Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Information about Access
Ownership & Copyright
Cite As
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Related Collections
Description of the Collection
Arrangement
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: William Shockley papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0222
Physical Description:
495.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1860-2002
Date (bulk): 1940-1988
Abstract: Professional and
personal papers relating to Professor Shockley's controversial interests in environment and
genetic influences on intelligence; research on transistors and electronics; and science
education. Also includes extensive family materials including diaries and
correspondence.
Language of Material:
English .
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Professor William B. Shockley, 1980 and 1986, and of Mrs. William B. Shockley,
1990, 1995, 2007 and 2008.
Information about Access
Accession ARCH-2007-198, boxes 183-185 are closed for 75 years from date of creation.
Materials are otherwise open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in
original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Ownership & Copyright
Copyright has been transferred to Stanford University. All requests to reproduce, publish,
quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
University Archivist, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Cite As
[item], William Bradford Shockley papers (SC0222). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of engineering at Stanford (1958-1975; emeritus 1975-1989). Shockley was
co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics, 1956.
Related Collections
Description of the Collection
Professional and personal papers relating to Professor Shockley's controversial interests
in environment and genetic influences on intelligence; research on transistors and
electronics; and science education. Also includes extensive family materials including
diaries and correspondence.
Arrangement
The original accession is arranged in three series: 2) Correspondence; 3) Correspondence
Enclosures; 4) Shockley Family Papers. Ten subsequent accessions follow: 1986-050; 1986-087;
1990-117; 1990-126; 1995-153; 1999-178; 2007-198; 2007-276; 2008-315; 2008-337.
Note: Audio recordings of Shockley's telephone conversations originally arranged as "Series
1" were later incorporated into the "Audiovisual material" subseries in Accession
ARCH-2007-198. There is no series 1.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nobel Prize winners
Intelligence tests
Intelligence levels
Electrical engineering -- California.
Electronics
Genetics.
Electrical engineering -- Study and teaching.
Transistors
Science -- Study and teaching