Guide to the H. O. Fuchs Papers
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0101
Creator:
Fuchs, H. O. (Henry Otten), 1907-
Title: H. O. Fuchs papers
Dates: 1950-1988
Physical Description:
16 Linear feet
Summary: Course notes for mechanical engineering undergraduate and
graduate classes; correspondence; case histories in engineering problems prepared by
Fuchs; records pertaining to the Engineering Case Program; research notes, articles, and
papers by Fuchs; and photographs.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
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Stanford, CA 94305-6064
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Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Henry Fuchs, 1972 and 1977, and the Dept. of Engineering, 1991.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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Cite As
H. O. Fuchs Papers (SC0101). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Fuchs, an expert on fatique in metals, taught mechanical engineering at Stanford
University from 1964 to 1973, when he became an Emeritus Professor. He was educated in
France and Germany, earning his Ph.D. in 1932 from the Technical University in
Karlsruhe, Germany. Before coming to Stanford, he was an engineer with General Motors
(1933-45) and president of Metal Improvement Company (1946-60), where he designed the
shot peening process. While at Stanford he directed the Engineering Case Program,
writing or supervising the production of more than 200 case studies. He died in
1989.
Description of the Collection
Course notes for mechanical engineering undergraduate and graduate classes;
correspondence; case histories in engineering problems prepared by Fuchs; records
pertaining to the Engineering Case Program; research notes, articles, and papers by
Fuchs; and photographs.
Access Terms
Almen, John O.
Fuchs, H. O. (Henry Otten), 1907-
Olley, M.
Pitzer, Kenneth S., (Kenneth Sanborn),
1914-1997
Stanford University. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
--Faculty.
Stanford University. Engineering Case
Program.
Engineering --Study and teaching.
Engineering design --Case studies.
Photoprints
Collection Contents
Papers Accession ARCH-1991-130
Box 24
A: Engineering cases for future engineers; B: History of SAE FD
& E Committee
Box 24
American Society for Engineering Education 85th Annual Conference,
1977.
Box 24
Tape #13 Should a Technology graduate be called an
Engineer?
Box 24
7 tapes on Ralph Heintz, 1977
Box 24
Duplicate slides of lecture illustrations (graphs, drawings,
etc.)
Notebook Accession 2007-259
Box 1
Notebook from ME 245 (Fatigue of Metal Structures) containing syllabus,
tests, answers, memos and a copy of Fuchs' "Fatigue Resistance of Metal Parts"
1978
