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Arthur D. Dunn fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1818-1999.

Reference:

R4466-0-X-E, MG31-J6

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Sound recordings, Architectural and technical drawings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

104296

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Arthur D. Dunn fonds
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Fonds includes:

9 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1818-1999.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

7.67 m of textual records.
466 photographs : chiefly col. transparencies.
1 audio disc (15 min).
44 technical drawings.

Language of material:

English

Accession:

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Arthur D. Dunn fonds [textual record, graphic material, architectual, technical drawings]

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Fonds consists of Museum of Science and Technology files relating to the lobbying for, and foundation of, the National Museum of Science and Technology, 1956-1969; information technology and standardization subject files, containing journal articles, photocopies from books, product manuals, advertising material, government and personal correspondence, memoranda, reports and standards, n.d., 1922-1985; Dunn's correspondence and memos on the development of modular steel shelving, paper sizes and keyboard standardization for the Dept. of Supply and Services 1967-1975; research material on selected iron works and foundries in the Maritimes, Quebec and Ontario particularly the Marmora Iron Works 1818-1992; and historical and geneological research on the role of the Leonard Family in the development of iron working from 12th century France to 19th century Ontario, 1851-1994.

The fonds contains files on research and proposed reconstruction of the McLaren Mill (Wakefield, Quebec ), Watson's Mill (Manotick, Ontario) and the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (Almonte, Ontario); Dunn's editing work for the 'Historical Metallurgy Notes' of the 'CIM Bulletin' and 'Tools and Technology' of the American Precision Museum, 1979-1985; and material related to the British-American mechanical engineer George H. Middelton, (fl.1894-1948).

The fonds contains photographs of iron mines, ironworks, and iron foundries located in Ontario and Quebec, [ca. 1867-1978]; and homes and mills associated with the Leonard family of ironworkers at Pontypool, Wales, and West Bromwich, England. The fonds also contains a sound recording made by the National Research Council entitled, The headless musician, n.d., and technical drawings of power hammers built by Peter Pilkington Ltd. Engineers, Lancashire UK, 1917-1924.

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Dunn, Arthur D., 1914-

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Leonard Family (London, Ont.)

Biography/Administrative history:

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Dunn, Arthur D., 1914- : Arthur Dunn was born in Bath, England. After training as an engineer, he went into manufacturing where he eventually headed production at a large manufacturing company. During World War II he was engaged in ballistics research. In 1948 Dunn immigrated to Canada where he worked in a variety of technical fields ranging from electronics to metal molding. Dunn joined the Department of Defence Production in 1958 where he became involved in information handling and standardization. When the Department was reorganized, eventually becoming part of the Department of Supply and Service in 1969, Dunn was transferred to the Canadian Government Standards Board.

His projects included recommending standards for paper and envelope sizes, automation of information storage and transmission, keyboards to meet Canadian requirements and designing storage shelving for government records. He was a member of several committees of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and the International Standards Organization (ISO). In 1971 Dunn published a pamphlet "Notes on the Standardization of Papers Sizes" which had a very large distribution world-wide. After his retirement from government service in 1974, Dunn became a private consultant on standardization.

Dunn was also an advocate of a National Museum of Science and Technology which was established in 1967. Dunn was involved in the proposed restoration of the McLaren flour mill in Wakefield, Quebec, owned by the National Capital Commission. He also worked on the history and development of Watson's Mill at Manotick, Ontario, which was owned by the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, in the early 1990s. Dunn was involved in the formation of the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in Almonte, Ontario in 1980-1982 and was its technical director 1992-1993.

Dunn did considerable archival and archaeological research on the Marmora Iron Works in Marmora, Ontario (fl.1820-1880). He also researched the Leonard family which had been involved in metalworking since 12th century France. Dunn was the first editor of "Historical Metallurgy Notes" of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy's "Bulletin", 1979-1982 and also editor of the American Precision Museum's "Tools and Technology", 1982-1985.

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Textual record (Electronic) Finding aid describes volumes 1 to 40 at the file level. MSS1675 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000304.pdf

Sound recording (Electronic) See MISACAS for item level description. (90: Open)

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General note:

Received between 1977 and 2000 from Arthur D. Dunn of Ottawa.
Subject heading:

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Museums - Canada, ]1956-1969] Canada. Department of Supply and Services

National Research Council of Canada. Associate Committee on National Museums of Science and Engineering - Minutes, 1966-1969 Canadian Standards Association

National Science Museum Support Group - Minutes, 1965-1966 International Standards Association

Optical character recognition, [n.d., 1922-1985] General Mining Association (Sydney, N.S.)

Optical pattern recognition, [n.d., 1922-1985] Forges du St-Maurice (Qué.)

Microforms, [n.d., 1922-1985] Canadian Iron Mining and Manufacturing Co. (Ottawa, Ont.)

Keyboards (Electronics), [n.d., 1922-1985] Ottawa Iron and Steel Manufacturing Co. (Ottawa, Ont.)

Information storage and retrieval systems, [n.d., 1922-1985] Marmora Iron Works (Marmora, Ont.)

Information technology, [n.d., 1922-1985] Blairton Mine (Marmora, Ont.)

Telecommunication, [n.d., 1922-1985] Normandale Iron Works (Normandale, Ont.)

Computer input-output equipment, [n.d., 1922-1985] Charles Hays

Computer software, [n.d., 1922-1985] Joseph Van Norman (1796-1888)

Paper - Standardization, [n.d., 1922-1985]

Data transmission systems, [n.d., 1922-1985]

Advertising - Computers, [n.d., 1922-1985]

Postal service, [n.d., 1922-1985]

Shelving. Modular

Iron Working. Britian

Iron Working. France

Iron Working. United States

Iron Working. Ontario

Iron Working. Quebec

Iron Working. Nova Scotia

Iron Working. New Brunswick

Foundries - Canada

Archaeology - Marmora Iron Works

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1987-01-15)
123-020016-9
123-020023-1
1987-0048 MISA
1995/0088
1996-040 DAP
2001-00076-6
95-250
MG31-J6

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-J6
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1675] 128

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG31 J 6]

[Consultation 90 Open]

40 File number 5

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [DUNN, ARTHUR D. 1996-040]

[Consultation 90 Open]

6302;

[Consultation 90 Open]

TCS 01315;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions. Various and unknown copyrights on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no. Sound recording: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holder.

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