Melvin C. Hironaka Notebooks

Melvin C. Hironaka Notebooks, 1956-1960

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Hironaka, M. C.
Title: Melvin C. Hironaka Notebooks
Dates: 1956-1960 (inclusive)
19561960
Quantity: 0.5 cubic foot, (1 box)
Collection Number: MSS Hironaka
Summary: The Melvin C. Hironaka Notebooks consist of class notebooks created by Hironaka for engineering courses he took at Oregon State College. Hironaka earned a BS in civil engineering in 1960.
Repository: Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Melvin Chikara Hironaka, from Hawaii, attended Oregon State College (OSC) from 1956 until 1960 when he earned a BS in Civil Engineering. His wife, Florence Miya Endo Hironaka, also from Hawaii, attended OSC from 1954 until 1958 and earned a BA in Home Economics in 1958.

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The Melvin C. Hironaka Notebooks consist of class notebooks created by Hironaka for engineering courses, primarily civil engineering, he took at Oregon State College. The notebooks include lecture notes, problems, quizzes, and exams. The following courses are represented in the collection: Engineering Drawing (CE 111, 112, and 113); Introduction to Civil Engineering (CE 201); Mechanics (Dynamics) (CE 213); Plane Surveying (CE 221 and 222); Topographic Survey (CE 223); Fluid Mechanics (CE 313); Thermodynamics (ME 336); Soil Mechanics (CE 372); Structural Analysis (CE 381-382 and CE 486); and Structural Engineering (CE 483).

These course were taught by a variety of engineering faculty, including F.J. Burgess, M.P. Coopey, G.L. Martin, Thomas McClellan, S. Nathanson, H.D. Pritchett, and Roy H. Shoemaker.

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Preferred Citation

Melvin C. Hironaka Notebooks, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

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Acquisition Information

The notebooks were donated to the Archives by Melvin C. and Florence E. Hironaka in 2010.

Related Materials

Materials pertaining to civil engineering instruction and research at Oregon State are available in the College of Engineering (RG 062) and the Civil Engineering Department (RG 030) Records. Correspondence of Civil Engineering Department chair Gordon Skelton is available in the Facilities Services Records (RG 193). The Archives holdings includes the papers of several civil engineering alumni, including John W. Green, Orville Kofoid, Harold L. Manley, John T. and Virginia E. Merrifield, and Fred Merryfield. The Neal Van Devender Papers also include engineering class notes and exams.

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