Harris and Pyne Records 1921-1994

Summary
Contents
Names/subjects
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Creators
Atwood and Weeks, Inc.; Harris & Pyne (Firm)
Size
5.95 linear feet (6 tubes, 8 flat folders, 1 document case, 1 oversize flat box, 1 flat box, 1 half box)
Call number
MC 00114

The Harris and Pyne Records contain drawings, project files, photographs, and personal files documenting the professional activities of the Harris and Pyne architectural and engineering firm and its predecessor firms H. Raymond Weeks, Inc., Atwood and Weeks, and Atwood and Nash. The collection is arranged into four series: Drawings, Project Files, Photographic Materials, and Personal Files. Drawings include original pencil drawings, blueprints, and other reproductions. Project files includes various materials relating to projects, including a scrapbook, newsclippings, a financial recordbook, and supplemental documents to projects. Photographic materials includes professional black and white photographs of projects. Original documentation for many of the buildings and projects of these architecture firms is no longer in existence. Lastly, personal files include certificates, membership cards, biographical notes and obituary notes.

Harris and Pyne was an architectural and engineering firm in Durham, North Carolina, from about 1958 to the 1990s, headed by engineer Wilton E. Harris and architect George C. Pyne, Jr. Its predecessor firms were T. C. Atwood (prior to 1920), Atwood & Nash, Architects and Engineers (early 1920s-early 1930s), Atwood & Weeks (1930s-1942), and H. Raymond Weeks, Inc. (1942-1957). Harris and Pyne was organized soon after H. Raymond Weeks' death in 1956. Commissions undertaken by the Harris and Pyne firm and predecessors include residences, churches, and hospitals.

Biographical/historical note

Harris and Pyne was an architectural and engineering firm in Durham, North Carolina, from about 1958 to the 1990s, headed by engineer Wilton E. Harris and architect George C. Pyne, Jr. Its predecessor firms were T. C. Atwood (prior to 1920), Atwood & Nash, Architects and Engineers (early 1920s-early 1930s), Atwood & Weeks (1930s-1942), and H. Raymond Weeks, Inc. (1942-1957). Harris and Pyne was organized soon after H. Raymond Weeks' death in 1956. Commissions undertaken by the Harris and Pyne firm and predecessors include residences, churches, and hospitals.

Scope/content

The Harris and Pyne Records contain drawings, project files, photographs, and personal files documenting the professional activities of the Harris and Pyne architectural and engineering firm and its predecessor firms H. Raymond Weeks, Inc., Atwood and Weeks, and Atwood and Nash. The collection is arranged into four series: Drawings, Project Files, Photographic Materials, and Personal Files. Drawings include original pencil drawings, blueprints, and other reproductions. Project files includes various materials relating to projects, including a scrapbook, newsclippings, a financial recordbook, and supplemental documents to projects. Photographic materials includes professional black and white photographs of projects. Original documentation for many of the buildings and projects of these architecture firms is no longer in existence. Lastly, personal files include certificates, membership cards, biographical notes and obituary notes.

Arrangement

This collection is organized into four series: 1. Drawings 2. Project Files 3. Photographic Materials 4. Personal Files

Use of these materials

The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.

The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.

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], Harris and Pyne Records, MC 00114, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Related material

Source of acquisition

Gift of Milo Pyne, 2008 (Accession 2008.0196), 2012 (Accession 2012.0027), 2021 (Accession 2021.0036), and 2023 (Accession 2023.0109).

Processing information

Processed by: Jay Chang; machine-readable finding aid created by: Jay Chang, May 2011; additional materials processed and finding aid updated by: Todd Kosmerick, 2012 January; addition processed and finding aid updated by Shima Hosseininasab, May 2021.

Sponsor

This collection was processed with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program.

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The collection is organized into three principal series:

Drawings 1948-1994 (MC00114 Series 1)

This series contains sketches, blueprints, and other drawings, including site, floor, and design plans. Buildings represented include residences, churches, a health center, an office builiding, and an airport terminal. Most were created by the Harris and Pyne firm, although a few are by H. Raymond Weeks.

Anderson (Mr. & Mrs. J. B.) residence (1 of 2) 1969-1980
Tube 1
Anderson (Mr. & Mrs. J. B.) residence (2 of 2) 1968-1969 (Accession 2012.0027)
Durham (N.C.)
Flat folder 1
Anderson (Mr. & Mrs. J. B.) residence blueprints 1969
Durham (N.C.)
Flat folder 2
Anderson (Mr. & Mrs. J. B.) residence: Croasdaile Subdivision 1979-1980 (Accession 2012.0027)
Durham (N.C.)
Flat folder 3
Anderson (Mr. & Mrs. J. B.) residence: Croasdaile Subdivision blueprints 1964-1979
Durham (N.C.)
Flat folder 4
Butner Presbyterian Church 1958
Tube 3
Community Methodist Church (1 of 2) 1967
Tube 4
Community Methodist Church (2 of 2) 1967
General note

Reproduction

Tube 5
Geer Building, Woolworth's, Fidelity Bank, Wachovia Bank and Trust 1914-1970
Bossom, Alfred C., 1881-1965 (Architect); Durham (N.C.)
Flat folder 7
Lincoln Community Health Center 1981-1994
General note

Reproduction

Tube 2
Raleigh-Durham Airport: Administration Building 1954 (Accession 2012.0027)
H. Raymond Weeks, Inc. (Architect)
Flat folder 6
Rand Drive residence (1 of 2) 1948
General note

Reproduction

Tube 5
Rand Drive residence (2 of 2) 1948
General note

Reproduction

Tube 6
St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Accession 2012.0027)
Durham (N.C.)
Flat folder 5
Wade (Mr. & Mrs. Wallace) residence 1952
H. Raymond Weeks, Inc.
Tube 1
Project Files 1921-1972 (MC00114 Series 2)

This series contains materials relating to the projects undertaken by the Harris and Pyne firm and predecessor firms H. Raymond Weeks, Inc., Atwood and Weeks, and Atwood and Nash. This series includes two scrapbooks, newsclippings, a financial recordbook, and supplemental documents related to projects. The scrapbooks consist mostly of newsclippings and several photos.

Clippings 1965
Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence 1972
Box 1, Folder 10
The Dedication of the Library Building University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1930
Box 1, Folder 6
Lincoln Community Health Center manuel
Box 1, Folder 1
Rand Drive Residence, Community Methodist Church supplemental material
Box 1, Folder 11
Recordbook 1960
Box 1, Folder 8
Scrapbook, clippings 1928-1957
Box 1, Folder 5
Scrapbook, clippings: Atwood 1921-1927
Box 1, Folder 4
Typed notes on architectural firm and its work 1949-1951, undated
Half box 4, Folder 6
Photographic Materials 1935-1970 (MC00114 Series 3)

This series contains black and white photographs of projects undertaken by Harris and Pyne firm and/or predecessor firms H. Raymond Weeks, Inc., Atwood and Weeks, and Atwood and Nash. Some photographs are of completed projects including the Harry Russell residence in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the H. R. Weeks residence, the J.B. Anderson home, a women’s dormitory at the North Carolina College in Durham, North Carolina, the First Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and the Farm Colony Building State Hospital in Goldsboro, North Carolina. There are some photos of Duke University as well as Durham and Chapel Hill high schools. Photographs were taken professionally, several labeled with the name Wooten-Moulton Photographers.

Baldwin's Department Store 1940s (Accession 2012.0027)
Durham (N.C.)
Box 1, Folder 13
Chapel Hill High School circa 1935 (Accession 2012.0027)

24.5x20.75x1.75

Atwood and Weeks, Inc. (Creator); Durham (N.C.); Chapel Hill (N.C.)
Oversize flat box 2, Folder 2
Duke United Methodist Church Educational Building circa 1960 (Accession 2012.0027)
Oversize flat box 2, Folder 2
Edenton Street Methodist Episcopal Church: Pointdexter Memorial circa 1935 (Accession 2012.0027)
Oversize flat box 2, Folder 3
Memorial Auditorium circa 1935 (Accession 2012.0027)

24.5x20.75x1.75

Atwood and Weeks, Inc. (Creator); Raleigh (N.C.)
Oversize flat box 2, Folder 3
Projects (1 of 2)
Box 1, Folder 2
Projects (2 of 2)
Box 1, Folder 3
Russell (Harry) residence 1942
Chapel Hill (N.C.)
Box 1, Folder 7
St. Luke's Episcopal Church circa 1970 (Accessions 2008.0196 and 2012.0027)
Harris & Pyne (Firm) (Creator); Durham (N.C.)
Box 1, Folder 12
St. Francis Church circa 1960 (Accession 2012.0027)

24.5x20.75x1.75

Harris & Pyne (Firm) (Creator); Greensboro (N.C.)
Oversize flat box 2, Folder 1
Sanford Stadium Construction, Atwood & Weeks, Inc. 1928

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Athens (Ga.)
U. S. Post Office circa 1935 (Accession 2012.0027)

24.5x20.75x1.75

Atwood and Weeks, Inc. (Creator); Durham (N.C.)
Oversize flat box 2, Folder 4
U.S. Post Office and Court House undated
Durham (N.C.)
Flat box 3, Folder 6
Valinda Watts Hospital circa 1935 (Accession 2012.0027)
Oversize flat box 2, Folder 4
Austin-Heaton Mill #1 circa 1920? (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of drawing

Durham NC Mangum Street at Vivian

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Austin-Heaton Mill #2 circa 1920? (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of drawing

Durham NC Mangum Street at Vivian

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Grace Baptist Church (proposed) 1947 (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of rendering

Durham NC Mangum Street at Trinity

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Atwood and Weeks, Inc. (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
Grace Baptist Church (proposed) 1947 (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of sketch

Durham NC Mangum Street at Trinity

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Atwood and Weeks, Inc. (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
Greystone Baptist Church (proposed) circa 1950? (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of rendering

Durham NC Hillsboro(ugh) Road

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Raleigh-Durham Airport 1950s (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of building

Field Side Entrance

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Raleigh-Durham Airport 1950s (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of building

Field Side Entrance

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Raleigh-Durham Airport 1953 (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of rendering

Future Second Story and Control Tower

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Durham High School Main Building 1923 (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of building (home Ec. Cottage to left)

Durham NC Duke Street

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Milburn and Hester (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
Durham High School Weaver Auditorium 1955? (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of building (taken from window of warehouse across street?)

Durham NC Duke Street

ca. 8 x 10 inches

H. Raymond Weeks, Inc. (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
Durham High School Weaver Auditorium 1955? (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of building (detail)

Durham NC Duke Street

ca. 8 x 10 inches

H. Raymond Weeks, Inc. (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
Proposed Stadium Durham High School 1950s? (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of rendering

Durham NC Duke Street

ca. 6.5 x 10 inches

H. Raymond Weeks, Inc. (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
Proposed Stadium Durham Athletic Park 1950s? (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of rendering

Durham NC Washington, Geer, Corporation Streets

ca. 8 x 10 inches

H. Raymond Weeks, Inc. (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
Aerial view of Duke University 1920s (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of rendering

Durham NC Duke University Campus

ca. 7.5 x 10 inches

Trumbauer, Horace, 1868-1938 (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
Gymnasium and Field House, Duke University 1930 (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of rendering

Durham NC Duke University Campus

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Trumbauer, Horace, 1868-1938 (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
Aerial view of Duke University 1940s (Accession 2023.0109)

photograph

Durham NC Duke University Campus

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Trumbauer, Horace, 1868-1938 (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
Post Office (and Courthouse) Durham NC 1934 (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of rendering

Durham NC Chapel Hill Street at Rigsbee

6 x 10 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Press addition to the Herald-Sun Papers 1940s (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of rendering

Durham NC Chapel Hill Street

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Atwood and Weeks, Inc. (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
Lincoln Hospital 1950s? (Accession 2023.0109)

photograph

Durham NC near Fayetteville Street

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Proposed Methodist Retirement Home undated (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of rendering

ca. 7 x 10 inches

H. Raymond Weeks, Inc. (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
First Baptist Church undated (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of rendering

Wilson NC

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Unknown Church undated (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of rendering

ca. 7 x 10 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Laying of cornerstone at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium 1932 (Jan 19) (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of people (including T. C. Atwood at left, Mr Swartz, Bishop Cheshire at right)

Raleigh NC south end of Fayetteville Street

5.75 x 3.5 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium 1932? (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of building

Raleigh NC south end of Fayetteville Street

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Atwood and Weeks, Inc. (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
Commercial Kitchen in Church? undated (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of kitchen interior

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Proposed New High School for Rocky Mount undated (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of rendering

Rocky Mount NC

ca. 7 x 10 inches

H. Raymond Weeks, Inc. (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
Sunday School Addition to First Presbyterian Church 1950s? (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of building

Fayetteville NC

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Chapel Hill High School 1950s? (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of building

Chapel Hill NC

6 x 10 inches

H. Raymond Weeks, Inc. (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
Rural Road Bridge undated (Accession 2023.0109)

copy of older photograph

7 x 5 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Belk Dormitory 1950s? (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of rendering

Davidson College (now University)

ca. 6.5 x 10 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Little [?] Dormitory 1950s? (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of rendering

Davidson College (now University)

ca. 6.5 x 10 inches

H. Raymond Weeks, Inc. (Creator)
Half box 4, Folder 7
Exterior, St. Francis Episcopal Church 1960s? (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of church exterior

Greensboro NC

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Interior of Sanctuary, St. Francis Episcopal Church 1960s? (Accession 2023.0109)

photo of sanctuary interior

Greensboro NC

ca. 8 x 10 inches

Half box 4, Folder 7
Personal Files 1953-1989

This series contains ceritificates, membership cards, biographical information, obituary notices and tributes.

Black and White photo of H. Raymond Weeks undated
Half box 4, Folder 1
Chapel Hill Weekly editorial on H. Raymond Weeks 1958 January
Flat folder 8
G. C. Pyne NC Board of Architecture membership cards 1956-1989
Half box 4, Folder 2
G. C. Pyne Jr. seal undated
Flat box 3
G. C. Pyne Durham Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction certificate of appreciation 1968
Flat box 3, Folder 1
G. C. Pyne NC Board of Architectural Examination and Registration certificate 1953
Flat box 3, Folder 2
G. C. Pyne AIA membership certificate 1955
Flat box 3, Folder 4
Harris and Pyne Durham Chapter of National Association of Women in Construction certificate of special recognition 1968
Flat box 3, Folder 3
H. Raymond Weeks NC Architecture certificate 1955
Flat box 3, Folder 5
H. Raymond Weeks Obituary 1956 October
Half box 4, Folder 3
H. Raymond Weeks funeral text 1956 October
Half box 4, Folder 4
H. Raymond Weeks biographical information 1956
Half box 4, Folder 5
Handwritten notes undated
Flat box 3, Folder 8
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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Harris and Pyne Records, MC 00114, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Use of these materials

The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.

The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.

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.