Association of Systematics Collections

The Association of Systematics Collections (ASC) was "an international, non-profit organization of institutions that maintain biological collections." Founded in 1972, it was eventually subsumed by the Natural Science Collections Alliance.. [http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217612], SIA RU007459, Association of Systematics Collections, Records, circa 1972-1988 While active, this society held annual meetings, published a bimonthly newsletter, and published numerous reports on natural history collections and database management.