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Call Number: SC0001
Creator:
Stanford University. Commission of Engineers.
Title: Stanford University, Commission of Engineers, records
Dates: 1906-1908
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear feet
Summary: Records of the University's Commission of Engineers
responsible for the reconstruction of Stanford University buildings after the 1906
earthquake. Includes correspondence, the Commission's daily journals, photographs,
negatives, and estimates of repairs.
Summary: The records of the Commission of Engineers, dating
from 1906 to 1908, include correspondence, daily journal, estimates of repairs,
reports, photographs, and negatives.
Language(s): In English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative transfer, 1965.
This collection is open for research.
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.
Stanford University, Commission of Engineers, Records (SC0001). Dept. of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
The original group of records, Box 1 through Box 5, folder 4, were processed in
January 1965. Additional progress reports in Box 5, folders 5 and 6, were added in
May 1972. In March 1995, the photographic negatives and prints in Boxes 6 through 13
were added to the records.
Related materials may be found in SC 27 (Board of Trustees Supporting Documents), Box
1, folder for August 1, 1906, and in SC 28 (Horace Davis papers), Box 5, folder
37.
The Commission of Engineers was charged with directing the restoration of the
university's buildings after the earthquake of April 1906. The Commission, composed
of Professors Charles D. Marx (civil engineering), Charles B. Wing (structural
engineering), and William F. Durand (mechanical engineering), was appointed by the
Board of Trustees in June 1906.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The Commission of Engineers was charged with directing the restoration of the
university's buildings after the earthquake of April 1906. The Commission, composed
of Professors Charles D. Marx (civil engineering), Charles B. Wing (structural
engineering), and William F. Durand (mechanical engineering), was appointed by the
Board of Trustees in June 1906.
The records of the Commission of Engineers, dating from 1906 to 1908, include
correspondence, daily journal, estimates of repairs, reports, photographs, and
negatives.
Papers of the University's Commission of Engineers responsible for the reconstruction
of Stanford University buildings after the 1906 earthquake. Includes correspondence,
the Commission's daily journals, photographs, negatives, and estimates of
repairs.
Durand, William Frederick, 1859-1958.
Marx, Charles David, 1858-1940.
Stanford University. Commission of Engineers.
Wing, Charles B.
Journals.
Photonegatives.
Photoprints.
San Francisco (Calif.) --Earthquake, 1906.