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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorAmerican Association of Physics Teachers
Dates
1931 – present
Authorized Form of Name
American Association of Physics Teachers
Additional Forms of Names
A.A.P.T.
AAPT
Institutional History
Abstract
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.
Past Presidents
1930-33, Homer L. Dodge
1933-35, Frederic Palmer
1935-37, David L. Webster
1937-39, F. K. Richtmyer
1939-40, Harvey B. Lemon
1940-41, Richard M. Sutton
1941-42, A. G. Worthing
1942-43, A. A. Knowlton
1943-45, Lloyd W. Taylor
1945-47, R. C. Gibbs
1947-48, Paul Kirkpatrick
1948-50, J. W. Buchta
1950-51, Duane R. Roller
1951-52, Mark W. Zemansky
1952-53, William S. Webb
1953-54, Paul E. Klopsteg
1954-55, Marsh W. White
1955-56, R. Ronald Palmer
1956-57, Walter C. Michels
1957-58, Vernet E. Eaton
1958-59, Clarence J. Overback
1959-60, Francis W. Sears
1960-61, Leonard O. Olsen
1961-62, Malcolm Correll
1962-63, Frank Verbrugge
1963-64, Vincent E. Parker
1964-65, E. U. Condon
1965-66, H. Richard Crane
1966-67, Melba N. Phillips
1967-68, Arnold Arons
1968-69, Stanley S. Ballard
1969-70, Ronald Geballe
1970-71, Robert N. Little
1971-72, Bailey L. Donnally
1972-73, Kenneth W. Ford
1973-74, E. Leonard Jossem
1974-75, Sherwood K. Haynes
1975-76, Janet B. Guernsey
1976-77, Kenneth E. Davis
1977-78, Robert Karplus
1978-79, Albert A. Bartlett
1979-80, James B. Gerhart
1980-81, Robert G. Fuller
1981-82, William H. Kelly
1982-83, John W. Layman
1983-84, Robert P. Bauman
1984-85, Joe P. Meyer
1985-86, Anthony P. French
1986-87, Robert Beck Clark
1987-88, Donald F. Holcomb
1988-89, Robert Resnick
1989-90, Gerald F. Wheeler
1990-91, Judy R. Franz
1991-92, Thomas Rossing
1992-93, James H. Stith
1993-94, Reuben E. Alley
1994-95, Howard G. Voss
1995-96, Karen L. Johnston
1996-97, Robert C. Hilborn
1997-98, Ronald D. Edge
1998-99, Thomas O'Kuma
1999-2000, Larry D. Kirkpatrick
2000-01, Ruth H. Howes
2001-02, John L. Hubisz
2002-03, Christopher Chiaverina
2003-04, Charles H. Holbrow
2004-05, Jim Nelson
2005-06, Richard Peterson
2006-07, Ken Heller
2007-08, Harvey Leff
2008-09, Lila Adair
2009-10, Alexander K. Dickison
2010-11, David M. Cook
2011-12, David R. Sokoloff
2012-13, Jill A. Marshall
2013-13, Gay Stewart
2013-13, Mary Beth Monroe
2013-14, Gay Stewart
2014-15, Steve Iona
Important Dates
December 29, 1930Luncheon that included Homer Dodge, Paul Klopsteg and Floyd K. Richtmyer that was the beginning of AAPT, Cleveland (Ohio).
April 29, 1931AAPT Executive Committee met in Washington, D. C. and in affiliation with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) was authorized and plans were made for the first annual meeting.
December 1931First annual meeting held in New Orleans with American Physical Society (APS) and AAAS, New Orleans (La.).
February 1932Became a founding member of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) when it was formed by the Optical Society of America (OSA), the American Physical Society (APS), the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), the Society of Rheology (SoR), and the American Association for Physics Teachers (AAPT).
December 30, 1932First chapter recognized by AAPT was the Association of Physics Teachers of Western Pennsylvania and Environs.
January 1933Two chapters were organized in Kentucky and Oregon.
February 1933First issue of "The American Physics Teacher" published under editor Duane Roller.
December 1934Anonymous donor, later revealed to be Paul Klopsteg, offered to finance an annual award for notable contributions to the teaching of physics, named the Oersted medal.
December 1936First Oersted medal awarded posthumously to William S. Franklin.
January 1940First annual Richtmyer Memorial Lecture is given.
February 1940"The American Physics Teacher" changes name to the "American Journal of Physics.".
January 1943First official winter meeting sponsored by AAPT alone.
1950First official summer meeting sponsored by AAPT alone.
January 1952Distinguished Service Citations were initiated.
January 1957Corporation papers were drawn up for AAPT.
January 1957Visiting Scientist Program for both colleges and high schools started with National Science Foundation (NSF) support and was done jointly with the Education Division of the AIP.
January 1959First Directory of Physics, Astronomy & Geophysics Staff was published in conjunction with AIP.
1960 – 1965The Physics Teacher journal is begun.
January 1960Commission on College Physics (CCP) began with a grant from NSF and done in conjunction with AIP.
January 1962AAPT established an Executive Office.
January 26, 1963Millikan Lecture Award is established. The awardee gives a lecture at the Summer meeting and should be selected for their notable and creative contributions to the teaching of physics.
October 1981Melba Newell Phillips Award is established. This is only given out occassionally to subsequent AAPT leaders who display similar achievements and exceptional contributions.
January 1986Executive Board voted to sponsor participation in its first team of U. S. high school students in the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO).
January 1990Paul Klopsteg Lectureship is established. A feature of the Summer meeting, is on a topic of current significance that is of general interest and at a level suitable for a nonspecialist audience.
January 1993Pre-College Physics Education Award and the Introductory Undergraduate Award to recognize contributions to physics teaching at the pre-college and college levels respectively is established.
December 1995 – November 22, 1997Campaign for Physics, joint effort with American Physical Society (APS), was designed to raise funds to support educational activities of the two societies and reached its $5 million goal.
August 1997Physical Science Resource Center (PSRC) is launched. It provides resources and links to resources for the entire spectrum of physics and physical science teachers, grades K-16.
January 1999First electronic version of the "American Journal of Physics" is available on the web.
January 2003First electronic version of "The Physics Teacher" is available on the web.
Places
Formation
Meeting
Subjects
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Citations
History of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) webpage, https://www.aapt.org/aboutaapt/history/index.cfm.
Relationships
People
Employees & Officers
Adair, Lila
President.
Alley, Reuben E.
President.
Arons, A. B. (Arnold B.)
President.
Ballard, Stanley S.
President.
Bartlett, Albert A.
President.
Bauman, R. P.
President.
Brode, Robert B. (Robert Bigham), 1900-1986
Chair, Committee on Physics Faculties in Colleges.
Buchta, J. W. (J. William), 1895-1966
President.
Chiaverina, Christopher J.
President.
Clark, Robert Beck
President.
Member, National Council.
Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974
President.
Cook, David M. (David Marsden), 1938-
President.
Correll, Malcolm, 1914-1992
President.
Crane, H. R. (Horace Richard), 1907-2007
President.
Davis, Kenneth E.
President.
Dickison, Alexander K.
President.
Dodge, Homer L. (Homer Levi), 1887-1983
President and founding member.
Donnally, Bailey Lewis, 1930-
President.
Eaton, Vernet Eller, 1895-
President.
Edge, Ronald D.
President.
Ford, Kenneth William, 1926-
President.
Franz, Judy R.
President.
French, A. P. (Anthony Philip), 1920-
President.
Fuller, Robert G.
President.
Member, National Task Force on Undergraduate Physics and Member, National Task Force on Graduate Education in Physics.
Geballe, Ronald, 1918-
President.
Gerhart, James B.
President.
Gibbs, R. C. (Roswell Clifton), 1878-
President.
Visiting Scientist.
Guernsey, Janet Brown, 1913-
President.
Haynes, Sherwood Kimball, 1910-1990
President.
Heller, Kenneth J.
President.
Hilborn, Robert C.
President.
Holbrow, Charles H.
President.
Holcomb, Donald Frank, 1925-
President.
Howes, Ruth (Ruth Hege)
President.
Hubisz, John L.
President.
Member, Committee on International Education in Physics.
Iona, Steven
President.
Johnston, Karen L.
President.
Jossem, E. Leonard
President.
Karplus, Robert
President.
Kelly, William H.
President.
Kemble, Edwin C. (Edwin Crawford), 1889-
Chair, Coulomb's Law Committee.
Kirkpatrick, Larry D., 1941-
President.
President.
Klopsteg, Paul E. (Paul Ernest), 1889-
President and founding member.
Knowlton, A. A. (Ansel Alphonso), 1876-
President.
Layman, John W.
President.
Leff, Harvey S., 1937-
President.
Lemon, Harvey Brace, 1885-
President.
Little, R. N. (Robert Navrvez), 1913-
President.
Marshall, Jill Ann
President.
Meyer, Joe P.
President.
Michels, Walter C. (Walter Christian), 1906-1975
President.
Monroe, Mary Beth
President.
Nelson, James H.
President.
O'Kuma, Thomas L., 1949-
President.
Olsen, Leonard O.
President.
Overbeck, C. J. (Clarence Jacob), 1901-1997
President.
Founding member, Vice President and President.
Palmer, R. Ronald (Ralph Ronald), 1905-
President.
Parker, Vincent Eveland, 1914-
President.
Peterson, Richard W.
President.
President.
Resnick, Robert, 1923-
President.
Richtmyer, F. K. (Floyd Karker), 1881-1939
President and founding member.
Roller, Duane E. (Duane Emerson), 1894-1965
President.
Rossing, Thomas D., 1929-
President.
Associate Editor, American Journal of Physics.
Sears, Francis Weston, 1898-1975
President.
Sokoloff, David R.
President.
Stewart, Gay B.
President.
Stith, James H.
President.
Sutton, Richard Manliffe, 1900-1966
President.
Taylor, Lloyd William, 1893-1948
President.
Verbrugge, Frank, 1913-
President.
Voss, Howard G.
President.
Webb, William S. (William Snyder), 1882-1964
President.
Webster, David Locke, 1888-1976
Vice President and President.
Wheeler, Gerald F., 1941-
President.
White, Marsh W. (Marsh William), 1896-1999
President.
Member, Introductory University Physics Project.
Worthing, Archie G. (Archie Garfield), 1881-
President.
Zemansky, Mark Waldo, 1900-
President.
Associates & Members
Allison, Samuel King, 1900-1965
Barton, Henry Askew, 1898-1983
Founding member.
Birge, Raymond T. (Raymond Thayer), 1887-
Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954
Founding member.
Cope, Thomas D. (Thomas Darlington)
1941 Oersted Medal Recipient.
Darrow, Karl K. (Karl Kelchner), 1891-
Founding member.
Grant, Roderick M.
Havens, William W. (William Westerfield), 1920-2004
Khoury, Bernard
Koch, Herman William, 1920-
Loeb, Leonard B. (Leonard Benedict), 1891-
Neher, Henry Victor, 1904-
Pegram, George Braxton, 1876-1958
Slack, L. (Lewis), 1924-
Founding member.
Tate, John T. (John Torrence), 1889-1950
Zeleny, Anthony, 1870-1947
Institutions
Collaborators
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Held joint meetings with them and used their meeting as the place to form the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
Founding Member Society.
American Institute of Physics. Education Division
Worked together on numerous projects such as Visiting Scientist Program and the Commission on College Physics (CCP).
Split off from them in 1931, held joint meetings, and have worked together to raise funds for educational activities.
Associates
International Physics Olympiad
Have sponsored teams of high school students for the United States since 1986.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Received numerous grants for projects over the years.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
AAPT correspondence of Albert A. Bartlett, 1978.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
AAPT records of early history, 1929-1966.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Association of Physics Teachers addition to records, 1950-2002.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Association of Physics Teachers history of the Piaget workshops, 1973-1976.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Association of Physics Teachers miscellaneous publications, 1934-2010.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Association of Physics Teachers Powerful Ideas in Science, 2nd. Edition, 1996.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Association of Physics Teachers records of David Locke Webster, 1930-1958.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Association of Physics Teachers records of Paul E. Klopsteg, 1930-1975.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Association of Physics Teachers records of Richard M. Sutton, 1934-1949.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Association of Physics Teachers records, 1930-1968.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Association of Physics Teachers records, 1940-1986.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Association of Physics Teachers symposium: [sound recording] history in the teaching of physics, 1973 October 12, 13.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Journal of Physics editor's reports, 1967-2001.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Journal of Physics editor's reports, 1967-2001.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Banquet of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording], 1969 February 5.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Banquet of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording], 1972 February 2.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Banquet of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording], 1974 February 5.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Factors related to baccalureate-to-doctorate time lapse in physics, 1968.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Joint ceremonial session of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording], 1963 January 24.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Joint ceremonial session of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording], 1968 January 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Joint ceremonial session of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording], 1969 February 4.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Joint ceremonial session of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording], 1971 February 2.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Joint ceremonial session of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording], 1972 February 1.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Joint ceremonial session of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording], 1973.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Joint ceremonial session of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording], 1974 February 5.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Joint ceremonial session of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording], 1977 February 8.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Joint session of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording], 1974 February 6.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Joint symposium of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers on history and philosophy of physics [sound recording], 1969 February 5.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Joint symposium of the Division of Electron and Atomic Physics and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording] : History of spectroscopy, 1981 January 28.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Karl T. Compton Award records, 1980-1981.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oersted medalist acceptance speech [sound recording], 1961 February.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Physics for phun [videorecording], 1990.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Special joint session of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers on coupling of physics and society in the seventies [sound recording], 1968 January 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
The approximate nature of physical symmetries [sound recording] Sixteenth Richtmyer Memorial Lecture of the AAPT, 1958 January 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
The search for an elementary particle [sound recording], 1968 January 31.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Women in science [sound and video recordings], circa 1975.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
AIP Education and Manpower Division records, 1940-1973 (bulk 1953-1964).
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
AIP Office of the Director records of Elmer Hutchisson, 1948-1966 (bulk 1957-1964).
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
AIP Office of the Director records of H. William Koch and Kenneth W. Ford, 1966-1992.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
AIP Office of the Director records of H. William Koch, 1932-1988 (bulk 1966-1987).
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
AIP Office of the Director records of Henry A. Barton, 1931-1964.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
AIP Office of the Secretary addition to records, 1931-2007.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
AIP Office of the Secretary records, 1931-1994.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
AIP Physics Programs Division records of Lewis Slack, 1968-1988.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Association of Physics Teachers Chesapeake Section records of the secretary, 1956-1984.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Association of Physics Teachers project : oral history, 1963.
Oral History Research Office
Columbia University
Box 20, Room 801 Butler Library, New York, NY 10027, USA
American Center for Physics Board of Directors records of Bernard Khoury, 1990-2005.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Institute of Physics press book, 1956-1957.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Anthony Zeleny papers, 1902-1939.
University Archives
University of Minnesota
Andersen Library, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Clarence J. Overbeck autobiography, 1965.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Commission on College Physics records, 1960-1971.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Eastern Association of Physics Teachers records, 1895-1979.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Francis Bitter papers, 1925-1967.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
H. Victor Neher papers, 1916-1994.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Homer L. Dodge papers, 1852-1994 (bulk 1910-1960).
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
J. W. Buchta papers, 1924-1966.
University Archives
University of Minnesota
Andersen Library, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Mark W. Zemansky commemorative session, American Association of Physics Teachers summer meeting, 1982 June 23.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Melba Phillips correspondence with Karl Kelchner Darrow, 1965-1967.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with David Locke Webster, 1963 January 26.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with E. Leonard Jossem, 2001 October 4.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Elmer Hutchisson, 1970 October 22.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Frederic Palmer, Jr., 1963 January 26.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Homer Levi Dodge, 1963 January 23.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with James Stith, 2009 August 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Janet Brown Guernsey, 1977 June 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Marshall Ney States, 1963 January 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Melba Newell Phillips, 1977 December 5.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Paul E. Klopsteg, 1963 January 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Paul E. Klopsteg, 1970 March 31.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Roderick M. Grant, 2001 May 4.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Thomas D. Rossing, 2007 June 7.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with William W. Havens, 1991 February 21, July 17, 29, Augut 5, 12 and 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Paul E. Klopsteg papers, 1905-1991.
Library
Northwestern University
University Archives. Evanston, IL 60201, USA
Physics Club of Philadelphia archives, 1909-1918, 1945-1971.
Library
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Physics Teaching Resource Agents program records, 1985-2010 (bulk).
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Reminiscences of David Locke Webster : oral history, 1963.
Oral History Research Office
Columbia University
Box 20, Room 801 Butler Library, New York, NY 10027, USA
Reminiscences of Frederic Palmer : oral history, 1963.
Oral History Research Office
Columbia University
Box 20, Room 801 Butler Library, New York, NY 10027, USA
Reminiscences of Homer Levi Dodge : oral history, 1963.
Oral History Research Office
Columbia University
Box 20, Room 801 Butler Library, New York, NY 10027, USA
Ronald Geballe papers, 1938-1990.
University Archives
University of Washington
Mailstop #0-10. Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Thomas D. Cope papers, 1926-1960.
Archives
University of Pennsylvania
North Arcade, Franklin Field, Philadelphia PA 19104-6320, USA
Visiting Scientists Program in Physics records, 1958-1965.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Walter C. Michaels papers, 1928-1974.
Miriam Coffin Canaday Library, Special Collections
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899, USA
Published Resources
Author
2003 Physics Education Research Conference : Madison, Wisconsin, 6-7 August, 2003.
2004 Physics Education Research Conference : Sacramento, California 4-5 August, 2004.
2007 Physics Education Research Conference : Greensboro, North Carolina, 1-2 August 2007.
A cinescope of physics : an AAPT film resource book
American Association of Physics Teachers Announcer.
Cosmology : selected reprints.
Demonstration experiments in physics.
Gravity and inertia : selected reprints.
New particles : selected reprints.
Physics demonstration experiments.
Physics history from AAPT journals II.
Physics history from AAPT journals.
Physics in the automotive industry : (APS/AAPT topical conference).
Report of the Committee on Physics Faculties in Colleges : September 1965.
Resources letters. Book IV : titles published July 1972- September 1982.
Strategic programs for innovations in undergraduate physics : project report.
Superfluid helium : selected reprints.
Synchrotron radiation : selected reprints.
The Lloyd William Taylor manual of advanced undergraduate experiments in physics.
XXIV International Physics Olympiad : Williamsburg, Virginia, July 10-18, 1993.