Society for Classical Studies records, 1868-2018

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Series I: 1987 Original Gift, 1869-1933, 1949-1992, bulk 1955-1985



Box 1 Publications:


Box 1 100.1 List of Complimentary and Review Copies for Transactions of the American Philological Association (TAPA) and Other Publications, 1949-1977


Box 1 101 TAPA correspondence; book release forms, 1970-1971


Box 1 103 TAPA: Editor's correspondence, 1975


Box 1 104 The Classick Pages, Reinhold, 1975-1980

Correspondence; NEH grant report; Meyer Reinhold American Council of Learned Societies travel grant application


Box 1 110 Proceedings, 1974-1976

Correspondence re: topics for inclusion in Proceedings of the American Philological Association


Box 1 120.1-14 Monographs 1-14, 1965-1979

Correspondence, including brief reviews, requests for reprints; Computer reports University Microfilms on sale of titles reproduced by xerography in out of print program


Box 1 120.15 Monograph 15, 1950-1969

Correspondence; drafts jacket descriptions; grant from John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. (Monograph 15= T. Robert S. Broughton's The Magistrates of the Roman Republic )


Box 1 120.12 Monograph 18, 1959-1969

Correspondence; corrigenda: review of requests; reviews. (Monograph 18= James W. Poultney's The Bronze tables of Iguvium


Box 1 12. 19 Monograph 19, 1959

Correspondence; reviews. (Monograph 19= William Clark Helmoold and Edward Noon O'Neil's Plutarch's Quotations )


Box 1 120.20 Monograph 20, 1959-1969

Correspondence; reviews. (Monogram 20= Lionel Pearson's Lost Histories of Alexander the Great )


Box 1 120.21 Monograph 21, 1963-1964

Correspondence; reviews; memo to directors. (Monograph 21= Edward Noon O'Neil's A Critical Concordance of the Tibullan Corpus )


Box 1 120.22 Monograph 22, 1963-1966

Correspondence; abstract; reviews. (Monograph 22= Ben Edwin Perry's Secundus the Silent Philosopher )


Box 1 120.23 Monograph 23, 1965-1972

Correspondence; abstract; reviews; specimen. (Monograph 23= Henry R. Immerwahr's Form and Thought in Herodotus )


Box 1 120.24 Monograph 24, 1965-1968

Correspondence; abstract; reviews; specimen. (Monograph 24= Warren E. Blake's Menander's Dyscolus )


Box 1 120.25 Monograph 25, 1967

Correspondence; abstract; reviews; copyright certificate. (Monograph 25= Thomas Cole's Democritus and the Sources of Greek Anthropology )


Box 1 120.26 Monograph 26, 1966-1971

Correspondence; jacket copy; specimen; copyright certificate (Monograph 26= Robert O. Fink's Roman Military Records on Papryus )


Box 1 120.27 Monograph 27, 1960-1970

Correspondence; reviews, specimen; jacket design; copyright certificate. (Monograph 27= E. Adelaide Hahn's Naming Constructions in Some Indo-European Languages )


Box 1 120.28 Monograph 28, 1969

Correspondence; reviews; jacket copy; copyright certificate. (Monograph 28= Douglas E. Gerber's A Bibliography of Pindar 1513-1966 )


Box 1 120.29 Monograph 29, 1971

Correspondence; sample pages. (Monograph 29= Elinor M. Husselman's Papyri from Karanis )


Box 1 120.30 Monograph 30, 1971

Correspondence; abstract; curriculum vitae; copyright certificate (Monograph 30=Harry L. Levy's Claudian's In Rufinum: An Exeqetical Commentary )


Box 1 120.31 Monograph 31, 1972

Correspondence; corrigenda; abstract; reviews; copyright certificate. (Monograph 31= William F. Wyatt, Jr.'s the Greek Prophetic Vowel)



Box 2 120.32 Monograph 32, 1975

Correspondence; sample pages; draft; reviews. (Monograph 32= Bengt M. Lofstedt and David W. Packard's A Concordance to the Sermons of Bishop Zeno of Verona )


Box 2 120.4 Monograph Proposals, 1977-1978

Correspondence; abstract


Box 2 126 Textbooks, 1970-1976

Agreements and drafts; correspondence


Box 2 135.2 Orders for Peradotto, 1973

Correspondence; corrigenda; abstract. (John J. Peradotto Classical Mythology; an Annotated Bibliography )


Box 2 136 American Classical Studies, undated

Application forms


Box 2 137 Careers for Classicists, 1972-1982

Pamphlets


Box 2 140 Publication Inventories, 1962-1969

Press of Case Western Reserve Weekly Inventory Reports; semi-monthly inventory record sales and returns


Box 2 150 Permission for Reprinting, 1966-1974

Correspondence


Box 2 160 Guide to the Use of Computers, 1969-1973

Correspondence; David W. Packard reports including draft "Computerised Photocomposition in Classical Publication"


Box 2 Secretary's Office:


Box 2 200 Standard Operating Procedures, undated


Box 2 200.1 Sample Forms, 1964-1973


Box 2 205 Minutes



Box 3 210 Newsletters


Box 3 225 Classics Chairmen, undated


Box 3 230 Charter and Regulations, 1963-1967

Correspondence; charter, by-laws and regulations; sketches of APA seal; APA history;


Box 3 250 Placement Service correspondence, 1979


Box 3 Treasurer's Office:


Box 3 305.1 Tax Reports, Income, 1954-1971

Exemption returns; correspondence


Box 3 305.1.1 Income Tax Records, forms, 1965-1968


Box 3 320 Investment Summaries, 1958-1964, 1965-1974, 1976-1992

Accountant reports; statements; Chemical Bank, Fiduciary Trust Company of New York and accounting firms.

In 3 parts: A (1976-1992), B (1965-1974), and C (1958-1964).



Box 4 320.2 Chemical Bank NY Trust Company Statements, 1980-1981


Box 4 320.4 Chemical Bank Checking, 1980-1981


Box 4 320.6 Fiduciary Trust Company Statements, 1981-1982


Box 4 320.6.1 Fiduciary Trust Company Advice, 1980-1982

Statements; tax data; correspondence


Box 4 322 Kahn Brothers & Co., 1981

Correspondence; financial statements.


Box 4 323 Dreyfus Liquid Assets, 1981

Financial statements; dividend advices


Box 4 326 Columbia University Accounts, systems reports, 1981-1983


Box 4 Membership:


Box 4 420 Members, Individual Correspondence, circa 1961-1976

A-H, J-T, V-Z



Box 5 420.3 Members, Correspondence, 1979-circa 1982

Alphabetical arrangement.


Box 5 451 Scholars Press: Challenge Grant, 1978-1981

Correspondence; pamphlets; challenge grant application


Box 5 Scholars Press: Financial Statements and Information, 1978-1981

Correspondence; statements


Box 5 Scholars Press: Staff Correspondence, 1980-1981


Box 5 459 Scholars Press: Resignation of Funk, 1980

Correspondence; memos


Box 5 Scholars Press: New Director's Search, 1980-1981

Correspondence; resumes


Box 5 Officers, Directors, Committees


Box 5 500.1 President, 1960-1969

Correspondence; memos; questionnaire re: placement service; draft report response APA to Commission on Humanities on present situation and present and future needs of the discipline.


Box 5 500.1.1 President, 1969-1979

Correspondence; memos

Alphabetical arrangement by President last name


Box 5 500.1.1 A-Anderson to McGregor


Box 5 500.1.1 B-Michels to Willis



Box 6 501 First Vice President, 1962-1973

Correspondence; memo-Committee-for Review of Executive


Box 6 Administrative and Editorial Structure


Box 6 502 Second Vice President: correspondence, 1965-1977


Box 6 503 Editor, 1955-1969

Correspondence; reports of the Editor; memos; abstracts.

In four parts: A (1966-1969), B (1963-1965), C (1959-1963), and D (1955-1959).


Box 6 503.1.1 Editor, Walton, 1958-1959

Correspondence; Editor reports


Box 6 503.1.3 Editor, TAPA: correspondence, 1970-1974


Box 6 503.4 Revision of Editorship, 1969

Correspondence; memo and draft on revision proposal.


Box 6 504 Secretary/Treasurer, 1965-1976

Correspondence; ballots; minutes; reports; memos; job description.

In two parts: A (1973-1976) and B (1965-1969).


Box 6 505 Delegate to American Council of Learned Societies, 1962-1965

Correspondence; delegate report


Box 6 505.1 Delegate to Rome Conference on the Status of Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum: report, 1975


Box 6 510 Directors, 1960-1978

Correspondence; memos re: publications, annual meeting, ERA; minutes; lists board directors


Box 6 515 Directors Meetings, 1975-1985

Correspondence; budget proposals; reports of committees; Lehman report; election reports.

In four parts: A (1984), B (1978), C (1976), D (1975).



Box 7 520 Committees, General, 1962-1985

Reports of Committees; correspondence.

In two parts: A (1984-1985) and B (1962-1968).


Box 7 520.1 Committee on Award of Merit: Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit, 1956-1969

Correspondence; committee report; news release


Box 7 520.2 Committee on Textbooks, 1960-1963, 1967

Correspondence; agreements; minutes; committee reports; annotated textbook list.

In two parts: A (1967), B (1960-1963).


Box 7 520.3 Committee on Educational Training and Trends, 1963-1970

Correspondence; reports; memo


Box 7 520.4 Committee on Finance, 1957-1969

Correspondence; committee reports; memos.

In two parts: A (1964-1969) and B (1957-1963).


Box 7 520.4.1 Hahn Bequest, 1967-1974

Correspondence; court material


Box 7 520.4.3 Finance Committee Meetings, 1969-1979

Correspondence; memos; drafts gift solicitations; minutes; budget; reports



Box 8 520.5 Editorial Board for Monographs, 1956-1979

Abstracts; referee reports; correspondence; committee reports.

In three parts: A (1968-1979), B (1962-1967), and C (1956-1961).


Box 8 520.6 Committee on Nominations, 1958-1979

Correspondence; memos; ballots; election reports; committee reports; candidate biographies.

Alphabetical arrangement by last name of nominee. In three parts: A (1970-1979), B (circa 1979), and C (1958-1970).


Box 8 520.7 Committee on Programs, 1967-1977

Correspondence; rating sheets; reports.

In two parts: A (1974-1977) and B (1967-1973).


Box 8 520.8 Committee on Resolutions, 1962-1964

Committee reports; correspondence; resolutions read at annual meetings



Box 9 520.9 Committee on Servius, 1953-1973

Correspondence; committee report; minutes, memo


Box 9 520.10 Committee on Paperback Publications, 1969-1970

Minutes; committee report


Box 9 520.11 Committee on International Scholarly Cooperation, 1961-1965

Correspondence; committee reports; resolution adopted by APA, MLA re: International Scholarly Cooperation.


Box 9 520.12 Committee on Ancient History, 1962-1974

Correspondence; memos


Box 9 520.13 Colloquium on the Classics in Education, 1965-1967

Correspondence; committee report; newsletter


Box 9 520.14 Airlie Conference: Planning Conference for the Classics, 1965

Memos; reports; list speakers, participants; project proposal Planning Conference to Examine the Role of Classical Studies in American Education and to Make Recommendations for Needed Research and Development; papers


Box 9 520.15 Committee on Special Disciplines, 1966-1970

Correspondence; reports; questionnaire form


Box 9 520.16 Committee on Computer Activities, 1968-1969

Correspondence; committee report


Box 9 520.17 Committee on the State of Classical Studies, 1970-1975

Correspondence; reports; memos; grant application; statistical data.

In four parts: A (1973-1975), B (1972), C (1970-1971), and D (1970).



Box 10 520. 18 Campus Advisory Service, 1972-1976

Correspondence; CAS brochure; reports; placement questionnaires; budget information


Box 10 520.19 Committee on the Status of Women and Minorities, 1972-1980

Correspondence; reports and drafts; questionnaires to individuals and chairmen departments.

In two parts: A (1973-1980) and B (1972).


Box 10 520.21 Editorial Board, 1973-1979

Correspondence; questionnaires; abstracts.

In eight parts: A: A-C (circa 1976-1979), B: C-K (circa 1975-1979), C: L-S (circa 1974-1979), D: S-Z, (circa 1976-1979), E (1973-1979), F (1976) G (1974-1975), and H (1973-1974). Parts A-D: alphabetical arrangement by author. Parts E-H: chronological order.



Box 11 520.21.1 Ad Hoc Committee on Publication and Business Procedures, 1972

Correspondence; memos; investment fund info; Lehman report.


Box 11 520.23.5 Teaching Awards, 1979-1985


Box 11 520.24 Ad Hoc Committee on Group Insurance memo, 1973


Box 11 530 Representatives to Ceremonies, 1964-1965

College presidential inaugurations, correspondence.


Box 11 540 APA History: correspondence, 1964


Box 11 Outside Persons and Organizations:


Box 11 600 American Association for the Advancement of Humanities., 1980-1981

Correspondence; report


Box 11 602.1 American Council of Learned Societies: Conference of Secretaries, 1961-1981

Correspondence, including Williams v. Wilkins; statistical info in degrees conferred; minutes


Box 11 602.3 American Council of Learned Societies: Correspondence, 1958-1975

Travel grant applications; correspondence; reports including "Third International Conference on Computational Linguistics", "The Present Situation and Future Needs of Classical Scholarship"; telegrams.

In two parts: A (1968-1975) and B (1958-1967).



Box 12 602.6 ACLS: Travel Grants: correspondence, 1977-1983


Box 12 605 American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages


Box 12 608 Archaeological Institute of America: correspondence, 1964-1974


Box 12 609 Americal Classical League: correspondence, 1964-1974


Box 12 609.1 American Classical League: National Office, 1966-1972

Correspondence re: Latin programs in elementary schools, ACTFL, CAUSA, placement services, Latin in secondary schools.


Box 12 611 American Society of Papryologists: correspondence, 1967-1969


Box 12 614 L'Annee Philologique, 1965-1969

Correspondence; grant request


Box 12 623 Computers and the Humanities: correspondence, 1969


Box 12 624.3 Conference on Educational Innovation and the Smaller Classics Department, 1972-1976

NEH expenditures reports, cash requests; correspondence; pamphlet; financial info; grant application


Box 12 625 Exchange of Publications: correspondence, 1958-1968


Box 12 626 Federation Internationale des Associations d'Etudes Classiques

Correspondence; reports representatives, joint committees on preparation for International Congress; minutes; brochure



Box 13 631 International Congress of Classical Studies, 1964-1973

Correspondence; reports delegates


Box 13 632 Johns Hopkins Centennial: correspondence, 1972-1976


Box 13 633 Joint National Committee for Languages, 1972-1974

Minutes; memos; correspondence


Box 13 635 Modern Language Association, 1964-1967

Correspondence; minutes joint APA, ACL, MLA meeting; agenda


Box 13 636 National Endowment for the Humanities, 1965-1975

Correspondence; memos.


Box 13 638.3 NEH: Symposium, 1974-1975

Symposium in Honor of Basil Gildersleeve and the Founding of the First Graduate School in the United States. Also correspondence; circular; memos; drafts grant requests.


Box 13 638.4.1 NEH Challenge Grant: Reports and Regulations, 1981


Box 13 638.4.2 NEH Challenge Grant: Pledges


Box 13 638.4.3 NEH Challenge Grant: Sample Letters


Box 13 638.7 NEH: Classical Humanities in the American Republic, 1972-1976

Correspondence; expenditure reports; memos; grant application; budget; Mark Barnard's "A Select Bibliography of Classical Humanities in the American Republic."

In two parts: A (1974-1976) and B (1972-1974).


Box 13 640 Non-Members: Inquiries: correspondence, 1968-1983


Box 13 645.1 Academia Latinitati Fovendae: correspondence, 1969-1975


Box 13 645.2 Philological Association of the Pacific Coast: correspondence, 1957-1974


Box 13 645.3 Other Classical and Scholarly Organizations: correspondence, 1965-1969



Box 14 655 Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, 1955-1969

Correspondence; report representative


Box 14 656 U.S. Office of Education, 1960-1969

Correspondence; pamphlets; APA statements on National Defense Education Act, Testimony before House Sub Committee on Education


Box 14 657 U.S. Department of State, 1960-1972

Correspondence re: Fulbright, microfilm projects.


Box 14 Presses:


Box 14 705. Cornell University Press, 1961-1967

Correspondence; inventory of publications


Box 14 706. University of Oklahoma Press, 1963-1970

Correspondence; agreements and drafts


Box 14 707. Stanhope Bindery: correspondence, 1962-1967


Box 14 708. Garland Publishing, 1973

Correspondence; agreement


Box 14 709. Science Press, 1977

Correspondence; pamphlet


Box 14 710. Lancaster Press: correspondence, 1956-1967


Box 14 711. Press of Case Western Reserve, 1966-1974

Correspondence; agreement; pamphlet


Box 14 711.2. Press of Case Western Reserve: Sales and Reports, 1967-1975

Sales/inventory records


Box 14 730. Kraus Reprint Company, 1963-1968

Correspondence; invoices; agreement.


Box 14 740. University Microfilms, 1965-1969

Correspondence; agreement


Box 14 750. Distributers/Publishers, 1955-1975

Correspondence; inventory


Box 14 760. Wishing-Malloy


Box 14 762. Edwards Brothers, 1972-1976

Correspondence; estimates


Box 14 770. Interbook, 1975-1978

Correspondence: royalty statement: agreement



Box 15 Programs, Placement and Meeting Sites:


Box 15 900. Programs: Annual Meeting, 1956-1963, 1965, 1967-1981, 1983


Box 15 900.1. Program, 1981

Correspondence, program committee


Box 15 900.1. Program, 1982

Correspondence, panel proposals


Box 15 905. Program proposals: correspondence, 1970-1972


Box 15 910. Annual Meeting, 1960-1972

Agenda; minutes; reports; attendance lists


Box 15 920. Elections, 1972-1980

Ballots; results; candidate information; official tellers reports; nominating committee reports; correspondence


Box 15 930 List Titles: Papers for annual meeting, undated


Box 15 951 Placement Service, 1971-1979


Box 15 952 Positions for Classicists newsletter, 1966-1982



Box 16 952 Positions for Classicists: correspondence; report of Committee on Academic Employment and; Placement; questionnaires for placement, 1971-1976


Box 16 960 Annual Meeting-General, 1959-1971

Correspondence; procedures; poll of members on Purposes and Format of Annual Meeting


Box 16 963 Pittsburgh Annual Meeting, 1963

Correspondence; attendance lists


Box 16 965 1965 Providence Annual Meeting, 1963-1966

Correspondence; program; attendance lists


Box 16 966 1966 Toledo Annual Meeting, 1966-1967

Correspondence; program; minutes


Box 16 967 1967 Boston Annual Meeting, 1966-1968

Correspondence; resolutions committee report; Vietnam resolution; program; list officers and committees; ballot petitions; attendance lists


Box 16 968 1968 Toronto Annual Meeting, 1962-1969

Correspondence; resolution re Greek military dictatorship; report of committee on resolutions; list officers; program


Box 16 969 1969 San Francisco Annual Meeting, 1963-1970

Correspondence; tentative program; attendance list


Box 16 969.1 San Francisco Annual Meeting: Special Program Committee, 1967-1969

Correspondence; proposal for "Centennial" portion of program


Box 16 970 1970 New York Annual Meeting, 1964-1971

Correspondence; memos; election report; attendance list business meetings


Box 16 971 1971 Cincinnati Annual Meeting, 1963-1972

Correspondence; corporate resolution; memo


Box 16 975 1975 Washington Annual Meeting, 1975-1976

Correspondence; list local committee; memo; program


Box 16 975.1 Washington Board of Directors Meeting, 1975

Memo; correspondence; Report of the Committee on the Status of Women and Minorities; report of actions by the Directors


Box 16 975.2 Washington: Abstracts, 1975

Program papers


Box 16 976 1976 New York Annual Meeting, 1974-1976

Correspondence; list local committee


Box 16 976.1 New York: Abstracts, circa 1976

Program papers


Box 16 977 1977 Atlanta Annual Meeting: correspondence, 1975-1977


Box 16 978 1978 Vancouver Annual Meeting, 1978

Correspondence; panel proposals; memos; minutes; abstracts; list panels; program


Box 16 979 1979 Boston Annual Meeting, 1979

Correspondence; attendance list; newsletter



Box 17 980 1980 New Orleans Annual Meeting, 1980

Correspondence; program; attendance lists


Box 17 980.1 New Orleans: ERA Problem, 1978-1980

Correspondence re protest Louisiana not ratified ERA


Box 17 981 1981 San Francisco Annual Meeting, 1981

Correspondence; meeting announcements; circulars


Box 17 983 1983 Cincinnati Annual Meeting, 1983

Attendance list business meeting; financial report; circular


Box 17 983.1 Cincinnati: Papers, Seminars, Workshops, Program Units, 1983

Correspondence; proposals

Alphabetical arrangement by sponsor


Box 17 983.2 Cincinnati: Papers, 1983


Box 17 983.3 Cincinnati: Splinter Groups, 1983


Box 17 984 1984 Toronto Annual Meeting, 1984

Circular; correspondence


Box 17 984.1 Toronto: Regular Panels, 1984



Box 18 984.2 Toronto: Splinter Groups, Panels, 1984


Box 18 984.3 Toronto: Committee Sponsored Groups, 1984


Box 18 985 1985 Washington Annual Meeting, 1985

Correspondence; ballot; circular


Box 18 985.1 Washington: Program, 1985

Correspondence; memo; list titles; abstracts


Box 18 985.2 Washington: Splinter Groups, 1985

Correspondence; list groups


Annual Meeting Scrapbooks

Three scrapbooks containing Annual Meeting programs; newspaper clippings; meeting announcements; lists of participants; correspondence.



Box 19 Annual Meeting scrapbook, 1869-1893

Also contains three photos of annual meeting at Brawn?, 1896.



Box 20 Annual Meeting scrapbook, 1894-1906



Box 21 Annual Meeting scrapbook, 1907-1933



Box 22 Record Book, 1868-1881

Contains handwritten minutes and proceedings of APA meetings and Constitution of the APA. Leather, title stamped on gold: "Records of the American Philological Association." Frame of double ruled border, gilt, and serpentine border marbled endpapers.



Box 23 Microfilming project records: New recommendations, Rejects 0-600, 1989



Box 24 Microfilming project records: Rejects 700-1300, Filmed 0-99, 1989



Box 25 Microfilming project records: Filmed 100-600, 1989



Box 26 Microfilming project records: Filmed 700-1300, 1989



Box 27 Microfilming project records: Correspondence, log book, statistics, Semi-annual reports, editorial board, financials, and vendors, 1989