 Pritchard was the founder and editor of the "Bulletin of Far Eastern Bibliography", which became the Far Eastern Quarterly before assuming its present form as the "Journal of Asian Studies".He was one of the founders of the Far Eastern Association, which later became the Association for Asian Studies.Se served as the president from 1962 to 1963, vice president from 1961 to 1962, was a director in 1948–51, 1952–55, and 1961–64.