Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records, 1931-1997 Ms.1981.094
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Identification Ms.1981.094
Title Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records 1931-1997
Quantity 15.4 Cubic Feet, 11 boxes
Creator
Virginia Junior Academy of Sciences
Location Note: This collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections
and University Archives for more information.
Language The materials in the collection are in English.
Abstract The Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records contain correspondence (including some correspondence predating the founding
of the VJAS); notes and minutes from committees and general meetings, reports, publications, memorabilia, and subject files.
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Source of Acquisition
The intial Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records were donated to Special Collections in 1981. Additional donations occurred
through 1999.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records commenced in September 1998
and was completed in March 1999. Additional description was completed in February 2010. Additional materials were integrated
in 2015.
The Virginia Academy of Science (VAS) organized the first Virginia Junior Academy of Science (VJAS) meeting in 1941, after
several years of discussions about how best to discover and promote scientific aptitude in the secondary schools of Virginia.
Though the VJAS ceased to meet during World War II, it was reorganized after the war. Beginning in 1946, the VAS sponsored
a statewide science competition for high school students known as the Virginia Science Talent Search. Since 1952, a VJAS newspaper
(the Junior Science Bulletin ) has been published; and since 1963 the Virginia Junior Academy of Science Proceedings have served as a record of papers presented at VJAS meetings.
The Virginia Junior Academy of Science Archives contain correspondence (including some correspondence predating the founding
of the VJAS); notes and minutes from committees and general meetings, reports, publications, memorabilia, and miscellaneous
files.
The collection is arranged by material type and chronologically.
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Science and Technology
Virginia Junior Academy of Sciences
box 1
Records
1931-1979 (Bulk 1931-1964)
Correspondence About Founding a Junior Academy
1931-1940
Historic Photos, Documents, etc., Used in VJAS History Exhibits
1940-1947
AAAS Awards
1940-1965
VAS Honorary Membership Awards
1940-1974
Historical Information On Awards, etc.
1941-1968
Historic Files, Correspondence, etc.
1942-1960
E. C. L. Miller Award Recipients
1943-1963
History and General Information
1943-1965
Major Catesby Jones Award Recipients
1943-1963
Miscellaneous Correspondence
1946-1947
Radio Program On Scientific Vocations
1946
Teacher Sponsor Scholarships
1947-1965
Exhibit Contest
1948-1949
Science Club Reports
1948-1949
VJAS Constitution
c.1950
VJAS Committee of VAS--Reports
1956-1960
VJAS Committee of VAS--Minutes, etc.
1959
VJAS history--Thelma J. Heatwole
1960-1961
Minutes, Agendas, and Miscellaneous
1960-1961
Miscellaneous Correspondence
1960-1961
Miscellaneous Files
1960-1961
Judges for VJAS Exhibits
1962
Meeting at Lexington
1961
New Business
1961-1962
Miscellaneous Files
1961-1964
Meeting at Norfolk
1962
National Science Seminars
1962-1963
Information on Creating a VJAS Brochure
1962-1963
Attendance at the AAAS Meetings
1962-1968
Meeting at Roanoke
1963
VJAS Affiliation with the National Science Foundation
1963-1975
Visiting Scientist Program
1963-1976
List of VJAS Affiliated Clubs
1963-1979
Educational Materials
1964
Meeting at Charlottesville
1964
Meeting at Charlottesville--Awards
1964
Miscellaneous Files
1964-1965
box 2
Records
1964-1979 (Bulk 1964-1966)
Miscellaneous Files, Including Meeting at Richmond
1964-1965
VJAS committee of VAS
1964-1965
Information on Virginia Junior Science, Humanities, and Engineering
1964-1965
National Science Teachers Association--Information on Science Conferences
1964-1967
Science Services, Inc. and Science Clubs of America
1964-1970
Grant No. GE-4281
1965
Meeting at Richmond
1965
Photos of the Meeting at Richmond
1965
Miscellaneous Files
1965
VJAS Committee of VAS
1965-1966
Research Committee
1965-1967
Virginia High School League Requesting Calendar of Events from VJAS
1965-1970
Certificates and Citations--Blank Forms
1965-1975
VJAS Information On AAAS
1956-1979
Miscellaneous Files--E. L. Wisman
1966
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Meeting at Harrisonburg
1966
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Meeting--Awards
1966
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Meeting--Correspondence
1966
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Meeting--Invitations and Badges
1966
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Meeting--Key Rings
1966
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Meeting--Regrets to Invitations
1966
Miscellaneous Files--E. L. Wisman
1966-1967
Grant GW-1129
1967
box 3
Records
1966-1979 (Bulk 1966-1970)
Letters from High Schools Requesting VJAS Films
1966-1967
Virginia Talent Search Information and Programs
1966-1979
Miscellaneous files--E. L. Wisman
1967
Miscellaneous files--E. L. Wisman
1967-1968
Research Grant Committee
1967-1968
Miscellaneous Clippings
1968
Miscellaneous Files--E. L. Wisman
1968
R. C. Berry Chemistry Award
1968
Miscellaneous Files--V. B. Remsburg
1968-1969
Miscellaneous Files--E. L. Wisman
1968-1969
Miscellaneous Files and Clippings
1968-1969
VJAS Research Grants
1968-1969
Distinguished Service Awards
1968-1970
List of Judges for VJAS
1968-1970
Letters of Gratitude to People Who Gave Presentations at VJAS Events
1968-1979
Miscellaneous Files--E. L. Wisman
1969
Miscellaneous Files--M. B. Rowe
1969-1970
Miscellaneous Files--E. L. Wisman
1969-1970
Newspaper Clippings
1969-1970
VJAS Research Grants
1969-1970
Scrapbook
1969-1973
box 4
Records
1970-1979 (Bulk 1970-1973)
Miscellaneous Files--E. L. Wisman
1970
Student Follow-Ups--Newspaper Articles
1970
Revisions for VJAS Handbook
1970
E. C. L. Miller Award
1970-1971
Meeting at Richmond
1970-1971
Miscellaneous Files--V. B. Remsburg
1970-1971
Miscellaneous Files--M. B. Rowe
1970-1971
Research Grant Records
1970-1971
Meeting at Blacksburg
1971
Miscellaneous files--E. L. Wisman
1971
List of Public and Private Schools, Division and Science Superintendents, and VJAS Committee Members
1971
Research Grant Materials
1971-1972
VJAS Budget
1971-1972
VJAS Committee Notes and Papers
1971-1972
VJAS Committee Members
1971-1979
Vouchers, Requests for Checks, and Financial Reports
1971-1980
Meeting at the Natural Bridge
1972
Miscellaneous Files--E. L. Wisman
1972
Research Grant Records
1972
Invoices Paid
1972
Miscellaneous Files
1972-1973
Miscellaneous Files--L. S. Anthony
1973
Minutes and Papers from the Annual Meeting
1973
Invoices Paid
1973
box 5
Records
1973-1980
Meetings at Williamsburg and Norfolk
1973-1974
Miscellaneous Files--V. B. Remsburg
1973-1974
Photos from the Meeting at Norfolk
1974
Research Grants
1974
VJAS Awards
1974
Miscellaneous Files
1974-1975
VJAS Committee of VAS
1974-1975
Pre-Registration Information for the Annual Meeting
1974-1978
Meeting at Harrisonburg
1975
Miscellaneous Files--A. W. Burke
1975
Invoices Paid
1975
VJAS Committee of VAS
1975-1976
Meeting at Fairfax
1976
Photographs and Negatives of the VJAS Annual Meeting
1976
Invoices Paid
1976
Organization of Readers for VJAS Papers
1976-1978
Fundraising for VJAS
1976-1980
Duties and Work Schedule for VJAS Committee Members
1977
Thirty Sixth Annual VJAS Meeting
1977
Miscellaneous Files--V. B. Remsburg
1977-1978
Thirty Seventh Annual VJAS Meeting
1978
Miscellaneous Files--V. B. Remsburg
1978-1979
Annual Meeting
1979
Miscellaneous Files--A. B. Niemeyer, Jr.
1979
Miscellaneous Files--V. B. Remsburg
1979-1980
Miscellaneous files--A. B. Niemeyer, Jr.
1980
box 6
Records
1980-1997, n.d.
January 62 Meeting of VJAS
1980
Annual Meeting and Miscellaneous Information
1980
VJAS Award Winners
1980
Donor List of the VJAS
1980
Invoices Paid
1980
Winter and Summer VJAS Meetings
1981
List of VJAS student who have presented papers at annual meetings
1981
VJAS Committee of VAS
1981-1982
Letters and Lists of Possible Donors of VJAS
1981-1985
January 23 Meeting of VJAS
1982
April 20-22 Meeting at Virginia Tech
1982
Summer Meeting at Peaks of Otter
1982
Invoices Paid
1983
American Junior Academy of Science Annual Conference Papers
1983-1984
Minutes and Papers from the July 21 VJAS Meeting at Graves Mountain Lodge
1984
Scholarship Information Awarded by the VJAS
1984
Scholarship Information Awarded by the VJAS
1984
Minutes of Meetings and Lists of VJAS Committee Members
1984
Invoices Paid
1984
Letters of Invitation to the VJAS Sponsor's Reception
1984-1985
Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles
1984-1986
Information and Agendas for VJAS Meetings
1985
Invoices Paid
1985
VJAS Section Awards
1986
Information about Astronaut Robert A. Parker Speaking to the VAS and VJAS at the Annual Meeting
1986
Invoices Paid
1986
Papers on the Winner of the Frances and Sydney Lewis Environmental Science Scholarship
1987
Special Award Nominations and Winners
1987
Nominations for the VJAS Sponsor Award
1987
Section Award Forms
1987
Information about VJAS Meetings
1987
Student Applications for the Frances and Sydney Lewis Environmental Science Scholarship
1987
Invoices Paid
1987
Nominations for the Science Club Award and the VAS Science Teacher Award
1987-1988
Special Awards Nominations
1988
Papers from the Section Awards
1988
Letters To and From Dr. Dean Decker, Director of the VJAS
1988
Applications from Students Applying for the Frances and Sydney Lewis Environmental Science Scholarship
1988
Invoices Paid
1988
Invoices Paid
1989
History of VJAS and "Fifty Years of VJAS"
1991
Awards Script
1991
"Galaxies in Collision" by Debra Meloy Elmgreen--The first George W. Jeffers Memorial Lecture
1992
Information About Registration to Attend the VJAS Awards Ceremony at James Madison University
1994
Letter for VJAS Membership
1994
Annual Meeting Information and Registration
1995
Annual meeting Information and Registration
1996
Annual Meeting Information and Registration
1997
Junior Science Bulletin
1952-1979
"Characterization of Junior Academy of Science Participation"
n.d.
"Award of Honor" Certificates
n.d.
Science Supervisors Superintendents
n.d.
Periodic Table
n.d.
Biographical and VJAS Information about Edgar V. Russell, Jr.--Photograph also included
n.d.
Listing of VJAS Committee Members, Officers, and Other Members
n.d.
"VJAS Hall of Fame" General Revision
n.d.
box 7
Publications
1963-1993
box 8
Publications and Records
1942-1992, n.d.
Virginia Junior Academy of Science Handbook
1963, 1965-1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1977, [1980?], [1982?], 1987, 1992
"History of the VJAS" as presented at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the VAS. The slides and narration were prepared by Vera
Remsburg
1942-1973
Pictures taken of members of the VJAS Committee Meetings --Judges, Recipients of Awards, etc.
1975
Strip of photographic film possibly of the 1976 VJAS Summer Meeting at Peaks of Otter
"VJAS in Action"--Four Filmstrips
"Story of the VJAS"--Slides
Two Card Holders of the 30th Anniversary of the VJAS
[1971]
Two Key Chains of the 25th Anniversary of the VJAS
[1966]
Three Souvenir T-shirts of the 50th Anniversary of the VJAS
[1991]
Souvenir Pencil of the 50th Anniversary of the VJAS
[1991]
box 9
Publications and Records
1970-1990, n.d.
box-folder 9 folder: 1
Adult and Student Forms, Philadelphia
1986
box-folder 9 folder: 2
AJAS/AAAS Annual Meeting, Los Angeles
1985
box-folder 9 folder: 3
Annual Meeting Programs
1971, 1974
box-folder 9 folder: 4
Annual Meeting Programs
1983, 1985
box-folder 9 folder: 5
Annual Meeting Programs
1986, 1987
box-folder 9 folder: 6
Annual Meeting Programs
1988-1990
box-folder 9 folder: 7
Applications
box-folder 9 folder: 8
Award of Honor Certificate
box-folder 9 folder: 9
Banquet Booklet
1985
box-folder 9 folder: 10
Chairs
box-folder 9 folder: 11
Charter Certificate
box-folder 9 folder: 12
Commission Task Force
box-folder 9 folder: 13
Directories
1982-1986
box-folder 9 folder: 14
D.O.E (1988 UVA VJAS Annual Meeting)
1988
box-folder 9 folder: 15
Election Slate
1987, 1989
box-folder 9 folder: 16
General Program Schedule
1985
box-folder 9 folder: 17
Golden Anniversary Meeting Letterhead Paper
1973
box-folder 9 folder: 18
Handbooks
1970, 1974
box-folder 9 folder: 19
Handbooks
1975, 1977, n.d.
box-folder 9 folder: 20
Housing
box-folder 9 folder: 21
Jr. Committee
box-folder 9 folder: 22
Junior Science Bulletin (v. 20, no. 1,2)
1970-1971
box-folder 9 folder: 23
Names and Addresses
box-folder 9 folder: 24
PA Junior Academy of Science 40th State Meeting Handbook
1974
box-folder 9 folder: 25
Paper Readers
box-folder 9 folder: 26
Photos
box-folder 9 folder: 27
Proposed Budget for 1985-1987
1985-1987
box-folder 9 folder: 28
VAS Ballots and Envelopes
box-folder 9 folder: 29
VJAS Affiliate Your School Letters
1982-1986
box-folder 9 folder: 30
VJAS Annual Meeting Info, Chicago
1987
box-folder 9 folder: 31
VJAS Booklet
box-folder 9 folder: 32
VJAS Correspondence
box-folder 9 folder: 33
VJAS Friends Letters
box-folder 9 folder: 34
VJAS General Info
box-folder 9 folder: 35
VJAS Meeting Agenda, Graves Mt. Lodge
1986
box-folder 9 folder: 36
VJAS Membership Cards
box-folder 9 folder: 37
VJAS Member Certificates
box-folder 9 folder: 38
VJAS Member Letters
1984, 1985, 1987
box-folder 9 folder: 39
VJAS Member Letters from Election Committee
1989, 1990
box-folder 9 folder: 40
VJAS Video Tape Script
box-folder 9 folder: 41
VJAS 1983 Meeting at GMU
1983
box-folder 9 folder: 42
VJAS 1984 Meeting at the University of Richmond
1984
box-folder 9 folder: 43
VJAS 1986 Meeting at JMU
1986
box-folder 9 folder: 44
VAS 1987 Meeting at ODU
1987
box-folder 9 folder: 45
VAS 1989 Meeting at VCU
1989
box-folder 9 folder: 46
VAS 1990 Meeting at GMU
1990
box-folder 9 folder: 47
William and Mary Papers
box 10
Publications and Scrapbooks
1971-1986, n.d.
Proceedings of the Virginia Junior Academy of Science
Volume 1, Roanoke, Virginia
May 1963
Volume 2, Charlottesville, Virginia
May 1964
Volume 3, Richmond, Virginia
May 1965
Volume 4, Harrisonburg, Virginia
May 1966
Volume 5, Norfolk, Virginia
May 1967
Volume 6, Roanoke, Virginia
May 1968
Volume 7, Fredericksburg, Virginia
May 1969
Volume 8, Richmond, Virginia
May 1970
Volume 9, Blacksburg, Virginia
May 1971
Volume 10, Lexington, Virginia
May 1972
Volume 11, Williamsburg, Virginia
May 1973
Volume 12, Norfolk, Virginia
May 1974
Volume 13, Harrisonburg, Virginia
May 1975
Volume 14, Fairfax, Virginia
May 1976
Volume 15, Petersburg, Virginia
May 1977
Volume 16, Blacksburg, Virginia
May 1978
Volume 17, Richmond, Virginia
May 1979
Volume 18, Richmond, Virginia
May 1980
Volume 19, Norfolk, Virginia
May 1981
Volume 20, Blacksburg, Virginia
April 1982
Volume 21, Fairfax, Virginia
May 1983
Volume 22, Richmond, Virginia
May 1984
Volume 23, Williamsburg, Virginia
May 1985
Volume 24, Harrisonburg, Virginia
May 1986
Virginia Junior Academy of Science Program, VPI&SU
April 20-22, 1982
Directory and Proceedings, Association of Science
1970-1971
Binder of Virginia Academy of Science Correspondence
1982-1985
Virginia Junior Academy of Science Scrapbook
1976-1977
box 11
Scrapbooks
1975-1984
Virginia Junior Academy of Science Scrapbook
1975-1976
Virginia Junior Academy of Science Scrapbook
1977-1978
Virginia Junior Academy of Science Scrapbook
1979
Virginia Junior Academy of Science Scrapbook
1980-1981
Virginia Junior Academy of Science Scrapbook
1981-1982
Virginia Junior Academy of Science Scrapbook
1982-1983
Virginia Junior Academy of Science Scrapbook
1983-1984
oversize folder: 1
Materials displayed at the 25th Anniversary Meeting
1966
oversize folder: 1
Poster from 30th Anniversary Meeting
1971
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