NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE:

PAStimes

In 2005 we decided to move all archived issues of our newsletter to digital form. The motivation behind this was to eliminate the bulky hardcopy archive that had been accumulating over the years, safeguard this informational legacy in a form less susceptible to loss, and allow members easier access for research or other purposes.

We began the lengthy conversion process in 2006. Some of the more recent issues were already in digital form, older issues required scanning. The decision was made to approach this task in two phases. In Phase 1, we will scan the older newsletters, one page at a time, to an uncompressed TIF format using 300 dpi grayscale . This will work well with most OCR software, and keep the total storage space required within reasonable limits. In Phase 2 we will OCR the scanned pages and assemble them into text-searchable PDF's, preserving columns and graphics. This is still a work in progress.

By convention, we will label the newsletters with the month of the meeting announced therein, regardless of when it was printed or distributed. Also for consistency, the archived files will be labeled (for example) 1974-09.pdf to avoid all ambiguity. During Phase 1 the TIF files will be available as zipped folders containing the individual pages and similarly labeled, e.g., 1974-09.zip. This will preclude the need to increase our website storage space on the hosting server.

Entries in the chart below are color-coded. If the color is that of a standard link, then it is active and downloadable. If the color is the same as this text, then we are still working on it. If the color is red, we are missing that issue and would love to get a copy if you have it. If so, please contact the Editor.

Previous to becoming PAS, the POA may have had a newsletter, but no known copies have survived. If you know of any copies, again, please let us know. It is of interest to note that, in the early years of PAS (ca. 1974-78), the newsletter was known as "Sky-Lines." From 1979-1985, our newsletter had no official name. With the October 1985 issue, under the Editorship of Steve Lewis, it became known as "PAStimes." Although the reasons for the choice of this name may seem obvious, there was no discussion of its genesis, or credit given for the name, in any of the newsletters from that year. Note that, for a few of the early years, the publication schedule differed from that of the present.

You can view the historical record of Editors HERE.

To download any issue, right-click on the month you want and then choose "save target as." Or you can left-click on it and it will open in your browser. All files are in either PDF for zip format and range from 100k to 4M in size.

2005-2006     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
2004-2005     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
2003-2004     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
2002-2003     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
2001-2002     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
2000-2001     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1999-2000     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1998-1999     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1997-1998     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1996-1997     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1995-1996     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1994-1995     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1993-1994     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1992-1993     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY   JUN   JUL   AUG
1991-1992     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1990-1991     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY   JUN   JUL    AUG
1989-1990     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR    MAY        
1988-1989     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1987-1988     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1986-1987     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1985-1986     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1984-1985     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1983-1984     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1982-1983     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY   JUN   JUL   AUG
1981-1982     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1980-1981     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1979-1980     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1978-1979     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1977-1978     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1976-1977     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY            
1975-1976     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY   JUN   JUL  
1974-1975     SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC   JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY   JUN   JUL   AUG