- The Handbook of the International Phonetic Association
- M K C MacMahon: 'The International Phonetic Association: the first 100 years', Journal of the International Phonetic Association, Vol 16, 1986, pp 30-38
- Principles of the International Phonetic Association, London: Department of Phonetics, University College London, 1949, inside covers. Also reproduced in: Journal of the International Phonetic Association, Vol 40, 3, 2010. pp 299-358.
- R W Albright: The International Phonetic Alphabet: Its Backgrounds and Development (Publication Seven of the Indiana University Research Center in Anthropology, Folklore, and Linguistics, 1958); also Part III of International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol 24, No 1. B. 1958.
- For reproductions of some earlier IPA charts, including the first one in 1888, see MacMahon, M K C, 'Phonetic notation', in Daniels, P T & Bright, W (eds), The World's Writing Systems, OUP: New York & Oxford, 1996, pp 821-46.
- The part played by Paul Passy, Daniel Jones and other phoneticians in the development of the Association is set out in detail in Collins, Beverley & Mees, Inger, The Real Professor Higgins: the life and career of Daniel Jones, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1999.
- Journal of the International Phonetic Association, Vol 40, 3, 2010. pp 299-358. This issue includes articles on the '40th anniversary of JIPA', 'Joining the IPA — 100 years ago', 'Sample articles from Le Maître Phonétique', and the 'Principles of the International Phonetic Association'.
Presidents of the IPA
| 2023-: | Katerina Nicolaidis |  |
| 2019-23: | Michael Ashby |  |
| 2015-19: | Patricia Keating |  |
| 2011-15: | John Esling |  |
| 2010-11: | none | |
| 2007-10: | Gösta Bruce (d. 2010) |  |
| 2003-07: | John Wells |  |
| 1999-03: | Klaus Kohler |  |
| 1995-99: | John Ohala |  |
| 1991-95: | John Laver |  |
| 1985-91: | Peter Ladefoged |  |
| 1984-85: | A. C. Gimson (d. 1985) |  |
| 1977-83: | none listed in JIPA issues | |
| 1969-77: | S. K. (Suniti Kumar) Chatterji (d. May 1977) |  |
| 1967-69: | none listed in Le Maître Phonétique (MF) issues | |
| 1950-67: | Daniel Jones |  |
| 1940-50: | none listed in MF issues | |
| 1927-40: | Paul Passy (d. 1940) |  |
| 1917-27: | none | |
| (MF was not published 1915-22) | ||
| 1888-1917: | Wilhelm Viëtor (d. 1917) |  |
| 1888-1912: | Henry Sweet, Honorary President |  |
| January to April 1888: | E. Oswald Kenyon, President of the Phonetic Teachers' Association (FTA) | |
| 1886-88: | Paul Passy |  |
Council Members of the IPA (1955-present)
- 2023-2027
- 2019-2023
- 2015-2019
- 2011-2015
- 2007-2011
- 2003-2007
- 1999-2003
- 1995-1999
- 1991-1995
- 1987-1991
- 1983-1987
- 1979-1983
- 1975-1979
- 1971-1975
- 1967-1971
- 1963-1967
- 1959-1963
- 1955-1959
The list, up to 2027, was compiled by Christos Zagoras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2025, and the PDF file can be downloaded from here.
Further information
For further information about any aspect of the history of the IPA, contact Michael Ashby
e-mail: m.ashby@ucl.ac.uk
