Guide to the Peter Batchelor Papers, 1967 - 2007

Collection Number MC 157

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Collection Information
Abstract:

This collection contains papers belonging to Batchelor. Included are correspondence, administrative papers, urban design studies, architectural drawings, maps, computer printouts, doctoral papers, student works, photographic slides, and industry publications related to urban planning.

Peter Batchelor, Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the North Carolina State University School of Architecture tought Anatomy of the City, an analysis of the principles underlying urban development; The Urban House, an integral element of urban form; and graduate urban design studios.

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Descriptive Summary

Repository

North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center

Creator

Batchelor, Peter

Title

Peter Batchelor Papers, 1967 - 2007

Call Number

MC 157

Extent

36 linear feet, 24 cartons

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.

Language of Material

English

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research. Access requires at least 24 hours notices.
Acquisitions Information

Donated by Peter Batchelor, 2007 (Accession numbers 2007-0203, 2007-0214, and 2007-0239) and 2008 (Accession number 2008-0181).
Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Peter Batchelor Papers, MC 157, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Proccessing Information

Processed by Keith Taylor, Michael Watts, and Todd Kosmerick2007

Encoded by Keith Taylor, Michael Watts, and Todd Kosmerick2007

Finding aid updated by Todd Kosmerick2008 August

Biographical Note


Born in London, England, on May 22, 1934, Peter Batchelor earned a Bachelor of Architecture (honors) from the University of British Columbia in 1960, Masters of Architecture and City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, and a Doctorate in City Planning from the latter institution in 1972. He began teaching at the North Carolina State University School of Architecture in 1968. As a Professor of Architecture and Urban Design he tought Anatomy of the City, an analysis of the principles underlying urban development; The Urban House, an integral element of urban form; and graduate urban design studios. His research interests included computer visualization and simulation of urban growth, typological studies of urban housing, and interactive community decision-making.

Batchelor is a licensed practitioner in architecture and city planning and former director of the American Institute of Architects, North Carolina (AIANC) Urban Design Assistance Program which provides interdisciplinary problem-solving teams to communities. Professor Batchelor won more than 35 honors and awards for academic achievement, architectural design, drawing, communication, urban and regional planning and has written over 50 refereed articles in journals and technical reports. He has co-authored two books.

He has practiced urban design in three countries since 1963. Batchelor is a Fellow in both the American Institute of Architects and the American Institute of Certified Planners. He has chaired major national AIA committees and edited Urban Design Case Studies, and he was granted the status of Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Urban Design from the North Carolina State University’s Board of Trustees. Professor Batchelor retired in Februrary, 2007.

Scope and Content Note


This collection contains papers belonging to Peter Batchelor, a professor of architecture and urban design at North Carolina State University. Included are correspondence, administrative papers, urban design studies, architectural drawings, maps, computer printouts, doctoral papers, student works, photographic slides, and industry publications related to urban planning.

Organization of the Collection


Preliminary inventory. The materials have been maintained in the order received, and they fall into three series: Urban Design Assistance Program Records, Project Interact Computer Printouts, Other Papers, and Exhibit Materials.

Online Catalog Terms


The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Individuals

  • Batchelor, Peter

Corporate Entities

  • North Carolina State University. School of Architecture

Topics

  • City planning
  • City planning--North Carolina

Occupations

  • Architect
  • Urban Planner

Related Material

Detailed Description of the Collection


  • Series 1: Urban Design Assistance Program Records, 1986 - 1999


    6 linear feet, 4 cartons

    Contained here are Batchelor's files from the AIANC Urban Design Assistance Program.

    • NCAIA/UDAT
      • NCAIA Urban Design Assistance Team [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 1]
      • Development Plan For the City of Southport, February 13-16, 1991 [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 1]
      • The Riverfront Plan [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 1]
      • Development Plan for Downtown Laurinburg, April 20-23, 1988 [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 1]
      • Downtown Wake Forest, December 10-13, 1986 [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 1]
      • Column Layouts, December 10-13, 1986 [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 1]
      • Correspondence (Folder 1) [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 1]
      • Correspondence (Folder 2) [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 1]
      • UDAT Brochure, 1990 [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 1]
      • Resumes, 1990 [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 1]
      • Form Letters, Originals, 1990 [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 1]
    • UDAT 1 Wake Forest
      • Downtown Wake Forest [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 2]
      • Originals [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 2]
      • Accounts [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 2]
      • Report [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 2]
      • Duplicates/Lists [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 2]
      • Notes/Documents [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 2]
      • Scenes of Downtown [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 2]
      • Residential Scenes [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 2]
      • West / S White Street [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 2]
      • East / S White Street [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 2]
      • Jones Ave [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 2]
      • Owen St [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 2]
      • Railroad Scenes [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 2]
      • Wake Forest Seminary [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 2]
      • Team Slides [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 2]
    • UDAT 2 Laurinburg
      • Development Plan for Downtown Laurinburg [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 3]
      • Correspondence Notes, April 1988 [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 3]
      • Original on Studio Diskette, September 15, 1988 [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 3]
      • Maps, April 1988 [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 3]
      • Accounts, April 1988 [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 3]
      • Report, April 1988 [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 3]
      • General Information, April 1988 [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 3]
      • News Clippings, April 1988 [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 3]
      • SECU Laurinburg [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 3]
      • Laurinburg Photos [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 3]
      • Laurinburg Slides [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 3]
      • Framework for Growth [MC 157 Carton 1, Folder 3]
    • UDAT 3 Asheville
      • The Riverfront Plan, April 26-29, 1989 [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 2]
      • Design Charette Background Information [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 2]
      • Publication [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 2]
      • Correspondence [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 2]
      • Notes [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 2]
      • Receipts [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 2]
    • UDAT 4 Southport
      • Correspondence [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 3]
      • Receipts [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 3]
      • Development Plan for the City of Southport, February 13-16, 1991 [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 3]
    • UDAT 5 Winston-Salem
      • The Southeast Gateway Plan, November 1992 [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 4]
      • General Correspondence [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 4]
      • Articles, Clippings [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 4]
      • Accounts/Receipts [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 4]
      • Team Resumes [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 4]
      • Site Information/Problem Definition [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 4]
      • Photographs [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 4]
      • Team Correspondence [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 4]
      • Winston-Salem Southeast Gateway, November 1992 [MC 157 Carton 2, Folder 4]
    • UDAT 6 Durham
      • Durham Central Park [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 1]
      • Official Visitors Guide Durham [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 1]
      • Durham - General Correspondence [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 1]
      • Durham Accounts [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 1]
      • Durham News Items [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 1]
      • Durham Team Notes [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 1]
      • UDAT/6 Current [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 1]
    • UDAT 7 Salisbury
      • UDART Salisbury [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 2]
      • Salisbury General [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 2]
      • Salisbury Accounts [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 2]
      • Salisbury Clippings & Memorabilia [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 2]
      • Originals [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 2]
      • Salisbury Team [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 2]
      • Blueprints [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 2]
      • Innes Street Correspondence [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 2]
      • Innes Street Accounts [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 2]
      • Slides [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 2]
    • UDAT 8 Jamestown
      • Jamestown Correspondence [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 3]
      • Account Summary [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 3]
      • Jamestown Accounts [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 3]
      • Jamestown News Clippings [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 3]
      • Jamestown Map [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 3]
      • Jamestown (Report), March 1997 [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 3]
      • Jamestown [MC 157 Carton 3, Folder 3]
    • AIANC UDAT
      • AiA North Carolina Urban Design Assistance Program (Brochure) [MC 157 Carton 4, Folder 1]
      • Jamestown, NC (Urban Design Assistance Team report), 1996 [MC 157 Carton 4, Folder 1]
      • Thomasville...A New Beginning, Feb. 1999 [MC 157 Carton 4, Folder 1]
      • UDAT...INNES Street Corridor Project Review, April 2-3, 1997 [MC 157 Carton 4, Folder 1]
      • Durham Central Park, June 5-10, 1995 [MC 157 Carton 4, Folder 1]
      • The Southeast Gateway Plan, Winston-Salem, NC (Report), 1992 [MC 157 Carton 4, Folder 1]
      • Development Plan For the City of Southport (Report), February 13-16, 1991 [MC 157 Carton 4, Folder 1]
      • AIANC: Hosting An Urban Design Assistance Team [MC 157 Carton 4, Folder 1]
      • Caswell County [MC 157 Carton 4, Folder 1]
      • Correspondence (Assorted letters), September 1, 1999 [MC 157 Carton 4, Folder 1]
      • Everyday Communities Everyday Neighborhoods, March 21-24, 1996 [MC 157 Carton 4, Folder 1]
      • School of Design [MC 157 Carton 4, Folder 1]
      • Help for Dowtowns; Lewis Thesis (M.A.L.S.), 1997 [MC 157 Carton 4, Folder 1]

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  • Series 2 : Project Interact Computer Printouts, 1970 - 1974


    2.5 linear feet, 2 cartons

    Project Interact was a simulation of urban growth and change utilizing computerized information systems. Contained here are computer printouts on bar paper of the grid maps developed through this project, which may also have gone by the name Urban and Regional Data Bank.

    • Currituck Phase 1/72, 1972 [MC 157 Carton 5]
    • Grid, 1970
      Grid program and map control decks
      		 [MC 157 Carton 5]
    • Grid Date Sets, 1970
      Series 1 data sets
      		 [MC 157 Carton 5]
    • Plot Programs, 1971
      Program Silect (Physical and Economic Site Selection Program for architectural feasibility studies)
      		 [MC 157 Carton 5]
    • Currituck Plan Manual , 1972 [MC 157 Carton 5]
    • Project Interact Booklets, 1973 - 1975 [MC 157 Carton 5]
    • Urban and Regional Data Bank, Raleigh Mapping Manuals, 1971 [MC 157 Carton 5]
    • Project Interact 72, 1972
      Data sets and prints of models. JCL for workshop model.
      		 [MC 157 Carton 6]
    • Project Interact 74, 1974
      Program CRK22. Project Interact workshop, Dec. 1974. Seven land allocations and listing of actor's preferences.
      		 [MC 157 Carton 6]
    • Service Programs, 1972
      Miscellaneous programs, service programs. Program AVD Variation No. 1.
      		[MC 157 Carton 6]
    • URDB RAL 1
      Series 1 grid maps of data set RAL 1, Urban and Regional Data Bank.
      		 [MC 157 Carton 6]
    • URDB RAL 2
      Series 1 grid maps of data set RAL 2, Urban and Regional Data Bank.
      		 [MC 157 Carton 6]

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  • Series 3 : Other Papers, 1967 - 1971


    0.5 linear feet,

    Contained here are documents that do not fall under the other series.

    • Determinants of Urban Form, 1967 - 1971
      Accession no. 2007-0239
      Doctoral papers
      		 [MC 157 Carton 6]

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  • Series 4: Exhibit Materials, 1983-2007


    27 linear feet, 18 cartons

    Contained here are maps, drawings, and other materials displayed in the exhibit Anatomy of the City, based on work done in Professor Batchelor's classes. Also included are videotapes of lectures from his ARC 570 class.

    • ARC 570, Fall 1994, Lectures 1-10 [videotapes], 1994
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 7]
    • ARC 570, Fall 1994, Lectures 11-23 [videotapes], 1994
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 8]
    • ARC 570, Fall 1994, Lectures 24-32 [videotapes], 1994
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 9]
    • Anchorage, Charleston, Vancouver, 2003
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 10]
    • Coral Gables, Istanbul, 1990
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 11]
    • Amsterdam, Savannah, York, New Orleans, Quebec , Baltimore, Charlotte, Salt Lake City, Orkatoy, Philadelphia, 1985-1997
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 12]
    • Barcelona, Richmond, Pittsburgh, 1995-1996
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 13]
    • Buffalo, Tulsa, Tel Aviv, 1994
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 14]
    • Stuttgart, Nashville, Boise, 1997
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 15]
    • Albuquerque, Durham, Cincinnati, 1992-1993
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 16]
    • Sydney, Venice, Madrid, 1998
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 17]
    • Seattle, Florence, Princeton, 1983-1989
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 18]
    • Denver, Wilmington, Rome, 1997-1998
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 19]
    • Augusta, Savannah, Wilmington, 2005
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 20]
    • New Orleans, Reykjavik, Comparative Grain, 2000
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 21]
    • Honolulu, San Francisco, Prague, 2006
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 22]
    • Prague, San Diego, Capetown, 2002
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 23]
    • Seattle, Copenhagen, Austin TX, 2007
      Accession no. 2008-0181       		[MC 157 Carton 24]

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