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Accountants Club of America records

Call Number

MS 3065

Date

1906, 1927, 1973-2017, inclusive

Creator

Accountants Club of America (New York, N.Y.)

Extent

.42 Linear feet in one document box

Language of Materials

The documents in the collection are in English.

Abstract

The Accountants Club of America, based in New York City and incorporated in 1927, provides programs of interest to professionals in accounting and related fields. The records in the collection date primarily from 1985 to 2010 and hold minutes of the organization's Board of Governors and lists of the officers, advisors and members. Originals of draft constitutions of a 1906 predecessor organization are in the collection as are photocopies of some other organizational documents.

Biographical / Historical

The Accountants Club of America (ACA) traces its roots to about 1897 when accountants Charles Waldo Haskins and Elijah Watt Sells (of the firm Haskins and Sells, which later became part of the firm known by 2018 as Deloitte) advocated for informal gatherings of professional accountants. Such meetings were held in the ensuing decades culminating in 1927 with the incorporation of the ACA to provide an ongoing vehicle for organizing the meetings. Although centered in New York City, "of America" was included in the name to give it national stature. The purpose of the Club, as stated in its by-laws, is "to provide an environment in which professional colleagues in the accounting profession and related fields can meet in a comfortable social setting to exchange ideas, thoughts and information of interest on topics of personal, business, social and professional issues." The organization runs various programs for its members, including speakers, roundtable discussions and social gatherings for networking.

Accountants Forum, Inc. (AFI) was formed in 1941 and is an affiliate of ACA. It is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that provides financial support for ACA's programs. ACA and AFI share by-laws, officers, and other governance matters.

Arrangement

The collection is organized by type of document.

Content Description

The Accountants Club of America (ACA) records are comprised of four lists of officers, governors, advisors, and members from years 1989, 1995, 2001, and 2009; minutes of Board of Governors and Advisory Board meetings from 1985-2005, 2007, and 2010; event publicity flyers from 1984 to about 2017; original correspondence and draft constitutions from 1906 related to ACA's predecessor organization, Public Accountants Club; and photocopies of various state filings and by-laws. The filings date primarily from 1973, though there is a photocopy of Accountants Foundation Inc's filing for incorporation from 1927-28.

The minutes primarily concern programming, financial matters, and membership. Minutes of the early 1990s also include reference to long term planning concerning the mission of the organization and foundation funding. Most of the minutes are those of Accountants Club of America Board meetings; but a small number are those of Accountants Forum.

Access Restrictions

Open to qualified researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to 20 exposures of stable, unbound material per day. Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.

Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: https://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions

Preferred Citation

This collection should be cited as Accountants Club of America records, MS 3065, The New-York Historical Society.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Accountants Club of America and of Accountants Forum, Inc., August 2018.

Collection processed by

Larry Weimer

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 15:47:19 -0400.
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Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information

Collection processed by archivist Larry Weimer, August 2018.

Repository

New-York Historical Society
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024