Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1812	According to its website (), the Society was founded on 1812, October 24. Much of its activity centres around its Library, but it is also a learned society, and has published journals since 1820.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Worcester, Massachusetts United States of America	This location is supported by its website ().
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1812 -	American Antiquarian Society (AAS)	Its website () gives this founding name and mentions no other name; its publications establish this name from 1820 to the present.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS)

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1820 - 1885 (vol. 1 - vol. 7)   A	Archaeologia Americana : Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society Continued by C. [Harvard Univ. cat.]	Am. Antiq. Soc., Archaeologia Americana [William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 42, No. 3 (Jul., 1985), p.327 cites II (1836).] Am. Antiq. Soc., Trans. and Colls. [William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan., 1974), p.40 cites II (1836).] Am. Antiq. Soc., Transactions and Collections [William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr., 1975), p.236 cites VII (1885).] Arch. Amer. [J. Anthrop. Instit., Vol. 1 (1872), p.12 cites vol. ii.] Archaeol. Americana [Trans. Am. Philol. Assoc., Vol. 16 (1885), p.xli cites Vol. II. 1836.] Archæologia Amer. [American Anthropologist, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr., 1891), p.154 cites vol. II.] Archaeologia Americana, Amer. Antiq. Soc. Transactions and Collections [American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1, Part 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1935), p.164 cites Vol. 2, 1836.] Archæologia Americana: Trans. and Colls. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. [Geographical Review, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct., 1938), p.653 cites Vol. 3, 1857.] Coll. Am. Antiq. Soc. [Michigan Law Rev., Vol. 42, No. 3 (Dec., 1943), p.435 cites 7 (1885).] Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc. [Trans. Am. Philol. Assoc., Vol. 1 (1869 - 1870), p.74 cites vol. ii.] Trans. Am. Antiq. Society [Trans. Am. Philol. Assoc., Vol. 1 (1869 - 1870), p.76 cites ii.] Trans. Am. Antiquarian Society [Trans. Am. Philol. Assoc., Vol. 1 (1869 - 1870), p.59 cites vol. ii.] Trans. & Coll. Am. Antiq. Soc. [New England Q., Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul., 1928), p.376 cites iii.] Trans. and Coll. Am. Antiq. Soc. [New England Q., Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul., 1928), p.390 cites iii.] Trans. and Coll. Am. Antiquarian Soc. [New England Q., Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul., 1928), p.394 cites iii.] Trans. and Coll. Amer. Ant. Soc. [Pub. Am. Econ. Assoc., 3rd Series, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Dec., 1900), p.24 cites vol. 3.] Trans. and Collect. Amer. Antiq. Soc. [Isis, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jul., 1932), p.97 cites 1836, ii.]
May 31, 1843-Apr. 28, 1880; new ser. v. 1- 1880/81-   B	Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society According to a record in the Harvard Univ. cat.: Proceedings for 1812-1849 were issued in one volume in 1912, comprising the hitherto unpublished records, and a reissue of all the matter printed previous to October 1849. [Harvard Univ. cat.]	Am. Ant. Soc. Pro. [Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 17, No. 3 (Apr., 1912), p.498 cites 1867.] Am. Ant. Soc. Procs. [J. Res. Music Educ., Vol. 6, No. 1 (Spring, 1958), p.75 cites 1939.] Am. Antiq. Soc. Proc. [NewEnglandQ., Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr., 1930), p.379 cites XXXVIII, 1928.] Am Antiq Soc Proceed [J. Soc. Archit. Historians, Vol. 7, No. 1/2 (Jan. - Jun., 1948), p.75 cites v 55, 1945.] Am. Antiq. Soc., Procs. [William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 21, No. 2 (Apr., 1964), p.223 cites LVI, 1947.] Am. Antiquarian Soc. Proceedings [Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 45, No. 1 (Oct., 1939), p.40 cites IV.] Am. Antiquarian Soc., Procs. [William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul., 1972), p.375 cites N.S., XL (1931).] Amer. Ant. Soc. Proc. [Quart. J. Econ., Vol. 19, No. 2 (Feb., 1905), p.332 cites 16.] Amer. Ant. Soc. Proceedings [Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 31, No. 3 (Apr., 1926), p.443 cites n. s., XIII.] Amer. Antiq. Soc. Proc. [Columbia Law Rev., Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan., 1927), p.38 cites 1883-1885.] Amer. Antiq. Soc., Proceedings [William and Mary Q., 3rd Ser., Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct., 1970), p.628 cites New Ser., LII (1942).] Amer. Antiquarian Soc. Proc. [Am. Math. Monthly, Vol. 20, No. 10 (Dec., 1913), p.294 cites Vol. 1.] Amer. Antiquarian Soc., Proceedings [Church History, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Mar., 1965), p.73 cites LXIII, 1952.] American Antiquarian Soc. Proc. [Garden History, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring, 1986), p.38 cites 1948.] Proc. Am. Ant. Soc. [Pub. Am. Econ. Assoc., 3rd Series, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Dec., 1900), p.278 cites 1884.] Proc. Am. Antiq. Soc. [American Anthropologist, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Oct., 1895), p.416 cites 1894, n. s., ix.] Proc. Am. Antiquar. Soc. [Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 42, No. 3 (Apr., 1937), p.605 cites 1936.] Proc. Am. Antiquarian Soc. [Am. Econ. Rev., Vol. 14, No. 2 (Jun., 1924), p.381 cites 1922.] Proc. Am. Antiquarian Society [Am. J. Archaeol., Vol. 9, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1905), p.183 cites vol. XIV, 1901.] Proc. Amer. Ant. Soc. [Pub. Am. Econ. Assoc., 3rd Series, Vol. 1, No. 4. (Dec., 1900), p.33 cites vol. 13, new series, part 2.] Proc. Amer. antiq. soc. [Science, Vol. 2, No. 34 (Sep. 28, 1883), p.448 cites ii.] Proc. Amer. Antiquar. Soc. [J. Am. Folklore, Vol. 11, No. 41 (Apr. - Jun., 1898), p.158 cites vol. xi.] Proc. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. [Bull. Am. Geog. Soc., Vol. 41, No. 12 (1909), p.784 cites New Ser., Vol. 19, 1909.] Proc. American antiq. Soc. [Isis, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1913), p.321 cites 1911.] Proc. of Am. Antiq. Soc. [American Literature, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar., 1934), p.84 cites XLIII (1933).] Proc. of Am. Antiqu. Soc. [American Literature, Vol. 7, No. 2 (May, 1935), p.211 cites 1934.] Proc. of Amer. Antiquar. Soc. [Bull. Am. Geog. Soc., Vol. 47, No. 12 (1915), p.1093 cites Ann. Meeting, 1914.] Proc. of Amer. Antiquarian Soc. [PMLA, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Mar., 1928), p.29 cites XXXVI.] Proc. of the Am. Antiq Soc. [American Literature, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Nov., 1936), p.311 cites XLV (1935).] Proc. of the Am. Antiquarian Society [Am. J. Psychol., Vol. 14, No. 3/4 (Jul. - Oct., 1903), p.422 cites 1894, N. S., Vol. 9.] Proc. of the Amer. Antiq. Soc. [American Literature, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Nov., 1942), p.345 cites LI (April, 1942).] Proc. of the Amer. Antiquarian Soc. [PMLA, Vol. 74, No. 2 (May, 1959), p.137 cites 1957.] Proceedings Am. Ant. Soc. [Am. J. Sociol., Vol. 14, No. 5 (Mar., 1909), p.712 cites 19, 1908.] Proceedings, Am. Antiquarian Soc. [PMLA, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Mar., 1927), p.43 cites 1923.] Proceedings, Am. Antiquarian Society [PMLA, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Mar., 1929), p.49 cites 1928.] Proceedings Amer. Ant. Society [Pub. Am. Econ. Assoc., 3rd Series, Vol. 2, No. 2 (May, 1901), p.58 cites 1884.] Proceedings Amer. Antiq. Soc. [PMLA, Vol. 51, Supplement (1936), p.1254 cites XLV (1935).] Proceedings Amer. Antiquarian Soc. [PMLA, Vol. 47, Supplement (1932), p.1255 cites XLI.]
1901 - 1911 (Vol. 8- v.12)   C	Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society Continues A. [Harvard Univ. cat.]	Trans. and Coll. Amer. Antiq. Soc. [American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1911), p.486 cites vol. XI, 1909.]
1913, July 16 - 1917, Jan. 5 no. 1-6   D	Bulletin of the American Antiquarian Society The record in the New York Pub. Lib. cat. gives the holdings as no. 1-6; July 16, 1913-Jan. 5, 1917, and includes the note: "No more published?" [New York Pub. Lib. cat.]