Finding Aid to the American Vacuum Society addition to records, 1968-2009Niels Bohr Library & Archives 1.0 American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740 USA nbl@aip.org
2010 Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2010. 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 Vacuum Society. American Vacuum Society addition to records 1968-2009 American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. 2 linear feet2 records box(s) AR2010945 English Addition to the records of the American Vacuum Society. 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 Vacuum Society. AVS Physics. Congresses. Physics. Publishing. Physics. Societies, etc. Vacuum technology Financial records Minutes. Newsletters Photographs Historical Note

A professional society formed in 1953 to promote communication among people interested in high vacuum technology through symposia and publications. Originally formed as the Committee on Vacuum Techniques and mandated to initiate a symposium and develop programs for education and recommend standards. Name changed at 1957 symposium to American Vacuum Society, the society became an affiliate member of the American Institute of Physics in 1963, and a full member in 1976.

Scope and Contents of Collection

This addition to the records of the AVS includes correspondence; meeting minutes; committee, division and chapter information; election results; articles of incorporation; financial records; publications and publishing; newsletters; short course information; awards information; and photographs. A series on oral history interviews conducted by AVS was removed and added to the collection titled "AVS video history interviews, 1991-2000 (AR 2008-816)."

 Organization and Arrangement of Collection

The original organization of this collection was left untouched. The collection is organized into twelve series:

Series I, Awards Series II, Education Series III, Board of Directors Series IV, Committees, divisions, chapters Series V, Newsletters Series VI, Short courses Series VII, Election results Series VIII, Symposia Series IX, Topical Conferences Series X, Staff Series XI, Membership Series XII, History

Each series is arranged chronologically.

 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.

 Provenance and Acquisition Information

Gift of Yvonne Towse (2009) and Bill Westwood (2010), AVS.

 Processing Information

Melanie J. Brown 2010.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], American Vacuum Society addition to records, 1968-2009. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

 Container List Series I: Awards 11 Awards, 2007 12 Awards, 2008 13 Awards, 2009 Series II: Education 14 Education - contracts, workshops, 2008 15 Education - workshop, 2009 Series III: Board of Directors 16 Board of Directors - incorporation documents, 1968 17 Board of Directors - minutes, financial reports, 2006 18 Board of Directors - lease, meeting minutes, 2007 19 Board of Directors - lease documents, 2008 110 Board of Directors - meeting minutes, lease information, financial reports, 2008 111 Board of Directors - minutes, correspondence, lease, financial reports, 2009 Series IV: Committees, divisions, chapters 112 Publications Committee - JVST manuscript tracking/review cards RESTRICTED 50 YEARS (until 2030), 1979 113 Publications Committee - editor's report, 1990-1991 114 Publications Committee - correspondence, minutes, editor's report, 1991 115 Publications Committee - correspondence, editor's report, 1992 116 Publications Committee - editor's report, financial reports, 1993 117 Publications Committee - correspondence, editor's reports, financial reports, 1994 118 Publications Committee - correspondence, subscription/membership, financial reports, 1995 119 Publications Committee - correspondence, financial reports, 1996 120 Applied Science Division - report to Board, 1997 121 Publications Committee - correspondence, publishing agreements, financial reports, 1997 122 Publications Committee - correspondence, financial reports, journal catalog, 1998 123 Divisions - minutes, 2005 124 Divisions - minutes, financial reports, 2006 125 Publications Committee - Biointerphases, volume 1, 2006 126 Committees - minutes, member needs assessment, 2007 127 Chapters - consitutions, election results, minutes, 2007 21 Divisions - election results, minutes, 2007 22 Student chapters - annual reports, 2007 23 Chapters - correspondence, minutes, reports, 2008 24 Committees, Divisions, Chapters, 2008 25 Committees, Divisions, Chapters - minutes, 2008 26 Committees, Divisions, Chapters - election results, minutes, 2008 27 Chapters - newsletters, meetings, financial reports, 2009 28 Student chapters - annual reports, 2009 29 Divisions - meeting agendas and minutes, 2009 210 Publications Committee, 2009 211 Committees - AVS History Committee, 2009 Series V: Newsletters 212 Newsletters (CD), 1961-1989 213 Newsletters (CD), 1990-1992 214 Newsletters, 2007 215 Newsletters, 2008 216 Newsletters, 2009 Series VI: Short courses 217 Short courses, 2007 218 Short courses, 2008 219 Short courses, 2009 Series VII: Election results 220 Election results, 2007 221 Election results, 2008 222 Election results, 2009 Series VIII: Symposia 223 Symposia, 2007 224 Symposia, 2008 225 Symposia, 2009 Series IX: Topical conferences 226 Topical conferences - handbook, 1991 227 Topical conferences, 2007 228 Topical conferences, 2008 229 Topical conferences, 2009 Series X: Staff 230 Staff - correspondence, 1996 Series XI: Membership 231 Membership - member prospectus, 2007 232 Membership - member prospectus, 2008 233 Membership - member prospectus, 2009 234 Series XII: History 235 History - historical correspondence and photo, 1993; undated 236 History - photos, circa 1983, 2007, undated