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The Gordon H. Schenck, Jr. Photographs, circa 1960 - circa 2000, document the career of Gordon Schenck, a professional architectural photographer. This collection is arranged in four series: Negatives and transparencies, Prints, Slides, and Publications and Client Information. The collection consists primarily of Schenck’s photographs, including negatives and prints of various sizes, slides, and transparencies. Also included in the collection are magazines, catalogs, and clippings containing examples of Schenck’s work and his client file notes. Schenck’s subjects include residences, schools, malls, banks, historic structures, university campuses, churches, business campuses, and civic centers. Geographically, the photographs were taken across the Southern United States, with a particular focus on North and South Carolina, specifically the Charlotte-metro area. Gordon H. Schenck, Jr. (1927-2009) was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. He earned a degree in engineering from North Carolina State University. After college, he worked as a Southern Railway engineer for thirteen years. In 1963, Schenck began his eponymous photography company. He worked for many mid-century architects in North Carolina, photographing both model projects and completed structures. Schenck also worked for companies, including Belk and Southern Bell, and did some commercial work, photographing both models and posed products. Schenck’s work appeared in magazines such as Progressive Architecture, Better Homes and Gardens, and Southern Living. His photographs of historic buildings are also included in the Historic American Building Survey. In 1984, Schenck earned a degree in Photographic Craftsmanship from the Professional Photographers of America. He was a member of the American Society of Media Photographers and the American Photographic Artists. His work was the subject of a traveling retrospective exhibit, “By Assignment and By the Way: Gordon Schenck Photographs Architecture, 1963-2008.” Schenck died in January 2009. Less