American Microscopical Society: The First One-Hundred Years. Part I.

Abstract

PRESCOTT, G. W. 1979. American Microscopical Society: the first one-hundred years. Part II. Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc., 98: 165-194. The present account continues the chronicling of the long and colorful history of the American Microscopical Society. It is the second and concluding installment. Some of the highlights or mileposts mentioned briefly in Part I are expanded here. The early Constitution and its subsequent amendations are treated; and the Secretary's journal, the Transactions (or "TAMS") is described from the time of its origin until the present. Its "content-emphases" and general coverage are mentioned as well as the problem of reprinting back issues; its special Memorial Issues are cited. The Spencer-Tolles Fund is revisited; and the major officerships of the Society through the past decades are reviewed: President, Secretary (Secretary-Editor until 1966), Treasurer, Editor, and Custodian-Historian. The Centenary Meeting, held in December 1978, is described with details of the highly memorable Banquet Program. Finally, predictions are made for the second 100 years; and a bibliography of selected references is appended.