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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stephen Timoshenko papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0641
Physical Description:
10.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1907-1996
Date (bulk): 1921-1970
Summary: 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.
Physical Location: Special Collections and University
Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more
information on paging collections, see the department's website:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Language of Material:
English .
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This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Administrative transfer from Engineering Library, 1998-2009.
Biographica 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.
Cite As
Stephen Timoshenko Papers (SC0641). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Scope and Contents
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mechanics, Applied.
Structural analysis (Engineering).