Inventory of the John V. Allcott Papers, 1900s-1986

Collection Number 4480

Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Contact Information:

Manuscripts Department

CB#3926, Wilson Library

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890

Phone: 919/962-1345

Fax: 919/962-3594

Email: mss@email.unc.edu

URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/

Processed by

Mark Beasley

Date Processed

May 1987

Encoded by

Linda Sellars

Date Encoded

June 2002

Descriptive Summary

Repository

Southern Historical Collection

Creator

Allcott, John V., 1905- .

Title

John V. Allcott Papers, 1900s-1986

Call Number

4480

Extent

About 500 items (0.5 linear feet)

Language

English.

Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access

No restrictions.

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).

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the John V. Allcott Papers #4480, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Allcott, John V., 1905- .

Allcott, John V., 1905- . The campus at Chapel Hill: two hundred years of architecture.

Allcott, John V., 1905- . Colonial homes in North Carolina.

Architectural historians--North Carolina.

Architecture--North Carolina.

Architecture, Domestic--North Carolina.

College buildings.

University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Buildings.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Buildings.

Related Collections

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.

Biographical Note

Collection Overview

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.

Organization of Collection

1. Correspondence
2. Subject Files
2.1. Architectural Subject Files
2.2. Other Subject Files
3. Pictures

Items Separated

Items separated include oversize papers (OP-4480), photographs (P-4480), and photograph albums (PA-4480).

Detailed Description of the Collection