Biberstein, Bowles and Meacham Records 1944-1954, 1960

Herman "Dick" Von Biberstein (1893-1966) graduated from North Carolina State University with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering in 1914. He joined his father's business around this time and from 1915 to 1930 the firm was known as H.V. Biberstein. In 1930, H.V. Biberstein was joined by William A. Bowles and the firm was known as Biberstein and Bowles for the next 18 years. The two men were joined by Louis H. Meacham in 1948, at which point the firm became Biberstein, Bowles & Meacham. It was during this era that the firm designed the Botany Zoology building (later Gardner Hall) and the Print Shop for North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina.

This collection contains building plans, specifications, blueprints, contracts, and correspondence from the firm of Biberstein & Bowles, Inc. as well as Biberstein, Bowles & Meacham (later Biberstein, Bowles, Meacham & Reed) of Charlotte, North Carolina. TMost of the materials pertain to the construction of the Botany Zoology building (Gardner Hall) and the Print Shop on the campus of North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina. Documents include building schedules, working drawings, HVAC and plumbing diagrams, design notes, addenda, and superseded plans. Also included are machinery plans for the Caromount Division of the Sidney Blumenthal Co., in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and the Pacific Mills plant in Lexington, North Carolina. A related collection is located in the Special Collections Department of the library at the Univeristy of North Carolina at Charlotte.

This collection is organized into two series:

• Drawings
• Project Files

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[Identification of item], Biberstein, Bowles and Meacham Records, MC 00222, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

A related collection, Biberstein, Bowles, Meacham & Reed Records, is located in the Special Collections Department of the library at UNC-Charlotte. Only materials relating to North Carolina State University buildings were transferred.

Transfer from University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1991-1993 (Accession no. 1991.0012, 1993.0006). Gift of John W. Brown, Jr., 2017 (Accession no. 2017.0296)

Processed by: Danica Cullinan; machine-readable finding aid created by: Danica Cullinan, 2010 August; updated by Linda Sellars, 2018 March.

This collection was processed with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program.