Guide to the Walter G. Vincenti papers

Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford, California
February 2011
Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.


Overview

Call Number: SC1022
Creator: Vincenti, Walter G., (Walter Guido), 1917-
Title: Walter G. Vincenti papers
Dates: 1917-2007
Physical Description: 14 Linear feet
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

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; letters from Harriet Jones with photocopied papers of aeronautical scientist R. T. Jones, 1999-2000; and a seminar on fluid mechanics.

Access Terms

David, Paul A.
Fohlen, Claude B.
Jones, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1910-
Stanford University -- General subdivision--Curricula.;
Industrial revolution.
Technology--Social aspects.


 

Accession ARCH-2005-156 Class materials and miscellaneous papers 1971-2000

Physical Description: 0.5 Linear feet
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

 

Accession ARCH-2008-190 Additional materials 1917-1997

Box 1, Folder 1

The Screw Propeller 1980

Box 1, Folder 2

Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects 1924

Box 1, Folder 3

Control-Volume Analysis Materials and early versions 1978

Box 1, Folder 4

NASM Search Committee 1988-1989

Box 1, Folder 5

The Davis Wing and the Problem of Airfoil Design - Penultimate Draft 1985

Box 1, Folder 6

Davis Wing undated

Box 1, Folder 7

Flush Riveting 66970 undated

Box 1, Folder 8

Flush Riveting Ms. undated

Box 1, Folder 9

Durand-Lesley Paper Figure Originals undated

Box 1, Folder 10

Control-Volume Analysis Drafts undated

Box 1, Folder 11

Loose Correspondence/Papers undated

Box 1, Folder 12

Status Report and Development Plans: Program in Values, Technology, and Society 1973

Box 1, Folder 13

Unlabeled Binder (Britain in the Industrial Revolution) 1979

Box 1, Folder 14

Ombudsman undated

Box 1, Folder 15

Durand-Lesley Tests - Miscellaneous Notes 1914

Box 1, Folder 16

Durand-Lesley Tests - ASME Paper 1974

Box 1, Folder 17

Durand-Lesley Tests - Notes on References undated

Box 1, Folder 18

Durand-Lesley Tests - Draft Manuscript undated

Box 1, Folder 19

Britannia Br.--Corresp. 1977

Box 1, Folder 20

Britannia Bridge - Notes 1972

Box 1, Folder 21

Durand-Lesley Tests - Revised Draft 1976

Box 1, Folder 22

Loose Papers/Articles About Vicenti undated

Box 1, Folder 23

Selected Papers of William Frederick Durand 1944

Box 2, Folder 1

The Davis Wing Drafts 1988-1989

Box 2, Folder 2

Hansen 1981

Box 2, Folder 3

Govt. Agencies 1981

Box 2, Folder 4

Aerodynamics 1981

Box 2, Folder 5

Patents undated

Box 2, Folder 6

Innovation undated

Box 2, Folder 7

Strength undated

Box 2, Folder 8

Production undated

Box 2, Folder 9

Outline undated

Box 2, Folder 10

Ideas undated

Box 2, Folder 11

Misc. undated

Box 2, Folder 12

Control-Volume Analysis 1977-1979

Box 2, Folder 13

Seminar on Davis Wing undated

Box 2, Folder 14

Inclined Plate at M=1 - Flow Over Top Surface undated

Box 2, Folder 15

Nonlinear Conical Flow - Miscellaneous Notes undated

Box 2, Folder 16

Leading-Edge Suction on NACA 64A010 undated

Box 2, Folder 17

Transonic Wind Tunnels undated

Box 2, Folder 18

6'x6' Supersonic Tunnel undated

Box 2, Folder 19

Finite-Span Pressure Distribution Tests undated

Box 2, Folder 20

Miscelleanous Stuff from Newman Fisher undated

Box 2, Folder 21

Flow Near M=Infinity undated

Box 2, Folder 22

Aerodynamic Noise undated

Box 2, Folder 23

Numerical Work for TN3499 undated

Box 2, Folder 24

Potential of Non-Lifting Triangular Wing and evaluation of (integral) undated

Box 2, Folder 25

First-Order Wave Structure 1952

Box 2, Folder 26

Suppliers 1960

Box 3, Folder 1

Correspondence between Brookins and Arnold 1917-1938

Box 3, Folder 2

T&C Committee 1995

Box 3, Folder 3

VPI Visit 1991

Box 3, Folder 4

American Heritage 1987

Box 3, Folder 5

A&S Productions 1990

Box 3, Folder 6

SSofS Note 1991

Box 3, Folder 7

SHOT Session 1991

Box 3, Folder 8

Personal Stuff undated

Box 3, Folder 9

Miscellaneous Notes undated

Box 3, Folder 10

Miscellaneous Papers undated

Box 3, Folder 11

Non-Euclidean Geometry 1937

Box 3, Folder 12

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Technical Notes 1951

Box 3, Folder 13

Unlabeled Documents undated

Box 3, Folder 14

Triangular Flat Plate at M=1 undated

Box 3, Folder 15

Miscellaneous Transonic Results undated

Box 3, Folder 16

Wedge with Detached Shock-Method of Solution undated

Box 3, Folder 17

Finite-Span Wedges Near Shock Attachment undated

Box 3, Folder 18

Exp. Study of Detached Waves - 8x8 inch Tunnel undated

Box 3, Folder 19

Home Maps undated

Box 3, Folder 20

AA 210A 1971-1972

Box 3, Folder 21

AA 210A 1969-1970

Box 3, Folder 22

AA 210A 1968-1969

Box 3, Folder 23

AA 210A 1967-1968

Box 3, Folder 24

AA 210A 1966-1967

Box 3, Folder 25

AA 210A 1965-1966

Box 3, Folder 26

AA 210A 1962-1963

Box 3, Folder 27

AA 210A 1961-1962

Box 3, Folder 28

AA 210A 1960-1961

Box 3, Folder 29

AA 210A 1959-1960

Box 3, Folder 30

AA 210A 1958-1959

Box 3, Folder 31

Problem Stencils 1957-1958

Box 3, Folder 32

AA 211A 1966

Box 3, Folder 33

AA 211B 1969

Box 3, Folder 34

AA 215 1970

Box 3, Folder 35

Loose Graph Paper 1964

Box 3, Folder 36

Talk for Stanford-Lockhead Meeting on Radiation Coupled Flows undated

Box 3, Folder 37

Seminar Talk at Ohio State and Mich. 1969

Box 3, Folder 38

Durand-Lesley Tests - National Archive Material 1974

Box 4, Folder 1

Personal undated

Box 4, Folder 2

Personal Photos undated

Box 4, Folder 3

VTSS 1995

Box 4, Folder 4

Administration 1979

Box 4, Folder 5

Budget 1980

Box 4, Folder 6

VTS Funding 1979-1982

Box 4, Folder 7

Personnel 1981

Box 4, Folder 8

VTS Correspondence 1977

Box 4, Folder 9

Talks 1979-1981

Box 4, Folder 10

Curriculum 1975

Box 4, Folder 11

Courses 1981-1982

Box 4, Folder 12

Announcements 1981

Box 4, Folder 13

Other Courses and Programs 1981

Box 4, Folder 14

Evalutation 1979-1980

Box 4, Folder 15

VTS Miscellaneous 1981-1983

Box 4, Folder 16

ET Course Reports undated

Box 4, Folder 17

ET Tabulated Data 1973

Box 4, Folder 18

ET Misc. Reports 1974

Box 4, Folder 19

Research Prospects 1978

Box 4, Folder 20

Individually Designed Majors 1981, 1981

Box 4, Folder 21

Western Culture Course 1979-1982

Box 4, Folder 22

SHOT Advisory Council 1984

Box 4, Folder 23

NASA History Communication 1978-1986

Box 4, Folder 24

Islamic Project 1981

Box 4, Folder 25

National Academy of Engineering 1978, 1990

Box 4, Folder 26

AIAA Fellow Review 1986

Box 4, Folder 27

Miscellaneous 1984, 1989

Box 4, Folder 28

Academy of Astronautics 1970, 1971

Box 4, Folder 29

Society for Scientific Exploration 1982

Box 4, Folder 30

Technology Seminar 1982

Box 4, Folder 31

SHOT Awards 1985-1987

Box 4, Folder 32

"Albatrosses" 1983-1985

Box 4, Folder 33

Physical Gas Dynamics 1965, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977

Box 4, Folder 34

Alumni Seminar in Britain 1979

Box 4, Folder 35

Sabbatical 1970-1971, 1982-1983

Box 4, Folder 36

Retirement 1982

Box 4, Folder 37

Recommendations 1981-1997

Box 4, Folder 39

Referee Reports 1970-1973, 1973-1979,1983

Box 4, Folder 40

Guggenheim Fellowship 1962-1965

Box 4, Folder 41

Ph.D. Exams 1965-1973

Box 4, Folder 42

Travel 1988

Box 4, Folder 43

Britannia Bridge--Reviews 1979, 1994

Box 4, Folder 44

"Otway O'Mira Pardee" undated

Box 4, Folder 45

Annual Review Vol. 6 1974

Box 4, Folder 46

VTS 121 Autumn 1973

Box 4, Folder 47

VTS 121 Winter 1973

Box 4, Folder 48

VTS 113 (History) 1972

Box 4, Folder 49

Class roll books (VTSS 2, VTS 122, VTS 2, VTS 121, Hum 113) 1979-1987

Box 4, Folder 50

Status Report and Development Plans: Program in Values, Technology, and Society 1973

Box 5, Folder 1

A.E. 210c Spring 1959

Box 5, Folder 2

A.E. 211a Winter 1960

Box 5, Folder 3

Physical Gas Dynamics Revisions 1967

Box 5, Folder 4

A.A. 215 Winter 1970

Box 5, Folder 5

F44620-69-C-0006 1969

Box 6, Folder 1

Correspondence 1993-2002

Box 6, Folder 2

NSF GK-30635 1971-1974

Box 6, Folder 3

A.A. 210a Autumn 1967

Box 6, Folder 4

A.A. 210a Autumn 1971

Box 6, Folder 5

A.E. 210b Winter 1959

Box 6, Folder 6

Misc. circa 1952

Box 6, Folder 7

Paul David's Course Spring 1979

Box 7, Folder 1

Possible Topics after Book 1983-1986

Box 7, Folder 2

Assorted Printouts undated

Box 7, Folder 3

JW Swan and the Invention of the Incandescent Electric Lamp 1978

Box 7, Folder 4

A Symposium in Honor of Milton Van Dyke 1997

Box 7, Folder 5

Correspondence regarding "What Engineers Know" 1983-1993

Box 7, Folder 6

Unlabeled Slides undated

Box 7, Folder 7

Reshoots-Vicenti circa 1991

Box 7, Folder 8

Loose Version of "What Engineers Know" 1990

Box 7, Folder 9

Western Culture and Technology: The Ancient World 1985-1986

Box 7, Folder 10

Unlabeled Lectures 1980-1987

Box 7, Folder 11

Selected Readings - VTSS 2 1985-1986

Box 7, Folder 12

VTS 2 Spring 1980

Box 7, Folder 13

VTS 2 Winter 1981

Box 7, Folder 14

VTS 2 Winter 1982

Box 7, Folder 15

VTS 2 - Misc. Notes 1981-1983

Box 7, Folder 16

Unlabeled Diagrams undated

Box 7, Folder 17

Indexes 1969

Box 7, Folder 18

Bulletin of the American Physical Society 1979

Box 7, Folder 19

Style Manual 1959

Box 7, Folder 20

An ASME Paper 1971

Box 7, Folder 21

"Technology, Culture, Society" 1985

Box 7, Folder 22

Walter Vincenti undated

Box 8, Folder 1

Unlabeled Binder (Didactic Material, General Histories, etc) circa 1985

Box 8, Folder 2

Unlabeled Binder (Planning, Correspondence, Ideas for Text) circa 1985

Box 8, Folder 3

Study of Pressure Distributions undated

Box 8, Folder 4

Various Correspondence and Notes 1983-1986

Box 8, Folder 5

Raleigh Paper 1987

Box 8, Folder 6

FR-Manuscript 1985

Box 8, Folder 7

FR-Notes on Sources 1985

Box 8, Folder 8

Unlabeled Binder (Technology and Culture, "After the Fact") 1995-1997

Box 8, Folder 9

VTS 3 1998-1989

Box 9, Folder 1

Bureau of Aeronautics Specification 1948

Box 9, Folder 2

Dynamic Stability and Control Research 1951

Box 9, Folder 3

NASA-Robert G. Gilruth 1967

Box 9, Folder 4

Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory 1951

Box 9, Folder 5

The Variable Stability Airplane 1988

Box 9, Folder 6

The Weight Envelope 1985

Box 9, Folder 7

Miscellaneous Printouts undated

Box 9, Folder 8

Final Report on the Demonstration and Trials of the Sikorsky XPBS-1 1938

Box 9, Folder 9

GH-86-26 1986

Box 9, Folder 10

GH-88-1 1989

Box 9, Folder 11

CBA-18-1 1918

Box 9, Folder 12

CBA-20-1 1920

Box 9, Folder 13

CBA-25-1 1925

Box 9, Folder 14

CBA-28-2 undated

Box 9, Folder 15

CBA-29-1 1929

Box 9, Folder 16

Loose Photocopies of Articles 1911-1942

Box 9, Folder 17

Correspondence about Engineering Knowledge 1988

Box 9, Folder 18

Initial Draft - Chapter 7 The Anatomy of Engineering Design Knowledge undated

Box 9, Folder 19

Correspondence and Edits circa 1987

Box 9, Folder 20

Unlabeled Photocopies undated

Box 9, Folder 21

Special Study on the Records of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 19730

Box 9, Folder 22

Unlabeled Folder with Photocopies 1935

Box 9, Folder 23

Unlabeled Packet of Photocopies circa 1936

Box 9, Folder 24

AR-41 to AR46 1941

Box 9, Folder 25

GH-84 to GH-47 1986

Box 9, Folder 26

AR 37 to AR-39 1937

Box 9, Folder 27

Unlabeled Photocopies undated

Box 9, Folder 28

The Struggle Against the Sea undated

Box 9, Folder 29

1990 Alumni Trip 1989

Box 9, Folder 30

Initial Draft and Assorted Papers 1995

 

Fluid mechanics seminar, William Frederick Durand: From Wooden Ships to Jet Engines 2007 Apr 20

Fluid mechanics seminar, William Frederick Durand: From Wooden Ships to Jet Engines, 2007 Apr 20

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