Series 7 - Conferences, seminars, etc


ProvenanceProfessor A. W. Bishop

Inventory Listing

5th Congress on Large Dams, Paris, 1955

Correspondence, inscriptions, travel arrangements, bulletins, general report question No 18.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 02.01
Date range 1955
Inventory Identifier CBSP00001 Series 7
5th Congress on Large Dams, Paris, 1955

The gain in stability due to pore pressure dissipation in a soft clay foundation, with A. W. Skempton. Foundation settlement data from Bristol Water-Works Company, correspondence, discussions.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 02.02
Date range 1955
Inventory Identifier CBSP00002 Series 7
4th International Conference Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering (SMFE), London, 1957

Bulletin No 2, correspondence, inscription.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 03.01
Date range 1957
Inventory Identifier CBSP00003 Series 7
4th International Conference Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering (SMFE), London, 1957

Some factors controlling the pore pressure set during he construction of earth dame (article)

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 03.02 and 3.03
Date range 1957    Quantity 2 copies
Inventory Identifier CBSP00004 Series 7
4th International Conference Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering (SMFE), London, 1957

Prof. Bishop's discussion, Dr Tschebotariof's discussion, Prof. Bishop's manuscript to prepare his discussion, correction of Dr Tschebotariof's discussion for session 8, division 5, correspondence from T. Whitaker, notes, test results, correspondence, article revisions, notifications, papers, committee minutes.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 03.04
Date range 1957
Inventory Identifier CBSP00005 Series 7
Brussels Conference, Earth Pressure Problems, 1958

Circulars, correspondence, invitation to lecture in Yugoslavia, inscription, Soil Mechanics Ltd, correspondence, lab data, test requirements for measuring the coefficient of earth pressure at rest (article), request of A. W. Bishop's opinion on Bjerrum and Kirkedam by P. W. Rowe, Poorooshasb not admitted to Imperial College because of lack of places, notes on puddle thrust P. W. Rowe, report on session 1 by P. W. Rowe, discussion by A. W. Bishop session 3, itinerary, inscription, invoice.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 04.01
Date range 1958
Inventory Identifier CBSP00006 Series 7
Pore Pressure Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 1960

Factors, controlling the strength of partly saturated cohesive soils (article) and bibliography on strength and stability.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 06.01
Date range 1960
Inventory Identifier CBSP00007 Series 7
Pore Pressure Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 1960

The measurement of pore pressure in the triaxial test (article)

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 06.02 and 6.03
Date range 1960    Quantity 2 copies
Inventory Identifier CBSP00008 Series 7
Pore Pressure Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 1960

Correspondence, programme, correspondence from A. Casagrande, organising committee.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 06.04
Date range 1960
Inventory Identifier CBSP00009 Series 7
Pore Pressure Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 1960

The principal of effective stress and its application to partially saturated soil, programme, suction in swollen clays, notes, programme, correspondence, the principal of effective stress.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 06.05
Date range 1960
Inventory Identifier CBSP00010 Series 7
Pore Pressure Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 1960

Reprints of Articles, correspondence of reviews and correction of articles.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 06.06
Date range 1960
Inventory Identifier CBSP00011 Series 7
Pore Pressure Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 1960

Correspondence, drafts of papers, Prof. R Peck, Prof. W. Lambe, Prof. L. Bjerrum.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 06.07
Date range 1960
Inventory Identifier CBSP00012 Series 7
Pore Pressure Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 1960

Discussions, current papers, correspondence, notes, reprint, picture, correspondence from Prof. R. Peck.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 06.08
Date range 1960
Inventory Identifier CBSP00013 Series 7
8th International Congress on Large Dams, Edinburgh, 1964

Correspondence, developments in the measurement and interpretation of pore pressure in earth dams.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 07.07
Date range 1964
Inventory Identifier CBSP00020 Series 7
5th International Conference Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering (SMFE), Paris, 1961

The Experimental study of partly saturated soil triaxial apparatus (article), notes.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 08.01
Date range 1961
Inventory Identifier CBSP00021 Series 7
5th International Conference Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering (SMFE), Paris, 1961

Manuscript for the conference.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 08.02
Date range 1961
Inventory Identifier CBSP00022 Series 7
5th International Conference Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering (SMFE), Paris, 1961

Discussions, reprint of factors controlling the strength of partly saturated cohesive soils, graphs, notes, reprint of Geotechnique March 1954, correspondence of Prof. Bishop.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 08.03
Date range 1961
Inventory Identifier CBSP00023 Series 7
Symposium on Laboratory Shear Testing of Soils, Ottawa, Canada, 1963

Programmes, the influence of the provisions for boundary drainage on strength and consolidation characteristics measured in the triaxial apparatus (article), graph, correspondence, notes.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 10.01
Date range 1963
Inventory Identifier CBSP00032 Series 7
Symposium on Laboratory Shear Testing of Soils, Ottawa, Canada, 1963

Programmes, the influence of the provisions for boundary drainage on strength and consolidation characteristics measured in the triaxial apparatus (article), notes.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 10.02
Date range 1963
Inventory Identifier CBSP00033 Series 7
Symposium on Laboratory Shear Testing of Soils, Ottawa, Canada, 1963

Drafts and correction of the article 'The influence of the provisions for boundary drainage on strength and consolidation characteristics measured in the triaxial apparatus'.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 10.03
Date range 1963
Inventory Identifier CBSP00034 Series 7
Symposium on Laboratory Shear Testing of Soils, Ottawa, Canada, 1963

Correspondence, reprints of articles.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 10.04
Date range 1963
Inventory Identifier CBSP00035 Series 7
European Conference, Wiesbaden, 1964

Correspondence, graphics, general reports, comments on sessions, notes, travel, documents, closing remarks.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 11.01
Date range 1964
Inventory Identifier CBSP00036 Series 7
8th Congress on Large Dams, Edinburgh, 1964

Correspondence, notes, invitation.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 12.01
Date range 1964
Inventory Identifier CBSP00037 Series 7
8th Congress on Large Dams, Edinburgh, 1964

Site visit, slides x3, notes, tides invoices, correspondence, graphs reprints.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 12.02
Date range 1964
Inventory Identifier CBSP00038 Series 7
8th Congress on Large Dams, Edinburgh, 1964

Organising committee, documents, minutes, etc

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 12.03
Date range 1964
Inventory Identifier CBSP00039 Series 7
8th Congress on Large Dams, Edinburgh, 1964

Organising committee, documents, minutes, etc

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 12.04
Date range 1964
Inventory Identifier CBSP00040 Series 7
Birmingham Conference, 1964, The Economics of Soil Testing

Correspondence, rules, reprints, notes, documents, hotel, etc.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 13.07
Date range 1964
Inventory Identifier CBSP00047 Series 7
European Conference on stability of earth slopes, Stockholm, 1954

Correspondence, the use of slip circle in the stability of slopes (article), discussions.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 13.08
Date range 1954
Inventory Identifier CBSP00048 Series 7
6th International Conference, Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering (SMFE), Ottawa, 19??

New scientist article, graph, registration, notes, assistants, articles for revision.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 14.01
Inventory Identifier CBSP00049 Series 7
6th International Conference, Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering (SMFE), Ottawa, 19??

Newspaper page, banquet menu, paper, notes.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 14.02
Inventory Identifier CBSP00050 Series 7
6th International Conference, Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering (SMFE), Ottawa, 19??

Discussion, triaxial test on soil at elevated cell pressures (article), correspondence, the influence of end restraint on the compression strength of a cohesionless soil, graphs.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 14.03
Inventory Identifier CBSP00051 Series 7
6th International Conference, Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering (SMFE), Ottawa, 19??

Manuscripts of contributions, graphs, bulletin no. 1.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 14.04
Inventory Identifier CBSP00052 Series 7
Correspondence, congress, bulletins, notes, drawings etc.
Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 15.01
Inventory Identifier CBSP00053 Series 7
6th International Conference Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering (SMFE), Montreal, 1965

Communications, graphs, contributions, discussions, reprints.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 15.03
Date range 1965
Inventory Identifier CBSP00055 Series 7
Oslo Conference, 1967, The influence of the size and orientation of the sample on the apparent strength of the London clay at Maldon, Essex (article), the strength of London Clay (Butler)
Maldon, Reservoir, Essex, 1965

Tables, location, graphs.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 18.02
Date range 1965 - 1967
Inventory Identifier CBSP00063 Series 7
Oslo Conference, 1966

Draft and copies of the influence of the size and orientation of the sample on the apparent strength of the London clay, graphs.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 19.01
Date range 1966
Inventory Identifier CBSP00067 Series 7
Conference on In Situ Investigations in Soils and Rocks, London, 1969

Notes, comments, reply to discussions, graphs.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 28.01
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00098 Series 7
Conference on In Situ Investigations in Soils and Rocks, London, 1969

Notes, programme, reprints of articles.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 28.02
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00099 Series 7
Conference on In Situ Investigations in Soils and Rocks, London, 1969

Correspondence and contributions.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 28.03
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00100 Series 7
Conference on In Situ Investigations in Soils and Rocks, London, 1969

Notes, draft, correspondence, some comparisons between laboratory tests, in situ tests and full scale performance, with special reference to permeability and coefficient of consolidation (project), a note on sealing piezometers (PRV).

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 28.04
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00101 Series 7
Conference on In Situ Investigations in Soils and Rocks, London, 1969

Fidlers, ferry power station, notes, laboratory.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 28.05
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00102 Series 7
Conference on In Situ Investigations in Soils and Rocks, London, 1969

Balderhead, notes, calculations, laboratory.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 28.06
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00103 Series 7
Conference on In Situ Investigations in Soils and Rocks, London, 1969

Selset, notes, calculations.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 28.07
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00104 Series 7
Conference on In Situ Investigations in Soils and Rocks, London, 1969

Diddington, notes, laboratory.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 28.08
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00105 Series 7
Conference on In Situ Investigations in Soils and Rocks, London, 1969

Conference on in-situ investigations, correspondence, programme, project of paper.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 28.09
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00106 Series 7
Conference on In Situ Investigations in Soils and Rocks, London, 1969

Notes, draft of the paper, laboratory data.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 28.10
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00107 Series 7
Mexico Conference, 1969

Correspondence, speciality sessions, other authors' papers.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 29.01
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00108 Series 7
Mexico Conference, 1969

Correspondence, contributions, telegrams.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 29.02
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00109 Series 7
Mexico Conference, 1969

Conference, notes, correspondence.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 29.03
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00110 Series 7
Mexico Conference, 1969

Notes and correspondence.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 29.04
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00111 Series 7
Mexico Conference, 1969

Contribution, correspondence, notes, reprints of articles.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 29.05
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00112 Series 7
Mexico Conference, 1969

Correspondence (1 letter).

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 29.06
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00113 Series 7
Mexico Conference, 1969

Speciality session, pore pressure measurements in the field (PRV article) pore pressure measurements in the laboratory (A. W. Bishop article), draft, notes, proofs.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 29.07
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00114 Series 7
Mexico Conference, 1969

Other contributions to the conference that have not received invitations to speak (1 + graphs).

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 29.08
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00115 Series 7
Mexico Conference, 1969

Speciality session, summary, correspondence, drafts, plans, graphs and reprints of articles.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 30.01
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00116 Series 7
Roscoe Memorial Symposium

Correspondence, reprints of articles, notes, graphs, calculations, corrections, draft of paper.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 31.01
Inventory Identifier CBSP00117 Series 7
3rd International Conference Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering (SMFE), Zurich, 1953

Notes, calculations, draft, correction, laboratory data, the effect of stress history on the relation between ø and porosity in sand.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 33.01
Inventory Identifier CBSP00127 Series 7
3rd International Conference Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering (SMFE), Zurich, 1953

Notes, drafts, tables, corrections, correspondence, pore pressure changes during shear in two undisturbed clays.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 33.03
Date range 1953
Inventory Identifier CBSP00129 Series 7
2nd International Conference Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering (SMFE), Rotterdam, 1948

Correspondence, congress, documents, inscriptions, travel, payments, license to obtain 50 reprints of his two contributions, the shear strength of sands and gravel (not published), notes and drafts.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 33.07
Date range 1948
Inventory Identifier CBSP00133 Series 7
Conference on the shear strength of soils, London, 1950

List of participants, correspondence, strength characteristics of sands and gravels in direct shear (M. A. A. Hafiz) (article), meeting schedule and notes.

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 33.08
Date range 1950
Inventory Identifier CBSP00134 Series 7
Summary of what was said by A. W. Bishop at a conference in April 1950, laboratory determination of the coefficient of earth pressure at rest

Notes

Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 35.02
Date range April 1950
Inventory Identifier CBSP00137 Series 7
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ISSMFE) Conference, Moscow, 1973
Conferences, Correspondence, Contributions, Inscription, Tours, Discussions
Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 69.01
Date range 1973
Inventory Identifier CBSP00276 Series 7
British Geotechnical Society (BGS) Symposium of field INSTRUM, 1973
Conferences, Correspondence, Contributions, Inscription, Tours, Discussions
Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 69.02
Date range 1973
Inventory Identifier CBSP00277 Series 7
5th European Conference, Madrid, 1972
Conferences, Correspondence, Contributions, Inscription, Tours, Discussions
Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 69.03
Date range 1972
Inventory Identifier CBSP00278 Series 7
International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) 10th Congress, 1970
Conferences, Correspondence, Contributions, Inscription, Tours, Discussions
Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 69.04
Date range 1970
Inventory Identifier CBSP00279 Series 7
MIT, Summer program notes, 1969
Conferences, Correspondence, Contributions, Inscription, Tours, Discussions
Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 69.05
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00280 Series 7
British Geotechnical Society (BGS), in-situ investigation in Soils and Rocks, 1969
Conferences, Correspondence, Contributions, Inscription, Tours, Discussions
Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 69.06
Date range 1969
Inventory Identifier CBSP00281 Series 7
International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) Congress, 1968
Conferences, Correspondence, Contributions, Inscription, Tours, Discussions
Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 69.07
Date range 1968
Inventory Identifier CBSP00282 Series 7
Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) arch dams SYPP, 1968
Conferences, Correspondence, Contributions, Inscription, Tours, Discussions
Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 70.01
Date range 1968
Inventory Identifier CBSP00283 Series 7
International Conference on Shear Strength, Oslo, 1967
Conferences, Correspondence, Contributions, Inscription, Tours, Discussions
Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 70.02
Date range 1967
Inventory Identifier CBSP00284 Series 7
International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) 9th Congress, Istanbul, 1967
Conferences, Correspondence, Contributions, Inscription, Tours, Discussions
Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 70.03
Date range 1967
Inventory Identifier CBSP00285 Series 7
International Society Rock Mech, Congress, 1966
Conferences, Correspondence, Contributions, Inscription, Tours, Discussions
Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 70.04
Date range 1966
Inventory Identifier CBSP00286 Series 7
Criteria & Assumptions for numerical analysis of dams, Swansea, 1975
Conferences, Correspondence, Contributions, Inscription, Tours, Discussions
Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 70.05
Date range 1975
Inventory Identifier CBSP00287 Series 7
Natural Catastrophes, SYMP IC, 1975
Conferences, Correspondence, Contributions, Inscription, Tours, Discussions
Creator Professor A. W. Bishop
Control 70.06
Date range 1975
Inventory Identifier CBSP00288 Series 7

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