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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 500 items) |
Abstract | John Volney Allcott (1905- ) was professor of art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an architectural historian. These papers consist of correspondence, photographs, photocopies of manuscripts, and other material relating to the architectural history of North Carolina, particularly of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Much of this material was collected for use in two books by Allcott, Colonial Homes in North Carolina and The Campus at Chapel Hill: Two Hundred Years of Architecture. |
Creator | Allcott, John V., 1905- . |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English. |
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1905 | Born |
1928 | Received Bachelor of Philosophy (PhB) degree from the University of Wisconsin |
1932 | Received a diploma following studies at the Art Institute of Chicago |
1934 | Received a certificate following studies at the Royal Academy of Art, Florence, Italy |
1936 | Received Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago |
1938-1940 | Taught studio art at Hunter College, New York City |
1940 | Became chair of the Department of Art, University of North Carolina |
1943-1945 | On leave from UNC to write and illustrate Navy training films |
1959 | Resigned as chair of UNC's Department of Art |
1963 | Colonial Homes in North Carolina published |
1974 | Retired from full-time teaching; appointed professor emeritus |
1986 | The Campus at Chapel Hill: Two Hundred Years of Architecture published |
The papers of John V. Allcott, architectural historian John V. Allcott of Chapel Hill, N.C., consist of correspondence, photographs, photocopies of manuscripts, and other material relating to the architectural history of North Carolina, particularly of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Much of this material was collected for use in two books, Colonial Homes in North Carolina and The Campus at Chapel Hill: Two Hundred Years of Architecture.
Original blueprints, formerly with these papers, of buildings on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were transferred to the University of North Carolina Archives.
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Letters to John V. Allcott, and a few carbon copies of letters from him, relating chiefly to specific buildings or other matters of North Carolina architectural history. A number of letters concern Allcott's attempts to document the works of Alexander Jackson Davis and other 19th-century architects associated with the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Folder 1 |
1957-1963 |
Folder 2 |
1964-1967 |
Folder 3 |
1970-1977 and undated |
Arrangement: by subject.
Files relating to historic buildings on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus and elsewhere, as well as other subjects relating to architectural history. Most of this material relates to Allcott's books Colonial Homes in North Carolina (1963) and The Campus at Chapel Hill: Two Hundred Years of Architecture (1986).
Included are notes by Allcott, photo- and hand-made duplicates of architectural drawings and manuscripts, clippings, and other items relating to specific buildings. For the most part, items with early dates are copies.
Also included are a small number of notes on subjects other than buildings.
Arrangement: by subject.
Arrangement: by subject.
Folder 17 |
Notes on A. J. Davis daybook |
Notes on other books and papers |
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Notes on Arthur Nash |
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Notes on John Donaldson genealogy |
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Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4480/1a |
Oversize papers |
Arrangement: by subject.
Photographs and other pictures, chiefly of buildings at UNC and elsewhere, collected by Allcott. Allcott appears in photos 45 and 46. Also included are copies of two drawings: one is of a street scene and is captioned, "Greetings Alice & Jerry from Darkest India! May 1985" and the other is of the top part of a building and is captioned, "Greetings Alice & Jerry. New Bern Victorian. April 86."
Items separated include oversize papers (XOPF-4480/1a), photographs (P-4480), and photograph albums (PA-4480).
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