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Jaroslav Joseph Polivka papers, 1940-1958.
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Jaroslav Joseph Polivka papers, 1940-1958Creator/Contributor:
Polivka, Jaroslav Joseph, 1886-1960, creator, creator.Abstract:
Collection includes materials on the work of the Photoelastic Research Laboratory that Polivka set up within the University
of California, Berkeley's Department of Civil Engineering and materials on Jaroslav's design of a proposed Southern Crossing
of the Bay, a toll bridge project that he designed in collaboration with Frank Lloyd Wright around 1950, which he then offered
up to Caltrans to be built. This bridge is often referred to as the "Butterfly Wing Bridge." Also included are materials other
projects that Jaroslav designed on the West Coast and in the Bay Area as well as some personal correspondence, calculations,
drawings and photographs.
Date:
1940 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caPhotoelasticity
Civil engineering
Civil engineers
Bridges -- California
Ingénieurs civils
Ponts -- Californie
civil engineers
Bridges
Civil engineering
Civil engineers
Photoelasticity
California
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Engineering.
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Civil Engineering.
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Civil Engineering
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Engineering
Polivka, Jaroslav Joseph -- 1886-1960 -- Archives
Wright, Frank Lloyd -- 1867-1959
Polivka, Jaroslav Joseph -- 1886-1960
Wright, Frank Lloyd -- 1867-1959
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Forms part of the History of Science and Technology Collection.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Gift of Ron Polivka; 2021.
Jaroslav Joseph Polivka (20 April 1886 - 9 February 1960) was a Czech structural engineer. In 1939, he immigrated to the United
States and became a research associate and lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley. He is known for his work on
photoelasticity and also for his work doing stuctural stress analysis for architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Jaroslav Joseph Polivka papers, BANC MSS 2022/203, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.