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Paul M. Dunn Papers, 1916-1988
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Dunn, Paul M.
- Title
- Paul M. Dunn Papers
- Dates
- 1916-1988 (inclusive)19161988
- Quantity
- 2.1 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- Consult repository.
- Summary
- The Dunn Papers document the professional activities of Paul M. Dunn, Dean of Forestry at Oregon State College from 1942 to 1955.
- Repository
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Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Paul M. Dunn served as Dean of Forestry at Oregon State College from 1942 until 1955, when he joined the St. Regis Paper Company. Dunn was instrumental in obtaining the 6200-acre Adair Tract for teaching and research and it was subsequently named the Paul M. Dunn Research Forest in his honor. In 1952-53, Dunn assisted in establishing a school of forest engineering at the University of Chile.
Dunn was born 15 October 1898 in Lennox, South Dakota. He earned BS and MSF degrees in forestry from Iowa State College in 1923 and 1933. From 1926 until 1931, he was associate state forester in Missouri. Dunn became a forestry professor at Utah State College in 1931 and in 1938 became the first Dean of Forestry at that institution, a position he held until 1942. Dunn retired from St. Regis in 1968 and returned to Corvallis where he lived until his death on 8 January 1988.
Dunn received the Iowa State University Alumni Association's Distinguished Achievement Award in 1968, the Society of American Foresters' Gifford Pinchot Award in 1975, and the Utah State University's Centennial Award in 1987.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Paul M. Dunn Papers include two scrapbooks; correspondence received from friends and colleagues; awards, certificates, plaques, diplomas, and medallions; his master's thesis; photographs; and materials pertaining to his work in Missouri and in Chile.
The scrapbooks include b/w and color photographs as well as clippings and memorabilia documenting Paul Dunn's professional activities and his family. Notable items include photographs of the Paul M. Dunn Demonstration Forest owned by St. Regis Paper Company near Pensacola Florida; groundbreaking for the Western Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon in 1969; a 1946 photograph of the Corvallis Rotary Club at the Oregon coast showing many OSC faculty and alumni including Paul Petri, Fred Shideler, Ralph Coleman, Slats Gill, and E.E. Wilson; and 1980 newspaper clippings about Donna Byrne, the first woman to receive the Paul M. Dunn Award presented to the top senior in the OSU College of Forestry.
The correspondence consists primarily of congratulatory letters received at the time Dunn was appointed to new positions or received awards. Of particular note are letters from Oregon State College faculty and administrators, including former Dean of Forestry George W. Peavy, sent at the time of his appointment as Dean of Forestry at Oregon State College in 1942.
The photographs include images of Dunn; his wife, Neva K. Dunn; groups at conferences and meetings; and Dunn with forestry students in Chile. Of especial note is a 1949 image of George W. Peavy with Dunn.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Processing Note
Several of the awards, certificates, and photographs have been kept in their original frames at the request of the donor because they may be displayed by the College of Forestry. They may be removed from the frames in the future.
Related Materials
The College of Forestry Records (RG 139) include materials pertaining to Dunn's years as Dean. Other forestry-related collections include the George W. Peavy Papers and the Walter F. McCulloch Collection. The OSU Research Forests published an oral history of Paul M. Dunn in 1990.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Scrapbooks, 1916-1965Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Original |
1920-1965 |
| 1 | Photocopy
Photocopy includes 1916 image not in original above.
|
1916-1965 |
| 2 |
apx 16x20 in.
|
1965-1985 |
Thesis, 1933Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | A Study of Some Forest Tree
Plantings on Agricultural Lands and Watershed Areas in Utah Showing Methods of
Reforestation and First Results, MS Thesis, Iowa State College |
1933 |
Letters received, 1931-1986Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | OSU resignation |
1954 |
| 1 | Society of American Foresters
presidency |
1961-1962 |
| 1 | Society of American Foresters
fellow |
1959 |
| 1 | St. Regis
vice-president |
1962 |
| 1 | At close of term as Society
of American Foresters president |
1963-1964 |
| 1 | Retirement from St.
Regis |
1967 |
| 1 | Utah State University
centennial award |
1986 |
| 1 | Miscellaneous |
1931-1968 |
Awards, 1920-1988Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Gifford Pinchot
Award |
1975 |
Plaques |
||
| Box | ||
| 3 | Appreciation as chairman,
Education Committee, American Forest Products Industries, Inc. |
ca. 1962 |
| 3 | Appreciation of
outstanding service, Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association |
1965 |
| 3 | OSU Presidents Club
Founding Members |
1968 |
| 3 | Western Forestry Award,
Western Forestry and Conservation Association |
1971 |
| 3 | American Forestry
Associtaion Appreciation |
ca. 1972 |
| 3 | Fellow, Foresty History
Society |
1972 |
| 3 | Pinchot Award
plaque |
1975 |
| 3 | Benton County YMCA
Century Club |
1975 |
| 3 | Award for Distinguished
Service, Keep Oregon Green Association |
ca. 1979 |
| 3 | Boy Scouts of America,
Oregon Trail Council Century Club Member |
1972-1981 |
| 3 | President of Gulf Pine,
Inc.
|
1963-1981 |
| 3 | Old Main Society, Utah
State University
|
undated |
| 4 | Awards and certificates
(framed)
apx 20x24 in.
|
1986-1987 |
| 2 | Medallions
apx 16x20 in.
|
ca. 1975-1988 |
| 2 | Certificates, awards, and
diplomas
apx 16x20 in.
|
1920-1983 |
Utah State
University |
||
| Box | ||
| 2 | Centennial
Award
apx 16x20 in.
|
1988 |
| 2 | Old Main
Society
apx 16x20 in.
|
1973 |
Missouri Department of Agriculture, 1931-1953Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1
University of Chile, 1952-1953Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1
Photographs, 1942-ca. 1973Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 4 | Pencil drawing of Paul M.
Dunn and Neva K. Dunn
apx 20x24 in.
framed
|
ca. 1973 |
| 2 | Paul M. Dunn and Neva K.
Dunn
apx 16x20 in.
3 framed prints
|
ca. 1965 |
| 5 | Iowa State University Reunion
Class of 1923 |
1968. |
| 5 | AFA Group |
ca. 1956. |
| 5 | Oregon Forest Products
Laboratory Staff
Front row (l to r): Hugh Wilcox, Murl Peterson, Bruce
Anderson, James Holden.
Center row (l to r): Paul Dunn, Phimister Proctor, Ervin
Kurth, Mortimer Macdonald, Leif Espenas.
Back row (l to r): Bruce Wagg, Robert Stillinger, Maurice
Gekeler, Robert Graham, William Baker.
|
1949 |
| 5 | Paul Dunn at SPCA meeting in
Atlanta, Georgia |
1965. |
| 5 | Group at World Forestry
Congress |
1960. |
| 5 | Paul Dunn, President of
Society of American Foresters, presenting award to R.E. McCardle |
1962. |
| 5 | St. Regis
foresters |
1963. |
| 5 | Group at AFA |
1962. |
| 5 | St. Regis Forestry and
timberlands tour; Tacoma, Washington |
1965. |
| 5 | George W. Peavy and Paul M.
Dunn |
1949. |
| 5 | Paul Dunn at desk |
ca. 1942. |
| 5 | Committee meeting at
OSU |
1971. |
| 5 | Maine forestry
dinner |
1966. |
| 5 | Dunn with Chilean
students 3 prints
|
1952-1953 |
| 6 | Portrait photograph of
Dunn
apx 12x17 in.
|
ca. 1965. |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Experimental forests--Florida.
- Forestry schools and education--Chile.
- Forestry schools and education--Oregon--Corvallis.
