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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <ead xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"> <eadheader findaidstatus="Completed" repositoryencoding="iso15511" countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b"> <eadid url="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/39204"/> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>John Berry Papers <num>MS5</num> </titleproper> <author>Finding aid prepared by Paige Horton</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <address> <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline> <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109</addressline> <addressline>336 758-5755</addressline> </address> <date>2014</date> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <profiledesc> <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit <date>2016-10-24T16:24-0400</date> </creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <unittitle>John Berry Papers</unittitle> <unitid>MS5</unitid> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <physdesc> <extent>0.21 linear feet</extent> <extent>1 half-document box</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1964/1964" type="bulk">Bulk, 1964</unitdate> <unitdate normal="1870/1965" type="inclusive">1870-1965</unitdate> <abstract id="ref17" label="Abstract">Captain John Berry (1798-1870) was an architect and builder. He built the original College's Wait Hall, some professors' homes at Wake Forest College, and other private and public buildings in North Carolina. This collection is comprised of materials collected by Henry S. Stroupe regarding Berry's career, including correspondence, news clippings, photocopies, and printed items.</abstract> </did> <scopecontent id="ref22"> <head>Scope and Contents Note</head> <p>The collection includes "John Berry", and "John Berry: Builder of the first College Building" by Dr. Henry S. Stroupe; "John Berry of Hillsboro, North Carolina," by Eva Ingersoll Gatling; a list of important dates in Berry's life and works; obituary from Raleigh, N.C., Daily Sentinel, January 18, 1870; the inscription from a plaque in Berry's honor; Newsletter of the Hillsborough Historical Society; correspondence between Dr. Henry S. Stroupe and Mrs. Alfred G. Engstrom regarding a program in honor of Berry; a program of the plaque dedication ceremony honoring John Berry of Hillsborough; newspaper clippings; and three pamphlets on historic Hillsborough.</p> </scopecontent> <bioghist id="ref18"> <head>Biographical Note</head> <p>John Berry (1798-1870) was an architect and builder of the courthouse in Hillsborough, N.C., and the first building (Wait Hall) on the Wake Forest College campus.</p> </bioghist> <accessrestrict id="ref19"> <head>Conditions Governing Access Note</head> <p>Collection is open for research.</p> </accessrestrict> <acqinfo id="ref20"> <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition Note</head> <p>Gift of Dr. Henry S. Stroupe.</p> </acqinfo> <prefercite id="ref21"> <head>Preferred Citation Note</head> <p>John Berry Papers, MS5, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <userestrict id="ref25"> <head>Copyright Notice</head> <p>The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the 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.</p> </userestrict> <controlaccess> <persname source="lcsh">Berry, John, 1798-1870</persname> <corpname source="lcsh">Wake Forest College--Buildings.</corpname> <subject source="lcsh">Architects--North Carolina</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Hillsborough (N.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.</geogname> <geogname source="lcsh">Hillsborough (N.C.)--History</geogname> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="ref4" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>"Berry Buildings Are Monuments," newspaper article</unittitle> <container id="cid992004" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid992004" type="Folder">2</container> <unitdate normal="1964/1964">1964 September 6</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref9" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Correspondence between Mary Claire Engstrom and Henry S. Stroupe</unittitle> <container id="cid992009" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid992009" type="Folder">3</container> <unitdate normal="1964/1964">1964</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref10" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Hillsborough Historical Society, Inc., newsletter</unittitle> <container id="cid992010" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid992010" type="Folder">5</container> <unitdate normal="1964/1964">1964 August</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref16" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Historic Hillsborough pamphlets (3)</unittitle> <container id="cid992016" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid992016" type="Folder">4</container> <unitdate normal="1963/1964" type="inclusive">1963-1964</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref5" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Historical Society to Unveil Plaque, Pays Honor to Builder and Old Courthouse</unittitle> <container id="cid992005" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid992005" type="Folder">2</container> <unitdate normal="1964/1964">1964 September 3</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref3" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>"John Berry: Builder of The First College Building," article</unittitle> <container id="cid992003" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid992003" type="Folder">2</container> <unitdate normal="1965/1965">1965 February</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref11" level="item"> <did> <unittitle><title render="italic">Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians</title> entry on John Berry</unittitle> <container id="cid992011" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid992011" type="Folder">5</container> <unitdate normal="1951/1951">1951</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref14" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>N.C. Dictionary of Biography entry</unittitle> <container id="cid992014" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid992014" type="Folder">5</container> <unitdate normal="1964/1964">circa 1964</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref12" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Obituary, photocopy</unittitle> <container id="cid992012" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid992012" type="Folder">5</container> <unitdate normal="1870/1870">circa 1870</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref2" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Plaque Dedication Ceremony honoring John Berry of Hillsborough program</unittitle> <container id="cid992002" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid992002" type="Folder">1</container> <unitdate normal="1964/1964">1964 September 11</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref24" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Plaque inscription photocopy</unittitle> <container id="cid1441001" type="Box" label="Text">1</container> <container parent="cid1441001" type="Folder">1</container> <unitdate normal="1964/1964">1964</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref13" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Stroupe's speech for Berry's Program and Plaque Dedication</unittitle> <container id="cid992013" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid992013" type="Folder">1</container> <unitdate normal="1964/1964">circa 1964</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref15" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Timeline of Berry's Life</unittitle> <container id="cid992015" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid992015" type="Folder">5</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>
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