Jehu Dewitt Paulson Papers 1922-1972, 2011

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Jehu Dewitt Paulson Papers 1922-1972, 2011

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This collection documents Jehu Dewitt Paulson's career as an artist and educator and contains drawings, paintings, prints, plates, photographs and illustrations for published and unpublished manuscripts. The Personal files include Paulson's application for a Guggenheim Fellowship (1934), photographs of Paulson and his family, certificates of memberships to various societies and fraternities, a curriculum vitae, and notes from his college years. The North Carolina State College series includes class notes, a partial history of the Department of Architecture, course materials and notes on the appreciation of paintings. The Building Images subseries contains photographs, pencil sketches and plates of various campus buildings, including Memorial Tower, Primrose Hall, and Pullen Hall. Files of picture clippings on varied subjects (architecture, bridge building, interiors, landscaping, murals, paintings and sculpture, etc.) comprise another series. The Writings, Research and Inventions series contains identifications of paintings (by painter and subject), correspondence regarding the identification process, and published writings, including (1952), and unpublished manuscripts ("Appreciation of Painting," "Escape from Atlantis," and "People Makers, a Fantasy of Evolution"). Among the inventions are plans for an elevated storage tower and for an improved internal combustion rotary motor. Also included in this series are subject files of picture clippings on varied subjects (architecture, bridge building, interiors, landscaping, murals, paintings and sculpture, etc.). The Paintings, Sketches, Drawings, and Designs series comprise a good representation of Paulson's original artwork. This series also contains drawings and related papers on The Forms of the Elementary Atoms and The Periodic Law. The Photographic series contains undated photos of various atoms and elements. The Family Papers series contains a printed book on family history. The Exterior Form of the Solitary Atom Jehu Dewitt Paulson (1893-1972), an artist and educator, served on the faculty of the Department of Architecture at North Carolina State College from 1925 to 1961.

11.6 Linear feet,5 boxes, 15 flat folders, 4 flat boxes

North Carolina State University. Special Collections Research Center

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North Carolina State University. Special Collections Research Center

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North Carolina State University

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Paulson, Jehu Dewitt, 1893-1972.

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Jehu Dewitt Paulson (1893 - 1972), an artist and educator, served on the faculty of the Department of Architecture at North Carolina State College from 1925 to 1961. From the description of Jehu Dewitt Paulson papers, 1922-1972. (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 466915283 December 20, 1893 Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa (At some point in his childhood he moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, wh...