The Digital Collections provide remote access to historical materials from the AKC’s institutional archives. Vital documentation of the sport and enjoyment of the purebred dog have been digitized for preservation, with more to come. Explore select collections below.
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AKC Constitution & Bylaws (1884 –1948)
Amendments to the AKC Constitution are captured in each of the following links. Amendments are marked in colored text in each document.
AKC Dog Show Rules (1884-1931)
Amendments to the AKC Dog Show Rules are captured in each of the following links. Amendments are marked in colored text in each document.
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- 1884
- 1885
- 1886
- Sept. 1887
- Dec. 1887
- 1888
- 1889
- 1890
- 1892
- 1894
- 1895
- 1897
- 1898
- 1899
- 1900
- 1905
- 1907
- 1910
- 1912
- Special Instructions to Secretaries, Superintendents, and Managers of Dog Shows, 1912
- 1913
- 1917
- 1920
- 1923
- 1925
- May 1927
- Dec. 1927
- June 1928
- May 1929
- Sept. 1929
- Feb. 1930
- May 1930
- Sept. 1930
- Dec. 1930
- May 1931
- Sept. 1931
- Dec. 1931
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Board Meeting Minutes (1884–1952)
Click on a year to search the meeting minutes. For Board Minutes 2011-present. please refer to Board Minutes.
Show, Obedience, and Field Trial Statistics (1946–2001)
Click on a decade to view the tabulated statistics and breakdown of shows, trials, breed participants, champion titles, degrees, first awards, geographic locales, and more assembled by the AKC Show Records department for each individual year. In 1980, the AKC commenced electronic record-keeping; to obtain this more recent data, contact the Reports department, reports@akc.org.
Dog Registration Statistics (1885-2008)
Click on a time period to view annual AKC dog registration statistics broken down and ranked by breed. For the years 1885-1925, statistics are only calculated every 5 years and are limited to the 12-13 most popular breeds (with the exception of 1915 and 1920).