{{short description|Voice of print and online directory publishers}} {{Advert|date=June 2020}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} The '''Association of Directory Publishers''' '''(ADP)''' is an international trade organization for print and online directory publishers. It intends to be a resource for collaborating, networking, and sharing best practices in directory publishing.<ref name=associations2012>{{cite journal |title= Encyclopedia of Associations |journal=Encyclopedia of Associations an Associations Unlimited Reference; A Guide to ... National and International Organizations |issn=0071-0202 |volume= 1 |edition=51st |year= 2012 |page= 318 }}<!--|accessdate=April 8, 2013 --></ref> Specifically, they offer services and tools for the creation of directories toward the advertising goals of their clients. It also functions with a governance system wherein each company has one vote, with which they can use to determine the leadership and direction of the Association.
==History== The group formed in 1898 as the '''Association of American Directory Publishers,''' headquartered in New York. It aimed "to improve the directory business."<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gt7UAAAAMAAJ |year=1908 |work=Boyd's Directory of Harrisburg |title=(Advertisement for the Association of American Directory Publishers)}}</ref> It changed its name to the '''Association of North American Directory Publishers''' in 1919.<ref>{{citation |title=Printers' Ink |location=NY |date=September 11, 1919 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2011-132108 |title=Association of North American Directory Publishers |work=WorldCat |publisher=OCLC |accessdate=April 5, 2013 }}</ref> It has held annual meetings starting in 1899 and has published the ''Directory Bulletin''.<ref>{{citation |title=Directory Bulletin |volume =1 |year=1901 |location=Milwaukee |publisher=Association of American Directory Publishers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2zTZAAAAMAAJ }}</ref> Officers have included George W. Overton and Ralph Lane Polk.<ref name=members1921 /> Among the members in the 1920s:<ref name=members1921>{{citation |chapter=Members of Association of North American Directory Publishers |year=1921 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qG4UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA480 |title=Manchester Directory |publisher=Sampson & Murdock Co. }}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=28em}} * Action Pages * Atkinson Erie Directory Company * Atlanta City Directory Company * W.H. Boyd Company * Burch Directory Company * Caron Directory Company * Chicago Directory Company * J.W. Clement Company * Cleveland Directory Company * Connelly Directory Company * Fitzgerald Directory Company * Gate City Directory Company * Hartford Printing Company * Henderson Directories Ltd. * Hill Directory Company * C.E. Howe Company * Kimball Directory Company * Leshnick Directory Company * Los Angeles Directory Company * John Lovell & Son Ltd. * McCoy Directory Company * H.A. Manning Company * Maritime Directory Company * Henry M. Meek Publishing Company * Might Directories Ltd. * Minneapolis Directory Company * Piedmont Directory Company * R.L. Polk & Company * Polk-Gould Directory Company * Polk-Husted Directory Company * Polk-McAvoy Directory Company * Polk's Southern Directory Company * Portland Directory Company * Price & Lee Company * W.L. Richmond * Roberts Bros Company * Sampson & Murdock Company * Soards Directory Company * Utica Directory Publishing Company * Williams Directory Company<ref>{{Citation |publisher = Williams Directory Co. |location = Cincinnati, Ohio |author = A.V. Williams |title = The development and growth of city directories |hdl = 2027/nyp.33433082423645 |date = 1913 }}</ref> * John F. Worley Directory Company * Wright Directory Company {{div col end}}
In 1992 the group renamed itself the "Association of Directory Publishers."<ref name=associations2012 />
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==Further reading== * {{citation |title=Pacific Bell fends off feisty competitors seeking confidential Yellow Pages data |work=San Francisco Business Times |date=March 1, 1991 }}
==External links== * [http://www.adp.org/ Official website] * {{cite web |url=http://www.adp.org/committees |title=Our Industry: Timeline |publisher=Association of Directory Publishers }}
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