Encyclopedia of Associations

Reference work

Encyclopedia of Associations

Encyclopedia of Associations 42nd Edition Volume 3

Author| Frederick Gale Ruffner Jr.
Country| United States
Genre| Reference
Published| 1954
Publisher| Gale

The Encyclopedia of Associations (EA) is a comprehensive directory of more than 20,000 associations, societies, and other non-profit membership organizations in the United States of America.[1]

Originally titled the Encyclopedia of American Associations, EA was created by Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr. in 1954 while he was working as a market researcher in Detroit, Michigan.[2]

More than 140 scholarly articles have made use of EA.[3]

Past extracts from EA have included "Organized Obsessions" [4] and the "Gale Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Associations".[5]

A detailed history of EA is available in an article in Distinguished Classics of Reference Publishing[6][7]

## See also[edit]

* Gale Research
* Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Encyclopedia of Associations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-27. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
2. ^ Enis, Matt (August 21, 2014). "Gale Founder Frederick Ruffner Dies at 88". Library Journal. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
3. ^ "An Annotated Bibliography of Articles Using the Encyclopedia of Associations" - Retrieved October 3, 2014.
4. ^ \- Library of Congress LCCN Permalink for 92219621
5. ^ \- Library of Congress LCCN Permalink for 95649648
6. ^ \- Tobin, Carol M. "The Book that Built Gale Research: The Encyclopedia of Associations." Distinguished Classics of Reference Publishing
7. ^ \- Library of Congress LCCN Permalink for 91033629

## External links[edit]

* Gale website