Guide to the Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1997

Collection Information
Abstract:

The Tim Buchman Photographs document historic buildings and grave markers across North Carolina with color slides taken for Catherine W. Bishir’s North Carolina Architecture and M. Ruth Little's Sticks and Stones: Three Centuries of North Carolina Gravemarkers. The collection includes approximately 1270 photographic slides, the bulk of which depict historic North Carolina buildings dating from colonial times to the beginning of World War II. The historic gravemarker slides depict headstones, vaults, and cemeteries dating from 1722 to 1980. Digital images are available at the website The Built Heritage of North Carolina: Historical Architecture in the Old North State. The Tim Buchman Photographs are owned by Preservation North Carolina and are stored on their premises. Please contact PNC in order to access the originals.

Architectural photographer Tim Buchman received his BFA from Ohio University and a post-graduate degree from the Ohio Institute of Photography. Buchman's photographs are featured in the Catherine W. Bishir's North Carolina Architecture and M. Ruth Little's Sticks and Stones: Three Centuries of North Carolina Gravemarkers; and have been included in numerous other publications, such as Preservation, Southern Accents, and Architecture magazines.

Contact Information:
Preservation North Carolina
220 Fayetteville Street, Suite 200
PO Box 27644
Raleigh, North Carolina
27611-7644 USA
Phone: (919) 832-3652
Fax: (919) 832-1651
URL: http://www.presnc.org
E-mail: info[at]presnc.org
Processed by
Anna R. Craft, 2007 February 5
Encoded by
Brian Dietz, 2007 June 28

Descriptive Summary

Repository

Preservation North Carolina

Creator

Buchman, Tim.

Title

Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1997

Extent

2 linear feet, 5 albums

Language of Material

English

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access

Digital images are available at the website The Built Heritage of North Carolina: Historical Architecture in the Old North State. For information about original slides, contact Preservation North Carolina.
Acquisitions Information

Original slides are owned by Preservation North Carolina.
Copyright Notice

Copyright owned by Preservation North Carolina.
Processing Information

Processed by Anna R. Craft, 2007 February 5

Encoded by Brian Dietz, 2007 June 28

Biographical Note


Architectural photographer Tim Buchman received his BFA from Ohio University and a post-graduate degree from the Ohio Institute of Photography. Buchman's photographs are featured in the Catherine W. Bishir's North Carolina Architecture and M. Ruth Little's Sticks and Stones: Three Centuries of North Carolina Gravemarkers; and have been included in numerous other publications, such as Preservation, Southern Accents, and Architecture magazines.

Scope and Content Note


The Tim Buchman Photographs document historic buildings and gravemarkers across North Carolina with color slides taken for Catherine W. Bishir's North Carolina Architecture and M. Ruth Little's Sticks and Stones: Three Centuries of North Carolina Gravemarkers. The collection includes approximately 1265 photographic slides, the bulk of which depict historic North Carolina buildings dating from colonial times to the beginning of World War II. The historic gravemarker slides depict headstones, vaults, and cemeteries dating from 1722 to 1980.

Digital images are available at the website The Built Heritage of North Carolina: Historical Architecture in the Old North State. The Tim Buchman Photographs are owned by Preservation North Carolina and are stored on their premises. Please contact PNC in order to access the originals.

Organization of the Collection


This collection is arranged in two series: 1. Photographs for North Carolina Architecture; 2. Photographs for Sticks and Stones: Three Centuries of North Carolina Gravemarkers.

Detailed Description of the Collection


  • Series 1:Photographs for North Carolina Architecture, 1996-1997


    2 linear feet, 4 albums

    The Photographs for North Carolina Architecture series includes approximately 1130 color photographic slides of historic buildings across North Carolina. The photographs were taken between 1996 and 1997 and depict buildings dating from the colonial times to the beginning of World War II. Subject buildings include houses, churches, courthouses, and lighthouses, among others. This series includes two separate sets of slides arranged by county, with some slide duplication between them.

    • Slide Set 1: Alamance County-Moore County [Buchman Album 1]
    • Slide Set 1: Nash County-Wilson County [Buchman Album 2]
    • Slide Set 2: Alamance County-Moore County [Buchman Album 3]
    • Slide Set 2: Nash County-Wilson County [Buchman Album 4]

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  • Series 2:Photographs for Sticks and Stones, 1988-1989


    1 linear feet, 1 album

    The Photographs for Sticks and Stones: Three Centuries of North Carolina Gravemarkers series includes 135 color photographic slides of historic grave markers in cemeteries across North Carolina. The photographs were taken between 1988 and 1989 and depict headstones, vaults, and cemeteries dating from 1722 to 1980. Slides are arranged in alphabetical order by county.

    • Slides [Buchman Album 5]

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