Guide to the Walter G. Vincenti papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
February 2011
Copyright © 2011 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Overview
Call Number: SC1022
Creator:
Vincenti, Walter G., (Walter Guido), 1917-
Title: Walter G. Vincenti papers
Dates: 1971-2000
Physical Description:
0.5 linear foot
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
Administrative Information
Provenance
Materials were the gift of Walter G. Vincenti, 2004.
Information about Access
Access: Materials are open for research use.
Cite As
Walter G. Vincenti Papers (SC1022). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical note
Walter G. Vincenti earned his AB in engineering at Stanford in 1938 and his Engineer's degree in mechanical engineering in
1940. He was a research scientist with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), working at the Ames Aeronautical
Laboratory at Moffett Field until he joined the Stanford faculty in 1957. He cofounded Stanford's Program in Values, Technology,
and Science in 1971 and served several terms as its chair.
Scope and Contents note
Collection contains Vincenti's lectures from a class on the history of the industrial revolution taught at Stanford's overseas
campus in Cliveden, undated; class materials and lectures from VTS 121 Technology in Society: Historical Perspective, 1981;
lectures by Claude B. Fohlen on the Industrial Revolution 1972; lectures by Paul A. David on technology, society, and economy
1971; and letters from Harriet Jones with photocopied papers of aeronautical scientist R. T. Jones, 1999-2000.
Access Terms
David, Paul A.
Fohlen, Claude B.
Jones, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1910-
Stanford University. -- General subdivision--Curricula.;
Industrial revolution.
Technology--Social aspects.
Collection Contents
Accession 2005-156
Class materials and miscellaneous papers
1971-2000
Physical Description:
0.5 linear foot
Language of Material:
English
Box 1, Folder 1
Cliveden lectures [history of the industrial revolution], manuscript text
Box 1, Folder 2
VTS 121 Technology in Society: Historical Perspective - class information, lecture schedule, etc.
1981 Autumn
Box 1, Folder 3
VTS 121 Technology in Society: Historical Perspective - lectures, manuscript text
Box 1, Folder 4
VTS 121 Technology in Society: Historical Perspective - lectures, manuscript text
Box 1, Folder 5
Fohlen, Claude B., lectures on the Industrial Revolution
1972
Box 1, Folder 6
David, Paul A., lectures on technology, society, and economy
1971
Box 1, Folder 7
VTS 3 class lecture outline
1980 Oct.
Box 1, Folder 8
Letter from Harriet Jones with photocopied papers of R. T. Jones
1999 Mar.
Box 1, Folder 9
Letter from Harriet Jones with color photocopies of "The Shaping of Wings to Minimize the Formation of Shock Waves" by R.
T. Jones (1945) and other materials
1999 Oct.
Box 1, Folder 10
Letter from Harriet Jones with photocopied papers of R. T. Jones and photograph of his first wife Hazel St. Clair Jones
2000 June
