Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records,
Scope and Content
The Virginia Junior Academy of Science Archives include correspondence (including some correspondence antedating the founding of the VJAS); notes and minutes from committees and general meetings, reports, publications, memorabilia, and miscellaneous files.
Dates
- Creation: 1931 - 1999
Creator
- Virginia. Junior Academy of Sciences (1941-) (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Historical Information
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.
Full Extent
15.4 Cubic Feet (11 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records include correspondence (including some correspondence antedating the founding of the VJAS); notes and minutes from committees and general meetings, reports, publications, memorabilia, and subject files.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by chronologically in subject files.
Location
Note: This collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Acquisition Information
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.
Subject
- Virginia. Junior Academy of Sciences (1941-) (Organization)
- Title
- Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records, 1931-1999
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- © 2010 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu