Books reviewed are: Axel Grandell, Redovisningens utvecklingshistoria fran bildskrit tii dator, reviewed by Sandor Aszely; John B. Inglis, My Life and Times, reviewed by Richard A. Scott; Hanns-Martin W. Schoenfeld, Cost Terminology and Cost...
Bentley, Harry C. (Harry Clark), 1877-1967;Sterrett, Joseph Edmund, 1870-1934;Mason, Perry Empey, 1899-1964;Montgomery, Robert Hiester, 1872-1953
Biographical sketches of Harry Clark Bentley by Edward James Gurry; Joseph E. Sterrrett by Barbara Dubis Marino; Perry Mason by Roscoe Eugene Bryson, Jr.; Robert Hiester Montgomery by Anthony T. Krzystofik.
Salvador de Solózano, Bartolomé, 1544-1596;Accounting -- Spain -- History
Until very recently almost nothing was known about the life of Bartolomé Salvador de Solórzano, the author of the first Spanish treatise on double-entry bookkeeping. This paper presents the results of further research on this subject and...
His paper presents the history of the international efforts to standardize mine accounting between 1895 and 1915. Extractive industries, such as mining and oil and gas, posed especially difficult problems for the accounting profession. In 1895...
This paper provides an analysis of “elite” accounting practitioners during the formative years of the Canadian accounting profession (1880-1930). The social characteristics of this group in comparison with the Canadian population and the links...
Accounting Hall of Fame (Ohio State University. Fisher College of Business);Accountants -- United States -- Biography
The Accounting Hall of Fame was established in 1950 at The Ohio State University by the Faculty of Accounting in the College of Administrative Science and with the approval of the Board of Trustees of the University, for the purpose of honoring...
This article outlines the lives and background of the main writers who were active in the 18th century period of ’scottish Ascendancy’ in accounting texts. The impressive publications produced by this group are detailed and the question of why...
Affleck, Thomas, 1812-1868. The Cotton Plantation Record and Account Book
Cotton growing -- Accounting
During the antebellum period of United States history, the southern states generated an unprecedented amount of wealth through a well developed plantation system that produced vast quantities of cotton, sugar, and tobacco. To date, very little has...
The dissertation abstracted is: From Conflict to Consensus: The American Institute of Accountants and the Professionalization of Public Accountancy, 1886-1940 by Paul Joseph Miranti, Jr.
Books reviewed are: Ellis Mast Sowell, The Evolution of the Theories and Techniques of Standard Costs Reviewed by Kenneth S. Most; James Ole Winjum, The Role of Accounting in the Economic Development of England: 1500-1750 Reviewed by Marc J....
Announcements include: Academy of Accounting Historians 1988 accounting history manuscript award, the Hourglass Award announcement, table of contents for Accounting and Business Research summer 1987, The Accounting Review, July 1987, Accounting and...
The dissertation abstracted is: Understanding Accounting in its Social and Historical Context: The Case of Cost Accounting in Britain 1914-1925 by Anne Loft.
Defliese, Philip L.;Accounting Hall of Fame (Ohio State University. Fisher College of Business)
Philip Leroy Defliese, Honoree; CITATION Presented by: Robert M. Trueblood Professor Yuji Ijiri (Carnegie-Mellon University); Written by: Professor Thomas J. Burns (The Ohio State University)
The conceptual and theoretical development of cost accounting has been at a standstill for several decades, despite its poor state and drastic changes in its environment. The concept of cost itself and related concepts are both unclear and...
Accounting -- History -- Bibliography;Journal of Accountancy
In late 1985, members of the Academy of Accounting Historians were invited to participate in the centennial celebration of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in 1987 by submitting essays on historical accounting topics for...
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants--History
In the article the author commemorates the contributions of 14 leaders who have bettered the profession over the first century of American accounting. Of these 14, four men are highlighted: Robert H. Montgomery, George O. May, William A. Paton and...
