INTRODUCTION

Title: The Anesthesia History Association Archives

Extent: 1.5 linear feet, in 4 containers

Date range: 1982—2001

Bulk dates: 1990—1992

Language: English

Provenance: 1991—92 In-kind gift from AHA

1992—93 In-kind gift from AHA

1995.3.31.1 Miscellaneous items transferred from the Calverley Collection

1997.2.20.1 TISHA files donated by AHA

 

Processor: Judith Robins, Collections Supervisor

Date processed: August 1, 2001

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The First International Symposium on Modern Anesthesia History was held in Rotterdam in 1982. At that meeting, several members of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) discussed the possible organization of an anesthesia history society in the United States. In August of that year, Dr. Selma Calmes sent a questionnaire to 79 anesthesiologists, canvassing their interest in such a group. Of these, 51 responded.

On October 25, 1982, at ASA’s Annual Meeting, a special meeting was held to form such a group. 47 persons attended the organizational meeting. The meeting was opened by Dr. Garth Huston, then Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology (WLM). Various names for the new group were discussed at that meeting, but none was chosen. By January 1983 it was named the "Anesthesia History Association" (AHA). Dr. Selma Calmes and Dr. Roderick Calverley are credited with being the co-founders of the AHA.

The AHA’s "Inaugural Meeting" was held on October 9, 1983. This, like the organizational meeting and all subsequent annual meetings of the AHA, was part of the program of the ASA’s Annual Meeting. Having begun under the aegis of the ASA, there was at first some confusion regarding the status of the AHA. Early monetary donations to support the new Association were sent to both ASA and WLM. However, the AHA soon asserted its independence.

The first issue of the "Anesthesia History Association Newsletter" was published in December, 1982. It has remained in continuous publication, with an average of four issues per year (see the following list.) In 1995, the WLM became co-publisher of the newsletter, a relationship that continues to the present. With the July, 1995 issue, the name of the newsletter was changed to the "Bulletin of Anesthesia History". In 1996, a cumulated index to the AHA Newsletter was published. Creation of the index was a joint project of the AHA, WLM, and ASA.

The AHA was a principal sponsor of the Third International Symposium on the History of Anesthesia. The meeting was held in Atlanta, Georgia, March 27—31, 1992. The theme of the symposium was the Crawford W. Long Sesquicentennial (the 150th anniversary of Dr. Long’s use of ether vapor to produce surgical anesthesia.) The AHA also co-sponsored the Bicentenary Meeting to Mark Davy’s Researches into Nitrous Oxide, held in Bristol, England, May 13-15, 1999.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

Miscellaneous records: This material is slim, and has been organized chronologically.

Newsletter: This series consists of the manuscript of the newsletter index that was published in 1996, and miscellaneous issues from 1982 through 1995.

TISHA: The Third International Symposium on the History of Anesthesia (TISHA) is well documented in this collection. The proceedings of this Symposium were published by WLM in 1992.

Other Symposia: The collection also contains records relating to the first two International Symposia on the History of Anaesthesia, and to the Bicentenary Meeting celebrating Humphrey Davy’s research into nitrous oxide.

The Wood Library Museum’s collection of AHA records was compiled from various sources, including certain gifts from the AHA. This collection contains very few examples of administrative or fiscal records, and sporadic records of regular activities such as production of the newsletter, the world-wide web site, meetings and other events.

Volume 1, No. 1 December, 1982 (2 pages)

Volume 1, No. 2 March, 1983 (4 pages)

Volume 1, No. 3 June, 1983 (5 pages)

Volume 1, No. 4 September, 1983 (4 pages)

Volume 2, No. 1 November, 1983 (4 pages)

Volume 2, No. 2 April, 1984 (6 pages)

Volume 2, Nos. 3&4 September, 1984 (6 pages plus insert)

Volume 3, No. 1 December, 1984 (6 pages)

Volume 3, No. 2 March, 1985 (6 pages)

Volume 3, No. 3 July, 1985 (8 pages)

Volume 3, No. 4 September, 1985 (4 pages plus insert)

Volume 4, No. 1 January, 1986 (8 pages)

Volume 4, No. 2 April, 1986 (8 pages)

Volume 4, No. 3 July, 1986 (8 pages plus insert)

Volume 4, No. 4 October, 1986 (10 pages)

Volume 5, No. 1 January, 1987 (10 pages)

Volume 5, No. 2 April, 1987 (12 pages)

Volume 5, No. 3 July, 1987 (12 pages plus insert)

Volume 5, No. 4 October, 1987 (16 pages)

Volume 6, No. 1 January, 1988 (12 pages)

Volume 6, No. 2 April, 1988 (12 pages)

Volume 6, No. 3 July, 1988 (12 pages plus insert)

Volume 6, No. 4 October, 1988 (12 pages)

Volume 7, No. 1 January, 1989 (16 pages)

Volume 7, No. 2 April, 1989 (12 pages)

Volume 7, No. 3 July, 1989 (12 pages)

Volume 7, No. 4 October, 1989 (8 pages)

Volume 8, No. 1 January, 1990 (16 pages)

Volume 8, No. 2 April, 1990 (12 pages)

Volume 8, No. 3 July, 1990 (12 pages)

Volume 8, No. 4 October, 1990 (12 pages)

Volume 9, No. 1 January, 1991 (16 pages)

Volume 9, No. 2 April, 1991 (16 pages)

Volume 9, No. 3 July, 1991 (12 pages)

Volume 9, No. 4 October, 1991 (8 pages)

Volume 10, No. 1 January, 1992 (16 pages)

Volume 10, No. 2 April, 1992 (12 pages)

Volume 10, No. 3 July, 1992 (16 pages)

Volume 10, No. 4 October, 1992 (16 pages)

Volume 11, No. 1 January, 1993 (16 pages)

Volume 11, No. 2 April, 1993 (12 pages)

Volume 11, No. 3 July, 1993 (12 pages)

Volume 11, No. 4 October, 1993 (16 pages)

Volume 12, Nos. 1&2 January & April, 1994 (24 pages)

Volume 12, No. 3 July, 1994 (16 pages)

Volume 12, No. 4 October, 1994 (16 pages)

Volume 13, No. 1 January, 1995 (20 pages)

Volume 13, No. 2 April, 1995 (16 pages)

Volume 13, No. 3 July, 1995 (16 pages)

Volume 13, No. 4 October, 1995 (16 pages)

Volume 14, No. 1 January, 1996 (24 pages)

Volume 14, No. 2 April, 1996 (20 pages)

Volume 14, No. 3 July, 1996 (20 pages)

Volume 14, No. 4 October, 1996 (20 pages)

Volume 15, No. 1 January, 1997 (24 pages)

Volume 15, No. 2 April, 1997 (24 pages)

Volume 15, No. 3 July, 1997 (20 pages)

Volume 15, No. 4 October, 1997 (24 pages)

Volume 16, No. 1 January, 1998 (24 pages)

Volume 16, No. 2 April, 1998 (24 pages)

Volume 16, No. 3 July, 1998 (20 pages)

Volume 16, No. 4 October, 1998 (24 pages)

Volume 17, No. 1 January, 1999 (20 pages)

Volume 17, No. 2 April, 1999 (20 pages)

Volume 17, No. 3 July, 1999 (20 pages)

Volume 17, No. 4 October, 1999 (20 pages)

Volume 18, No.1 January, 2000 (24 pages)

Volume 18, No. 2 March, 2000 (24 pages)

Volume 18, No. 3 July, 2000 (20 pages)

Volume 18, No. 4 October, 2000 (20 pages)

Volume 19, No. 1 January, 2001 (20 pages)

Volume 19, No. 2 April, 2001 (28 pages)

CONTAINER LIST

FF 1 Finding Aid

Series: Miscellaneous Records

FF 2 Undated materials

FF 3 1982: Questionnaire, announcement, minutes, correspondence

FF 4 1983: Announcement, correspondence, financial statement, meeting program

FF 5 1984: Directory (2 copies), meeting program, photograph

FF 6 1985: Directory, meeting program, newsletter report

[Also in this box: 1985 AHA penholder with marble base]

FF 7 1986: Correspondence, report of the Archive Film Task Force, photograph

FF 1989: Correspondence, meeting program, photographs of annual meeting

FF 1990: Correspondence

FF 1991: Correspondence

FF 1992: Announcement, proposed changes to bylaws, membership list

FF 1993: Announcement, correspondence re: Spring meeting

FF 1994: Correspondence

FF 1995: Correspondence, digital pictures of annual meeting

FF 1996: Letter with dues notice

FF 1997: Correspondence

FF 1998: Secretary-Treasurer’s report

FF 1999: Announcement, meeting program

FF 2001: Announcements, web site home page

Series: Other Symposia

FF First International Symposium on the History of Modern Anaesthesia

[Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1982.]

List of registrants

FF Second International Symposium on the History of Anaesthesia

[London, England, July 20—23, 1987.]

Miscellaneous records

Series: Third International Symposium on the History of Anesthesia (1992)

[Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March 27—31, 1992.]

FF Abstract Requests

FF Abstracts (1 of 2)

FF Abstracts (2 of 2)

FF Budget

FF Carter Center

FF General correspondence 1990

FF General correspondence 1991

FF General correspondence 1992

FF Exhibits and Posters

FF International Advisors

FF Local Arrangements Committee

FF Article on Crawford Long by John E. Steinhaus

FF Crawford Long Drama

FF Program & Activities

FF Publicity

FF List of Registrants

FF Registration Forms A—L

FF Registration Forms M—Z

FF Registration Packet (Complete)

FF Registration Packet (Incomplete)

FF Scientific Program Committee

FF List of Speakers

Series: Other Symposia

FF The Bicentenary Meeting to Mark Davy’s Researches into Nitrous Oxide (1999)

[Bristol, England, May 13-15, 1999. Co-sponsored by the History of Anaesthesia Society

(England), the Society of Anaesthetists of the South Western Region (England), and the

Anesthesia History Association.]

 

Registration packet

 

Series: Newsletter

FF Manuscript of the Index (1 of 3): Introductory pages, indexed volumes 1 through 8 (January 1982—October 1990)

FF Manuscript of the Index (2 of 3): Indexed volumes 9 through 13 (January 1991—April 1995)

FF Manuscript of the Index (3 of 3): Index

FF Miscellaneous issues 1982—1995

FF Miscellaneous issues 1986—1989

FF Miscellaneous issues 1990—1995