The association's official records are held at the University of Florida,[2] with selected photos and typescript documents available online.
[3] EAPHA was founded on April 12, 1934 by a group of white hunters who had gathered at the Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi Kenya.
The founders were worried about the effects of technological developments on the wildlife populations of Kenya and sought to regulate the hunting industry there.
In its early years, it also continued to press authorities to create conservation areas for East African wildlife.
EAPHA's members had become quite powerful in local affairs and began pushing even harder at that time to create conservation areas.