The James Fitzgibbon Papers includes architect and North Carolina State University School of Design professor James Fitzgibbon’s architectural drawings for the Ralph Fadum House of Raleigh, North Carolina, the George W. Paschal House, also of Raleigh, the Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Daniel House of Knoxville, Tennessee, and photographs and study models from his time working at Synergetics Inc. The collection includes color spot sketches of the exterior; site plans; working drawings; floor plans; shop drawings and blueprints and two undated drawings (1 sketch of interior elevation and 1 floor plan of 617 Kirby Street, Raleigh, North Carolina.); photographs by Joseph Molitor of the Fadum House; two models of the Globe Playhouse; photographs of study models and articles.
James Walter Fitzgibbon (1915-1985) helped found the School of Design at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) in 1948. Fitzgibbon was hired as the associate architect for campus planning during the School of Design’s inception. He also served as a professor of architecture at North Carolina State College from 1948 to 1953. Fitzgibbon later served as president of Synergetics Inc., an association of Raleigh architects and engineers, before taking a position with Washington University in St. Louis. Fitzgibbon returned to the School of Design in 1967, serving for one year.
James Walter Fitzgibbon (1915-1985) helped found the School of Design at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) in 1948. Fitzgibbon was hired as the associate architect for campus planning during the School of Design's inception. He also served as an architectural professor at North Carolina State College from 1948 to 1953.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Fitzgibbon received his bachelor of architecture in 1938 from Syracuse University, where he won the Gifford Design Prize. In 1940, Fitzgibbon received his masters of architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. There he won the Warren Prize design competition and was a finalist in the Rome Prize competition. He worked as the associate architect for campus planning at the University of Oklahoma prior to joining Henry Kamphoefner to establish the School of Design at North Carolina State College. Fitzgibbon later served as president of Synergetics Inc., an association of Raleigh architects and engineers, before taking a position with Washington University in St. Louis. Fitzgibbon returned to the School of Design in 1967, serving for one year.
Ralph Fadum was Dean of Engineering from 1962 to 1978 at North Carolina State University. His home is located at 3056 Granville Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1993, Fadum had the home placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house is also known as the Nancy Fields Fadum House.
The Daniel House is one of Fitzgibbon's most famous designs. The home was designed and built in the late 1940s in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The James Fitzgibbon contains architect and North Carolina State College School of Design professor James Fitzgibbon’s architectural drawings for the Ralph Fadum House of Raleigh, North Carolina, the George W. Paschal House, also of Raleigh, and the Robert W. Daniel House of Knoxville, Tennessee. The collection includes color spot sketches of the exterior of the Fadum House, 1949-1950; as well as architectural drawings of site plans, including elevation details; working drawings of the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms, balcony; floor plans for the main and second floors; and shop drawing of the living room and dining room cabinets, vents and outlets, waterlines, detail of the stairway and fireplace, eave and gutter downspouts, and framing details. Some of these were drawn by Duncan R. Stuart (also of NC State's School of Design). There are blueprints of the main floor of the Fadum House as well as site and elevation blueprints. Also included are ten photographs of the Fadum House by Joseph Molitor. Finally, the collection contains exterior and elevation blueprints of the Robert Daniel House and blueprints of probably the full set of working drawings for the George W. Paschal House, as well as reproductions of possibly a rendering of the house as well as two undated drawings (1 sketch of interior elevation and 1 floor plan of 617 Kirby Street, Raleigh, North Carolina.)
Drawings of the Fadum House and Daniel Residence were transferred from NC State University's Gregg Museum of Art and Design in 2008. The materials were originally given to the Gregg Museum in 1993-1994 by Nancy Fields Fadum. Drawings of the George W. Paschal Residence were given to the NC State University Libraries by the Paschal family. Joseph Molitor photographs of the Fadum House were transferred from the Gregg Museum in 2015.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by project.
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[Identification of item], James Fitzgibbon Papers, MC 00381, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Transferred by Gregg Museum of Art and Design, 2008 September 11 (Accession 2008.0211), and gift of the Paschal family, 2011 May (Accession 2011.0081). Gift of Paschal family, April 2013 (Accession 2013.0099); Transfer from the Gregg Museum, December 2015 (Accession 2015.0302); Transfer from the Gregg Museum, May 2017 (Accession 2017.0139); Transfer from the College of Design, 2019 January (Accession 2019.0026); Gift from Paschal Family, August 2019 (Accession 2019.0238).
Processed by Emily Fisher, 2008 September, and Todd Kosmerick, 2011 May; Encoded by Emily Fisher, 2008 September; Finding aid updated to reflect additions to the collection by Todd Kosmerick and Judy Allen Dodson, 2011-2019; Finding aid updated to reflect additions to the collection by Oliver Robinson, 2019 June; Finding aid updated by Gwynn Thayer, 2019 August; Addition processed by Gwynn Thayer and Clara Wilson, 2020 March; Finding aid updated by Clara Wilson, 2020 March.
This collection was processed with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program.
617 Kirby Street: placement of building on the plot; Paschal House: sketch of the house on the plot and grading plan of the entrance drive
Reproductions
Color sketches
Reproductions
Working drawings
After review, access to the digital copies may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
The Special Collections Research Center, NC State University Libraries, has digital copies of some or all of these materials.
Reproductions of rendering
Original should not be used; item is fragile. Researchers may request to view the digitized version in the Special Collections Reading Room.
Reproductions
Original should not be used; item is fragile. Researchers may request to view the digitized version in the Special Collections Reading Room.
Case study includes photographs of a model of the Paschal House. The model in the case study is likely the same as the model of the Paschal House in the Frank Harmon Papers
Includes brochures of different types of clocks and the 1995 obituary for Howard Miller, founder of the Howard Miller Clock Company. The company still exists today and is now known as the Howard Miller Company.
Herman Miller, Knoll Associates Inc.
2 black and white photographs of the exterior of the house
16 photographs; family photos featuring the exterior of the house
7 photographs of the interior of the house, some featuring members of the Paschal family. Some photographs are in color and others are black and white.
Landscape architect: Morley Jeffers Williams
Includes a list of roses and their colors, and a separate list of roses selected for the house
This copy of South Carolina Magazine was owned by James Fitzgibbon and does not feature any of his work.
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[Identification of item], James Fitzgibbon Papers, MC 00381, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
