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Article I: Name
The name of this organization shall be the Agricultural History Society.
Article II: Objective
The objective of this organization is to promote historical research and study in the field of rural history.
Article III: Membership
Section 1. Membership in the Society is open to anyone interested in agriculture and rural history. There shall be the following classes of membership in the Society: patron, life, contributing, regular, and student. All classes of membership are eligible to participate in all affairs of the Society.
Section 2. Institutions may subscribe to the journal but may not be members.
Article IV: Officers
Section 1. The officers of this Society shall be a President, a Vice-President, an Executive Secretary and Treasurer, Assistant Secretary, and an Editor of the journal.
Section 2. The presidency shall be filled by the automatic succession of the Vice-President to that office. The Vice-President shall be elected by the individual members of the Society for a one-year term to serve until a successor qualifies and automatically succeeds to the presidency.
Section 3. The Executive Secretary and Treasurer shall be appointed and/or relieved of the office by the Executive Committee in special session in which the Executive Secretary and Treasurer shall not participate. The Executive Secretary and Treasurer shall distribute ballots to members each year for the election of Vice-President, two Executive Committee Members, and one member of the Nominating Committee.
Section 4. The Executive Committee shall appoint an Assistant Secretary.
Section 5. The Editor of Agricultural History shall be appointed and/or relieved of the office by the Executive Committee in special session in which the Editor shall not participate.
Section 6. The Executive Committee shall consist of the five officers, six committee members elected for three-year terms, and the three most recent past presidents. A majority of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Article V: Meetings
The Executive Committee shall determine where an annual meeting shall be held and approve special meetings.
Article VI: Committees
Section 1. The President shall appoint all necessary committees.
Section 2. The Nominating Committee shall nominate a member for the office of Vice-President, four members for Executive Committee, and two members for the Nominating Committee.
Article VII: Amendments and Bylaws
The Constitution and bylaws may be amended upon the approval of two-thirds of the members present at any meeting attended by fifteen or more members, or by mail ballot, except that dues may not be increased unless a proposal has been submitted to all individual members at least one month prior to such meeting and unless the increase in dues has been approved by a majority of the members voting, including votes by mail.
Article VIII: Dues
Dues for annual membership shall be published in the journal.
Article IX: Duties of the Officers
Section 1. The Executive Secretary and Treasurer shall have general direction of the affairs of the Society and shall be subject in general to the instructions from a majority of the membership present at any meeting at which a quorum of at least 15 members are present.
Section 2. Duties of the Executive Committee shall include responsibility for holding meetings, appointment of an Executive Secretary and Treasurer, and appointment of an Editor, ratification of an editorial board from a list of names submitted by the editor, and the filling of a vacancy in any unexpired term of office.
Section 3. The Editor of the journal is responsible for soliciting, approving, editing, and publishing articles and book reviews.
Section 4. The President and Executive Secretary may make emergency decisions between meetings of the Executive Committee subject to approval of the committee at its next meeting.
Article X: Prizes and Awards
The Agricultural History Society sponsors annual awards for various agricultural history publications, manuscripts, and projects:
Section 1. The Gilbert C. Fite Award and an honorarium are presented to the author of the best dissertation on any aspect of agricultural history, broadly interpreted, completed during the current calendar year.
Section 2. The Everett E. Edwards prize is presented to the graduate student who submits the best manuscript on any aspect of agricultural and rural studies during the calendar year. A cash award is presented to encourage and reward scholarly works by graduate students
Section 3. The Wayne D. Rasmussen Award is presented to the author of the best article on agricultural history published by a journal other than Agricultural History during the calendar year. The award includes an honorarium and certificates for the author and publisher
Section 4. The Theodore Saloutos Memorial Award and an honorarium are presented to the author of a book on any aspect (broadly interpreted) of agricultural history in the United States. The book must be based on substantial primary research and should represent a major new scholarly interpretation or reinterpretation of agricultural history scholarship.
Section 5. The Vernon Carstensen Award and an honorarium are awarded for the best article published in Agricultural History during the calendar year.
Section 6. The History of Agriculture and Rural Life Award is presented to the best entry (Junior or Senior division) in the National History Day Contest. The award includes an honorarium, a certificate of achievement and a complimentary copy of the issue of the Society’s journal, Agricultural History, announcing the winner of the award.
As revised from the 1972 Constitution
April, 2006
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