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Call Number: SC0584
Creator:
Villard, Oswald G.
Title: Oswald G. Villard papers
Dates: 1932-1998
Bulk Dates: 1958-1998
Physical Description:
100 Linear feet (121 boxes)
Summary: The papers include correspondence, articles and research papers, memoranda, reports, research files, contracts, minutes, and
other materials, 1958-1998. Institutions represented in the papers include Stanford University, Stanford Research Institute,
Naval Research Advisory Committee, USAF Scientific Advisory Board, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Union
of Radio Science International, and the Voice of America. The collection also includes instruction manuals and a log for radio
station W6YX, 1932-1933 (club station at Stanford)
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
This collection was given to the Stanford University Archives in 1998 by Oswald G. Villard.
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of intended use.
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.
[identification of item], Oswald G. Villard Papers (SC0584). Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
O. G. Villard, Jr., a leader in electromagnetic theory and experimental methods, earned his engineer's degree in 1943 and
his Ph.D. in 1949 at Stanford, studying with Dr. F. E. Terman. He joined the faculty in Stanford's electrical engineering
department and later was one of the founders of the Stanford Research Institute, now SRI International. He is a member of
the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the IEEE and the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.
The papers include correspondence, articles and research papers, memoranda, reports, research files, contracts, minutes, and
other materials, 1958-1998. Institutions represented in the papers include Stanford University, Stanford Research Institute,
Naval Research Advisory Committee, USAF Scientific Advisory Board, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Union
of Radio Science International, and the Voice of America. The collection also includes instruction manuals and a log for radio
station W6YX, 1932-1933 (club station at Stanford)
Naval Research Advisory Committee.
Stanford Research Institute.
Stanford University. Department of Electrical Engineering. Faculty.
Electrical engineering --Study and teaching.