mc00006 Guide to the G. Milton Small Papers, 1950-1984 MC 00006 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Dani Nation;machine-readable finding aid created by: Dani Nation; updated in June 2010 by Linda Sellars; updated in April 2012 by Tod Kosmerick. Special Collections Research Center 2007 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-05-03T12:11-0400 Finding aid written in English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2010 June; 2012 April Updated by Linda Sellars in June 2010 because of addition; updated by Todd Kosmerick in April 2012 to reflect architectural model. G. Milton Small Papers MC 00006 Special Collections Research Center 41.0 Linear feet 2 oversize boxes, 3 oversized flat boxes, 1 archival half box and 61 flat files 1950-1984 The G. Milton Small Papers contain architectural drawings and photographs of projects and structures designed by architect G. Milton Small between 1950 and 1981. The collection primarily consists of architectural drawings of Small's designs, many of which were constructed on the North Carolina State University campus and elsewhere in the Raleigh, North Carolina, region. The collection also contains photographs taken by architectural photographers Joseph Molitor and Holland Wright, as well as Small's writings on computerized parking systems. G. Milton Small Jr. (1916-1992) was a student of Mies van der Rohe and was one of the foremost modernist architects working in the southeastern United States in the later half of the 20th century. Small moved to Raleigh in 1948 and headed the architectural office of William Henley Deitrick before starting his own firm, G. Milton Small Architects, in 1949. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. 1 oversize boxes, 3 oversized flat boxes, 1 archival half box and 61 flat files Small, G. Milton (George Milton), 1916-1992 Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.

 Acquisitions Information

Gift of Small Kane Architects PA, G. Milton Small III, President, in 2006 (Acc. No. 2006-0007 and 2006-0218)

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], G. Milton Small Papers, MC 6, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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Biographical Note

G. Milton Small Jr. (1916-1992) was a student of Mies van der Rohe and was one of the foremost modernist architects working in the southeastern United States in the later half of the 20th century.

Small was born in Collinsville, Oklahoma. He graduated with a bachelors degree from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, and a masters from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois, where he studied under Mies van der Rohe. In Chicago he worked for the firms Perkins and Will, and Hudgins Thompson and Ball. Small relocated to North Carolina in 1948 to head the architectural office of William Henley Deitrick, at that time Raleigh's largest architectural firm and the most committed to modernist design. Small was recommended for the position by a former professor at the University of Oklahoma, Henry Kamphoefner, who was himself relocating to Raleigh to take over the deanship of North Carolina State University's new School of Design. Small headed Deitrick's office for two years, during which time he produced several important modernist designs, principally, a new clubhouse for the Carolina Country Club, which was the subject of the Life magazine article, "New Country Club" (31 July 1950. p. 70).

Small started his own practice, G. Milton Small Architects, in 1949. His first design was a residence which was constructed in 1950 for Raleigh businessman Robert I. Rothstein.

Small was married to June Volck (1916- ) of Ocean City, New Jersey. The couple had two children: a son, George Milton Small III, and a daughter, June Marie Small.

 Scope and Content Note

The George Milton Small papers primarily consists of architectural drawings of Small's designs, many of which were constructed in Raleigh, North Carolina, between 1950 and 1980. The collection also contains photographs taken by architectural photographers Joseph Molitor and Holland Wright as well as Small's writings on computerized parking systems.

 Organization of the Collection

The collection is organized into three series: MC 00006 Series 1. Photographs MC 00006 Series 2. Drawings MC 00006 Series 3.Writings . The series are organized by project or structure.

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The photographs series contains mounted prints of photographs taken by architectural photographers Joseph Molitor and Holland Wright of commercial and residential buildings designed by George Milton Small. Many of the images are of the Home Life Security Building in Raleigh, North Carolina. Other structures of note include various buildings on the North Carolina State University campus, the Gregory Poole Equipment Company, and the Southeastern Radio Supply Building.

 Raleigh Municipal Building 1 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Building 1 NCSU Student Supply Service Center 1 NCSU Nuclear Reactor 1 Home Security Life Building (photos 1-5) 1 Home Security Life Building (photos 6-32) 2 Unidentified interiors 3 Southeastern Radio Supply Building 3 Stahl Residence 3 Yancey Insurance Building 3 Rothstein Residence 3 Wade Lewis Residence 3 Manning Residence 3 St. Stephens Church (Raleigh, North Carolina) 3 Atlantic Christian College 3 Gregory Poole Equipment Building 3 Photocopied index of photographs and corresponding buildings 3 G. Milton Small and Associates company brochure 4 3 circa 1970 Scope and Content Note

Chiefly contains black and white photographs of buildings designed by G. Milton Small and Associates in the 1960s. A statement of company philosophy and list of professional services are found on the inside front cover.

 Drawings MC 00006 Series 2 24.0 Linear feet 1950-1979 61 flat files Scope and Contents note

The drawings series contains architectural drawings, drafts, and renderings of various buildings designed by George Milton Small and his firm, G. Milton Small and Associates. Included in the series are buildings on North Carolina State University campus, Duke University campus and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. In addition there are several commercial office structures, Raleigh city government buildings, and many residences.

 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Cafeteria and Service Building 1 1964-1966 Duke University Primate Facility 2 1966 Branch Bank Building 3 1962-1973 G. Milton Small Residence 4 1951-1961 Office of G. Milton Small Architects 5 1965 Computer Parking Machine 6 1979-1981 Renderings and Drafts - various buildings 7 1951-1980 NCSU Nuclear Reactor 8 1951-1953 NCSU Student Center (1 of 2) 9 1959-1972 NCSU Student Center (2 of 2) 10 1959-1972 Fixtures of NCSU Student Supply 11 1959-1972 Medical Society of the State of North Carolina 12 1972 Medical Society of the State of North Carolina (model) 6 undated Chapel for Mount Olive College 13 1973 Mount Olive Junior College - various buildings 14 1964-1969 IBM Branch Office Greensboro, NC 15 1966-1967 Home Security Life Insurance Building 16 1958-1961 IBM Engineering Facility 17 1965 Raleigh, North Carolina, Municipal Building 18 1959-1960 Raleigh, North Carolina, Municipal Building (model) 5 undated NCSU Student Service Center 19 1958-1959 Alterations to William Neal Reynolds Coliseum 20 1968-1971 Additions and Fixtures NCSU Student Supply Store 21 1970-1972 E. C. Brooks Elementary School Raleigh, NC 22 1964 East Branch Library New Bern Ave, Raleigh 23 1966 Elementary School in North Hills - Raleigh, NC 24 1961-1971 Branch Bank Floor Details and Revisions 25 1963-1965 Sanctuary - Our Saviour Lutheran Church 26 1963-1964 NCSU Forestry School Development 27 1971 Carter Stadium NCSU 28 1965 NCSU Fraternity Housing (1 of 2) 29 1961-1962 NCSU Fraternity Housing (2 of 2) 30 1961-1962 Renovation of NCSU Fraternity Housing 31 1987-1988 Carter Stadium Women's Toilet Facility Addition 32 1976-1977 Gregory Poole Equipment Company 33 1965-1975 Sir Walter Raleigh Chevrolet 34 1966-1974 Northwestern Mutual Insurance 35 1961-1967 Unigard Insurance Group 36 1970-1971 National Headquarters American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists 37 1963-1973 Saint Stephens Episcopal Church - Durham, NC 38 1961-1978 Rothstein Residence 39 1950-1958 Dr. and Mrs. K. L. Johnson Residence 40 1962 Leonard Edwards Residence, Goldsboro, North Carolina 41 1963-1964 Frank Anderson Residence 42 1961 Glen Bowers Residence 43 1958 P. J. McElrath Residence 44 1960-1966 Gregory Poole Residence 45 1957 E. C. Glover III Residence 46 1962-1964 Edwin Friedberg Residence 47 1956 Howard Manning Residence 48 1952-1958 Norval Neil Luxon Residence, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 49 1954 W. C. Lewis Residence 50 1953 Thomas Wheless Residence, Louisburg, North Carolina 51 1954 Frank Walser Residence 52 1952 Paul O. Stahl Residence 53 1955 B. W. Smith Residence 54 1951 Lillian B. Allen Residence 55 1950 Donald B. and Marian R. Anderson Residence 56 1950 H. Palmer Edwards Residence 57 1957-1958 Apartments for S. Stanley Young 58 1971 House for Celotex Corporation 59 1955 North Hills Office Center 60 1968 Globe Ind. 61 1971-1972 Writings MC 00006 Series 3 0.25 Linear feet 1979 - 1984 1 archival half box Scope and Contents note

This series consists of two volumes written by George Milton Small on the subject of computerized parking garage systems.

 Urban Parking Systems 4 1 1979-1984 Economics of the Computer Parking Machine 4 2 1979-1984