Its American national standard for the abbreviation of titles ... 1970.

Hess, E.J. Papers, 1949-1976 (American National Standards Institute, formerly the United States of America Standards Institute (1967-1969) and the American Standards Association (1928-1966); ANSI the name used during the latest period covered. In the case where the required name is represented in this catalog only under a later form of the name, entry is made under the later form.

LC data base, 03-27-91 (hdg.: American National Standards Institute) LC manual cat. (The American Engineering Standards Committee was established in 1917. Following a reorganization in 1928, the name was changed to American Standards Association. The United States of America Standards Institute was founded in 1966 to supersede the association. In 1969 the institute's name was changed to American National Standards Institute)

The name of the Institute was changed from United States of America Standards Institute in Oct. 1969