The Kenneth McCoy Scott collection contains project files, personal and professional papers, drawings and microfilms for buildings designed by Scott. Scott predominately designed residential and retail spaces, such as apartment complexes, shopping centers and motels. He also worked on educational and religious buildings. Project files include notes, correspondence, equipment catalogs, photographs, and contract information. The majority of the drawings are working drawings and shop drawings, although sketches, elevation site plans, and landscape plans are also included. Drawings may be on blue and brown paper, heavy translucent paper, sketch paper, and tracing paper. Several projects are also available on microfilm. Included in Scott's professional records are American Institute of Architecture records from the national and North Carolina chapters, and records from Scott's architectural firm. Personal papers include class notes from Scott's time as an architecture student, photographs, and personal correspondence. Scott's job book, an index to his projects (including file name, number, and project type), is available in the Professional Files series of the collection.
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Kenneth McCoy Scott was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1925. He attended Darlington Academy in Georgia and later obtained a degree in Engineering from Duke University. After serving in the Navy during World War II, Scott attended North Carolina State University’s School of Design and was a member of the school’s first graduating class. While a studying at the School of Design, Scott is said to have worked with Matthew Nowicki on drawings for Dorton Arena (Raleigh, North Carolina). Following graduation, Scott was employed at the School of the Design and by architect Milton Small. Scott collaborated with George Matsumoto on the Julian House of Chapel Hill. In 1958 Scott partnered with Jack Pruden to create the architectural firm Scott and Purden. Later Scott practiced as Kenneth McCoy Scott, AIA. Scott was father to six children, three with first wife Ruth and three with second wife Nancy.
The Kenneth McCoy Scott collection contains project files, personal and professional papers, drawings and microfilms for buildings designed by Scott. Scott predominately designed residential and retail spaces, such as apartment complexes, shopping centers and motels. He also worked on educational and religious buildings. Project files include notes, correspondence, equipment catalogs, photographs, and contract information. The majority of the drawings are working drawings and shop drawings, although sketches, elevation site plans, and landscape plans are also included. Drawings may be on blue and brown paper, heavy translucent paper, sketch paper, and tracing paper. Several projects are also available on microfilm. Included in Scott’s professional records are American Institute of Architecture records from the national and North Carolina chapters, and records from Scott’s architectural firm. Personal papers include class notes from Scott’s time as an architecture student, photographs, and personal correspondence. Scott's job book, an index to his projects (including file name, number, and project type), is available in the Professional Files series of the collection.
This collection is arranged in four series;
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[Identification of item], Kenneth McCoy Scott Papers and Drawings, MC 00242, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of Tim Pyatt, 1997 (Accession no. 1997.0014)
Processed by Danica Cullinan, Claire Ruswick, and Emily Walters, 2010 May; encoded by Danica Cullinan, Claire Ruswick, and Emily Walters, 2010 May.
The collection is organized into four principal series:
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[Identification of item], Kenneth McCoy Scott Papers and Drawings, MC 00242, 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.