Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Sterling Beckwith papers
- Dates:
- 1929-1992
- Creators:
- Beckwith, Sterling
- Abstract:
- Papers pertain to his interest and work in engineering and include drawings, notes, publications, correspondence, reports, plans, financial records, manuals, photographs, and patent files. Subjects include helicopters and polycopters, hydroelectric projects (including that of Paradise, California), the Nitrafix Process [recovery of nitrogen from engine exhaust], turbine generators, vehicles and transportation, and Chicago Stock Yards Research Division files. The collection also includes two films ("Tow Test Films" and "Polycopter Indoors & Outdoors").
- Extent:
- 51.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Sterling Beckwith Papers (SC0553). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Papers pertain to his interest and work in engineering and include drawings, notes, publications, correspondence, reports, plans, financial records, manuals, photographs, and patent files. Subjects include helicopters and polycopters, hydroelectric projects (including that of Paradise, California), the Nitrafix Process [recovery of nitrogen from engine exhaust], turbine generators, vehicles and transportation, and Chicago Stock Yards Research Division files. The collection also includes two films ("Tow Test Films" and "Polycopter Indoors & Outdoors").
- Biographical / historical:
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Engineer and inventor, Sterling Beckwith earned his A.B. at Stanford University in 1927 and his M.S. at Pittsburgh in 1929.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Hydroelectric power plants.
Engineering.
Helicopters - Names:
- Beckwith, Sterling
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-28 15:37:24 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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Sterling Beckwith Papers (SC0553). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022