Guide to the Stephen Timoshenko Papers SC0641
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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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
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Language of Material:
English .
Information about Access
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).
Box 1, folder 1
Biography (assorted articles)
Box 1, folder 2
Biographical articles (in Russian, French, German)
Box 1, folder 3
Award of the James Watt International Medal to Professor Stepan Timoshenko,
1947
Box 1, folder 4
Honorary degree, University of Bologna--text of presentation and photo,
1954
Box 1, folder 5
Franklin Institute, Report investigating the work of Stephen P. Timoshenko,
1958
Box 1, folder 6
Portrait of Timoshenko by Jack Kraft for National Cyclopedia of American
Biography
Box 1, folder 7
Identity paper, Zagreb, 1920
Box 1, folder 8
Visas, 1919-20, and letter from Prof. Dr. L. Prandtl, 1920
Box 1, folder 10
Westinghouse--letter and contract 1923
Box 1, folder 11
60th Birthday greetings, 1938-39
Box 1, folder 12
75th Birthday dinner program, 1954
Box 1, folder 13
90th Birthday greetings, 1968
Box 1, folder 15
Photographs (mostly portraits of ST)
Box 1, folder 16
Photographs for "As I Remember" (1 of 2)
Box 1, folder 17
Photographs for "As I Remember" (2 of 2)
Box 1, folder 18
Photo negatives of Russian buildings
Box 1, folder 22
Printing plate of 1947 photograph
Box 1, folder 25
Photographs, identified, undated
Box 1, folder 26
Photographs, Russian, undated
Box 1, folder 27
Photographs, unidentified, undated
Box 1, folder 28
Photographs, miscellaneous
Box 2, folder 1
"Buckling of thin plates under compressive and shearing stresses" –
manuscript in Russian, ca. 1907
Box 2, folder 2
"Bending Stresses in Curved Tubes of Rectangular Cross-section" – manuscript
and reprint, 1923
Box 2, folder 3
"The static deflection and vibrations of circular diaphragms," typescripts,
1923
Box 2, folder 4
"Stiffness of suspension bridges," 1928
Box 2, folder 5
"Long Circular Tubes Submitted to Uniform External Pressure" – typescript,
post-1930
Box 2, folder 6
"James Victor Uspensky"--typescript, ca. 1947
Box 2, folder 7
Review of Beams on Elastic Foundation by Hetenyi, 1947
Box 2, folder 8
"The use of the Rayleigh method for the calculation of the period of free
vibrations in crankshafts"--typescript, n.d.
Box 2, folder 9
Manuscript of "Article 1" with letters, 1928 [publisher], 1942 [Prof. V.
Mises, in German]
Box 2, folder 10
Manuscript of "Article 2" (mostly formulas, computations), n.d.
Box 2, folder 11
Manuscript of "Article 3" (formulas, computations), n.d.
Box 2, folder 12
Manuscript of "Article 5" (formulas, computations), n.d.
Box 2, folder 13
Manuscript of "Article 7" (formulas, computations, figures), n.d.
Box 2, folder 14
Manuscript of "Article 8" (stiffening truss variable cross section),
n.d.
Box 2, folder 15
Engineering Dept. Report, Westinghouse (on presenting papers at 2 European
conferences), 1927
Box 2, folder 16
Engineer's Trip Report, Westinghouse (on visits to various European
laboratories), 1934
Box 2, folder 17
Lecture notes, stability, Los Angeles, n.d.
Box 3, folder 1
Notebooks (2 small volumes, in several languages)
Box 3, folder 3
Rhys, Cyril O.--correspondence, 1943
Box 3, folder 4
Timoshenko, Sergius--correspondence about, 1945
Box 3, folder 5
Correspondence re his articles, 1927-48
Box 3, folder 6
Correspondence, general, 1945-69
Box 3, folder 7
Letters in Russian, 1921-63
Box 3, folder 8
Agreement re publication, 1970
Box 3, folder 9
Airey, John R., "The Vibrations of Circular Plates and their Relation to
Bessel Functions"--manuscript but noted as from Proceedings of the Physical Society of
London, 1911
Box 3, folder 10
Euler, Leonhard--reprint with correspondence (both in Russian),
1947
Box 3, folder 11
Prof. Finch's speech "In Memoriam: Boris Alexandre Bakhmeteff" ca.
1951
Box 3, folder 12
Klitchieff, J. M., "Torsion Eines I Traegers"--typescript, n.d.
Box 3, folder 13
Malkin, I.--article and accompanying note, 1966
Box 3, folder 14
Mehlhorn, Gerhard--dissertation with note, 1970
Box 3, folder 15
Oravas, Gunhard--correspondence re revision of their book Strength of
Materials, 1964-70
Box 3, folder 16
Oravas, Gunhard--text for revised edition
Box 3, folder 17
Sakadi, Zyuro, "Criticism on the Equations of Flexural Vibration of a Thin
Bar"--typescript, 1920s
Box 3, folder 18
Timoshenko, J. A.--reprint, 1968
Box 3, folder 19
Zagustin, Elena--article (Stability of an elastic ring in a rigid cavity) and
letter to Timoshenko (in Russian), 1967
Box 3, folder 20
Discussions of Timoshenko papers (typescripts, n.d.)
Box 4, folder 1
Newcomen Society, printed matter, 1938-39
Box 4, folder 2
Russian items found in envelope, 1954-56
Box 4, folder 3
Soviet scientists--clippings, 1936-44
Box 4, folder 4
Timoshenko, Gregory--biography
Box 4, folder 5
International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM),
1938-71
Box 4, folder 6
Scrapbook (items in Russian) with some photographs, possibly from trip to
Russia in1958
Box 5, folder 1
Certificates, honors and awards, 1928-67
Box 5, folder 2
Certificates, honors and awards
Box 5, folder 3
80th Birthday greetings (in Russian), 1958
Box 5, folder 4
Passports, visas, etc. 1914-22
Box 5, folder 5
Passports, visas, etc. 1917-26
Box 5, folder 6
Passports, visas, etc. 1920-26 (in many languages, some may be
letters)
Box 5, folder 7
"The Approximate Solution of Two-Dimensional Problems of Elasticity" –
typescript, ca. 1920
Box 5, folder 8
"On Stresses in a Plate with a Circular Hole"--typescript with cover letter,
1922
Box 5, folder 9
Notes, manuscript, in Russian (?), ca. 1927
Box 5, folder 10
Typescripts and manuscripts in Russian
Box 5, folder 11
Kaletzky, Esther, her remarks at First International Conference of Women
Engineers and Scientists, June 1964
Box 5, folder 12
Steinhardt, Jng. O., "Friedrich Engesser," 1949
Box 5, folder 13
Grigoliouk, Edward I.--correspondence about (in English and Russian)
1965-67
Box 5, folder 14
Letter to Timoshenko with a typescript article in Russian, 1969
Box 5, folder 15
Pre-stressed concrete, printed materials (in French) with photographs from a
construction site
Box 5, folder 16
Golden Gate Bridge and SF Bay Bridge, materials on, 1933-34
Box 6
Timoshenko and McCullough, Elements of Strength of Materials (2nd
edition)
Box 6
Timoshenko and Young, Engineering Mechanics (2nd edition)
Box 6, folder 1
Theory of Elasticity, galleys (part 1)
Box 6, folder 2
Theory of Elasticity, galleys (part 2)
Box 6, folder 3
Theory of Elasticity, galleys (part 3)
Box 6, folder 4
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--A
General note
(includes Bo Adamson and Army-Navy-Commerce Committee on Aircraft Requirements
"Strength of Aircraft Elements" 1938)
Box 6, folder 5
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--B
General note
(includes C. Bienzeno, P. G. Bordoni, N. Bogolioubov, Gh. Buzdugan, and A.
Brandt)
Box 6, folder 6
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--C-D
General note
(includes Fo-Van Chang, A. D. de Pater, W. J. Duncan, and J. Dorr)
Box 6, folder 7
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--E
General note
(S. Eggwertz and W. Ermakoff)
Box 7, folder 1
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--F
General note
(includes Max Frocht, O. Foppl, E. Forslind and J. M. Frankland)
Box 7, folder 2
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--G
General note
(includes A. Grudemo, H. G. Ganev, and R. Grammel)
Box 7, folder 3
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--H
General note
(includes M. Hetenyi, R. Hedin, and L. M. Hoskins)
Box 7, folder 4
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--Hedberg, John ("Mechanics of Fluids"
1940)
Box 7, folder 5
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--Junkers-Flugzeugwerk
General note
(catalogs of airplanes, in German and English)
Box 7, folder 6
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--K
General note
(includes K. Kammuller, C. F. Kollbrunner, W. T. Koiter, and P. N. Kamenev)
Box 7, folder 7
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--L
General note
(includes G. Lindh and E. H. Lee)
Box 7, folder 8
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--Ma
General note
(includes J. Marin, Ch. Massonnet, and L. C. Maugh)
Box 8, folder 1
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--Me-N
General note
(includes I. V. Mesherskii, I. E. Mouromtseff, F. Niordson, and J. Nowinski)
Box 8, folder 2
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--O-P
General note
(includes A. E. Olivares, M. Picone, H. Pallmann, P. Pedersen, A. Pucher, and J.
Podolsky)
Box 8, folder 3
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--Popov, E. P.
Box 8, folder 4
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--R
General note
(includes H. S. Richmond and T. G. Rogers)
Box 8, folder 5
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--S-T
General note
(includes M. Sayir, E. Sergent, Ship Structure Committee, A. N. Sakoff, L. Tichvinsky
"Notes to a Grandson," and L. Tetmajer)
Box 8, folder 6
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--W-Z
General note
(includes booklet of papers from Seminar in Honor of Vladimir K. Zworykin held at
Princeton)
Box 8, folder 7
Reprints, articles, etc. by others--Zagustin, Elena (thesis and
dissertation)
Box 9, folder 1
Printing films of illustrations for Theory of Elasticity
Box 9, folder 2
Illustrations for Theory of Elasticity
Box 9, folder 3
Illustrations for book by Hetenyi [title not noted], John Wiley publisher
#1
Box 9, folder 4
Illustrations for book by Hetenyi [title not noted], John Wiley publisher
#2
Box 9, folder 5
Illustrations for book by Hetenyi [title not noted], John Wiley publisher
#3
Box 9
Plaque presented by the Stanford School of Engineering to Timoshenko in honor
of his contribution as a member of the faculty
Box 10
Assorted books and reprints in Russian and books by other authors
Box 11
Assorted diplomas and certificates in several languages
Box 12, folder 2
Second International Congress for Applied Mechanics, program,
1926
Box 12, folder 3
Third International Congress for Applied Mechanics, program, list of
attendees, 1930
Box 12, folder 4
Fifth International Congress for Applied Mechanics, programs, invitations,
and a letter from H. M. Westergaard, 1938
Box 12, folder 5
Letter from W. S. Rugg (Westinghouse) re position with clipping,
1927
Box 12, folder 6
Miscellaneous items, 1866-1953
Box 12, folder 7
Timoshenko's Ph.D. thesis (photostatic copy) 1905
Box 12, folder 8
University of Michigan degree
Box 12, folder 9
Book jackets (from books by Timoshenko)
Box 13, folder 1
Bridget, F. J., C. C. Jerome and A. B. Vosseller, "Some New Experiments on
Buckling of Thin Wall Construction
undated
Box 13, folder 2
Donnell, L. H., correspondence and two articles on thin-walled cylinders,
1933
Box 13, folder 3
Durand, W. F., letter to Timoshenko with copy of letter from Admiral Cook and
3 documents regarding plans for an airplane carrier airship, 1937
Box 13, folder 4
Photographs of Timoshenko
Box 13, folder 5
Richardson, L. F. The Approximate Arithmetical Solution by Finite Differences
of Physical Problems Involving differential Equations, with an Application to the
Stresses in a Masonry Dam [reprint], 1910
Box 13, folder 6
Saab Technical Note "Proposed program for buckling of dural and alclad sheet
in the creep region," 1955
Box 13, folder 7
Timoshenko, Theory of Bending, Torsion and Buckling of Thin-walled Members of
Open Cross Section [reprint], 1945
Box 13, folder 8
Timoshenko book in Russian, with letter (in English) from G. Pisarenko
regarding events in honor of Timoshenko in the Ukraine, 1997
Addenda, 2009-093 Accession ARCH-2009-093
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 1
Acknowledgement of Gift, 1958
Box 1, folder 4
Catalog of the Timoshenko Collection [books], first draft, 1989
Box 1, folder 5
Correspondence and memos, 1966-72
Box 1, folder 6
Correspondence and memos, 1982-83
Box 1, folder 7
Correspondence and memos, 1984
Box 1, folder 8
Correspondence and memos, 1985
Box 1, folder 9
Correspondence and memos, 1986-87, 1996
Box 1, folder 11
Gregory Timoshenko, Letters to My Grandchildren, 1983-90
Box 1, folder 12
Socrates List of Timoshenko books, Aug. 5, 1989
Box 1, folder 13
Timoshenko books in Special Collections, July 23, 1993
Addenda, 2017-297 Accession ARCH-2017-297
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Timoshenko, "Theory of Elasticity"
1934
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Timoshenko correspondence found in "Theory of Elasticity"
1935,
1957
Language of Material: English.
Addenda, 2024-539 ARCH-2024-539
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Diploma
1956
Language of Material: English.
Addenda, 2021-096 Accession ARCH-2021-096
Physical Description: .25 Linear
Feet
Box 16
Postcard from Timoshenko to Sergius I. Sergev
1943