University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
3395 (Accession No. 3395-002 )
Farquharson, F. B. (Frederick Burt)
Frederick Burt
Farquharson papers
1923-1961
1 cubic ft. (1 box)
Collection materials are in
English.
The personal and
professional papers of University of Washington engineer Frederick Burt
Farquharson
Frederick Burt Farquharson was an engineer and professor of
engineering. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1895. He studied at the
University of Washington, earning his Bachelors of Science in Mechanical
Engineering in 1923. He then spent two years working for Boeing Airplane
Company, after which he returned to the University of Washington to earn his
Masters degree and begin teaching. Farquharson taught in the University of
Washington's Department of Civil Engineering. He was granted the status of
instructor in 1927, assistant professor in 1928, associate professor in 1937,
and professor in 1940. From 1945 to 1963, Professor Farquharson directed the
Engineering Experiment Station of the University of Washington. He retired from
the University in 1963, and was made professor emeritus that same year.
Professor Farquharson's professional interests included various
aspects of airplane design (especially early in his career), aerodynamics, and
the use of wind tunnels for bridge design testing. He is most noted for the use
of wind tunnels for his studies of the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse and for
the development of the new Tacoma Narrows bridge. He served on a number of
committees concerned with engineering education and research for such
professional engineering societies as the American Society of Civil Engineers
and the American Society for Engineering Education. Professor Farquharson was
also a member of the University of Washington Instructor's Association, which
created and assessed a survey of salary and promotion facts, and of faculty
opinions regarding the fairness of promotions. He was also called for expert
testimony in 1957 in a trial concerning a failed spider staging cable used by a
painter at the Weyerhauser Pulp Mill in Cosmopolis, Washington.
Farquharson was politically active during the economic depression of
the 1930's. He had associations with such organizations as the League for
Industrial Democracy and the National Council for the Prevention of War. His
wife, Mary, was also active in anti-war and civil liberties movements, and
served in the Washington State Senate.
Frederick Burt Farquharson passed away on June 17, 1970.
The Frederick Burt Farquharson papers have been organized into four
series:
- Personal and Professional Papers
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- American Society for Engineering Education
- Instructors' Association (University of Washington)
Farquharson's personal correspondence documents his political as well
as professional activity. Personal and Professional Papers also include Designs
and Calculations (which may include some of his undergraduate course work, as
well as his work for Boeing), and a Subject File regarding a court case for
which Professor Farquharson provided expert analysis and testimony.
The Farquharson papers also include committee records of two
engineering societies. The American Society of Civil Engineers records consists
of two Task Committees: a Task Committee on Curricula, and a Task Committee on
Engineering Education. Farquaharson's records of the American Society for
Engineering Education are divided between the Civil Engineering Division and
its Committee on Structural Engineering, and the Engineering College Research
Council, with its Committee on Relations with Military Research Agencies.
A small body of records of the Instructors' Association at the
University of Washington contain a survey regarding faculty salary and
promotion histories from 1924 to1934.
Major correspondents include: Adolph J. Ackerman, American Society of
Civil Engineers, Continental Committee on Technocracy, League for Industrial
Democracy, and the Socialist Party of the United States of America.
Open to all users.
Request at UW
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of
Washington Libraries.
Separated from records of the University of Washington Engineering
Experiment Station received in 1971 from the Department of Civil Engineering in
the College of Engineering.
Processed by Dan Waters; processing completed in
2007.
These papers were relocated from and relate to records of the
University of Washington Engineering Experiment Station accession no.
06-034.
Farquharson, F. B. (Frederick Burt)--Archives
Ackerman, Adolph J. (Adolph John)SvCorrespondence
American Society for Engineering Education
American Society of Civil Engineers
League for Industrial Democracy
Continental Committee on Technocracy
Socialist Party of the United States of America
University of Washington. University Archives
Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash. : 1940)
Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash. : 1950- )
Civil engineers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
College teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
Engineering teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
Aerodynamics--Research
Suspension bridges--Aerodynamics--Research
Civil engineering--United States-- Societies, etc.--Correspondence
Socialism--United States--Societies, etc.--Correspondence
Correspondence
Civil engineers
University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
Public Works
Colleges and Universities
Technology
Personal and Professional Papers
General Correspondence
1/1
American Society of Civil Engineers
1954-1956
1/2
American Friends Service Committee
1934-1936
1/3
Associated Students of Montana State University
1936
1/4
Baldwin-Southwark Corporation
(Philadelphia)
1935-1936
1/5
Bone, Homer T.
1934-1936
1/6
Borah, William Edgar
1934
1/7
Butler, Smedley D.
1935-1936
1/8
Central Trades and Labor Council of
Bremerton
1935-1945
1/9
Committee on Militarism in Education
1935
1/10
Common Sense (Alfred M.
Bingham)
1935
1/11
Continental Committee on Technocracy
1934-1936
1/12
End Poverty in California (Upton Sinclair For
Governor)
1934
1/13
Fellowship of Reconciliation
1934
1/14
Hyak Lumber and Millwork Co. (Olympia,
Washington)
1935
1/15
League for Industrial Democracy
1933-1935
1/16
National Council for Prevention of War, Northwest
Office
1933-1936
1/17
National Council of Student Christian
Associations
1935-1936
1/18
Newton, Ray
1934
1/19
Olympia High School
1935
1/20
Onthank, Karl W.
1934-1936
1/21
Page, Kirby
1934-1935
1/22
Puget Sound Power and Light Company
1935
1/23
Ryan, J.H.
1934-1935
1/24
Schwellenbach, Lewis B.
1935-1936
1/25
Sinclair, Upton
1934
1/26
Social Problems Lecture Bureau
1934
1/27
Socialist Party of the United States of
America
1934-1936
1/28
Trevett, K.L.
1933
1/29
Tyler, Richard G.
1935
1/30
Washington Education Association
1934
1/31
Washington State Department of Licenses
1935-1936
1/32
Washington State Normal School (Bellingham,
Washington)
1934-1935
1/33
Young Men's Christian Association of Seattle/Young
Men's Christian Association (Seattle, Washington), University
Branch
1934-1936
1/34-36
Miscellaneous A-Z
1933-1936
1/37
Interdepartmental Correspondence
1934-1935
Designs and Calculations
1/38
Alert Ship for Navy
1924
1/39
Aspect Ratio Corrections
1923
1/40
Bristol Cherub
1924
1/41
Flight Velocity
1925
1/42
Flying Boat
1923
1/43
Landing Gear for NB-1 OLEO
1924
1/44
Lepere AC 11
1924
1/45
L-4 Flying Boat
1924
1/46
Liberty Mail Plane
1924
1/47
Liberty Corps Observation Plane
1924
1/48
Liberty Corps Observation Plane Types C, D, and
E
1924
1/49
Performance According to New Theories of Lift and
Drag
1923
1/50
Propeller
undated
1/51
Sea Plane
1924
Designs and Calculations for Boeing
1/52
Aerofoil for Boeing 103 and 104
1925
Contains published works of others
1/53
Army Air Transport
1924
1/54
Corps Observation Plane
1924
1/55
Reports of Others
1951-1954
Writings of Others
1/56
Boundary Conditions for Wind Tunnel
1923
1/57
Internal Friction in Metals
1928
1/58
Internal Friction in Solids
1923-1926
1/59
Miscellaneous
1953-1955
Subject File: Mast v. Broderick and Bascom Rope
Company
General Correspondence
1/60
Martin, Shorts, and Bever
1956-1957
1/61
Cable Test Records
1957
1/62
Miscellany
1956, undated
1/63
Clippings
1953-1955
1/64
Miscellany
1934-1936, 1954-1955
American Society of Civil Engineers
Task Committee on Curricula
1/65
Minutes
1954
General Correspondence
1/66
Evans, Weston S.
1953-1954
1/67
Newmark, N.M.
1954
1/68
Smith, Elliott Dunlap
1954
1/69
Writings
1954-1955
1/70
Writings of Others
1954
Task Committee on Engineering Education
1/71
Minutes
1955
General Correspondence
1/72
Ackerman, Adolph J.
1954-1957
1/73
Banks, Harvey O.
1954-1955
1/74
Miscellaneous
1955-1956
Outgoing Letters
1/75
Newmark, N.M.
1955
American Society for Engineering Education
Civil Engineering Division
Committee on Structural Engineering
General Correspondence
1/76
Gaylord, Edwin H.
1930-1961
1/77
Miscellaneous
1960-1961
1/78
Lists of Members
undated
Engineering College Research Council
Committee on Relations with Military Research
Agencies
1/79
Minutes and Agenda
1948-1951
General Correspondence
1/80
Colburn, Allan P.
1949-1950
1/81
Dawson, F.M.
1948-1950
1/82
Engineering College Research Council
1949-1951
1/83
Spilhaus, Athelstan F.
1950
1/84
Miscellaneous
1949-1950
Instructors' Association (University of Washington
)
1/85-87
Survey Concerning Faculty Promotions A-Z
circa 1928-1936