Success story: The Accounting History Methodology Conference

              Vol. 15, No. 1 ©Academy of Accounting Historians Spring, 1992
A SUCCESS STORY: THE ACCOUNTING
HISTORY RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
CONFERENCE
The Academy of Accounting Historians
hosted the Accounting History Research
Methodology Conference at The University
of Mississippi on December 6-7, 1991.
Finley Graves, Lee Parker, and the organiz­ing
committee of Ed Arrington, Tom
Burns, Roxanne Johnson, and Geoffrey
Mills deserve a special congratulations for a
job well-done.
Indeed, the conference was a success
beyond expectations and a significant con­tribution
to the recognition of accounting
history research. More than sixty-five
attendees, representing an estimated seven
countries, twenty states, and forty universi­ties
participated in the program. Twelve
papers were presented and discussed in a
manner one would surely describe as
spirited.
At the conference dinner, Dr. Charles R.
Wilson, Associate Professor of History and
Southern Studies at the University of
Mississippi provided an entertaining intro-continued
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