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Title: Lydik S. Jacobsen papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0235
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1948-1958
Summary: Miscellaneous correspondence and other papers relating to Professor Jacobsen's research interests in seismology and structural
dynamics.
creator:
Jacobsen, Lydik S.
creator:
Jacobsen, Lydik S.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Administrative transfer, School of Engineering, 1980.
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.
Lydik S. Jacobsen Papers (SC0235). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor Jacobsen began his teaching career at Stanford in 1924. He headed the Mechanical Engineering Department, 1940-1943,
and directed the Earthquake Research Laboratory, 1926-1943 and 1946-1962; received his a.b. in mechanical engineering from
Stanford in 1921 and his Ph.D. in Physics here in 1927. Jacobsen died in 1976.
Miscellaneous correspondence and other papers relating to Professor Jacobsen's research interests in seismology and structural
dynamics.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Jacobsen, Lydik S.
Jacobsen, Lydik S.
Stanford University. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering --Faculty.
Stanford University. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. -- General subdivision--Faculty.;
Stanford University. Earthquake Research Laboratory.
Stanford University. Earthquake Research Laboratory.