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John V. Allcott

1905–1989 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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John V. Allcott papers, 1900s-1986.

Allcott, John V., 1905-1989 · 1904

Papers of the architectural historian John V. Allcott (1905-1989), spanning the 1900s to 1986 in 500 items, half a linear foot, some of them photocopies, in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4480. The papers relate to his books 'Campus at Chapel Hill: two hundred years of architecture' and 'Colonial homes in North Carolina', and to domestic and college architecture in the state.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Allcott, John V., 1905-1989. Colonial homes in North Carolina.

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