Sourcebook on Accounting Principles and Accounting Procedures, 1917-1953

This book, first published in 1984, collects together a host of valuable research papers published on accounting and auditing principles and procedures from the years 1917 to 1953. They are a key resource on the history and development of the accounting professions.

1. Papers Published by the Research Department of the American Institute of Accountants in Reference to the Work of the Committee on Accounting Procedure and the Committee on Auditing Procedure, 1940-1953 (All Papers First Appeared in The Journal of Accountancy) 2. Activities of the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Field of Accounting and Auditing: Annual Reports of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 1939-1953 3. Documents Relating to the Policies of the New York Stock Exchange on the Accounting and Auditing Practices of Listed Companies, 1926-1953; Statements of Position, Reports, Surveys and Open Letters by Stock Exchange Officials Other than those Included in ‘Audits of Corporate Accounts’, Vol. 1, Part 1

Stephen A. Zeff and Maurice Moonitz