Finding Aid to the American Association of Physics Teachers miscellaneous publications, 1934-2010

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Historical 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

The collection contains miscellaneous publications printed by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) for their members, and include newsletters, membership directories, brochures, reports, pamphlets, reprints, and annual reviews. As well as issues of ANNOUNCER from 1993-94, 2000-2002 and 2005.

Organization and Arrangement of Collection

The collection is organized by type beginning with membership directories, then followed by reports or brochures, meeting materials, and newsletters. The membership directories, meeting materials, and newsletters are in chronological order.

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.

Provenance and Acquisition Information

Collection is added to on an annual basis as new publications are received.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Amanda Nelson in 2012.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], American Association of Physics Teachers miscellaneous publications. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

Container List

Series I: American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) miscellaneous publications
Box 1	Folder 1	Membership directories, 1934, 1936
	Folder 2	Membership directories, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951
	Folder 3	Membership directories, 1955, 1958, 1961
	Folder 4	Membership directories, 1964, 1966, 1970
	Folder 5	Membership directories, 1980
	Folder 6	Membership directories, 1985, 1989
	Folder 7	Membership directories, 1994, 1996
Box 2	Folder 1	Directory of academic physics departments, 1961-1963
	Folder 2	Directory of academic physics departments, 1963-1965
	Folder 3	Directory of physics faculties, 1965-1966
	Folder 4	Directory of physics and astronomy faculties, 1967-1968
	Folder 5	Annual physics show, 1970, 1973-1976, 1979
	Folder 6	Member rates/services, 1989, 1991
	Folder 7	Officers, 1963
	Folder 8	Product advertisements, 1976, undated
	Folder 9	Programs, undated
Box 3	Folder 1	Aids and sources for the science teacher, undated
	Folder 2	American Asociation of Physics Teachers Guidelines for the Review of Baccalaureate Physics Programs, 1987
	Folder 3	Center for Educational Apparatus in Physics: Physics experiments and demonstrations, 1965
	Folder 4	Committee on Apparatus in Educational Institutions: Apparatus for physics teaching, 1961
	Folder 5	Committee on Apparatus in Educational Institutions: Apparatus for physics teaching, 1961
	Folder 6	Committee on Apparatus in Educational Institutions: Lecture demonstrations in physics, 1963
	Folder 7	Committee on Physics Faculties in Colleges reports, 1964-1965
	Folder 8	Graduate Education in Physics: Report of the Joint American Physical Society (APS) - American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Task Force, 2005
	Folder 9	International Physics Olympiad, 1993
	Folder 10	Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons Proliferation, and the Arms Race, 1963, 1982
	Folder 11	Powerful Ideas in Physical Science, 1996
	Folder 12	Resource letters, 1961-1966
Box 4	Folder 1	Selected reprints: Achievement Testing in Physics, 1965
	Folder 2	Selected reprints: Black Holes, 1982
	Folder 3	Selected reprints: Friction, 1963
	Folder 4	Selected reprints: Kinematics and Dynamics of Satellite Orbits, 1963
	Folder 5	Selected reprints: Mossbauer Effect, 1963
	Folder 6	Selected reprints: Nuclear Structure, 1965
	Folder 7	Selected reprints: Polarized Light, 1961
	Folder 8	Selected reprints: Quantum and Statistical Aspects of Light, 1963
	Folder 9	Selected reprints: Superconductivity, 1964
	Folder 10	Survey of teaching apparatus in physics, 1961, 1965
	Folder 11	American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) meeting programs, 1971
	Folder 12	American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1972-1973
	Folder 13	American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1974-1975
Box 5	Folder 1	American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, Winter 1993-1994
	Folder 2	American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 1999
	Folder 3	American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 2000
	Folder 4	American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, 2001
	Folder 5	American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Announcer, Spring 2002, Spring 2005
	Folder 6	American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Annual Report, 2006-2007
	Folder 7	American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Annual Report, 2007-2008
	Folder 8	American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Annual Report, 2009-2010