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Collection Number: 04748

Collection Title: Catherine W. Bishir Papers, 1976-1992

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Size 11.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2400 items)
Abstract Catherine Ward Bishir (1942-) is a white architectural historian and historic preservation planner, chiefly working under the auspices of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History. Materials, circa 1976-1990, relating to Bishir's publications, most of which concern architectural history, architects, and historic preservation, particularly in North Carolina. Most items pertain to North Carolina Architecture (with Tim Buchman, 1990); guides to the historic architecture of eastern, piedmont, and western North Carolina (with Michael T. Southern and Jennifer F. Martin, 1996, 1999, 2003); or Architects and Builders in North Carolina: A History of the Practice of Building (with Charlotte V. Brown, Carl R. Lounsbury, and Ernest H. Wood III, 1990). Included are letters, financial and legal materials, notes, publicity materials, and background research files. Also included are a number of Bishir's shorter works on architecture and historic preservation, as well as a few files relating to meetings and conferences of several professional organizations in which she has been active.
Creator Bishir, Catherine W.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Catherine W. Bishir papers #4748, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Catherine W. Bishir of Raleigh, N.C., in April 1995 (Acc. 95046) and October 2011 (Acc. 101508).
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, November 2021

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Catherine Ward Bishir was born in 1942 in Lexington, Ky., daughter of Margaret Norris Byrn Ward (1912-1993), a home economics teacher, and William Smith Ward (1907-1994), a professor of English at the University of Kentucky. She received her B.A. from the University of Kentucky in 1964 and her M.A. from Duke University in 1965. Since 1971, she has been involved in architectural history and historic preservation planning, chiefly under the auspices of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, where, as of 1995, she was Architectural Survey Coordinator.

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Materials, circa 1976-2003, relating to North Carolina Architecture, Architects and Builders in North Carolina: A History of the Practice of Building ; guides to the historic architecture of easern, piedmont, and western North Carolina; Bishir's shorter works on architecture and historic preservation; and meetings and conferences of several professional organizations.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Architects and Builders in North Carolina: A History of the Practice of Building (with Charlotte V. Brown, Carl R. Lounsbury, and Earnest H. Wood III, 1990), 1983-1990.

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about 2000 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 101508

Box 5-6

Box 5

Box 6

North Carolina architecture

Arranged by county, loosely alphabetical
Box 7

Eastern guidebook

Box 8

Eastern guidebook

Piedmont guidebook

Box 9

Western guidebook

Box 10

Western guidebook

Miscellaneous files

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