Audio recording of Terzaghi's opening lecture for Engineering Geology at Harvard University and Ralph B. Peck's special lecture

We are very happy to share with you a rare tape, which includes recordings of Karl von Terzaghi and Ralph Peck.

The introduction was recorded by Dr. Ralph B. Peck at his home in Urbana, Illinois on August 20, 1965.

Prof. Karl Terzaghi's opening lecture was recorded at Harvard University by Arthur Casagrande on February 4, 1957.

The third part is a recording of Dr. Peck's special lecture at the ninth international conference on soil mechanics and foundation engineering in Tokyo, 1977.

This tape was given by Dr. Peck to Toshinobu Akagi, whose wish was to publicize this priceless heritage with the hope that "this audio heritage brings moments of reflection to all concerned and serves to provide a better understanding of a vignette of Karl Terzaghi, the Father of Soil Mechanics, which is apparently not known well enough, but is no doubt of vital importance for the future of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering."

More information about the recording can be found in the paper "I can hear it now - Terzaghi and Peck" by Toshinobu Akagi.

Geoengineer.org staff helped improve the quality of the recording.