Finding Aid to the American Association of Physics Teachers Office of Secretary records of Alfred Romer, 1960-1971.Niels Bohr Library & Archives 1.0 American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
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2009 Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in . 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 Association of Physics Teachers. Office of the Secretary. American Association of Physics Teachers Office of Secretary records of Alfred Romer, 1960-1971. American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. 3 linear feet3 records boxes AR1997327 English Collection contains records relating to Alfred Romer's tenure as Executive Secretary for the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). 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.

Romer, Alfred, 1906- American Association of Physics Teachers. American Association of Physics Teachers. Office of the Secretary. Physics. Publishing. Physics. Societies, etc. Physics. Study and teaching. Biographical Note

This professional society of teachers of physics in colleges, universities, and secondary schools, was established in 1930 to advance the teaching of physics and further the appreciation of the role of physics in society and culture. It was a founding Member Society of the American Institute of Physics.

Scope and Contents of Collection

This collection contains records relating to Alfred Romer's tenure as Executive Secretary for the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). Contents include Executive Committee and Governing Board meeting minutes, financial information and auditor's reports, and publishing information.

 Organization and Arrangement of Collection

This collection is organized into one preliminary series:

Series I: Records of the Secretary. 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.

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Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], American Association of Physics Teachers Office of Secretary records of Alfred Romer. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

 Container List Series I: Records of the Secretary 11 Publications Board, Committee Secretary and Treasures Report, 1969 12 Executive Committee Minutes, 1969 13 Executive Committee Minutes, 1969 14 Governing Board Minutes, 1969 15 Financial Statements, 1968 16 Executive Committee Minutes, 1970 17 Governing Board Minutes, 1970 18 Executive Committee Minutes, 1970 19 Statement of Account, 1970 110 Budget, 1969 111 Executive Committee Minutes, 1967 112 Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, 1967 113 Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, 1967 114 Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, 1968 115 Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, 1968 116 Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, 1969 117 Executive Committee Minutes, 1969 118 Auditor’s Report Year Ending 1969, 1969 119 Duplicate Minutes and Financial Reports, 1967 120 Department of Health, Education and Welfare Publications, undated 121 Directories of Academic Physics Departments, 1960-1963 122 Directories of Physics Faculties, 1964-1969 21 Student Sections, Mrs. Ethel E. Snider, 1963-1966 22 Delinquent Members and Other Founder Societies, 1962 23 Convocations, 1966 24 Counselors Program-Regional Counselors in Physics, 1961-1963 25 Court Digest, 1963 26 American Chemical Society Directory, 1970-1971 27 Committee: Science in the Grades, undated 28 Directory of Academic Physics Departments, 1968 29 Hugh Wolf, Royalties on Commercial Reprint Books, 1965 210 Wallace Waterfall Correspondence, 1961-1970 211 American Men of Science, 1961 212 Assembly of Member Officers, 1967-1971 213 Arden House Conference, 1962 214 Arden House Conference, 1961 215 Governing Board and Society Officers Meeting, 1964 216 Governing Board and Society Officers Meeting, 1965-1966 217 Governing Board and Society Officers Meeting, 1966-1967 218 American Physical Society, Havens, 1966-1970 219 Baird Atomic, 1965 220 Bowling Green State University, 1964 221 Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1964 222 Chemical Education, 1963 223 GIREP, 1968-1969 224 Commission on College Physics, 1961-1966 225 Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, Part I, 1969-1970 226 Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, Part II, 1969-1970 227 AIP Annual Reports, 1965-1967 228 AIP Financial Statement, 1964 229 AIP Financial Statement, 1965 230 AIP Financial Statement, 1965 231 AIP Auditor’s Report, 1960 232 AIP Auditor’s Report, 1961 233 AIP Auditor’s Report, 1962 234 AIP Auditor’s Report, 1963 235 AIP Auditor’s Report, 1964 236 AIP Annual Report, 1963 237 AIP Auditor’s Report, 1965 238 AIP Auditor’s Report, 1966 239 AIP Auditor’s Report, 1967 240 Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, Part I, 1967-1968 241 Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, Part II, 1967-1968 31 Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, 1963 32 Governing Board Minutes, 1965 33 Governing Board Minutes, 1966 34 Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, 1964 35 AIP Financial Statement, 1966 36 AIP Auditor’s Report, 1968 37 Financial Statement [EMPTY], 1966 38 AIP Constitution Revision, 1961-1967 39 AIP/AAPT Financial Statement, 1966 310 AIP/AAPT Financial Statement, 1967 311 AIP/AAPT Financial Statement, 1968 312 AIP/AAPT Financial Statement, 1970 313 AIP/AAPT Financial Statements, 1964-1965 314 Annual Meeting Proxies, 1961-1970 315 “AAPT Will Collect It’s Own Dues” Buchta’s Central Office, 1963 316 AIP Code (Address Labels), 1969 317 AAAS Correspondence, 1961-1970 318 American Book Publishers Council, 1966 319 Alan Borden, Mgr. Data Processing Dept. Correspondence, 1963 320 Committee of Secretaries and Treasurers, 1967-1969 321 Representation on Governing Board, 1966-1970 322 Exhibit Agreement, 1970 323 Abstract Charges, 1969 324 Magnetic Tape Accounting, 1970 325 Manpower and Education, 1971 326 H.W. Koch, 1968 327 Reviews of Modern Physics, 1968 328 Public Relations, E. Kone, 1967 329 AJP Costs at AIP Meetings, 1964 330 Table of Organization, 1967 331 Physics Today, 1961-1970 332 Transfer of Dues Collection from Buchta’s Office back to AIP, 1965-1966 333 Student Sections, 1960-1969 334 Information Projects, 1966-1968 335 American Institute of Physics Correspondence, 1961-1962 336 Emily Wolf, Special Services, 1962-1971 337 Apparatus Center, 1964-1965 338 American Standards Association, 1966 339 American Textbook Publishers Institute, 1965