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Call Number: SC0949
Creator:
Adams, James L.
Title: James L. Adams papers
Dates: 1925-2008
Bulk Dates: 1959-2008
Physical Description:
25.75 Linear feet
Summary: Papers largely reflect his teaching career at Stanford
University and include class materials, correspondence, memoranda, reports,
publications, and some photographs (largely of student projects). Collection also
includes minutes and correspondence of the curriculum committee of the School of
Engineering, 1925-1946.
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.
James L. Adams Papers (SC0949). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
James L. Adams earned his BA in mechanical engineering at CalTech in 1955. He studied
art at UCLA them came to Stanford where he earned his master's and doctoral degrees in
1959 and 1961. After a few years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he joined the
Stanford faculty in the School of Engineering in 1966. His administrative positions
included associate dean for academic affairs; chair of the program in Values,
Technology, Science and Society; director of the design division of Mechanical
Engineering; and chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering
Management.
Papers largely reflect his teaching career at Stanford University and include class
materials, correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications, and some photographs
(largely of student projects). Collection also includes minutes and correspondence of
the curriculum committee of the School of Engineering, 1925-1946.
Adams, James L.
Stanford University. Program in Values, Technology,
Science and Society.
Stanford University. School of Engineering
--Curricula.
Stanford University. School of Engineering
--Faculty.
Engineering design.
Problem solving.