Dard Hunter to Enter Hall of Fame

Cathleen A. Baker and Arnold Grummer are very pleased to announce that their nomination of Dard Hunter as an 2008 inductee into the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame, Inc., was successful.

The P.I.I.H.F. is located in Appleton, Wisconsin; their website is http://www.paperhall.org/.



The mission of the P.I.I.H.F. is two-fold:
• to recognize people who have made preeminent contributions to the paper industry worldwide by inducting them into the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame, Inc.
• to display historical elements of the industry and to provide an education center for industry advancement.

Additionally, P.I.I.H.F. inductees are individuals who have “pioneered and/or helped the world’s paper and allied industries to flourish.” Hunter was nominated in the academic category.


The induction ceremony will be held on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton. Contact the P.I.I.H.F. at (920) 380–7491 to request an invitation/make a reservation, or Arnie at agrummer@sbcglobal.net.

Paper and Threshold by Dorothy Field

2008 Bronze Medal Winner

Independent Publisher Book Awards
National Category—Essay/Creative Non-Fiction

Paper and Threshold
The Paradox of Spiritual Connection in Asian Cultures
by Dorothy Field
Foreword by Jane M. Farmer
The Legacy Press • Ann Arbor, Mich.


Cultures use materials that reflect their own myths, their own sense of where life is held. In India, thread and cloth are often used as the mnemonic device to remind people to pay attention. In other parts of Asia, particularly Japan, Korea, Burma, and Nepal, paper takes up its paradoxical role as a bridge enabling spirits to cross and a barrier keeping dark forces out. Many ancient customs continue to be observed with little current comprehension, and when shapes cut out of white plastic are substituted for paper, we know amnesia has set in.

Many, probably most, traditional cultures see physical thresholds as more than a place to hang a door. Thresholds are liminal, often standing in for distant places such as sacred mountain passes. Crossing a threshold can symbolize the passage between being in the womb and being born, being single and being married, being alive and dying. Paper or thread placed at our everyday physical thresholds reminds us of less tangible crossings and of each individual’s connection to mystery and wonder.

In this book, illustrated with over 200 of her photographs, Dorothy examines a wide range of papers at thresholds in many parts of Asia, and its uses in Shinto, shamanic, and Buddhist temples, as well as paper kites, lanterns, doors, and windows. She considers why one culture uses paper, another thread, and a third, barley. And there are also examples of paper used for sheer fun, as bursts of color and celebration.

$45.00 • hardcover in cloth • 9.5 x 11.5 inches • 108 pages • 207 color photographs
ISBN: 978–0–9797974–0–8
to order: http://www.thelegacypress.com/

Note: This book is also available in sheets for binding and to order copies, email: thelegacypress@comcast.net