Recognized major cat associations in North America:
CFA (The Cat Fanciers' Association)
CFF (Cat Fanciers' Federation)
ACA (American Cat Association)
ACFA (American Cat Fanciers Association)
CCA (Canadian Cat Association)
TICA (The International Cat Association)
TICA was a spin off from ACFA - not sure what year.
Also include 2 lesser known ones - ACCE and UFO - not sure if one or both are still in existance - ACCE may be. But neither association holds many shows.
The only two in my book that wasn't already mentioned by some one are,
AACE (American Association of Cat Enthusists) web site www.aaceinc.org
NCFA (National Cat Fanciers' Association) web site / non listed.
I don't know any thing about these, or many of the others. I am not sure of any history on any of them, but if you email (there is a way to contact them listed on their site) i'm sure some one would be willing to send you some historyon their association.