Commission on College Physics records,
1960-1971
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Commission on College Physics
Size of collection
64.5
1 manuscript box
64 records boxes
Short description of collection
Files from the Commission on College Physics, including correspondence, agendas, minutes, newsletters, lists of commissioners, teaching materials, curriculum reports, and reprints.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR1995341
The Commission on College Physics (CCP) operated from 1960 to 1971. It was established at the recommendation of three national conferences on the improvement of college physics programs; members of the Commission were academic physicists. Its mission was to bring the resources of the community of physicists to the task of curriculum development, teaching, and appraisal of college physics programs throughout the United States. CCP meetings were sponsored by a grant from the National Science Foundation which ended in 1971.
The Commission on College Physics records include correspondence, agendas, minutes, newsletters, lists of commissioners, teaching materials, curriculum reports, and reprints. The records also include correspondence with the American Association of Physics Teachers and other physics organizations and with the National Science Foundation and other government agencies.
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.
Institutions
American Association of Physics Teachers.
Commission on College Physics.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Subject terms
Curriculum planning
Physics. Study and teaching.
This collection is organized into six series: Series I: Administrative Files; Series II: Cooperative Organizations; Series III: Curriculum and Course Development; Series IV: Teaching Materials; Series V: Communication with the Profession; Series VI: Preparation of Physics Teachers.
Received from Leonard Jossem, past chairman of CCP, March 1995. Addition from John Hubisz, 2016.
This collection was processed in
2006.
Box [number], Folder [number], Commission on College Physics records, 1960-1971. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Title
Finding Aid to the Commission on College Physics records, 1960-1971
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2006
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J Brown in 2006. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
| Box 1 |
Commission on College Physics Meetings, 1960-1969 |
| Box 2 |
Commission on College Physics Meetings, 1970-1971 |
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Notices to Commissioners, 1960-1963 |
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Correspondence files with Sanborn C. Brown, Malcolm Correll, Kenneth Davis, Robert Hulsizer, Walter Knight, R.N. Little, L.W. Phillips, Matthew Sands, Van Zandt Williams, undated |
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CLIP file Computer Library for Instruction in Physics, undated |
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Miscellaneous CCP publications and reports, undated |
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CCP Newsletters, 2-25, 1962-1971 |
| Box 3 |
CCP Commissioners files, undated |
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Operating Procedures, undated |
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Council on Physics in Education (CPE), undated |
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Commission Staff/Professional Staff, undated |
| Box 4 |
Professional Staff, undated |
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Miscellaneous CCP publications (Includes duplicates), undated |
| Box 5 |
Fiscal Arrangements/Proposals to NSF, undated |
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Office Headquarters, undated |
| Box 6 |
Office Headquarters, undated |
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Commission relocations, undated |
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Boulder Conference on Physics for Nonscience Majors, undated |
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Atmospheric Physics Meeting, Boulder - Minutes, 1967 |
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Seminar on the Teaching of College Physics, MD, 1968 |
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CCP - Priorities for Physics Education, undated |
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Miscellaneous CCP publications and newsletters, undated |
| Box 7 |
CCP The Divergent Laboratory, undated |
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The Instrumented Laboratory, undated |
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CCP miscellaneous publications, reprints, reports, undated |
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CCP Chronological Files, 1968 |
| Box 8 |
CCP Chronological Files, 1968-1971 |
| Box 9 |
Regional Associations in Physics, undated |
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Cooperative Activities, undated |
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COSIP-College Science Improvement Programs, undated |
| Box 10 |
Science Organizations, undated |
| Box 11 |
Science Organizations, undated |
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CCP-AAPT Committee on Physics in Secondary Education - , undated |
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Secondary School Projects, undated |
| Box 12 |
Secondary School Projects, cont'd., undated |
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Physical Science Study Committee, undated |
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Two-year College Projects, undated |
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Junior Colleges- brochures, undated |
| Box 13 |
Curriculum and Course Development Conferences, undated |
| Box 14 |
Curriculum and Course Development Conferences, undated |
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Physics for Nonscience Majors Conferences, undated |
| Box 15 |
Regional Conferences, undated |
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Courses for Nonscience Majors, undated |
| Box 16 |
Courses for Nonscience Majors, undated |
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Course and Curriculum Development - General, undated |
| Box 17 |
Introductory Courses for Science and Engineering Majors, undated |
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Upper Level Study Groups for Physics Majors, undated |
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Graduate Preparation for College Teaching, undated |
| Box 18 |
Graduate Preparation of College Physics Teachers, undated |
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Computers in Physics Instruction/Computer-Assisted Instruction, undated |
| Box 19 |
Computer-Assisted Instruction - Irvine Conference, undated |
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Projects Film Files - General, undated |
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Computer-Animated Film, undated |
| Box 20 |
Film Files - General subject files, undated |
| Box 21 |
Film Files - "Powers of Ten" by Charles Eames, undated |
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New Instructional Materials in Physics, undated |
| Box 22 |
New Instructional Materials in Physics, undated |
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Laboratory Approaches in Teaching, undated |
| Box 23 |
Laboratory Approaches, undated |
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Monographs - Seattle Conference on New Instructional Materials in Physics, Univ. of Washington, 1965 |
| Box 24 |
Reviews of Physics Materials, undated |
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Programmed Instruction, undated |
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CCP Programmed Instruction Project, undated |
| Box 25 |
Resource Letters, undated |
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Videotape and Educational Television correspondence, undated |
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Multidisciplinary Courses, undated |
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American Physical Society Conference-Pennsylvania, 1974 |
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Communication with the Profession - CCP Projects, undated |
| Box 26 |
Communication with the Profession -CCP Questionnaire, undated |
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Research in Small Colleges, undated |
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Summer Workshops/Projects, 1968 |
| Box 27 |
Communication with the Profession - CCP Projects, undated |
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Conference on Changing Career Opportunities for Physicists, undated |
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CCP Publications - Newsletters, Progress Reports, undated |
| Box 28 |
CCP Publications - Staff Reports, undated |
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General Conferences, undated |
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Grass Roots Conferences, undated |
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Committee on Undergraduate Programs in Mathematics, undated |
| Box 29 |
Communication with the Profession - miscellaneous articles and statistics, undated |
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Summer Conferences, 1963-1965 |
| Box 30 |
Summer Institutes, 1963-1966 |
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Textbook Publishers, undated |
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Resource Letters for Instructors, undated |
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CCP Newsletters - Library copy, undated |
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Physics for Nonscience Majors - Strassenburg file, undated |
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Elementary Science Study Newsletters, undated |
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CCP Panel on the Preparation of Physics Teachers, undated |
| Box 31 |
CCP Panel on the Preparation of Physics Teachers, undated |
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CCP Newsletter, #20, undated |
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Intermediate Mathematics publications, 17-18, undated |
| Box 32 |
Intermediate Mathematics publications, 19-20, undated |
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Panel on Physics in the Two-Year College, undated |
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Graduate Preparation for Teaching - "The Missing Component", undated |
| Box 33 |
Graduate Preparation for Teaching - "The Missing Component", undated |
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Regional conferences, undated |
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Survey of College Teaching, undated |
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Conference on Computers in Undergraduate Science Education, undated |
| Box 34 |
Conference on Computers in Undergraduate Science Education (COMUSE) , 1970 |
| Box 35 |
Computer-Based Physics - 3 binders, undated |
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COMUSE Conference Proceedings, undated |
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CCP Newsletters, #23-25, undated |
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Originals of computer monographs, programmed instruction materials, undated |
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Missing Component, undated |
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U.S. Naval Academy Self-Paced Physics Course, undated |
| Box 36 |
U.S. Naval Academy Self-Paced Physics Course and Multi-Media Course in Physics, undated |
| Box 37 |
U.S. Naval Academy Multi-Media Course in Physics, undated |
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Elementary School Education Projects, undated |
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Government Agencies - National Science Foundation, undated |
| Box 38 |
Government Agencies - National Science Foundation, undated |
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CCP - miscellaneous correspondence, undated |
| Box 39 |
Instructional Resources Centers, undated |
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Organizations- Science Teaching Centers, undated |
| Box 40 |
Government Agencies - U.S. Office of Education, undated |
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President's Office of Science and Technology, undated |
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CCP - miscellaneous correspondence and reports, undated |
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CCP - newsletters and miscellaneous memos, reports, undated |
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CCP - miscellaneous NSF materials, undated |
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Computer Working Group Occasional Newsletter, undated |
| Box 41 |
Interdisciplinary Conferences and Panels, undated |
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Interdisciplinary Groups, undated |
| Box 42 |
Interdisciplinary Groups, undated |
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CCP - miscellaneous correspondence, publications, and reports, undated |
| Box 43 |
Physics Organizations - American Association of Physics (AAPT), undated |
| Box 44 |
Physics Organizations, undated |
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CCP - miscellaneous correspondence, publications, reports, reprints, undated |
| Box 45 |
School Mathematics Study Group - curricular publications, undated |
| Box 46 |
CCP Conferences and Workshops - Proceedings and reports, undated |
| Box 47 |
Earth Science Curriculum Project (ESCP) - Text, Laboratory, Manual, and Teacher's Guide, undated |
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Earth Science curriculum materials, undated |
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Minnesota School Mathematics Center - MINNEMAST (Minne Math and Science Teaching) Project, undated |
| Box 48 |
Vendor Brochures - Computer and Graphics Equipment Companies, undated |
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Resource Letter Reprints - American Journal of Physics, arranged by author, undated |
| Box 49 |
Education Commissions - Newsletters and Publications, undated |
| Box 50 |
Education and Teaching - Newsletters and Publications from various Committees, Councils, Institutes and Foundations, undated |
| Box 51 |
Curricular Studies and Course Materials, undated |
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Harvard Project Physics materials, undated |
| Box 52 |
Math and Science Curricular Development Materials, undated |
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Report of the International Clearinghouse on Science and Mathematics, undated |
| Box 53 |
Curricular Developments, 1966-1968, 1970 |
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Miscellaneous journals, newsletters, and reprints - "Experiments in Electromagnetics", undated |
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Scientific American Reprints, undated |
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Sky and Telescope, undated |
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RCPG (Regional Cooperative Physics Group) newsletter, undated |
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Scientist and Citizen, undated |
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Scientists' Institute for Public Information, undated |
| Box 54 |
Curricular Studies and Text Materials for Colleges - Biology, Chemistry, Physics, undated |
| Box 55 |
Science Books and Texts, undated |
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Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1967 |
| Box 56 |
Elementary School Science and Mathematics Teaching and Curricular Materials, undated |
| Box 57 |
Teacher/Teaching Materials, undated |
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Curricular Development, undated |
| Box 58 |
Laboratory Notes and Materials, undated |
| Box 59 |
Course and Curricular Materials, undated |
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Computer-Based Physics Materials, undated |
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ICCS (Inter-University Committee on the Superior Student) newsletter, undated |
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Time, Space and Matter, undated |
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Junior High School Science Project, undated |
| Box 60 |
ELIZA Conversational Tutoring System, undated |
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Science Library publications, undated |
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Bibliographie Programmierter Unterricht, undated |
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Curricular Consultants Reports, undated |
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Teaching, Testing, and Assessment Materials, undated |
| Box 61 |
Physics Texts (International series), undated |
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International Reports, undated |
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Curricular Materials in Energy, Quantum Mechanics, Electricity, undated |
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Audio Visual brochures, undated |
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Miscellaneous Materials, undated |
| Box 62 |
AAPT-CCP Texts saved from "Physics Library", undated |
| Box 63 |
AAPT-CCP Statistical summaries and reports on science, physics, teaching and education, undated |
| Box 64 |
AIP and member society publications and vertical file, undated |
| Box 65 |
Relativity Projects from Cornell Conference on Relativity in College Physics, 1964 |
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Time Dilation (16 mm film) - Transparencies and reprints, undated |
