Finding Aid to the American Association of Physics Teachers Office of Secretary records of Alfred Romer, 1960-1971.

Publisher:

American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org

2009

Encoding Information:

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Finding aid is written in English

Description of the Collection

Repository:

American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.

Title and dates of collection:

American Association of Physics Teachers Office of Secretary records of Alfred Romer, 1960-1971.

Papers created by:

American Association of Physics Teachers. Office of the Secretary.

Size of collection:

3 linear feet
3 records boxes

Short description of collection:

Collection contains records relating to Alfred Romer's tenure as Executive Secretary for the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).

Language(s) of material:

English

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.

American Association of Physics Teachers.

American Association of Physics Teachers. Office of the Secretary.

Physics. Publishing.

Physics. Societies, etc.

Physics. Study and teaching.

Romer, Alfred, 1906-

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.

Restrictions on Use of Collection

Provenance and Acquisition Information

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

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
Box 1	Folder 1	Publications Board, Committee Secretary and Treasures Report, 1969
	Folder 2	Executive Committee Minutes, 1969
	Folder 3	Executive Committee Minutes, 1969
	Folder 4	Governing Board Minutes, 1969
	Folder 5	Financial Statements, 1968
	Folder 6	Executive Committee Minutes, 1970
	Folder 7	Governing Board Minutes, 1970
	Folder 8	Executive Committee Minutes, 1970
	Folder 9	Statement of Account, 1970
	Folder 10	Budget, 1969
	Folder 11	Executive Committee Minutes, 1967
	Folder 12	Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, 1967
	Folder 13	Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, 1967
	Folder 14	Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, 1968
	Folder 15	Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, 1968
	Folder 16	Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, 1969
	Folder 17	Executive Committee Minutes, 1969
	Folder 18	Auditor’s Report Year Ending 1969, 1969
	Folder 19	Duplicate Minutes and Financial Reports, 1967
	Folder 20	Department of Health, Education and Welfare Publications, undated
	Folder 21	Directories of Academic Physics Departments, 1960-1963
	Folder 22	Directories of Physics Faculties, 1964-1969
Box 2	Folder 1	Student Sections, Mrs. Ethel E. Snider, 1963-1966
	Folder 2	Delinquent Members and Other Founder Societies, 1962
	Folder 3	Convocations, 1966
	Folder 4	Counselors Program-Regional Counselors in Physics, 1961-1963
	Folder 5	Court Digest, 1963
	Folder 6	American Chemical Society Directory, 1970-1971
	Folder 7	Committee: Science in the Grades, undated
	Folder 8	Directory of Academic Physics Departments, 1968
	Folder 9	Hugh Wolf, Royalties on Commercial Reprint Books, 1965
	Folder 10	Wallace Waterfall Correspondence, 1961-1970
	Folder 11	American Men of Science, 1961
	Folder 12	Assembly of Member Officers, 1967-1971
	Folder 13	Arden House Conference, 1962
	Folder 14	Arden House Conference, 1961
	Folder 15	Governing Board and Society Officers Meeting, 1964
	Folder 16	Governing Board and Society Officers Meeting, 1965-1966
	Folder 17	Governing Board and Society Officers Meeting, 1966-1967
	Folder 18	American Physical Society, Havens, 1966-1970
	Folder 19	Baird Atomic, 1965
	Folder 20	Bowling Green State University, 1964
	Folder 21	Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1964
	Folder 22	Chemical Education, 1963
	Folder 23	GIREP, 1968-1969
	Folder 24	Commission on College Physics, 1961-1966
	Folder 25	Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, Part I, 1969-1970
	Folder 26	Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, Part II, 1969-1970
	Folder 27	AIP Annual Reports, 1965-1967
	Folder 28	AIP Financial Statement, 1964
	Folder 29	AIP Financial Statement, 1965
	Folder 30	AIP Financial Statement, 1965
	Folder 31	AIP Auditor’s Report, 1960
	Folder 32	AIP Auditor’s Report, 1961
	Folder 33	AIP Auditor’s Report, 1962
	Folder 34	AIP Auditor’s Report, 1963
	Folder 35	AIP Auditor’s Report, 1964
	Folder 36	AIP Annual Report, 1963
	Folder 37	AIP Auditor’s Report, 1965
	Folder 38	AIP Auditor’s Report, 1966
	Folder 39	AIP Auditor’s Report, 1967
	Folder 40	Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, Part I, 1967-1968
	Folder 41	Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, Part II, 1967-1968
Box 3	Folder 1	Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, 1963
	Folder 2	Governing Board Minutes, 1965
	Folder 3	Governing Board Minutes, 1966
	Folder 4	Executive Committee and Governing Board Minutes, 1964
	Folder 5	AIP Financial Statement, 1966
	Folder 6	AIP Auditor’s Report, 1968
	Folder 7	Financial Statement [EMPTY], 1966
	Folder 8	AIP Constitution Revision, 1961-1967
	Folder 9	AIP/AAPT Financial Statement, 1966
	Folder 10	AIP/AAPT Financial Statement, 1967
	Folder 11	AIP/AAPT Financial Statement, 1968
	Folder 12	AIP/AAPT Financial Statement, 1970
	Folder 13	AIP/AAPT Financial Statements, 1964-1965
	Folder 14	Annual Meeting Proxies, 1961-1970
	Folder 15	“AAPT Will Collect It’s Own Dues” Buchta’s Central Office, 1963
	Folder 16	AIP Code (Address Labels), 1969
	Folder 17	AAAS Correspondence, 1961-1970
	Folder 18	American Book Publishers Council, 1966
	Folder 19	Alan Borden, Mgr. Data Processing Dept. Correspondence, 1963
	Folder 20	Committee of Secretaries and Treasurers, 1967-1969
	Folder 21	Representation on Governing Board, 1966-1970
	Folder 22	Exhibit Agreement, 1970
	Folder 23	Abstract Charges, 1969
	Folder 24	Magnetic Tape Accounting, 1970
	Folder 25	Manpower and Education, 1971
	Folder 26	H.W. Koch, 1968
	Folder 27	Reviews of Modern Physics, 1968
	Folder 28	Public Relations, E. Kone, 1967
	Folder 29	AJP Costs at AIP Meetings, 1964
	Folder 30	Table of Organization, 1967
	Folder 31	Physics Today, 1961-1970
	Folder 32	Transfer of Dues Collection from Buchta’s Office back to AIP, 1965-1966
	Folder 33	Student Sections, 1960-1969
	Folder 34	Information Projects, 1966-1968
	Folder 35	American Institute of Physics Correspondence, 1961-1962
	Folder 36	Emily Wolf, Special Services, 1962-1971
	Folder 37	Apparatus Center, 1964-1965
	Folder 38	American Standards Association, 1966
	Folder 39	American Textbook Publishers Institute, 1965