Descriptive Summary
Mathematical Association of
America
Mathematical Association of
America Records,
1916-presentMaterials
are written in English.
86-11; 86-12; 86-14; 86-17; 86-18; 86-19;
86-43; 89-2; 89-5; 89-6; 89-7; 90-1; 90-3; 93-429; 94-189; 94-204; 95-244;
96-031; 96-173; 97-014; 98-104; 2000-012; 2000-170; 2000-233; 2001-098;
2002-023; 2003-133; 2003-044; 2004-170; 2005-025; 2005-133; 2005-159; 2005-199;
2006-017; 2006-025; 2006-026; 2006-039; 2006-055; 2006-060; 2006-076; 2006-091;
2006-108; 2006-135; 2007-152; 2007-174; 2008-284; 2009-256; 2010-003; 2010-105;
2010-192; 2010-194; 2011-007; 2011-016; 2011-047; 2011-138; 2011-140; 2011-141;
2011-231; 2011-242; 2012-309; 2013-019
327 ft., 1 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
This collection consists
of correspondence, printed material, notes, publications, and photographs
documenting the work of the Mathematical Association of America, one of the
primary professional organizations in the field of mathematics.
Access Restrictions
Records for MAA journals that reveal the names of referees will be restricted for a
period of 30 years from the date of creation, unless the current editor of the
journal grants permission. Unprocessed material is also restricted. All other
material is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Portions of this collection are stored off-site at Collections Deposit
Library and the Library Storage Facility. Advance notice required for retrieval.
Contact repository for retrieval.
Preferred Citation
Mathematical Association of America Records, 1916-present, Archives of
American Mathematics, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at
Austin.
Box number conventions:
Collections Deposit Library (CDL): Accession No./Box number (with the
designation “CDL” in parentheses). Stored off-site.
Library Storage Facility (LSF): Accession Number/Box Number, (with nine
digit LSF number in parentheses underneath). Stored off-site.
Sid Richardson Hall (SRH): Proceeded by an asterix (*). Various location
formats, followed by accession number in [square brackets]. Located
on-site.
Organization:
Due to size, this inventory has been divided into seven separate units
which can be accessed by clicking on the highlighted text.
- Part one: Headquarters Records [this page]:
-
Early
records
-
Washington office records
-
Ford Foundation report
-
Part two: Officers
-
Part three: Publications
-
Part four: Committees and Awards
-
Part five: Section Files
-
Part six: Meetings and Conferences
-
Part seven: Projects
Related Material
G. Baley Price Papers, 1932-1993, Archives of American Mathematics, Dolph
Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Leonard Gillman Papers, 1922-1924, 1945-2004, Archives of American Mathematics, Dolph
Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Part 1 - Headquarters records:
[See also: "Records of editors, presidents, and secretaries from MAA
headquarters" under Officers, and "Meeting files from MAA Headquarters" under
Meetings and Conferences]
*4RM114 [2004-170]
Early records:
[Early records of the organization, probably gathered together by
H. M. Gehman. Consist primarily of the records of early secretaries,
treasurers, and committees]
*4RM114 [2004-170]
American Mathematical
Monthly:
*4RM114 [2004-170]
[Mostly B. F. Finkel and H. E. Slaught
correspondence],
1908-1915
*4RM114 [2004-170]
1915-1916, 1933
*4RM114 [2004-170]
Volume 23, Number 4, [includes list of charter
members, p. 134],
April 1916
*4RM114 [2004-170]
Monthly Supplements, registers
of officers and members, [annotated, incomplete],
1919-1941
*4RM114 [2004-170]
Library catalog, Volume 28, Number 8, Part II,
October 1931
*4RM114 [2004-170]
Correspondence, [including the American Mathematical
Society, the
Monthly and the organization of
the MAA],
1914-1915
*4RM114 [2004-170]
List of officers and charters members, [annotated],
December 1916
*4RM114 [2004-170]
Committee on a Mathematical Dictionary, E. R. Hedrick,
chair,
1919-1920
*4RM114 [2004-170]
Board of Governors minutes,
1920-1928
*4RM114 [2004-170]
Incorporation:
*4RM114 [2004-170]
State of Illinois incorporation certificate,
September 8, 1920
*4RM114 [2004-170]
Secretary of State, Illinois,
1920-1923, 1936-1950
*4RM114 [2004-170]
Cook County, Recorder of Deeds, legal notices of
elections,
1921-1950
*4RM114 [2004-170]
Houck fund and C. C. Carter,
1923-1936
*4RM115 [2004-170]
Chauvenet Prize Committee,
1925-1951
*4RM115 [2004-170]
Putnam Competition, formulation of a plan,
1937-1942
*4RM115 [2004-170]
Editorial Committee on Carus Monographs,
1937-1960
*4RM115 [2004-170]
Committee on the Earle Raymond Hedrick Lectures, and
Committee on Expository Lectures,
1951-1954
*4RM115 [2004-170]
Register of members, changes from
October 15, 1951-Febraury 10, 1952
*4RM115 [2004-170]
History [correspondence and materials collected by HMG
in the 1950s and early 1960s]:
*4RM115 [2004-170]
Monthly, correspondence between
Lloyd W. Stark and H. M. Gehman including a 1897
Monthly receipt for L. I.
Neikirk signed by B. F. Finkel,
1897, 1965
*4RM115 [2004-170]
Historical materials collected by HMG, [includes B. F.
Finkel paper on the early history of the
Monthly], 1915-1945
*4RM115 [2004-170]
Materials collected by HMG and correspondence,
1916-1922, 1963-1965
*4RM115 [2004-170]
Correspondence and printed material collected and/or
written by HMG,
1938, 1948-1966
*4RM115 [2004-170]
HMG's correspondence and writings on and about MAA
History, [includes correspondence with A. A. Bennett and the MAA fiftieth
anniversary],
1952-1965
*4RM116 [2004-170]
History writings from other scientific organizations,
collected by HMG,
1965
*4RM116 [2004-170]
H. M. Gehman, date books,
1956-1957, 1960-1962
*4RM116 [2004-170]
By-laws:
*4RM116 [2004-170]
By-laws of other organizations,
1961-1967
*4RM116 [2004-170]
Duren's Committee on Revision of By-laws, [Committee
on the Revision of the By-laws of the Association]:
*4RM116 [2004-170]
1961-1968
*4RM116 [2004-170]
1967-1968
*4RM116 [2004-170]
Committee on the Future Administrative Structure of the
Association (Cameron):
*4RM116 [2004-170]
General,
1962-1968
*4RM116 [2004-170]
Willcox appointment,
1967
*4RM116 [2004-170]
Mathematics Magazine, Brief
history by H. M. Gehman,
February 1964
*4RM116 [2004-170]
Charter members project,
1964-1965 and undated
*4RM116 [2004-170]
Combined Membership list,
1966-1967
*4RM116 [2004-170]
SUNY Research Foundation, financial arrangements,
1969
*4RM116 [2004-170]
Notes on Articles of Association [probably by H. M.
Gehman],
undated
*4RM116 [2004-170]
Meetings, attendance statistics, 1929-1966, "Ancient
History,"
undated
*4RM112 [2004-170]
Seven photographs and one contact sheet from the filming
of "Mathematical Induction," featuring Leon Henkin, Leon Cohen is also
pictured,
ca. 1961
Washington Office Records:
90-1/1 (16327666)
Finance committee,
1975-1979:
90-1/1 (16327666)
Meeting files
90-1/1 (16327666)
A Short Course in Accounting
90-1/1 (16327666)
Edyth Sliffe Bequest
90-1/1 (16327666)
Executive and finance committees, meeting files,
1975-1979
90-1/1 (16327666)
Board of Governors, meeting files,
1975-1979
90-1/2 (16327655)
Alfred B. Willcox, personal files
90-1/2 (16327655)
Alfred B. Willcox, Short Course in
Accounting
90-1/2 (16327655)
Committee on Adult Education
90-1/2 (16327655)
Advanced Placement Committee
90-1/2 (16327655)
Committee on Advisement and Personnel,
1961-1978
90-1/2 (16327655)
Correspondence with Alder, Cameron, Young,
1967-1970
90-1/2 (16327655)
Ad Hoc committee on Cost of Producing
Journals
90-1/2 (16327655)
Committee on Corporate Members, 1969-1979:
90-1/2 (16327655)
Committee report, "The Industrial Mathematician Views
his Profession"
90-1/3 (16327349)
Committee on Associate Director
90-1/3 (16327349)
Joint Committee on Applications of Mathematics in the
college Curriculum
90-1/3 (16327349)
Ad Hoc Committee on Computer Usage
90-1/3 (16327349)
Committee on Decline in Preparation of Students for
Collegiate Mathematics:
90-1/3 (16327349)
Committee's Report
90-1/3 (16327349)
Committee's Proposal
90-1/3 (16327349)
Discrete mathematics, preliminary report
requests
90-1/3 (16327349)
Committee on Educational Media
90-1/3 (16327349)
Committee on Employment Opportunities,
1956-1974
90-1/3 (16327349)
Committee on Employment Register,
1968-1974
90-1/3 (16327349)
Employment information for mathematicians,
1973-1974
90-1/3 (16327349)
Committee on Evaluation of Source Book on Applications
in Mathematics to the Social Studies
90-1/3 (16327349)
Committee on Exchange of Information
90-1/3 (16327349)
Committee to Explore Possible Cooperation with
UMAP
90-1/3 (16327349)
Committee on Institutes,
1960-1973
90-1/4 (15994880)
Committee on Institutes,
1960-1973:
90-1/4 (15994880)
Summer institutes
90-1/4 (15994880)
Joint Committee on Relations between AMS and
MAA
90-1/4 (15994880)
Joint ACM/MAA Committee on Retraining for Computer
Science
90-1/4 (15994880)
Joint AMS/MAA/SIAM Administrative Committee
90-1/4 (15994880)
Correspondence with journals and their
editors
90-1/4 (15994880)
Individual lectures film project
90-1/4 (15994880)
MAA pamphlet, "Math You'll Need in College"
90-1/4 (15994880)
Committee to Monitor Responses to the Recommendations
Document
90-1/4 (15994880)
Committee on New Ideas
90-1/4 (15994880)
Ad Hoc Committee on New Priorities for Undergraduate
Education in the Mathematical Sciences
90-1/5 (16327350)
Committee on Advisement and Personnel, "You'll Need
Math"
90-1/5 (16327350)
Committee on Photo Composition
90-1/5 (16327350)
MAA Prizes, various committees
90-1/5 (16327350)
Publications Committee, 1981:
90-1/5 (16327350)
Computerized publication sales
90-1/5 (16327350)
Committee on Marketing Publications
90-1/5 (16327350)
Committee on Putnam Competitions
90-1/5 (16327350)
Committee to Review Financial Management
90-1/5 (16327350)
Committee to Review the Guidelines for
Evaluation
90-1/5 (16327350)
Committee to Set Guidelines for Evaluation
90-1/5 (16327350)
Committee on Hedrick Lectures
90-1/5 (16327350)
Mathematical World
90-1/5 (16327350)
Secondary school lecture program to interest more
Chicano students in mathematics
90-1/5 (16327350)
Ad Hoc Committee on Short Courses
90-1/5 (16327350)
Committee on Service Courses
90-1/5 (16327350)
Committee on Special Funds,
1969-1976
90-1/5 (16327350)
Nominating Committees
90-1/5 (16327350)
Manuscripts submitted
90-1/5 (16327350)
Wage and price guidelines
90-1/5 (16327350)
MAA investment fund ledger sheets
90-1/5 (16327350)
Other organizations:
90-1/5 (16327350)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS)
90-1/5 (16327350)
Council of Scientific Society Presidents
(CSSP)
90-1/5 (16327350)
Copyright Clearance Center
90-1/6 (16327382)
NLT Computer Services Corporation
90-1/6 (16327382)
North American Precis
90-1/6 (16327382)
Prindle, Weber & Schmidt, Math Journal
90-1/6 (16327382)
Publications Dispatch Service
90-1/6 (16327382)
Spencer Foundation
90-1/6 (16327382)
Terminal Systems Corporation
90-1/6 (16327382)
Universal Subscriptions Agency
90-1/6 (16327382)
Washington Academy of Sciences
90-1/6 (16327382)
Webster & Chamberlain
90-1/6 (16327382)
CLEP
90-1/6 (16327382)
MAA Projects:
90-1/6 (16327382)
Creative publications
90-1/6 (16327382)
COSMOS, National Science Foundation (NSF)
90-1/6 (16327382)
Commission on Higher Education, state
associations
90-1/6 (16327382)
Contemporary mathematics modules for
teachers
90-1/6 (16327382)
Contributed paper sessions at national
meetings
90-1/6 (16327382)
Faculty conferences, 1980 project with NSF
90-1/6 (16327382)
Lily Grant Rhoades Articulation
90-1/6 (16327382)
World War II history project
2006-039/1 (CDL)
Ford Foundation Report:
2006-039/1 (CDL)
Section I: History,
February 1989
2006-039/1 (CDL)
Section II: Our Objectives,
February 1989
2006-039/1 (CDL)
Section III: Thinking and Working in the Schools –
Introduction and Technique,
February 1989
2006-039/1 (CDL)
Section III: Thinking and Working in the Schools – Word
Problems,
February 1989
2006-039/1 (CDL)
Section IV: Three Models in Evolution – Sarah J. Hale
High School, Prospect Heights High School and P. S. 230,
February 1989
2006-039/1 (CDL)
Section VI: In Retrospect,
February 1989
2006-039/1 (CDL)
Supplementary material,
February 1989
2012-309/1 (LSF)
Tina Straley, Executive Director:
2012-309/1 (LSF)
Notebooks:
2012-309/1 (LSF)
2005-2007
2012-309/2 (LSF)
2007-2011
2010-192/1 (LSF)
Miscellaneous Records:
Note: These records were donated
from the MAA central office as accession no. 2011-231.
2010-192/1 (LSF)
Maurice Machover (manuscripts of Richard Courant memorial
remarks and Peter Lax lectures), 1972
2010-192/1 (LSF)
Courant Institute clipping, circa 1999
2010-192/1 (LSF)
CD: “OP-20-G Enigma Series” “E-2, E-4, E-9 – Selections,”
undated
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