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Published Abstracts and Selected Electronic Papers
10th World Congress of Accounting Historians - 2004

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"Historical Annual Reports Collection"
The Bruno Library
The University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

Williams Library & Catalogue

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The Special Collections' Accounting Archives at the University of Florida.

The University of Florida Accounting Archives and related Fisher School of Accounting Gallery contain special collections listed below
and which are planning to expand to include additional leadership
materials including the papers of J. Michael Cook, Joel Demski and
John Simmons. These three distinguished accountants have served
variously as Chair of the AICPA Board (Cook), Presidents of the
American Accounting Association (Demski and Simmons) and have
been selected as members of the Accounting Hall of Fame (Cook and
Demski).

At present the collection includes twelve manuscript groups:

(1) Klein, Hinds & Finke. The Kreuger Match Case
(2) Ralph S. Johns Collection of Accountants Certificates
(3) Raymond J. Chamber, while Visiting Scholar at Florida l970
(4) William Andrew Paton, relating to various Florida visits
(5) University of Florida Department of Accounting
(6) Elmer G. Beamer, The early leader of "150 hr" legislation.
(7) Miscellaneous Papers (Louis Goldberg,Blythe,Faire and Wright items)
(8) Birley Papers ( UK 17th and 18th Century Mill Accounting Records)
(9) Marquis G. Eaton, Prominent AICPA Leader. 100 files relating to the
period l948-58 and other years. Correspondence and records.
(10) Louis O. Foster, Professor of Accounting, Dartmouth University
(11) Paul Grady, Hall of Fame member, and former member of the
Florida State Board of Accountancy
(12) Alvin R. Jennings, Prominent AICPA Leader and President l957-8

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Accounting History in the World

"News from Spain"
 On February 6, 2003 an informal Conference on accounting history will take place in the premises of the former University of Osuna, near Seville, organized by the Universidad Pablo de Olavide of Seville. Further information can be obtained from Prof. Dr. Fernando Gutiérrez-Hidalgo, e-mail: fguthid@dee.upo.es
  At the 2003 Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association that will be held in Seville the days 2-4 April there will be as habitual parallel sessions on accounting history. More than 30 papers have been presented to these sessions. Besides will be held a Panel on accounting history under the title: "Research fields of Accounting History. Only Accounting Business? Why?". Further information on the Congress can be obtained consulting the website: http://www.ope-uex.com/EAA2003/

On May 9, 2003 the Spanish Association of University Accounting Professors (ASEPUC) will organize the?rd Conference on Accounting Theory. The venue will be the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. In this Conference will be presented papers on history of?accounting theory. Further information in http://asepuc.unizar.es/

At the present time there are four doctoral thesis on accounting history in process of evaluation at Spanish universities:
El Cabildo Catedral de Sevilla: Organizacion y sistema contable (1625-1650) (The Cathedral Chapter of Seville: Organization and accounting system) ?Presented by Jose Julian Hernandez Borreguero  Director: Prof. Rafael Donoso Anes Universidad de Sevilla * La Contabilidad en el Ayuntamiento de Sevilla en el ultimo tercio del siglo XVI: el Libro Mayor de Caja (Accounting in the Town Council of Seville in the last third of the 16th century: The Main Ledger) Presented by Fernando Rubin Cordoba Director: Prof. Jose Antonio Mallado Rodriguez Universidad de Sevilla Discurso, Poder y Contabilidad. Un analisis foucaultiano en el caso de las nuevas poblaciones de Sierra Morena y Andalucia   (1767-1772) (Discourse, Power and Accounting. A foucaultian analysys of the case of new settlements in Sierra Morena and Andalucia) Presented by Juan Banos Sanchez Matamoros Directors: Prof. Concha Alvarez-Dardet Espejo and Prof. Francisco Carrasco Fenech Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla Actividades Financieras de la Orden del Temple (Financial Activities of the Templar Order)
Presented by Ignacio de la Torre Muñoz de Morales Director: Prof. Jose Luis Martin Rodriguez Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia

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History:
The Academy of Accounting Historians was formed in 1973. It was granted a charter as a not-for-profit corporation in the State of Alabama and, subsequently, was granted tax-exempt status in the United States.

Objectives:
The objectives of the Academy are to encourage research, publication, teaching and personal interchanges in all phases of Accounting History and its interrelation with business and economic history.

Membership:
Membership in the Academy Membership in the Academy is open to persons in all countries who are interested in Accounting History. The current membership (Individuals and Institutional Affiliates) totals approximately 875, representing more than 34 different countries. A membership directory is distributed to Academy members annually as a part of the membership benefits.