Finding Aid to Commission on College Physics Records, 1960-1971 American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics.
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College Park, MD 20740
Commission on College Physics Records, 1960-1971 AR 341 Predominantly in English. 64.5 linear feet (1 record box : 64 manuscript boxes) Commission on College Physics.

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American Association of Physics Teachers. Commission on College Physics. National Science Foundation (U.S.) Physics – Study and teaching. Curriculum planning Physics teachers. History of the Commission on College Physics

The Commission on College Physics(CCP) operated from 1960 to 1971. It was established at the recommendation of three national conferences on the improvement of college physics programs; members of the Commission were academic physicists. Its mission was to bring the resources of the community of physicists to the task of curriculum development, teaching, and appraisal of college physics programs throughout the United States. CCP meetings were sponsored by a grant from the National Science Foundation which ended in 1971.

 Scope and Contents of Collection

The Commission on College Physics Records include correspondence, agendas, minutes, newsletters, lists of commissioners, teaching materials, curriculum reports, and reprints. The records also include correspondence with the American Association of Physics Teachers and other physics organizations and with the National Science Foundation and other government agencies.

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Open to approved researchers without restrictions. 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.

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The scholar pledges not to quote from, cite, or reproduce by any means this material except with the written permission of the Institute.

 Provenance and Acquisition Information

The records were transferred to the Niels Bohr Library by the American Association of Physics Teachers, May 1995.

Processing Information

The records have been maintained in the original order in which they were received, but they have been rehoused in acid-free folders and boxes.

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 Container List Administrative Files, n.d. Box 1 Commission on College Physics Meetings, 1960-1969 Box 2 Commission on College Physics Meetings, 1970-1971 Box 2 Notices to Commissioners, 1960-1963 Box 2 Correspondence files with: Sanborn C. Brown, Malcolm Correll, Kenneth Davis, Robert Hulsizer, Walter Knight, R.N. Little, L.W. Phillips, Matthew Sands, Van Zandt Williams, nd Box 2 CLIP file: Computer Library for Instruction in Physics, nd Box 2 Miscellaneous CCP publications and reports, nd Box 2 CCP Newsletters, 1-25 (Includes duplicates of #25), nd Box 3 CCP Commissioners files, nd Box 3 Operating Procedures, nd Box 3 Council on Physics in Education (CPE), nd Box 3 Commission Staff, nd Box 3 Professional Staff, nd Box 4 Professional Staff, nd Box 4 Miscellaneous CCP publications (Includes duplicates), nd Box 4 CCP Newsletters, 1-25 (Includes duplicates of #25), nd Box 5 Fiscal Arrangements, nd Box 5 Proposals to NSF, nd Box 5 Office Headquarters, nd Box 6 Office Headquarters Commission relocations CCP Publicity Boulder Conference on Physics for Nonscience Majors Atmospheric Physics Meeting, Boulder, -Minutes Seminar on the Teaching of College Physics, MD CCP -Priorities for Physics Education Miscellaneous CCP publications and newsletters, 1967 - 1968 Box 7 CCP: "The Divergent Laboratory", nd Box 7 "The Instrumented Laboratory", nd Box 7 CCP miscellaneous publications, reprints, reports, nd Box 7 CCP Chronological Files, Jan.-Sept. 1968 Box 8 CCP Chronological Files, October 1968-1971 Cooperating Organizations, n.d. Box 9 Regional Associations in Physics, nd Box 9 Cooperative Activities, nd Box 9 COSIP-College Science Improvement Programs, nd Box 10 Science Organizations, nd Box 11 Science Organizations, cont'd., nd Box 11 CCP-AAPT Committee on Physics in Secondary Education, nd Box 11 Correspondence, nd Box 11 Secondary School Projects, nd Box 12 Secondary School Projects, cont'd., nd Box 12 Physical Science Study Committee, nd Box 12 Two-year College Projects, nd Box 12 Junior Colleges- brochures, nd Curriculum and Course Development, n.d. Box 13 Curriculum and Course Development Conferences, cont'd., nd Box 14 Curriculum and Course Development Conferences, cont'd., nd Box 14 Physics for Nonscience Majors Conferences, nd Box 15 Regional Conferences, nd Box 15 Courses for Nonscience Majors, nd Box 16 Courses for Nonscience Majors, cont'd., nd Box 16 Course and Curriculum Development- General, nd Box 17 Introductory Courses for Science and Engineering Majors, nd Box 17 Upper Level Study Groups for Physics Majors, nd Box 17 Graduate Preparation for College Teaching, nd Box 18 Graduate Preparation of College Physics Teachers Apparatus Files, nd Box 18 Computers in Physics Instruction/Computer-Assisted Instruction, nd Teaching Materials, n.d. Box 19 Computer-Assisted Instruction: Irvine Conference; Projects, nd Box 19 Film Files: General; CCP catalogue; Computer-Animated Film, nd Box 20 Film Files, cont'd.: General subject files; Correspondence,, nd Box 21 Film Files, cont'd.: "Powers of Ten," by Charles Eames, nd Box 21 Single Concept, nd Box 21 New Instructional Materials in Physics, cont'd., nd Box 22 New Instructional Materials in Physics, cont'd., nd Box 22 Laboratory Approaches in Teaching, nd Box 23 Laboratory Approaches, cont'd., nd Box 23 Monographs: Seattle Conference on New Instructional Materials in Physics, Univ. of Washington, 1965 Box 24 Reviews of Physics Materials, nd Box 24 Programmed Instruction, nd Box 24 CCP Programmed Instruction Project, nd Box 25 Resource Letters, nd Box 25 Videotape and Educational Television correspondence, nd Box 25 Multidisciplinary Courses, nd Box 25 American Physical Society Conference-Pennsylvania, 1974 Box 25 Communication with the Profession: CCP Projects, nd Communication with the Profession, nd Box 26 Communication with the Profession: CCP Questionnaire, nd Box 26 Research in Small Colleges; Workshops Projects, Summer 1968 Box 27 Communication with the Profession: CCP Projects, nd Box 27 Conference on Changing Career Opportunities for Physicists, 1977 Box 27 CCP Publications: Newsletters, Progress Reports, nd Box 28 CCP Publications: Staff Reports, nd Box 28 General Conferences, nd Box 28 Grass Roots Conferences, nd Box 28 Committee on Undergraduate Programs in Mathematics, nd Box 29 Communication with the Profession: miscellaneous articles; miscellaneous statistics, nd Box 29 Summer Conferences, 1963-1965 Preparation of Physics Teachers, n.d. Box 30 Summer Institutes, 1963-1966 Box 30 Textbook Publishers, nd Box 30 Resource Letters for Instructors, nd Box 30 CCP Newsletters-Library copy, nd Box 30 Physics for Nonscience Majors- Strassenburg file, nd Box 30 Elementary Science Study Newsletters, nd Box 30 CCP Projects: Panel on the Preparation of Physics Teachers, nd Box 31 CCP Panel on the Preparation of Physics Teachers, cont'd, nd Box 31 CCP Newsletter, #20, nd Box 31 Intermediate Mathematics publications, 17-18, nd Box 32 Intermediate Mathematics publications, 19-20, nd Box 32 Panel on Physics in the Two-Year College, nd Box 32 Graduate Preparation for Teaching: "The Missing Component", nd Box 33 Graduate Preparation for Teaching, contld.: "The Missing Component;" Regional conferences, nd Box 33 Survey of College Teaching, nd Box 33 Conference on Computers in Undergraduate Science Education(COMUSE)-Galleys, nd Box 34 Conference on Computers in Undergraduate Science Education (COMUSE), August 1970 Box 35 Computer-Based Physics -3 binders, nd Box 35 COMUSE Conference Proceedings, nd Box 35 CCP Newsletters, #23-25, nd Box 35 Originals of: computer monographs, programmed instruction materials, Missing Component, nd Box 35 U.S. Naval Academy Self-paced Physics Course, nd Box 36 U.S. Naval Academy Self-paced Physics Course and Multi-Media Course in Physics, nd Box 37 U.S. Naval Academy Multi-Media Course in Physics, nd Box 37 Elementary School Education Projects, nd Box 37 Foundations, nd Box 37 Government Agencies -National Science Foundation, nd Box 38 Government Agencies -National Science Foundation, nd Box 38 CCP -miscellaneous correspondence, nd Box 39 Instructional Resources Centers, nd Box 39 Organizations- Science Teaching Centers Government Agencies -U.S. Office of Education, nd Box 40 President's Office of Science and Technology, nd Box 40 CCP -miscellaneous correspondence and reports, nd Box 40 CCP -newsletters and misc. memos, reports, nd Box 40 CCP -miscellaneous NSF materials, nd Box 40 Computer Working Group Occasional Newsletter, nd Box 41 Interdisciplinary Conferences and Panels, nd Box 41 Interdisciplinary Groups, nd Box 42 Interdisciplinary Groups, cont'd., nd Box 42 CCP -misc. correspondence,publications, and reports, nd Box 43 Physics Organizations- American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), nd Box 44 Physics Organizations, cont'd., nd Box 44 CCP -misc. correspondence, publications, reports, reprints, nd Box 45 School Mathematics Study Group- curricular publications, nd Box 46 CCP Conferences and Workshops- Proceedings and reports, nd Box 47 Earth Science Curriculum Project (ESCP)- Text, Laboratory Manual, and Teacher's Guide, nd Box 47 Earth Science curriculum materials, nd Box 47 Minnesota School Mathematics Center: MINNEMAST (Minne Math and Science Teaching) Project, nd Box 48 Vendor Brochures- Computer and Graphics Equipment Companies, nd Box 48 Resource Letter Reprints- fr. American Journal of Physics, arranged by author, nd Box 49 Education Commissions- Newsletters and Publications, nd Box 50 Education and Teaching- Newsletters and Publications from various Committees, Councils, Institutes and Foundations, nd Box 51 Curricular Studies and Course Materials; Harvard Project Physics materials, nd Box 52 Math and Science Curricular Development Materials; Report of the International Clearinghouse on Science and Mathematics Curricular Developments, 1966-68; 1970 Box 53 Misc. Journals, Newsletters, and Reprints: Experiments in Electromagnetics; Scientific American Reprints; Physics Today; Sky and Telescope; RCPG (Regional Cooperative Physics Group) Newsletter; Scientist and Citizen; Scientists'Institute for Public Information, nd Box 54 Curricular Studies and Text Materials for Colleges: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, nd Box 55 Science Books and Texts; Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1967 Box 56 Elementary School Science and Mathematics Teaching and Curricular Materials, nd Box 57 Teacher/Teaching Materials; Curricular Development; Course Outlines, nd Box 58 Laboratory Notes and Materials, nd Box 59 Course and Curricular Materials; Computer-Based Physics Materials; ICCS (Inter-University Committee on the Superior Student) Newsletter; "Time, Space, and Matter," Junior High School Science Project, nd Box 60 ELIZA Conversational Tutoring System; Science Library publications; Bibliographic Programmierter Unterricht; Curricular Consultants Reports; Teaching, Testing, and Assessment Materials, nd Box 61 Physics Texts (International series); International Reports; Curricular Materials in Energy, Quantum Mechanics, Electricity; Audio Visual brochures; Film Comments, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous Materials, nd Box 62 AAPT-CCP Texts saved from "Physics Library", nd Box 63 AAPT-CCP Statistical summaries and reports, re: science, physics, teaching and education, saved from "Library", nd Box 64 AIP and member society publications and vertical file material saved from "Library", nd Box 65 Relativity Projects from Cornell Conference on Relativity in College Physics, 1964 Box 65 Time Dilation (16 mm. film) Transparencies and reprints, nd