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Richard C. Bell Drawings and Other Materials, 1961-2003

Title: Richard C. Bell Drawings and Other Materials 1961-2003

The Richard C. Bell Drawings and Other Materials, 1961-2003, document the professional activities of landscape architect Richard C. Bell and his architectural firms. The collection consists of landscape plans and planting details, prospective elevations, and technical drawings, as well as associated architecture plans created by partnering architectural firms. A small number of project files, which document both residential and public spaces, are also found in the collection. Bell’s projects included private residences, subdivision developments, municipal and civic structures, various businesses, and some two dozen college and universities. Richard C. Bell (1928- ), a native of Manteo, N.C., received a degree in landscape architecture from North Carolina State University's College of Design (then, the North Carolina State College School of Design) in 1950. Afterwards, he apprenticed under Simonds & Simonds of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Frederick B. Stresau of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. At the age of 21, he became the youngest designer to receive the Prix de Rome, allowing him to study in Europe for two years. He became a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. In 1954, Bell became a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and he was elected to Fellowship in the organization in 1980. In 1955, Bell founded his first firm in Raleigh, N.C., and for many years operated the business from its award-winning office space, Water Garden Office Park. His son-in-law Dennis Glazener worked for the firm, and eventually became a partner. Bell Retired in 2007.

ArchivalResource: 186.7 Linear feet

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Lewis Clarke Collection, 1944-2006

Title: Lewis Clarke Collection 1944-2006

The Lewis Clarke Collection, 1944 to 2006, documents the professional work of Lewis Clarke and his firm Lewis Clarke Associates as well as Clarke's time as a North Carolina State University School of Design faculty member from 1952 to 1968. The collection is arranged into eight series: project files, drawings, professional papers, faculty papers, personal papers, office files, project booklets, and photographic materials. The collection consists primarily of landscape architectural drawings and project files. The projects include residences, primary and secondary schools, community colleges, university campuses, regional hospitals, shopping centers, residential resort projects, and pedestrian malls. The drawings and project files represent projects located primarily, but not exclusively, throughout the southeast. Lewis James Clarke was born in Carlton, Nottingham, England on 10 March 1927. He earned his Master's in Architecture at the University of Leicester, Master's in Landscape Design from Kings College at the University of Durham, and a Fulbright Scholarship and a Smith-Mundt Award to attend Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design to earn a Master's in Landscape Architecture in 1952. Clarke taught as an associate professor at the North Carolina State College School of Design (SOD), from 1952 to 1968. He operated his landscape architecture firm, Lewis Clarke Associates, from 1968 to 1993, where he worked on projects such as community colleges in North Carolina and Virginia, residential resort master planning, and prototype enclosed mall projects. He created the original master plan for the Research Triangle Institute; Saint Andrews College, Laurinburg, North Carolina; and the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro. His signature works include Palmetto Dunes, Hilton Head Island; Carolina Trace, Sanford, North Carolina; and Ford’s Colony, Williamsburg, Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 593.5 Linear feet

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William Waldo Dodge Papers, 1916-1995

Title: William Waldo Dodge Papers 1916-1995

The William Waldo Dodge Papers, 1916-1995, document the professional activities of architects William Waldo Dodge, Jr., William Waldo Dodge III, and their firms. The collection consists of project drawings, project files, and reference materials. Drawings are of architectural design projects and include site plans, floor plans, elevations, detail drawings, and sketches. Project files include specification manuals, reports, studies, and other material. Reference materials include design competition manuals, design guidelines, specification standards, and other publications in architectural design. William Waldo Dodge, Jr. (1895-1971) was an American architect and World War I veteran. He settled in Asheville, North Carolina in 1923 and practiced architecture, designing residences and French style shops for several decades. In 1940, he founded the firm Six Associates with several partner architects and engineers. He resumed his private practice a few years later. Dodge, Jr. retired from practice in 1958. He died on February 21, 1971. William Waldo Dodge III, the son of Dodge, Jr., practiced architecture in Raleigh, North Carolina. He received his architectural education at the North Carolina State University.

ArchivalResource: 153.0 Linear feet

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