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American Association of Physicists in Medicine miscellaneous publications, 1962-2013

Description of Collection

Repository

American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.

Papers created by

American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Size of collection

4.5 linear feet
9 manuscript boxes

Short description of collection

Publications from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) that include membership directories, newsletters, reports, pamphlets, policy statements and meeting programs.

Language(s) of collection

English

Collection number:

AR20111001

Historical Note

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a not-for-profit membership organizational whose purpose is to promote the application of physics to medicine and biology, to encourage interest and training in medical physics and related fields, and to prepare and to disseminate technical information in medical physics and related fields.

Scope and Contents of Collection

The collection contains miscellaneous publications printed by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) for their members, and include membership directories, newsletters, reports, pamphlets, policy statements and meeting programs.

Restrictions on Use and Access

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.

Selected Search Terms

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 Physicists in Medicine.

Subject terms

Biophysics. Periodicals.
Medical Physics. Periodicals.
Physics. Publishing.
Physics. Societies, etc.

Genre terms

Directories.
Newsletters.
Reports.

Organization and Arrangement of Collection

The collection is organized by type beginning with membership directories, then followed by reports or brochures, meeting materials, and newsletters. The membership directories, meeting materials, and newsletters are in chronological order; reports are arranged alphabetically.

Provenance and Acquisition Information

Collection is added to on an annual basis as new publications are received.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Amanda Nelson in 2016.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], American Association of Physicists in Medicine miscellaneous publications, 1962-2013. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

Administrative Information

Title

Finding Aid to the American Association of Physicists in Medicine miscellaneous publications, 1962-2013

Publisher

American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives

One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org

2016

Encoding Information

Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Amanda Nelson in 2016. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.

Series I: American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) publications

Box 1 Folder 1 Membership directories, 1970, 1972-1975, 1981
Folder 2 Membership directories, 1983-1984
Folder 3 Membership directories, 1985-1986
Folder 4 Membership directories, 1986-1990
Folder 5 Membership directories, 1987-1989
Box 2 Folder 1 Membership directories, 1990-1992
Folder 2 Membership directories, 1993-1994
Folder 3 Membership directories, 1995
Folder 4 Membership directories, 1996
Folder 5 Membership directories, 1997
Box 3 Folder 1 Membership directories, 1998
Folder 2 Membership directories, 1999
Folder 3 Membership directories, 2000-2001
Folder 4 Membership directories, 2002-2004
Folder 5 Membership directories, 2005-2006
Box 4 Folder 1 Membership directories, 2006
Folder 2 A guide to the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 1965
Folder 3 Reports, numbers 4, 6, 7, 9-13, 1977-1984
Folder 4 Reports, numbers 14-18, 1985-1986
Folder 5 Reports, numbers 19-24, 1986-1987
Folder 6 Reports, numbers 25-27, 29-31, 33, 38-39, 41-42, 1988-1994
Folder 7 Reports, numbers 44, 53-54, 57-58, 60, 64, 70, 1993-2001
Folder 8 Reports, numbers 71, 73, 2001
Box 5 Folder 1 Reports, numbers 74, 79-80, 85-86, 2002-2004
Folder 2 Reports, numbers 87-88, 109, 2005-2009
Folder 3 Member rates, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995
Folder 4 Professional information survey report, 1997-1999, 2001-2002
Folder 5 Policies - the roles, responsibilities and status of the clinical medical physicist, 1985
Folder 6 Marketing materials, 1982-1983
Folder 7 The Medical Physicist, 1969, 1986
Folder 8 Medical physics, 1983, 1986, 2001, 2006
Folder 9 Celebrate 50 years of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 2008
Folder 10 Recommendations on physics staffing for diagnostic radiology, 1993
Folder 11 Nuclear medicine instrumentation laboratory exercises for radiology residency training, 1984
Folder 12 Syllabus for a course in radiologic physics for residents in radiology, 1962
Folder 13 Asian and Pacific International Conference on Medical Physics, 1991
Folder 14 Meeting programs, 1986, 1978
Folder 15 Meeting programs, 1994-1997
Box 6 Folder 1 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Newsletter [For Introductory University Physics Project, 1987-1993, see APS-publications], 1991
Folder 2 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Newsletter, 1992, 1994-1995
Folder 3 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Newsletter, 1996-1997
Folder 4 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Newsletter, 1998-1999
Folder 5 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Newsletter, 2000-2001
Folder 6 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Newsletter, 2002-2003
Box 7 Folder 1 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Newsletter, 2004-2005
Folder 2 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Newsletter, 2006-2007
Folder 3 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Newsletter, 2008-2009
Folder 4 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Newsletter, 2010
Box 8 Folder 1 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Newsletter, 2011
Folder 2 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Newsletter, 2012
Folder 3 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Newsletter, 2013
Folder 4 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Placement Bulletin, June-July and October 1999
Folder 5 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Placement Bulletin, January-December 2000
Folder 6 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Placement Bulletin, January, March-December 2001
Box 9 Folder 1 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Placement Bulletin, January-December 2002
Folder 2 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Quarter Century Bulletin, 1983
Folder 3 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Quarterly Bulletin, December 1969
Folder 4 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Quarterly Bulletin, 1970
Folder 5 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Quarterly Bulletin, 1971
Folder 6 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Quarterly Bulletin, 1972
Folder 7 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Quarterly Bulletin, 1973