Finding Aid to the American Institute of Physics Office of the Director records of Kenneth Ford, 1979-1994.Niels Bohr Library & Archives 1.0 American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740 USA nbl@aip.org
2008 Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2008. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process. Finding aid is written in English Description of the CollectionAmerican Institute of Physics. Office of the Director. American Institute of Physics Office of the Director records of Kenneth Ford 1979-1994. American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. 4.25 linear feet(1 half manuscript box, 4 records boxes) AR1997429 English The collection includes general administrative records from the office of director, including correspondence, committee information, news releases, and member society information, as well as information on electronic publishing and the use of computers. Selected Search Terms

These papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.

Ford, Kenneth William, 1926- American Institute of Physics. Office of the Director. American Institute of Physics. Publishing Division. International Physics Olympiad. Electronic publishing. Fund raising. Physics. Information services. Physics. Publishing. Physics. Societies, etc. Science Writing Award. Historical Note

Kenneth Ford was born on May 1, 1926 in West Palm Beach, Florida. He earned his B.A. from Harvard University in 1948, and received his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1953.

Ford began his professional career as a Research Assistant at Los Alamos, Princeton, and Indiana University (1950-1954), before moving on to a professorship at Indiana University (1954-1958). He was also a professor at Brandeis University (1958-1964), the University of California, Irvine (1964-1970), and the University of Massachusetts (1970-1975). He served as Education Officer for the American Physical Society before accepting his nomination as Director of the American Institute of Physics in 1987.

Scope and Contents of Collection

This collection documents the actions of Kenneth Ford during his term as director of the American Institute of Physics (AIP). The collection includes correspondence, information on AIP fundraising efforts, documentation of the Science Writing Award and the participation of the U.S. team in the annual International Physics Olympiad competition.

The collection also documents actions of the Publishing Division of AIP, by including information regarding the use of PINET and the evolution of electronic publishing at AIP, as well as information regarding the publication of the journal Chaos.

 Organization and Arrangement of Collection

Organized into the following series:

Series I: Office of the Director Series II: Physics Olympiad Series III: Electronic publishing and computers Series IV: Chaos Series V: Miscellaneous

This collection is arranged chronologically within each series.

 Access to Collection

Permission of an officer of depositing organization required for access to records less than 25 years old. http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html.

 Restrictions on Use of Collection

Provenance and Acquisition Information

 Processing Information

Melanie J. Brown 2008.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], American Institute of Physics Office of the Director records of Kenneth Ford, 1979-1994. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

 Container List Series I: Office of the Director Subseries A: Correspondence 11 "Inside AIP" correspondence, 1979-1982 12 Letters from the Director, 1980-1991 13 Letters and memoranda, 1987-1988 14 AIP correspondence, committee and staff meeting notes, memos, 1987-1990 15 Ken Ford memos, 1988 16 Hans Frauenfelder correspondence and memos, 1988-1990 17 Monthly letters from the director, 1989 18 Letters and memoranda, 1989 19 Memo, meeting notes and correspondence on location of AIP, 1989-1990 110 Correspondence, 1989-1990 111 International correspondence, 1989-1993 112 Correspondence on the location of AIP, 1990 113 Hans Frauenfelder correspondence and memos (some confidential materials), 1990-1993 114 Miscellaneous correspondence and agendas, 1993 Subseries B: Committees 115 Management Committee - minutes and agendas, 1988-1992 116 Design Committee, 1991 117 Miscellaneous committees - agendas, notes, memos (1 of 2), 1987-1993 118 Miscellaneous committees - agendas, notes, memos (2 of 2), 1987-1993 119 Customer Service Task Force, 1989-1990 Subseries C: Fundraising 120 Fundraising Calls, Pittsburg, photocopies of articles, 1992 121 PEW Charitable Trust, 1979 - 1988 122 Grant proposal materials, 1989 123 Tucker trust fund, 1986-1987 124 Grant guidelines, 1988-1989 Subseries D: Science Writing Award 125 Science Writing Award nomination of Jerry E. Bishop (Wall Street Journal), 1989 126 Science writing award materials, 1988 127 1990 Science writing award letters, 1989 Subseries E: News and reports 128 AIP News Releases, 1985-1989 21 Science Reports, 1989-1990 22 News Release Information, 1989-1990 23 News Release, Science Report, etc. (1 of 2), 1989-1992 24 News Release, Science Report, etc. (2 of 2), 1989-1992 2 Subseries F: Member Societies 25 Society Membership Reports, 1981-1989 26 Member Societies Data, 1982-1986 27 Member Salaries, 1982-1983, 1985-1987, 1989 28 Society officers Symposium, 1983-1986 29 Member Society Clips, 1986 2 Series II: Physics Olympiad 210 Physics Olympiad, 1991 - 1992 211 Physics Olympiad, 1991 - 1993 212 Physics Olympiad, 1991 - 1993 213 Physics Olympiad Campaign Committee Meeting, 1992 214 Physics Olympiad, 1992 - 1993 215 Physics Olympiad, 1992 - 1993 216 Physics Olympiad, 1993 - 1994 217 Physics Olympiad, 1993 - 1994 Series III: Electronic publishing and computers Subseries A: PINET 218 PINET & PIMAIL Info, 1986 - 1988 219 PINET - Computation Physics, 1989 220 PINET - Computation Physics, 1990 221 PINET Advisory Committee, 1989 222 PINET User Guide, 1989 31 PINET, 1991 32 PINET Strategic plan, 1992 33 PINET strategic plan, joint society Taskforce notes, 1992 34 PINET, 1992 - 1993 35 PINET Strategic Plan for 1993 - 1997, 1992 3 Subseries B: Electronic publishing 36 Survey of members needs for future electronic services, 1991 37 Joint Society taskforce in electronic records, 1991 38 Joint society taskforce, 1991 39 Joint Society taskforce in electronic publishing, 1991-1992 310 Joint society taskforce agendas, correspondence, PINET strategic plan, 1991-1992 311 Report of the APS taskforce on Electronic Information systems, Survey of members needs for future electronic services, vision of electronic publishing in 1997., 1991, Jan. 1992, Nov. 1991 312 Joint society taskforce on electronic publishing, 1992 313 Joint society taskforce on electronic publishing, 1992-1994 level="subseries">3 Subseries C: Physics Academic Software, 314 Physics Academic Software, 1987-1988 315 Physics Academic Software, 1988-1990 316 Physics Academic Software, 1991-1993 Series IV: Chaos 417 Chaos - Sloan foundation and NSF, 1986-1990 418 Chaos conference materials, 1988-1989 419 Chaos conference materials, 1989 420 Chaos conference materials, 1989 421 Chaos conference materials, 1989 46 Chaos conference materials, 1989 47 Chaos conference proceedings, 1989-1990 48 Chaos conference materials, 1989-1990 49 Chaos conference materials, 1989-1991 410 Chaos conference materials, 1989-1991 411 Chaos Journal taskforce, 1990 412 Chaos conference, Tarusa River Oka, Russia, 1990 413 Chaos conference, Tarusa River Oka, Russia, 1990 414 Chaos conference, 1990 415 Chaos Editorial board meeting, 1990-1991 416 Chaos Journal taskforce, 1990-1993 417 Chaos conference planning, 1991 418 Chaos conference participant correspondence, 1991-1992 51 Chaos Conference materials, 1991-1992 52 Chaos conference, 1992 Series V: Miscellaneous 53 AIP Woodbury Facility Dedication, 1980 54 Administration/personnel policy evaluation plan - draft #1, 1981 55 The Communications Revolutions in Physics (1973), 1982 56 AIP relocation, 1984-1989; undated 57 Parity, 1986, 1988 58 News Release, film proposal and Science TV report, 1986-1988 59 Facilities and personnel - memos and notes, 1986-1992 510 Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) - superconductivity - clippings and research file, 1987 511 The Story of AIP, by H. William Koch (1967-1987), 1987 512 PHYS-INSPEC databases, 1988-1989 513 Congressional Fellowship Program - correspondence and memos, 1988-1990 514 Masters of modern physics, 1988-1992 515 Environmental concerns, 1989 516 Proofing notes, 1989 517 Senior education fellow materials, 1989-1990 518 Lawsuit materials, 1989-1990 519 Insurance memos and brochure, 1989-1990 520 Brochures and announcements, 1989-1992; undated