Virginia Junior Academy of Science
Records, 1931-99, 8.0 cu. ft., Ms81-094
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 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.
Provenance:
The collection was initially deposited in the University Libraries in 1981 by Mrs. Vera Remsburg, VAS President in 1979-80 and longtime unofficial VJAS archivist. Additions to the collection have occurred to the present. The collection was reorganized and inventories from September 1998 to March 1999 by Gina Ellis, student assisant, and Laura Katz Smith, Manuscripts Curator, Special Collections Department.
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