Virginia Junior Academy of Sciences

Organization

Staff Only

Dates

Usage: 1941-

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.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Virginia Academy of Science Records

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1981-096

Abstract The Virginia Academy of Science (VAS) Records includes VAS publications dating from 1939-2004 and also includes manuscript and published versions of various Academy histories. The Academy Archives also includes correspondence, report, and minutes of section and of ad hoc and standing committees, annual financial statements, photographs and clippings, by-laws, and constitutions, records of special projects such as the visiting scientists program (supported by National Science Foundation...

Dates: 1920 - 2005

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Virginia Academy of Science Records

Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1981-094

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.

Dates: 1931 - 1997

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records

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