Harvard Project Physics publications and reports,
1962-1982
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Harvard Project Physics
Size of collection
11.5 linear feet
1 manuscript box
7 records boxes
Short description of collection
Records of the Harvard Project Physics project.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR1997346
Harvard Project Physics, in existence from 1964 to 1972, involved personnel from the Physics Dept., Faculty of Education and outside Harvard. Its funding was external. The purpose of the project was to develop curriculum for secondary and college physics courses, and an introductory physics course designed for non-science majors.
This collection documents the workings of the Harvard Project Physics programs, and includes copies of different versions of units of the Text and Handbook, Reader, Supplementary Units, Student Workbooks, Handbook, Appendix, Tests, Film Guide, Experiments and Equipment, Teacher's Resource Book, Overhead Transparencies, and sales/publisher's materials. While this collection includes primarily versions of published materials, there are also some letters commenting on the project. Duplicates have been removed. The materials from John Rigden may have been used as part of experimental courses taught during the developmental stages of the course.
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
Harvard Project Physics.
Subject terms
Curriculum planning
Physics. Study and teaching.
This collection is organized into a single series:
- Series I: Publications and reports
This series is arranged chronologically.
Received from John Rigden (1997), the Niels Bohr Library (1999), and Robert Morse (2018).
This collection was processed by
Jennifer Sullivan in
2006.
Box [number], Folder [number], Harvard Project Physics publications and reports, 1962-1982. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Title
Finding Aid to the Harvard Project Physics publications and reports, 1962-1982
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2009
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 |
Folder 1 |
Maxwell’s equations - handwritten article, undated |
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Folder 2 |
Index - page 247, undated |
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Folder 3 |
Educational Services Incorporated Newsletter, 1962 |
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Folder 4 |
Educational Services Incorporated Quarterly Report - Winter, undated |
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Folder 5 |
Teacher’s Guide to the PSSC films, 1963 |
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Folder 6 |
Educational Services Incorporated Quarterly Report Fall - Winter, 1963 |
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Folder 7 |
Newsletter 1 - Fall, 1964 |
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Folder 8 |
Educational Services Incorporated-Review of current programs, 1965 |
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Folder 9 |
Newsletter 2 - Spring, 1965 |
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Folder 10 |
Rosenbaum’s criticism of edition 1, 1965 |
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Folder 11 |
An Introduction to Physics- Concepts of Motion and Motion in the Heavens (Units 1 and 2), 1965 |
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Folder 12 |
An Introduction to Physics-Conservation and Chaos, Waves and Fields (Units 3 and 4), 1965 |
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Folder 13 |
An Introduction to Physics-Models of the Atom and the Nucleus (Units 5 and 6), 1965 |
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Folder 15 |
Tests units 1 and 2 - Form A, 1965 |
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Folder 16 |
Physical Science Study Committee Teacher’s Resource Book and Guide, parts I and II, 1966 |
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Folder 17 |
The Physics Teacher Volume 4, Numbers 1 January and 2 February, 1966 |
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Folder 18 |
The Physics Teacher Volume 4, Numbers 3 March, 4 April, and 5 May, 1966 |
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Folder 19 |
Newsletters 3 and 4 Spring and Winter, 1966 |
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Folder 20 |
Physics Reader About Science, Unit 1, 1966 |
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Folder 21 |
Physics Reader Units 2 and 3, 1966 |
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Folder 22 |
Educational Services Incorporated Quarterly Report, 1966 |
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Folder 23 |
Teacher’s Resource and Guide Part IV, 1966 |
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Folder 24 |
Unit 3 Test - Form A, 1966 |
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Folder 25 |
Unit 3 Test - Answers, 1966 |
| Box 2 |
Folder 1 |
An Introduction to Physics - Units 1 and 2 - Concepts of Motion, Motion in the Heavens, 1966 |
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Folder 2 |
An Introduction to Physics - Units 3 and 5 - Energy, Models of the Atom, 1966 |
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Folder 3 |
An Introduction to Physics - Unit 6 - The Nucleus, 1966 |
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Folder 4 |
Text and Student Workbook - Vectors, 1966 |
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Folder 5 |
Text and Student Workbook - Velocity and Acceleration, Review of Graphs, 1966 |
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Folder 6 |
Progress Report, 1967 |
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Folder 7 |
Comments on Teacher Education, Number 1, 1967 |
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Folder 8 |
The Physics Teacher - progress report, 1967 |
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Folder 9 |
Physical Science teaching tips from The Science Teacher, 1967 |
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Folder 10 |
Spring and Winter Newsletters, 1967 |
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Folder 11 |
Texts - Vectors and The Kinetic-Molecular Theory of Gases, 1967 |
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Folder 12 |
Sky photographs for Mars and Orbit of Mars Experiment, 1967 |
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Folder 13 |
An Introduction to Physics - Unit 1 - Concepts of Motion, 1967 |
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Folder 14 |
An Introduction to Physics - Unit 2 - Motion in the Heavens, 1967 |
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Folder 15 |
An Introduction to Physics - Unit 4 - Fields and Waves, 1967 |
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Folder 16 |
Supplemental unit Elementary Particles, 1967 |
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Folder 17 |
Supplemental Unit Discoveries in Physics, 1967 |
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Folder 18 |
Laboratory experiments and equipment, 1967 |
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Folder 19 |
Overhead projection transparencies - Unit 3, 1967 |
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Folder 20 |
Overhead transparencies - Unit 4, 1967 |
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Folder 21 |
People and Particles film guide and notes, 1967 |
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Folder 22 |
Tests Unit 1 and 2 Concepts of Motion and Motion in the Heavens, 1967 |
| Box 3 |
Folder 1 |
Tests Unit 3 The Triumph of Mechanics, 1967 |
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Folder 2 |
Reader - Concepts of Motion and Motion in the Heavens, 1967 |
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Folder 3 |
Reader - Triumph of Mechanics, 1967 |
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Folder 4 |
Reader - Light and Electromagnetism, 1967 |
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Folder 5 |
Reader - Models of the Atom, 1967 |
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Folder 6 |
Reader - The Nucleus, 1967 |
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Folder 7 |
Project Physics Teacher Guide: An Introduction to Physics (preliminary version) 1 of 2, undated |
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Folder 8 |
Project Physics Teacher Guide: An Introduction to Physics (preliminary version) 2 of 2, undated |
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Folder 9 |
Teacher Guide 1, undated |
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Folder 10 |
Teacher Guide 1, undated |
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Folder 11 |
Teacher Guide 2, undated |
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Folder 12 |
Teacher Guide 2, undated |
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Folder 13 |
Teacher Guide 3, undated |
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Folder 14 |
Teacher Guide 3, undated |
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Folder 15 |
Teacher Guide 4, undated |
| Box 4 |
Folder 1 |
Teacher Guide 4, undated |
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Folder 2 |
Teacher Guide 5, undated |
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Folder 3 |
Teacher Guide 6, undated |
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Folder 4 |
Handbook 1 Concepts of Motion, 1968 |
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Folder 5 |
Handbook 2 Motion in the Heavens, 1968 |
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Folder 6 |
Handbook 3 The Triumph of Mechanics, 1968 |
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Folder 7 |
Handbook 4 Light and Electromagnetism, 1968 |
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Folder 8 |
Handbook 5 Models of the Atom, 1968 |
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Folder 9 |
Handbook 6 The Nucleus, 1968 |
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Folder 10 |
Reader 1 Concepts of Motion, 1968 |
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Folder 11 |
Reader 2 Motion in the Heavens, 1968 |
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Folder 12 |
Reader 3 The Triumph of Mechanics, 1968 |
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Folder 13 |
Reader 4 Light and Electromagnetism, 1968 |
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Folder 14 |
Reader 5 Models of the Atom, 1968 |
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Folder 15 |
Reader 6 The Nucleus, 1968 |
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Folder 16 |
Teacher Guide 1 Concepts of Motion, undated |
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Folder 17 |
Teacher Guide 1 Concepts of Motion, undated |
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Folder 18 |
Text 2 Motion in the Heavens, undated |
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Folder 19 |
Teacher Guide 6 The Nucleus, 1968 |
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Folder 20 |
Teacher Guide 6 The Nucleus, 1968 |
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Folder 21 |
Text 1 Concepts of Motion, 1968 |
| Box 5 |
Folder 1 |
Text 2 Motion in the Heavens, 1968 |
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Folder 2 |
Text 3 The Triumph of Mechanics, 1968 |
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Folder 3 |
Text 4 Light and Electromagnetism, 1968 |
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Folder 4 |
Text 5 Models of the Atom, 1968 |
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Folder 5 |
Text 6 The Nucleus, 1968 |
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Folder 6 |
Waves part I, 1968 |
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Folder 7 |
Waves part II, 1968 |
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Folder 8 |
Spring Newsletter 7, 1968 |
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Folder 9 |
Winter Newsletter 8, undated |
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Folder 10 |
Project Physics Laboratory, Experiment, and Equipment, 1968 |
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Folder 11 |
Project Physics Description and Price List, 1969 |
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Folder 12 |
“Evaluation of Harvard Project Physics Course, Interim Report” February 3, 1969 |
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Folder 13 |
Equipment operating procedures, 1969 |
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Folder 14 |
Winter Newsletter, undated |
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Folder 15 |
William Stiles’ Review of HPP, 1970 |
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Folder 17 |
Reader 1 Concepts of Motion, 1970 |
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Folder 18 |
Reader 2 Motion in the Heavens, 1970 |
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Folder 19 |
Text and Handbook 1 Concepts of Motion, 1970 |
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Folder 20 |
Text and Handbook 2 Motion in the Heavens, 1970 |
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Folder 21 |
Text and Handbook 3 The Triumph of Mechanics, 1970 |
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Folder 22 |
Text and Handbook 4 Light and Electromagnetism, 1970 |
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Folder 23 |
Text and Handbook 5 Models of the Atom, 1970 |
| Box 6 |
Folder 1 |
Text and Handbook 6 The Nucleus, 1970 |
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Folder 2 |
Tests 1-6 (1:Concepts of Motion, 2:Motion in the Heavens, 3:The Triumph of Mechanics, 4:Light and Electromagnetism, 5:Models of the Atom, 6:The Nucleus), 1970 |
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Folder 3 |
Introduction to the Teacher Resource Book, 1970 |
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Folder 4 |
Teacher Resource Book 1: Concepts of Motion, 1970 |
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Folder 5 |
Teacher Resource Book 2: Motion in the Heavens, 1970 |
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Folder 6 |
Teacher Resource Book 3: The Triumph of Mechanics, 1970 |
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Folder 7 |
Teacher Resource Book 4: Light and Electromagnetism, 1970 |
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Folder 8 |
Teacher Resource Book 5: Models of the Atom, 1970 |
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Folder 9 |
Teacher Resource Book 6: The Nucleus, 1970 |
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Folder 10 |
Catalog and Order Form, 1970 |
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Folder 11 |
Spring Newsletter Number 10, 1971 |
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Folder 12 |
Programmed instruction, Vectors 1, 1971 |
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Folder 13 |
Programmed instruction, Equations 1, 1971 |
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Folder 14 |
Reader 3 The Triumph of Mechanics, 1971 |
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Folder 15 |
Reader 4 Light and Electromagnetism, 1971 |
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Folder 16 |
Reader 5 Models of the Atom, 1971 |
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Folder 17 |
Reader 6 The Nucleus, 1971 |
| Box 7 |
Folder 1 |
Supplemental unit A Elementary Particles, 1971 |
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Folder 2 |
Introduction to the teacher resource book pamphlet, 1971 |
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Folder 3 |
Part of a teacher resource packet (D37-D46), undated |
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Folder 4 |
Teacher Resource Book 3 The Triumph of Mechanics, 1971 |
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Folder 5 |
Teacher Resource Book 4 Light and Electromagnetism, 1971 |
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Folder 6 |
Teacher Resource Book 5 Models of the Atom, 1971 |
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Folder 7 |
Teacher Resource Book 6 The Nucleus, 1971 |
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Folder 8 |
Harvard University Newsletter #3 of Program on Public Conceptions of Science, 1973 |
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Folder 9 |
Introducing the Project Physics Course, 1973 |
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Folder 10 |
Supplemental unit, Discoveries in Physics, 1973 |
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Folder 11 |
Programmed instruction - Waves and Kinetic-Molecular Theory of Gases, 1974 |
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Folder 12 |
Posters and Buyer’s Guide, 1975 |
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Folder 13 |
Introducing the Second Edition publication and order forms, 1975 |
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Folder 14 |
Supplemental Unit, The Nucleus, 1975 |
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Folder 15 |
Buyer’s Guide, 1975 |
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Folder 17 |
Resource Book, 1975 |
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Folder 19 |
Education Development Center Annual Report, 1976 |
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Folder 21 |
The Astronomers - W.M. Keck Foundation, 1990 |
| Box 8 |
Folder 1 |
Resource book, 1981 |
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Folder 2 |
Individualized P.S.S.C. Physics 8th Revision, 1 of 2, 1982 |
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Folder 3 |
Individualized P.S.S.C. Physics 8th Revision, 2 of 2, 1982 |
