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Collectors of Aquarium Literature – Number 47 February 1993

In this Issue:

  1. “The Amateur Aquarist” by Mark Samuel – At Least Three Distinct Editions by Lee Finley
  2. An Interesting “Reminder” by Jare A. Sausaman
  3. History of the Boston Aquarium Society (continued from previous issue)
    • History of the Boston Aquarium Society, Inc. by George and Frieda Meserve. This history will be shared over several issues of Collectors of Aquarium Literature. The total contents of the history are listed below. Parts 1-3 were shared in previous issues, and in this issue, part 4 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)
  4. Swimming with information – Fish Facts by Geoff Swinney and Kate Charlesworth
  5. The Bulletin of The Goldfish Society of Great Britain
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 We have left the “wanted” or “for sale” ads for historical reference, but please note that many of these CAL members have moved or are deceased.