American Association of Physics Teachers miscellaneous publications,
1934-2013
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
American Association of Physics Teachers
Size of collection
6 linear feet
12 manuscript boxes
Short description of collection
Publications from the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) that include newsletters, membership directories, brochures, reports, pamphlets, reprints, and annual reviews. Includes ANNOUNCER from 1971-2006.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR20111005
This professional society of teachers of physics in colleges, universities, and secondary schools, was established in 1930 to advance the teaching of physics and further the appreciation of the role of physics in society and culture. It was a founding Member Society of the American Institute of Physics.
The collection contains miscellaneous publications printed by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) for their members, and include newsletters, membership directories, brochures, reports, pamphlets, reprints, and annual reviews. As well as issues of ANNOUNCER from 1971-2006.
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.
Subject terms
Education. Societies, etc.
Physics. Publishing.
Physics. Societies, etc.
Physics. Study and teaching. Periodicals
Genre terms
Annual reports.
Directories.
Newsletters.
Reprints.
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.
Collection is added to on an annual basis as new publications are received.
This collection was processed by
Amanda Nelson in
2016.
Box [number], Folder [number], American Association of Physics Teachers miscellaneous publications, 1934-2013. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Title
Finding Aid to the American Association of Physics Teachers miscellaneous publications, 1934-2013
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.
| Box 1 |
Folder 1 |
Membership directories, 1934, 1936 |
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Folder 2 |
Membership directories, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951 |
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Folder 3 |
Membership directories, 1955, 1958, 1961 |
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Folder 4 |
Membership directories, 1964, 1966, 1970 |
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Folder 5 |
Membership directories, 1980 |
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Folder 6 |
Membership directories, 1985, 1989 |
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Folder 7 |
Membership directories, 1994, 1996 |
| Box 2 |
Folder 1 |
Membership directories, 1998 |
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Folder 2 |
Directory of academic physics departments, 1961-1963 |
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Folder 3 |
Directory of academic physics departments, 1963-1965 |
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Folder 4 |
Directory of physics faculties, 1965-1966 |
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Folder 5 |
Directory of physics and astronomy faculties, 1967-1968 |
| Box 3 |
Folder 1 |
Annual physics show, 1970, 1973-1976, 1979 |
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Folder 2 |
Member rates/services, 1989, 1991 |
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Folder 4 |
Product advertisements, 1976, undated |
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Folder 5 |
Programs, undated |
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Folder 6 |
75: Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence in Enhancing the Understanding and Appreciation of Physics Through Teaching, 2006 |
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Folder 7 |
Aids and sources for the science teacher, undated |
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Folder 8 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) application for membership, undated |
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Folder 9 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) brochures, 1960, 1962 |
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Folder 10 |
American Association of Physics Teachers Guidelines for the Review of Baccalaureate Physics Programs, 1987 |
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Folder 11 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) resources, undated |
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Folder 12 |
Center for Educational Apparatus in Physics: Physics experiments and demonstrations, 1965 |
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Folder 13 |
Committee on Apparatus in Educational Institutions: Apparatus for physics teaching, 1961 |
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Folder 14 |
Committee on Apparatus in Educational Institutions: Apparatus for physics teaching, 1961 |
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Folder 15 |
Committee on Apparatus in Educational Institutions: Lecture demonstrations in physics, 1963 |
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Folder 16 |
Committee on Physics Faculties in Colleges reports, 1964-1965 |
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Folder 17 |
Course Content in High School Physics, 1988 |
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Folder 18 |
Federal Support for Undergraduate Laboratory Work in Physics, 1989 |
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Folder 19 |
Graduate Education in Physics: Report of the Joint American Physical Society (APS) - American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Task Force, 2005 |
| Box 4 |
Folder 1 |
Guide to Innovations in Physics Teaching Volume 2: Courses for Nonscientists, 1974 |
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Folder 2 |
Guide to Innovations in Physics Teaching Volume 3: Courses for Majors, 1973 |
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Folder 3 |
Guidelines for High School Physics Programs, 1986, 2003 |
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Folder 4 |
Guidelines for Self-Study and External Evaluation of Undergraduate Physics Programs, 2005 |
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Folder 5 |
Guidelines for Two-Year College Physics Programs, 2001 |
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Folder 6 |
International Physics Olympiad, 1993 |
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Folder 7 |
Issue Oriented Module: Automobiles and Collisions, undated |
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Folder 8 |
Issue Oriented Module: Control of Environmental Noise, 1977 |
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Folder 9 |
Issue Oriented Module: Ionizing Radiation in Health Care, undated |
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Folder 10 |
Issue Oriented Module: Radiation Damage in Solids, 1977 |
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Folder 11 |
Issue Oriented Module: Radioactive Radiations and their Biological Effects, 1977 |
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Folder 12 |
Issue Oriented Module: Radioactive Waste Management, 1977 |
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Folder 13 |
Issue Oriented Module: Thermodynamic Efficiencies and Thermal Pollution, 1980 |
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Folder 14 |
A Model for Reform - Two-Year Colleges in the Twenty-First Century: Breaking Down Barriers, undated |
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Folder 15 |
Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons Proliferation, and the Arms Race, 1963, 1982 |
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Folder 16 |
Planning for Graduate Studies in Physics and Related Fields, 1994, 2002 |
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Folder 17 |
Powerful Ideas in Physical Science, 1996 |
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Folder 18 |
Publishing a Physics Textbook: Information for the Potential Author, undated |
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Folder 19 |
The Regional Counselor Program in Physics, 1966 |
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Folder 20 |
Resource Letters: Book One, 1961-1966 |
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Folder 21 |
Resource Letters: Book Two, 1966-1968 |
| Box 5 |
Folder 1 |
Resource Letters: Book Three, 1968-1972 |
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Folder 2 |
Resource Letters: Book Four, 1972-1982 |
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Folder 3 |
Resource Letters: Book Five, 1982-1993 |
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Folder 4 |
The Role, Education, and Qualifications of the High School Physics Teacher, 1988 |
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Folder 5 |
Selected reprints: Achievement Testing in Physics, 1965 |
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Folder 6 |
Selected reprints: Black Holes, 1982 |
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Folder 7 |
Selected reprints: Friction, 1963 |
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Folder 8 |
Selected reprints: Kinematics and Dynamics of Satellite Orbits, 1963 |
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Folder 9 |
Selected reprints: Mossbauer Effect, 1963 |
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Folder 10 |
Selected reprints: Nuclear Structure, 1965 |
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Folder 11 |
Selected reprints: Polarized Light, 1961 |
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Folder 12 |
Selected reprints: Quantum and Statistical Aspects of Light, 1963 |
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Folder 13 |
Selected reprints: Superconductivity, 1964 |
| Box 6 |
Folder 1 |
SI: The International System of Units, 1982 |
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Folder 2 |
Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics at Two-Year Colleges: Best Practices of Physics Programs, 2005 |
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Folder 3 |
Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics at Two-Year Colleges: Case Studies and Survey Findings, 2004 |
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Folder 4 |
Survey of teaching apparatus in physics, 1961, 1965 |
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Folder 5 |
Teaching Physics Safely, 1979 |
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Folder 6 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Awards Luncheon program, 2006 |
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Folder 7 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) meeting programs, 1971 |
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Folder 8 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) meeting programs, 1995-2002, 2005-2006 |
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Folder 9 |
Conference on the Teaching of Modern Physics, 1986 |
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Folder 10 |
Lab Focus 93: A national conference highlighting current initiatives in high school and undergraduate physics laboratories, 1993 |
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Folder 11 |
Proceedings of the Wesleyan Conference on Lecture Demonstrations, 1959 |
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Folder 12 |
United States - Japan - China Trilateral Planning Conference on Physics Education, 1989 |
| Box 7 |
Folder 1 |
Volunteer Experience: a symposium on international physics education, 1978 |
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Folder 2 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1971-1972 |
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Folder 3 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1973 |
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Folder 4 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1974 |
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Folder 5 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1975 |
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Folder 6 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1976 |
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Folder 7 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1977 |
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Folder 8 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1978 |
| Box 8 |
Folder 1 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1979 |
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Folder 2 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1980 |
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Folder 3 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1981 |
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Folder 4 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1982 |
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Folder 5 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1983 |
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Folder 6 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1984 |
| Box 9 |
Folder 1 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1985 |
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Folder 2 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1986 |
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Folder 3 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1987 |
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Folder 4 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1988 |
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Folder 5 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1989 |
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Folder 6 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1990 |
| Box 10 |
Folder 1 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1991 |
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Folder 2 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1992 |
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Folder 3 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1993 |
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Folder 4 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1994 |
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Folder 5 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1995 |
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Folder 6 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1996 |
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Folder 7 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1997 |
| Box 11 |
Folder 1 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1998 |
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Folder 2 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1999 |
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Folder 3 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 2000 |
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Folder 4 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 2001 |
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Folder 5 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 2002 |
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Folder 6 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 2003 |
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Folder 7 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 2004 |
| Box 12 |
Folder 1 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 2005 |
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Folder 2 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 2006 |
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Folder 3 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Annual Report, 2006-2007 |
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Folder 4 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Annual Report, 2007-2008 |
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Folder 5 |
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Annual Report, 2009-2010 |
