70 collections related to Architecture
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Boney, Leslie N., Jr. (Leslie Norwood), 1920-2003
Size: 83.8 linear feet (51 archival boxes, 304 archival flat folders) Collection ID: MC 00096
The Leslie N. Boney Architectural Papers document the work of Wilmington, North Carolina, architects Leslie N. Boney Sr., and Leslie N. Boney Jr. from projects done in conjunction with architect James F. Gause in the 1920s through projects of Boney Architects, Inc., in the 1980s. Educational institution plans make up a significant ...
MoreThe Leslie N. Boney Architectural Papers document the work of Wilmington, North Carolina, architects Leslie N. Boney Sr., and Leslie N. Boney Jr. from projects done in conjunction with architect James F. Gause in the 1920s through projects of Boney Architects, Inc., in the 1980s. Educational institution plans make up a significant portion of the project files in this collection, representing schools from the elementary through university levels. The firm's architectural projects also include churches, banks, residences, offices, libraries, and retail establishments. The vast majority of these buildings are located in North Carolina, especially in the eastern part of the state, though a small number of South Carolina projects are included as well. These project files include correspondence, inspection reports, drawings, blueprints, project specifications, photographs, contracts, and bid data and forms. Personal papers of Leslie N. Boney Sr., make up a small part of this collection, and include copies of textiles, chemistry, and English exams dating from 1901 to 1903, belonging to Leslie N. Boney Sr., C. L. Creech, and O. Max Gardner. A copy of Boney Sr.'s account of the 1901 fire that destroyed NC State University's original Watauga Hall, as printed in the 1903 Agromeck, is also included. North Carolina native Leslie N. Boney Sr. (1880-1964) graduated from the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University) in 1903 with a degree in textile engineering. Boney joined Wilmington architect James F. Gause as a partner in practice in 1918, then took over the practice in 1922, upon Gause's retirement. Boney's eldest son, Leslie N. Boney Jr. (1920-2003), joined his father's practice after graduating from the College of Engineering at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) in 1940 with a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering. Boney Jr. served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, earning the rank of major, and returned to his family's architectural practice following the war. Boney Jr. was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, served as president of North Carolina's chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and was a recipient of North Carolina State University's prestigious Watauga Medal in 1996.
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Orr, Louis, 1879-1966
Size: 2 linear feet (51.0 Prints) Collection ID: MC 00361
The Louis Orr Intaglio Prints collection contains 51 intaglio prints of historical sites, landscapes, houses and plantations throughout North Carolina during the years between 1940 and 1949. While living in Paris, Louis Orr met North Carolinian Robert Lee Humber, who later persuaded him to create a series of etchings of North ...
MoreThe Louis Orr Intaglio Prints collection contains 51 intaglio prints of historical sites, landscapes, houses and plantations throughout North Carolina during the years between 1940 and 1949. While living in Paris, Louis Orr met North Carolinian Robert Lee Humber, who later persuaded him to create a series of etchings of North Carolina landmarks. In 1939, Orr returned from Paris and over the next twelve years he completed a series of plates of historical buildings and landscapes around North Carolina.
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MacMillan, Daniel Preston, MacMillan, Francis Williams, MacMillan & MacMillan (Firm), Bell, Richard C., 1928-
Size: 5 linear feet (15 flatfolders, 1 cardbox, 1 halfbox) Collection ID: MC 00596
The MacMillan and MacMillan Architectural Papers, 1919, 1950-2010, document the professional activities of Dan and Frank MacMillan and their architectural firm. The collection consists of architectural drawings with various iterations of designs, blueprints, construction documents, prospective elevations, technical drawings, and ...
MoreThe MacMillan and MacMillan Architectural Papers, 1919, 1950-2010, document the professional activities of Dan and Frank MacMillan and their architectural firm. The collection consists of architectural drawings with various iterations of designs, blueprints, construction documents, prospective elevations, technical drawings, and related materials. MacMillan and MacMillan’s projects include mostly private residences, with a small number of subdivision developments. Also included in the collection are drawings of landscape architecture projects by Richard C. Bell, done in collaboration with MacMillan and MacMillan projects. There is also a series of photographs from the period (1950-1952) in which the Dorton Arena was under construction; Dan MacMillan worked on the Dorton Arena as a project engineer for Muirhead Construction. Dan (1921- ) and Frank (d. 1991) MacMillan were born in Fayetteville, North Carolina and were principals in the MacMillan and MacMillan architectural firm. Dan MacMillan graduated from North Carolina State University in 1948 and worked for several years with the architect Jim Webb and then as a project engineer for Muirhead Construction on Raleigh’s Dorton Arena. In 1952 Dan MacMillan founded his firm, Dan MacMillan Architect and Associates in Fayetteville. After his brother, Frank, received his architecture license in the early 1950s Dan partnered with him and the firm was renamed MacMillan and MacMillan. Frank MacMillan died in 1991. The MacMillans had also partnered with other architects during their career, including Brian Shawcroft.
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Nowicki, Matthew, 1910-1950
Size: 12.67 linear feet (2 legal boxes, 1 half box, 2 oversize flat boxes, 14 flat folders, 1 artifact box) Collection ID: MC 00190
The Matthew Nowicki Drawings and Other Material contain architectural drawings and sketches, but it also includes his writings as well as biographical sketches written about Nowicki. Writings by Nowicki include a speech and several articles on architectural design. Documents written about Nowicki include newspaper and magazine ...
MoreThe Matthew Nowicki Drawings and Other Material contain architectural drawings and sketches, but it also includes his writings as well as biographical sketches written about Nowicki. Writings by Nowicki include a speech and several articles on architectural design. Documents written about Nowicki include newspaper and magazine articles, mostly composed after his death, and several biographical compilations of Nowicki's work. Along with Nowicki's drawings and sketches for the North Carolina State Fairgrounds and Dorton Arena, there are preliminary drawings that were done for Mayer and Whittlesey in 1950, drawings for the city of Chandigarh in Punjab, India, and a three-dimensional model of Dorton Arena. Dimensions vary with each drawing and sketch. The smallest are approximately 18 x 26 inches, the largest approximately 26 x 30 inches. Matthew Nowicki (1910-1950), born Maciej Nowicki, was a professor of Architecture and served as the acting Head of the Department of Architecture at North Carolina State College (1948-1950). He studied at the Chicago Art Institute (1922), the School of Design of Gerson-Warsaw (1925-1926), the School of Mehofer-Cracow (1927), and the Polytechnic of Warsaw (1925-1926). Nowicki was born in Chita, Russia and later married artist Stanislawa Sandeck. He designed the interiors of the Carolina Country Club in Raleigh and was a design consultant to William H. Deitrick for Dorton Arena. He also consulted on a State Archives and Museum building (unbuilt) and was a member of the design team for the headquarters of the United Nations. He died in a plane crash over Egypt in 1950 while flying back to the United States from India.
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Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969
Size: 2 linear feet (1 flat folder) Collection ID: MC 00560
The Mies van der Rohe Chicago Promontory Apartment Building Blueprints consists of a set of blueprints for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's 1947 Promontory Apartment Building in Chicago, Illinois. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) was considered one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture. Born in Aachen, Germany, Mies ...
MoreThe Mies van der Rohe Chicago Promontory Apartment Building Blueprints consists of a set of blueprints for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's 1947 Promontory Apartment Building in Chicago, Illinois. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) was considered one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture. Born in Aachen, Germany, Mies emigrated to Chicago, Illinois, in 1938. That same year, he became Director of the Department of Architecture at Chicago's Armour Institute of Technology. He designed many of the buildings on the campus, including the S. R. Crown Hall, the Chapel, and the Alumni Hall. The 1947 Promontory Apartment Building in Chicago, a 22-story skyscraper in Hyde Park, was one of his many modernist high-rise designs throughout the city. The Promontory Apartment Building was unique, as it was his very first skyscraper design and the first to feature his exposed skeleton concept. Some of Mies' other works include the 1929 German Pavilion, buildings for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Berlin National Gallery.
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Anderson, Norman D.
Size: 31.6 linear feet (11 boxes, 22 legal boxes, 2 half boxes, 2 flat boxes, 12 notecard boxes, 2 cartons, 1 oversize flatbox); 209 megabytes Collection ID: MC 00432
The Norman D. Anderson Collection on Ferris Wheels and Related Materials contains manuscript materials, newsletters, research files, photographs, postcards, and publications on Ferris wheels, amusement parks, and related subjects. The primary subject of the collection is the Ferris wheel. While the focus of the material is the Ferris ...
MoreThe Norman D. Anderson Collection on Ferris Wheels and Related Materials contains manuscript materials, newsletters, research files, photographs, postcards, and publications on Ferris wheels, amusement parks, and related subjects. The primary subject of the collection is the Ferris wheel. While the focus of the material is the Ferris wheel, there is also information relating to the history of amusement parks, amusement park preservation (or lack thereof), the amusement manufacturing industry and workers in the industry, as well as other material. Included are photographs and material about the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, as well as other World's Fairs. Dr. Norman D. Anderson is a Professor Emeritus of Science Education at North Carolina State University. In 1994 he retired after 31 years of teaching at North Carolina State University. He is a collector of materials on Ferris wheels and an ardent researcher of the Ferris wheel. Anderson authored the book Ferris Wheels: An Illustrated History, published in 1992, and he is coauthor of the 1983 children's book, Ferris Wheels as well as several science books for children. Dr. Norman Anderson produced and edited the "Ferris Wheel News."
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Size: 4.9 linear feet (1 legal box, 1 flat box, 17 flat folders) Collection ID: MC 00225
The North Carolina Buildings Collection includes drawings, specifications, construction contracts, and correspondence relating to individual buildings in North Carolina. Unbuilt projects are included. The finding aid contains a description for each project, including the name of the architect(s), a brief description of the project, ...
MoreThe North Carolina Buildings Collection includes drawings, specifications, construction contracts, and correspondence relating to individual buildings in North Carolina. Unbuilt projects are included. The finding aid contains a description for each project, including the name of the architect(s), a brief description of the project, and an inventory of documents. Projects are arranged by type of building. The late 19th century saw radical changes in building practices in North Carolina, brought about by the rise of professional architects and contractors, increased industrialization, and the standardization of building components. Population booms between 1900 and 1940 precipitated increased construction, and suburbs emerged where major cities doubled or tripled their populations during this period. Increasingly, professional architects were responsible for the design of housing, as well as commercial, industrial and civic buildings. In 1905, North Carolina became one of the earliest states to enact a uniform building code. The North Carolina Architectural Association (NCAA) was formed by a group of Charlotte architects in 1909. Their aims were ultimately to form a North Carolina Chapter of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and to promote the passage of an architectural Practice Act Bill in the General Assembly. The North Carolina Chapter of AIA, chartered in 1913, regulated fees to eliminate unfair competition and provided a code of ethics for professional standards. The Practice Act Bill, ratified in 1915, provided for the examination and licensing of architects. A similar "Act to Regulate the Practice of General Contracting," passed in 1925, regulated the construction industry. Regulation of architectural and building industries led to increased uniformity in working drawings and specifications for buildings, as national industry standards for drafting and construction were followed. Still largely rural and conservative following World War II, North Carolina nevertheless made rapid economic and architectural progress. The 1950s found the state on the cutting edge of architectural development, as the internationally renowned faculty of the School of Design at North Carolina State College vigorously promoted modernism as the only "correct" style. Modernism was embraced for governmental and institutional buildings, while housing remained, for the most part, rooted in traditional forms.
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North Carolina State University. College of Design
Size: 25.1 linear feet (33 archival boxes, 4 flat folders, 6 cartons, 1 legal halfbox); 7.447 gigabytes; 3635 files; 1 website Collection ID: UA 110.200
The North Carolina State University, College of Design Publications contains student, administrative, and American Institute of Architects publications. Promotional literature, product design, research, self evaluations, and a numbered series of student publications are also included, as well as CD-ROMs and zip disks of some ...
MoreThe North Carolina State University, College of Design Publications contains student, administrative, and American Institute of Architects publications. Promotional literature, product design, research, self evaluations, and a numbered series of student publications are also included, as well as CD-ROMs and zip disks of some publications. The North Carolina State University School of Design was established in 1948 with two original academic components: the Department of Architecture and the Department of Landscape Architecture. In the late 1950s the school added a third degree-granting unit, the Department of Product Design. In its early years, under the leadership of founding Dean Henry L. Kamphoefner, the School of Design experienced a remarkable period of creative and intellectual development. Designers and theorists such as Buckminster Fuller, Matthew Nowicki, Lewis Mumford, and Eduardo Catalano joined the faculty and helped build a reputation for innovation and experimentation. Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, Louis I. Kahn, Pier Luigi Nervi, Charles Eames, Marcel Breuer, and numerous other internationally prominent figures came to lecture, to conduct design experiments, and to inspire a new generation of designers. The legacy of imagination, diversity, and excellence set by this first generation has continued throughout the school’s history.
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North Carolina State University. College of Design
Size: 66.1 linear feet (117 boxes, 3 card boxes, 1 cassette box, 1 flat box, 5 flat folders, 2 oversize flat boxes, 2 legal boxes, 1 reel, 1 reel box); 5.305 gigabytes; 2618 files Collection ID: UA 110.001
The records of the Office of the Dean in the College of Design of North Carolina State University include correspondence, minutes, reports relating to the administration of the College and the American Institute of Architects (AIA), courses and curricula materials, accreditation, the North Carolina Design Foundation Inc., lectures, ...
MoreThe records of the Office of the Dean in the College of Design of North Carolina State University include correspondence, minutes, reports relating to the administration of the College and the American Institute of Architects (AIA), courses and curricula materials, accreditation, the North Carolina Design Foundation Inc., lectures, programs, landscape architecture accreditation, the American Society of Landscape Architects accreditation, and the National Architecture Accrediting Board. The records also contain committee minutes, including the Executive Committee and the Course and Curricula Committee, which includes material on undergraduate and graduate courses. Materials collected and used by Bob Burns while writing a history of the College of Design are also present. Some born-digital materials are incorporated throughout the collection, including in the Digital and Audiovisual Materials and Web Content series. Materials range in date from 1945 to 2012. The North Carolina State University College of Design offers comprehensive study in architecture, landscape architecture, art and design, graphic design and industrial design. The College of Design admits students through a selective process that ensures a highly motivated and heterogeneous design community. The entering student body consistently ranks at the top academic achievement in the University, and its graduation rates are the highest in the institution.
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North Carolina State University. School of Architecture
Size: 2.5 linear feet (5 archival boxes); 1 website Collection ID: UA 110.015
This collection includes correspondence, memoranda, and instructional materials generated by the School of Architecture, as well as records generated by the Urban Design Program. The School of Architecture was an original component of North Carolina State University's College of Design, known at its founding in 1948 as the School of ...
MoreThis collection includes correspondence, memoranda, and instructional materials generated by the School of Architecture, as well as records generated by the Urban Design Program. The School of Architecture was an original component of North Carolina State University's College of Design, known at its founding in 1948 as the School of Architecture and Landscape Design. Before the Department of Architecture existed, North Carolina State College offered first a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree, and later, an Architecture degree, through the School of Engineering. In 1946, the board of trustees of the Consolidated University of North Carolina approved a School of Architecture and Landscape Design for State College in response to the post-World War II building boom. In 1948, the search committee hired Henry L. Kamphoefner, a University of Oklahoma architecture professor, to head the new school. Under Dean Kamphoefner, the Department of Architecture within the School of Design, as it soon came to be called, exerted broad influence on architectural design in North Carolina and the wider Southeast. In the 1960s, as architectural education began to focus more on urban and community design, the Department of Architecture established the Urban Design Program as a joint academic program with the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name of the Department of Architecture changed to the School of Architecture in 2000, when the School of Design became the College of Design.
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Harrye B. Lyons Design Library
Size: 3.5 linear feet (7 document cases) Collection ID: UA 012.033
The records of the North Carolina State University, Libraries, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library, 1945-1998, include clippings, publications, memorandum, and various files retained by the library documenting activities of the Harrye B. Lyons Design Library and the School of Design, and design research. Clippings from various newspapers ...
MoreThe records of the North Carolina State University, Libraries, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library, 1945-1998, include clippings, publications, memorandum, and various files retained by the library documenting activities of the Harrye B. Lyons Design Library and the School of Design, and design research. Clippings from various newspapers and professional publications relate to lives and works of deans, faculty, and alumni of the School of Design. The majority of newspapers are local, including the News and Observer and the Raleigh Times, but national papers, such as the New York Times, are also included. Other clippings relate broadly to the Harrye B. Lyons Library, School of Design, and North Carolina State University including associated students and staff. Acquisition information, annual reports, project reports, policies, meetings notes, and reference files of the Harrye B. Lyons Library are included. Brochures, fliers, and memoranda relating to the students, staff, faculty, and events of the School of Design are also included. The Harrye B. Lyons Design Library supports the North Carolina State University, College of Design, orginally School of Design, and has collection emphases in architecture, landscape architecture, graphic design, industrial design, and art and design. The Design Library is located in Brooks Hall, now part of the College of Design. Brooks Hall was originally built to be the library on campus, D. H. Hill Jr. Library. The Design Library inhabits the space that was the original reading room of D. H. Hill Jr. Library. It was named for Mrs. Harrye B. Lyons, who headed the Design Library from 1947 to 1968.
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North Carolina State University. Construction Services
Size: 93.25 linear feet (136 archival boxes, 64 flatfolders, 9 tubes, 13 legal boxes); 1 website Collection ID: UA 003.004
The records of the North Carolina State University, Construction Services Records contain correspondence, plans, drawings, and other documentation related to the construction, renovation, and repair of buildings and other structures on the North Carolina State University campus. In 1960 North Carolina State University established ...
MoreThe records of the North Carolina State University, Construction Services Records contain correspondence, plans, drawings, and other documentation related to the construction, renovation, and repair of buildings and other structures on the North Carolina State University campus. In 1960 North Carolina State University established what was formerly known as the Campus Planning Office, which updated the 1958 plan. The Campus Planning Office was renamed the Design and Construction Services Department, located under the authority of the Facilities Division in the Office of Finance and Administration. As of 2020, the name of the unit is Construction Services (https://facilities.ofa.ncsu.edu/about-us/all-facilities-departments/fs/construction-services/, accessed 4/29/2020). Services offered include project development, construction shop, contract construction, FCAP/warranty shop, and in-house construction.
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North Carolina State University. Office of the University Architect
Size: 231.8 linear feet (7 archival storage boxes, 3 legal boxes, 3 cartons, 8 tube boxes, 6 flat boxes, 4 slide boxes, 331 tubes, 735 flat folders); 5.02 gigabytes; 1 website; 889 files Collection ID: UA 003.026
This collection contains blueprints, drawings, notes, sketches, memoranda, surveys, photographic slides, and master plans relating to projects and initiatives undertaken by the Office of the University Architect. The majority of materials correspond to Edwin F. Harris’s tenure as Campus Planning Consultant, beginning in 1966, and ...
MoreThis collection contains blueprints, drawings, notes, sketches, memoranda, surveys, photographic slides, and master plans relating to projects and initiatives undertaken by the Office of the University Architect. The majority of materials correspond to Edwin F. Harris’s tenure as Campus Planning Consultant, beginning in 1966, and later as director of Facilities Planning Division, a title which eventually became University Architect. However, the collection includes materials that pre-date Harris, as well as more recent additions to the collection. The University Archives contains architectural plans, drawings, and other materials for university buildings; however, federal and state law restricts access to certain types of documents in these categories. The Special Collections Research Center of the NC State University Libraries will handle access requests for those materials on a case-by-case basis, with the intention of providing as much access as possible to researchers. To support the university’s mission and goals, the Office of the University Architect leads campus master planning, capital planning, space planning, campus design, and facilities data management efforts, which include the building floor plans, campus maps, GIS, and plan library. Services offered by the Office include capital project programming, committee involvement, facilities information management, and planning activities (https://facilities.ofa.ncsu.edu/about-us/all-facilities-departments/oua/, accessed 5/8/2020).
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Penn Family
Size: 209.7 linear feet (79 cartons, 26 flat boxes, 4 boxes, 2 legal boxes, 6 card boxes, 1 artifact box, 14 flat folders, 2 tubes) Collection ID: UA 003.011
The Chinqua-Penn Plantation records contain the papers of the Penn family (1863-1975, bulk 1923-1946) as well as the records of the management of the property by the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina State University, and the Chinqua-Penn Foundation (1921-1926, 1957-2002, bulk 1965-2002). This collection ...
MoreThe Chinqua-Penn Plantation records contain the papers of the Penn family (1863-1975, bulk 1923-1946) as well as the records of the management of the property by the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina State University, and the Chinqua-Penn Foundation (1921-1926, 1957-2002, bulk 1965-2002). This collection includes correspondence, reports, financial records, property and animal records, architectural drawings, photographs and scrapbooks, audio-visual materials, newspaper clippings, marketing materials, and inventories of the art, artifacts, and furniture collections, among other items. Within the materials dating from the management period are extensive records from research conducted on the property and the Penn family. Named for the chinquapin, a dwarf chestnut tree, Chinqua-Penn Plantation was built by Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Penn and Margaret Beatrice "Betsy" Schoellkopf (Schwill) Penn during the 1920s. The large house reflected their lifestyle of entertaining and traveling, and it showcased the art and furniture they collected from around the world. The plantation's grounds evolved into an exotic horticultural collection of both native and imported plants. Chinqua-Penn was maintained by the University of North Carolina, Greensboro from 1965 to the late 1980s. NC State University took over its management and reopened it shortly thereafter. In 1991, the Chinqua-Penn Foundation was formed to preserve the house and open it to visitors. The foundation secured the plantation's status as a National Historic Landmark. Although NC State University continues to administer the Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center on the mansion grounds, further funding problems forced the foundation to close the museum's doors. NC State University sold the house to a private owner in 2006.
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North Carolina State University. Office of the Provost
Size: 309.4 linear feet (302 cartons, 5 boxes, 2 half boxes, 1 flat folder, 1 CD box); 1 website Collection ID: UA 005.001
The general records of the North Carolina State University Office of the Provost include general correspondence, publications, and reports relating to the administration of North Carolina State University and issues in higher education. Materials range in date from 1948 to 2014. In 1955, the position of Dean of Faculty was first ...
MoreThe general records of the North Carolina State University Office of the Provost include general correspondence, publications, and reports relating to the administration of North Carolina State University and issues in higher education. Materials range in date from 1948 to 2014. In 1955, the position of Dean of Faculty was first established at North Carolina State College (University). In 1967, the title changed to Provost, and in 1971, to Provost and Vice Chancellor. The Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost is NC State's chief academic officer, supporting faculty and programming that make the university a higher education leader. As executive vice chancellor, the provost is the senior executive responsible for NC State’s day-to-day activities. The provost is responsible for the university’s 10 colleges and 12 critical corollary units. The provost oversees the review and approval of all of NC State’s academic programs and policies, and directs the appointment, promotion and compensation of the faculty (https://provost.ncsu.edu/about/whats-a-provost/, accessed 5/29/2020).
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North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center
Size: 8.3 linear feet (13 archival boxes, 12 flat folders, 1 flat box) Collection ID: UA 050.004
The University Archives Reference Collection, University Buildings, Sites, & Landmarks subgroup contains clippings, correspondence, news releases, publications, reports, speeches, and related archival material concerning the physical features of the University landscape. This is an artificial collection, maintained by Special ...
MoreThe University Archives Reference Collection, University Buildings, Sites, & Landmarks subgroup contains clippings, correspondence, news releases, publications, reports, speeches, and related archival material concerning the physical features of the University landscape. This is an artificial collection, maintained by Special Collections staff. North Carolina State University was established in 1887 as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (A&M College). The College opened in 1889 with one building - the current Holladay Hall - six faculty, and courses in the agricultural and mechanical arts, adding a curriculum in applied science in 1893. By the turn of the century the College had grown to some half dozen buildings, about 300 students, and had begun to diversify its curricula. In 1917, the institution's name was changed to North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (State College). In 1931 the College greatly reworked its curricula as it underwent consolidation. Along with North Carolina College for Women and the University of North Carolina, it became a part of the Consolidated University of North Carolina,. North Carolina State is now one of the constituent institutions of the multi-campus University of North Carolina system, having received university status, and, after some controversy, assumed its current name in 1965. As of 2007, N.C. State had a student body of nearly 30,000, nearly two thousand faculty, and research and program expenditures of over $440 million.
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Northup & O'Brien (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Size: 184 linear feet (575 flat folders and 68 archival boxes) Collection ID: MC 00240
The Northup & O'Brien Architectural Records document the work of Northup & O'Brien, an architectural firm in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and its successors. The collection consists primarily of architectural drawings and job specifications, 1917-1980, as well as financial material, 1917-1956. The drawings represent the ...
MoreThe Northup & O'Brien Architectural Records document the work of Northup & O'Brien, an architectural firm in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and its successors. The collection consists primarily of architectural drawings and job specifications, 1917-1980, as well as financial material, 1917-1956. The drawings represent the variety of projects undertaken by Northup & O'Brien in Winston-Salem as well other locations across the state, including residences, businesses, hospitals, schools, churches, and public and educational buildings. Most of the drawings are original, and characterize the different kinds of materials used for architectural drawing over the twentieth century. The firm of Northup & O'Brien was established in Winston-Salem by Willard Close Northup and Leet Alexander O'Brien in 1916. The partnership and its successor firms designed and constructed buildings in Winston-Salem and throughout North Carolina, as well as outside the state. In addition to residences--particularly fine homes--the partnership also specialized in commercial structures, schools, hospitals, churches, and municipal, county, and state government buildings.
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Smith, Owen F.
Size: 11.5 linear feet (1 archival box, 30 flat folders and 14 tubes) Collection ID: MC 00475
The Owen Franklin Smith Architectural Drawings and Papers contain drawings, photographs of and some papers of buildings designed by Owen Franklin Smith from 1927 to 1990. The buildings represented include elementary classroom buildings for colored schools in Fremont, North Carolina and Harrellsville, North Carolina, the Hayes Barton ...
MoreThe Owen Franklin Smith Architectural Drawings and Papers contain drawings, photographs of and some papers of buildings designed by Owen Franklin Smith from 1927 to 1990. The buildings represented include elementary classroom buildings for colored schools in Fremont, North Carolina and Harrellsville, North Carolina, the Hayes Barton Baptist Church, the office building for the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, residences for local community members, and Page Hall at North Carolina State University. Owen Franklin Smith was believed to be the oldest registered architect in the state of North Carolina when he passed away on September 5, 2012, having practiced for over 65 years. He was born in Benson, North Carolina, on November 26, 1917 and received a degree in Architectural Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1938. During World War II, he supervised the construction of military facilities until his entry in the United States Navy. He worked for Thomas Coooper, William Deitrick, Ross Shumaker and Eric Flanagan Sr. before opening up his own practice in 1946, which he maintained until 2011. The office building for the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation in Raleigh, North Carolina, is one of his best known commercial works. He was a member of Hayes Barton Baptist Church beginning in 1943 and actively served the church as teacher, advisor and architect on three building projects. His work included office buildings, modernist homes, churches and over 200 school projects. He won design awards for the Farm Bureau buildings, Lynn Road School, Bertie County High School and the sanctuary of Hayes Barton Baptist Church.
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Preservation North Carolina (Organization)
Size: 15.5 linear feet (7 cartons, 1 legal box, 2 oversize boxes, 2 CD boxes, 2 flat folders, 1 tube) Collection ID: MC 00137
Contains videotapes (Betacam SP and other videotape formats) of Preservation North Carolina productions: Planning for Historic Preservation (1975); PNC 4 [Four North Carolina Architects], At Work and At Play, Far Fetched and Dear Bought, On the Tracks of Progress, and A Passion for Place. There are DVDs of final production for last 4 ...
MoreContains videotapes (Betacam SP and other videotape formats) of Preservation North Carolina productions: Planning for Historic Preservation (1975); PNC 4 [Four North Carolina Architects], At Work and At Play, Far Fetched and Dear Bought, On the Tracks of Progress, and A Passion for Place. There are DVDs of final production for last 4 titles. Also contains blueprint drawings of El Nido (Gibbs house) in Shelby, North Carolina (1920s) and drawings and other documents related to the Caviness residence in Raleigh, North Carolina (1914-1915, 1925?) . Founded in 1939, Preservation North Carolina (PNC) is North Carolina's only private nonprofit statewide historic preservation organization. Its mission is to protect and promote buildings, landscapes and sites important to the diverse heritage of North Carolina.
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Hall, Richard
Size: 4 linear feet (1 archival box, 7 flat files, 21 tubes) Collection ID: MC 00510
Richard Hall is a Raleigh architect who worked on a number of older homes (circa 1930) in North Carolina, and especially Raleigh, during his career. In doing so, he collected a number of architectural plans and project files that comprise the Richard Hall Architectural Drawings Collection. Richard Hall is a Raleigh architect who ...
MoreRichard Hall is a Raleigh architect who worked on a number of older homes (circa 1930) in North Carolina, and especially Raleigh, during his career. In doing so, he collected a number of architectural plans and project files that comprise the Richard Hall Architectural Drawings Collection. Richard Hall is a Raleigh architect who graduated from the NC State University School of Design in 1987. He was born in Middleborough, Kentucky, and moved to Raleigh, North Carolina in 1982.
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