A HISTORY
of the
VIRGINIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE


(Part I)
1923-1945

by
HARRY JOSEPH STAGGERS

from The Virginia Journal of Science
1968, Vol 19 (1)



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The writer wishes to express his appreciation to Professors William G. Guy, Stanley B. Williams, John E. Selby and William W. Abbot for their help in the preparation of this thesis. The author would also like to thank the Virginia Academy of Science for their generous grant, which led to the presentation of this material as a thesis in the Department of History, The College of William and Mary in Virginia, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts.


ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to survey the history of the Virginia Academy of Science from its inception in the minds of the scientists connected with the Association of Virginia Biologists in the early 1920's on through the Second World War.
This essay deals in the main with political events in the history of the academy. It concerns itself with the men who guided the academy and the decisions which they made. And it attempts to present chronologically the important developments and concerns of the Virginia Academy of Science.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
     THE BEGINNING  

CHAPTER II.
     THE YEARS OF GROWTH AND AGGRESSIVE WORK  

CHAPTER III.  
     THE WAR YEARS  

APPENDIX
     A. Charter Members of the Virginia Academy of Science 
     B. Officers of the Academy 1923-1945  
     C. Recipients of the J. Shelton Horsley Research Award

BIBLIOGRAPHY


(Part II)

from The Virginia Journal of Science
1973, Vol 24 (1)

by
HARRY JOSEPH STAGGERS & EALTER S. FLORY
CHAPTER IV.
     A JOB OF WORK TO DO  

CHAPTER V.
     THE FIFTIES  

CHAPTER VI.  
     THE NEW FRONTIER  

CHAPTER VII.
     THE EARLY SEVENTIES  

CHAPTER VII.
     THE ACADEMY -- ITS START
 Development and Present Status

CREDITS
  A History of the History