Finding Aid to the Records of the American Institute of Physics, Education and Manpower Division, 1940-1973 1953-1964 American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics.
One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740 nbl@aip.org
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College Park, MD 20740
Finding Aid to the Records of the American Institute of Physics, Education and Manpower Division, 1940-1973 1953-1964 English. 13 linear feet (13 boxes) AR 215 American Institute of Physics. Education and Manpower Division. Primarily correspondence and reports (with surveys and responses used in preparing reports) documenting the programs and studies of this American Institute of Physics (AIP) division. Projects include the Visiting Scientists Program for high school and college, the Study of Apparatus for the Teaching of Physics, and the Apparatus Drawing Project. Also contains materials pertaining to the publications of the division, such as bibliographies of faculty at various U.S institutions used in the preparation of the publication, Graduate Programs in Physics and Astronomy; correspondence with the American Association of Physics Teachers primarily concerning co-sponsored projects; correspondence and other records on conferences, women in physics, and the placement of physicists; and booklets and pamphlets on careers. In addition, the collection also has subject files on science education brought to the AIP by William C. Kelly when he became head of the division. In recognition of the increasing role which educational projects played in the American Institute of Physics (AIP), a formal Education Department was established in 1958. It was joined with the AIP program on manpower in 1961, forming the Education and Manpower Division. In 1971 education and manpower became separate entities again.

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Kelly, William Clark, 1922- American Association of Physics Teachers. Physics -- Public relations. Physics -- Study and teaching. Physics -- Vocational guidance. Physics -- Societies, etc. Teaching demonstrations. Women in science. Science -- Study and teaching. Organizational History

During 1957, the educational activities of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) increased many fold. In cooperation with the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) and many other agencies, the AIP facilitated the improvement of the teaching of physics at the high school, college and graduate school levels. With the aid of grants from the Fund for the Advancement of Education, Ford Foundation, and the National Science Foundation, the AIP had on staff two visiting physicists to assist in the work, W.C. Kelly from the University of Pittsburgh and Grant O. Gale from Grinnell College. Work done at the AIP included assisting various AAPT, American Physical Society (APS) and AIP committees working in education. An important part of the activity was an evaluation of the feasibility of effectively teaching large numbers of students with few teachers by television and color movies. Quantitative estimates were made of the supply of trained physicists and the future need for physicists and for greater education in the field of physics. Monthly newsletters were distributed summarizing AIP educational activities.

Under a grant from the National Science Foundation and with the joint sponsorship of the American Association of Physics Teachers, the AIP organized a Visiting Scientists Program with the major purpose of bringing distinguished physicists to colleges which ordinarily did not have contact with these physicists.

In recognition of the increasing role which educational projects played in the American Institute of Physics program, a formal Education Department was established in 1958 headed by W. C. Kelly. Kelly started a comprehensive program aimed at strengthening physics education at all levels. Many projects were sponsored jointly by the AAPT and the AIP with the financial support of the national foundations. The entire program of the department was followed closely by an Advisory Committee on the AIP education program in which the AAPT had strong representation. The major projects in the program are described below. The first AAPT-AIP Visiting Scientists Program was financed under a National Science Foundation grant. Secondly, a grant was made by the Educational Facilities Laboratories, Inc. to study the design of physics buildings. This was a joint AAPT/AIP project, which grew out of a survey of an AAPT committee (under the chairmanship of Dr. Yale Roots). A third joint project was one to prepare and distribute working drawings of apparatus specially designed by college physics teachers for lecture demonstrations and laboratories. This project was supported by the National Science Foundation and followed by the AAPT Committee on Apparatus.

A grant from the National Science Foundation provided for several career and guidance booklets: 1) a booklet for 8th, 9th, and 10th grade pupils to encourage them to study physics and mathematics in high school; 2) a major revision of "Physics as a Career" designed for college majors; 3) a booklet on "Graduate Study in Physics" to help orient students for graduate work.

W. C. Kelly remained in the capacity of director until the end of 1965. Van Zandt Williams and then R. A. Sawyer followed in his place as acting directors of the Education and Manpower Division. On 1 September 1966, Arnold Strassenburg became Director of the Division.

After 1 July 1971, the Education and Manpower Divisions of the American Institute of Physics became separate entities. The Manpower Division (statistical studies of physics manpower production and utilization and the placement service) remained at the E. 45th Street New York office, headed by Raymond W. Sears.

The Education Division was transferred to the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York with Arnold Strassenburg as Director. Some programs were terminated when the Education and Manpower Divisions separated, e.g. the AIP Education Newsletter and the AIP Career Booklets.

Scope and Contents of Collection

When the AIP Education Division transferred its headquarters to SUNY at Stony Brook in 1971, Arnold Strassenburg deposited with the Center a collection of miscellaneous Education and Manpower materials (1955-1968). These materials and have been organized into ten series:

The first series contains bibliographical information used in the publication of "Graduate Programs in Physics and Astronomy" (1968). This information includes the lists of publications of the faculty members of the various U.S. institutions as requested by the Education Division in order to substantiate the research specialties claimed by the departments.

The second series involves the activities of the Visiting Scientists Program from 1957-1961. Included are a random sampling of folders with comments of physicists and institutions involved in the program, reports and form letters.

The AAPT Committee on Apparatus for Educational Institutions generated various materials (correspondence, etc.) in the preparation of the report, Scientific Apparatus for the Teaching of Physics. These materials are included in the third series, spanning the period 1955-1957.

Surveys, questionnaires and the final published report of the AAPT Apparatus Drawing Project make up the fourth series (1956-1957).

The collection also includes materials on the Apparatus Competition, Tools for Science, conference surplus property, AAPT Committee on Apparatus for Educational Institutions, Manpower, AIP publications, miscellaneous AIP materials, AAPT and the Kelly file.

An additional deposit of records (1957-1973) from the AIP Education and Manpower Division was made in July 1978. These materials were at Stony Brook when the AIP offices there moved to AIP Woodbury. The additional records comprise the last series of the collection.

Access to Collection

Permission of an officer of The American Physical Society is required for access to records less than 25 years old. Earlier records are open to qualified researchers.

Restrictions on Use of Collection

Use of primary source material in the Niels Bohr Library requires prior approval through an Application for Access, which includes a statement of research purpose and the names and addresses of two scholars as references. Access applications can be obtained by contacting the Library (telephone 301-209-3177; or e-mail nbl@aip.org). The application can also be printed from our website.

 Preferred Citation of Collection

Cite as: Box [number], Folder [number], Records of the American Institute of Physics. Education and Manpower Division, 1940-1973. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

 Other Related Materials

See materials from the following AIP divisions in the Niels Bohr Library Miscellaneous Publications Collection: American Institute of Physics, Statistical Research Center; American Institute of Physics, Education and Manpower Division.

 Container List Series 1. Graduate Programs in Physics and Astronomy, 1968 Box 1

A handbook for advisors of prospective doctoral and master's students. A publication of the Educational and Manpower Division of the AIP. This publication provides descriptive information; e.g. the graduate faculty; research specialties, staff, and related major facilities; undergraduate preparation assumed; requirements for the PhD and examination and dissertations; assistantships and fellowships; graduate student statistics; extension and summer courses; environment; further information; physics-related doctoral programs) and statistical data to assist advisors and prospective graduate students in selecting an institution for graduate work in physics and astronomy leading to the master's or doctoral degree.

Lists of publications of the faculty members of the various institutions in the U.S. were requested by the Education Division in order to substantiate the research specialties claimed by the department. This bibliographical information is what is listed here, as it is not contained in the handbook.

Alabama Box 1 Folder 1 University of Alabama Box 1 Folder 2 Auburn University Alaska Box 1 Folder 3 University of Alaska Arizona Box 1 Folder 4 Arizona State University Box 1 Folder 5 The University of Arizona Arkansas Box 1 Folder 6 University of Arkansas California Box 1 Folder 7 California Institute of Technology Box 1 Folder 8 University of California-Berkeley Box 1 Folder 9 University of California-Davis Box 1 Folder 10 University of California-Irvine Box 1 Folder 11 University of California-Los Angeles Box 1 Folder 12 University of California-Riverdale Box 1 Folder 13 University of California-San Diego Box 1 Folder 14 University of California-Santa Barbara Box 1 Folder 15 University of California-Santa Cruz Box 1 Folder 16 Naval Postgraduate School Box 1 Folder 17 University of Southern California Box 1 Folder 18 Stanford University Colorado Box 1 Folder 19 Colorado School of Mines Box 1 Folder 20 Colorado State University Box 1 Folder 21 University of Colorado Box 1 Folder 22 University of Denver Connecticut Box 1 Folder 23 The University of Connecticut Box 1 Folder 24 Wesleyan University Box 1 Folder 25 Yale University District of Columbia Box 1 Folder 26 Catholic University of America Box 1 Folder 27 Georgetown University Florida Box 1 Folder 28 Florida State University Box 1 Folder 29 University of Florida Box 1 Folder 30 University of Miami Box 1 Folder 31 Nova University Georgia Box 1 Folder 32 Georgia Institute of Technology Box 1 Folder 33 The University of Georgia Hawaii Box 1 Folder 34 University of Hawaii Idaho Box 1 Folder 35 University of Idaho Illinois Box 1 Folder 36 The University of Chicago Box 1 Folder 37 Illinois Institute of Technology Box 1 Folder 38 University of Illinois-Urbana Box 1 Folder 39 Northwestern University Indiana Box 1 Folder 40 Indiana University Box 1 Folder 41 University of Notre Dame Box 1 Folder 42 Purdue University Iowa Box 1 Folder 43 Iowa State University Box 1 Folder 44 University of Iowa Kansas Box 1 Folder 45 Kansas State University Box 1 Folder 46 The University of Kansas Kentucky Box 1 Folder 47 University of Kentucky Louisiana Box 1 Folder 48 Louisiana State University Box 1 Folder 49 Tulane University Maine Box 1 Folder 50 University of Maine Maryland Box 1 Folder 51 The Johns Hopkins University Box 1 Folder 52 University of Maryland Massachusetts Box 1 Folder 53 Boston College Box 1 Folder 54 Boston University Box 1 Folder 55 Brandeis University Box 1 Folder 56 Harvard University-Physics Dept. Box 1 Folder 57 Harvard University-Division of Engineering and Applied Physics Box 1 Folder 58 Harvard University-Astronomy Dept. Box 1 Folder 59 Lowell Technological Institute Box 1 Folder 60 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Box 1 Folder 61 University of Massachusetts Box 1 Folder 62 Northeastern University Box 1 Folder 63 Tufts University Box 1 Folder 64 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Michigan Box 1 Folder 65 Michigan State University Box 1 Folder 66 The University of Michigan Box 1 Folder 67 Wayne State University Minnesota Box 1 Folder 68 University of Minnesota Missouri Box 1 Folder 69 University of Missouri Box 1 Folder 70 The University of Missouri at Rolla Box 1 Folder 71 Saint Louis University Box 1 Folder 72 Washington University Montana Box 1 Folder 73 Montana State University Nebraska Box 1 Folder 74 The University of Nebraska Nevada Box 1 Folder 75 University of Nevada New Hampshire Box 1 Folder 76 Dartmouth College Box 1 Folder 77 University of New Hampshire New Jersey Box 1 Folder 78 Princeton University Box 1 Folder 79 Rutgers-The State University Box 1 Folder 80 Stevens Institute of Technology New Mexico Box 1 Folder 81 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Box 1 Folder 82 New Mexico State University Box 1 Folder 83 The University of New Mexico New York Box 1 Folder 84 Adelphi University Box 1 Folder 85 The City University of New York Box 1 Folder 86 Clarkson College of Technology Box 1 Folder 87 Columbia University Box 1 Folder 88 Cornell University Box 1 Folder 89 Fordham University Box 1 Folder 90 New York University Box 1 Folder 91 Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn Box 1 Folder 92 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Box 1 Folder 93 The University of Rochester Box 1 Folder 94 The State University of New York - Albany Box 1 Folder 95 SUNY Binghamton Box 1 Folder 96 SUNY Buffalo Box 1 Folder 97 SUNY Box 1 Folder 98 Syracuse University Box 1 Folder 99 Yeshiva University North Carolina Box 1 Folder 100 Duke University Box 1 Folder 101 North Carolina State University Box 1 Folder 102 The University of North Carolina Ohio Box 1 Folder 103 Air Force Institute of Technology Box 1 Folder 104 Case Western Reserve University Box 1 Folder 105 University of Cincinnati Box 1 Folder 106 Kent State University Box 1 Folder 107 The Ohio State University Box 1 Folder 108 Ohio University Oklahoma Box 1 Folder 109 Oklahoma State University Box 1 Folder 110 The University of Oklahoma Oregon Box 1 Folder 111 Oregon State University Box 1 Folder 112 University of Oregon Pennsylvania Box 1 Folder 113 Bryn Mawr College Box 1 Folder 114 Carnegie Melon University Box 1 Folder 115 Drexel Institute of Technology Box 1 Folder 116 The Pennsylvania State University Box 1 Folder 117 University of Pennsylvania Box 1 Folder 118 University of Pittsburgh Box 1 Folder 119 Temple University Rhode Island Box 1 Folder 120 Brown University South Carolina Box 1 Folder 121 Clemson University Box 1 Folder 122 University of South Carolina South Dakota Box 1 Folder 123 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Tennessee Box 1 Folder 124 The University of Tennessee Box 1 Folder 125 Vanderbilt University Texas Box 1 Folder 126 Baylor University Box 1 Folder 127 University of Houston Box 1 Folder 128 North Texas State University Box 1 Folder 129 William Marsh Rice University Box 1 Folder 130 Southern Methodist University Box 1 Folder 131 Texas Christian University Box 1 Folder 132 Texas Technological College Box 1 Folder 133 The University of Texas Utah Box 1 Folder 134 Brigham Young University Box 1 Folder 135 Utah State University Virginia Box 1 Folder 136 Virginia Polytechnic Institute Box 1 Folder 137 University of Virginia Box 1 Folder 138 College of William and Mary Washington Box 1 Folder 139 Washington State University Box 1 Folder 140 University of Washington West Virginia Box 1 Folder 141 West Virginia University Wisconsin Box 1 Folder 142 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Box 1 Folder 143 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wyoming Box 1 Folder 144 The University of Wyoming Box 1 Folder 145 Graduate Programs in Physics and Astronomy, 1964-1966 Series 2. Visiting Scientists Program, 1957-1961 Box 2

The Visiting Scientists Program was sponsored jointly by the AAPT and the AIP with the support of the National Science Foundation. It provided visits to smaller universities, colleges and high schools in the United States by well-known foreign and American physicists. The program was designed to promote an interest in physics at the undergraduate level; to enable the students to meet the visiting physicists on an informal basis; to initiate and make effective the cooperation of physicists with the school officials; to acquaint other members of the academic community and the public with recent developments in physics; and to explore ways in which interest in physics in high schools could be stimulated by brief visits by physicists.

This collection includes a random sampling of folders with comments of the physicists and institutions involved from the years 1957-1961, as well as reports, form letters, etc. The comments discussed in particular the schools visited and the success of the program.

 Box 2 Folder 1 AAPT VSPP - College - Letter Survey and Return Card Box 2 Folder 2 1957-1958 File Copies of Form Letters Box 2 Folder 3 Questionnaire Box 2 Folder 4 VSPP 1957-1958 Comments from Visitors Box 2 Folder 5-6 VSPP 1957-1958 Comments from Institutions Box 2 Folder 7 1957-1958 Summaries of Reports from Universities & Visitors Box 2 Folder 8 1958-1959 Form Letters-Ground Rules Box 2 Folder 9 1958-1959 Form Letters- "Confirmation" to Institution & Visitor Box 2 Folder 10 1958-1959 Listing of Visitors Box 2 Folder 11 1958-1959 Report to National Science Foundation Box 2 Folder 12 1958-1959 Reports from Visiting Scientists Box 2 Folder 13 1958-1959 Kelly's responses to the comments of visitors Box 2 Folder 14 1958-1959 Comments from Institutions Box 2 Folder 15 Background Statistics on AIP Visiting Scientists Program Box 2 Folder 16 1959-1960 Foreign-Comments from Visitors and Institutions Box 2 Folder 17 1959-1960 Draft of Report to NSF Box 2 Folder 18 1960-1961 Visiting Foreign Scientists Program-Reports from Institutions and Visitors Box 2 Folder 19 1960-1961 Foreign-Draft of Report to NSF Box 2 Folder 20 1960-1961 Foreign-Institutions Interested Drafts, Suggested Visitors Box 2 Folder 21 1960-1961 Foreign-Schedule of Visits Box 2 Folder 22 1960-1961 Casimir, H.B.G. Box 2 Folder 23 1960-1961 California Institute of Technology Box 2 Folder 24 1960-1961 University of Arizona Box 2 Folder 25 1960-1961 University of Wisconsin Box 2 Folder 26 1960-1961 Carroll College Box 2 Folder 27 1960-1961 Beloit College Box 2 Folder 28 1960-1961 Domestic-Reports from Visitors Box 2 Folder 29 1960-1961 Domestic-List of Visitors and Institutions Box 2 Folder 30 1960-1961 Domestic-Report to NSF Box 2 Folder 31 1960-1961 Domestic Committee Box 2 Folder 32 1960-1961 Domestic-Reports from Institutions Box 2 Folder 33 1960-1961 Domestic-Draft of Reports Box 2 Folder 34 1960-1961 Domestic-Schedule of Visits Box 2 Folder 35 1960-1961 Visitor-Bardeen, J. Box 2 Folder 36 1960-1961 Visitor Bergmann, P. Box 2 Folder 37 1960-1961 Institutions-Austin College Box 2 Folder 38 1960-1961 Institutions-Southern Methodist University Box 2 Folder 39 1960-1961 Institutions-Lamar State College of Technology Box 2 Folder 40 VSPP-Colleges and Universities-Description Box 2 Folder 41 VSPP Institutes for Teachers Box 2 Folder 42 Visiting Lecturer Program-Public Relations Box 2 Folder 43 Visiting Lecturer Program-Administration Box 2 Folder 44 1958-1959 Colleges and High Schools Applications for Grants Box 2 Folder 45 1958-1959 High Schools-Announcement Box 2 Folder 46 1958-1959 High Schools-Press Release Box 2 Folder 47 1958-1959 HS Appalachian Box 2 Folder 48 1958-1959 HS Southern California Box 2 Folder 49 1958-1959 HS Illinois Box 2 Folder 50 1958-1959 HS New York State Box 2 Folder 51 Visiting Scientists Program 1964 Series 3. Study of Apparatus for the Teaching of Physics, 1955-1958 Boxes 3-4

The AAPT Committee on Apparatus for Educational Institutions conducted this study in the physics departments of colleges, high schools, universities and junior colleges throughout the United States and was done in response to the shortage of apparatus for the teaching of physics. It was intended to give information about 1) the apparatus then being used by physics teachers; 2) educational trends that affect the purchase and use of apparatus; 3) the need for new apparatus; and 4) apparatus developed locally that might have had commercial possibilities because of its interest to other teachers.

This series contains the questionnaires, correspondence from the various institutions, and the final reports from the institutions.

Along the lines of this study, a report was published, Scientific Apparatus for the Teaching of Physics, which covers the following areas: organizations and objectives; traditional federal policy as to apparatus; better physics teaching aids; the scientific instrument industry; U.S. production and international trade; and proposed conclusions and recommendations. The materials (correspondence, etc.) which were used to prepare this report are included.

 Box 3 Folder 1 Correspondence - Alabama Polytechnic Institute Box 3 Folder 2 Correspondence - University of Alabama Box 3 Folder 3 Correspondence - Antioch College Box 3 Folder 4 Correspondence - University of Arizona Box 3 Folder 5 Correspondence - University of Arkansas Box 3 Folder 6 Correspondence - Beloit College Box 3 Folder 7 Correspondence - Berea College Box 3 Folder 8 Correspondence - Bowdoin College Box 3 Folder 9 Correspondence - Brooklyn College Box 3 Folder 10 Correspondence - Brown University Box 3 Folder 11 Correspondence - Bryn Mawr College Box 3 Folder 12 Correspondence - University of California-Berkeley Box 3 Folder 13 Correspondence - California Institute of Technology Box 3 Folder 14 Correspondence - Carleton College Box 3 Folder 15 Correspondence - Carnegie Institute of Technology Box 3 Folder 16 Correspondence - Case Institute of Technology Box 3 Folder 17 Correspondence - University of Chicago Box 3 Folder 18 Correspondence - The Citadel Box 3 Folder 19 Correspondence - City College of New York Box 3 Folder 20 Correspondence - University of Colorado Box 3 Folder 21 Correspondence - Colorado State A & M College Box 3 Folder 22 Correspondence - Colorado School of Mines Box 3 Folder 23 Correspondence - Columbia University Box 3 Folder 24 Correspondence - University of Connecticut-Storrs Box 3 Folder 25 Correspondence - Cooper Union Box 3 Folder 26 Correspondence - Cornell University Box 3 Folder 27 Correspondence - Dalhousie University Box 3 Folder 28 Correspondence - Dartmouth College Box 3 Folder 29 Correspondence - Depauw University Box 3 Folder 30 Correspondence - Drexel Institute of Technology Box 3 Folder 31 Correspondence - Eastern Michigan College Box 3 Folder 32 Correspondence - El Camino College Box 3 Folder 33 Correspondence - Emory University Box 3 Folder 34 Correspondence - Georgetown University Box 3 Folder 35 Correspondence - George Washington University Box 3 Folder 36 Correspondence - Goucher College Box 3 Folder 37 Correspondence - Grinnell College Box 3 Folder 38 Correspondence - Harvard University Box 3 Folder 39 Correspondence - Harpur College Box 3 Folder 40 Correspondence - Howard University Box 3 Folder 41 Correspondence - Hunter College Box 3 Folder 42 Correspondence - University of Illinois Box 3 Folder 43 Correspondence - Illinois Institute of Technology Box 3 Folder 44 Correspondence - Iona College Box 3 Folder 45 Correspondence - State University of Iowa Box 3 Folder 46 Correspondence - Johns Hopkins University Box 3 Folder 47 Correspondence - University of Kansas Box 3 Folder 48 Correspondence - Kansas State Teacher's College Box 3 Folder 49 Correspondence - University of Kentucky Box 3 Folder 50 Correspondence - Lake Forest College Box 3 Folder 51 Correspondence - Newark College of Engineering Box 3 Folder 52 Correspondence - New York State College for Teachers Box 3 Folder 53 Correspondence - Morrisville Agricultural & Technical Institute Box 3 Folder 54 Correspondence - North Carolina State College of Agriculture & Mining Box 3 Folder 55 Correspondence - University of North Dakota Box 3 Folder 56 Correspondence - Northwestern University Box 3 Folder 57 Correspondence - Occidental College Box 3 Folder 58 Correspondence - Pennsylvania State University Box 3 Folder 59 Correspondence - Linfield College Box 3 Folder 60 Correspondence - University of Maryland Box 3 Folder 61 Correspondence - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Box 3 Folder 62 Correspondence - McMaster University Box 3 Folder 63 Correspondence - University of Michigan Box 3 Folder 64 Correspondence - Michigan State University Box 3 Folder 65 Correspondence - University of Minnesota Box 3 Folder 66 Correspondence - Mount Holyoke College Box 3 Folder 67 Correspondence - Mount Union College Box 3 Folder 68 Correspondence - The University of Nebraska Box 3 Folder 69 Correspondence - University of Nevada Box 3 Folder 70 Correspondence - University of Pittsburgh Box 3 Folder 71 Correspondence - Princeton University Box 3 Folder 72 Correspondence - University of Puerto Rico Box 3 Folder 73 Correspondence - Purdue University Box 3 Folder 74 Correspondence - University of Redlands Box 3 Folder 75 Correspondence - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Box 3 Folder 76 Correspondence - The Rice Institute Box 3 Folder 77 Correspondence - Rutgers University Box 3 Folder 78 Correspondence - St. Olaf College Box 3 Folder 79 Correspondence - The University of the South Box 3 Folder 80 Correspondence - University of Southern California Box 3 Folder 81 Correspondence - Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas Box 3 Folder 82 Correspondence - Texas Christian University Box 3 Folder 83 Correspondence - University of Texas Box 3 Folder 84 Correspondence - Thiel College Box 3 Folder 85 Correspondence - United States Air Force Academy Box 3 Folder 86 Correspondence - Ursinus College Box 3 Folder 87 Correspondence - University of Utah Box 3 Folder 88 Correspondence - Vanderbilt University Box 3 Folder 89 Correspondence - The University of Vermont Box 3 Folder 90 Correspondence - Virginia Military Institute Box 3 Folder 91 Correspondence - Wabash College Box 3 Folder 92 Correspondence - University of Washington Box 3 Folder 93 Correspondence - Washington and Jefferson College Box 3 Folder 94 Correspondence - Wesleyan University Box 3 Folder 95 Correspondence - Western Michigan College Box 3 Folder 96 Correspondence - William Jewell College Box 3 Folder 97 Correspondence - Williams College Box 3 Folder 98 Correspondence - Wooster College Box 3 Folder 99 Correspondence - Yale University Box 3 Folder 100 Letters to High Schools Box 3 Folder 101 Letters to Institutions Box 3 Folder 102 High School Apparatus Box 3 Folder 103 Questionnaires Box 3 Folder 104-105 Index to Apparatus Inspected Box 3 Folder 106 Report - University of Alabama Box 3 Folder 107 Report - University of Arizona Box 3 Folder 108 Report - Bryn Mawr College Box 3 Folder 109 Report - The Citadel Box 3 Folder 110 Report - City College of New York Box 3 Folder 111 Report - University of Colorado Box 3 Folder 112 Report - Columbia University Box 3 Folder 113 Report - University of Connecticut Box 3 Folder 114 Report - Drexel Institute of Technology Box 3 Folder 115 Report - Goucher College Box 3 Folder 116 Report - Harvard University Box 3 Folder 117 Report - Hunter College Box 3 Folder 118 Report - Johns Hopkins University Box 3 Folder 119 Report - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Box 3 Folder 120 Report - University of Michigan Box 3 Folder 121 Report - Lake Forest College Box 3 Folder 122 Report - Carnegie Institute of Technology Box 3 Folder 123 Report - University of Washington Box 3 Folder 124 Report - Purdue University Box 3 Folder 125 Report - University of Minnesota Box 3 Folder 126 Report - California Institute of Technology Box 3 Folder 127 Report - Michigan State University Box 3 Folder 128 Report - Newark College of Engineering Box 3 Folder 129 Report - North Carolina State College Box 3 Folder 130 Report - Northwestern University Box 3 Folder 131 Report - Occidental College Box 3 Folder 132 Report - Princeton University Box 3 Folder 133 Report - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Box 3 Folder 134 Report - Rutgers University Box 3 Folder 135 Report - University of Southern California Box 3 Folder 136 Report - Ursinus College Box 3 Folder 137 Report - University of Utah Box 3 Folder 138 Report - Vanderbilt University Box 3 Folder 139 Report - Washington and Jefferson College Box 3 Folder 140 Report - Wesleyan University Box 3 Folder 141 Report - Yale University Box 3 Folder 142 A Report on Physics Apparatus for High Schools Box 3 Folder 143 Report to the AAPT Committee on Apparatus - Results of Tabulation of Questionnaires - Parts I and II - 1957 Box 2 Folder 144 Scientific Apparatus for the Teaching of Physics - AAPT Committee on Apparatus Box 2 Folder 145 Study of Apparatus for the Teaching of Physics - 1957-1958 Series 4. Apparatus, 1955-1963 Box 4

Includes material on The Apparatus Drawing Project (1957) which was Sponsored jointly by the AAPT and the AIP under grants from NSF. As a result of the study of teaching apparatus conducted in 1956-1957 by the AAPT, the unavailability of commercial apparatus needed by physics departments was seen. However, a number of departments had built in their shops, and used successfully, items of teaching apparatus which could be considered as prototype equipment. In order to make available to physics teachers these items of equipment, the Apparatus Drawing Project was undertaken. The idea was to prepare and publish shop drawings and construction notes of the most interesting pieces of equipment built in shops of physics departments. Included here are the surveys, questionnaires and final published report. This series also includes information on the Apparatus Competition, Tools for Science Conference, and the AAPT Committee on Apparatus for Educational Institutions.

 Box 4 Folder 1 Foreign Apparatus Firms Correspondence - 1955-1956 Box 4 Folder 2 Foreign Apparatus Firms Correspondence - 1957 Box 4 Folder 3 Foreign Apparatus Firms Correspondence - 1958 Box 4 Folder 4 American Apparatus Firms Correspondence - 1955-1956 Box 4