TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Restrictions

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1 -- Undergraduate Work At WPI

Series 2 -- Curriculum Materials

Series 3 -- Speeches and letters

Series 4 -- (ME456 - Experimental Stress Projects), 1964

Series 5 -- (WPI Miscellaneous)

Finding Guide to Frederick Anderson Papers

Biographical Note

Professor Frederick Anderson was born in Worcester on March 3, 1920. He attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute as an undergraduate student from 1938-1942, receiving a degree in mechanical engineering. He then began working for Worcester Polytechnic Institute as a graduate student. By 1947 he was made an assistant professor. After receiving his Masters of Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1953 he became a full time professor. By October of 1955 he was made the associate professor of the Mechanical Engineering department, specializing on stress analysis and materials testing. In 1956 Professor Frederick Anderson became the first coordinator of the evening graduate program. As an undergraduate student he was in the top fifth of his class and a member of the Sigma Xi honorary society. He would later join the ASME, the ASTM, and the ASEE. During his graduate work he took a leave of absence between 1944 and 1946 during which he served in the Navy. After he left the Navy he married Gloria R Colburn in 1946 and they had a son, Frederick Anderson Jr. on March 3, 1948. Frederick Anderson Jr. would become an affiliate professor of biomedical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Professor Frederick Anderson died October 11, 1982 after teaching for 40 years.

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Scope and Contents

The materials in these papers span the years from 1938 to 1982. The majority of the papers would be Frederick Anderson’s course materials while he was a professor, which focus on the mechanical engineering courses he taught. In addition there are also his undergraduate coursework, his M.S. thesis paper, speeches he made, and his personal correspondence in regards to Professor Kenneth G Merriam’s nomination for the ASEE/ Western Electric Award and other letters regarding education.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Permission from Archivist required.

Restrictions on Use

May be copied with the consent of the WPI Archivist.

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Detailed Description of the Collection