- Creator
- Brown, Charlotte Vestal
- Size
- 7.2 linear feet (13 archival storage boxes, 2 halfboxes, and 2 flat folders)
- Call number
- MC 00219
- Access to materials
Access is restricted. Please contact Special Collections Research Center for more information.
The Charlotte Vestal Brown Wainwright Papers, 1767-1990, include correspondence, photographs, research notes, transcriptions, and blueprints. Material was gathered by Charlotte Vestal Brown Wainwright for her study of the practice of building in North Carolina between 1865 and 1945 and includes information on the administration of the grant project, photographs and manuscripts from the book written by Brown, as well as research and reference files used in the project.
Biographical/historical note
Charlotte Vestal Brown Wainwright was born on June 3, 1942. She received a B.A. in modern European history from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her Ph.D. in art history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An assistant professor of art at Duke University from 1971 to 1979, Wainwright was curator of art at North Carolina State University from 1982 to 1985, and became director of the Visual Arts Center at North Carolina State University in 1985. This later became the Gregg Museum of Art and Design. From 1980 to 1990, she also led a four-scholar team on a project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities that studied the people and practices behind North Carolina architecture. She retired from NC State University in 2009.
Scope/content
The Charlotte Vestal Brown Wainwright Papers, 1767-1990, include correspondence, photographs, research notes, transcriptions, reference citations, photocopies from a variety of primary sources, and blueprint copies of the Asheville Coca-Cola Bottling Plant. The collection consists of research and reference files from Brown's study of the practice of building in North Carolina between 1865 and 1945. This research project was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and resulted in the publication of Architects and Builders in North Carolina: A History of the Practice of Building in 1990.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into three major series:
- Architects and Builders in North Carolina Project Files, contain information relating to the administration of the grant project as well as photographs and manuscripts of the chapters of the book written by Brown.
- Research Files contain notes and research information for Brown's study of architects and builders in North Carolina.
- Biography Files contain biographical information for a variety of architects and builders in North Carolina.
An additional series of oversize materials also exists in this collection.
Use of these materials
North Carolina State University does not own copyright to this collection. Individuals obtaining materials from the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center are responsible for using the works in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. 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 North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Charlotte Vestal Brown Wainwright Papers, MC 00219,
Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Source of acquisition
Gift of Charlotte Vestal Brown Wainwright, June 27, 1995 (Accession no. 1995-0010).
Processing information
Processed by C. David Jackson and Edith Woodcock, 1996 December; Encoded by Katherine M. Wisser
The collection is organized into four principal series:
Architects and Builders of North Carolina Project Files 1870-1990 (MC 00219 Series 1)
Contains correspondence, grant reports, and notes relating to the ABNC project. Correspondence documents the application and administration of the NEH grant, and publication of the final manuscript by the University of North Carolina Press in 1990. Also includes photographs and manuscript drafts for chapters five and six of the book (those written by Dr. Brown).
General Project Correspondence
Architects and Builders Biographical Correspondence
Architects and Builders Photo Costs
Notes, Quotes, etc. for Chapter 5 (1870-1900)
Chapter 5 Illustrations (records, etc.)
Chapter 6 Illustrations (notes, etc.)
Research Files 1767-1964 (MC 00219 Series 2)
This series contains clippings, notes, transcriptions, photocopies, and bibliographic references for Brown's study of architects and builders in North Carolina between 1865 and 1945. This series offers documentation on such topics as the emergence of the American Institute of Architects in North Carolina, licensing acts, contracts, architectural schools, building materials, pattern books, mill villages, and resorts. It also includes a subseries of city and county profiles. Brown's original order has been preserved.
American Institute of Architects
Handbook of Architectural Practice 1920
Architect Organizations 1896-1900
Documents, AIA, Notes on Forms
History of AIA in NC, Formation of Local Chapters
History of the Practice of Architects in South Carolina
North Carolina Architect Associations
Practice in the South, AIA Correspondence
Southern Chapter of the AIA, 1892
North Carolina Architect , December, 1964
NCSU, Architectural Engineering
Licensing Acts, Architects, Dates and States
Development of Unions, Rates of Pay
Charters, Constitutions, Canons of Ethics, etc.
History of South Carolina Chapter
AIA Membership, Assorted Rosters
NCSU, Construction Engineering, AGC
U.S. Government Projects in North Carolina
Reaves Notes, early 1900s
Building Supplies and Supply Houses
Insurance, Fires and Materials
Lien Laws, Mechanics, and Laborers
History of the Methodist Church
Mary N. Woods , Souvenir Sketchbooks
Tenements, Special Housing
Miscellaneous Buildings, Other Places
Contracts, Specs, and Building Accounts
Building Account, Vestal Homeplace
Accounts of Buildings, 1880
Building Account, Wake County, Wilmington, Royster
Building Account, Pauly Jail, Beaufort County, 1893
Building Account, Briggs House, 1896
Building Account, Buncombe County Courthouse, 1891
Building Account, Edenton, Mitchell House, 1899
Building Account, Morganton, N.C. Asylum, 1875
Building Specifications, Late 19th Century, Philadelphia
Building Account, Murphey School, Wake Co., Specifications 1890
Articles of Agreement, Tryon and Hawks, 1767
Building Account, Watauga County Courthouse, late 19th century
Building Account, Chaffin, 1888
Building Account, Pasquotank County, Late 19th Century
Building Account, Guilford County, 1904
Building Account, Holleman Papers, Late 19th Century
Building Account, Moore County Jail, 1917
Building Account, Henderson County, 1924
Building Account and Specs, Windows, Hawkins Family Papers, late 19th century
Building Account, Greensboro, Post Office, 1926
Building Account, Wake County, Jail, 1875
Building Account, Montgomery County, Troy Methodist Church, 1872
Building Account, Governor's Mansion, 1883 - 1889
Building Account, Pasquotank County Courthouse, 1883
Building Account, W.H. Worth, 1897
Building Account, Richmond County Courthouse, 1889
Building Account, Marshbourne Farm, Nash County, early 20th century
Building Account, Contract, Holland and Salter, 1932
Building Account, Contract, Uniforms, 1906
Building Account, Bonitz and Ahrens, 1904
Building Account, Contract, NCSU, 1927
Building Account, Contracts, 1920 - 1930
Certification for Payment
"Clerk of the Works" Superintendent
Building Practices, Running Archives Office
Building Account, Wake County, 1874 - 1876
Plan Book of Small Homes, 1948
Brandt, A Half Century of North Carolina Architecture
Architectural Record , The Old and New South , 1911
The American Architect and Building News , American Vernacular Architecture , 1877 - 1878
Dezurko ,"Origins of Functionalist Theory", 1957
Pasquotank County, Elizabeth City
Raleigh , Central Prison Background
Raleigh , Real Property Survey, 1939
Southern Pines, Pinehurst
Research Leads, Miscellaneous
Biography Files 1849-1976 (MC 00219 Series 3)
Initially, the publication of Architects and Builders in North Carolina was to include a biographical dictionary of active architects and builders in North Carolina. However, the authors uncovered so many individuals that it became too voluminous to include in one volume. Therefore the biographical dictionary was to be a separate publication. These files reflect the initial research and draft entries for the second volume. The files document chiefly twentieth-century architects and builders and include clippings, notes, draft entries, and reference citations. There are some photographs and correspondence relating to authors for these entries.
Other than North Carolina
Altaffer, Gerald M., Builder
Atwood, Nash and Weeks 1921
Atwood, T.C., Scrapbook Copies
Bain, William C., Greensboro
Barrett, Charles W., Architect and Builder
Barrett, Charles W., Colonial Southern Homes
Barrow, Walter B. and Son, Contractors, Raleigh
Beaman, John E., Construction Co.
Biberstein, Richard C., Charlotte 1900
Bonniwell, George, Architect
Bonsal, W.R., Hamlet, Builder and Engineer
Boyle-Robertson, Construction Co., Washington D.C.
Briggs, John D. (continued)
[Entries of] Burney Builders, Architects and Builder of North Carolina
Burney Builders, Additional Data
Burney, L. Byron, Architect
Burriss, James H. Wilmington
Cape Fear Building Co. , African-American builders
Carson, Charles C. 1849-1891
Cavanaugh, Herbert R., Wilmington
Central Carolina Construction Co. , Greensboro
Chamberlain, S.K., Winston-Salem
Clark, Walter J., Contractor and Builder
Clement, E.H., Charlotte
General note
Processor's note: Empty
Coleman, W.E., Contractor
General note
Processor's note: also J.L. and L.J.
Connelly, Charles Wearn, Charlotte 1934
Cooper, James L. 1856-1942
Cooper, Thomas Wright, Raleigh 1921
Croft, John James, Jr. 1938
Davidson and Jones Construction
Deloi, James Vincent 1928
Ellington, Douglas 1910-1960
Emerson and Fehmer, Boston 1871
Falls City Construction Co.
Franklin and Stinson 1939
Furness, Tommie (Mason), Haywood County
Gaddis, R.R., Builder, Haywood County 1887
Gaston Construction Co. , Gastonia
Gause, James F., Jr. 1908
Gillette-Miller, Inc. 1945-1946
Goode Construction , Charlotte
Goodmon, John, Sampson County
Gordon, Franklin, Charlotte 1900
Griffin, Frank B., Charlotte 1937
Griffith, James, Jr. 1946
Hanford, Ed R. and Worth, Burlington
Harriss, H.H., Contractor
Hartlege, John, Jr., Salisbury
Hoffman, E.J.T., Asheville
Holland, John Love 1891-1973
Howe, Valentine, Black, Wilmington
Johnson, Robert L., Wilmington
Kendall and Taylor , Boston
Kennedy, James M., Raleigh
Koeth, L.A.H. and Friedhof
Kramer, D.S. and J.P., Sr.
Lacey, C.W., Wilmington
General note
Processor's Note: empty
Lawrence, W.H., T.H., Durham
Lazenby Bros. , Statesville
Leitner, Joseph L., Wilmington
Loftis, V.P. Construction Co., Charlotte 1940
Malcolm, James A., Charlotte
Marsh, Marion R., Charlotte
Martin, John W. 1861-1941
Mayer, Murray and Phillips
McAllister, Dallas
General note
Processor's note: empty
McCallum and Benson, Sampson County
McCarl, Roger C., Wilmington
McClamroch Bros. , Greensboro
McInerney, Rev. Michael, Belmont
McMichael and Hunter , Charlotte
McMillen, Charles, Raleigh and Wilmington
Merchant, Luther L., Asheville
Miller Bros. , Winston-Salem
Mobley and Dale, Charlotte
Moore, Solon Balias, Wilson
Morrill, C.D., Wilmington
Muirhead Construction Co.
O'Dell, A.G., Jr., Charlotte
Page, Howard, Rocky Mount
Parker, Charles N., Asheville
Peabody, Wilson and Brown
Perry, Lord Byron 1869-1948
Pike, Edward Lewis 1860-1940
Porter and Godwin, Goldsboro
Rhodes and Underwood, New Bern
Rigsbee, C.D., Durham
General note
Processor's Note: empty
Robbins, A. J., Wilmington
Rogers, Luther T., Wilmington
Rogers and Thomas, Wilmington
Royal, Hardy, Sampson County
Royer, Ferguson Co.
General note
Processor's Note: empty
Salmon, J., Shipp, C.H., and Poe, Durham
Satterfield, Howard, Raleigh
Shattuck and Hussey, Chicago
Shreve, Lamb, et al., Wilmington
Simmonds, Harry J., Charlotte
Simpson, Herbert W., New Bern 1896-1940
Sirrine, Joseph E. and Co., Greenville, S.C.
Smith, William W., Charlotte
Soesbee, Hubert Lee, Haywood County
Southeastern Construction Co.
Supervising Architect of Treasury
Teer, Nello L. and Co., Durham
Tennant, James, Asheville
General note
Processor's Note: empty
Thompson and Canaday , Durham
Thompson, W.N., Burlington
General note
Processor's Note: empty
Tucker and Laxton , Charlotte
Twine, Samuel J., Nags Head
Twining, Coleman, Wilmington
Underwood, Ural A., Wilmington
Underwood, Norman Contractor and Builder, Durham 1929
Vollers, Loweis H. (also Henry or H.L.), Contractor
Walker, James, Wilmington
Weaver, Johnson County, Aberdeen
General note
Processor's Note: empty
Welch, Georege, Charlotte
Westall, Lumber and Contractor, Asheville
Wilkins, James E., Wilson
Wray, Joseph M., Haywood County
Zachary and Zachary , Contractors
Boyd and Goforth , Charlotte
Hooks and White, Charlotte
James M Beits act (1870-80) undated
Oversize Materials (MC 00219 Series 4)
Blueprint Floor Plans and Elevations of the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. , Asheville, NC
Photograph of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Lobby, Asheville, NC
"Asheville Citizen Times", Coca-Cola Section May 18, 1941
Access to the collection
Access is restricted. Please contact Special Collections Research Center for more information.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Charlotte Vestal Brown Wainwright Papers, MC 00219,
Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Use of these materials
North Carolina State University does not own copyright to this collection. Individuals obtaining materials from the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center are responsible for using the works in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. 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 North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.