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Call Number: SC0809
Creator:
Hutchinson, Eric
Title: Eric Hutchinson papers
Dates: 1954-1982
Physical Description:
1 Linear feet
Summary: Although Hutchinson's professional field was chemistry, these
papers pertain to his interest in history. They primarily relate to his research (done
in the late 1960s) on scientific research in England prior to World War II and includes
notes on the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Chemistry Research
Board, National Physical Laboratory, Physics Research Board, and the Radio Research
Board and his typescript paper "The Radio Research Board and the Early History of Radio
Direction Finding." Materials pertaining to Stanford University's history include Helen
Dwight Fisher's paper on Leland Stanford, photocopy of the minutes from the first
faculty meeting, 1891, correspondence with Joshua Lederberg on Medical School history,
1982, and a photograph of D. S. Jordan with Prof. Franklin, ca. 1926. Other items in the
collection include miscellaneous correspondence with James Beck, Philip A. Leighton, and
Edward Shils, 1969-77; and a genealogy booklet on the Hoadley family, 1972.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
This collection is open for research.
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.
Eric Hutchinson Papers (SC0809). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Eric Hutchinson, born in England in 1920, was educated at the University of Cambridge
(1938-1945), earning all three of his degrees in chemistry. He taught at Sheffield
University and Fordham University, before joining the Stanford faculty in 1949. In
addition to his research and teaching duties, he served a term as academic secretary to
the University; designed the shields and flags that represent the University, the Office
of the President, the graduate division and the seven schools; and wrote a history of
Stanford's department of chemistry. He became emeritus in 1983 and died on November 14,
2005.
Although Hutchinson's professional field was chemistry, these papers pertain to his
interest in history. They primarily relate to his research (done in the late 1960s) on
scientific research in England prior to World War II and includes notes on the
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Chemistry Research Board, National
Physical Laboratory, Physics Research Board, and the Radio Research Board and his
typescript paper "The Radio Research Board and the Early History of Radio Direction
Finding." Materials pertaining to Stanford University's history include Helen Dwight
Fisher's paper on Leland Stanford, photocopy of the minutes from the first faculty
meeting, 1891, correspondence with Joshua Lederberg on Medical School history, 1982, and
a photograph of D. S. Jordan with Prof. Franklin, ca. 1926. Other items in the
collection include miscellaneous correspondence with James Beck, Philip A. Leighton, and
Edward Shils, 1969-77; and a genealogy booklet on the Hoadley family, 1972.
Fisher, Helen Dwight.
Great Britain. Dept. of Scientific and Industrial
Research.
Hutchinson, Eric
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931
Lederberg, Joshua.
Leighton, Philip Albert, 1897-
National Physical Laboratory (Great
Britain).
Shils, Edward, 1910-1995.
Stanford University--Faculty.
Stanford University--History.
Radar--Great Britain--History.