The Avicultural Bulletin
Preserving nearly a century of avicultural knowledge.
Preserving nearly a century of avicultural knowledge through articles, archives, and digital access.
Digital Archive Project
For almost a century, the ASA Bulletin has documented the knowledge, experience, and history of ASA members and the avicultural community. Today, ASA is working to make this important publication available online as a digital archive.
The project includes the digitization of more than 800 back issues and over 6,000 individual articles, creating a searchable collection of avicultural education, species information, breeding experience, conservation stories, and historical records.
ASA Bulletin History
1927–1928
Early Publication
The ASA Bulletin began as a column inside Pet Dealer Magazine. Only one known issue from this period still exists.
1929
The Bulletin Begins
In January 1929, ASA began publishing The Avicultural Bulletin as its own publication. The Bulletin became an important record of avicultural knowledge, member experience, species information, and ASA history.
1951–1959
Publication Gap
During this period, the ASA Bulletin went out of print and ASA relied on the English Avicultural Society Bulletin.
1960–1999
Monthly Publication Returns
The Bulletin returned to monthly publication and continued as an important record of avicultural knowledge.
2000–Present
Modern E-Bulletins
Recent issues are available as E-Bulletin PDF documents, and ASA continues working to expand the digital archive.
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1928
Through
2012
E-Bulletin Archives
Digital Archive Project Contributors
Steve Duncan – ASA Historian & President
Carol Stanley – Current Bulletin Editor & Designer, Past President
Nick Pendergrass – Digital Conversion & Data Management
Ivo Lazeroni – Bulletin Archive Collector
Helen Hanson – Index Records
Sheri Hanna – Index Records
Help Preserve ASA History
Scanning, proofreading, uploading, organizing, and tagging the Bulletin archive is a large task. ASA welcomes volunteers who would like to help with proofreading, category tagging, and quality checking older issues.