EIC’s Collection of Engineering History Papers

This Collection includes documents of historical significance previously published by the EIC or elsewhere. Many of these documents have been authored by Andrew H. Wilson, former EIC and CSME President and former Chair of their respective history committees. The EIC and engineering community are forever indebted to him for this legacy. Please note that these documents are available only in their native language (English).

• Eng. History Paper #1 – Documenting the History of Engineering in Canada

• Eng. History Paper #2 – A Bibliography of History of Canadian Science and Technology

• Eng. History Paper #3 – Historic Publications of the EIC

• Eng. History Paper #4 – The founding of the original Canadian Society of Civil Engineers

• Eng. History Paper #5 – The early years of CSCE and the name change to EIC

• Eng. History Paper #6 – The Engineering Institute from the 1880’s to the 1960’s

• Eng. History Paper #7 – The changing role of the EIC from the 1960s to the present

• Eng. History Paper #8 – Historical sources for EIC and its member societies

• Eng. History Paper #9 – EIC History Reading List [1]

• Eng. History Paper #10 – EIC History Reading List [2]

• Eng. History Paper #11 – EIC History Reading List [3]

• Eng. History Paper #12 – Engineering Centennial and achievements

• Eng. History Paper #13 – The Engineering Journal 1918-1987 – Some Notable Highlights

• Eng. History Paper #14 – Memoirs of an Experimental Stress Analysis Engineer 1945-1980

• Eng. History Paper #15 – Odyssey of an Engineering Researcher

• Eng. History Paper #16 – History Activities of Learned Engineering Societies in Canada

• Eng. History Paper #17 – Port Nelson – A Hudson Bay Port

• Eng. History Paper #18 – The Engineering Journal as a Source for History of Engineering

• Eng. History Paper #19 – Historical Extracts from Papers in the Engineering Journal

• Eng. History Paper #20 – Engineering Designations of National Historic Significance

• Eng. History Paper #21 – Turning an Engineer into an Author, by R.G. Harvey

• Eng. History Paper #22 – Letters Home … by Robert S. Sproule

• Eng. History Paper #23 – Memoir of William G. McKay

• Eng. History Paper #24 – The Knights of Engineering: Yesterday and Today

• Eng. History Paper #25 – The Manitoba Electrical Museum and Education Centre

• Eng. History Paper #26 – An Engineering Entrepreneur: John Gartshore in the 1800s

• Eng. History Paper #27 – An Early Sonar Device

• Eng. History Paper #28 – Some EIC Memorabilia: 1918-1945

• Eng. History Paper #29 – The By Design Book Project

• Eng. History Paper #30 – Consulting Civil Engineering Firms in the Prairie Provinces

• Eng. History Paper #31 – More EIC Memorabilia: 1946-1975

• Eng. History Paper #32 – Biographical Sketches

• Eng. History Paper #33 – William Harold Hunt: Surveyor and Civil Engineer

• Eng. History Paper #34 – An Engineering Career in the Hydro-Electric Industry

• Eng. History Paper #35 – Consolidation of The Engineering Profession in Canada

• Eng. History Paper #36 – Recognising Engineering Merit: The Awards of the EIC

• Eng. History Paper #37 – Engineering Institute Presidents: 1887 to 2008

• Eng. History Paper #38 – The Senior Engineering Institute Executives

• Eng. History Paper #39 – Persons of National Historic Significance: Members of the EIC

• Eng. History Paper #40 – Hall of Fame: The Cdn Museum of Science & Technology

• Eng. History Paper #41 – 1957, 1958 and 1959: Watershed Years for Engineering

• Eng. History Paper #42 – EIC Presidential Biographies, 1937 – 2010 Part One

• Eng. History Paper #43 – EIC Presidential Biographies, 1937 – 2010 Part Two

• Eng. History Paper #44 – Engineering History: A Hard Sell?

• Eng. History Paper #45 – Rolt, Petrosky and Legget: Engineer-Historians

• Eng. History Paper #46 – The Archives of the Engineering Institute of Canada

• Eng. History Paper #47 – Engineering History: Recognize It?

• Eng. History Paper #48 – A History of Canadian Inventions

• Eng. History Paper #49 – The importance of Engineering (an update)

• Eng. History Paper #50 – The Entrepreneurs Behind the Engineers

• Eng. History Paper #51 – British Knights of Engineering

• Eng. History Paper #52 – The History of Engineering: An Introduction

• Eng. History Paper #53 – Engineering When I Was Very Young

• Eng. History Paper #54 – Engineering on a Small Island

• Eng. History Paper #55 – Disasters

• Eng. History Paper #56 – Subtle Linkages

• Eng. History Paper #57 – From Steam to Space Revisited

• Eng. History Paper #58 – Engineering Then and Now

• Eng. History Paper #59 – The History of Engineering: What We Should Know About It

• Eng. History Paper #60 – The Building of the Trent-Severn Waterway

• Eng. History Paper #61 – Landmarks of Engineering History

• Eng. History Paper #62 – Co-Operation in Engineering: The Case for History and Heritage

• Eng. History Paper #63 – The ‘Lighthouse’ Stevensons … and Robert Louis

• Eng. History Paper #64 – Engineering in Newspapers

• Eng. History Paper #65 – Sketches from Engineering History

• Eng. History Paper #66 – Six Steamboats Still Sailing

• Eng. History Paper #67 – Some Early Canadian Steamboats

• Eng. History Paper #68 – Evolution of IEEE Canada

• Eng. History Paper #69 – Jim’s Journeys: Travels of a Cdn Hydro Engineer

• Eng. History Paper #70 – William Kingsford: Pioneer Engineer-Historian

• Eng. History Paper #71 – Forgotten Engineers

• Eng. History Paper #72 – International Timeline of Inventions … in Engineering

• Eng. History Paper #73 – Several Canadian Engineering Companies

• Eng. History Paper #74 – The Silk Roads

• Eng. History Paper #75 – Engineering Stories

• Eng. History Paper #76 – CMBES 50th Anniversary Commemorative Journal

• Eng. History Paper #77 – Engineering History with an Economic Twist

• Eng. History Paper #78 – The Origins of Mechanical Engineering Education in Canada

• Eng. History Paper #79 – Science, Techn and the Economic Council of Canada 1963-68

• Eng. History Paper #80 – Contributions of Women to Sci. and Eng. – Elsie MacGill

• Eng. History Paper #81 – Memoirs of a Steam and Gas Turbine Engineer

• Eng. History Paper #82 – Mechanical Eng Institutions in the UK US CA NZ and AU

• Eng. History Paper #83 – The Canadian Geographic and History of Engineering in Canada

• Eng. History Paper #84 – Engineering Education in British Columbia

• Eng. History Paper #85 – Economic and Rationale for Research and Development in Canada

• Eng. History Paper #86 – Evolution of CANDU Steam Generator Design (1958-1980)

• Eng. History Paper #87 – Eng. Educ. at Loyola College, Sir George Williams and Concordia

• Eng. History Paper #88 – Regarding CSME’s 25th Anniversary Commemorative Volume

• Eng. History Paper #89 – The Slowpoke Nuclear Research Reactor – A Brief History

• Eng. History Paper #90 – The Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association

• Eng. History Paper #91 – Remembered Engineers

• Eng. History Paper #92 – 150 Years of Canadian Engineering

• Eng. History Paper #93 – Clydeside

• Eng. History Paper #94 – The Two Ages of Discovery

• Eng. History Paper #95 – History of Shawinigan Engineering Activities in Malaysia

• Eng. History Paper #96 – The Many Sides of Robert F. Legget

• Eng. History Paper #97 – A Short History of the Athlone Fellowship (Rev4)

• Eng. History Paper #98 – Development of the Sault Montmorency Falls

• Eng. History Paper #99 – History of Manicouagan 3 Dam Board of Consultants

• Eng. History Paper #100 – Athlone Fellowship Program and Canadian Geotechnique

• Eng. History Paper #101 – A Chronology of Engineering Anniversaries

• Eng. History Paper #102 – Review of ASME Book on U.S. Mechanical Eng History

• Eng. History Paper #103 – Tweedsmuir … and Engineering

• Eng. History Paper #104 – Notes on 1969 Cdn Engineering Profession

• Eng. History Paper #105 – Some Thoughts on S&T, R&D Policies

• Eng. History Paper #106 – Some Thoughts on Innovation

• Eng. History Paper #107 – The Institution of Engineers in Scotland

• Eng. History Paper #108 – Some Lessons from History

• Eng. History Paper #109 – The Maine Record of Invention

• Eng. History Paper #110 – A History of Engineering in NS and NL

• Eng. History Paper #111 – Hist. Dev. of Quebec’s Subsurface Drainage – 1850 to 1970

• Eng. History Paper #112 – The Story of Grand River Bridge and its Demise

• Eng. History Paper #113 – Engineering and Fire

• Eng. History Paper #114 – Ball and Roller Bearings

• Eng. History Paper #115 – Sources of Engineering Historical Information

• Eng. History Paper #116 – Engineering & the Propulsion of Boats & Ships

• Eng. History Paper #117 – 1847 – A Memoir

• Eng. History Paper #118 -Athlone Fellows Today (Nov 2024)

• Eng. History Paper #119 – Engineering and History of Weapons of War

• Eng. History Paper #120 – The Papermaking Town

If you wish to add a paper to this collection, please contact: Guy Gosselin, EIC Executive Director.