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The American Philatelic Association was formed in 1886. [1] Other national, regional, and local clubs followed during the late nineteenth and into the twentieth centuries. Most of these societies were dominated by white men of financial means, and some actively excluded women and persons of color, though newer and more local clubs formed in the ...
In June 1939, the Pacific Coast Association of Collection Agencies and California Association of Collectors, held a joint convention in Oakland, California and launched the American Collectors Association with 273 members. The organization changed its name to ACA International in 2001. [2]
American Vecturist Association (AVA) Anchorage Coin Club; Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG) Blue Ridge Numismatic Association (BRNA) Central States Numismatic Society; Medal Collectors of America (MCA), founded in 1998 in Portland Oregon. "Its primary purpose was to serve collectors of world and U.S. art and historical medals.
The beginnings of the antiquarian book trade can be traced to British North America, specifically Boston of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. [1] There is no established date of when this business of book collecting actually begins, however Stern attributes the beginnings to John Dunton’s visit to Boston in 1686, in which he brought along numerous books from his native England.
The Wilson Potteries were three related potteries that operated in Capote, Texas, near Seguin, in the latter half of the 19th century, supplying a wide swath of the state with locally-made stoneware vessels for food storage and preparation. One of these, H. Wilson & Co., is thought to be the first African-American-owned business in the state. [1]
CHARPEX - Charlotte, North Carolina (Charlotte Philatelic Society) COMPEX - Chicago, Illinois [52] FALLSPEX - (Cuyahoga Falls Stamp Club) [52] HUNTSPEX - Huntsville, Alabama (Huntsville Philatelic Club) [52] MEMPHEX - Memphis, Tennessee (Memphis Stamp Collectors Society) [60] WISCOPEX - various Wisconsin cities (Wisconsin Federation of Stamp ...
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The North American Vexillological Association was formed in 1967 by Whitney Smith. Smith, a political science student at Harvard University had a passion for flag design at an early age. Prior to NAVA's founding, Smith worked with Guyanese President Cheddi Jagan to design Guyana's new flag in the early 1960s. [3]