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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Richard H. Jahns papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0306
Physical Description:
61.5 + the linear ft of 2024-024 Linear
Feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1916-1983
Summary: Correspondence,
memoranda, reports, and articles. The Jahns papers reflect the breadth of his research and
teaching interests, from glacial deposits to seismic hazards. Also included are materials
related to his public service and consulting activities with NASA, Atomic Energy Commission,
the National Science Foundation, the Stanford University Committee on Earthquake
Preparedness, University Committee on Land and Building Development, the California State
Seismic Commission, and two field notebooks concerning the granite district of Milford, New
Hampshire.
Language of Material:
English .
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of the estate of Richard Jahns.
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.
[itme], Richard H. Jahns papers (SC0306). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of Geology and Applied Sciences and Dean of the School of Earth Sciences at
Stanford University, 1965-1983. Jahns came to Stanford following teaching positions at Cal
Tech and Penn State, where he also served as Dean of the College of Mineral Industries.
Jahns received many national awards and published over 100 monographs. He died in 1983.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and articles. The Jahns papers reflect the breadth of
his research and teaching interests, from glacial deposits to seismic hazards. Also included
are materials related to his public service and consulting activities with NASA, Atomic
Energy Commission, the National Science Foundation, the Stanford University Committee on
Earthquake Preparedness, University Committee on Land and Building Development, the
California State Seismic Commission, and two field notebooks concerning the granite district
of Milford, New Hampshire.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Earth Sciences.
Earthquakes.
Geology.
Milford (N. H.).