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Call Number: SC0222
Creator:
Shockley, Mary Bradford
Creator:
Shockley, William, 1910-1989.
Title: William Shockley papers
Dates: 1860-1988
Bulk Dates: 1940-1988
Physical Description:
260 Linear feet
Summary: Professional and personal papers relating to Professor Shockley's controversial interests in environment and genetic influences
on intelligence; research on transistors and electronics; and science education. Also includes extensive family materials
including diaries and correspondence.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives.
Stanford University Libraries.
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of Professor William B. Shockley, 1980 and 1986, and of Mrs. William B. Shockley, 1990 and 1995.
Restricted: for more information contact the University Archivist.
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.
William Shockley Papers (SC0222). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of engineering at Stanford (1958-1975; emeritus 1975- ). Shockley was co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics,
1956.
Professional and personal papers relating to Professor Shockley's controversial interests in environment and genetic influences
on intelligence; research on transistors and electronics; and science education. Also includes extensive family materials
including diaries and correspondence.
The materials are arranged in four series : 1. Telephone Conversations; 2. Correspondence; 3. Correspondence Enclosures; 4.
May Bradford Shockley's Papers; and subsequent accessions.
Shockley, William, 1910-1989.
Stanford University. Dept. of Electrical Engineering--Faculty.
Electronics.
Genetics.
Intellect.
Science --Study and teaching.
Transistors.