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Guide to the Papers SC0641

Daniel Hartwig Department of Special Collections and University Archives October 2010 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Note This encoded finding aid is compliant with Stanford EAD Best Practice Guidelines, Version 1.0.

Guide to the Stephen Timoshenko SC0641 1 Papers SC0641 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Stephen Timoshenko papers creator: Timoshenko, Stephen Identifier/Call Number: SC0641 Physical Description: 8.25 Linear Feet Date (inclusive): 1907-1996 Date (bulk): bulk Abstract: Correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, galleys, notes, reprints, photographs, passports, awards, and other items; some materials are in Russian or German. Correspondents include Dr. L. Prandtl, Cyril O. Rhys, Gunhard Orovas, Elena Zagustin, and William F. Durand.. His typescript articles are largely on mechanical stresses and date from ca. 1907 to 1940, with some in Russian; there is also a typescript biographical essay on James Victor Uspensky, ca. 1947. Other items of note include a scrapbook (in Russian) with some photographs possibly from a trip to Russia in 1958; his report to Westinghouse on visits to European laboratories, 1934; and Esther Kaletzky's remarks at the First International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, June 1964. Additional papers added in 2009 pertain to the Timoshenko book collection in Stanford’s Engineering Library but also include copies of Gregory Timoshenko’s "Letters to My Grandchildren," 1983-90, which include information on his father, Stephen Timoshenko. Immediate Source of Acquisition note Administrative transfer from Engineering Library, 1998-2009. Information about Access This collection is open for research. Ownership & Copyright All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Libraries, Stanford, 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Cite As Stephen Timoshenko Papers (SC0641). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Biographical/Historical Sketch Stephen Prokofievitch Timoshenko, a world-renowned authority on theoretical and , was educated at the Munich Polytechnic Institute and at the University of Gottingen. He taught at the Polytechnic Institute of Kiev (1907-11) and the Polytechnic Institute of St. Petersburg (1912-17), before fleeing Russia for Yugoslavia. He taught at the University of from 1920 to 1922, and then moved to the . He was a research engineer at Westinghouse and taught at the before joining the Stanford faculty in 1936. Although he officially retired in 1944 he continued to teach and write. His best known works include STRENGTH OF MATERIALS, THEORY OF ELASTICITY, and ENGINEERING MECHANICS. Description of the Collection Correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, galleys, notes, reprints, photographs, passports, awards, and other items; some materials are in Russian or German. Correspondents include Dr. L. Prandtl, Cyril O. Rhys, Gunhard Orovas, Elena Zagustin, and William F. Durand.. His typescript articles are largely on mechanical stresses and date from ca. 1907 to 1940, with some in Russian; there is also a typescript biographical essay on James Victor Uspensky, ca. 1947. Other items of note include a scrapbook (in Russian) with some photographs possibly from a trip to Russia in 1958; his report to Westinghouse on visits to European laboratories, 1934; and Esther Kaletzky's remarks at the First International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, June 1964. Additional papers added in 2009 pertain to the Timoshenko book collection in Stanford's Engineering Library but also include copies of Gregory Timoshenko's "Letters to My Grandchildren," 1983-90, which include information on his father, Stephen Timoshenko. Subjects and Indexing Terms Mechanics, Applied.

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box 1, folder 1 Biography (assorted articles) box 1, folder 2 Biographical articles (in Russian, French, German) box 1, folder 3 Award of the James Watt International Medal to Professor Stepan Timoshenko, 1947 box 1, folder 4 Honorary degree, University of Bologna--text of presentation and photo, 1954 box 1, folder 5 Franklin Institute, Report investigating the work of Stephen P. Timoshenko, 1958 box 1, folder 6 Portrait of Timoshenko by Jack Kraft for National Cyclopedia of American Biography box 1, folder 7 Identity paper, Zagreb, 1920 box 1, folder 8 Visas, 1919-20, and letter from Prof. Dr. L. Prandtl, 1920 box 1, folder 9 Passport, 1921 box 1, folder 10 Westinghouse--letter and contract 1923 box 1, folder 11 60th Birthday greetings, 1938-39 box 1, folder 12 75th Birthday dinner program, 1954 box 1, folder 13 90th Birthday greetings, 1968 box 1, folder 14 Bibliography box 1, folder 15 Photographs (mostly portraits of ST) box 1, folder 16 Photographs for "As I Remember" (1 of 2) box 1, folder 17 Photographs for "As I Remember" (2 of 2) box 1, folder 18 Photo negatives of Russian buildings box 1, folder 19 Photographs, 1920s box 1, folder 20 Photographs, 1930s box 1, folder 21 Photographs, 1940s box 1, folder 22 Printing plate of 1947 photograph box 1, folder 23 Photographs, 1950s box 1, folder 24 Photographs, 1960s box 1, folder 25 Photographs, identified, undated box 1, folder 26 Photographs, Russian, undated box 1, folder 27 Photographs, unidentified, undated box 1, folder 28 Photographs, miscellaneous box 2, folder 1 "Buckling of thin plates under compressive and shearing stresses" – manuscript in Russian, ca. 1907 box 2, folder 2 " Stresses in Curved Tubes of Rectangular Cross-section" – manuscript and reprint, 1923 box 2, folder 3 "The static deflection and vibrations of circular diaphragms," typescripts, 1923 box 2, folder 4 "Stiffness of suspension bridges," 1928 box 2, folder 5 "Long Circular Tubes Submitted to Uniform External Pressure" – typescript, post-1930 box 2, folder 6 "James Victor Uspensky"--typescript, ca. 1947 box 2, folder 7 Review of Beams on Elastic Foundation by Hetenyi, 1947 box 2, folder 8 "The use of the Rayleigh method for the calculation of the period of free vibrations in crankshafts"--typescript, n.d. box 2, folder 9 Manuscript of "Article 1" with letters, 1928 [publisher], 1942 [Prof. V. Mises, in German] box 2, folder 10 Manuscript of "Article 2" (mostly formulas, computations), n.d.

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box 2, folder 11 Manuscript of "Article 3" (formulas, computations), n.d. box 2, folder 12 Manuscript of "Article 5" (formulas, computations), n.d. box 2, folder 13 Manuscript of "Article 7" (formulas, computations, figures), n.d. box 2, folder 14 Manuscript of "Article 8" (stiffening truss variable cross section), n.d. box 2, folder 15 Engineering Dept. Report, Westinghouse (on presenting papers at 2 European conferences), 1927 box 2, folder 16 Engineer’s Trip Report, Westinghouse (on visits to various European laboratories), 1934 box 2, folder 17 Lecture notes, stability, Los Angeles, n.d. box 2, folder 18 Reprints, 1921-24 box 2, folder 19 Reprints, 1925-29 box 2, folder 20 Reprints, 1932-38 box 2, folder 21 Reprints, 1941-47 box 2, folder 22 Reprints in Russian box 3, folder 1 Notebooks (2 small volumes, in several languages) box 3, folder 2 Address book box 3, folder 3 Rhys, Cyril O.--correspondence, 1943 box 3, folder 4 Timoshenko, Sergius--correspondence about, 1945 box 3, folder 5 Correspondence re his articles, 1927-48 box 3, folder 6 Correspondence, general, 1945-69 box 3, folder 7 Letters in Russian, 1921-63 box 3, folder 8 Agreement re publication, 1970 box 3, folder 9 Airey, John R., "The Vibrations of Circular Plates and their Relation to Bessel Functions"--manuscript but noted as from Proceedings of the Physical Society of London, 1911 box 3, folder 10 Euler, Leonhard--reprint with correspondence (both in Russian), 1947 box 3, folder 11 Prof. Finch’s speech "In Memoriam: Boris Alexandre Bakhmeteff" ca. 1951 box 3, folder 12 Klitchieff, J. M., "Torsion Eines I Traegers"--typescript, n.d. box 3, folder 13 Malkin, I.--article and accompanying note, 1966 box 3, folder 14 Mehlhorn, Gerhard--dissertation with note, 1970 box 3, folder 15 Oravas, Gunhard--correspondence re revision of their book Strength of Materials, 1964-70 box 3, folder 16 Oravas, Gunhard--text for revised edition box 3, folder 17 Sakadi, Zyuro, "Criticism on the Equations of Flexural Vibration of a Thin Bar"--typescript, 1920s box 3, folder 18 Timoshenko, J. A.--reprint, 1968 box 3, folder 19 Zagustin, Elena--article (Stability of an elastic ring in a rigid cavity) and letter to Timoshenko (in Russian), 1967 box 3, folder 20 Discussions of Timoshenko papers (typescripts, n.d.) box 3, folder 21 Miscellaneous items box 4, folder 1 Newcomen Society, printed matter, 1938-39 box 4, folder 2 Russian items found in envelope, 1954-56 box 4, folder 3 Soviet scientists--clippings, 1936-44 box 4, folder 4 Timoshenko, Gregory--biography box 4, folder 5 International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM), 1938-71 box 4, folder 6 Scrapbook (items in Russian) with some photographs, possibly from trip to Russia in1958 box 5, folder 1 Certificates, honors and awards, 1928-67 box 5, folder 2 Certificates, honors and awards box 5, folder 3 80th Birthday greetings (in Russian), 1958 box 5, folder 4 Passports, visas, etc. 1914-22 box 5, folder 5 Passports, visas, etc. 1917-26 box 5, folder 6 Passports, visas, etc. 1920-26 (in many languages, some may be letters) box 5, folder 7 "The Approximate Solution of Two-Dimensional Problems of Elasticity" – typescript, ca. 1920 box 5, folder 8 "On Stresses in a Plate with a Circular Hole"--typescript with cover letter, 1922 box 5, folder 9 Notes, manuscript, in Russian (?), ca. 1927 box 5, folder 10 Typescripts and manuscripts in Russian

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box 5, folder 11 Kaletzky, Esther, her remarks at First International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, June 1964 box 5, folder 12 Steinhardt, Jng. O., "Friedrich Engesser," 1949 box 5, folder 13 Grigoliouk, Edward I.--correspondence about (in English and Russian) 1965-67 box 5, folder 14 Letter to Timoshenko with a typescript article in Russian, 1969 box 5, folder 15 Pre-stressed concrete, printed materials (in French) with photographs from a construction site box 5, folder 16 Golden Gate Bridge and SF Bay Bridge, materials on, 1933-34 box 6 Timoshenko and McCullough, Elements of Strength of Materials (2nd edition) box 6 Timoshenko and Young, Engineering Mechanics (2nd edition) box 6, folder 1 Theory of Elasticity, galleys (part 1) box 6, folder 2 Theory of Elasticity, galleys (part 2) box 6, folder 3 Theory of Elasticity, galleys (part 3) box 6, folder 4 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--A General note (includes Bo Adamson and Army-Navy-Commerce Committee on Aircraft Requirements "Strength of Aircraft Elements" 1938)

box 6, folder 5 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--B General note (includes C. Bienzeno, P. G. Bordoni, N. Bogolioubov, Gh. Buzdugan, and A. Brandt)

box 6, folder 6 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--C-D General note (includes Fo-Van Chang, A. D. de Pater, W. J. Duncan, and J. Dorr)

box 6, folder 7 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--E General note (S. Eggwertz and W. Ermakoff)

box 7, folder 1 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--F General note (includes Max Frocht, O. Foppl, E. Forslind and J. M. Frankland)

box 7, folder 2 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--G General note (includes A. Grudemo, H. G. Ganev, and R. Grammel)

box 7, folder 3 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--H General note (includes M. Hetenyi, R. Hedin, and L. M. Hoskins)

box 7, folder 4 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--Hedberg, John ("Mechanics of Fluids" 1940) box 7, folder 5 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--Junkers-Flugzeugwerk General note (catalogs of airplanes, in German and English)

box 7, folder 6 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--K General note (includes K. Kammuller, C. F. Kollbrunner, W. T. Koiter, and P. N. Kamenev)

box 7, folder 7 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--L General note (includes G. Lindh and E. H. Lee)

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box 7, folder 8 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--Ma General note (includes J. Marin, Ch. Massonnet, and L. C. Maugh)

box 8, folder 1 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--Me-N General note (includes I. V. Mesherskii, I. E. Mouromtseff, F. Niordson, and J. Nowinski)

box 8, folder 2 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--O-P General note (includes A. E. Olivares, M. Picone, H. Pallmann, P. Pedersen, A. Pucher, and J. Podolsky)

box 8, folder 3 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--Popov, E. P. box 8, folder 4 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--R General note (includes H. S. Richmond and T. G. Rogers)

box 8, folder 5 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--S-T General note (includes M. Sayir, E. Sergent, Ship Structure Committee, A. N. Sakoff, L. Tichvinsky "Notes to a Grandson," and L. Tetmajer)

box 8, folder 6 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--W-Z General note (includes booklet of papers from Seminar in Honor of Vladimir K. Zworykin held at Princeton)

box 8, folder 7 Reprints, articles, etc. by others--Zagustin, Elena (thesis and dissertation) box 9, folder 1 Printing films of illustrations for Theory of Elasticity box 9, folder 2 Illustrations for Theory of Elasticity box 9, folder 3 Illustrations for book by Hetenyi [title not noted], John publisher #1 box 9, folder 4 Illustrations for book by Hetenyi [title not noted], John Wiley publisher #2 box 9, folder 5 Illustrations for book by Hetenyi [title not noted], John Wiley publisher #3 box 9 Plaque presented by the Stanford School of Engineering to Timoshenko in honor of his contribution as a member of the faculty box 10 Assorted books and reprints in Russian and books by other authors box 11 Assorted diplomas and certificates in several languages box 12, folder 1 Certificates, 1927-44 box 12, folder 2 Second International Congress for Applied Mechanics, program, 1926 box 12, folder 3 Third International Congress for Applied Mechanics, program, list of attendees, 1930 box 12, folder 4 Fifth International Congress for Applied Mechanics, programs, invitations, and a letter from H. M. Westergaard, 1938 box 12, folder 5 Letter from W. S. Rugg (Westinghouse) re position with clipping, 1927 box 12, folder 6 Miscellaneous items, 1866-1953 box 12, folder 7 Timoshenko’s Ph.D. thesis (photostatic copy) 1905 box 12, folder 8 University of Michigan degree box 12, folder 9 Book jackets (from books by Timoshenko) box 13, folder 1 Bridget, F. J., C. C. Jerome and A. B. Vosseller, "Some New Experiments on Buckling of Thin Wall Construction undated box 13, folder 2 Donnell, L. H., correspondence and two articles on thin-walled cylinders, 1933 box 13, folder 3 Durand, W. F., letter to Timoshenko with copy of letter from Admiral Cook and 3 documents regarding plans for an airplane carrier airship, 1937 box 13, folder 4 Photographs of Timoshenko

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box 13, folder 5 Richardson, L. F. The Approximate Arithmetical Solution by Finite Differences of Physical Problems Involving differential Equations, with an Application to the Stresses in a Masonry Dam [reprint], 1910 box 13, folder 6 Saab Technical Note "Proposed program for buckling of dural and alclad sheet in the creep region," 1955 box 13, folder 7 Timoshenko, Theory of Bending, Torsion and Buckling of Thin-walled Members of Open Cross Section [reprint], 1945 box 13, folder 8 Timoshenko book in Russian, with letter (in English) from G. Pisarenko regarding events in honor of Timoshenko in the Ukraine, 1997 Additional Papers Accession ARCH-2009-093

box 1, folder 1 Acknowledgement of Gift, 1958 box 1, folder 2 Bibliographies box 1, folder 3 Biographical articles box 1, folder 4 Catalog of the Timoshenko Collection [books], first draft, 1989 box 1, folder 5 Correspondence and memos, 1966-72 box 1, folder 6 Correspondence and memos, 1982-83 box 1, folder 7 Correspondence and memos, 1984 box 1, folder 8 Correspondence and memos, 1985 box 1, folder 9 Correspondence and memos, 1986-87, 1996 box 1, folder 10 Floor Plan 1968 box 1, folder 11 Gregory Timoshenko, Letters to My Grandchildren, 1983-90 box 1, folder 12 Socrates List of Timoshenko books, Aug. 5, 1989 box 1, folder 13 Timoshenko books in Special Collections, July 23, 1993 box 1, folder 14 Unused book barcodes Additional Papers Accession ARCH-2017-297

box 1 Timoshenko, "Theory of Elasticity" 1934 box 1 Timoshenko correspondence found in "Theory of Elasticity" 1935, 1957

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