initial letter, written by ASA Secretary Joseph B. Felt, was sent (along with the constitution and by-laws) to nominated individuals after the ASA organizing meeting held in November 1839. These letters were used in an exhibit for the ASA Sesquicentennial in 1989.

1860
These administrative records, 1838-1860, (originally bound together in a volume) document the earliest activities of the American Statistical Association. Included are letters of acceptance from early ASA members as well as the handwritten minutes of the first two organizational meetings and the original constitution.

1872
These Board of Directors' records, 1839-1872, include handwritten minutes for meetings of the association. The information includes attendance, officer and committee lists, presentations, proposals for membership, and resolutions.
Disbound volume, titled "Organization & Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, 1839-1872," contains the handwritten records concerning the creation of the Association, the constitution and by-laws, meeting minutes and proceedings, names of the Society's Fellows, names of Honorary, Corresponding, and Foreign members, and account information.

1978
Report on the American Statistical Association Conference on Transfer of Methodology Between Academic and Government Statisticians.

2007
Documents the American Statistical Association's first forty years (1967-2007) of efforts relating to the society's historical records. Includes descriptions of the various committees and people who have taken part in these efforts.