She also served as president of the Southern Historical Association.

Towards the end of his career Carey also served as president of the Gaelic Players Association.

In 1992-1993 academic year, he served as the president of the Texas State Historical Association.

Hebard extended her academic activities to include serving on an advisory board for the Wyoming Historical Association.

From 1939 to 1946 he served as president of the Texas State Historical Association.

From 1964 to 1965, he served as the seventeenth President of the Alabama Historical Association.

He served as the president of Journalists and Lawyers Association in Bessarabia during the interwar period.

He also served as a director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association from 1982-1987.

He also served as President of Indian Agricultural Universities Association between 1972 and 1973.

He would later serve on the executive of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.