Vol. 1 depicts the origins of the society, cultural context, and importance in American art history. The essays that follow focus on the contributions of the society’s founding members: Joseph H. Sharp, E. Irving Couse, Bert G. Phillips, Ernest L. Blumenschein, Oscar E. Berninghaus, and W. Herbert Dunton. Vol. 2 explores the achievements of other prominent artists who joined the society, as well as its associate and honorary members. Concluding with a chronology of events from 1850 to 1966.