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Description of Collection Historical Note Scope and Contents of Collection Restrictions on Use and Access Selected Search Terms Organization and Arrangement of Collection Provenance and Acquisition Information Processing Information Preferred Citation of Collection Administrative InformationContainer List
Series I: Optical Society of America recordsOptical Society of America records, 1940-1959
Description of Collection
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Optical Society of America.
Size of collection
0.5 linear feet
1 manuscript box
Short description of collection
Records of the Optical Society of America (OSA) collected by Jarus Quinn, the first Executive Director of the OSA.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR1996286
Historical Note
$aThe Optical Society was established in 1916 to increase and diffuse the knowledge of optics in all its branches, pure and applied, to promote the mutual interests of investigators of optical problems, of designers, manufacturers, and users of optical instruments and apparatus of all kinds, and to encourage cooperation among them. It is a founding Member Society of the American Institute of Physics.
Scope and Contents of Collection
Records of the Optical Society of America (OSA) collected by Jarus Quinn, the first Executive Director of the OSA. The contents of the collection mostly concern relations with the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and include publications, reports, correspondence, minutes.
Restrictions on Use and Access
Permission of an officer of depositing organization required for access to records less than 25 years old.
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.
Persons
Institutions
American Institute of Physics.
Optical Society of America
Subject terms
Optics. Congresses.
Optics. Societies, etc.
Physics. Publishing.
Organization and Arrangement of Collection
The arrangement of the items and folders reflects the original order of the collection.
Provenance and Acquisition Information
These records were donated by Jarus Quinn in 1996.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Coralina Daly in 1999.
Any records duplicated in AIP records were disposed of. Although staples were removed and the records were rehoused, their order is undisturbed.
Preferred Citation of Collection
Box [number], Folder [number], Optical Society of America records. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Administrative Information
Title
Finding Aid to the Optical Society of America records, 1940-1959
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2012
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Mueller in 1999. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
Series I: Optical Society of America records
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | OSA representative on Physics Today, 1959 |
| Folder 2 | AIP-OSA contract, 1941-1951 |
| Folder 3 | OSA Ad Hoc Committee on Increasing Size of Board of Directors, 1954-1956 |
| Folder 4 | Committee to consider a new contract with the AIP 10/40, 1940-1941 |
| Folder 5 | Committee on Allocation of AIP Support, 1943-1952 |
| Folder 6 | Ad Hoc Committee to Consider Modification of Publication Agreements with AIP, 1951-1952 |
| Folder 7 | Ad Hoc Committee to Consider Modification of Publication Agreements with AIP, 1953-1954 |
| Folder 8 | Annual business meetings, 1957-1959 |
| Folder 9 | Special folder: Postwar Physics and Reorganization of AIP, 1944-1945 |
| Folder 10 | AIP correspondence with Editor of Publications, 1946-1956 |
| Folder 11 | Ad Hoc Committee to Study Enlargement of OSA Board of Directors, 1954-1956 |
| Folder 12 | Corporate Associates meeting at Arden House, 1959 |
| Folder 13 | OSA’s proxies to AIP’s annual business meeting, 1958 |