E. L. Watson fonds Last revised October 2010
University of British Columbia Archives
Table of Contents
Fonds Description o Title / Dates of Creation / Physical Description o Biographical Sketch o Scope and Content o Note
Series Descriptions o Professional Affiliations series o Subject Files o Printed Material and Article Off-Prints series
File List
Catalogue entry (UBC Library catalogue)
Fonds Description E.L. Watson fonds. – 1912-1979. 96 cm of textual records and published materials. Biographical Sketch Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, E.L. Watson grew up in Vancouver and attended UBC where he received a B.A.Sc. in 1940. After working in the private sector for some time, he returned to UBC in 1952 as a part-time lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Engineering (which, in 1975, became the Department of Bio-Resource Engineering). Watson specialized in food processing engineering and continued to work in the department until his retirement in 1980. Scope and Content Fonds consists of minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, printed material, and publications pertaining to Watson's professional activities and affiliations. It includes materials pertaining to the Engineering Science Leads Committee of the B.C. Agricultural Sciences Co-ordinating Committee (BCSCC) on which Watson sat for the period 1967-1978. Composed of representatives of the Provincial Ministry of Agriculture, Agriculture Canada, and the UBC Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, the Committee advised the Minister of Agriculture and allotted research funds for research projects within the province. Note File list available.
Series Descriptions Professional Affiliations series. – 1957-1979. 27 cm of textual records. Series consists of minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, grant applications, and printed material pertaining to Watson's various professional affiliations. It contains six subseries: Lower Mainland Technical Advisory Agricultural Committee - Agricultural Engineering Sub-Committee, British Columbia Agricultural Services Co-ordinating Committee (BCACC) - Engineering Sciences Lead Committee, BCASCC - Food Sciences Leads Committee, Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineers, American Society of Agricultural Engineers - Pacific Northwest Region subseries. Subject Files. – 1912-1977. 37 cm of textual records and published materials. Series consists of printed material, papers, and publications pertaining to Watson's professional activities and interests. Printed Material and Article Off-Prints series. – [n.d.]. 32 cm of textual records. Series consists of printed material and article off-prints.
File List PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS BOX 1 Lower Mainland Technical Advisory Agricultural Committee – Agricultural Engineering Sub-Committee 1-1
Minutes, 1957, 1959, 1963
British Columbia Agricultural Services Co-ordinating Committee (BCACC) – Engineering Sciences Lead Committee 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7
Minutes, correspondence, 1967 - 1970 Reports, minutes, 1970 - 1974 Reports, minutes, 1975 - 1977 Correspondence, grant applications, 1975 - 1977 Grant applications, 1977 - 1978 Minutes, reports, correspondence, 1977 - 1979
BCASCC - Food Science Leads Committee 1-8
Correspondence, minutes, reports, 1969 - 1978
Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineers 1-9 1-10
Minutes, printed material, correspondence, 1971 - 1973 Minutes, printed material, correspondence, 1973 - 1978
American Society of Agricultural Engineers - Pacific Northwest Region 1-11 1-12 1-13 1-14 1-15
Minutes, notes, correspondence, 1975 - 1978 Minutes, notes, correspondence, 1975 - 1979 Correspondence, 1976 Dept. of Bio-Resource Engineering - typescript, n.d. Dept. of Food Sciences - miscellaneous, 1967 - 1978
SUBJECT FILES 1-16 1-17 1-18 1-19 1-20 1-21
Food Processing, 1917 - 1944 Food Processing, 1945 - 1953 Food Canning and Freezing, 1929 - 1957 Summerland Canner's Handbook, 1947 Cold Storage - Freezing Food, 1951 - 1958 Fruit Beverages, Jellies, 1923 - 1954
BOX 2 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6 2-7 2-8 2-9 2-10 2-11 2-12 2-13 2-14 2-15 2-16 2-17 2-18 2-19 2-20 2-21 2-22 2-23 2-24 2-25 2-26 2-27
Preparation of fruit juices, cider and wine, 1912 - 1963 Preservation of fruit - cherries, 1951 - 1961 Processing fruits and vegetables, 1931 - 1964 "Food for the Future", 1967, 1973 Hay Drying, 1949 - 1957 Hay Drying, 1947 - 1968 Hay Drying, 1953 - 1965 Hay Drying, 1964 - 1965 Dehydration, 1917 - 1948 Dehydration, n.d. Agricultural Science - miscellaneous, 1975 Union Carbide, Canada, Ltd., n.d. Federal-Provincial Subsidiary Agreement on Agricultural and Rural Development, n.d. Engineering Research Development and Future Extension Needs in B.C., 1978 Research papers, 1969 - 1977 Research papers, 1953 - 1976 Research papers, 1967 - 1972 Printed material, 1973 Water - Sorption, etc., 1968 - 1976 Water - Sorption, etc., 1965 - 1976 Water - Sorption, etc., 1966 - 1974 Water - Sorption, etc., 1954 - 1968 Equilibrium Moisture content - Water in Soil, 1969 - 1971 Equilibrium Moisture content - Water in Soil, 1964 - 1971 Equilibrium Moisture content - Water in Soil, 1954 - 1970 Brochures, 1976 - 1978 "Confectionary Ingredients", 1971
PRINTED MATERIAL AND ARTICLE OFF-PRINTS BOX 3
