%xmlchars; ]> mc00056 Guide to the Jehu Dewitt Paulson Papers, 1922-1972 Processed by: Edith Woodcock;machine-readable finding aid created by: Linda Sellars North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center 2005 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program Finding aid written in English. Guide to the Jehu Dewitt Paulson Papers, 1922 - 1972 MC 56 North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center &ncsuaddr; Edith Woodcock, 1997 Linda Sellars, 2005 Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center Paulson, Jehu Dewitt, 1893 - 1972 Jehu Dewitt Paulson Papers, 1922 - 1972 MC 56 2 4 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artist and educator and contains drawings, paintings, prints, plates, photographs and illustrations for published and unpublished manuscripts.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the identification process, and published writings, including The Exterior Form of the Solitary Atom (1952), and unpublished manuscripts ("Appreciation of Painting," "Escape from Atlantis," and "People Makers, a Fantasy of Evolution").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. 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. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. English Information for Users Restrictions to Access

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Gift of Mr. James Devlin, February 24, 1972; Gift of Mrs. Stanley Ballenger, April 21 and 28, 1972

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[Identification of item], Jehu Dewitt Paulson Papers, MC 56, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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 Biographical Note December 20, 1893 Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa (At some point in his childhood he moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he attended public school.) 1911 - 1913 Attended Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania 1913 - 1914 Completed Business Course at Meadville Commercial College, Meadville, Pennsylvania 1914 - 1915 Attended Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut 1915 - 1918 Employed as a stenographer and statistical draftsman for the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. 1918 Became a statistical draftsman for the Ordnance Department of the U.S. War Department 1918 - 1919 Served in the U.S. Army with Infantry in France as a private, first class 1919 - 1921 Employed as a statistician with the U.S. Rubber Company 1921 - 1924 Employed as clerk at Witlock's Book Store, New Haven, Connecticut while in school 1920 - 1924 Attended Yale School of Fine Arts, New Haven, Connecticut; Earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in mural decorating and painting (1924) 1924 - 1925 Employed as a commercial artist for Witlock's Book Store, New Haven, Connecticut 1925 - 1960 Employed by North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina as a professor of architecture and drawing. During his tenure he often did artwork for the college, including the NCS emblem on the floor at the entrance of Reynolds Coliseum. He retired in 1961. 1941 Certified to practice architecture in North Carolina 1943 Initiated into Sigma Chi Fraternity at North Carolina State University 1946 Designed set of six North Carolina State University commemorative plates which were sold by the Alumni Association February 13, 1972 Died in Raleigh, North Carolina; Survived by his son George W. Paulson, daughter Mrs. Pat McManus, and six grandchildren Scope and Content Note

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 The Exterior Form of the Solitary Atom (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. The Paintings, Sketches, Drawings, and Designs series comprise a good representation of Paulson's original artwork. For Howard M. Ellis's drawings from Paulson's Elements of Design Class (1926-1927), see North Carolina State University Library Manuscript Collection 175.

 Organization of the Collection

The collection is divided into five series: Personal; North Carolina State College; Picture Clippings; Research, Writings, and Inventions; and Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, and Designs.

 Online Catalog Terms Personal Name: Paulson, Jehu Dewitt, 1893 - 1972 Corporate Name: North Carolina State University Geographic Name: Raleigh, North Carolina Subject Terms: Architectural design Architectural drawing Art Art--Reproduction Art--Slides Atomic structure Atomic orbitals Atoms--Models Decoration and ornament Drawing Drawing--Private collections Drawing--Study and teaching Figure painting Inventions Map drawing Painting Painting, American--North Carolina Painting--Private collections Painting--Reproduction Pen drawing Pencil drawing Periodic law Universities and colleges--Faculty Universities and colleges in art Watercolor painting Genre: Artists' preparatory drawings Artists' writings Drawings Paintings, American Scientific illustrations Small art works Occupations: Architects--North Carolina Art teachers Artists--North Carolina Artists as architects Artists as authors Artists as teachers Authors, American--North Carolina Designers--North Carolina Inventors--North Carolina Painters--North Carolina Science writers Detailed Description of the Collection MC 56 Series 1 Personal Papers 0.5 27 folders

This series consists of various personal photographs, certificates, and correspondence, including a statement answering to charges of insubordination at North Carolina State. This series also contains Paulson's art history notebook compiled from lectures at Yale School of Fine Arts.

 11Personal (Correspondence, Certificates) 12Art History Notebook: Introduction and Overview of Ancient - 15th Century Art 13Art History Notebook: Egyptian and Assyrian Art 14Art History Notebook: Greek Art 15Art History Notebook: Italian (Roman) Art 16Art History Notebook: Italian (Medieval Mosaics) 17Art History Notebook: Italian Art 18Art History Notebook: Italian Art 19Art History Notebook: Italian Art 110Art History Notebook: Italian Art 111Art History Notebook: Italian Art 112Art History Notebook: Netherlands 113Art History Notebook: Italian Art 114Art History Notebook: Italian Art 115Art History Notebook: Overview of 16th-19th Century Art 116Art History Notebook: Italian Art 117Art History Notebook: Flemish, Dutch Art 118Art History Notebook: Dutch Art 119Art History Notebook: German Art 120Art History Notebook: French Art 121Art History Notebook: French Art 122Art History Notebook: Spanish Art 123Art History Notebook: English Art 124Art History Notebook: American Art 125Photograph of Paulson (Housed in Photograph Collection, People, Faculty, Box 9) 126Photograph of Paulson, his wife, and son, George (Housed in Photograph Collection, People, Faculty, Box 9) 27Certificate to Practice Architecture in North Carolina, 1941 MC 56 Series 2 North Carolina State College 71 folders

The material in this series relates directly to North Carolina State College. It includes a report of Paulson's trip through several northern states in connection with the development of fine arts courses for North Carolina State. Also housed in this series are lecture notes, textbook outlines, and worksheets used in courses taught by Paulson. Finally the series contains a series of sketches and photographs of North Carolina State campus buildings. Some of these drawings were used for the set of commemorative plates sold by the North Carolina State University Alumni Association in 1946.

 MC 56 Series 2.1 Report of trip North, 1 folder 128Report of trip North in regards to the development of fine arts courses for North Carolina State College MC 56 Series 2.2 Materials Used in Courses Taught, 8 folders 129Color Change Chart 130"Design of What?" 131Notes and Textbook Outlines for Courses 132Architecture 100: Pencil Sketching 21Architecture 106: Decorative Drawing 22Anatomy Drawings 23The University Prints, Boston 24Prints and Tracings MC 56 Series 2.3 Building Images, 43 folders 25Bagwell, Berry, and Becton (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Residence Halls) 26Barns (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Barns) 27Barns (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Barns) 28Brooks Hall, sketch 29Brooks Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Hill (Now Brooks) Exterior, Hill Library) 210Chancellor's Residence, sketch 211Chancellor's Residence (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Chancellor's Residence) 212Daniels Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Daniels) 213Holladay Hall, plate design 214Holladay Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Holladay 1921 - 1950) 215Holladay Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Holladay 1921 - 1950) 216Holladay Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Holladay 1921 - 1950) 217Holladay Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Holladay 1889 - 1920) 218Leazar Hall, sketch 219Leazar Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Leazar 220Memorial Tower, sketch 21Memorial Tower, watercolor, 10" X 13" 222Nineteen Eleven Building, sketch 223Owen Hall, plate design 224Page Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Page) 225Page Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Page) 226Patterson Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Patterson) 227Peele Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Peele) 228Peele Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Peele) 29 Peele, Pullen, and Tompkins Halls, sketch, 11" X 15" 230Polk Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Polk) 231Power House, sketch 232Power House (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Power House) 233Primrose Hall, sketches and plate design 234Primrose Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Primrose) 235Pullen Hall 236Pullen Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Pullen) 37Reynolds Coliseum, William Neal 238Ricks Hall, sketch 239Ricks Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Ricks) 240Ricks Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Ricks) 241Thompson Hall, sketch 242Thompson Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Thompson) 243Thompson Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Thompson) 244Tompkins Hall (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Tompkins) 245Watauga Hall, plate design 246Zoology (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Zoology) 247Zoology (Housed in Photograph Collection, Buildings, Zoology) MC 56 Series 3 Picture Clippings 24 folders

This series consists of pictures clipped from print media. The files are arranged alphabetically by subject. Some of these subjects are: costumes, furniture, interiors, landscapes, lettering, men, paintings, sculpture, and women. Whether Paulson used these files as references for his teaching or his creative work is unclear.

 248Architecture 249Bridge Building 250Ceramics 251Costumes, period 252Furniture, modern and period 253Groups, figures 254Interiors, modern 255Interiors, period 256Landscapes 257Lettering 258Men 259Mountains 260Mural Paintings 261Ornament 262Outdoors 263Paintings, American 264Paintings, English 265Paintings, Flemish, Dutch, German 266Paintings, Italian 267Paintings, Spanish, French 268Sculpture 269Ships, Boats, Marine Scenes 31Textiles, Decorative Designs 32Women MC 56 Series 4 Research, Writings, and Inventions 43 folders

The research files deal largely with research involving the identification of some well-known paintings. In particular he believed that Adoration of the Kings, usually attributed to Botticelli, was really painted by Leonardo da Vinci. His writings consist of manuscripts covering the areas of art, science, and fiction. Included are The Forms of the Elementary Atoms and the Periodic Law and The Exterior Form of the Solitary Atom with its accompanying plastic electron orbital models of the elementary atoms. This series also contains correspondence, paperwork, and patent applications for Paulson's inventions. These inventions were: an elevated storage tower, a container, a stool, an improved internal combustion rotary motor, and a trypent star structural form.

MC 56 Series 4.1 Research, 20 folders 33Research in Progress 34Correspondence Regarding Identification of Paintings (1933 - 1934) 35Adoration of the Kings, Botticelli 36"La Belle Ferroniere," Da Vinci (an essay by Paulson) 37"Leonardo da Vinci: His Madonna with the Lamb" 38People Makers: A Fantasy of Evolution, by Jehu D. Paulson and Patricia McManus, unpublished manuscript, Chapters 1 - 3, with miniature illustrations 39People Makers, Chapters 4 - 6 310People Makers, Chapters 7 - 9 311People Makers, Chapters 10 - 12 312People Makers, Chapters 13 - 15 313People Makers, Chapters 16 - 18 314People Makers, Chapters 19 - 20 315The Exterior Form of the Solitary Atom, 1952 (for 14 pen and ink illustrations, 15" X 19", see flat file; for plastic electron orbital models of the elementary atoms, see museum items) 316The Forms of the Elementary Atoms and the Periodic Law, 1955 317The Forms of the Elementary Atoms and the Periodic Law, 1956 318Appreciation of Painting (Textbook), unpublished manuscript 319Appreciation of Painting (?), Information about artists and paintings 320Appreciation of Painting (?), Plates for book 321Appreciation of Painting (?), Plates for book 322Appreciation of Painting (?), Plates for book MC 56 Series 4.2 Writings, 10 folders 41Escape from Atlantis (earlier version), pp. 1-45 42Escape from Atlantis (earlier version), pp. 46-90 44Research, Writings, and Inventions 43Escape from Atlantis (earlier version), pp. 91-135 44Escape from Atlantis (earlier version), pp. 136-182 45Escape from Atlantis (later version), pp. 1-50 46Escape from Atlantis (later version), pp. 51-100 47Escape from Atlantis (later version), pp. 101-150 48Escape from Atlantis (later version), pp. 151-199 49"Simple Measured Perspective" 410Notes for Future Writings MC 56 Series 4.3 Inventions, 5 folders 411Elevated Storage Tower, 1959-61 412Container, 1961 413Stool, 1962 414Improved Internal Combustion Rotary Motor, 1972 415Trypent Star Structural Form, n.d. MC 56 Series 5 Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, and Designs 8 folders

Examples of Paulson's original artwork make up this series. The mediums used include oil, watercolor, pencil, and pen and ink. The works vary in size and subject matter. The full size paintings used to illustrate his book The People Makers are located in this series. Of particular note in this series is a booklet about North Carolina signed by Governor Scott.

416Watercolors 417Plate Designs 418Lettering 419Booklet about North Carolina, signed by Governor W. Kerr Scott 420Maps and Architectural Drawings 421Logo Designs 422Drawings and Sketches 423Photographic Color Slides