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Collection Number: 04480

Collection Title: John V. Allcott Papers, 1900s-1986

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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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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 John V. Allcott Papers #4480, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Provenance
Received from John V. Allcott of Chapel Hill, N.C., in March 1987 (Acc. 87025) and from Jerry Cotten of Chapel Hill, N.C., in February 2001 (Acc. 99145).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). 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 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

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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
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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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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Correspondence, 1957-1977.

70 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

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

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About 300 items.

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.

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About 300 items.

Arrangement: by subject.

Folder 4

New York: Dutchess County: Blithewood

North Carolina: Alamance County: Holt House

North Carolina: Carteret County: Beaufort: Hammock House

North Carolina: Carteret County: Beaufort: Map of Beaufort, 1738 (copy)

North Carolina: Cumberland County: Fayetteville: Presbyterian Church

North Carolina: Cumberland County: Fayetteville: Sketch of memorial

Folder 5

North Carolina: Guilford County: Greensboro: Blandwood

North Carolina: Guilford County: Greensboro: Maps of Greensboro, 1879 and 1919 (copies)

North Carolina: Guilford County: Greensboro: Morehead Hotel

Folder 6

North Carolina: Orange County: Chapel Hill (other than UNC)

North Carolina: Orange County: Chapel Hill (other than UNC): Bolin Creek Farm

North Carolina: Orange County: Chapel Hill (other than UNC): Chapel of the Cross

North Carolina: Orange County: Chapel Hill (other than UNC): Coggswell House

North Carolina: Orange County: Chapel Hill (other than UNC): Horace Williams House

North Carolina: Orange County: Chapel Hill (other than UNC): Maps of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, 1915(?), ca. 1960, and undated

North Carolina: Orange County: Chapel Hill (other than UNC): Maps of Chapel Hill

North Carolina: Orange County: Chapel Hill (other than UNC): Various houses

Folder 7

North Carolina: Orange County: Hillsborough: Berry Brick House

North Carolina: Orange County: Hillsborough: Berry Farm

North Carolina: Orange County: Hillsborough: Court House

North Carolina: Orange County: Hillsborough: Hazel-Nash-Moore House

North Carolina: Orange County: Hillsborough: Methodist Church

North Carolina: Orange County: Hillsborough: Walker Houses

Folder 8

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: Alumni Building

Folder 9

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: Bynum Hall

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: Campus maps, 1792, 1836, and 1963

Folder 10

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: Carr Building

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: "Existings Buildings - UNC" including dates, costs, etc.

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: Gerrard Hall

Folder 11

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: Grammar School

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: Memorial Hall

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: New East

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: New West

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: Old East

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: Old Well

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: Old West

Folder 12

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: Person Hall

Folder 13

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: Philanthropic and Dialectic Society Library

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: Smith Hall/Playmaker's Theater

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: South Building

North Carolina: Orange County: University of North Carolina campus: Unidentified building

Folder 14

North Carolina: Orange County: Elsewhere in Orange County: Blackberry Farm

North Carolina: Orange County: Elsewhere in Orange County: Saline Sykes House

North Carolina: Orange County: Elsewhere in Orange County: Unidentified building

North Carolina: Orange County: Elsewhere in Orange County: Unidentified building

North Carolina: Pasquotank County: Elizabeth City: Old Brick House

North Carolina: Pender County: Sloop Point: Sloop Point House

North Carolina: Wake County: Raleigh: North Carolina State Hospital

North Carolina: Wake County: Raleigh: North Carolina State House

North Carolina: Wake County: Raleigh: Wakefield House

North Carolina: Wake County: Raleigh: Unidentified building

Folder 15

North Carolina: Warren County: Warrenton: Various buildings

Folder 16

North Carolina: Various locations: Courthouses

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About 10 items.

Arrangement: by subject.

Folder 17

Notes on A. J. Davis daybook

Notes on other books and papers

Notes on Arthur Nash

Notes on John Donaldson genealogy

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4480/1a

Oversize papers

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About 150 items.

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."

Photograph Album PA-4480/1-5

PA-4480/1

PA-4480/2

PA-4480/3

PA-4480/4

PA-4480/5

New York: Dutchess County: Blithewood

Image Folder PF-4480/1

John Berry, Hillsborough builder

Mrs. Robert Donaldson

A. J. Downing

New York: Dutchess County: Blithewood

Image Folder PF-4480/2

New York: Dutchess County: Blithewood

North Carolina: Alamance County: Holt House

Beaufort County: Bath: Map of Bath, ca. 1725

Beaufort County: Bath: (Palmer-) Marsh House

Brunswick County: Brunswick: Hepburn-Reonalds House

Brunswick County: Brunswick: Map of Brunswick, ca. 1750

Chowan County: Edenton: Courthouse

Chowan County: Edenton: Norcom House/Sycamore Plantation

Craven County: New Bern: Richardson House/Bellair

Image Folder PF-4480/3

Cumberland County: Fayetteville: Cabin, 1856

Cumberland County: Fayetteville: Donaldson Academy

Cumberland County: Fayetteville: Map of Fayetteville, ca. 1800

Cumberland County: Fayetteville: Presbyterian Church

Forsyth County: Salem: Brothers House

Forsyth County: Salem: Fourth House

Guilford County: Greensboro: Battleground

Guilford County: Greensboro: Blandwood

Guilford County: Greensboro: Edgeworth Seminary

Guilford County: Greensboro: Various Houses

Image Folder PF-4480/4

Guilford County: Greensboro: Various Houses

Guilford County: High Point: Enos Blair House

Moore County: Southern Pines: Cabin

New Hanover: Wilmington: Orton Plantation

New Hanover: Wilmington: Wilmington Episcopal Church

Orange County: Chapel Hill: Baptist Church

Image Folder PF-4480/5

Orange County: Chapel Hill: Baptist Church

Image Folder PF-4480/6

Orange County: Chapel Hill: Baptist Church

Orange County: Chapel Hill: Battle House

Orange County: Chapel Hill: Franklin Street, ca. 1905

Orange County: Chapel Hill: Hill Hall/UNC Music Library

Orange County: Chapel Hill: Various UNC scenes, ca. 1910

Image Folder PF-4480/7

Orange County: Chapel Hill: Various unidentified houses

Image Folder PF-4480/8

Orange County: Chapel Hill: Various unidentified houses

Orange County: Hillsborough: Methodist Church

Orange County: Hillsborough (?): Various unidentified houses

Elsewhere in Orange County: Brewer's Tavern

Elsewhere in Orange County: Saline Sykes House

Pasquotank County: Elizabeth City: Old Brick House

Pender County: Sloop Point: Sloop Point House

Perquimans County: Hertford: Unidentified house

Rowan County (?): Salisbury (?): Stirewalt House

Image Folder PF-4480/9

Rowan County (?): Salisbury (?): Unidentified building

Wake County: Raleigh: State Fair Coliseum

Wake County: Raleigh: Unidentified colonial home, built by Joel Lane

Warren County: Warrenton: Various buildings (filed in folder 15)

Unidentified buildings

Image Folder PF-4480/10

Drawings

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Items separated include oversize papers (XOPF-4480/1a), photographs (P-4480), and photograph albums (PA-4480).

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