Finding aid for the American Society for Metals Records
Title:
American Society for Metals Records
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
American Society for Metals
Dates:
1963
Quantity:
0.10 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract:
 The American Society for Metals is an organization founded in 1920 and devoted to the promotion of the arts and sciences associated with the manufacture and treatment of metals. The collection consists of a 97-page photocopied draft of the Society's history.
Identification:
MS 4314
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

History of the American Society for Metals

American Society for Metals (f. 1913) was started in Detroit, Michigan, by William Park Woodside. The society "is devoted to the promotion of the arts and sciences... with either the manufacture or the treatment of metals or both." From an initial membership of 16, the organization grew to over 30,000 members by 1960 and a total annual income of over $2.6 million by 1958. It relocated its office to Prospect and East 46th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1920, and later moved to 7301 Euclid Avenue. The society has held annual conventions, with the 1946, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1958, and 1963 conventions hosted in Cleveland.

Scope and Content

American Society for Metals Records, ca. 1963, consist of a 97-page photocopied draft of the society's history. It is stored in one folder.

The collection is useful for understanding a professional society's development and growth.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is maintained in one folder.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

American Society for Metals -- History.
Trade and professional associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4314 American Society for Metals Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

American Society for Metals, 1972.

Processing Information

Processed by Daniel J. Linke in 1988.