Collectors of Aquarium Literature – Number 43 June 1992

In this Issue:

History of the Boston Aquarium Society, Inc. by George and Frieda Meserve

This history will be shared over the course of several Collectors of Aquarium Literature issues. The total contents of the history are listed below, and in this issue, parts 1 and 2 will be shared.

1. Founding of the Society. The First Year
2. Progress and Development of the Early Society
3. Unforeseen Problems and the Decline of the Early Society
4. Reorganization of the Boston Aquarium Society
5. Growth and Expanding Activities of the New Society
6. The Boston Aquarium Society in the Early Thirties
7. Incorporation of the Boston Aquarium Society
8. The Early Volumes of the Boston Aquarium News
9. Progress of the Society during the Late Thirties
10. Literary Contributions, Activities, and Innovations
11. Society Growth Following World War II
12. Projects, Competitions, and Meeting Places
13. The Junior Aquarium Society and Other Innovations
14. The Society in the Late Fifties
15. The Society Moves to New Quarters
16. The Early Sixties
17. Changes and Innovations in the Sixties
18. The Sixties (Continued)

The Collectors of Aquarium Literature was an organization founded by Dave Hopp and Paul Harvey to better organize those who collected vintage aquarium magazines and books. Each issue had articles on aquarium publication history, plus articles related to book and magazine collecting in general. This publication ran from May 1983 through June 1994 for a total of 55 issues. (August through November 1988 was a combined issue 25/26, and March through July 1989 was marked 29/30 1989.)

The MOAPH museum wishes to thank Paul Harvey and Dave Hopp for giving the museum permission to reprint these issues.

These CAL issues are reproduced exactly as they were printed in their entirety. We have left the “wanted” or “for sale” ads for historical reference, but please note that many of these CAL members have moved or are deceased.