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= American Association for the Advancement of the Humanities = The American Association for the Advancement of the Humanities was a membership organization, the only one of its kind, for scholars, teachers, and others involved in the diverse world of the humanities in the United States.

Founded in 1978 by Princeton University historians James M. Banner, Jr., and Theodore K. Rabb and commencing activities from a Washington D.C. office in 1979, it ceased operations in the summer of 1982 for lack of support and funds. Banner resigned his professorship at Princeton to serve as the organization’s chairman and chief operating officer.

Mission
The founding claim of the organization was, “Everything is organized but the humanities.” In that spirit, the organization (known colloquially as the Triple-A-H) sought to supplement the work of the American Council of Learned Societies, a consortium of scholarly associations, and to stand outside the agency responsible for federal policy toward the humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, by being open to individuals, offering a monthly publication, holding annual meetings, offering testimony before Congress, and otherwise seeking to strengthen the humanities in American culture.

It considered itself a source of independent support and criticism of existing institutions, practices, norms, and activities relating to the humanities while bringing humanists together collectively to confront issues that affected them all. Its newsmagazine, Humanities Report, contained reportage about issues relating to a wide selection of institutions, practices, needs, and developments that influenced the humanities.

Archival Materials
The Association’s records are in the possession of the Princeton University Library.