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Accounting History
- Website
- SAGE publishing
Journal of the Accounting History Special Interest Group of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand. Includes abstracts of articles from their first issue in 1996 to date.
Accounting History Review
- Website
- Taylor & Francis
Scholarly journal published three times a year focusing on changes in accounting theories, practices and institutions.
History (AABA)
- Website
- Association for Accountancy and Business Affairs
A selection of full text articles and papers on aspects of accounting history from the Association for Accountancy and Business Affairs as part of their education section. The selection includes a number of working papers on audit failure and accounting practices in the early railway companies.
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UK
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Accounting and Business History Research Group (Cardiff Business school)
- Website
- 07 Dec 2022
Described as a ‘forum for collaboration between accounting, business and economic historians’ the Business History Research Unit conducts research into accounting history, produces the journal Accounting, Business And Financial History and hosts the annual Accounting Business and Financial History Conference. The website provides contact details for the unit, a useful listing of its publications and information on recent project developments.
Accounting Standards Committee Archives
- Website
- 07 Dec 2022
Information on the special collection of Accounting Standards Committee (ASC) and Accounting Standards Steering Committee (ASSC) papers from 1952 to 1990 held by John Rylands University Library.
Auditing Practices Committee Archives
- Website
- 07 Dec 2022
Information on the special collection of Auditing Practices Committee (APC) papers from 1971 to 1991 held by John Rylands University Library.
Business Archives Council
- Website
- 07 Dec 2022
Organisation dedicated to promoting the preservation of business records and encouraging interest in Britain's business history. It also advises on the professional management of business archives and records.
Records of the ICAEW at Guildhall Library
- Website
- 07 Dec 2022
Guide produced by the Institute of Historical Research to assist users in locating the records of the ICAEW and its predecessor bodies at the Guildhall Library. The guide provides a brief history, details of the records held by the Guildhall (as well as those retained by the ICAEW), and information on access requirements.
Research Publications Directory (ICAS)
- Website
- 07 Dec 2022
A full listing of research publications from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, which includes a range of accounting history titles. The executive summary of publications can be viewed online alongside full order details.
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US
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Academy of Accounting Historian
- Website
- 07 Dec 2022
Body formed in 1973 to promote the study and teaching of accounting history. The site includes a membership directory, with information on specialist areas of research.
Accounting Hall of Fame
- Website
- 07 Dec 2022
Biographical information maintained by the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University on accountants who have made ‘have made or are making significant contributions to the advancement of accounting.
AICPA Library Service
- Website
- 07 Dec 2022
Includes the archival holdings of AICPA, ranging from medieval texts to modern accounting.
American Accounting's British Father
- Website
- 22 Apr 2003
Article published in the online edition of Business Week on 22 April 2003 looking at the role of George May who arrived in the United States in 1897 and helped establish audit standards, a move that gave him his title of the father of American accounting.
Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Website
- 07 Dec 2022
One of the key archives for accounting materials in the US. Since October 2000, Columbia University has held the archives of PricewaterhouseCoopers US including the archives of its two predecessor firms, Price Waterhouse (founded in 1890) and Coopers and Lybrand (founded in 1898 as Lybrand, Ross Bros. and Montgomery).
Emanuel Saxe Distinguished Lectures in Accounting
- Website
- 07 Dec 2022
Collection of mostly American accounting lecture notes covering the period 1973 to 1998. The lecture notes cover a range of topics, including many on the development of accounting and auditing standards.
SEC Historical Society
- Website
- 07 Dec 2022
A virtual museum and archive of primary materials relating to the history of financial regulation, the SEC and US securities industry.
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History of accounting firms
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Deloitte 175
- Website
- 01 Jan 2020
A selection of articles celebrating the 175th anniversary of Deloitte in 2020. See also the about us section of the Deloitte UK website
Deloitte timeline
- Website
- 26 Oct 2022
Timeline of Deloitte history, mainly focussing on the development of the firm in the USA .
Ernst and Young
- Website
- 07 Dec 2022
Overview of the history of the firm, looking back on 13 decades.
KPMG - explore our history
- Website
- 26 Oct 2022
Timeline of KPMG history and biographies of founding fathers and 'KPMG pioneers' like Ethel Watts who became the first woman to qualify as an accountant by examination to the ICAEW.
Counting house : the history of PricewaterhouseCoopers on the China coast
- Website
- 01 Jan 2002
[link to ICAEW Library Catalogue] Timeline showing the history of the firm in Hong Kong and Shanghai, prepared as part of PwC celebrations of 100 years on the China coast.
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Journals and books in the Library collection
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