Finding Aid to the Records of the American Institute of Physics, Education and Manpower Division, 1940-1973 (bulk 1953-1964)
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics.
College Park, MD 20740
Papers created by
American Institute of Physics. Education and Manpower Division.
Size of collection
13 linear feet (13 boxes)
Short description of collection
Primarily correspondence and reports (with surveys and responses used in preparing reports) documenting the programs and studies of this American Institute of Physics (AIP) division. Projects include the Visiting Scientists Program for high school and college, the Study of Apparatus for the Teaching of Physics, and the Apparatus Drawing Project. Also contains materials pertaining to the publications of the division, such as bibliographies of faculty at various U.S institutions used in the preparation of the publication, Graduate Programs in Physics and Astronomy; correspondence with the American Association of Physics Teachers primarily concerning co-sponsored projects; correspondence and other records on conferences, women in physics, and the placement of physicists; and booklets and pamphlets on careers. In addition, the collection also has subject files on science education brought to the AIP by William C. Kelly when he became head of the division. In recognition of the increasing role which educational projects played in the American Institute of Physics (AIP), a formal Education Department was established in 1958. It was joined with the AIP program on manpower in 1961, forming the Education and Manpower Division. In 1971 education and manpower became separate entities again.
Language(s) of collection
English
Unit ID
AR 215
During 1957, the educational activities of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) increased many fold. In cooperation with the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) and many other agencies, the AIP facilitated the improvement of the teaching of physics at the high school, college and graduate school levels. With the aid of grants from the Fund for the Advancement of Education, Ford Foundation, and the National Science Foundation, the AIP had on staff two visiting physicists to assist in the work, W.C. Kelly from the University of Pittsburgh and Grant O. Gale from Grinnell College. Work done at the AIP included assisting various AAPT, American Physical Society (APS) and AIP committees working in education. An important part of the activity was an evaluation of the feasibility of effectively teaching large numbers of students with few teachers by television and color movies. Quantitative estimates were made of the supply of trained physicists and the future need for physicists and for greater education in the field of physics. Monthly newsletters were distributed summarizing AIP educational activities.
Under a grant from the National Science Foundation and with the joint sponsorship of the American Association of Physics Teachers, the AIP organized a Visiting Scientists Program with the major purpose of bringing distinguished physicists to colleges which ordinarily did not have contact with these physicists.
In recognition of the increasing role which educational projects played in the American Institute of Physics program, a formal Education Department was established in 1958 headed by W. C. Kelly. Kelly started a comprehensive program aimed at strengthening physics education at all levels. Many projects were sponsored jointly by the AAPT and the AIP with the financial support of the national foundations. The entire program of the department was followed closely by an Advisory Committee on the AIP education program in which the AAPT had strong representation. The major projects in the program are described below. The first AAPT-AIP Visiting Scientists Program was financed under a National Science Foundation grant. Secondly, a grant was made by the Educational Facilities Laboratories, Inc. to study the design of physics buildings. This was a joint AAPT/AIP project, which grew out of a survey of an AAPT committee (under the chairmanship of Dr. Yale Roots). A third joint project was one to prepare and distribute working drawings of apparatus specially designed by college physics teachers for lecture demonstrations and laboratories. This project was supported by the National Science Foundation and followed by the AAPT Committee on Apparatus.
A grant from the National Science Foundation provided for several career and guidance booklets: 1) a booklet for 8th, 9th, and 10th grade pupils to encourage them to study physics and mathematics in high school; 2) a major revision of "Physics as a Career" designed for college majors; 3) a booklet on "Graduate Study in Physics" to help orient students for graduate work.
W. C. Kelly remained in the capacity of director until the end of 1965. Van Zandt Williams and then R. A. Sawyer followed in his place as acting directors of the Education and Manpower Division. On 1 September 1966, Arnold Strassenburg became Director of the Division.
After 1 July 1971, the Education and Manpower Divisions of the American Institute of Physics became separate entities. The Manpower Division (statistical studies of physics manpower production and utilization and the placement service) remained at the E. 45th Street New York office, headed by Raymond W. Sears.
The Education Division was transferred to the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York with Arnold Strassenburg as Director. Some programs were terminated when the Education and Manpower Divisions separated, e.g. the AIP Education Newsletter and the AIP Career Booklets.
When the AIP Education Division transferred its headquarters to SUNY at Stony Brook in 1971, Arnold Strassenburg deposited with the Center a collection of miscellaneous Education and Manpower materials (1955-1968). These materials and have been organized into ten series:
The first series contains bibliographical information used in the publication of "Graduate Programs in Physics and Astronomy" (1968). This information includes the lists of publications of the faculty members of the various U.S. institutions as requested by the Education Division in order to substantiate the research specialties claimed by the departments.
The second series involves the activities of the Visiting Scientists Program from 1957-1961. Included are a random sampling of folders with comments of physicists and institutions involved in the program, reports and form letters.
The AAPT Committee on Apparatus for Educational Institutions generated various materials (correspondence, etc.) in the preparation of the report, Scientific Apparatus for the Teaching of Physics. These materials are included in the third series, spanning the period 1955-1957.
Surveys, questionnaires and the final published report of the AAPT Apparatus Drawing Project make up the fourth series (1956-1957).
The collection also includes materials on the Apparatus Competition, Tools for Science, conference surplus property, AAPT Committee on Apparatus for Educational Institutions, Manpower, AIP publications, miscellaneous AIP materials, AAPT and the Kelly file.
An additional deposit of records (1957-1973) from the AIP Education and Manpower Division was made in July 1978. These materials were at Stony Brook when the AIP offices there moved to AIP Woodbury. The additional records comprise the last series of the collection.
Permission of an officer of The American Physical Society is required for access to records less than 25 years old.
Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/item-request.
These papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Persons
Kelly, William Clark, 1922-
Institutions
American Association of Physics Teachers.
Subject terms
Physics -- Public relations.
Physics -- Societies, etc.
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Physics -- Vocational guidance.
Science -- Study and teaching.
Teaching demonstrations.
Women in science.
Cite as: Box [number], Folder [number], Records of the American Institute of Physics. Education and Manpower Division, 1940-1973. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
See materials from the following AIP divisions in the Niels Bohr Library Miscellaneous Publications Collection: American Institute of Physics, Statistical Research Center; American Institute of Physics, Education and Manpower Division.
Title
Finding Aid to the Records of the American Institute of Physics, Education and Manpower Division, 1940-1973(bulk 1953-1964)
Publisher
American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics.
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
nbl@aip.org
November 12, 2004
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002 by Katherine A. Hayes on November 12, 2004. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
Box 1
A handbook for advisors of prospective doctoral and master's students. A publication of the Educational and Manpower Division of the AIP. This publication provides descriptive information; e.g. the graduate faculty; research specialties, staff, and related major facilities; undergraduate preparation assumed; requirements for the PhD and examination and dissertations; assistantships and fellowships; graduate student statistics; extension and summer courses; environment; further information; physics-related doctoral programs) and statistical data to assist advisors and prospective graduate students in selecting an institution for graduate work in physics and astronomy leading to the master's or doctoral degree.
Lists of publications of the faculty members of the various institutions in the U.S. were requested by the Education Division in order to substantiate the research specialties claimed by the department. This bibliographical information is what is listed here, as it is not contained in the handbook.
Alabama
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Folder 1 |
University of Alabama |
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Folder 2 |
Auburn University |
Alaska
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Folder 3 |
University of Alaska |
Arizona
| Box 1 |
Folder 4 |
Arizona State University |
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Folder 5 |
The University of Arizona |
Arkansas
| Box 1 |
Folder 6 |
University of Arkansas |
California
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Folder 7 |
California Institute of Technology
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Folder 8 |
University of California-Berkeley
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Folder 9 |
University of California-Davis
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Folder 10 |
University of California-Irvine
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Folder 11 |
University of California-Los Angeles
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Folder 12 |
University of California-Riverdale
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Folder 13 |
University of California-San Diego
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Folder 14 |
University of California-Santa Barbara
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Folder 15 |
University of California-Santa Cruz
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Folder 16 |
Naval Postgraduate School
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Folder 17 |
University of Southern California
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Folder 18 |
Stanford University |
Colorado
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Folder 19 |
Colorado School of Mines
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Folder 20 |
Colorado State University
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Folder 21 |
University of Colorado
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Folder 22 |
University of Denver
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Connecticut
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Folder 23 |
The University of Connecticut
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Folder 24 |
Wesleyan University
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Folder 25 |
Yale University
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District of Columbia
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Folder 26 |
Catholic University of America
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Folder 27 |
Georgetown University
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Florida
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Folder 28 |
Florida State University
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Folder 29 |
University of Florida
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Folder 30 |
University of Miami
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Folder 31 |
Nova University
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Georgia
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Folder 32 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Folder 33 |
The University of Georgia
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Hawaii
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Folder 34 |
University of Hawaii
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Idaho
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Folder 35 |
University of Idaho
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Illinois
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Folder 36 |
The University of Chicago
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Folder 37 |
Illinois Institute of Technology
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Folder 38 |
University of Illinois-Urbana
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Folder 39 |
Northwestern University
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Indiana
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Folder 40 |
Indiana University
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Folder 41 |
University of Notre Dame
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Folder 42 |
Purdue University
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Iowa
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Folder 43 |
Iowa State University
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Folder 44 |
University of Iowa
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Kansas
| Box 1 |
Folder 45 |
Kansas State University
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Folder 46 |
The University of Kansas
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Kentucky
| Box 1 |
Folder 47 |
University of Kentucky
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Louisiana
| Box 1 |
Folder 48 |
Louisiana State University
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Folder 49 |
Tulane University
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Maine
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Folder 50 |
University of Maine
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Maryland
| Box 1 |
Folder 51 |
The Johns Hopkins University
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Folder 52 |
University of Maryland
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Massachusetts
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Folder 53 |
Boston College
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Folder 54 |
Boston University
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Folder 55 |
Brandeis University
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Folder 56 |
Harvard University-Physics Dept. |
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Folder 57 |
Harvard University-Division of Engineering and Applied Physics |
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Folder 58 |
Harvard University-Astronomy Dept. |
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Folder 59 |
Lowell Technological Institute
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Folder 60 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Folder 61 |
University of Massachusetts
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Folder 62 |
Northeastern University
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Folder 63 |
Tufts University
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Folder 64 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Michigan
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Folder 65 |
Michigan State University
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Folder 66 |
The University of Michigan
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Folder 67 |
Wayne State University
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Minnesota
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Folder 68 |
University of Minnesota
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Missouri
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Folder 69 |
University of Missouri
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Folder 70 |
The University of Missouri at Rolla
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Folder 71 |
Saint Louis University
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Folder 72 |
Washington University
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Montana
| Box 1 |
Folder 73 |
Montana State University
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Nebraska
| Box 1 |
Folder 74 |
The University of Nebraska
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Nevada
| Box 1 |
Folder 75 |
University of Nevada
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New Hampshire
| Box 1 |
Folder 76 |
Dartmouth College
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Folder 77 |
University of New Hampshire
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New Jersey
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Folder 78 |
Princeton University
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Folder 79 |
Rutgers-The State University
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Folder 80 |
Stevens Institute of Technology
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New Mexico
| Box 1 |
Folder 81 |
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
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Folder 82 |
New Mexico State University
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Folder 83 |
The University of New Mexico
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New York
| Box 1 |
Folder 84 |
Adelphi University
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Folder 85 |
The City University of New York
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Folder 86 |
Clarkson College of Technology
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Folder 87 |
Columbia University
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Folder 88 |
Cornell University
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Folder 89 |
Fordham University
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Folder 90 |
New York University
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Folder 91 |
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
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Folder 92 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Folder 93 |
The University of Rochester
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Folder 94 |
The State University of New York - Albany
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Folder 95 |
SUNY Binghamton
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Folder 98 |
Syracuse University
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Folder 99 |
Yeshiva University
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North Carolina
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Folder 100 |
Duke University
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Folder 101 |
North Carolina State University
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Folder 102 |
The University of North Carolina
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Ohio
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Folder 103 |
Air Force Institute of Technology
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Folder 104 |
Case Western Reserve University
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Folder 105 |
University of Cincinnati
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Folder 106 |
Kent State University
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Folder 107 |
The Ohio State University
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Folder 108 |
Ohio University
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Oklahoma
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Folder 109 |
Oklahoma State University
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Folder 110 |
The University of Oklahoma
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Oregon
| Box 1 |
Folder 111 |
Oregon State University
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Folder 112 |
University of Oregon
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Pennsylvania
| Box 1 |
Folder 113 |
Bryn Mawr College
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Folder 114 |
Carnegie Melon University
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Folder 115 |
Drexel Institute of Technology
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Folder 116 |
The Pennsylvania State University
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Folder 117 |
University of Pennsylvania
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Folder 118 |
University of Pittsburgh
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Folder 119 |
Temple University
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Rhode Island
| Box 1 |
Folder 120 |
Brown University
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South Carolina
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Folder 121 |
Clemson University
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Folder 122 |
University of South Carolina
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South Dakota
| Box 1 |
Folder 123 |
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
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Tennessee
| Box 1 |
Folder 124 |
The University of Tennessee
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Folder 125 |
Vanderbilt University
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Texas
| Box 1 |
Folder 126 |
Baylor University
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Folder 127 |
University of Houston
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Folder 128 |
North Texas State University
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Folder 129 |
William Marsh Rice University
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Folder 130 |
Southern Methodist University
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Folder 131 |
Texas Christian University
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Folder 132 |
Texas Technological College
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Folder 133 |
The University of Texas
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Utah
| Box 1 |
Folder 134 |
Brigham Young University
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Folder 135 |
Utah State University
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Virginia
| Box 1 |
Folder 136 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
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Folder 137 |
University of Virginia
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Folder 138 |
College of William and Mary
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Washington
| Box 1 |
Folder 139 |
Washington State University
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Folder 140 |
University of Washington
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West Virginia
| Box 1 |
Folder 141 |
West Virginia University
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Wisconsin
| Box 1 |
Folder 142 |
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Folder 143 |
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Wyoming
| Box 1 |
Folder 144 |
The University of Wyoming
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Folder 145 |
Graduate Programs in Physics and Astronomy, 1964-1966 |
Box 2
The Visiting Scientists Program was sponsored jointly by the AAPT and the AIP with the support of the National Science Foundation. It provided visits to smaller universities, colleges and high schools in the United States by well-known foreign and American physicists. The program was designed to promote an interest in physics at the undergraduate level; to enable the students to meet the visiting physicists on an informal basis; to initiate and make effective the cooperation of physicists with the school officials; to acquaint other members of the academic community and the public with recent developments in physics; and to explore ways in which interest in physics in high schools could be stimulated by brief visits by physicists.
This collection includes a random sampling of folders with comments of the physicists and institutions involved from the years 1957-1961, as well as reports, form letters, etc. The comments discussed in particular the schools visited and the success of the program.
| Box 2 |
Folder 1 |
AAPT VSPP - College - Letter Survey and Return Card |
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Folder 2 |
1957-1958 File Copies of Form Letters |
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Folder 4 |
VSPP 1957-1958 Comments from Visitors |
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Folder 5-6 |
VSPP 1957-1958 Comments from Institutions |
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Folder 7 |
1957-1958 Summaries of Reports from Universities & Visitors |
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Folder 8 |
1958-1959 Form Letters-Ground Rules |
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Folder 9 |
1958-1959 Form Letters- "Confirmation" to Institution & Visitor |
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Folder 10 |
1958-1959 Listing of Visitors |
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Folder 11 |
1958-1959 Report to National Science Foundation |
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Folder 12 |
1958-1959 Reports from Visiting Scientists |
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Folder 13 |
1958-1959 Kelly's responses to the comments of visitors |
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Folder 14 |
1958-1959 Comments from Institutions |
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Folder 15 |
Background Statistics on AIP Visiting Scientists Program |
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Folder 16 |
1959-1960 Foreign-Comments from Visitors and Institutions |
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Folder 17 |
1959-1960 Draft of Report to NSF |
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Folder 18 |
1960-1961 Visiting Foreign Scientists Program-Reports from Institutions and Visitors |
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Folder 19 |
1960-1961 Foreign-Draft of Report to NSF |
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Folder 20 |
1960-1961 Foreign-Institutions Interested Drafts, Suggested Visitors |
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Folder 21 |
1960-1961 Foreign-Schedule of Visits |
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Folder 22 |
1960-1961 Casimir, H.B.G. |
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Folder 23 |
1960-1961 California Institute of Technology |
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Folder 24 |
1960-1961 University of Arizona |
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Folder 25 |
1960-1961 University of Wisconsin |
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Folder 26 |
1960-1961 Carroll College |
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Folder 27 |
1960-1961 Beloit College |
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Folder 28 |
1960-1961 Domestic-Reports from Visitors |
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Folder 29 |
1960-1961 Domestic-List of Visitors and Institutions |
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Folder 30 |
1960-1961 Domestic-Report to NSF |
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Folder 31 |
1960-1961 Domestic Committee |
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Folder 32 |
1960-1961 Domestic-Reports from Institutions |
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Folder 33 |
1960-1961 Domestic-Draft of Reports |
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Folder 34 |
1960-1961 Domestic-Schedule of Visits |
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Folder 35 |
1960-1961 Visitor-Bardeen, J. |
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Folder 36 |
1960-1961 Visitor Bergmann, P. |
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Folder 37 |
1960-1961 Institutions-Austin College |
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Folder 38 |
1960-1961 Institutions-Southern Methodist University |
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Folder 39 |
1960-1961 Institutions-Lamar State College of Technology |
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Folder 40 |
VSPP-Colleges and Universities-Description |
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Folder 41 |
VSPP Institutes for Teachers |
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Folder 42 |
Visiting Lecturer Program-Public Relations |
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Folder 43 |
Visiting Lecturer Program-Administration |
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Folder 44 |
1958-1959 Colleges and High Schools Applications for Grants |
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Folder 45 |
1958-1959 High Schools-Announcement |
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Folder 46 |
1958-1959 High Schools-Press Release |
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Folder 47 |
1958-1959 HS Appalachian |
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Folder 48 |
1958-1959 HS Southern California |
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Folder 49 |
1958-1959 HS Illinois |
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Folder 50 |
1958-1959 HS New York State |
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Folder 51 |
Visiting Scientists Program 1964 |
Boxes 3-4
The AAPT Committee on Apparatus for Educational Institutions conducted this study in the physics departments of colleges, high schools, universities and junior colleges throughout the United States and was done in response to the shortage of apparatus for the teaching of physics. It was intended to give information about 1) the apparatus then being used by physics teachers; 2) educational trends that affect the purchase and use of apparatus; 3) the need for new apparatus; and 4) apparatus developed locally that might have had commercial possibilities because of its interest to other teachers.
This series contains the questionnaires, correspondence from the various institutions, and the final reports from the institutions.
Along the lines of this study, a report was published, Scientific Apparatus for the Teaching of Physics, which covers the following areas: organizations and objectives; traditional federal policy as to apparatus; better physics teaching aids; the scientific instrument industry; U.S. production and international trade; and proposed conclusions and recommendations. The materials (correspondence, etc.) which were used to prepare this report are included.
| Box 3 |
Folder 1 |
Correspondence - Alabama Polytechnic Institute |
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Folder 2 |
Correspondence - University of Alabama |
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Folder 3 |
Correspondence - Antioch College |
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Folder 4 |
Correspondence - University of Arizona |
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Folder 5 |
Correspondence - University of Arkansas |
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Folder 6 |
Correspondence - Beloit College |
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Folder 7 |
Correspondence - Berea College |
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Folder 8 |
Correspondence - Bowdoin College |
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Folder 9 |
Correspondence - Brooklyn College |
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Folder 10 |
Correspondence - Brown University |
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Folder 11 |
Correspondence - Bryn Mawr College |
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Folder 12 |
Correspondence - University of California-Berkeley |
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Folder 13 |
Correspondence - California Institute of Technology |
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Folder 14 |
Correspondence - Carleton College |
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Folder 15 |
Correspondence - Carnegie Institute of Technology |
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Folder 16 |
Correspondence - Case Institute of Technology |
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Folder 17 |
Correspondence - University of Chicago |
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Folder 18 |
Correspondence - The Citadel |
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Folder 19 |
Correspondence - City College of New York |
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Folder 20 |
Correspondence - University of Colorado |
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Folder 21 |
Correspondence - Colorado State A & M College |
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Folder 22 |
Correspondence - Colorado School of Mines |
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Folder 23 |
Correspondence - Columbia University |
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Folder 24 |
Correspondence - University of Connecticut-Storrs |
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Folder 25 |
Correspondence - Cooper Union |
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Folder 26 |
Correspondence - Cornell University |
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Folder 27 |
Correspondence - Dalhousie University |
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Folder 28 |
Correspondence - Dartmouth College |
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Folder 29 |
Correspondence - Depauw University |
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Folder 30 |
Correspondence - Drexel Institute of Technology |
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Folder 31 |
Correspondence - Eastern Michigan College |
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Folder 32 |
Correspondence - El Camino College |
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Folder 33 |
Correspondence - Emory University |
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Folder 34 |
Correspondence - Georgetown University |
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Folder 35 |
Correspondence - George Washington University |
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Folder 36 |
Correspondence - Goucher College |
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Folder 37 |
Correspondence - Grinnell College |
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Folder 38 |
Correspondence - Harvard University |
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Folder 39 |
Correspondence - Harpur College |
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Folder 40 |
Correspondence - Howard University |
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Folder 41 |
Correspondence - Hunter College |
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Folder 42 |
Correspondence - University of Illinois |
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Folder 43 |
Correspondence - Illinois Institute of Technology |
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Folder 44 |
Correspondence - Iona College |
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Folder 45 |
Correspondence - State University of Iowa |
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Folder 46 |
Correspondence - Johns Hopkins University |
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Folder 47 |
Correspondence - University of Kansas |
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Folder 48 |
Correspondence - Kansas State Teacher's College |
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Folder 49 |
Correspondence - University of Kentucky |
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Folder 50 |
Correspondence - Lake Forest College |
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Folder 51 |
Correspondence - Newark College of Engineering |
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Folder 52 |
Correspondence - New York State College for Teachers |
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Folder 53 |
Correspondence - Morrisville Agricultural & Technical Institute |
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Folder 54 |
Correspondence - North Carolina State College of Agriculture & Mining |
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Folder 55 |
Correspondence - University of North Dakota |
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Folder 56 |
Correspondence - Northwestern University |
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Folder 57 |
Correspondence - Occidental College |
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Folder 58 |
Correspondence - Pennsylvania State University |
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Folder 59 |
Correspondence - Linfield College |
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Folder 60 |
Correspondence - University of Maryland |
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Folder 61 |
Correspondence - Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Folder 62 |
Correspondence - McMaster University |
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Folder 63 |
Correspondence - University of Michigan |
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Folder 64 |
Correspondence - Michigan State University |
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Folder 65 |
Correspondence - University of Minnesota |
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Folder 66 |
Correspondence - Mount Holyoke College |
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Folder 67 |
Correspondence - Mount Union College |
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Folder 68 |
Correspondence - The University of Nebraska |
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Folder 69 |
Correspondence - University of Nevada |
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Folder 70 |
Correspondence - University of Pittsburgh |
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Folder 71 |
Correspondence - Princeton University |
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Folder 72 |
Correspondence - University of Puerto Rico |
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Folder 73 |
Correspondence - Purdue University |
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Folder 74 |
Correspondence - University of Redlands |
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Folder 75 |
Correspondence - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
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Folder 76 |
Correspondence - The Rice Institute |
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Folder 77 |
Correspondence - Rutgers University |
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Folder 78 |
Correspondence - St. Olaf College |
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Folder 79 |
Correspondence - The University of the South |
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Folder 80 |
Correspondence - University of Southern California |
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Folder 81 |
Correspondence - Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas |
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Folder 82 |
Correspondence - Texas Christian University |
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Folder 83 |
Correspondence - University of Texas |
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Folder 84 |
Correspondence - Thiel College |
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Folder 85 |
Correspondence - United States Air Force Academy |
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Folder 86 |
Correspondence - Ursinus College |
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Folder 87 |
Correspondence - University of Utah |
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Folder 88 |
Correspondence - Vanderbilt University |
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Folder 89 |
Correspondence - The University of Vermont |
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Folder 90 |
Correspondence - Virginia Military Institute |
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Folder 91 |
Correspondence - Wabash College |
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Folder 92 |
Correspondence - University of Washington |
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Folder 93 |
Correspondence - Washington and Jefferson College |
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Folder 94 |
Correspondence - Wesleyan University |
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Folder 95 |
Correspondence - Western Michigan College |
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Folder 96 |
Correspondence - William Jewell College |
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Folder 97 |
Correspondence - Williams College |
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Folder 98 |
Correspondence - Wooster College |
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Folder 99 |
Correspondence - Yale University |
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Folder 100 |
Letters to High Schools |
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Folder 101 |
Letters to Institutions |
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Folder 102 |
High School Apparatus |
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Folder 103 |
Questionnaires |
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Folder 104-105 |
Index to Apparatus Inspected |
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Folder 106 |
Report - University of Alabama |
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Folder 107 |
Report - University of Arizona |
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Folder 108 |
Report - Bryn Mawr College |
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Folder 109 |
Report - The Citadel |
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Folder 110 |
Report - City College of New York |
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Folder 111 |
Report - University of Colorado |
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Folder 112 |
Report - Columbia University |
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Folder 113 |
Report - University of Connecticut |
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Folder 114 |
Report - Drexel Institute of Technology |
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Folder 115 |
Report - Goucher College |
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Folder 116 |
Report - Harvard University |
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Folder 117 |
Report - Hunter College |
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Folder 118 |
Report - Johns Hopkins University |
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Folder 119 |
Report - Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Folder 120 |
Report - University of Michigan |
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Folder 121 |
Report - Lake Forest College |
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Folder 122 |
Report - Carnegie Institute of Technology |
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Folder 123 |
Report - University of Washington |
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Folder 124 |
Report - Purdue University |
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Folder 125 |
Report - University of Minnesota |
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Folder 126 |
Report - California Institute of Technology |
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Folder 127 |
Report - Michigan State University |
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Folder 128 |
Report - Newark College of Engineering |
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Folder 129 |
Report - North Carolina State College |
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Folder 130 |
Report - Northwestern University |
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Folder 131 |
Report - Occidental College |
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Folder 132 |
Report - Princeton University |
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Folder 133 |
Report - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
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Folder 134 |
Report - Rutgers University |
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Folder 135 |
Report - University of Southern California |
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Folder 136 |
Report - Ursinus College |
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Folder 137 |
Report - University of Utah |
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Folder 138 |
Report - Vanderbilt University |
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Folder 139 |
Report - Washington and Jefferson College |
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Folder 140 |
Report - Wesleyan University |
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Folder 141 |
Report - Yale University |
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Folder 142 |
A Report on Physics Apparatus for High Schools |
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Folder 143 |
Report to the AAPT Committee on Apparatus - Results of Tabulation of Questionnaires - Parts I and II - 1957 |
| Box 2 |
Folder 144 |
Scientific Apparatus for the Teaching of Physics - AAPT Committee on Apparatus |
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Folder 145 |
Study of Apparatus for the Teaching of Physics - 1957-1958 |
Box 4
Includes material on The Apparatus Drawing Project (1957) which was Sponsored jointly by the AAPT and the AIP under grants from NSF. As a result of the study of teaching apparatus conducted in 1956-1957 by the AAPT, the unavailability of commercial apparatus needed by physics departments was seen. However, a number of departments had built in their shops, and used successfully, items of teaching apparatus which could be considered as prototype equipment. In order to make available to physics teachers these items of equipment, the Apparatus Drawing Project was undertaken. The idea was to prepare and publish shop drawings and construction notes of the most interesting pieces of equipment built in shops of physics departments. Included here are the surveys, questionnaires and final published report. This series also includes information on the Apparatus Competition, Tools for Science Conference, and the AAPT Committee on Apparatus for Educational Institutions.
| Box 4 |
Folder 1 |
Foreign Apparatus Firms Correspondence - 1955-1956 |
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Folder 2 |
Foreign Apparatus Firms Correspondence - 1957 |
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Folder 3 |
Foreign Apparatus Firms Correspondence - 1958 |
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Folder 4 |
American Apparatus Firms Correspondence - 1955-1956 |
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Folder 5 |
American Apparatus Firms Correspondence - 1958 |
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Folder 6 |
American Apparatus Firms Correspondence - 1958 |
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Folder 7 |
Survey of American Apparatus Firms |
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Folder 8 |
Small Business Administration - 1957 |
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Folder 10 |
Tariff - 1956-1957 |
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Folder 11 |
Apparatus Committee - 1957-1958 |
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Folder 12 |
Apparatus Purchase Guide - Committee of Seven - 1959 |
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Folder 13 |
Committee of Seven Meetings |
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Folder 14 |
Committee of Seven Bibliography |
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Folder 15 |
Apparatus Drawing Project, Robert G. Marcley |
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Folder 16 |
Apparatus Drawing Project Survey - 1961 |
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Folder 17 |
Apparatus Drawing Project Survey - 1961 |
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Folder 18 |
Apparatus Drawing Project Survey - 1961-1963 |
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Folder 19 |
Apparatus Drawing Project - Results of Survey and Final Report - 1961-1963 |
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Folder 20 |
Publicity Release - Apparatus Competition |
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Folder 21 |
Apparatus Competition - reprints and reports - 1958-1963 |
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Folder 22 |
Survey of Teaching Apparatus in Physics - 1961 |
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Folder 23 |
Tools for Science - 1957-1958 |
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Folder 24 |
Tools for Science - New York City Conference - 1957 |
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Folder 25 |
Report to Physics Teachers on Procedures for Obtaining Surplus Government Property |
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Folder 26 |
Surplus Property Items of Interest to Physicists |
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Folder 27 |
Annual Reports and Minutes |
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Folder 28 |
Atomic Energy Commission Grants to AAPT Committee Educational Institutions for the Purchase of on Apparatus for Certain Kinds of Equipment - 1958 |
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Folder 29 |
Apparatus Notes - Reprints from the American Journal of Physics - 1960-1965 |
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Folder 30 |
Estimates for a Model Shop and Manufacturing Facility for College Physics Apparatus - 1960 |
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Folder 31 |
Florence Agreement |
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Folder 32 |
Apparatus Reviews - 1958-1962 |
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Folder 33 |
Misc. Reports of AAPT Committee - 1958-1961 |
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Folder 34 |
Misc. Reports of AAPT Committee - 1961-1962 |
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Folder 35 |
Apparatus-Leybold (Klinger) Reports - X-Ray, Health Physics n.d. |
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Folder 36 |
Committee on Teaching Materials for High School Physics AAPT-AIP-NSTA - May 1958 |
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Folder 37 |
Pilot Conference on High School Physics Apparatus - 1958 |
Box 4
| Box 4 |
Folder 38 |
Scientific Manpower Commission Washington, DC - Correspondence |
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Folder 39 |
Manpower, Misc. |
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Folder 40 |
The President's Committee on Scientists and Engineers |
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Folder 42 |
Physics in Engineering Education |
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Folder 43 |
Mass Education in Physics |
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Folder 45 |
Education and Manpower in Physics - 1964 |
Box 5
| Box 5 |
Folder 1 |
Garrett Report and Revisions - Preparation of Publications of Teachers - 1959 |
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Folder 2 |
AIP Handbook - "Physics in Your High School" - 1959 - Manuscript, Misc. |
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Folder 3 |
Materials from writing "Physics in Your High School" |
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Folder 4 |
Letters from Critics |
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Folder 5 |
Letters of Comment |
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Folder 6 |
What the High School Physics Course Contains - General Carleton Conference |
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Folder 7 |
Laboratory and Demonstrations |
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Folder 8 |
Physics as a Career - 1959-1960 - Manuscript Misc. - Correspondence |
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Folder 9 |
"Physics as a Career" - AIP 1958 |
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Folder 10 |
Physics as a Career - Revision - 1960 |
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Folder 11 |
Physics as a Career - Report by the AIP - 1958 |
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Folder 12 |
Physics as a Career - 1960 |
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Folder 13 |
Report on the Supply...of Physics Teachers - W.C. Kelly |
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Folder 14 |
Survey of Laboratory Instructor - Summary of Student Questionnaire |
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Folder 15 |
Career Booklets - F. Miller; "Planning to Study Physics" - Correspondence |
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Folder 16 |
Career Booklets - F. Miller; "Planning to Study Physics" - Manuscript |
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Folder 17 |
Pake-Planning for Graduate Study in Physics Requests for Reviews, answers, misc. and extra copies |
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Folder 18 |
Planning for Graduate Study in Physics |
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Folder 19 |
Physics in Your High School - AIP Handbook Correspondence - Re: Requests for review on manuscript |
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Folder 20-45 |
Survey of Education in Physics in Universities of the United States Report and Appendices 1-24 - 1964 |
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Folder 46 |
"Some Educational Activities in Physics" by W.C. Kelly - 1959 |
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Folder 47 |
"New Developments in the Teaching of Physics" - W.C. Kelly - 1963 |
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Folder 48 |
"Physics and Culture: Definition of Goals, and Proposals for the Science Instruction" - 1963 - Gerald Holton |
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Folder 49 |
"Careers in High School Physics Teaching" |
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Folder 50 |
Publicity Release - 1963 - Checklist - Physics Books |
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Folder 51 |
"Physics in the News" Plus AIP-PR Newsletter |
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Folder 52 |
Weber Physics Films - AJP Reprint |
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Folder 53-54 |
Conference - AIP Physics Films - TV Evaluation - New York - 1958 |
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Folder 55 |
American Journal of Physics Reprints - Films - 1958-1964 |
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Folder 56 |
Instrument Courses in 65 Engineering Colleges in the United States |
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Folder 57 |
Coding Scheme and Preliminary Tabulation Plan - ISA Survey of College Courses |
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Folder 58 |
Proceedings of the Wesleyan Conference on Lecture Demonstrations - Wesleyan University - 1959 |
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Folder 59 |
Graduate Physics Research Specialties in American Educational Institutions - 1960 |
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Folder 60 |
Graduate Assistanships and Fellowships in Physics in Academic Institutions - 1961-1962 |
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Folder 61 |
Directory of Physics Research Support for Academic Institutions |
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Folder 62 |
Toward Excellence in Physics - Reports from Five Colleges - Prepared by the Committee on Physics Facilities in Colleges |
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Folder 63 |
The Brookhaven Alternating Gradient Synchrontron |
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Folder 64 |
American Journal of Physics Reprints - Misc. - 1940-1950 |
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Folder 65 |
Physics Today Reprints - Misc. - 1955-1963 |
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Folder 66 |
Miscellaneous Education Division Reports - 1958-1960 |
Box 6
| Box 6 |
Folder 1 |
Committee on Institutes, Conferences and Symposia - 1962-1964 |
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Folder 2 |
Committee on Physics Faculties in Colleges - 1964-1965 |
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Folder 3 |
Education Advisory Committee Minutes - 1962-1965 |
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Folder 4 |
AAPT Committee on Resource Letters - 1963-1966 |
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Folder 5 |
Committee to Develop Research Opportunities in Physics in Small Colleges - 1962 |
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Folder 6 |
Report of the Committee on Aims Appendix I - 1960 |
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Folder 7 |
Conference on the Recruitment and Training of Technicians in Physics - 1962 |
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Folder 8 |
Conference on Physics in Education - 1956 |
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Folder 9 |
Conference on the Pilot Project on Pre-College Physics - 1965 |
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Folder 10 |
Conference on the Improvement of College Physics Courses AAPT - 1960 |
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Folder 11 |
Ann Arbor Conferences on Curricula for Undergraduate Majors in Physics - 1962-1963 |
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Folder 12 |
Proposal for Strengthening the Teaching of Pre-College Physics - 1940-1960 |
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Folder 13 |
Research Proposal - "Productivity" of Undergraduate Institutions - Alexander W. Astin - 1962 |
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Folder 14 |
An Evaluation of the 1962 Summer Institutes Attended by Science & Mathematics from the New York City Secondary Schools - 1963 |
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Folder 15 |
Commission on College Physics - 1960-1963 |
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Folder 16 |
Graduate Record Exams - 1964 |
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Folder 17 |
Information Center on International Physics Activities Final Report - 1966 |
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Folder 18 |
Optical Society of America - 1963 |
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Folder 19 |
News Media Coverage Manpower Study - 1964 |
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Folder 20 |
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - The Lapham Hall Dedication Lectures - 1962 |
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Folder 21 |
Future Scientists of America Awards Technical and Scientific Societies of America - 1961-1962 |
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Folder 22 |
History of Chemistry |
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Folder 23 |
Physics Buildings - 1959-1965 |
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Folder 24 |
Biography of W.C. Kelly |
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Folder 25-26 |
Material Survey, NSF, C164 |
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Folder 27 |
Documentation Research |
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Folder 28 |
Strassenburg Files, Misc. - 1968 |
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Folder 29 |
Public Relations - 1957-1958 - Correspondence |
| Box 7 |
Folder 1 |
Conference AAPT-TEPS - Teacher Preparation |
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Folder 2 |
International Conference on Physics Proposed - Summer 1960 |
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Folder 3 |
Science Advisory Committee, Mt. Vernon, NY |
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Folder 4 |
Active File - 1953-1957 |
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Folder 5 |
Carleton Conference |
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Folder 6 |
Proposal NSF-Washington and Jefferson College Improvement in Lab Instruction |
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Folder 7 |
Proposal - AEC Educational Assistance |
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Folder 8 |
Proposal - A Series of Three Summer Institutes for the Study of Physics Courses in Colleges - Resnick NSF 1959 |
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Folder 9 |
Executive Committee - 1957-1958 |
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Folder 10 |
Committee on Physics and Engineering Education-1958 - Correspondence |
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Folder 11 |
1955 Minutes and Reports |
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Folder 13 |
President's File - 1957-1958 |
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Folder 14 |
Treasurer's File - 1957-1958 |
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Folder 15 |
Secretary's File - 1957-1958 |
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Folder 16 |
Regional Sections - 1957-1958 |
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Folder 17 |
Secondary School Syllabuses - 1957-1958 |
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Folder 18 |
Nominating Committee - 1957 |
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Folder 19 |
Minutes of Advisory Committee Meetings - 1957-1958 |
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Folder 20 |
Quarterly Charges Information - 1959 C |
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Folder 22 |
Joint Committee Meetings - 1957 - APS-AAPT |
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Folder 23 |
Committees, Reports etc. - 1957 |
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Folder 24 |
AIP Education Division Advisory Committee - Meetings - General - 1957-1959 |
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Folder 25 |
Teaching Physics in the Four-Year College |
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Folder 26 |
Background Material - College Teaching - 5/62 |
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Folder 27 |
Conferences - American Educational Research Association - Symposium on Secondary School Teaching of Science and Mathematics - Atlantic City - 1959 |
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Folder 28 |
Joint Committee on Pre-College Physics - 1958-1959 |
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Folder 29 |
Introductory Physics Project - 1959 |
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Folder 30 |
AAPT Regional Counselors |
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NSF New Instructional Laboratory |
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Equipment Development Project |
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Folder 31 |
Regional Counselor Program - 1961-1966 |
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Folder 32 |
NSF Undergraduate Instructional Scientific Equipment |
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Folder 33 |
PSSC Local Chairman List - 1932 |
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Folder 34 |
King Reprint - National Conference - 1963 |
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Folder 35-36 |
Reports - 1961-1964 |
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Folder 37 |
Improving the Quality and Effectiveness of Introductory Physics Courses - AAPT - Sept. 1957 |
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Folder 38 |
AAPT - Directories of Teaching Physics Teachers in Universities and Colleges |
Box 8
Miscellaneous files on science education apparently brought with William Kelly from the University of Pittsburgh to AIP where he was the Director of the Education Division.
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Folder 2 |
Storrs Conference - University of Pittsburgh |
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Folder 3 |
Storrs - Overbeck Handbook |
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Folder 4 |
Proceedings of the Conference on High School Physics - Correspondence |
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Folder 5 |
Teacher Questionnaire |
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Folder 6 |
High School Laboratory Textbooks |
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Folder 8 |
Committee on Scientific Apparatus for Educational Institutions - 1955 |
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Folder 9 |
Dunning Physics Test |
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Folder 10 |
Pamphlet - re: Physics in Engineering Education |
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Folder 11 |
School - Industry Science Program Hughes Aircraft Company - 1956 |
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Folder 12 |
Aluminum Company of America Participation in the First Science Teacher's Day - Sept. 1956 |
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Folder 13-14 |
United States Steel - Technical Report - Participation in the First Science Teacher's Day - 1956-1957 |
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Folder 15 |
Miscellaneous Articles and Pamphlets |
Boxes 9-13
| Box 9 |
Booklets on physics instruction made available through AIP Information Pool (selection) |
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List of all documents available through the information Pool, 12/73 |
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Career booklets and teaching conference reports, 1950s and 1960s |
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W.C. Kelly, "Survey of Physics Education in Universities of the U.S.," 1962 |
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Transcript of Feasibility Conference, Secondary School Science Project, 12/3/66, University of Delaware |
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Correspondence etc. on career book revision, 1969 |
| Box 10 |
AIP Education division chronological correspondence file (outgoing), 1972 |
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AIP Education Newsletter - complete file 1957-1969; 1970 except #2 and #8 |
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AAPT-AIP Regional Counselor Reports. Nearly complete file - 1961-1966 |
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Regional counselor files - 1969. Sample: Wisconsin, S. Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania (other states discarded) |
Visiting Scientists Program in Physics
| Box 11 |
Reports 1957-1958, 1971-1972 (colleges) |
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Selected sample of correspondence files, 1966-1968: W. Fowler, N.S. Gingerich, R.B. Lindsay, M.S. Livingston, F.E. Low, A. Nier |
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List of participants, 1957-1963 |
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Budget reports, 1963-1965, 1968-1970 |
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Reports (High School), 1959-1960, 1963-1964 |
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Reports (Foreign Scientists), 1960-1961, 1964-1965 |
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Photographs of physics buildings, ca. 1970 |
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Pre-college Physics Program: Newsletter and Reports, 1964-1966 |
Selected Folders from Correspondence and Clippings Files, ca. 1968-1973
| Box 12 |
AAAS Coordinating Committee |
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Commission on College Physics |
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Committee on Physics and Society |
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Education and Manpower Advisory Committee |
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Education Division Advisory Committee Meeting, 1973 |
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Industry: Education Services |
| Box 13 |
Placement Literature |
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Placement Service Advisory Committee |
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Scientific Manpower Commission |
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Secondary School Physics Program |
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Society of Physics Students Correspondence |
