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• Carl B Crawford, ‘Cohesion in an undisturbed sensitive clay’, prepared for submission to Géotechnique, Ottawa
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN235
Date range Dec 1962
• B K Ramiah, ‘Time effects on the consolidation properties of clays’, PhD thesis, Purdue University
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN221
Date range Jan 1959
• Alan W Bishop, ‘The influence of progressive failure on the method of stability analysis’ (technical note)
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN248
Date range No date [post 1970]
• James K Mitchell, ‘Summary Statement on Structural and physico-chemical basis for the mechanical properties of clays’, 7th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Mexico
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN247
Date range Aug 1969
• A Pellegrino, ‘Compressibilita e resistenza a rottura del tufo giallo napoletano’, IX Convegno di geotecnica, Genoa [in Italian]
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN246
Date range Oct 1968
• Typescript of Peter G Fookes and D G Parrish, ‘Observations on small scale structural discontinuities in the London clay and their relationship to regional geology’
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN245
Date range No date
• Geological Society of London engineering group meeting at Cardiff - M E Barton, ‘Foundation engineering problems in the investigation of sites on glacial sediments’ (typescript)
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN244
Date range Sept 1967
• Typescript of A G Weeks, ‘Phenomena of engineering significance associated with some peri-glacial deposits in Kent’, Geological Society of London engineering group meeting at Cardiff
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN243
Date range Sept 1967
• Typescript by N R Morgenstern, ‘Ultimate Behaviour of Rock Structures’
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN242
Date range Apr 1967
• Typescript of N R Morgenstern and J S Tchalenko, ‘Microscopic structures in kaolin subjected to direct shear’
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN241
Date range Jan 1967
• Typescript of J N Hutchinson, ‘The free degradation of London clay cliffs’, submitted to 1967 Oslo conference on Shear Strength Properties of Natural Soils & Rocks
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN240
Date range 1967
• Michael Browne, ‘Arkwright, industry & architecture. A study of the effects of the early Industrial Revolution on Architecture, with particular reference to the buildings erected by Sir Richard Arkwright, the cotton industrialist’, thesis
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton

With letter to Skempton from The Burlington Magazine Publications Ltd

 Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN239
Date range 1963 - Feb 1966
• Typescript of Takeo Mogami, ‘A statistical Approach to the Mechanics of Granular Materials’, Tokyo, sent to Skempton by author
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN238
Date range Mar 1965
• M W Baldwin, ‘Soil mechanics as practised by the engineers of the early English canals’, MSc dissertation, University of London
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN250
Date range July 1971
• Preprint of John H Schmertmann, ‘Generalizing and measuring the effective components of shear resistance’, Symposium on Laboratory shear testing of soils, Ottawa
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN236
Date range Sept 1963
• A Lyndon, ‘Interim report of centrifugal modelling of the Lodalen landslide’, with letter to Skempton from A N Schofield, UMIST
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN251
Date range Aug 1971 - 25 Oct 1971
• Ministry of Transport report on site investigation for proposed Hendon motorway
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN234
Date range May 1962
• Typescript of David C Moore and Adrian F Richards, ‘Conversion of “relative shear strength” measurements by Arrhenius on East Pacific deep-sea cores to conventional units of shear strength’
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton

With letter to Skempton from Richards, US Navy Electronics Laboratory, asking for advice on article

 Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN233
Date range 16 May 1961
• David Kirby, Individual society and architectural change - a preliminary examination using examples of early factory development, with letter to Skempton from author
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN232
Date range 1960 - 9 Mar 1961
• Adrian F Richards, ‘Investigations of deep-sea sediment cores I. Sheer strength, bearing capacity, and consolidation’ – technical report, US Navy, Apr 1960; II. Mass physical properties
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN231
Date range No date
• Robert Kirk Bowden, ‘Compression Behaviour and Shear Strength Characteristics of a Natural Silty Clay Sedimented in the Laboratory’, DPhil thesis, University of Oxford, sent to Professor Bursland (external examiner)
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN230
Date range 1988
• Chris P Wynne, ‘A review of the current methods of Øu = O slope stability analysis and reappraisal of the classic stigberg quay failure in Gothenburg, 1916’, MSc thesis, Imperial College, Sept 1984; three letters, Mar
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN229
Date range Mar 1984 - Dec 1984
• C E Gibbs, ‘A study of load/settlement curves from model foundations and plate loading tests on granular soils’, MSc thesis, Imperial College
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN228
Date range 1983
• Peter Ellerton Russell, ‘John Frederic La Trobe–Bateman, FRS, water engineer (1810-1889)’, MSc thesis
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN227
Date range Jan 1980
• Alan George Weeks, ‘The stability of the Lower Greensand Escarpment in Kent’, PhD thesis, University of Surrey (in two volumes)
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN226
Date range Feb 1970
• Copy typescript of B D’Elia, ‘A study of structures in the London clay at Wraysbury (Middlesex)’, report for MSc thesis, Imperial College
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN225
Date range July 1968
• Copy typescript of B T Boyce, ‘The importance of fissures and fissure spacing in over-consolidated clays’, report of MSc thesis, Imperial College
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN224
Date range July 1968
• Elmer Whitmore Brooker, ‘The influence of stress history on certain properties of remolded cohesive soils’, PhD thesis, University of Illinois, USA
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton

With copy of article by same author, ‘Strain energy and behaviour of overconsolidated soils’, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, vol IV, no 3, pp 326-333

 Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN223
Date range 1964 - Sept 1967
• Adolph George Attschaeffl, ‘Compressibility of artificially sedimented clays’, PhD thesis, Purdue University
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN222
Date range Aug 1960
• Offprint of T K Chaplin, ‘Resistance - penetration Curves In Sand For Various Model Piles, Discs And Vanes’, Proceedings of symposium on bearing capacity of piles, Roorkee, India, pp 153-163
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN237
Date range 1964
• Preprint of paper by Geoffrey Ian Crabb and Graham West, ‘Monitoring groundwater conditions in a highway embankment’ [Groundwater in Engineering Geology conference], nd, sent to Skempton by Graham West
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN265
Date range 11 Sept 1985, No date on article
• File labelled ‘Birthday Volume’: notes, correspondence, etc [relates to 70th birthday]
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN279
Date range Oct 1983 - Nov 1983
• Photocopy of article by John N Hutchinson, ‘The significance of tectonically produced pre-existing shears’, Proceedings of the Eleventh European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Copenhagen, Denmark
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton

Volume 4 (identification and monitoring of geohazards)

 Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN278
Date range May 1995 - June 1995
• Draft offprint of article by J N Hutchinson, ‘Landslide Hazard Assessment’, Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Landslides, Christchurch, New Zealand, vol 3, 1805-1841
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN277
Date range 1995
• Translation of article from Vienna, Hubert Borowicka, ‘Internal Friction and Rearrangement of Grains’, sent to Skempton
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN276
Date range July 1995
• Copy of article by John N Hutchinson, ‘Flexural slip: its incidence and engineering significance’, 11th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Copenhagen
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN275
Date range 1994
• Typescript of article by Martin Barnes, ‘Smeaton to Egan. The Extraordinary History of Civil Engineering Management’ [text of lecture, no further details]
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN274
Date range No date
• Copy of article by P R Vaughan, ‘Engineering behaviour of Weak Rocks; some answers and some questions’, from Anagnostopoulos et al (eds), Geotechnical Engineering of Hard Soils - Soft Rocks, Rotterdam
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN273
Date range 1993
• Offprint of article by J N Hutchinson, ‘Morphological and geotechnical parameters of landslides in relation to geology and hydrogeology’
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN272
Date range No date [1988]
• Typescript of article by Nilmar Janbu [Norway], ‘Slope failures due to rainfall and loss of suction’, with covering letter from author
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN271
Date range 18 Oct 1989
• Typescript of D M Potts, G T Dounias & P R Vaughan, ‘Finite element of analysis of progressive failure of Carsington Embankment’
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN270
Date range Feb 1989
• Typescript of discussion paper by P R Vaughan, ‘Discussion on Embankment Dams’, ICE Instrumentation Conference
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN269
Date range 1989
• Stress analysis of earth dams [note for progress meeting]
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN268
Date range Dec 1987
• Typescript article by R J Chandler, ‘The inferior oolite escarpment near Rockingham, Northamptonshire’ (with loose insert)
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN249
Date range No date
• Typescript of D M Potts, G T Dounias and P R Vaughan, Finite element analysis of the direct shear box test
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN266
Date range July 1986
• Photographs, correspondence, etc relating to Skempton’s article on ‘Engineering in the Port of London 1808-1833’
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN280
Date range c. July 1983
• Typescript of Morgenstern’s 21st Rankine Lecture, ‘Geotechnical engineering and frontier research development’
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN264
Date range Mar 1981
• David Nortcliffe, A preliminary report on the Kirklees iron bridge of 1769 and its builder, Yorkshire Archaeological Society, with letter from author to Skempton
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton

And letter from Alan Butcher to Skempton, 27 Oct [ny], enclosing copies of illustrations of the bridge

 Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN263
Date range 1979 - Oct 1980
• Offprint of article by Jim Rose, ‘River terraces and sea-level change’, Brighton Polytechnic Geographical Society Magazine, no 3, sent to Skempton by author
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN262
Date range Mar 1978
• Offprint of general report by J N Hutchinson, ‘Assessment of the effectiveness of corrective measures in relation to geological conditions and types of slope movements. Experience with corrective measures applied to slope movements’
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton

With translation into French of summary, Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology, no 16, Krefeld, Germany, pp 131-155

 Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN261
Date range 1977
• Typescript entitled ‘I.C.O.M.O.S.’ - about textile mills
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN260
Date range No date [post 1976]
• Typescript article on embankment dams sent by PRV [Vaughan?] – lecture in Madrid
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN259
Date range No date [post 1976]
• Typescript of J B Burland and R J R Hancock, ‘Geotechnical aspects of the design for the underground car park at the Palace of Westminster, London’, submitted for publication in The Structural Engineer
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN258
Date range May 1976
• Offprint of Norbert R Morgenstern, ‘Methods of slope stability analysis’, from Computer Applications in Foundation Engineering and Construction, Chicago Soil Mechanics Lectures, Illinois, USA, pp 44-68
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN257
Date range 1974
• Photocopy of Terzaghi memorial lectures, Bogaziçi University, with covering letter
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN256
Date range 1973 - 5 May 1995
• P R Vaughan & R J Chandler, M12 motorway South Woodford to Brentwood. Report on geotechnical features (for Dept of Environment) - to Brian Colquhoun & Partners, consulting engineers
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN255
Date range July 1972
• Typescript of paper submitted to Nature - J N Hutchinson, ‘Periglacial solifluction - an approximate mechanism for clayey soils’
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN254
Date range No date [post 1971]
• Copy of article by G Calabresi & G Manfredini, ‘Sheer strength characteristics of the jointed clays of S Barbara’ (no further details)
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN253
Date range No date [post 1971]
• Typescript of discussion paper by F C Townsend & P A Gilbert, ‘A New Ring Shear Apparatus and its Application to the Measurement of Residual Strength’, A W Bishop et al, Géotechnique, vol 21, no 4, pp 273-328
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton

Title amended by Skempton to ‘Tests to Measure Residual Strength of some Clay Shales’

 Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN255
Date range 1971
• Copy typescript of article by T H Al-Dabbagh and J C Cripps, ‘Data sources for planning: geomorphological mapping of landslides in north-east Derbyshire’, Engineering Geology Special Publication
Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton
Creator Sir Alec Skempton
Control PBN267
Date range Oct 1987
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