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MC 00157 Guide to the Peter Batchelor Papers, 1967-2007

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Urban Design Assistance Program Records, 1974-2003 (MC 00157 Series 1)
Series consists of the records of largely from North Carolina’s Urban Design Assistance Program (UDAP), piloted by Peter Batchelor. The program’s expressed mission was “To provide professional assistance to North Carolina’s communities in the planning and management of the physical environment, and to identify methods of resolving problems of anticipated future growth.” A small number of files are from the American Institute of Architects' national UDAP program and highlight cities outside of North Carolina.
Files are arranged alphabetically by city.
[Box 1, Folder 1] Asheville: Accounts, ca. 1988-1994
[Box 1, Folder 2] Asheville: Application for an R/UDAT, 1988
[Box 1, Folder 3] Asheville: City of Asheville proclamation, 1989
[Box 1, Folder 4] Asheville: Correspondence, 1988-1994
[Box 1, Folder 5] Asheville: Correspondence and photograph, David Godschalk to Peter Batchelor, 1989
[Box 1, Folder 6] Asheville: NEA grant application and supporting documents, 1988
[Box 1, Folder 7] Asheville: News releases, 1988-1990
[Box 1, Folder 8] Asheville: Notes, one of two, ca. 1988
[Box 1, Folder 9] Asheville: Notes, two of two, ca. 1988
[Box 1, Folder 10] Asheville: Printed materials, ca. 1999
[Box 1, Folder 11] Asheville: Publications, ca. 1988-1990
[Box 1, Folder 11, Box 1, Folder 12] Asheville: Report, 1989
[Box 1, Folder 13] Asheville: Resume, ca. 1988
[Box 1, Folder 14] Asheville: Workshop agenda and team notes, ca. 1988-1990
[Box 1, Folder 15] Butte: Report, 1972
[Box 1, Folder 16] Caswell County: Accounts, 2000
[Box 1, Folder 17] Caswell County: Caswell RDAT March 19, 2001, 2001
[Box 1, Folder 18] Caswell County: Contracts, ca. 2000-2001
[Box 1, Folder 19] Caswell County: Correspondence, 1999-2001
[Box 1, Folder 20] Caswell County: Ephemera, ca. 1999-2001
[Box 1, Folder 21] Caswell County: News releases, 2000
[Box 2, Folder 1] Caswell County: Photographs, ca. 1999-2001
[Box 2, Folder 2] Caswell County: Press clippings, one of two, 2000
[Box 2, Folder 3] Caswell County: Press clippings, two of two, 2000
[Box 2, Folder 4] Caswell County: Report, 2000
[Box 2, Folder 5] Caswell County: Workshop agendas and team notes, 2000
[Box 2, Folder 6] Dundalk: Report, 2001
[Box 2, Folder 7] Dundalk: UDAT Dundalk 11/2001 to Jane Willeboordse, 2001
[Box 2, Folder 7] Dundalk: Images of Dundalk, Maryland, 2001
[Box 2, Folder 7] Dundalk: Museums of Science and Technology and images of Dundalk, Maryland, 2001
[Box 2, Folder 8] Durham: Accounts, 1995-1996
[Box 2, Folder 9] Durham: Correspondence, 1995
[Box 2, Folder 10] Durham: Drawings, ca. 1995
[Box 2, Folder 11] Durham: Official visitors' guide, ca. 1995
[Box 2, Folder 12] Durham: Press clippings, 1995
[Box 2, Folder 13] Durham: Report, 1995
[Box 2, Folder 14] Durham: Team notes, one of two, ca. 1995
[Box 2, Folder 15] Durham: Team notes, two of two, ca. 1995
[Box 3, Folder ] Fayetteville: Report, 2002
[Box 3, Folder 2] Jamestown: Accounts, 1996-1997
[Box 3, Folder 3] Jamestown: Agendas and team notes, ca. 1996-1999
[Box 1, Folder 4, Box 3, Folder 4] Jamestown: Architectural drawings, ca. 1996-1999
[Box 3, Folder 5] Jamestown: Correspondence, 1996-1999
[Box 3, Folder 6] Jamestown: "Critique - Main Street", 1996
[Box 3, Folder 7] Jamestown: Press clippings, 1996-1997
[Box 3, Folder 8] Jamestown: Report, 1997
[Box 3, Folder 9] Kennewick: Bringing back the magic of the river, 2002
[Box 3, Folder 10] Kennewick: Community letters of support, 2002
[Box 3, Folder 11] Kennewick: Press clippings, 2003
[Box 3, Folder 12] Kennewick: Printed materials, circa 2002-2003
[Box 4, Folder 1] Kennewick: Report, 2003
[Box 4, Folder 2] Kennewick: Workshop agendas and team notes, 2003
[Box 4, Folder 3] Laurinburg: Accounts, 1987-1988
[Box 4, Folder 4] Laurinburg: Architectural drawings, ca. 1987-1988
[Box 4, Folder 5] Laurinburg: Certificates of recognition, 1988
[Box 4, Folder 6, Box 4, Folder 7] Laurinburg: Correspondence, 1987-1988
[Box 4, Folder 7] Laurinburg: Downtown Revitalization Corportion, 1988
[Box 4, Folder 8] Laurinburg: Personal notes, circa 1988
[Box 4, Folder 9] Laurinburg: Photographs, ca. 1988
[Box 4, Folder 10] Laurinburg: Press clippings, 1988
[Box 4, Folder 11] Laurinburg: Report and drafts, 1988
[Box 4, Folder 12] Laurinburg: Slides, ca. 1988
[Box 4, Folder 13] Laurinburg: Workshop agenda and team notes, 1988
[Box 4, Folder 14] Macon: Report, 1975
[Box 4, Folder 15] Randallstown: Report, 2003
[Box 4, Folder 16] Randallstown: UDAT presentation, circa 2003
[Box 5, Folder 1] Salisbury: Accounts, 1995-1997
[Box 5, Folder 2] Salisbury: AIA/CES program description form, 1995
[Box 5, Folder 3] Salisbury: Architectural drawings, ca. 1994
[Box 5, Folder 4] Salisbury: Brochures, ca. 1994-1995
[Box 5, Folder 5] Salisbury: Correspondence, one of two, 1994-1996
[Box 5, Folder 6] Salisbury: Correspondence, two of two, 1994-1996
[Box 5, Folder 7] Salisbury: News releases, 1995
[Box 5, Folder 8] Salisbury: Notes, ca. 1994-1996
[Box 5, Folder 9] Salisbury: Press clippings, one of two, 1996
[Box 5, Folder 10] Salisbury: Press clippings, two of two, 1996
[Box 5, Folder 11] Salisbury: Report, 1997
[Carton 1] Salisbury: Roadmap for the 21st century
VHS tape.
[Box 5, Folder 12] Salisbury: Slides, ca. 1996-1997
[Oversize Flat Box 5, Folder 4] Salisbury: Towards a vision of the future, 1995
[Box 5, Folder 13] Salisbury: Workshop agendas and team notes, ca. 1995-1997
[Box 5, Folder 14] Southport: Accounts, 1990-1992
[Box 5, Folder 15] Southport: Correspondence, 1990-1991
[Box 5, Folder 16] Southport: Report, 1991
[Box 6, Folder 1] Thomasville: Accounts, 1997-1999
[Box 6, Folder 2] Thomasville: Correspondence, one of two, 1997
[Box 6, Folder 3] Thomasville: Correpondence, two of two, 1998-1999
[Box 6, Folder 4] Thomasville: Drawings, ca. 1997-1999
[Box 6, Folder 5] Thomasville: News releases, 1997-1998
[Box 6, Folder 6] Thomasville: Personal notes, ca. 1997-1999
[Box 6, Folder 7] Thomasville: Photographs, ca. 1920-1999
[Box 6, Folder 8] Thomasville: Press clippings, one of two, 1997-1998
[Box 6, Folder 9] Thomasville: Press clippings, two of two, 1997-1999
[Box 6, Folder 10] Thomasville: Report, 1999
[Box 6, Folder 11] Thomasville: Slides, ca. 1998-1999
[Box 6, Folder 12] Thomasville: Steering committee agendas and schudules, 1997-1999
[Box 6, Folder 13] Thomasville: Urban design study letters of support, 1997
[Box 6, Folder 14] Wake Forest: Accounts, 1986-1987
[Box 6, Folder 15] Wake Forest: Certificates of recognition, 1986
[Box 7, Folder 1] Wake Forest: Correspondence, 1986-1987
[Box 7, Folder 2] Wake Forest: Downtown redevelopment plans, 1986
[Box 7, Folder 3] Wake Forest: Press clippings, 1986-1989
[Box 7, Folder 4] Wake Forest: Report and drafts, 1986
[Box 7, Folder 5] Wake Forest: Slides, downtown scenes, ca. 1986
[Box 7, Folder 6] Wake Forest: Slides, East Elm Street (White to Main), ca. 1986
[Box 7, Folder 7] Wake Forest: Slides, East/South White Street, ca. 1986
[Box 7, Folder 8] Wake Forest: Slides, Jones Avenue, ca. 1986
[Box 7, Folder 9] Wake Forest: Slides, miscellaneous scenes, ca. 1986
[Box 7, Folder 10] Wake Forest: Slides, Owen Street, ca. 1986
[Box 7, Folder 11] Wake Forest: Slides, railroad scenes, ca. 1986
[Box 7, Folder 12] Wake Forest: Slides, residential scenes, ca. 1986
[Box 7, Folder 13] Wake Forest: Slides, Roosevelt Avenue, ca. 1986
[Box 7, Folder 14] Wake Forest: Slides, Wake Forest Seminary, ca. 1986
[Box 7, Folder 15] Wake Forest: Slides, West/South White Street, ca. 1986
[Box 7, Folder 16] Wake Forest: Transcript of community presentation, 1986
[Box 7, Folder 17] Wake Forest: Workshop agenda and team notes, ca. 1986
[Box 7, Folder 18] Wallowa County: Report, 2007
[Box 7, Folder 19] Wilson: Report, 1974
[Box 8, Folder 1] Winston-Salem: Accounts, 1992-1993
[Box 8, Folder 2] Winston-Salem: Correspondence, one of two, 1990-1992
[Box 8, Folder 3] Winston-Salem: Correspondence, two of two, 1992-1993
[Box 8, Folder 4] Winston-Salem: Correspondence and enclosures, Glenn Simmons to Peter Batchelor, 1992
[Box 8, Folder 5] Winston-Salem: Letters of support, 1992
[Box 8, Folder 6] Winston-Salem: News releases, 1992
[Box 8, Folder 7] Winston-Salem: Notes, 1990-1992
[Box 8, Folder 8] Winston-Salem: Resumes, ca. 1992
[Box 8, Folder 9] Winston-Salem: Southeast Gateway newsletters and committee lists, ca. 1992
[Box 8, Folder 10] Winston-Salem: Report, 1992
[Box 8, Folder 11] Winston-Salem: Workshop agendas and team notes, 1992
[Box 8, Folder 12] Winston-Salem: Workshop information package, 1992
[Box 8, Folder 13] UDAT General Records: AIA publications, 1990-1993
[Box 8, Folder 14] UDAT General Records: Conference report, 1996
[Box 8, Folder 15] UDAT General Records: Correspondence, 1986-1990, 1986-1990
[Box 8, Folder 16] UDAT General Records: Correspondence and resumes, 1986-1990, 1986-1990
[Box 9, Folder 1] UDAT General Records: Correspondence, 1992-1999, 1992-1999
[Box 9, Folder 2] UDAT General Records: Form letters and notes, ca. 1986-1992
[Box 9, Folder 3] UDAT General Records: Handbook, 1986
[Box 9, Folder 4] UDAT General Records: Help for Downtowns, 1997
[Box 9, Folder 5] UDAT General Records: Notes, ca. 1996-1999
[Box 9, Folder 6] UDAT General Records: Potential UDATs, 1986-1996, 1986-1996
[Box 9, Folder 7] UDAT General Records: Promotional materials and drafts, ca. 1986-1996
[Box 9, Folder 8] UDAT General Records: Resumes, undated, ca. 1986-1996
[Box 9, Folder 9] UDAT General Records: Urban Design in Action, Vol. 29, 1985-1986
A student publication of the School of Design, North Carolina State University.
Faculty Papers, 1983-2007 (MC 00157 Series 2)
The Faculty Papers series consists of one carton of Peter Batchelor's lectures from the Fall 1994 class ARC 570: Anatomy of a City and nine cartons containing exhibit panels created by his students in that class between 1983 and 2007. The lectures are preserved on 31 VHS tapes. The exhibits, executed on foam core, use multiple panels each to explain the history and development of various cities throughout the world.
VHS tapes are in one carton together, roughly in chronological order. Student presentations are organized alphabetically by city name.
[Carton 2] Anatomy of the City: Albuquerque, 1993 (Accession no. 2008-0181)
[Carton 2] Anatomy of the City: Amsterdam, 1985 (Accession no. 2008-0181)
[Carton 2] Anatomy of the City: Anchorage, 2003 (Accession no. 2008-0181)
[Carton 2] Anatomy of the City: Augusta, 2005 (Accession no. 2008-0181)
[Carton 2] Anatomy of the City: Austin, 2007
[Carton 2] Anatomy of the City: Baltimore, 1993
[Carton 3] Anatomy of the City: Barcelona, 1996 (Accession no. 2008-0181)
[Carton 3] Anatomy of the City: Boise, 1997
[Carton 3] Anatomy of the City: Buffalo, 1994 (Accession no. 2008-0181)
[Carton 3] Anatomy of the City: Capetown, 2002
[Carton 3] Anatomy of the City: Charleston, 2003
[Carton 3] Anatomy of the City: Charlotte, 1993
[Carton 4] Anatomy of the City: Cincinnati, 1992
[Carton 4] Anatomy of the City: Comparative Grains, 1990-2005
[Carton 4] Anatomy of the City: Copenhagen, 2007 (Accession no. 2008-0181)
[Carton 4] Anatomy of the City: Coral Gables, 1990 (Accession no. 2008-0181)
[Carton 4] Anatomy of the City: Denver, 1997-1998 (Accession no. 2008-0181)
[Carton 4] Anatomy of the City: Durham, 1992
[Carton 5] Anatomy of the City: Florence, 1983 (Accession no. 2008-0181)
[Carton 5] Anatomy of the City: Honolulu, 2006 (Accession no. 2008-0181)
[Carton 5] Anatomy of the City: Istanbul, 2003
[Carton 1] Anatomy of the City: Lectures, August 24, 1994 - November 18, 1994
Thirty-one VHS tapes, each a recording of a lecture presented by Professor Peter Batchelor to student in ARC 570 "Anatomy of a City," a class offered at N.C. State during the Fall of 1994. Each presenation is approximately 45 to 50 minutes in length.
[Carton 5] Anatomy of the City: Madrid, 1998
[Carton 6] Anatomy of the City: Nashville, 1997
[Carton 6] Anatomy of the City: New Orleans 1992, 1992
[Carton 6] Anatomy of the City: New Orleans 2000, 2000 (Accession no. 2008-0181)
[Carton 6] Anatomy of the City: Orkatoy, 1993
[Carton 6] Anatomy of the City: Philadelphia, 1997
[Carton 6] Anatomy of the City: Pittsburgh, 1995
[Carton 7] Anatomy of the City: Prague 2002, 2002
[Carton 7] Anatomy of the City: Prague 2006, 2006
[Carton 7] Anatomy of the City: Princeton, 1989
[Carton 7] Anatomy of the City: Quebec, 1992
[Carton 7] Anatomy of the City: Reykjavik, 2000
[Carton 8] Anatomy of the City: Richmond, 1995
[Carton 8] Anatomy of the City: Rome, 1997
[Carton 8] Anatomy of the City: San Diego, 2002 (Accession no. 2008-0181)
[Carton 8] Anatomy of the City: San Francisco, 2006
[Carton 8] Anatomy of the City: Savannah, 1988
[Carton 8] Anatomy of the City: Savannah 2005, 2005
[Carton 9] Anatomy of the City: Seattle, 1983
[Carton 9] Anatomy of the City: Seattle 2007, 2007
[Carton 9] Anatomy of the City: Stuttgart, 1997 (Accession no. 2008-0181)
[Carton 9] Anatomy of the City: Sydney, 1998 (Accession no. 2008-0181)
[Carton 9] Anatomy of the City: Tel Aviv, 1994
[Carton 10] Anatomy of the City: Tulsa, 1994
[Carton 10] Anatomy of the City: Vancouver, 2003
[Carton 10] Anatomy of the City: Venice, 1998
[Carton 10] Anatomy of the City: Wilmington 1998, 1998
[Carton 10] Anatomy of the City: Wilmington 2005, 2005
[Carton 10] Anatomy of the City: York, 1990
[Oversize Flat Box 5] Determinants of Urban Form, 1967-1971
Bound collection of essays "written in partial fulfillment of the course requirements for Doctoral candidates in City Planning at the University of Pennsylvania."
Project Interact, 1966-1974 (MC 00157 Series 3)
Printouts are named and grouped according to titles handwritten on their spines.
General Notes at the file level reflect metadata collected from the front of each printout.
Series composed of large-scale computer printouts, documenting urban and rural planning trends from 1966 to 1974. Computer models were designed by Peter Batchelor and his students at North Carolina State University.
[Oversize Flat Box 2] Currituck phase 1/72, December 1972
Program CRK3. First resoultion model (lowest score identifies winner). Designed by C. Tessier.
[Oversize Flat Box 1] Grid, 28 November 1970
Program GRID. Compiled from deack provided by Tim Hoke.
[Oversize Flat Box 1] Grid data sets, December 1970 to January 1971
Four total data sets: 1. December 1970. Data set PCIT. This is a tabular print-out of hte hypothetical data for Piedmont City (data used to test GRID program). 2. January 1971. Listing using editor program of set created for maps in VIW4. "Data Set RAL1" 3. 23 December 1970. Data Set RAL2. Ran as RLED. 4. 10 December 1970. Data Set RAL2. This is a tabular print-out of the growth of residences in Raleigh area from 1960 to 1969.
[Oversize Flat Box 1] Plot programs, May 1971
Project SILECT. Physical and economic site selection program for architectural feasibility studies. Compiled and ran by Jim Branden.
[Oversize Flat Box 2] Project interact 72, August 1972 to September 1972
Collection of four total printouts: 1. August 1972. Raleigh metropolitan area data bank data set - Ral 1 - mapped in single character form in 6'10 proportion. 2. August 1972. Models A to E mapped in full size 1/2" to 1/2" grid cell form. 3. August 1972. Models A to E mapped in single character form in 6'10 proportion. 4. September 1972. JCL for workshop models A1, B1, C1, D1, E1, and carbon copy print in 6:10 proportion.
[Oversize Flat Box 3] Project interact 74, December 1974
Collection of three printouts: 1. Program CRK21. Seven land allocation models and listing of actor's preferences. Based on studio work for Fall 1974. Program ran December 1974. 2. Program CRK32. Project interact workshop December 4-5, 1974. Resolution model weighed by actor's representatives. Program ran December 5, 1974. 3. Program CRK22. Project interact workshop December 4-5, 1974. Seven land allocation models and listing of actor's preferences. Program ran December 5, 1974.
[Oversize Flat Box 3] Service programs, 1966 to 1972
Collection of 14 printouts: 1. Fortrain IV problems: exercises in the use of Fortran IV at the University of Pennsylvania, 1966-1967 2. Sympa program: control package for map of Chicago (ran: 1968, Univ. Pa.) 3. Symap program: map of Raleigh based on grid cell system data. Ran May 1969. 4. Grid program: map produced using computations on basic data. Ran December 1967. 5. UIW4 title block: as used in UIW4 studio 1970-1971. Created by Jay Pearce, assited by Tim Hoke, Marian Scott (October 1970). 6. Program conversion program #1: takes several 80 card decks with 80 integers per card and converts it into 6400 card deck partially filled with integers. October 1970. 7. Program conversion program #2. 8. Program SSQ2. Dev. December 1966; rerun December 1970. 9. Program SSQ1. Dev. December 1966; rerun December 1970. 10. Load program RALIN. December 1970. 11. Program AVD. July 1972. (P. Batchelor) 12. Load program PCIT. December 1970. 13. Control program SMPS1. April to December 1970. 14. MPS 360 linear program package. April 1971.
[Oversize Flat Box 4] URDB Ral 1, 28-29 October 1971
[Oversize Flat Box 3] URDB Ral 2, 28-29 October 1971
[Oversize Flat Box 5, Folder 1] Reports, 1971
[Oversize Flat Box 5, Folder 2] Manual for Raleigh metropolitan area data bank: 1960-1970 general characteristics, 1970
[Oversize Flat Box 5, Folder 3] Manual for Currituck County computerized data base, Curr1, 1970
Urban Casebooks, 1983-1989 (MC 00157 Series 4)
"Urban Casebooks" was a series of 24 articles written by Peter Batchelor appearing from 1986-1989 in the "Leader", a Research Triangle Park news magazine. Included here are notes, photographs, drafts, and research, all relating to the completed articles. Copies of the "Leader" are also included with most of the casebooks.
Organized chronologically by casebook number.
[Box 10, Folder 1] Analyses of newspaper columns, 1983
[Box 10, Folder 2] Concept card notes, ca. 1986-1989
[Box 10, Folder 3] Correspondence, 1983-1989
[Box 10, Folder 4] Development notes, 1984-1988
[Box 10, Folder 5] Format studies, ca. 1986-1989
[Box 10, Folder 6] Potenital case studies, 1984-1986
[Box 10, Folder 7] Potential case studies photographs, 1988
[Box 10, Folder 8] Research on issues, 1983
[Box 10, Folder 9] Research proposals, 1984
[Box 10, Folder 10] Urban Casebook 1: Preserving a link with history, 1984
[Box 10, Folder 11] Urban Casebook 1: Preserving a link with history photographs, 1983
[Box 10, Folder 12] Urban Casebook 2: Traffic and city growth, 1984
[Box 10, Folder 13] Urban Casebook 3: Gateway to the city, 1984
[Box 10, Folder 14] Urban Casebook 3: Gateway to the city photographs, 1984
[Box 10, Folder 15] Urban Casebook 4: Image of a city, 1984
[Box 10, Folder 16] Urban Casebook 4: Image of a city photographs, 1984
[Box 10, Folder 17] Urban Casebook 5: NCSU's Centennial Campus, 1987
[Box 10, Folder 18] Urban Casebook 5: NCSU's Centennial Campus photographs, 1987
[Box 10, Folder 19] Urban Casebook 6: Downtown Wake Forest, 1987
[Box 10, Folder 20] Urban Casebook 7: Image of a region, 1987
[Box 10, Folder 21] Urban Casebook 8: Visual identity for RTP, 1987
[Box 10, Folder 22] Urban Casebook 9: Suburban shopping centers, 1987
[Box 10, Folder 23] Urban Casebook 9: Suburban shopping centers photographs, 1987
[Box 11, Folder 1] Urban Casebook 10: Village center in the city, 1987
[Box 11, Folder 2] Urban Casebook 10: Village center in the city photographs, 1987
[Box 11, Folder 3] Urban Casebook 11: Showdown on Route 70, 1987
[Box 11, Folder 4] Urban Casebook 12: Cluttered streetscapes, 1987
[Box 11, Folder 5] Urban Casebook 12: Cluttered streetscapes photographs, 1987
[Box 11, Folder 6] Urban Casebook 13: Future travel in the region, 1987
[Box 11, Folder 7] Urban Casebook 14: Preserving a natural heritage, 1987
[Box 11, Folder 8] Urban Casebook 15: Urban renaissance, 1988
[Box 11, Folder 9] Urban Casebook 16: Rebuilding Durham's urban core, 1988
[Box 11, Folder 10] Urban Casebook 16: Rebuilding Durham's urban core photographs, 1987
[Box 11, Folder 11] Urban Casebook 17: Country living in the suburbs, 1988
[Box 11, Folder 12] Urban Casebook 18: Street of many personalities, 1988
[Box 11, Folder 13] Urban Casebook 18: Street of many personalities photographs, ca. 1988
[Box 11, Folder 14] Urban Casebook 19: Give us back the sky, 1988
[Box 11, Folder 15] Urban Casebook 19: Give us back the sky photographs, ca. 1988
[Box 11, Folder 16] Urban Casebook 20: Roads are forever, 1988
[Box 11, Folder 17] Urban Casebook 20: Roads are forever photographs, 1988
[Box 11, Folder 18] Urban Casebook 21: Heart of a town, 1988
[Box 11, Folder 19] Urban Casebook 22: Next stop: the park, 1988
[Box 11, Folder 20] Urban Casebook 23: Unbuilding the city, 1988
[Box 11, Folder 21] Urban Casebook 24: Night driving, 1988

Creator

Batchelor, Peter

Quantity

29.0 Linear feet

General Physical Description

11 document cases, 10 cartons, 5 oversize flatboxes

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff external link.

Language

English

Acquisitions Information

Donated by Peter Batchelor, 2007 (Accession numbers 2007-0203, 2007-0214, and 2007-0239), 2008 (Accession number 2008-0181), and 2009 (Accession number 2009-0054).

Processing

Processed by: Keith Taylor, Michael Watts, and Todd Kosmerick;machine-readable finding aid created by: Keith Taylor, Michael Watts, and Todd Kosmerick

Revised

2011 August; 2008-2009, Finding aid updated due to processing by Tish Wiggs, 2011 August. Finding aid updated by Todd Kosmerick to reflect additions to the collection.

Scope and Content Note

The Peter Batchelor Papers contain correspondence, administrative papers, urban design studies, computer printouts, doctoral papers, graphic materials, and industry publications relating to Batchelor's career as a professional urban planner. Also included are lectures and exhibition materials created by students documenting Batchelor's time as a professor at North Carolina State University.

Biographical Note

Born in London, England, on May 22, 1934, Peter Batchelor earned a Bachelor of Architecture (honors) from the University of British Columbia in 1960, Masters of Architecture and City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, and a Doctorate in City Planning from the latter institution in 1972. He began teaching at the North Carolina State University School of Architecture in 1968. As a Professor of Architecture and Urban Design he taught Anatomy of the City, an analysis of the principles underlying urban development; The Urban House, an integral element of urban form; and graduate urban design studios. His research interests included computer visualization and simulation of urban growth, typological studies of urban housing, and interactive community decision-making.

Batchelor is a licensed practitioner in architecture and city planning and former director of the American Institute of Architects, North Carolina (AIANC) Urban Design Assistance Program which provides interdisciplinary problem-solving teams to communities. Professor Batchelor won more than 35 honors and awards for academic achievement, architectural design, drawing, communication, urban and regional planning and has written over 50 refereed articles in journals and technical reports. He also co-authored two books.

He has practiced urban design in three countries since 1963. Batchelor is a Fellow in both the American Institute of Architects and the American Institute of Certified Planners. He has chaired major national AIA committees and edited Urban Design Case Studies, and he was granted the status of Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Urban Design from the North Carolina State University’s Board of Trustees. Professor Batchelor retired in February 2007.

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