MSS SC 62

Title: E.P. Fetherstonhaugh fonds

Dates: 1897-1899

Extent: 8 cm of textual records

Biographical Sketch: Edwin P. Fetherstonhaugh was born in 1879. He graduated from McGill University in 1899 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering. He came to the University of Manitoba in 1909 to establish the Chair on Electrical Engineering. He was awarded the Military Cross during his service with the Canadian Engineers in World War I. Fetherstonhaugh was appointed Dean of Engineering and Architecture in 1921, when the University established the first three faculties. In 1945, he was elected President of the Engineering Institute of Canada. He received an honorary Doctorate of Science from McGill University in 1945, and an honorary L.L.D. from the University of Manitoba in 1947. Fetherstonhaugh died October 19, 1959.

Custodial History: The fonds was donated to Archives & Special Collections in 1993 and 2005 by R.A. Johnson, Vice-Provost (Programs).

Scope and Content: The fonds consists of manuscript notebooks of courses taken by E. P. Fetherstonhaugh at McGill University from 1897 to 1899. There are four folders. Folder 1 contains a manuscript notebook of Mechanics and Kinematics, a course taken by E. P. Fetherstonhaugh in spring, 1897. Folder 2 contains three manuscript notebooks of Machine Design, a course taken in fall, 1897, and spring, 1898. Folder 3 contains a manuscript notebook of Dynamics of Machinery, a course taken in spring, 1899. The back cover of the notebook holds two loose leaves of Electrical Engineering notes. Folder 4 contains two manuscript notebooks: Electrical Physics, taken in Fall 1897/Spring 1898, and Electrical Engineering, taken in Fall 1898/Spring 1899. Folder 5 contains a book: Essays and Addresses, Religious, Literary and Social by Phillips Brooks (1894) awarded to E.P. Fetherstonhaugh as a prize in the high school in 1895.

Source of Supplied Title: Title based on provenance of fonds.

Restrictions: There are no restrictions on this material.

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