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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt638nf49k No online items Guide to the Stephen Timoshenko 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, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 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 applied mechanics, 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 Zagreb from 1920 to 1922, and then moved to the United States. He was a research engineer at Westinghouse and taught at the University of Michigan 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. Guide to the Stephen Timoshenko SC0641 2 Papers SC0641 Structural analysis (Engineering). Prandtl, Ludwig Kaletzky, Esther. Zagustin, Elena. Durand, William Frederick Timoshenko, Stephen Timoshenko, Gregory. Timoshenko, Stephen Papers 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 "Bending 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. Guide to the Stephen Timoshenko SC0641 3 Papers SC0641 Papers 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