American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics. Ford Foundation Planning Study
AIP Center for History of Physics Ford Foundation Planning Study records, 1965-1970.
The records of the Planning Study include the original grant proposal, the final report to the Ford Foundation, summaries of questionnaire-letters, commissioned reports by Saul Benison, Nathan Reingold, and Robert Rosenthal, minutes of several panel meetings, and a few miscellaneous working papers.
Under the direction of Charles Weiner (director of the Center, 1965-1969, 1971-1972), the study considered the various intellectual and practical questions necessary to determine the future level and direction of the AIP's efforts to document the history, philosophy, and sociology of physics. A variety of techniques were used to explore how the Center could best serve the physics community, individual scholars, and academic institutions. These included surveys, questionnaires, commissioned reports, special panels, and individual consultations involving leading physicists, historians, philosophers, sociologists, librarians, and archivists.
Physics -- Archival resources.
Physics -- Philosophy.
Physics -- Study and teaching
Proposals. aat aat
Minutes. aat
American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA