Specifications for a Residence, Dr. and Mrs. I. M. Taylor, Chapel Hill, N.C.,

%xmlchars; ]> mss00192 Guide to the John D. Latimer Papers, circa 1955-circa 1970 Processed by: Linda Sellars;machine-readable finding aid created by: Linda Sellars North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center 2006 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program Finding aid written in English. Guide to the John D. Latimer Papers, circa 1955-circa 1970 MSS 192 North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center Contact Information: &ncsuaddr; Processed byLinda Sellars, 2006 February 14 Encoded byLinda Sellars, 2006 February 14 Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center Latimer, John D. John D. Latimer Papers, circa 1955-circa 1970 MSS 192 0.02 folders Specifications for a Residence, Dr. and Mrs. I. M. Taylor, Chapel Hill, N.C., by John D. Latimer, architect, Durham, North Carolina, circa 1955, and publication titled Portfolio from John D. Latimer and Associates, Durham, North Carolina and Taunton, Massachusetts, circa 1970. John D. Latimer was an architect in Durham, North Carolina. By the early 1970s, his firm, John D. Latimer and Associates, Inc., also had an office in Taunton, Massachusetts. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. English Information for Users Restrictions to Access

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[Identification of item], John D. Latimer Papers, MSS 192, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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Biographical Note

John D. Latimer was an architect in Durham, North Carolina. By the early 1970s, his firm, John D. Latimer and Associates, Inc., also had an office in Taunton, Massachusetts.

Scope and Content Note

Specifications for a Residence, Dr. and Mrs. I. M. Taylor, Chapel Hill, N.C., by John D. Latimer, architect, Durham, North Carolina, circa 1955, and publication titled Portfolio from John D. Latimer and Associates, Durham, North Carolina and Taunton, Massachusetts, circa 1970.

The booklet of specifications contains standard American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.) forms describing the general conditions for a contract for construction of a building, followed by a carbon copy of a typescript listing the exceptions to those conditions and the special conditions of the particular contract for construction of the Taylors' house, including the materials to be used and the work to be performed.

The portfolio contains lists of industrial, educational, medical, and general clients, and pictures of some buildings. Most of the buildings pictured were built in the late 1960s. Nearly all of them are in North Carolina and a few are in Massachusetts.The I. M. Taylor residence in Chapel Hill is one of those pictured.

Organization of the Collection

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Online Catalog Terms

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

Individuals Latimer, John D. Corporate Entities John D. Latimer and Associates, Inc. Topics Architecture--North Carolina Detailed Description of the Collection 1Specifications for a Residence, Dr. and Mrs. I. M. Taylor, Chapel Hill, N.C. / John D. Latimer, circa 1955 2Portfolio / John D. Latimer and Associates, Inc., circa 1970