Records of Paul E. Klopsteg, 1930-1975.

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Records of Paul E. Klopsteg, 1930-1975.

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Correspondence; typescripts; minutes. The materials document Klopsteg's activities as a founding member of AAPT, its treasurer (1932-1952) and president (1953-1954). The correspondence (bulk dates, 1953-1962) relates to AAPT awards, annual and executive committee meetings, AAPT history, secondary school physics teaching, and the AAPT committee on physics in engineering education. The typescripts are second and third drafts of the AAPT history by Vincent Parker and Charles Wilder (1966) with Klopsteg's editorial suggestions. The minutes are the treasurer's copy of AAPT Annual Meetings and Executive Committee Meetings from 1930-1955. Correspondents include: Stanley S. Ballard, W. James King, Thomas D. Miner, Melba Phillips, Arnold A. Strassenburg, and Marsh W. White.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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American association of physics teachers

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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. From the description of American Journal of Physics editor's reports, 1982-2001. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78113826 From the description of Records of early history, 192...

Strassenburg, Arnold A

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King, W. James (William James), 1915-

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White, Marsh W.

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Phillips, Melba, 1907-2004

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Physicist (educator). Professor of physics, Brooklyn College, 1938-1952; professor of physics, University of Chicago, 1962-1972; president of American Association of Physics Teachers, 1966. From the description of Correspondence with Karl Kelchner Darrow primarily about program arrangements for joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers 1965-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84273844 ...

Klopsteg, Paul E. (Paul Ernest), 1889-

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Physicist, research consultant. From the description of Reminiscences of Paul Ernest Klopsteg : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513658 Died 1991. From the description of Oral history interview with Paul E. Klopsteg, 1970 March 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82445932 ...

Ballard, Stanley S.

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Wilder, Charles G., 1906-

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Miner, Thomas D.

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Parker, Vincent Eveland.

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