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 |
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.
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.
None.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4314 American Society for Metals Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
American Society for Metals, 1972.
Processed by Daniel J. Linke in 1988.