Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Administrative History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1919 | Council created to represent the United States in the Union Académique Internationale |
| 1920-1926 | Charles Homer Haskins, chairman |
| 1924 | Incorporation in Washington, D.C. |
| 1925 | First Conference of Secretaries (termed Conference of Administrative Officers since 1988) |
| 1927-1939 | Waldo Gifford Leland, executive secretary |
| 1928-1995 | Dictionary of American Biography and supplements published |
| 1939-1948 | Waldo Gifford Leland, director |
| 1940-1946 | Committee on Conservation of Cultural Resources and Committee on the Protection of Cultural Treasures in War Areas |
| 1947 | Board of Directors created |
| 1948-1953 | Charles E. Odegaard, executive director |
| 1953-1957 | Mortimer Graves, executive director |
| 1957 | Council headquarters moved from Washington, D.C. to New York, N.Y. |
| 1957-1974 | Frederick H. Burkhardt, president |
| 1961 | Helped establish Council for International Exchange of Scholars |
| 1961-1992 | American studies program |
| 1964 | Helped establish the National Endowment for the Humanities |
| 1966 | Helped the Social Science Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences establish the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China, fully transferred to the American Council of Learned Societies in 1993 and closed in 1996 |
| 1974-1979 | National Enquiry into Scholarly Communication |
| 1974-1982 | R. M. Lumiansky, president |
| 1982 | Received a congressional charter |
| 1982-1985 | John William Ward, president |
| 1985 | Helped reauthorize the National Endowment for Humanities |
| 1985-1986 | R. M. Lumiansky, president pro tempore |
| 1986-1997 | Stanley N. Katz, president |
| 1992 | Reinstated the Vietnam Fulbright program after requested to do so by United States Information Agency |
| 1997-2002 | John H. D'Arms, president |
| 1999 | Published American National Biography |
| 2002-2003 | Francis Oakley, interim president |
| 2003-2019 | Pauline Yu, president |
| 2019 | Joy Connolly appointed president |