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Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records, 1931-1997 Ms.1981.094


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Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
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.

Administrative Information

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The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records, Ms1981-094, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

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.

Administrative History

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.

Scope and Content

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.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by material type and chronologically.

Related Material

See the Virginia Academy of Science Records, Ms1981-096, also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
  • Science and Technology
  • Virginia Junior Academy of Sciences

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).

Container List

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
  • The Virginia Junior Academy of Science Proceedings
    1963-1993
    • Volumes 1-24
      1963-1986
    • Volumes 26-31
      1988-1993
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