Stanford University, Commission of Engineers, records 1906-1908

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Stanford University, Commission of Engineers, records 1906-1908

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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. The records of the Commission of Engineers, dating from 1906 to 1908, include correspondence, daily journal, estimates of repairs, reports, photographs, and negatives.

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6652591

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Marx, Charles David, 1858-1940

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Charles David Marx was one of Stanford's original faculty, the Old Guard. He came to Stanford in 1891 as Professor of Civil Engineering and taught here until his retirement in 1923. He formed close friendships with his students and was affectionately known as Daddy Marx. Marx was born in Ohio in 1857; during part of his youth he lived in Holland and Germany. He earned a bachelor's of civil engineering from Cornel...

Stanford University. Commission of Engineers.

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The Commission was composed of Professors C. D. Marx, William F. Durand and C. B. Wing. From the description of Stanford University, Commission of Engineers, records, 1906-1908. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 694341820 Biographical/Historical note 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 C...

Durand, William Frederick, 1859-1958

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Professor and head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stanford University, 1904-1924, Durand was most known for his aeronautical research. From the description of William Frederick Durand papers, 1876-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 551918463 Biographical/Historical note Frank Oakes Ellenwood was born November 10, 1878 in Little Hocking, Ohio. In 1904 he received the degree of A.B. in Mechanical Engineering ...

Wing, Charles B.

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