ACT History

The initial American College of Theriogenologists organizing committee consisted of: Drs. David Bartlett, C.J. Bierschwal Jr., Lloyd C. Faulkner, John Kendrick, Fayne Oberst, Stephen J. Roberts and Raimunds Zemjanis.

Initial members considered names for the new College. To develop a name for the College, Professor Herbert Howe, Department of Classics, University of Wisconsin was consulted. After much consideration Theriogenology was chosen; therio (=beast or animal) + gen/genesis (=beginning, birth, reproduction) + ology (=study of).

The “Early Files of the American College of Theriogenologists” (AKA “Red Book”)

The majority of the pages in this digitized file are typewritten and are fully searchable depending on the software you use.

The fastest way to go to a specific page is to find the page numbers in the centre of the page, close to the top. The first page is: 1/516. To go to a specific page, highlight the “1,” replace it by keying in the number of the page you want to visit, and then touching enter/return, which will immediately take you to the specified page.

The accompanying Table of Contents is a simple index of the contents of the Red Book, recorded in the sequence in which the files appear in the Red Book. The first column is “Page” which corresponds to the page number at the top of the digitized file. The following columns are Description, From and To (if the file is a letter or memo) and finally Notes. To search for a specific word or term, “Control+F” brings up the search feature.

Dr. John Kastelic arranged for the Red Book to be professionally scanned and digitized and he prepared the Table of Contents. If there are any questions or concerns regarding these documents, please contact him at jpkastel@ucalgary.ca.

Access the Red Book