These records document the architectural projects of Ballard, McCredie Associates from its beginning in 1955 until its dissolution in 1998. They consist primarily of architectural drawings, project files, photographs and slides. The commissions include primary and secondary schools, churches, banks, state and federal research laboratories and offices, and university buildings. The records survey 70 selected projects of the approximately 320 projects designed and constructed by the firm. The selection criteria used to choose these projects included architectural importance, geographic location, building types, and chronology. An attempt was made to include examples of all the varying types of structures designed by the firm, as well as sample projects from each decade of the firm's existence. Some of the projects selected include dormitory and classroom projects for N.C. State University and East Carolina University, high schools in Ahoskie and Garner, NC, state laboratories the Bath building and Standards lab, renovations and upfits for federal research institutions located at Research Triangle Park, NC, such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and restoration commissions such as Wilson Library on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for which they won a 1992 Tower Awards Letter of Commendation from the North Carolina chapter of the American Institute of Architects. This original McKim, Mead & White building was converted by Ballard, McCredie Associates from the main campus library to a special collections library housing many rare book and manuscript collections. Other restoration projects included the restoration of the state Labor Building (the old Supreme Court and State Library building), the Andrew Johnson birthplace and other buildings at Mordecai Historic Park in Raleigh, and the Music Building at Burwell School in Hillsborough, NC.