American Heartworm Society Records
Scope and Contents
This collection conatians information bulletins, minutes, proceedings and membership lists of the American Heartworm Society. The minutes contain executive board minutes, financial reports, annual reports and minutes of buisness meetings.
Dates
- 1960-2019
Conditions Governing Access
Open to any qualified researcher and to members of the American Heartworm Society.
Biographical / Historical
The American Heartworm Association was founded on March 16, 1974 in Auburn, Alabama during the third Auburn Heartworm Symposium with the mission to: further scientific progress in the study of heartworm disease, inform the membership of new developments, and encourage and help promote effective procedures for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heartworm disease. Since its founding in Auburn in 1974, the American Heartworm Society has grown to be a world renowned association, providing educational material about heartworm treatment and diagnosis, publishing the official Current Guidelines for Canine and Feline Prevantion, Diagnosis and Treatment of Heartworm disease, and holding symposiums every three years on the latest heartworm research.
Extent
8.65 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Source
- American Heartworm Society (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the American Heartworm Society Collection
- Subtitle
- Record Group 0650
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: D.J. Stanhope, Jakeman, LuSondra Verser, Tamara Tyler, Javan Frazier, Lisa Glasscock
- Date
- 3/7/1984; 1/21/1985; 4/16/1998; April 2002; May 2002; April 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
