Finding Aid to the Records of the American Institute of Physics, Education and Manpower Division, 1940-19731953-1964

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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

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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
	Folder 2		Auburn University
		Alaska
Box 1	Folder 3		University of Alaska
		Arizona
Box 1	Folder 4		Arizona State University
	Folder 5		The University of Arizona
		Arkansas
Box 1	Folder 6		University of Arkansas
		California
Box 1	Folder 7		California Institute of Technology
	Folder 8		University of California-Berkeley
	Folder 9		University of California-Davis
	Folder 10		University of California-Irvine
	Folder 11		University of California-Los Angeles
	Folder 12		University of California-Riverdale
	Folder 13		University of California-San Diego
	Folder 14		University of California-Santa Barbara
	Folder 15		University of California-Santa Cruz
	Folder 16		Naval Postgraduate School
	Folder 17		University of Southern California
	Folder 18		Stanford University
		Colorado
Box 1	Folder 19		Colorado School of Mines
	Folder 20		Colorado State University
	Folder 21		University of Colorado
	Folder 22		University of Denver
		Connecticut
Box 1	Folder 23		The University of Connecticut
	Folder 24		Wesleyan University
	Folder 25		Yale University
		District of Columbia
Box 1	Folder 26		Catholic University of America
	Folder 27		Georgetown University
		Florida
Box 1	Folder 28		Florida State University
	Folder 29		University of Florida
	Folder 30		University of Miami
	Folder 31		Nova University
		Georgia
Box 1	Folder 32		Georgia Institute of Technology
	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
	Folder 37		Illinois Institute of Technology
	Folder 38		University of Illinois-Urbana
	Folder 39		Northwestern University
		Indiana
Box 1	Folder 40		Indiana University
	Folder 41		University of Notre Dame
	Folder 42		Purdue University
		Iowa
Box 1	Folder 43		Iowa State University
	Folder 44		University of Iowa
		Kansas
Box 1	Folder 45		Kansas State University
	Folder 46		The University of Kansas
		Kentucky
Box 1	Folder 47		University of Kentucky
		Louisiana
Box 1	Folder 48		Louisiana State University
	Folder 49		Tulane University
		Maine
Box 1	Folder 50		University of Maine
		Maryland
Box 1	Folder 51		The Johns Hopkins University
	Folder 52		University of Maryland
		Massachusetts
Box 1	Folder 53		Boston College
	Folder 54		Boston University
	Folder 55		Brandeis University
	Folder 56		Harvard University-Physics Dept.
	Folder 57		Harvard University-Division of Engineering and Applied Physics
	Folder 58		Harvard University-Astronomy Dept.
	Folder 59		Lowell Technological Institute
	Folder 60		Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Folder 61		University of Massachusetts
	Folder 62		Northeastern University
	Folder 63		Tufts University
	Folder 64		Worcester Polytechnic Institute
		Michigan
Box 1	Folder 65		Michigan State University
	Folder 66		The University of Michigan
	Folder 67		Wayne State University
		Minnesota
Box 1	Folder 68		University of Minnesota
		Missouri
Box 1	Folder 69		University of Missouri
	Folder 70		The University of Missouri at Rolla
	Folder 71		Saint Louis University
	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
	Folder 77		University of New Hampshire
		New Jersey
Box 1	Folder 78		Princeton University
	Folder 79		Rutgers-The State University
	Folder 80		Stevens Institute of Technology
		New Mexico
Box 1	Folder 81		New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
	Folder 82		New Mexico State University
	Folder 83		The University of New Mexico
		New York
Box 1	Folder 84		Adelphi University
	Folder 85		The City University of New York
	Folder 86		Clarkson College of Technology
	Folder 87		Columbia University
	Folder 88		Cornell University
	Folder 89		Fordham University
	Folder 90		New York University
	Folder 91		Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
	Folder 92		Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
	Folder 93		The University of Rochester
	Folder 94		The State University of New York - Albany
	Folder 95		SUNY Binghamton
	Folder 96		SUNY Buffalo
	Folder 97		SUNY
	Folder 98		Syracuse University
	Folder 99		Yeshiva University
		North Carolina
Box 1	Folder 100		Duke University
	Folder 101		North Carolina State University
	Folder 102		The University of North Carolina
		Ohio
Box 1	Folder 103		Air Force Institute of Technology
	Folder 104		Case Western Reserve University
	Folder 105		University of Cincinnati
	Folder 106		Kent State University
	Folder 107		The Ohio State University
	Folder 108		Ohio University
		Oklahoma
Box 1	Folder 109		Oklahoma State University
	Folder 110		The University of Oklahoma
		Oregon
Box 1	Folder 111		Oregon State University
	Folder 112		University of Oregon
		Pennsylvania
Box 1	Folder 113		Bryn Mawr College
	Folder 114		Carnegie Melon University
	Folder 115		Drexel Institute of Technology
	Folder 116		The Pennsylvania State University
	Folder 117		University of Pennsylvania
	Folder 118		University of Pittsburgh
	Folder 119		Temple University
		Rhode Island
Box 1	Folder 120		Brown University
		South Carolina
Box 1	Folder 121		Clemson University
	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
	Folder 125		Vanderbilt University
		Texas
Box 1	Folder 126		Baylor University
	Folder 127		University of Houston
	Folder 128		North Texas State University
	Folder 129		William Marsh Rice University
	Folder 130		Southern Methodist University
	Folder 131		Texas Christian University
	Folder 132		Texas Technological College
	Folder 133		The University of Texas
		Utah
Box 1	Folder 134		Brigham Young University
	Folder 135		Utah State University
		Virginia
Box 1	Folder 136		Virginia Polytechnic Institute
	Folder 137		University of Virginia
	Folder 138		College of William and Mary
		Washington
Box 1	Folder 139		Washington State University
	Folder 140		University of Washington
		West Virginia
Box 1	Folder 141		West Virginia University
		Wisconsin
Box 1	Folder 142		The University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Folder 143		University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
		Wyoming
Box 1	Folder 144		The University of Wyoming
	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
	Folder 2	1957-1958 File Copies of Form Letters
	Folder 3	Questionnaire
	Folder 4	VSPP 1957-1958 Comments from Visitors
	Folder 5-6	VSPP 1957-1958 Comments from Institutions
	Folder 7	1957-1958 Summaries of Reports from Universities & Visitors
	Folder 8	1958-1959 Form Letters-Ground Rules
	Folder 9	1958-1959 Form Letters- "Confirmation" to Institution & Visitor
	Folder 10	1958-1959 Listing of Visitors
	Folder 11	1958-1959 Report to National Science Foundation
	Folder 12	1958-1959 Reports from Visiting Scientists
	Folder 13	1958-1959 Kelly's responses to the comments of visitors
	Folder 14	1958-1959 Comments from Institutions
	Folder 15	Background Statistics on AIP Visiting Scientists Program
	Folder 16	1959-1960 Foreign-Comments from Visitors and Institutions
	Folder 17	1959-1960 Draft of Report to NSF
	Folder 18	1960-1961 Visiting Foreign Scientists Program-Reports from Institutions and Visitors
	Folder 19	1960-1961 Foreign-Draft of Report to NSF
	Folder 20	1960-1961 Foreign-Institutions Interested Drafts, Suggested Visitors
	Folder 21	1960-1961 Foreign-Schedule of Visits
	Folder 22	1960-1961 Casimir, H.B.G.
	Folder 23	1960-1961 California Institute of Technology
	Folder 24	1960-1961 University of Arizona
	Folder 25	1960-1961 University of Wisconsin
	Folder 26	1960-1961 Carroll College
	Folder 27	1960-1961 Beloit College
	Folder 28	1960-1961 Domestic-Reports from Visitors
	Folder 29	1960-1961 Domestic-List of Visitors and Institutions
	Folder 30	1960-1961 Domestic-Report to NSF
	Folder 31	1960-1961 Domestic Committee
	Folder 32	1960-1961 Domestic-Reports from Institutions
	Folder 33	1960-1961 Domestic-Draft of Reports
	Folder 34	1960-1961 Domestic-Schedule of Visits
	Folder 35	1960-1961 Visitor-Bardeen, J.
	Folder 36	1960-1961 Visitor Bergmann, P.
	Folder 37	1960-1961 Institutions-Austin College
	Folder 38	1960-1961 Institutions-Southern Methodist University
	Folder 39	1960-1961 Institutions-Lamar State College of Technology
	Folder 40	VSPP-Colleges and Universities-Description
	Folder 41	VSPP Institutes for Teachers
	Folder 42	Visiting Lecturer Program-Public Relations
	Folder 43	Visiting Lecturer Program-Administration
	Folder 44	1958-1959 Colleges and High Schools Applications for Grants
	Folder 45	1958-1959 High Schools-Announcement
	Folder 46	1958-1959 High Schools-Press Release
	Folder 47	1958-1959 HS Appalachian
	Folder 48	1958-1959 HS Southern California
	Folder 49	1958-1959 HS Illinois
	Folder 50	1958-1959 HS New York State
	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
	Folder 2	Correspondence - University of Alabama
	Folder 3	Correspondence - Antioch College
	Folder 4	Correspondence - University of Arizona
	Folder 5	Correspondence - University of Arkansas
	Folder 6	Correspondence - Beloit College
	Folder 7	Correspondence - Berea College
	Folder 8	Correspondence - Bowdoin College
	Folder 9	Correspondence - Brooklyn College
	Folder 10	Correspondence - Brown University
	Folder 11	Correspondence - Bryn Mawr College
	Folder 12	Correspondence - University of California-Berkeley
	Folder 13	Correspondence - California Institute of Technology
	Folder 14	Correspondence - Carleton College
	Folder 15	Correspondence - Carnegie Institute of Technology
	Folder 16	Correspondence - Case Institute of Technology
	Folder 17	Correspondence - University of Chicago
	Folder 18	Correspondence - The Citadel
	Folder 19	Correspondence - City College of New York
	Folder 20	Correspondence - University of Colorado
	Folder 21	Correspondence - Colorado State A & M College
	Folder 22	Correspondence - Colorado School of Mines
	Folder 23	Correspondence - Columbia University
	Folder 24	Correspondence - University of Connecticut-Storrs
	Folder 25	Correspondence - Cooper Union
	Folder 26	Correspondence - Cornell University
	Folder 27	Correspondence - Dalhousie University
	Folder 28	Correspondence - Dartmouth College
	Folder 29	Correspondence - Depauw University
	Folder 30	Correspondence - Drexel Institute of Technology
	Folder 31	Correspondence - Eastern Michigan College
	Folder 32	Correspondence - El Camino College
	Folder 33	Correspondence - Emory University
	Folder 34	Correspondence - Georgetown University
	Folder 35	Correspondence - George Washington University
	Folder 36	Correspondence - Goucher College
	Folder 37	Correspondence - Grinnell College
	Folder 38	Correspondence - Harvard University
	Folder 39	Correspondence - Harpur College
	Folder 40	Correspondence - Howard University
	Folder 41	Correspondence - Hunter College
	Folder 42	Correspondence - University of Illinois
	Folder 43	Correspondence - Illinois Institute of Technology
	Folder 44	Correspondence - Iona College
	Folder 45	Correspondence - State University of Iowa
	Folder 46	Correspondence - Johns Hopkins University
	Folder 47	Correspondence - University of Kansas
	Folder 48	Correspondence - Kansas State Teacher's College
	Folder 49	Correspondence - University of Kentucky
	Folder 50	Correspondence - Lake Forest College
	Folder 51	Correspondence - Newark College of Engineering
	Folder 52	Correspondence - New York State College for Teachers
	Folder 53	Correspondence - Morrisville Agricultural & Technical Institute
	Folder 54	Correspondence - North Carolina State College of Agriculture & Mining
	Folder 55	Correspondence - University of North Dakota
	Folder 56	Correspondence - Northwestern University
	Folder 57	Correspondence - Occidental College
	Folder 58	Correspondence - Pennsylvania State University
	Folder 59	Correspondence - Linfield College
	Folder 60	Correspondence - University of Maryland
	Folder 61	Correspondence - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Folder 62	Correspondence - McMaster University
	Folder 63	Correspondence - University of Michigan
	Folder 64	Correspondence - Michigan State University
	Folder 65	Correspondence - University of Minnesota
	Folder 66	Correspondence - Mount Holyoke College
	Folder 67	Correspondence - Mount Union College
	Folder 68	Correspondence - The University of Nebraska
	Folder 69	Correspondence - University of Nevada
	Folder 70	Correspondence - University of Pittsburgh
	Folder 71	Correspondence - Princeton University
	Folder 72	Correspondence - University of Puerto Rico
	Folder 73	Correspondence - Purdue University
	Folder 74	Correspondence - University of Redlands
	Folder 75	Correspondence - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
	Folder 76	Correspondence - The Rice Institute
	Folder 77	Correspondence - Rutgers University
	Folder 78	Correspondence - St. Olaf College
	Folder 79	Correspondence - The University of the South
	Folder 80	Correspondence - University of Southern California
	Folder 81	Correspondence - Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
	Folder 82	Correspondence - Texas Christian University
	Folder 83	Correspondence - University of Texas
	Folder 84	Correspondence - Thiel College
	Folder 85	Correspondence - United States Air Force Academy
	Folder 86	Correspondence - Ursinus College
	Folder 87	Correspondence - University of Utah
	Folder 88	Correspondence - Vanderbilt University
	Folder 89	Correspondence - The University of Vermont
	Folder 90	Correspondence - Virginia Military Institute
	Folder 91	Correspondence - Wabash College
	Folder 92	Correspondence - University of Washington
	Folder 93	Correspondence - Washington and Jefferson College
	Folder 94	Correspondence - Wesleyan University
	Folder 95	Correspondence - Western Michigan College
	Folder 96	Correspondence - William Jewell College
	Folder 97	Correspondence - Williams College
	Folder 98	Correspondence - Wooster College
	Folder 99	Correspondence - Yale University
	Folder 100	Letters to High Schools
	Folder 101	Letters to Institutions
	Folder 102	High School Apparatus
	Folder 103	Questionnaires
	Folder 104-105	Index to Apparatus Inspected
	Folder 106	Report - University of Alabama
	Folder 107	Report - University of Arizona
	Folder 108	Report - Bryn Mawr College
	Folder 109	Report - The Citadel
	Folder 110	Report - City College of New York
	Folder 111	Report - University of Colorado
	Folder 112	Report - Columbia University
	Folder 113	Report - University of Connecticut
	Folder 114	Report - Drexel Institute of Technology
	Folder 115	Report - Goucher College
	Folder 116	Report - Harvard University
	Folder 117	Report - Hunter College
	Folder 118	Report - Johns Hopkins University
	Folder 119	Report - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Folder 120	Report - University of Michigan
	Folder 121	Report - Lake Forest College
	Folder 122	Report - Carnegie Institute of Technology
	Folder 123	Report - University of Washington
	Folder 124	Report - Purdue University
	Folder 125	Report - University of Minnesota
	Folder 126	Report - California Institute of Technology
	Folder 127	Report - Michigan State University
	Folder 128	Report - Newark College of Engineering
	Folder 129	Report - North Carolina State College
	Folder 130	Report - Northwestern University
	Folder 131	Report - Occidental College
	Folder 132	Report - Princeton University
	Folder 133	Report - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
	Folder 134	Report - Rutgers University
	Folder 135	Report - University of Southern California
	Folder 136	Report - Ursinus College
	Folder 137	Report - University of Utah
	Folder 138	Report - Vanderbilt University
	Folder 139	Report - Washington and Jefferson College
	Folder 140	Report - Wesleyan University
	Folder 141	Report - Yale University
	Folder 142	A Report on Physics Apparatus for High Schools
	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
	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
	Folder 2	Foreign Apparatus Firms Correspondence - 1957
	Folder 3	Foreign Apparatus Firms Correspondence - 1958
	Folder 4	American Apparatus Firms Correspondence - 1955-1956
	Folder 5	American Apparatus Firms Correspondence - 1958
	Folder 6	American Apparatus Firms Correspondence - 1958
	Folder 7	Survey of American Apparatus Firms
	Folder 8	Small Business Administration - 1957
	Folder 9	Tariff - 1955
	Folder 10	Tariff - 1