Samuel S.M. Chan Papers, 1962-1988

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Samuel S.M. Chan, 1934-
Title
Samuel S.M. Chan Papers
Dates
1962-1988 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 cubic foot
Collection Number
MG349 (collection)
Summary
Charts, graphs, and articles authored by Samuel S.M. Chan, University of Idaho professor of metallurgical enginering, 1962-1989; photographs and other material, especially correspondence concerning the career of Wlodzimierz Rymon-Lipinski.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Samuel S.M. Chan was born in Hainan Island, China on June 11, 1934. He received his B.S. degree in mining and metallurgical engineering from Cheng Kung University in China in 1957. He then attended the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy in Rolla, where he received his M.S. in 1960. He came to the University of Idaho as a student and teaching assistant in 1962 and earned his Ph.D. in Geology in 1966. He remained at the University of Idaho where he taught courses and conducted research in mining engineering until his retirement in 1989 as Professor of Mining Engineering. His professional specialities include rock mechanics and geophysics. He has many publications and scholarly papers to his credit and has been a consultant for American Zinc Lead & Smelting Co., Vanguard Exploration Company, and El Paso Natural Gas Company. He is a member of the International Society for Rock Mechanics.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The papers were in no order when received. Due to the diversity of the papers and the fact than most material was unfoldered with little or no identification, all material was placed in one alphabetical sequence. The charts and graphs section also contains FORTRAN coding sheets and other calculations. Only a few of the many articles authored by Dr. Chan are in this collection. The photographs include a set of illustrations for an unidentified thesis and one picture, presumed to be Dr. Chan, dating from the 1970s. The university material includes departmental memos, correspondence with asian graduate students planning to study mining at the UI, and correspondence concerning Polish professor Rymon-Lipinski's post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Idaho.

Books and other published material were sent to the subject librarians for review, and duplicates of mimeographed material were discarded. In this way the collection was reduced by one cubic foot.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

The papers of Samuel Chan were donated to the University of Idaho Library in July 1990.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/1 Abstracts of articles by Samuel S.M. Chan
3 items
1970-1972
1/2 Calculations, Calady test shaft
45 items
1979
1/3 Calculations, Lucky Friday simplified circular shaft
48 items
1981
1/4-7 Charts and graphs
257 items
1979-1983
1/8 Charts and graphs, rock strain
48 items
1987-1988
1/9 Charts and graphs, shafts
1 item
undated
1/10 Charts and graphs, stress in concrete lining
54 items
undated
1/11 Charts and graphs, research for article "Interpretation of in-situ deformational behavior of a rectangular test shaft using the finite element method," by Samuel Chan and M.J. Beus
113 items
1977
1/12 Correspondence
16 items
1965-1988
1/13 Course evaluations
11 items
1986-1988
1/14 Figures for stress and displacement
2 items
undated
1/15 Lecture notes
4 items
January 27-31, 1964
1/16 Maps
3 items
ca. 1955
1/17 Mine Surveying 108, Student notebook
1 item
1966
1/18 Notebook of Samuel Chan for Geomechanics
1 item
undated
1/19 Pacific Northwest Mental and Minerals Conference
8 items
1969
1/20-21 Papers and articles by Samuel Chan
10 items
1969-1980
1/22 Photographs
14 items
ca. 1970-1976
1/23 Rock mechanics, paper and notes of William G. Parriseau
3 items
1968-1971
1/24 Russian language, Samuel Chan's notes
6 items
undated
1/25 Seminar examples
7 items
undated
1/26 Students' surveying notebooks
4 items
1965-1966
1/27 Student's paper
1 item
1986
1/28 Symposium on Engineering Geology
8 items
1971
1/29 Thesis of Samuel Chan
1 item
1962
1/30 Thesis of Scott Carlisle
2 items
1986
1/31 University and department related
22 items
1966-1988
1/32 University and department related, Oriental students
23 items
1978-1988
1/33 University and department related, Wlodzimierz Rymon-Lipinski
32 items
1980-1986
1/34 White Pine Mine, White Pine, Michigan, reports and maps
16 items
1972-1977

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Mining engineers -- Idaho -- Records and correspondence

Personal Names

  • Rymon-Lipinski, Wlodzimierz

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Chan, Samuel S. M.--Archives.