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Arthur Napier Budden fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1914-1982.

Reference:

R6389-0-9-E, MG31-J34

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Architectural and technical drawings, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98347

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Arthur Napier Budden fonds
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Fonds includes:

9 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1914-1982.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

3.6 m of textual records.
332 photographs : b&w.
43 technical drawings.
10 architectural drawings
4 maps.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of records relating to Budden's career as an engineer. These records are divided into seven series: General reference, which is comprised of material relating to engineering organizations including the EIC, a paper written by Budden and McGill university calendars; Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME); Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC); Post Office, which includes general post office circulars and material on staffing from the Post Office Department Mutual Benefit Association, trade literature related to postal equipment, papers about new buildings, and some publications from Canadian and foreign post offices; Education; Chalk River Project; and Laurentide Power House.

Fonds also consists of photographs, by various photographers of: post office facilities in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, and Leeds, England; the Chalk River nuclear reactor; the inaugural meeting of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering; interior and exterior views of the power dam at Grand'Mère in Quebec; and an album, including panoramas, showing the construction of the power dams on the St. Maurice River in Quebec. Included are interior and exterior views, equipment and damaged equipment.

Fonds consists of 30 technical drawings and 3 maps pertaining to the Shawinigan Water and Power Company, Grand'Mere Station in Quebec and the Laurentide Power House. The plans show equipment locations, wiring, and power distribution networks. There are 13 technical drawings and 10 architectural drawings and map related to 22 Post Offices in Edmonton, Montreal, Vancouver, Winnipag and Ottawa and of staff staff accommodation at Chalk River, Ontario.

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Budden, Arthur Napier, 1902-1989

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Budden, Arthur Napier, 1902-1989 : Engineer

A.N. Budden was born in Montreal on April 28. He attended St. Alban's School, Brockville and the Royal Naval College of Canada (1917-1920). He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University in 1923. He was then employed by the General Electric Company in Schenectady, N.Y., and in Mexico. In 1927 he returned to Canada, obtained his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from McGill in 1928 and then joined the Laurentide Power Company (later Shawinigan Water and Power Company). He became a sales representative at Dominion Engineering Company in Lachine, 1933-1940.

During the Second World War, Budden worked with the Department of National Defense, the Inspection Board of U.K. and Canada, and the Department of Munitions and Supply. While working for this department he was appointed to the NRX Nuclear Reactor project at Chalk River as Special Engineer representing the Minister (C.D. Howe), and later the Atomic Energy Control Board, in matters concerning the construction and operation of the project. In 1947 he joined the Post Office Department in Ottawa where he worked in various Engineering Sections until he retired in 1967. He was responsible for much of the up-dating of the parcel and letter-sorting machinery in major post offices and for the engineering aspects of new terminals at Vancouver and Winnipeg.

Budden joined the Engineering Institute of Canada in 1930. After his retirement, Budden became more active on its committees. He was chairman of the Mechanical Division of the Committee on Technical Operations (1968-1971) and thereafter a member of the Technical Operations Board which succeeded it. He was a member (1968-1969) of the Steering Committee for the formation of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME). He became a regional vice-president of both EIC and CSME in the 1970s and continued to work with the Life Members Organization.

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Textual records: (Electronic) Finding aid MSS1715 is a file list describing the content of volumes 1 to 19. MSS1715 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000324.pdf

Architectural, technical drawings: (Other) Please consult lower level descriptions. 890639; 88915. (90: Open)

Cartographic material (Other) Please consult lower level descriptions. 890639; 88915. (90: Open)

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General note:

Acquired in 1987 from A.N. Budden of Toronto and in 1989 from Mrs. Margaret Budden.
Subject heading:

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Engineering - Canada, n.d., 1917-1982 "The Transmission Line Calculator", ca. 1926

Engineering - Study and teaching - Canada, 1917-1927 Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, 1968-1975

Arthur Napier Budden - Career in engineering, n.d., 1917-1982 Engineering Institute of Canada. Life Members Organization, [1960-1981]

Engineers - Canada, n.d., 1917-1982 Engineering Institute of Canada. Region V, Ottawa Branch, [1960-1981]

Mechnical engineering - Canada, n.d., 1917-1982 Engineering Institute of Canada. Committee on Technical Operations, 1960-1974

Electric engineering - Canada, n.d., 1917-1982 Engineering Institute of Canada, 1960-1981

Nuclear energy - Canada, 1942-1952, 1965 Montreal (Quebec), [1947-1967]

Lectures and lecturing - Canada, 1942-1952, 1965 Regina (Sask.), [1947-1967]

Canada. Post Office Department - Officials and employees, 1947-1967 Halifax (N.S.), [1947-1967]

Canada. Post Office Department - Officials and employees - Selection and appointment, 1947-1967 Kingston (Ont.). [1947-1967]

Postal service - Equipment and supplies, 1947-1967 Toronto (Ont.), [1947-1967]

Canada - Officials and employees, 1942-1982 Winnipeg (Man.), [1947-1967]

Post-office buildings, 1947-1967 Royal Naval College of Canada, 1917-1920

Associations, institutions, etc. - Canada, 1960-1981 McGill University (Montreal, Quebec), [1922-1976]

Universities and colleges - Canada, [1922-1976] Chalk River (Ont.), 1942-1952, 1965

Nuclear power plants - Design and construction, 1942-1952, 1965 National Research Council, [1942-1952, 1965]

Nuclear power plants - Canada, 1942-1952, 1965 Canada. Post Office Department. Mutual Benefit Association, 1950-1960

Nuclear power plants - Employees, 1942-1952, 1965 Canada. Post Office Department. Engineering/Building Division, 1947-1954

Canada. Post Office Department. Mechanical Engineering Division, 1951-1967

Canada. Post Office Department, 1947-1967

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Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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120-88
1987/0388
1988-078 DAP
1989/0187
1990-120 DAP
90-004

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-J34
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000771.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Finding aid box [FA 1715] 131

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [BUDDEN, ARTHUR NAPIER 1988-078] 6197

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [BUDDEN, ARTHUR NAPIER 1990-120] 7333

[Consultation 90 Open]

Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation90 Open]

Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Copyright is expired. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.
Architectural, technical drawings: There is no restrictions on access or reproduction. Credit Library and Archives Canada. Researchers are requested to adhere to the Canadian Copyright Act.
Cartographic material: aThere is no restrictions on access or reproduction. Credit Library and Archives Canada. Researchers are requested to adhere to the Canadian Copyright Act.

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