American Institute of Physics Office of the Director records of Kenneth Ford,
1979-1994.
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
American Institute of Physics. Office of the Director.
Size of collection
4.25 linear feet
(1 half manuscript box,
4 records boxes)
Short description of collection
The collection includes general administrative records from the office of director, including correspondence, committee information, news releases, and member society information, as well as information on electronic publishing and the use of computers.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR1997429
Kenneth Ford was born on May 1, 1926 in West Palm Beach, Florida. He earned his B.A. from Harvard University in 1948, and received his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1953.
Ford began his professional career as a Research Assistant at Los Alamos, Princeton, and Indiana University (1950-1954), before moving on to a professorship at Indiana University (1954-1958). He was also a professor at Brandeis University (1958-1964), the University of California, Irvine (1964-1970), and the University of Massachusetts (1970-1975). He served as Education Officer for the American Physical Society before accepting his nomination as Director of the American Institute of Physics in 1987.
This collection documents the actions of Kenneth Ford during his term as director of the American Institute of Physics (AIP). The collection includes correspondence, information on AIP fundraising efforts, documentation of the Science Writing Award and the participation of the U.S. team in the annual International Physics Olympiad competition.
The collection also documents actions of the Publishing Division of AIP, by including information regarding the use of PINET and the evolution of electronic publishing at AIP, as well as information regarding the publication of the journal Chaos.
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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)
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Persons
Ford, Kenneth William, 1926-
Institutions
American Institute of Physics. Office of the Director.
American Institute of Physics. Publishing Division.
International Physics Olympiad.
Subject terms
Electronic publishing.
Fund raising.
Physics. Information services.
Physics. Publishing.
Physics. Societies, etc.
Science Writing Award.
Organized into the following series:
- Series I: Office of the Director
- Series II: Physics Olympiad
- Series III: Electronic publishing and computers
- Series IV: Chaos
- Series V: Miscellaneous
This collection is arranged chronologically within each series.
This collection was processed by
Melanie J. Brown in
2008.
Box [number], Folder [number], American Institute of Physics Office of the Director records of Kenneth Ford, 1979-1994. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Title
Finding Aid to the American Institute of Physics Office of the Director records of Kenneth Ford, 1979-1994.
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2008
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2008. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
Subseries A: Correspondence
| Box 1 |
Folder 1 |
"Inside AIP" correspondence,
1979-1982 |
|
Folder 2 |
Letters from the Director,
1980-1991 |
|
Folder 3 |
Letters and memoranda,
1987-1988 |
|
Folder 4 |
AIP correspondence, committee and staff meeting notes, memos,
1987-1990 |
|
Folder 5 |
Ken Ford memos,
1988 |
|
Folder 6 |
Hans Frauenfelder correspondence and memos,
1988-1990 |
|
Folder 7 |
Monthly letters from the director,
1989 |
|
Folder 8 |
Letters and memoranda,
1989 |
|
Folder 9 |
Memo, meeting notes and correspondence on location of AIP,
1989-1990 |
|
Folder 10 |
Correspondence,
1989-1990 |
|
Folder 11 |
International correspondence,
1989-1993 |
|
Folder 12 |
Correspondence on the location of AIP,
1990 |
|
Folder 13 |
Hans Frauenfelder correspondence and memos (some confidential materials),
1990-1993 |
|
Folder 14 |
Miscellaneous correspondence and agendas,
1993 |
Subseries B: Committees
| Box 1 |
Folder 15 |
Management Committee - minutes and agendas,
1988-1992 |
|
Folder 16 |
Design Committee,
1991 |
|
Folder 17 |
Miscellaneous committees - agendas, notes, memos (1 of 2),
1987-1993 |
|
Folder 18 |
Miscellaneous committees - agendas, notes, memos (2 of 2),
1987-1993 |
|
Folder 19 |
Customer Service Task Force,
1989-1990 |
Subseries C: Fundraising
| Box 1 |
Folder 20 |
Fundraising Calls, Pittsburg, photocopies of articles,
1992 |
|
Folder 21 |
PEW Charitable Trust,
1979 - 1988 |
|
Folder 22 |
Grant proposal materials,
1989 |
|
Folder 23 |
Tucker trust fund,
1986-1987 |
|
Folder 24 |
Grant guidelines,
1988-1989 |
Subseries D: Science Writing Award
| Box 1 |
Folder 25 |
Science Writing Award nomination of Jerry E. Bishop (Wall Street Journal),
1989 |
|
Folder 26 |
Science writing award materials,
1988 |
|
Folder 27 |
1990 Science writing award letters,
1989 |
Subseries E: News and reports
| Box 1 |
Folder 28 |
AIP News Releases,
1985-1989 |
| Box 2 |
Folder 1 |
Science Reports,
1989-1990 |
|
Folder 2 |
News Release Information,
1989-1990 |
|
Folder 3 |
News Release, Science Report, etc. (1 of 2),
1989-1992 |
|
Folder 4 |
News Release, Science Report, etc. (2 of 2),
1989-1992 |
Subseries F: Member Societies
| Box 2 |
Folder 5 |
Society Membership Reports,
1981-1989 |
|
Folder 6 |
Member Societies Data,
1982-1986 |
|
Folder 7 |
Member Salaries,
1982-1983, 1985-1987, 1989 |
|
Folder 8 |
Society officers Symposium,
1983-1986 |
|
Folder 9 |
Member Society Clips,
1986 |
| Box 2 |
Folder 10 |
Physics Olympiad,
1991 - 1992 |
|
Folder 11 |
Physics Olympiad,
1991 - 1993 |
|
Folder 12 |
Physics Olympiad,
1991 - 1993 |
|
Folder 13 |
Physics Olympiad Campaign Committee Meeting,
1992 |
|
Folder 14 |
Physics Olympiad,
1992 - 1993 |
|
Folder 15 |
Physics Olympiad,
1992 - 1993 |
|
Folder 16 |
Physics Olympiad,
1993 - 1994 |
|
Folder 17 |
Physics Olympiad,
1993 - 1994 |
Subseries A: PINET
| Box 2 |
Folder 18 |
PINET & PIMAIL Info,
1986 - 1988 |
|
Folder 19 |
PINET - Computation Physics,
1989 |
|
Folder 20 |
PINET - Computation Physics,
1990 |
|
Folder 21 |
PINET Advisory Committee,
1989 |
|
Folder 22 |
PINET User Guide,
1989 |
| Box 3 |
Folder 1 |
PINET,
1991 |
|
Folder 2 |
PINET Strategic plan,
1992 |
|
Folder 3 |
PINET strategic plan, joint society Taskforce notes,
1992 |
|
Folder 4 |
PINET,
1992 - 1993 |
|
Folder 5 |
PINET Strategic Plan for 1993 - 1997,
1992 |
Subseries B: Electronic publishing
| Box 3 |
Folder 6 |
Survey of members needs for future electronic services,
1991 |
|
Folder 7 |
Joint Society taskforce in electronic records,
1991 |
|
Folder 8 |
Joint society taskforce,
1991 |
|
Folder 9 |
Joint Society taskforce in electronic publishing,
1991-1992 |
|
Folder 10 |
Joint society taskforce agendas, correspondence, PINET strategic plan,
1991-1992 |
|
Folder 11 |
Report of the APS taskforce on Electronic Information systems, Survey of members needs for future electronic services, vision of electronic publishing in 1997.,
1991, Jan. 1992, Nov. 1991 |
|
Folder 12 |
Joint society taskforce on electronic publishing,
1992 |
|
Folder 13 |
Joint society taskforce on electronic publishing,
1992-1994 |
Subseries C: Physics Academic Software,
| Box 3 |
Folder 14 |
Physics Academic Software,
1987-1988 |
|
Folder 15 |
Physics Academic Software,
1988-1990 |
|
Folder 16 |
Physics Academic Software,
1991-1993 |
| Box 4 |
Folder 17 |
Chaos - Sloan foundation and NSF,
1986-1990 |
|
Folder 18 |
Chaos conference materials,
1988-1989 |
|
Folder 19 |
Chaos conference materials,
1989 |
|
Folder 20 |
Chaos conference materials,
1989 |
|
Folder 21 |
Chaos conference materials,
1989 |
|
Folder 6 |
Chaos conference materials,
1989 |
|
Folder 7 |
Chaos conference proceedings,
1989-1990 |
|
Folder 8 |
Chaos conference materials,
1989-1990 |
|
Folder 9 |
Chaos conference materials,
1989-1991 |
|
Folder 10 |
Chaos conference materials,
1989-1991 |
|
Folder 11 |
Chaos Journal taskforce,
1990 |
|
Folder 12 |
Chaos conference, Tarusa River Oka, Russia,
1990 |
|
Folder 13 |
Chaos conference, Tarusa River Oka, Russia,
1990 |
|
Folder 14 |
Chaos conference,
1990 |
|
Folder 15 |
Chaos Editorial board meeting,
1990-1991 |
|
Folder 16 |
Chaos Journal taskforce,
1990-1993 |
|
Folder 17 |
Chaos conference planning,
1991 |
|
Folder 18 |
Chaos conference participant correspondence,
1991-1992 |
| Box 5 |
Folder 1 |
Chaos Conference materials,
1991-1992 |
|
Folder 2 |
Chaos conference,
1992 |
| Box 5 |
Folder 3 |
AIP Woodbury Facility Dedication,
1980 |
|
Folder 4 |
Administration/personnel policy evaluation plan - draft #1,
1981 |
|
Folder 5 |
The Communications Revolutions in Physics (1973),
1982 |
|
Folder 6 |
AIP relocation,
1984-1989; undated |
|
Folder 7 |
Parity,
1986, 1988 |
|
Folder 8 |
News Release, film proposal and Science TV report,
1986-1988 |
|
Folder 9 |
Facilities and personnel - memos and notes,
1986-1992 |
|
Folder 10 |
Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) - superconductivity - clippings and research file,
1987 |
|
Folder 11 |
The Story of AIP, by H. William Koch (1967-1987),
1987 |
|
Folder 12 |
PHYS-INSPEC databases,
1988-1989 |
|
Folder 13 |
Congressional Fellowship Program - correspondence and memos,
1988-1990 |
|
Folder 14 |
Masters of modern physics,
1988-1992 |
|
Folder 15 |
Environmental concerns,
1989 |
|
Folder 16 |
Proofing notes,
1989 |
|
Folder 17 |
Senior education fellow materials,
1989-1990 |
|
Folder 18 |
Lawsuit materials,
1989-1990 |
|
Folder 19 |
Insurance memos and brochure,
1989-1990 |
|
Folder 20 |
Brochures and announcements,
1989-1992; undated |
