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Ford Cushing Smith Collection
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CA RBD MSG 382
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2 cm of textual records
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Name of creator
(1882-1955)
Biographical history
Ford Cushing Smith was born on October 2, 1883, in Hancock, Delaware County, New York.
He was a civil engineer who he graduated from Princeton University in 1904. Shortly after, he became an instructor of civil engineering at the same university. Throughout his professional career, he worked for the Foundation Company on various projects, including the East River Tunnels and Municipal Buildings in New York City, as well as a power plant for the Aluminum Company of America in Massena, New York. He also contributed to several parkway and irrigation projects in Oregon.
From 1917 to 1923, he served as the resident engineer for M.P. and J.D. Davie Co. on a dry dock project in Lauzon, Quebec. His final position was with the New Hampshire State Department of Highways in Concord, New Hampshire.
In 1929, he married Katherine Sayers Ford (1896-1988). He died of a heart attack on November 30, 1955, in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
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Scope and content
The collection consists of 92 black and white photographs, mounted on black paper, depicting the construction of the dry dock in Lauzon, Quebec, from 1917 to 1923. It also includes a diary written by Ford Cushing Smith in 1922, which details activities related to the dry dock at Lauzon, and an accompanying typewritten letter from I. D. Macorquodale, Eng., explaining the donation in detail.
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Donated by Mrs. Ford C. Smith, 1B Merrimack Street, Concord, N.H. 03301.
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- English
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Also described in the McGill Libraries catalogue.
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Originals and Photographs
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Comprises 1 envelope.
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New MSS