Guide to the H. O. Fuchs Papers SC0101
Daniel Hartwig, Claudia Willett, Hanna Ahn
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010, September 2022
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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Title: H. O. Fuchs papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0101
Physical Description:
31 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1950-1988
Abstract: Course notes for mechanical engineering
undergraduate and graduate classes; correspondence; case histories in engineering problems
prepared by Fuchs; records pertaining to the Engineering Case Program; research notes,
articles, and papers by Fuchs; and photographs.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Henry Fuchs, 1972 and 1977, and the Dept. of Engineering, 1991.
Information about Access
Records from ACCN 2000-105 are restricted and may be made available in 2072.
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Cite As
H. O. Fuchs Papers (SC0101). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Fuchs, an expert on fatique in metals, taught mechanical engineering at Stanford University
from 1964 to 1973, when he became an Emeritus Professor. He was educated in France and
Germany, earning his Ph.D. in 1932 from the Technical University in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Before coming to Stanford, he was an engineer with General Motors (1933-45) and president of
Metal Improvement Company (1946-60), where he designed the shot peening process. While at
Stanford he directed the Engineering Case Program, writing or supervising the production of
more than 200 case studies. He died in 1989.
Description of the Collection
Course notes for mechanical engineering undergraduate and graduate classes; correspondence;
case histories in engineering problems prepared by Fuchs; records pertaining to the
Engineering Case Program; research notes, articles, and papers by Fuchs; and
photographs.
Conditions Governing Access
Addenda 2000-105 is restricted and may be made available in 2072.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Engineering design -- Case studies.
Engineering -- Study and teaching.
Photoprints.
Almen, John O.
Pitzer, Kenneth S.
Olley, M.
Fuchs, H. O. (Henry Otten)
Stanford University. Engineering Case
Program
Stanford University. Department of Mechanical
Engineering. Faculty
Addenda, 1991-130 Accession ARCH-1991-130
Box 1
Chronological correspondence files, 1976-1978
Box 2
Chronological correspondence files, 1979-1981
Box 3
Chronological correspondence files, 1982-1984
Box 4
Chronological correspondence files, 1985-1988
Box 5
Case Writing Project, 1963
Box 6
Course correspondence, 1960-1969
Box 7
Metal fatigue research files, 1955-1970
Box 8
Mechanical engineering files, 1979-1980
Box 9
ASEE case committee files, 1980-1983
Box 11
Engineering cases, 1960-1969
Box 12
Engineering cases, 1969-1970
Box 13
Engineering cases, 1955-1964
Box 14
Engineering cases, 1962-1978
Box 15
Case histories, 1960-1969
Box 16
Case histories and studies, 1950-1969
Box 17
Case studies and reports, 1970-1989
Box 18
Papers on Heintz and case studies, 1960-1979
Box 19
Case studies (includes photographs), 1960-1979
Box 20
Notes on fatigue and optimum peening intensities, 1980-1989
Box 21
History of shot peening and fatigue, 1970-1979
Box 22
Strain and stress, 1970-1979
Box 23
Fatigue and stress, 1970-1979
Box 24
A: Engineering cases for future engineers; B: History of SAE FD & E
Committee
Box 24
American Society for Engineering Education 85th Annual Conference,
1977.
Box 24
Tape #13 Should a Technology graduate be called an Engineer?
Box 24
7 tapes on Ralph Heintz, 1977
Box 24
Duplicate slides of lecture illustrations (graphs, drawings,
etc.)
Addenda, 2000-105 ARCH-2000-105
Conditions Governing Access
Boxes 1-2 and 7 are restricted and may be made available in 2072.
Addenda, 2007-259 Accession 2007-259
Box 1
Notebook from ME 245 (Fatigue of Metal Structures) containing syllabus,
tests, answers, memos and a copy of Fuchs' "Fatigue Resistance of Metal Parts"
1978
