Records of early history, 1929-1966.

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Records of early history, 1929-1966.

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Materials assembled in conjunction with the writing of the 1966 official history of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) by Vincent E. Parker and Charles G. Wilder. Primarily correspondence (1929-1932) documenting the founding (1930) and early years of the AAPT, its affiliation with the American Institute of Physics, and plans for an AAPT journal. Early documents include minutes of a preliminary planning meeting and the first formal meeting in 1930, drafts of the suggested program for the first meeting, the constitution of the new organization, and a list of its first twenty-five members. Also contains reminiscences by charter members Homer L. Dodge, Paul E. Klopsteg, and David L. Webster, and drafts and the published version of the history. Correspondents include Marshall N. States and William S. Webb.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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American Institute of Physics

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Physicist. High Energy Radiation Section, National Bureau of Standards, 1949-1962; Chief, Radiation Physics Division, 1962-1966; Director, American Institute of Physics, 1966-1986. From the description of The story of the American Institute of Physics, 1967-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154305950 The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a not-for-profit membership corporation chartered in New York State in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffus...

Webster, David Locke, 1888-1976.

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Webster was professor of physics at Stanford University, 1920-1954, and emeritus professor, 1954-1976. From the description of David Locke Webster correspondence concerning Dr. William Duane, 1954-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 703840593 David Locke Webster, professor of physics (1920-1954; emeritus, 1954-1977) and chairman of the Physics Department at Stanford (1920-1942), was born in Boston, November 6, 1888. He received his B.A. (1910) and Ph.D (1913) from Harvard U...

States, M. N.

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Parker, Vincent Eveland.

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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 ...

Wilder, Charles G., 1906-

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American association of physics teachers

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Dodge, Homer L. (Homer Levi), 1887-1983

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Physicist. From the description of Reminiscences of Homer Levi Dodge : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86147496 Physicist (electrical measurements) and educator. On faculty of the University of Oklahoma: head of physics department, 1919-1942, dean of graduate school, 1926-1944, and organizer and director of Oklahoma Research Institute, 1941-1944; a founder, first president, and member of Governing Board of the American A...

Webb, William S.

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