After the August 1953 organizational meeting, invitation letters of membership were sent to several notable physicians in the field.

September 17, 1953

Dr. James G. Golseth
1060 East Green Street
Pasadena 1, California

Dear Jim:

I received your letter of the fifteenth informing me that the American Assocation of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis now exists following its organization in Chicago in August of this year.

My best wishes and hearty congratulations to the men who did all the hard work in getting this organization set up and functioning. I am sorry I could not go east with you.

I note that I have been appointed Chairman of the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws. This is a real honor for someone who was unable to even attend the organization meeting. I accept with a great sense of responsibility and will be happy to do everything I can to expedite the organization of this important constituent of the association. Would you please send me a list of the various officers and their address so I may be informed and know with whom to communicate.

Congratulations again for the work accomplished in Chicago. I hope it will not be too long before we have a publication for this worthy subspecialty of medicine.

Sincerely yours,
J. Sloan Berryman, MD

October 2, 1953

Edward H. Lambert, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota


Dear Ed:

It was nice to see you in Chicago last month and I want to congratulate Dr. Jones and yourself on the splendid paper you gave. I hope that this paper will get published in the near future because these nerve voltages have been disturbing to the people doing clinical electromyography, and in all probability have in some instances been misinterpreted as being denervation fibrillation voltages. I would greatly appreciate a repirint of this article as soon as it is published and likewise would appreciate reprints of other articles that you have already published on electromyography and electrodiagnosis.

You will recall that I mentioned to you that an American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis was organized in Chicago on August 29, 1953. Enclosed is a list of the founder members of this organization and I am happy to say that all of them agreed that acive membership should be extended to you immediately. The initiation fee for active members is fifteen dollars and the dues are ten dollars annually. If you do desire membership, please mail your check, made out to the American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis, to Arthur A. Rodriquez, MD in Chicago, Illinois. Shortly after Rod receives this, you will receive a copy of the constitution and by-laws together with a complete list of the officers, council, and committees. In addition, you will receive at a later date a certificate of the Association.

I would like you to serve as the chairman of a committee on Instrumentation and Technique, Ed, so please let me know right away if you will accept this appointment. The first scientific meeting will be held in Washington, DC next year the day before the American Congress starts and I hope you will favor us with a paper on basic neurophysiology. jerry Gersten is the chairman of the program committee so the title of your paper could be sent to him.

Again, let me say that it was nice to have that visit with you in Chicago and I will hope to be hearing from you very soon.

Very sincerely yours,
James G. Golseth, MD

October 6, 1953

H. Worley Kendell, MD
Medical Director
Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Peoria, Illinois

Dear Dr. Kendell:

It gives me pleasure to tell you that on August 29, 1953 an American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis was organized in Chicago. Enclosed is a list of the men who attended the organizational meeting and all of them agreed that active membership should be extended to you immediately. The initation fee for active membership is fifteen dollars and the annual dues are ten dollars so if you care to accept membership, please make out a check to the American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis for twenty-five dollars and send it to the Secretary and Treasurer, Arthur A. Rodriquez, MD, 6630 South Kimbark Avenue, Chicago 37, Illinois.

The first scientific meeting of the organization will be held in Washington, DC next year the day prior to the beginning of the American Congress and if you care to give a paper, please send the title to the program chairman, who is Jerome Gersten, MD, 4200 East Ninth Ave, Denver 7, Colorado.

After Rod receives your check, you will receive a copy of the constitution and by-laws together with a list of the officers and committees. In addition, you will shortly receive a certificate of membership in this organization.

May I say in closing, Dr. Kendell, that I sincerely trust you will accept this membership because I believe this organization can do a fine job in advancing the field of electromyography and electrodiagnosis.

Very sincerely yours,
James G. Golseth, MD

October 21, 1953

Dr. James G. Golseth
Pasadena Clinic of Physical Medicine
1060 East Green Street
Pasadena 1, California

Dear Jim:

I am a little late in answering your letter because of a duck-hunting expedition (successful). However, I have forwarded to Doctor Rodriquez the fees for membership in the American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis.

You have asked that I serve as chairman of a committee on instrumentation and technique. I will be happy to do so as I believe that much needs to be done to organize existing information on these subjects, to foster certain critical studies which are required if we are ever to standardize electromyographic procedure, and to educate persons doing electromyography on the basic principles of the technic. I hope that these general aims for the committee will meet the approval of the group.

Yours very truly,
Edward H. Lambert, MD

October 30, 1953

Paul Hoefer, MD
Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York


Dear Dr. Hoefer:

In August 1953 a group of physicans, headed by Dr. J. Golseth and interested in electromyography, met at the Palmer House in Chicago. As a result, the American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis was organized. It was their unanimous expression that you should be invited to active membership immediately. The initiation fee is $15.00 and the dues for the first year $10.00.

The object of this organization shall be "to increase and extend as widely as possible our knowledge of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis and to promote professional and personal assocation of those physicans and surgeons most interested in electromyography and electrodiagnosis."

The first scientific meeting will be held in Washington DC next year some time in late August and we hope that you may favor us with a scientific paper at that time. Doctor Jerome Gersten (at 4200 East Ninth St., Denver, Colorado) is the chairman of our program committee so the title of your paper may be referred to him.

We know you have many obligations but sincerely hope you can see your way clear to accepting membership in our organization.

Very sincerely yours,
Arthur A. Rodriquez, MD, Secretary