Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

MS 487
American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD)
Records, 1957-[ongoing]


Descriptive summary

creator:

American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD)

title:

Records

dates:

1957-[ongoing]

extent:

8.4 linear feet (20 document boxes)

collection number:

MS 487

repository:

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians Records, MS 487, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Historical note

The American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) was organized at the 1957 annual meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Its purposes are to disseminate information relating to the diagnosis of animal diseases; to coordinate diagnostic activities of regulatory, research, and service laboratories; to establish uniform diagnostic techniques; to improve existing diagnostic techniques; to develop new diagnostic techniques; to establish accepted guidelines for the improvement of diagnostic laboratory organizations relative to personnel qualifications and facilities; and to be the consultant to the United States Animal Health Association on uniform diagnostic criteria involved in regulatory animal disease programs. The group is based in Davis, California.

 

Collection description

This collection (1957-[ongoing]) includes annual reports, committee reports, constitution and bylaws, correspondence, financial records, mailing lists, materials from symposia and conferences, meeting minutes, membership directories, newsletters, and publications. It contains correspondence and other materials from Arthur Bickford, Alicia V. Brown, Bruce W. Calnek, Robert J. Eckroade, C. F. Hall, Birch McMurray, Craig Riddell, A. S. Rosenwald, Richard L. Witter, Willis E. Lyle, and Lawrence G. Morehouse.

 

 

Description of series

Series 1 Annual Meetings and Other Events

1957-1995, n.d.

extent:

38 folders

description:

This series contains material pertaining to annual meetings and other events of the AAVLD. It includes preparation materials, programs and agendas, manuscripts of presentations given, attendance information, and minutes and reports from the meetings. The series is organized chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

2

4

Reports and minutes of annual meetings

1957-1958

1

8

Programs and agendas

1957-1959

1

4

Preparation materials – questionnaires

1958

1

6

Preparation materials – invitations

1958-1969

1

3

Preparation materials – press releases

1959

2

3

Attendance records

1959-1960

1

5

Preparation materials – mailing lists

1959-1962

1

7

Preparation materials – dues and confirmation of registration for annual meetings

1959-1965

9

5

Reports and minutes of annual meetings

1959-1969

1

1

Preparation materials for annual meetings – hotel information

1959-1973

1

9

Programs and agendas

1960-1964

1

2

Preparation materials – information for presenters and speakers

1960-1969

2

5

Reports and minutes of annual meetings

1960-1969

1

12

Speeches, manuscripts, and other material presented at conferences

1960-1969

2

2

Resolution made at 4th Annual National Conference of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians

1961

2

8

Various annual meeting information

1962-1971

1

10

Programs and agendas

1965-1969

10

5

Annual surveys and reports

1966-1968, n.d.

10

6

Reports on minimum standards for laboratory accreditation

1967-1971, n.d.

10

7

Surveys – Statistics on state diagnostic laboratory competencies

1968

2

7

Microfiche from Wildlife Disease Magazine, presented at annual conference

1969

10

4

Representatives to the National Academy of Science on Veterinary Microbiological Standard Methods

1970

1

13

Speeches, manuscripts, and other material presented at conferences

1970-1972

1

11

Programs and agendas

1970-1973

10

8

Accepted laboratory diagnostic methods

1971-1973

9

7

Delegates and alternates

1972-1995

18

3

Programs from annual meetings

1978-1983

18

1

International Symposium, 3rd – Call for Papers

1982

18

5

Speeches and reports presented at annual meeting

1982

18

2

Program from 28th Annual Meeting

1985

18

4

Reports and correspondence from annual meetings

1985-1986

9

6

Motions made and passed

1985-1988

2

1

Exhibit application form

n.d.

2

6

Reports and minutes of annual meetings

n.d.

1

14

Speeches, manuscripts, and other material presented at conferences (1 of 2)

n.d.

1

15

Speeches, manuscripts, and other material presented at conferences (2 of 2)

n.d.

 

Description of series

Series 2 Board of Directors Records

1957-1997

extent:

7 folders

description:

This series contains meeting minutes, agendas and other records of the Board of Directors, Board of Governors, and Executive Board. The series is organized chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

2

9

Board of Directors – meeting minutes and agendas

1957-1958

9

8

Executive Advisory Council – meeting minutes and agendas

1968-1969

9

9

Board of Governors – meeting minutes and agendas

1978-1985

9

12

Executive Board – meeting minutes

1978-1985

9

13

Roster and ballot

1981-1982

9

10

Executive Board – meeting minutes

1993-1996

9

11

Executive Board – meeting agendas

1993-1997

 

Description of series

Series 3

Committees

1957-1996, n.d.

extent:

74 folders

description:

This series contains information pertaining to the committees of the AAVLD. The series is organized alphabetically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

2

18

Accreditation Committee

1969-1973

11

1

Accreditation Committee

1970-1973

19

3

Accreditation Committee

1993-1994, n.d.

19

1

Accreditation Committee – correspondence (1 of 2)

1980-1989

19

2

Accreditation Committee – correspondence (2 of 2)

1980-1989

11

2

Accreditation Committee (1 of 4)

1972-1979

11

3

Accreditation Committee (2 of 4)

1972-1979

11

4

Accreditation Committee (3 of 4)

1972-1979

11

5

Accreditation Committee (4 of 4)

1972-1979

2

15

Ad hoc Committee on "Standard Methods for Veterinary Microbiology"

1964

19

4

Ad hoc Committee on Form 1099 Reporting and Social Security Withholding

1984

11

6

Ad hoc Committees

1969-1972

11

7

By-Laws Committee

1987

11

8

Committee for Feasibility of a Refereed Journal

1988

11

9

Committee for Hog Cholera Standard Techniques

1970-1972

12

1

Committee for Laboratory Managerial Support

1988

12

2

Committee for Recommended Standard Techniques for Diagnosing Bovine Respiratory Disease

1971

13

20

Committee lists – membership and reports

1995-1996

13

19

Committee lists – officers and reports

1969-1972

2

19

Committee lists, committee head meeting minutes, and other committee information

1957-1973, 1982

12

3

Committee on Animal Disease Reporting

1972-1973

19

5

Committee on Animal Disease Reporting

1979-1980

12

4

Committee on Animal Disease Reporting

1982-1988

12

5

Committee on Animal Disease Reporting

1990-1994

19

6

Committee on Animal Disease Reporting – computer survey

1982

19

7

Committee on Automated Procedures for Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories

1979

19

8

Committee on Availability of Diagnostic Reagents

1982

12

9

Committee on Biological Security

1971-1973

12

10

Committee on Continuing Education

1971-1972

12

11

Committee on Diagnosis of Swine Dysentery

1980

12

12

Committee on Disposal of Biologic Wastes

1987

2

17

Committee on Ecology and Environmental Health

1972

12

13

Committee on Equine Infectious Anemia

1971

12

14

Committee on International Symposium

1971-1972

12

15

Committee on Mycoplasmosis

1972-1973

12

16

Committee on Mycoplasmosis

1978-1987

12

17

Committee on Mycotoxicosis

1971-1972

13

1

Committee on Newcastle Disease

1972

13

2

Committee on Program, Credentials, and Ways and Means

1970-1972

13

3

Committee on Reference Assistance

1971-1972

13

4

Committee on Resolutions

1983, n.d.

13

5

Committee on Salmonella

1969-1972

13

6

Committee on Standard Nomenclature and Coding

1983-1984

19

9

Committee on Standards for Veterinary Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

n.d.

2

16

Committee on Transmissible Diseases of Swine

n.d.

13

7

Committee on Wildlife and Zoo Diseases

1971-1972

13

22

Committee reports

1986

13

23

Committee reports

1987

13

24

Committee reports

1988

14

1

Committee reports

1989

13

21

Committee reports and minutes

1973

13

9

Diagnostic and Interpretative Serology

1987-1988

13

8

Diagnostic and Interpretative Serology Committee – Leptospirosis Antibody Testing

1987

19

10

Emergency Disease Committee

1979

13

10

Emergency Disease Liaison Committee

1982

13

11

Emergency Programs Committee

1973-1974

13

12

Foundation Committee – Operational policies and procedures

1996

12

6

History of animal disease reporting systems and early work with USAHA to solve the problem (1 of 3)

1968-1983

12

7

History of animal disease reporting systems and early work with USAHA to solve the problem (2 of 3)

1968-1983

12

8

History of animal disease reporting systems and early work with USAHA to solve the problem (3 of 3)

1968-1983

2

10

Leptospirosis Committee meeting agenda

1969-1971

13

13

Long Range Planning Committee

1984-1987

13

14

Long Range Planning Committee

1994-1995

13

16

Membership and Credentials Committee

1987

13

17

Membership and Credentials Committee

1988

13

15

Membership Committee

1976

2

13

Program Committee

n.d.

19

11

Pseudorabies Diagnostic Standardization Committee

1979

19

12

Restructuring Committee

n.d.

2

11

Salmonella Committee meeting report

1967

13

18

Steering Committee on Diagnostic Bacteriology – Report on PCR Licensing

1996

2

14

Tuberculosis and Paratuberculosis Committee

1967

19

13

Veterinary Analytical Toxicology Advisory Committee

1982

2

12

World Association Committee meeting schedule

1971

 

Description of series

Series 4

Constitution and By-Laws

1957-1993, n.d.

extent:

10 folders

description:

This series contains copies of the Constitution, by-laws, and other organizational information of the AAVLD. This series is organized chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

2

20

Constitution, by-laws, and other organizational material

1957-1973

14

2

Memorandum of Agreement between CVLD and United States Livestock Sanitary Association

1963

14

3

Constitution, by-laws, and other organizational material

1963-1973

14

4

Memorandum of Agreement between AAVLD and United States Animal Health Association

1970

14

5

Constitution, by-laws, and other organizational material

1973

14

6

Articles of Incorporation

1975

14

7

Constitution and by-laws

1982

14

8

Office Structure Issues

1984

14

9

501(c)(3) – tax exempt status

1993

2

21

Constitution, by-laws, and other organizational material

n.d.

 

Description of series

Series 5

Correspondence

1957-1996

extent:

62 folders

description:

This series contains correspondence to and from various veterinarians, veterinary clinics, and other veterinary organizations and is arranged in chronological order.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

3

1

Correspondence

1957-1958

3

2

Correspondence

1958-1959

3

3

Correspondence

1960

3

4

Correspondence

1961

4

1

Correspondence

1962

4

2

Correspondence

1963

4

3

Correspondence

1964

4

4

Correspondence

1965

5

1

Correspondence

1965-1966

5

2

Correspondence

1966

5

3

Correspondence

1967

5

4

Correspondence

1967-1968

5

5

Correspondence

1968

19

14

Employment Information

1968-1971

6

1

Correspondence (1 of 3)

1969

6

2

Correspondence (2 of 3)

1969

6

3

Correspondence (3 of 3)

1969

6

4

Correspondence (1 of 2)

1970

6

5

Correspondence (2 of 2)

1970

15

1

Correspondence

1971

7

1

Correspondence (1 of 2)

1971

7

2

Correspondence (2 of 2)

1971

15

2

Correspondence – Willis E. Lyle

1971-1972

7

3

Correspondence (1 of 2)

1972

7

4

Correspondence (2 of 2)

1972

7

5

Correspondence

1973

15

3

Correspondence – Willis E. Lyle (1 of 2)

1973-1974

15

4

Correspondence – Willis E. Lyle (2 of 2)

1973-1974

8

1

Correspondence

1974

15

5

Correspondence

1974

15

6

Correspondence (1 of 2)

1974-1975

15

7

Correspondence (2 of 2)

1974-1975

8

2

Correspondence

1975

8

3

Correspondence

1976

16

1

Correspondence – Larry G. Morehouse

1976

15

8

Correspondence (1 of 2)

1976

15

9

Correspondence (2 of 2)

1976

8

4

Correspondence

1977

16

2

Correspondence – Larry G. Morehouse

1977

8

5

Correspondence

1978

16

3

Correspondence – Larry G. Morehouse

1978

8

6

Correspondence

1979

16

4

Correspondence – Larry G. Morehouse (1 of 2)

1979

16

5

Correspondence – Larry G. Morehouse (2 of 2)

1979

16

6

Correspondence – Larry G. Morehouse

1980

8

7

Correspondence

1980-1985

16

7

Correspondence – Larry G. Morehouse (1 of 2)

1981

16

8

Correspondence – Larry G. Morehouse (2 of 2)

1981

16

9

Correspondence – Larry G. Morehouse (1 of 2)

1982

17

1

Correspondence – Larry G. Morehouse (2 of 2)

1982

17

2

Correspondence – Larry G. Morehouse (1 of 2)

1983

17

3

Correspondence – Larry G. Morehouse (2 of 2)

1983

17

4

Correspondence – Larry G. Morehouse (1 of 3)

1984

17

5

Correspondence – Larry G. Morehouse (2 of 3)

1984

17

6

Correspondence – Larry G. Morehouse (3 of 3)

1984

14

10

Correspondence (1 0f 3)

1986

14

11

Correspondence (2 of 3)

1986

14

12

Correspondence (3 of 3)

1986

10

2

Executive Secretary information (1 of 2)

1986

10

3

Executive Secretary information (1 of 2)

1986

10

1

Executive Secretary search

1986

14

13

Correspondence

1987-1996

 

Description of series

Series 6

Financial Records

1958-1995

extent:

10 folders

description:

This series contains information about the finances of the AAVLD, including dues notices, financial statements, receipts, and banking information. This series is organized chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

8

9

Financial statements and reports

1958-1979

8

10

Miscellaneous financial information

1962-1972

19

15

Financial reports

1979-1985

8

8

Dues notices

1959

19

19

Dues notices

1974

19

17

Edward D. Jones account

1982

19

18

Liability Insurance Policy

1982

19

16

Financial reports

1995

 

Description of series

Series 7

Membership Records

1958-1996, n.d.

extent:

8 folders

description:

This series contains information about the membership of the AAVLD, including biographies, mailing and membership lists, and one photograph. This series is organized chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

9

1

Mailing lists

1958-1973

8

12

Membership lists and directory

1972

19

20

Change of address cards

1974

19

22

Membership lists

1979, 1985

19

21

Membership and subscriber breakdown report

1996

9

2

Mailing lists (1 of 2)

n.d.

9

3

Mailing lists (2 of 2)

n.d.

8

11

Member biographies, including 1 photo of unidentified member (1 4x6 B&W)

n.d.

 

Description of series

Series 8

Publications

1963-1996

extent:

18 folders

description:

This series contains newsletters and other publications by and pertaining to the AAVLD. This series is organized chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

20

1

Newsletters

1963-1971

9

4

Newsletters and other publications

1964-1970

10

9

Analysis and recommendations – Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Facilities, State of New York

1970

10

10

Suggested organizational structure – Central Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Facilities, State of New York

1970

20

7

Proceedings book and publications information

1970-1971

18

6

Scientific papers and reports (1 of 2)

1971-1996

18

7

Scientific papers and reports (2 of 2)

1971-1996

20

2

Newsletters

1972-1974

20

8

Proceedings book – printing correspondence

1973

18

8

United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) Newsletter and records

1973-1981

20

9

Reprint orders – 1974, 1975 Proceedings books

1974-1976

20

3

Newsletters

1975-1977

20

10

Reprint orders – 1976 Proceedings book

1976-1977

18

9

Reports and papers not published by AAVLD

1977-1984

20

4

Newsletters

1981-1982

18

10

Response to EPA's "Draft Manual for Infectious Waste Management"

1983

20

5

Newsletters

1983-1985

20

6

Newsletters

1986-1988