Algernon Cyrus Dixon papers, 1906-1962.

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Algernon Cyrus Dixon papers, 1906-1962.

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Collection consists of correspondence received and sent. It is organized into four groups: 1. Board of Regents, University of Oregon. This group includes correspondence with university officials such as presidents Prince Lucien Campbell and Arnold Bennett Hall, and with other board members, notably Mrs. George T. Gerlinger. There is also correspondence with Joseph N. Teal and H. Phimister Proctor. There is a major series of letters regarding the location and construction of the University of Oregon Medical School. 2. Home Loan Bank Board. In 1932 Dixon was a candidate for appointment to the board. The correspondence contains letters of support and request for advice from persons dealing with the board. 3. Ochoco Timber Co. This includes correspondence with the company president, Robert A. Booth, concerning negotiations between the company and the National Forest Reservation Commission over timber holdings consolidation. 4. Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. Miscellaneous reports, financial records, and minor correspondence for the period 1920-1958.

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Gerlinger, Irene Hazard

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Hall, Arnold Bennett, 1881-1936

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Arnold Bennett Hall (1881-1936) was a professor of political science and law, college president, and an author. Hall was president of the University of Oregon during 1926-1932. He is noted for his promise of increased emphasis on scholarship and research. Though funding for some of his projects passed the legislature, many proposals were vetoed or drastically reduced by the governor. President Hall was also known for attempting to gain endowments that would help ensure t...

Ochoco Timber Co.

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Campbell, Prince Lucien, 1861-1925

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Booth-Kelly Lumber Co.

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Dixon, Algernon Cyrus, 1875-1962.

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Algernon Cyrus Dixon was born in Illinois. He attended Oregon State Normal School in Monmouth from 1892-1893. In 1900 he was foreman for Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., Springfield, Oregon and became mill superintendent, sales manager, general manager, and vice-president of the company. He was a director of the Ochoco Timber Co., Eugene, and trustee and president of the West Coast Lumbermens' Association. From 1911 to 1923 he was on the Board of Regents, University of Oregon, much of the time as chairma...

University of Oregon. Medical School

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George Earle Chamberlain (b.1913), grandson and namesake of the former governor and senator of Oregon, son of otolaryngologist Dr. Charles Thomson Chamberlain. He received a BA from the University of Oregon in 1936, and an MD from the University of Oregon Medical School in 1938. Chamberlain served as captain and resident physician in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WWII. He began serving in 1941, when he was stationed in New York, N. Y.,at the New York Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Infirmary. He ...

University of Oregon. Board of Regents

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The University of Oregon was created by an act of the Oregon Legislature in 1872. In 1876, the Legislature passed an act to "Provide for the Support and Government of the University of Oregon." Section 2 of that act vested the government of the University in a nine-person Board of Regents. In 1929, the Legislature established the State Department of Higher Education and invested it with the power previously held by the individual Boards of Regents at all Oregon universities. Some of the function...