Guide to the C.F. Quate Papers
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0347
Creator:
Quate, C.F.
Title: C.F. Quate papers
Dates: circa 1961-1984
Physical Description:
13.5 Linear feet
Summary: Correspondence, memoranda, press releases, contracts, grants, course materials and other records pertaining to his research
and teaching at Stanford, including work at the Ginzton Laboratory; and offsets, glossies, and slides from the acoustic microscope
project.
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
Gift of Calvin F. Quate, 1987.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
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and educational purposes.
Cite As
C.F. Quate Papers (SC0347). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Calvin F. Quate earned his degrees in electrical engineering at the University of Utah (B.S., 1944) and Stanford University
(Ph.D., 1950). He joined the Stanford faculty in 1961 as professor in the applied physics and electrical engineering departments,
serving two terms as chair of the department of applied physics. He was Associate Dean of Humanities and Sciences from 1972-1974
and 1982-1983. In 1988 he received the IEEE's Medal of Honor for the invention of the scanning acoustic microscope.
Description of the Collection
Correspondence, memoranda, press releases, contracts, grants, course materials and other records pertaining to his research
and teaching at Stanford, including work at the Ginzton Laboratory; and offsets, glossies, and slides from the acoustic microscope
project.
Access Terms
Quate, C.F.
Stanford University. Department of Applied Physics. Faculty.
Stanford University. Department of Electrical Engineering. Faculty.
Acoustic microscopes.
Electrical engineering
Physics--Research.
Slides.
See also AM 2004-002, medals awarded to Quate:
IEEE Third Mellenium Medal, 2000
IEEE Medal of Honor 1988
National Medal of Science, 1992
National Medal of Technology
Aspen Highlands Silver Nastar
Accession ARCH-2004-117
Papers
Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence, 1991 Jan.-June
Box 1, Folder 3
Correspondence, 1991 July-Dec.
Box 1, Folder 4
Correspondence, 1992 Jan.-March
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence, 1992 May-July
Box 1, Folder 6
Correspondence, 1992 Aug.-Sept.
Box 1, Folder 7
Correspondence, 1992 Oct.-Dec.
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence, 1993 Jan.-March
Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence, 1993 April-July
Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence, 1993 Oct.-Dec.
Box 1, Folder 11
Correspondence, 1994 Jan.-June
Box 1, Folder 12
Correspondence, 1994 Aug.-Nov.
Box 1, Folder 13
Correspondence, 1995 Jan.-April
Box 1, Folder 14
Correspondence, 1995 May-Sept.
Box 1, Folder 15
Correspondence, 1995 Oct.-Dec.
Box 1, Folder 16
Correspondence, 1996 Jan.-June
Box 1, Folder 17
Correspondence, 1996 July-Sept.
Box 1, Folder 18
Correspondence, 1996 Oct.-Dec.
Box 2
Personal correspondence, 1990-2001
Box 2
Biographical, miscellaneous
Box 2
Medal of Science Award, press release, 1992
Box 2
Ginzton Lab Notebook, issued to C. F. Quate, Dec.21, 1992
Box 2
Quate, Traveling Wave Tubes as Low Noise Amplifiers, Ph. D. dissertation, Stanford University, 1949
Box 3 os
The Royal Society, membership certificate, 1995
Box 3 os
IEEE Medal of Honor certificate, 1988
Box 3 os
National Academy of Science, membership certificate, 1975
Box 3 os
The Rank Prize for Opto-Electronics, 1982
Box 3 os
Joseph F. Keithley Award from the American Physical Society, 2000
