mss00192 Guide to the John D. Latimer Papers, circa 1955-circa 1970 MSS 00192 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Linda Sellars;machine-readable finding aid created by: Linda Sellars Special Collections Research Center 2006 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-10-30T17:55-0400 Finding aid written in English. John D. Latimer Papers MSS 00192 Special Collections Research Center 0.022 Linear feet circa 1955-circa 1970 Specifications for a Residence, Dr. and Mrs. I. M. Taylor, Chapel Hill, N.C., by John D. Latimer, architect, Durham, North Carolina, circa 1955, and publication titled Portfolio from John D. Latimer and Associates, Durham, North Carolina and Taunton, Massachusetts, circa 1970. John D. Latimer was an architect in Durham, North Carolina. By the early 1970s, his firm, John D. Latimer and Associates, Inc., also had an office in Taunton, Massachusetts. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. 2 folders Latimer, John D. Restrictions to Access

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 Acquisitions Information

Gift of Gertrude W. Taylor, 2000 (Accession 2000-0002), and unknown source, 2006 (Accession 2006-0005).

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John D. Latimer Papers, MSS 192, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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 Biographical Note

John D. Latimer was an architect in Durham, North Carolina. By the early 1970s, his firm, John D. Latimer and Associates, Inc., also had an office in Taunton, Massachusetts.

 Scope and Content Note

Specifications for a Residence, Dr. and Mrs. I. M. Taylor, Chapel Hill, N.C., by John D. Latimer, architect, Durham, North Carolina, circa 1955, and publication titled Portfolio from John D. Latimer and Associates, Durham, North Carolina and Taunton, Massachusetts, circa 1970.

The booklet of specifications contains standard American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.) forms describing the general conditions for a contract for construction of a building, followed by a carbon copy of a typescript listing the exceptions to those conditions and the special conditions of the particular contract for construction of the Taylors' house, including the materials to be used and the work to be performed.

The portfolio contains lists of industrial, educational, medical, and general clients, and pictures of some buildings. Most of the buildings pictured were built in the late 1960s. Nearly all of them are in North Carolina and a few are in Massachusetts.The I. M. Taylor residence in Chapel Hill is one of those pictured.

 Organization of the Collection

The collection is arranged chronologically.

 John D. Latimer and Associates, Inc. Latimer, John D. Taylor, I. M., Mrs. Taylor, I. M. Architecture Architecture--North Carolina Chapel Hill (N.C.) Portfolios (groups of works) Specifications for a Residence, Dr. and Mrs. I. M. Taylor, Chapel Hill, N.C. / John D. Latimer, 1 circa 1955 Portfolio / John D. Latimer and Associates, Inc., 2 circa 1970 I. M. Taylor Residence: Plans, Matsumoto drawings 1 I.M. Taylor Residence: Addition, Kitchen Renovation 2