Guide to the John A. Blume Papers SC0684
Note
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Papers Accession ARCH-2003-281
Notes, testimonies, file reports, etc. for hearings regarding earthquakes, 1978-1981 (many files re Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant)
Product files, research models, instruments and equipment, 1958-1977
Reprints by other writers
Files re Peru earthquake of January 1958
“Jokes and talk material”
Bibliographic references
NVO project materials [box as a whole covers 1966-1988]
Soil data Jan. 1966 by Blume
SLAC 1964 info (EQ studies/survey)
SU 20th class reunion (class of ‘32 or ’33)
Earthquake Engineering and Stanford, 1964 report
Stanford course files (as student and as professor)
Blume’s evaluations of papers by other professionals
Reports by Blume & Associates 1978, 1982
Subject files on:
Shock impact, table pulses & blasts
Sound acoustics and music
Tests and devices
Random excitation
Design for blast & blast shelters
Future seismic research work
Human perception of motion
Subject files on:
vibration
EQ records, damage
EQ-resistant design
Files on various structural entities (grandstands, stadiums, etc)
Files on law
Files on materials
Subject files on:
EQ-resistant design
Code work on EQ
Seismology instruments
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant files
SRP files [unsure of meaning – structural something?]
Papers by other professionals
US Coast and Geodetic Survey reports re California cities 1930s-40s
More subject files
More US Coast and Geodetic Survey reports
Papers by Blume
Architectural exam 1949 [licensing-type exam]
Lehigh trip 1972
Tall buildings committee files
EERI minutes, Board of Directors 1978-79
Clippings on various earthquakes
Coast Geodetic and EERI assorted materials 1949-50
Blume’s papers and reprints
Assorted Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant materials
Assorted Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant materials
Nuclear Regulatory Commission legal suit (S. Carolina) – transcript of Blume’s deposition
Tentative Provisions for Development of Seismic Regulations, 1978 report
Long Beach condominium complex files (structural issues)
EQ damage evaluation data for California
Assorted Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant files, late 1960s-1970s
Data re Blume, Hosgri, Spectra
Meeting and data files, 1976
Diablo Canyon material 1977-78:
Study of Trifunac Attenuation
PGE Diffuse Area Probabilistic Study 1977
Santa Barbara earthquake Aug. 13, 1978
Data re Alexander building, San Francisco, 1956
Diablo Canyon:
Clippings
Letter from attorneys 1986
More legal and engineering documents 1983
Diablo Canyon:
Auxiliary building analysis
Annulus spectra 1977-83
Internal report – URS/Blume on DC 1982
Materials related to work for PG&E
Cornell correspondence – review of Blume document 1976
PG&E proposals 1978
Bechtel
PG&E 1982
Press re: “DC flap”
Talks and lectures by Blume: Stanford, 1939-69; other 1946-69
Talks and reprints 1957-59
Blume’s student notes at SU, 1928-32
Cost data for buildings
Testimony in cases
Talk (?) on Relationship of Peak Ground Acceleration, Intensity and Local Magnitude, 1981
Testimony South Carolina Electric & Gas, 1981
EQ Evaluation Data for California – draft 1984
EQ Evaluation Data for California – draft 1985
Applied Technology Council Project/Meetings 1984
Fees & Services – collected documentation
JAB-QS - Long Beach material 1978-82
Paper redone by Blume, etc, 1988 (Edward C. Robinson 1950)
Alexander building files – 1962 note by JAB
JAB publicity clippings, souvenirs & scrapbook data “Box #2,3”
Notebook for CE105 Problems, 1932
Steel Moment Frame Connection (publication)
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant – notebook 1977
Advances in Earthquake Engineering 1980 (Continuing Studies notebook)
Computer programs written & used at SU (1965)
Miscellaneous publications/reprints
Atomic Energy – South Carolina material
Wind Loading – information
Blume – “Professional Qualifications”
CA – Board of Registration – structural exams
Colliers – 1956 – (1906 earthquake)
Newspaper – SF Chron 1956
CA – Board of Registration – civil eng. exams
SU 1933 Class – 1953 reunion
CA Division of Highways – Civil Service exams 1933
Papers, 1977-82
Miscellaneous publications
Miscellaneous unsorted materials – ephemera/publications
Binders of photographs of earthquakes
Binders of photographs of earthquakes
Notebooks of Blume
Loose pages from photo book
Slides and photographs (mostly professional, some personal)
Slides and slide transparencies
Slides
Memorabilia related to trip (China?)
Photographs
Diablo Canyon Reports – prepared for PGE 1968-87
Other documentation related to Diablo Canyon 1970s (Reanalysis Criteria & Reports)
Professional Organization directories
Professional Organization documents
Business related – miscellaneous
Stanford
Misc
SF 1906 data
Codes, etc.
Miscellaneous materials
USCGS (?)
EERI
Miscellany including some loose photos
Excerpts from Nils Blume autobiography (relates to 1906 quake)
Genealogy – Blume
Photos
Charles A. Blume – file
JAB personal data – genealogy, etc.
CAB job photos
Clippings
JAB job record with Brunnier
Various small publications – by Blume and others
Earthquake Evaluation data report – part 1 – 1985 draft
Clippings & other unsorted material
Folder: April 18, 1906 – S. F. earthquake
Publications: mostly by Blume
Box with material related to 1980 trip to China, Japan, etc.
1941 datebook
Slide catalogue – notebook
Fire Retardants in San Francisco Fire 1906 – photo album published by Kinnear Manufacturing
2 photo albums
1915 – Album of views of SF
Personal material from Claire Webster
Official guide to Pan Pacific 1915 Expo
Publications:
Yanev “Technical Communication: The Lice, Turkey Earthquake of September 6, 1975” Nov. 1975
Summary of Structural Dynamics Research at Stanford 1946-53 – August 1953
San Francisco Seismic Safety Investigation, June 1974
Program and Abstracts of Papers. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Investigations of the San Fernando Earthquake – Feb. 1972
A Low Cost Method to Rehabilitate Unsafe Schools in Earthquake-Prone Areas
Effects of Earthquake on Engineering Structures (notes), 1929
Sozen, Rosset. “Structural Damage Caused by the 1976 Guatemala Earthquake” March 1976
Research Agenda: The 19 September 1985 Mexico Earthquake. January 1986
Damage Evaluation for Imperial County Services Building, El Centro, California. February 1980
A Comparative Study of Pulse and Step-Type Loads on a Simple Vibratory System. Jan. 1952
Development of a ‘Deformation Model’ of a building for the Study of Blast Load Effects. June 1952
Jacobsen, “On a General Method of Solving Second Order Differential Equations by Phase-Plane-Displacements.” Report no. 13
Architect & Engineer, Sept. 1958
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, April 1972
EERI Delegation to the People’s Republic of China Jan. 1982
EERI Reconnaissance Report Miyagi-Ken-Oki, Japan Earthquake of June 12, 1978. December 1978
EERI Newsletters May 1979, July 1981
Neville Donovan, ”Notes for EERI Course on Seismic Risk Analysis” Feb. 9, 1978
Earthquake Data compiled by H. M. Engle Aug. 1932 [copies of assorted documents]
ASCE Technical Seminar – resources 1960s
Design Seminar, Structural Engineering Conference of ASCI May 1967
EERI 1968 State-of-the-Art Symposium EQ Engineering of buildings, Feb. 1968
Various resources marked “File #9.3”
Military Engineer, Jan-Feb. 1973
Peter Yanev, Field Notes Miyagi-Ken-Oki, Japan Earthquake of June 12, 1978
URS/Blume & Associates, Review of Seismic Studies of Proposed Nuclear Waste Repository [Nevada], June 1983
Tom Andres, “A Brief Account of Responses to the Santa Barbara EQ, August 13, 1978”
1948 building codes for San Francisco
Assorted steel company catalogs 1903-1928
Slides, including glass lantern slides
Framed photos, certificate, plaques, awards
Plaques, certificates awards
Large mounted photos – early 20th century
Post ’06 photos
Some family photos
Family Stereographs
Slides and a few photos of EQ damage 1973 and other dates
Maps, a few reports, and many photos re California EQs – 1952 and other dates
Tacoma Narrows 32_01
Unlabeled 32_02
Headline Earthquakes 1980 32_03
ITS / Mode control method 32_04
Construction Automation & Robots – Boyd Paulson 32_05 1990 Apr 6
FEMA workshop #2 Safety of Dams 1986 32_06 - 32_13
Computer Simulation of the Painter Street & Dumbarton Bridges 32_14
California OES “An Ounce of Prevention…” 32_15 - 32_16
Costa Rica Earthquake 32_17
Miyagi-Ken-Oki, Japan earthquake 32_18
JDO Earthquake Presentation 1991 32_19
Quake Defense 32_20
Earthquake – Haresh Shah 1994 32_21
Earthquakes Channel 7 1994 32_22
National Bureau of Standards – Mexico Earthquake 1985 32_23 - 32_24
Philippine Earthquake NHK Special 32_25 - 32_26 1990
Middle Japan Sea earthquake 32_27
Major Earthquakes 32_28
Earthquake 32_29
California Geotechnical Engineers Association - Outstanding Project Awards 32_30 1991-1992
Glass Slides
Regular slides
1 film – Interferometry in Earthquake Research
1 unmarked microfilm roll
1 film – Milestones of the Century
1 record (45 rpm?) – Sounds of earthquakes
Miscellaneous publications