This paper reproduces the translation of letters sent by Stephen P. Timoshenko—well known specialist in elasticity, vibrations, stability, and structures, in the 20th century—to his colleague Vladimir I. Vernadsky. Letters originated from the USA where Timoshenko resided at the time, and were directed to France, where Vernadsky was working while also looking to come to the USA having left Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. By a twist of fate, these letters turned out to be housed at the Library of Columbia University, in New York City. This happened since the first five letters were acquired by Bakhmeteff Archive at Columbia University where Boris Bakhmeteff, formerly the Ambassador of the Russian Provisional Government to the USA, was employed as a professor of civil engineering during the years 1931–1951. Timoshenko could not have imagined that these private and candid letters would be available for public viewing at the library, and especially, in the country that he criticized harshly. Each letter is accompanied with a discussion. It appears that these letters shed some light on Timoshenko’s personality in addition to what can be inferred by reading his autobiography As I Remember. The motivation of this study is two-fold: (a) to bring to the attention of readers the translations of letters of S.P. Timoshenko, addressed to V.I. Vernadsky, and to provide (b) discussion on his attitudes, on the one hand, to the Jews, and anti-Semitism in the USA as compared with Ukraine, and on the other, to the USA.

本文转载了 20 世纪著名的弹性、振动、稳定性和结构专家 Stephen P. Timoshenko 写给他的同事 Vladimir I. Vernadsky 的信件的译文。信件来自铁木辛科当时居住的美国，并被送往法国，韦尔纳茨基在那里工作，同时也希望在布尔什维克革命后离开俄罗斯来到美国。机缘巧合，这些信件被保存在纽约市的哥伦比亚大学图书馆。这是因为前五封信被哥伦比亚大学的 Bakhmeteff 档案馆获得，在那里，前俄罗斯临时政府驻美国大使 Boris Bakhmeteff 在 1931 年至 1951 年期间被聘为土木工程教授。季莫申科无法想象，这些私人和坦率的信件会在图书馆，尤其是在他严厉批评的国家中供公众查阅。每封信都附有讨论。除了通过阅读他的自传可以推断出的内容之外，这些信件似乎还揭示了铁木辛哥的个性正如我所记得的。这项研究的动机有两个：(a) 引起读者注意 SP Timoshenko 写给 VI Vernadsky 的信件的翻译，以及 (b) 讨论他的态度，一方面，犹太人和美国的反犹太主义与乌克兰相比，另一方面，与美国相比。