The American Forensic Association records. 1948-2001.

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The American Forensic Association records. 1948-2001.

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Contains correspondence, personnel materials, reports, by-laws, conference materials, tournament materials, brochures, financial materials, association information, publications, membership records, and news clippings.

11.75 linear ft.

University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7678621

University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library

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University of Utah. Libraries. Manuscripts Division

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American Forensic Association

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The American Forensic Association was started in 1949 by a group of instructors attending an annual meeting for the Speech Association of America in Chicago. In 1950, there was an annual meeting where the North Central Accrediting Association proposed that extracurricular speech activities be eliminated from high schools. The AFA successfully countered this effort. In 1964, the AFA founded The Journal of the American Forensic Association which in 1988 was renamed Argumentation and Advocacy: The ...