Optical Society of America.
Optical Society of America records, 1940-1959.
Records of the Optical Society of America (OSA) collected by Jarus Quinn, the first Executive Director of the OSA. The contents of the collection mostly concern the membership and publishing relationship with the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and include publications, reports, correspondence, meeting minutes.
The Optical Society was established in 1916 to increase and diffuse the knowledge of optics in all its branches, pure and applied, to promote the mutual interests of investigators of optical problems, of designers, manufacturers, and users of optical instruments and apparatus of all kinds, and to encourage cooperation among them. It is a founding Member Society of the American Institute of Physics.
Quinn, Jarus W.
American Institute of Physics.
Optical Society of America.
Optics -- Congresses.
Optics -- Societies, etc.
Physics -- Publishing.
Quinn, Jarus W.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA