Photographic Society of America (PSA)
The Founding of PSA
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Chronology of Events
1919
Associated Camera Clubs of America (ACCA) was founded.

September 8, 1932
Meeting in Newark, NJ, first step towards
creating PSA.

December 1, l932
Letters sent to 200 likely interested parties to
be part of organizing committee.

Early 1933
Nearly all of the solicited persons joined for
one dollar per year dues.

Early 1933
Officers of the Organizing Committee were
elected as follows:
Chairman:
Vice Chairman:
Secretary:
Treasurer:		 Louis F. Bucher, Newark, NJ
Clare J. Crary, Warren, PA
Dr. Max Thorek, Chicago, IL
R. L. Van Oosting, Lynwood, CA

Headquarters was located at the site of the
Newark Camera Club in Newark. NJ.

September 4, 1933
The second meeting of the committee was
held at the Fort Dearing Camera Club in
Chicago, IL.  Progress reports were favorable,
and it was decided to enroll individual members.		 October 1933
A resolution to change the name of ACCA to
Photographic Society of America (PSA) was
presented to the Board of the Associated
Camera Clubs of America and passed.

December 1933
Records and funds of ACCA were transferred
to the newly organized PSA.

1934
The first officers of the Society were:

Honorary President:
President:
Vice President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
 Louis F. Bucher
Dr. Max Thorek
R.L. Van Oosting
Byron H. Chatto
Chester H. Wheeler






Directors were as follows:
William A. Alcock, Charles K. Archer, Robert
A. Barrows, Harry A. Greene, Arthur
Hammond, Harry P. Herron, and William L.
Woodburn.

President Thorek appointed William
Woodburn as chairman for a committee to
draft a constitution and by-laws of the Society.
Members of the constitution and by-laws
committee were Byron H. Chatto, Louis
Fleckenstein, Franklin L Jordan, Dr. E. P.
Wightman, and Dr. Thorek.
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