Faculty Records (University Of Maine). Professor Campana (Richard J.) Papers
Scope and Contents
The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by Richard J. Campana, who was a University of Maine Botany and Plant Pathology professor, but there are also photographs of Campana, slides, research tools, graphs, charts, and cartographic materials.
The record series Biographical Information contains information regarding educational background, resumes, past achievements, awards, and personal correspondence of Campana.
The record series Research and Publications contains research completed and published by Campana, mostly on the subject of Dutch Elm Disease (DED), and research and publications completed by other specialists of botany which Campana referred to.
The record series Research Tools contains two increments hammers which Campana used in gathering data and completing research.
Dates
- 1937-1989
- Majority of material found within 1970-1985
Creator
- Campana, Richard J. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval. Personal identifiable and legally protected information will be redacted before release.
Conditions Governing Use
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical / Historical
Richard J. Campana was born in Everett, Massachusetts on December 5th, 1918. He received a BSF in forestry from the University of Idaho in 1943. Campana then served as a surgical technician in the U.S. Army, and earned a Bronze Star award during WWII after briefly being held as a prisoner of war (1943-1946). He entered Yale University and received an MS in Forestry in 1974. Campana served as an instructor at the Pennsylvania State Forestry School in Mont Alto (1947), and as an Assistant Professor of Botany for two years at North Carolina State University (1947-1949). Campana received his Ph.D. in Forest Pathology in 1952 after returning to Yale University. In 1949, Campana worked as an Assistant Plant pathologist for the USDA, and then as an Assistant Associate of Plant Pathology at the University of Illinois. Soon after, Campana began his professional study and observation of Dutch Elm Disease (DED).
In 1958, Campana came to the University of Maine as the head of the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology. He held this position for 10 years, while simultaneously continuing his research for the prevention of Dutch Elm Disease. In 1984, Campana was awarded the University Presidential Achievement Award. In 1985, he retired as a professor emeritus and was inducted into the Idaho Alumni College of Fame and was elected a Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society. Campana was also honored by the University of Maine for successfully saving an elm tree with Dutch Elm Disease on campus besides Hitchner Hall. Today the tree is named Campana Elm. Campana died aged 87, on April 1, 2005.
Extent
7 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The Records Group is broken down intellectually into the following record series: 1. Biographical Information, 2. Research and Publications & 3. Research Tools. Physically the records are arranged by subject. Material was rehoused into archival quality storage.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfered to Special Collections in July 2005 as accession #2005-0705A.
Appraisal
The Processing Archivist appraised the records and destroyed student records not appropriate for permanent preservation and duplicate copies of items
Accruals
Accruals from Professor Campana are not anticipated because he died in 2005.
Bibliography
General
The processing of this collection was made possible by "Putting History to Work," grant-funded student internship program via the University of Maine System and intern Hannah Deschenes.
Processing Information
Processed by Putting History to Work Intern Hannah Deschenes, February-March 2020, Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Department. Processing involved a collection survey and the creation of this finding aid. Material was rehoused into appropriate archival folders and the boxes and folders numbered and titled using information from ArchivesSpace.
- Articles Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Artifacts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Clippings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Dutch elm disease Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Field notes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Reports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Research -- Maine -- Orono Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Research laboratories Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Research notes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Theses Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Trees -- Maine -- Research Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- University of Maine -- Research grants Subject Source: Local sources
- University of Maine. College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture
- Wood -- Research Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- University of Maine. Professor Campana (Richard J.) Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Hannah Deschenes and Matthew Revitt
- Date
- March 13, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library University Archives Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
