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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)19621988
- 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
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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
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
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Personal Names
- Chan, Samuel S. M.--Archives.
Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen
1991
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