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Now And Then: Your Role In The Academy, Gary John Previts Jan 1974

Now And Then: Your Role In The Academy, Gary John Previts

Accounting Historians Journal

The Academy of Accounting Historians has been formed to provide a vehicle for academicians and practitioners throughout the world to further their study in the many aspects of the evolution of accountancy. In order to successfully accomplish this goal The Academy must receive support from each member.


Now And Then: Your Role In The Academy, Gary John Previts Jan 1974

Now And Then: Your Role In The Academy, Gary John Previts

Accounting Historians Journal

The Academy of Accounting Historians has been formed to provide a vehicle for academicians and practitioners throughout the world to further their study in the many aspects of the evolution of accountancy. In order to successfully accomplish this goal The Academy must receive support from each member.


Other Features Jan 1974

Other Features

Accounting Historians Journal

Subtitles are: Book Mart; Contact Notes; Historical Antecedents; Historical Potpourri; History in Print; Out of the Past; Research Notes; Research Resources; Through the Ages


Reflections On The Uses Of Accounting History, S. Paul Garner Jan 1974

Reflections On The Uses Of Accounting History, S. Paul Garner

Accounting Historians Journal

Garner reflects on the value of accounting history upon the occasion of the establishment of the Academy of Accounting Historians.


Hazy History: Fact And Folklore In Accounting, Gary John Previts Jan 1974

Hazy History: Fact And Folklore In Accounting, Gary John Previts

Accounting Historians Journal

The object of all this review of historical apocrypha is really quite simple - historical statements made by non-historians, in particular, must be challenged by historians.


International Accounting History Symposium, Alfred Robert Roberts Jan 1974

International Accounting History Symposium, Alfred Robert Roberts

Accounting Historians Journal

During the period October 8-12, 1970, representatives of nearly twenty national accounting groups met in Brussels for the First International Congress of Accounting Historians.


Summaries Of Papers Presented At The First International Accounting History Symposium, Richard H. Homburger, Hermann Kellenbenz, Rosa-Elizabeth Gassmann Jan 1974

Summaries Of Papers Presented At The First International Accounting History Symposium, Richard H. Homburger, Hermann Kellenbenz, Rosa-Elizabeth Gassmann

Accounting Historians Journal

Summary of two papers: State of Bookkeeping in Upper Germany at the Time of the Fuggers and Welsers, by Hermann Kellenbenz; Survey of the Development of Auditing in Germany, by Rosa-Elizabeth Gassmann


Challenges Facing Teachers Of Accounting History, Edward Peragallo Jan 1974

Challenges Facing Teachers Of Accounting History, Edward Peragallo

Accounting Historians Journal

This article represents observations on the problem of how one goes about introducing accounting history, particularly in a beginning course.


Book Reviews [1974, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-4], Kenneth S. Most, Marc J. Epstein, Turgut Var, Hugh Hughes Jan 1974

Book Reviews [1974, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-4], Kenneth S. Most, Marc J. Epstein, Turgut Var, Hugh Hughes

Accounting Historians Journal

Books reviewed are: Ellis Mast Sowell, The Evolution of the Theories and Techniques of Standard Costs Reviewed by Kenneth S. Most; James Ole Winjum, The Role of Accounting in the Economic Development of England: 1500-1750 Reviewed by Marc J. Epstein; Michael Chatfield, A History of Accounting Thought Reviewed by Turgut Var; Michael E. Parrish, Securities Regulation and the New Deal Reviewed by Hugh Hughes.


Fasbing: Abracadabra Again?, Gary John Previts Jan 1974

Fasbing: Abracadabra Again?, Gary John Previts

Accounting Historians Journal

The release of the report of the Study Group on the Objectives of Financial Statements--the Trueblood Committee Report--in October, 1973, has begun to set in motion a chain of events and will likely be the initial step in a significant episode of accounting history.


Accounting Historians Journal, 1974-76, Vols. 1-3 [Combined Volumes] Jan 1974

Accounting Historians Journal, 1974-76, Vols. 1-3 [Combined Volumes]

Accounting Historians Journal

Combined volumes


Old Wine: The New Harvard Bottle, Gary John Previts Jan 1974

Old Wine: The New Harvard Bottle, Gary John Previts

Accounting Historians Journal

Accounting historians, familiar with the evolution of income determination theory are aware fo the host of early writers who became embroiled in the issue of interest as a cost.


Biography And Accounting History, William Baker Flowers Jan 1974

Biography And Accounting History, William Baker Flowers

Accounting Historians Journal

Biography as a type of accounting history is worthy of research effort. However, it is very important that the researcher realize that he is undertaking a formidable task. The biographer should study the basic psychological and behavioral patterns of personalities and become familiar with them.


Profiles, A. N. Mosich, James R. Morton, William Robert Smith, Stephen A. Zeff Jan 1974

Profiles, A. N. Mosich, James R. Morton, William Robert Smith, Stephen A. Zeff

Accounting Historians Journal

Short biographical sketches of Henry Whitcom Sweeney by A.N. Mosich, DR Scott by James R. Morton, John Bennett Canning by William Robert Smith, and F.R.M. de Paula by Stephen A. Zeff.


Unexpected Accounting?, Orville R. Keister Jan 1974

Unexpected Accounting?, Orville R. Keister

Accounting Historians Journal

From sections of the Code of Hammurabi, it appears that records on clay tablets, corresponding to our modern business papers, were required by law in most important transactions.


Announcement [1974, Vol. 1 Nos. 1-4] Jan 1974

Announcement [1974, Vol. 1 Nos. 1-4]

Accounting Historians Journal

Titles of announcements include: Working papers inaugurated; Chatfield to speak at 2nd annual meeting; Second annual business meeting of The Academy, August 20th; Academy incorporates; New Orleans reminders; Membership increases; Meeting agenda, August 20th; Nominations; Brochure available; Humor? Help!; Ad hoc committees formed; Hall of Fame adds R.M.T.; Academy awards; Officials elected at second meeting; Copies of by-laws available; Membership information


Electronic Methodology: Accounting Oral And Visual History, Alfred Robert Roberts Jan 1974

Electronic Methodology: Accounting Oral And Visual History, Alfred Robert Roberts

Accounting Historians Journal

Electronic devices enable today's historian to gather and preserve unique event data which should become historically significant.