Finding Aid to the Harvard Project Physics publications and reports, 1962-1982

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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.

Historical Note

Harvard Project Physics, in existence from 1964 to 1972, involved personnel from the Physics Dept., Faculty of Education and outside Harvard. Its funding was external. The purpose of the project was to develop curriculum for secondary and college physics courses, and an introductory physics course designed for non-science majors.

Scope and Contents of Collection

This collection documents the workings of the Harvard Project Physics programs, and includes copies of different versions of units of the Text and Handbook, Reader, Supplementary Units, Student Workbooks, Handbook, Appendix, Tests, Film Guide, Experiments and Equipment, Teacher's Resource Book, Overhead Transparencies, and sales/publisher's materials. While this collection includes primarily versions of published materials, there are also some letters commenting on the project. Duplicates have been removed. The materials from John Rigden may have been used as part of experimental courses taught during the developmental stages of the course.

Organization and Arrangement of Collection

This collection is organized into a single series:

• Series I: Publications and reports

This series is arranged chronologically.

Access to Collection

Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html.

Restrictions on Use of Collection

Provenance and Acquisition Information

Received from John Rigden (1997) and the Niels Bohr Library (1999).

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Jennifer Sullivan in 2006.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], Harvard Project Physics publications and reports. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

Container List

Series I: Publications and reports
Box 1	Folder 1	Maxwell’s equations - handwritten article, undated
	Folder 2	Index - page 247, undated
	Folder 3	Educational Services Incorporated newsletter, 1962
	Folder 4	Educational Services Incorporated Quarterly Report - Winter, 1962-1963
	Folder 5	Teacher’s Guide to the PSSC films, 1963
	Folder 6	Educational Services Incorporated Quarterly Report Fall -Winter, 1963
	Folder 7	Newsletter 1 - Fall, 1964
	Folder 8	Educational Services Incorporated-Review of current programs, 1965
	Folder 9	Newsletter 2 - Spring, 1965
	Folder 10	Rosenbaum’s criticism of edition 1, 1965
	Folder 11	An Introduction to Physics- Concepts of Motion and Motion in the Heavens (Units 1 and 2), 1965
	Folder 12	An Introduction to Physics-Conservation and Chaos, Waves and Fields (Units 3 and 4), 1965
	Folder 13	An Introduction to Physics-Models of the Atom and the Nucleus (Units 5 and 6), 1965
	Folder 14	Appendix, 1965
	Folder 15	Tests units 1 and 2 - Form A, 1965
	Folder 16	Physical Science Study Committee Teacher’s Resource Book and Guide, parts I and II, 1966
	Folder 17	The Physics Teacher volume 4, numbers 1 January and 2 February, 1966
	Folder 18	The Physics Teacher volume 4, numbers 3 March, 4 April, and 5 May , 1966
	Folder 19	Newsletters 3 and 4 Spring and Winter, 1966
	Folder 20	Physics Reader About Science, Unit 1, 1966
	Folder 21	Physics Reader Units 2 and 3, 1966
	Folder 22	Educational Services Incorporated Quarterly Report, 1966
	Folder 23	Teacher’s Resource and Guide Part IV, 1966
	Folder 24	Unit 3 Test - Form A, 1966
	Folder 25	Unit 3 Test - Answers, 1966
Box 2	Folder 1	An Introduction to Physics - Units 1 and 2 - Concepts of Motion, Motion in the Heavens, 1966
	Folder 2	An Introduction to Physics - Units 3 and 5 - Energy, Models of the Atom, 1966
	Folder 3	An Introduction to Physics - Unit 6 - The Nucleus, 1966
	Folder 4	Text and Student Workbook - Vectors, 1966
	Folder 5	Text and Student Workbook - Velocity and Acceleration, Review of Graphs, 1966
	Folder 6	Progress report, 1967
	Folder 7	Comments on Teacher Education, Number 1, 1967
	Folder 8	The Physics Teacher - progress report, 1967
	Folder 9	Physical Science teaching tips from The Science Teacher, 1967
	Folder 10	Spring and Winter newsletters, 1967
	Folder 11	Texts - Vectors and The Kinetic-Molecular Theory of Gases, 1967
	Folder 12	Sky photographs for Mars and Orbit of Mars Experiment, 1967
	Folder 13	An Introduction to Physics - Unit 1 - Concepts of Motion, 1967
	Folder 14	An Introduction to Physics - Unit 2 - Motion in the Heavens, 1967
	Folder 15	An Introduction to Physics - Unit 4 - Fields and Waves, 1967
	Folder 16	Supplemental unit Elementary Particles, 1967
	Folder 17	Supplemental Unit Discoveries in Physics, 1967
	Folder 18	Laboratory experiments and equipment, 1967
	Folder 19	Overhead projection transparencies - Unit 3, 1967
	Folder 20	Overhead transparencies - Unit 4, 1967
	Folder 21	People and Particles film guide and notes, 1967
	Folder 22	Tests Unit 1 and 2 Concepts of Motion and Motion in the Heavens, 1967
Box 3	Folder 1	Tests Unit 3 The Triumph of Mechanics, 1967
	Folder 2	Reader - Concepts of Motion and Motion in the Heavens, 1967
	Folder 3	Reader - Triumph of Mechanics, 1967
	Folder 4	Reader - Light and Electromagnetism, 1967
	Folder 5	Reader - Models of the Atom, 1967
	Folder 6	Reader - The Nucleus, 1967
	Folder 7	Teacher Guide 1, 1968-1969
	Folder 8	Teacher Guide 1, 1968-1969
	Folder 9	Teacher Guide 2, 1968-1969
	Folder 10	Teacher Guide 2, 1968-1969
	Folder 11	Teacher Guide 3, 1968-1969
	Folder 12	Teacher Guide 3, 1968-1969
	Folder 13	Teacher Guide 4, 1968-1969
	Folder 14	Teacher Guide 4, 1968-1969
	Folder 15	Teacher Guide 5, 1968-1969
Box 4	Folder 1	Teacher Guide 6, 1968-1969
	Folder 2	Handbook 1 Concepts of Motion, 1968
	Folder 3	Handbook 2 Motion in the Heavens, 1968
	Folder 4	Handbook 3 The Triumph of Mechanics, 1968
	Folder 5	Handbook 4 Light and Electromagnetism, 1968
	Folder 6	Handbook 5 Models of the Atom, 1968
	Folder 7	Handbook 6 The Nucleus, 1968
	Folder 8	Reader 1 Concepts of Motion, 1968
	Folder 9	Reader 2 Motion in the Heavens, 1968
	Folder 10	Reader 3 The Triumph of Mechanics, 1968
	Folder 11	Reader 4 Light and Electromagnetism, 1968
	Folder 12	Reader 5 Models of the Atom, 1968
	Folder 13	Reader 6 The Nucleus, 1968
Box 5	Folder 1	Teacher Guide 1 Concepts of Motion, 1968-1969
	Folder 2	Teacher Guide 1 Concepts of Motion, 1967-1968
	Folder 3	Text 2 Motion in the Heavens, 1968-1969
	Folder 4	Teacher Guide 6 The Nucleus, 1968
	Folder 5	Teacher Guide 6 The Nucleus, 1968
	Folder 6	Text 1 Concepts of Motion, 1968
	Folder 7	Text 2 Motion in the Heavens, 1968
	Folder 8	Text 3 The Triumph of Mechanics, 1968
	Folder 9	Text 4 Light and Electromagnetism, 1968
	Folder 10	Text 5 Models of the Atom, 1968
	Folder 11	Text 6 The Nucleus, 1968
	Folder 12	Waves part I, 1968
	Folder 13	Waves part II, 1968
	Folder 14	Spring newsletter 7, 1968
	Folder 15	Winter newsletter 8, 1968-1969
	Folder 16	Project Physics laboratory, experiment, and equipment, 1968
	Folder 17	Project Physics description and price list, 1969
	Folder 18	“Evaluation of Harvard Project Physics Course, Interim Report” February 3, 1969
	Folder 19	Equipment operating procedures, 1969
	Folder 20	Winter newsletter, 1969-1970
	Folder 21	William Stiles’ Review of HPP, 1970
	Folder 22	Handbook, 1970
	Folder 23	Reader 1 Concepts of Motion, 1970
	Folder 24	Reader 2 Motion in the Heavens, 1970
	Folder 25	Text and Handbook 1 Concepts of Motion, 1970
Box 6	Folder 1	Text and Handbook 2 Motion in the Heavens, 1970
	Folder 2	Text and Handbook 3 The Triumph of Mechanics, 1970
	Folder 3	Text and Handbook 4 Light and Electromagnetism, 1970
	Folder 4	Text and Handbook 5 Models of the Atom, 1970
	Folder 5	Text and Handbook 6 The Nucleus, 1970
	Folder 6	Tests 1-6 (1:Concepts of Motion, 2:Motion in the Heavens, 3:The Triumph of Mechanics, 4:Light and Electromagnetism, 5:Models of the Atom, 6:The Nucleus), 1970
	Folder 7	Teacher Resource Book 1 Concepts of Motion, 1970
	Folder 8	Teacher Resource Book 2 Motion in the Heavens, 1970
	Folder 9	Catalog and order form, 1970
	Folder 10	Spring newsletter number 10, 1971
	Folder 11	Programmed instruction, Vectors 1, 1971
	Folder 12	Programmed instruction, Equations 1, 1971
	Folder 13	Reader 3 The Triumph of Mechanics, 1971
	Folder 14	Reader 4 Light and Electromagnetism, 1971
	Folder 15	Reader 5 Models of the Atom, 1971
	Folder 16	Reader 6 The Nucleus, 1971
Box 7	Folder 1	Supplemental unit A Elementary Particles, 1971
	Folder 2	Introduction to the teacher resource book pamphlet, 1971
	Folder 3	Part of a teacher resource packet (D37-D46), Prior to 1971
	Folder 4	Teacher Resource Book 3 The Triumph of Mechanics, 1971
	Folder 5	Teacher Resource Book 4 Light and Electromagnetism, 1971
	Folder 6	Teacher Resource Book 5 Models of the Atom, 1971
	Folder 7	Teacher Resource Book 6 The Nucleus, 1971
	Folder 8	Harvard University Newsletter #3 of Program on Public Conceptions of Science, 1973
	Folder 9	Introducing the Project Physics Course, 1973
	Folder 10	Supplemental unit, Discoveries in Physics, 1973
	Folder 11	Programmed instruction - Waves and Kinetic-Molecular Theory of Gases, 1974
	Folder 12	Posters and buyer’s guide, 1975
	Folder 13	Introducing the Second Edition publication and order forms, 1975
	Folder 14	Supplemental Unit, The Nucleus, 1975
	Folder 15	Buyer’s guide, 1975
	Folder 16	Handbook, 1975
	Folder 17	Resource book, 1975
	Folder 18	Texts, 1975
	Folder 19	Education Development Center annual report, 1976
	Folder 20	Handbook, 1981
	Folder 21	The Astronomers - W.M. Keck Foundation, 1990
Box 8	Folder 1	Resource book, 1981
	Folder 2	Individualized P.S.S.C. Physics 8th revision (1 of 2), 1982
	Folder 3	Individualized P.S.S.C. Physics 8th revision (2 of 2), 1982