Originally as a quarterly newsletter, "The Accounting Historian", published between 1974 and 1976, following which the biennial publication, the Accounting Historians Journal, was launched. The original newsletters were collected and published in 1981 as Volumes 1 to 3 of the Accounting Historians Journal. See Edward N. Coffman and Mervyn W. Wingfield, Preface to Volume 1 of Accounting Historians Journal[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 2015-08-25.