X The Winterthur Library
The Joseph
Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware 19735
Telephone:
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Creator: Bivins,
John, 1940-2001
Title: John Bivins papers
Dates: circa 1964-circa1995
Call No.: Col.
828
Acc. No.: 07x2,
15x33, 2017x81
Quantity: 57
boxes, 10 folders, 15 rolls of drawings, and 2 film canisters
Location: 9
G-H 1-5, and Map Case C, drawer 7; rolled items in box on top of map case D
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
John
Franklin Bivins, Jr., was a carver, maker of gunstocks, lecturer, author,
museum employee, and consultant in early Southern decorative arts. John, the son of an electronics engineer, was
from High Point, North Carolina. He
graduated from the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tenn., and received a
bachelor’s degree in English from Guilford College. His father collected antiques, including old
muskets and rifles, and John became interested in repairing them so they could
be used again. At Guilford College, he
wrote a thesis about North Carolina gunmakers, which became the basis for his
book Longrifles of North Carolina.
Bivins
worked for a printing company in High Point and then took a job in the Historic
Sites Division of the North Carolina Department of Archives and History. In 1968, he began work at Old Salem. On the side, he made and carved gunstocks,
specializing in flintlocks of the American Revolution time period. He became director of publications for the
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) and began to lecture on
antiques. He wrote books on North
Carolina and Charleston furniture, Moravian pottery, and Southern decorative
arts. At one point, MESDA needed a
carved chimney breastpiece for one of its rooms. Bivins was given the commission, and so
successful was he that others hired him to carve wood work for house, both
museums and private homes. Eventually,
he left MESDA to concentrate on wood carving and lecturing. The Pennsylvania Bicentennial Commission
ordered rifles from him which the Commission sold as special bicentennial
commemoratives.
John
Bivins died in Manchester, Vermont, on August 16, 2001.
Books
written in whole or in part by Bivins are Furniture
of Coastal North Carolina, Longrifles
of North Carolina, Moravian
Decorative Arts in North Carolina, Moravian
Potters in North Carolina, Regional
Arts of the Early South, Furniture of
Charleston, and Wilmington Furniture. Some of these were published by or for
MESDA. Bivins wrote his college thesis
on “The
Kentucky Rifle in North Carolina.”
Bivins also wrote a number of articles, especially on rifles.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
A
collection of drawings, photographs, notes, papers, and publications drawn, acquired,
or written by John Bivins, the noted gunstocker, woodcarver, and expert in
Southern decorative arts. The papers are
roughly equally divided between his interest in rifles, including his business
of making gunstocks, and his interest in decorative arts and woodcarving. The rifle papers include a copy of Bivin’s
college thesis about North Carolina guns and a typed draft of his book “The Art
of the Fire-lock,” together with photos taken to illustrate the book, many
showing the steps in crafting a gun by hand.
Other papers document the gunstocks he created; there is a good deal of
correspondence dealing with guns, including correspondence with Joe Kindig,
Jr., of Pennsylvania, and Wallace Gusler of Colonial Williamsburg. Copies of Bivins’ articles on rifles and
rifle makers are found either in Series I or Series IV of the collection. Drawings, photos and slides of rifles, both
those made by him and made by others, are in Series III. Unfortunately, most of the photos and slides
are not labeled.
As
well, the collection includes notes, correspondence, design drawings, and
photographs for other subjects in which Bivins was interested, including the
books written he wrote on Moravian pottery, North Carolina and Charleston
furniture, and North Carolina rifles. The
collection also includes a script entitled “Authenticating Antique Furniture,”
for a show produced and directed by John Bivins and William Connell; a group of
videotapes in the collection are believed to be the raw footage for this
film.
The
drawings reflect Bivin’s career not only as a maker of gunstocks but also as a
wood carver in general. Drawings of
early rifles were doubtless used as inspiration for his own creations. Drawings of wood carvings for St. Michael’s
Church (Charleston, S.C.), Gunston Hall (Va.), the Cornwallis House in
Wilmington, N.C., brackets for Monticello, a mirror for a Brewton House
(Charleston, S.C.), and others, were for projects on which Bivins worked. His ability as a woodcarver has been highly
praised; he was able to perfectly replicate damaged and missing woodwork for 18th
century buildings.
Most
of the publications in Series IV are rifle magazines. Many contain articles written by Bivins.
ORGANIZATION
The
papers are in four series:
Series I: Rifles and rifle business (that is, files
pertaining to rifles made by Bivins, plus articles and a book he wrote on
rifles);
Series II: Other files (research notes, drafts of
books and articles, notes on designs, personal information, and other files not
pertaining to rifles);
Series III: Design drawings, slides and photographs;
Series IV: Publications (magazines and books; many of
the publications contain articles written by Bivins)
Accession
07x2: All drawings for a project share the same accession number, but not all
are filed together; instead, they are filed by size.
LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS
The
materials are mostly in English.
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Collection
is open to the public. Copyright
restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
All
accessions: Gift of Anne McPherson, widow of John Bivins.
Note:
in finding aid, all files are from accession 15x33 unless otherwise noted.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Gusler, Wallace B.
Kindig,
Joe.
Topics:
Burgwin-Wright House (Wilmington, N.C.)
Gunston Hall (Va.)
St. Michael’s
Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.)
Blandfield
Plantation (Va.)
Antiques - Expertising.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Kentucky rifles.
Mirrors.
Rifles.
Wood-carving.
Gunstocks.
Furniture - Southern States.
Pottery, Moravian - North Carolina.
Charleston (S.C.) - Buildings, structures,
etc.
Monticello (Va.)
Carvers.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 9 G-H 1-5, and Map Case C, drawer 7; rolled items in
box on top of map case D
Note: all
files are from accession 15x33 unless otherwise noted.
Correspondence
is located in both Series I and Series II.
Although an effort was made to file correspondence about rifles in
Series I, not all letters were read, and it is possible that letters about
rifles are also in Series II.
Conversely, letters chiefly about rifles could also contain information
about other work being done by Bivins.
Series I:
Rifles and rifle business
Box 1:
Rifles and rifle business
Folder
1: American Gunmakers Guild
Folder
2: “Banana” lock
Folder 3: Bivins, John: rifle making business
brochure (John Bivins gunstocker) and some designs
Folder 4: Bivins: rifles by him: photos: #1
(1966), #2 (1967), #3 (1976), #4 1982), #5 (1992)
Folder 5: Bivins Wheellock (many photos)
Folder
6: Brownells, Inc.
Folder 7: Brumfield’s “time in producing,” Feb.
1978
Folder
8: Casting companies
Folder
9: Chart comparing parts of
rifles and pistols
Folder
10: Clark, Sheffield:
correspondence
Folder 11: Colonial Williamsburg gunshop and W.
Gusler forge welding: photos
Folders
12-13: Contemporary makers: photographs
(most
photos not labeled)
[continues in next box]
Box 2:
Rifles and rifle business
Folders
1-3: Contemporary makers: photographs
and some correspondence
(most
photos not labeled)
[continued from previous
box]
Folder
4: Contemporary makers: Haugh and
Kirklin
Folders
5-6: Correspondence, circa 1969-circa
1976
Box 3:
Rifles and rifle business
Folder
1: Correspondence: A-C:
Pete Allan
of Allan Manufacturing;
Don Allen;
Alleghany
Rifle Company;
John D.
Baird (includes 2 letters from acc. 2017x81);
J.
Balickie;
B-Square
Company;
Roland
Cadle;
John Clark;
J. Cundy
[see also Sharon Rifle Barrel Co.]
Folder
2: Correspondence: F-G:
Rick Fajen,
of Reinhart Fajen Quality Gun Stocks;
Jerry
A. Fisher;
Ed Funk of
Funk Metallurgical;
C.R. &
D.E. Getz Gun Smiths;
Golden Age
Arms Co.;
Dennis B.
Greenawalt;
Robert
Griffith
Folder
3: Correspondence: H-N:
Hoenig-Rodman
(firm);
J. J.
Jenkins;
Kalispel
Case Line Products;
Monte
Mandarino;
Lowell
Manley;
J.B. Meek;
Bluford W.
Muir;
National
Park Service: Kings Mountain National Military Park
Folder
4: Correspondence: P-S
R.
Paris & Son;
Ron Paull;
Dan Pawlack
Rimer
Enterprises;
Rick
Schrieber (Laurel Mountain Forge);
C.E. (Bud)
Siler;
Ernest
Swain (about Tonks rifle);
Robert D.
Swartley
Folder
5: Correspondence: T-W:
Kevin
Tinny;
Track of the
Wolf;
R. M. Winter
Folder
6: Creedmoor project
Folder 7: Damascus Barrels
Folder 8: Designs: French designs
Folder 9: Designs: Miscellaneous
Folder
10: Designs: New designs
Folder
11: Designs: Newcomer, John (acc.
2017x81)
[not clear
if the design is for Newcomer or from a rifle of his]
Box 4:
Rifles and rifle business
Folder 1: Designs: Old designs (for rifles,
furniture, wood work): photos and drawings
Folder
2: English rifle
Folder 3: Fichter, Lynn S.: article: “The
Philosophies of Making Eighteenth-Century Pennsylvania-Kentucky Rifle
Reproductions,” 1974
Folder
4: Firearms transaction records (federal
forms)
Folder
5: Gun Digest: correspondence
Folder
6: Gunmakers of Charleston, S.C.
Folder
7: Gunsmithing
Folder
8: Gusler, Wallace:
correspondence
Folder
9: John Bivins Associates: ledger
book, 1970s
Folder
10: Journeyman applications
Folders
11-13: “The Kentucky Rifle in North
Carolina” (1964) (Bivins’ senior thesis)
[folder 13: no accession
number; limited photocopying may be done
by the Downs Collection staff; those who wish a copy of the entire thesis must
contact the Friends Historical Collection, Hege Library, Guilford College, 5800
West Friendly Ave., Greensboro, NC
27410)
Box 5: Rifles and rifle business:
Folder
1: Kindig, Joe, Jr.: correspondence
Folder
2: Lock geometry, with letter
from Jerry Kirklin
Folder
3: “Longrifles of North
Carolina”: revised copy
Folder
4: Martin, Hacker: correspondence
Folder
5: McKenzie, Lynton: engraver for
New Orleans Arms Co.
Folder 6: Meillin, Martin (Lancaster County,
Pa., maker): correspondence with Richard Headley
Folder 7: Metallurgy, etc.; heat treating
Folder 8: Minneapolis Institute of Art: proposed
exhibit on contemporary gun makers, circa 1998-2001
Folder
9: Muzzle Blasts: correspondence with Maxine Moss
Folders
10-11: North Carolina gunsmiths:
miscellaneous notes and correspondence
Folder 12: North Carolina gunsmiths, 1750-1865
[continued
in next box]
Box 6: Rifles and rifle business:
Folder 1: North Carolina gunsmiths, 1750-1865:
draft
Folders
2-3: North Carolina longrifles: notes
and correspondence
Folders
4-5: Bivins: “The North Carolina
Rifle, 1750-1850; North Carolina Gunsmiths, 1750-1865”
Folder 6: Bivins: “The North Carolina Rifle,
1750-1850; North Carolina Gunsmiths, 1750-1865”: rough draft
Folder 7: Notes about finishes and cleaning of
rifles
Folder
8: Orders:
A:
Adams,
Floyd (#012);
Alexander,
J. M.;
Auerbach, E.
Folder
9: Orders: B:
Baker,
Frank J.;
Barrows, G.
L.;
Bigelow,
B.;
Bisher,
Bill;
Blackburn,
T.;
Breu, John
(#001);
Brunelli,
A.;
Buchanan,
Buck (#014)
Butler, J.
Mack
Box 7: Rifles and rifle business: Orders, C-N
Folder 1: Orders: C-G:
Campbell, Daniel, Keith, and Robert
(M.B. Retting, Inc.; also see
Retting);
Chiswick, L.;
Dadisman,
Neal W.;
Davis,
R.L.;
Dickson, S.H.;
Fleischmann,
C.;
Gelber,
David
Folder
2: Orders: H:
Hartnett,
D. [see also Pennsylvania Bicentennial Commission];
Haugh,
Jack;
Hess, C.S.
Folder
3: Orders: J-K:
Johanson,
Eric;
Johnston, Jim;
Jones,
Larry M. (#002);
Katow, G.;
Kirby;
Kirkland,
T.;
Kosky, R.
Folder
4: Orders: Manning, K.
Folder
5: Orders: Mc-Ni:
McAllister,
J.;
McCormick,
Paul;
Melancon,
Bob;
Millikan,
Dean;
Morgan, Lee
Nissen,
Phil
Folders
6-7: Orders: November, H. J.
Box 8:
Rifles and rifle business: Orders, O-W and ledger
Folder
1: Orders: O:
O’Connor
W.;
Owen, Edward H.
Folder
2: Orders: Pennsylvania
Bicentennial Commission
Folder
3: Orders: P-R:
Parker, J.
(#008);
Peterson,
G. (#009);
Ramrod Gun
Shop/Ramrod Gun and Knife;
Reed, Tony;
Retting,
Dan (#13);
Riley, Don;
Roberts,
B.;
Ruggie, B.
Ryan, R. A.
Folder
4: Orders: Schrager/Mann: guns
for movie “Last of the Mohicans”
Folder
5: Orders: S-V:
Sanchez,
Lew (#007);
Shepherd,
Alan H.;
Shoemaker,
Philip;
Smith, Don
L. (#004);
Smith,
Fearon M. (#003) [includes Lelooska exhibit book];
Venderley,
Paul J.
Folder
6: Orders: W:
Weil, Bob
(#013);
Westberg,
J. (#020);
White, T.
Wilbur, W.
C.;
Wilson, T.
Folder 7: Orders:
ledger book: with names of
customers and specifications and pricing of the rifles purchased, including
notes on cancelled orders and who purchased the final products. Various other records begin on page
122,148,150
Box 9:
Rifles and rifle business
Folders
1-2: Orders: Enquiries & replies,
1969-1975, 1987
Folder
3: Rifle business: Schuetzen
rifles
Folder
4: Rifle business: Sharon Rifle
Barrel Co.
[see also J. Cundy]
Folders
5-7: Shumway, George: book publisher:
correspondence, 1970s-1990s
Box 10:
Rifles and rifle business
Folder
1: Single shot rifles
Folder
2: Slug gun bibliography
Folders
3-4: Smiths, stockers, related work:
correspondence, chiefly 1974
Folder
5: Stock finish: orders and
correspondence
Folder
6: Suppliers: correspondence
Folder
7: Toolcraft Mold and Tool Co.
Folder
8: Wilbur, W. C.: hand-made
knives
Folder
9: Wood: sources
Folder
10: Work illustrated
Box
11: Rifles and rifle business: Articles
by Bivins
Folder
1: American Rifleman
Folder
2: The Buckskin Report
Folder
3: Gun Digest
Folder
4: articles about people:
Brown, Don;
Haugh, J.;
House,
Hershel
Folder
5: articles about people:
Mandarino,
Monte;
Riley, J.;
Wilbur, W.
C.
Folder
6: articles: conservation
Folder
7: articles: foreword to book by
David Wesbrook
Folder
8: articles: Marshall Rifle
Folder
9: articles: Pyrodex
Box 12:
Rifles and rifle business: articles for Muzzle
Blasts and Muzzleloader
Folders
1-3: Muzzle Blasts: articles printed March 1984-October 1985
Folder
4: Muzzle Blasts: Crockett, David: article about his gun
Folder
5: Muzzle Blasts: articles about Schuetzen (1984)
Folder 6: Muzzle
Blasts: product reviews: gun
kits, Parker-Hale volunteer rifle, Express blue
Folder
7: Muzzle Blasts: prospective
articles
Folder
8: Muzzle Blasts: video reviews
Folder
9: Muzzleloader: article by Bivins and correspondence
Folder
10: Rifle: articles by Bivins for issues #34-37, 42
[note: folder for issue
38 was empty]
Box 13:
Rifles and rifle business: articles for Rifle
Folder
1: Rifle: articles by Bivins for issues #43
Folder
2: Rifle: articles by Bivins for issues #45-48
[note: folder for issue
4 was empty]
Folder
3: Rifle: articles by Bivins for issues #49-51, 53, 55-56
Folder
4: Rifle: articles by Bivins for issues #57-61, 63
Folder
5: Rifle: articles by Bivins for issues #87
Folder
6: Rifle: articles by Bivins for issues #88-89 [all on firearms
restoration]
Folder
7: Rifle: articles by Bivins for issues # 92-93
Folder
8: Rifle: articles by Bivins: not published or issue unknown
Schuetzen
[see Muzzle Blasts, July 1984];
Revolver
accurizing;
Also book
review and product reviews
Box 14:
Rifles and rifle business: articles for Rifle
Folder
1: Rifle: prospective articles by Bivins
Folder
2: Rifle: “Aiming for Answers” column
Folder
3: Rifle: Wolfe Publishing
Folder
4: Rifle: “American Gunmakers” articles: [issue number in
parenthesis]:
Allen, Don
(#57);
Balickie,
Joe (#55);
Brennan, Jud
(#67);
Bresien, Ken
(#91)
Folder
5: Rifle: “American Gunmakers” articles: [issue number in
parenthesis]:
Dowtin,
Bill (#60);
Emmons, Bob
(#66);
Fisher,
Jerry (#58);
Frazier,
Jay (#64)
Folder
6: Rifle: “American Gunmakers” articles: [issue number in
parenthesis]:
Guenther,
Karl (#92);
Hartley, Hal
(#56);
Lee, Mark
(#88);
Letiecq,
Phil (#65)
Folder
7: Rifle: “American Gunmakers” articles: [issue number in
parenthesis]:
Lofland, Jim
(#61);
McCann, Tom
(#93);
McKenzie,
Alexander (#85)
Box 15:
Rifles and rifle business: articles for Rifle
Folder
1: Rifle: “American Gunmakers” articles: [issue number in
parenthesis]:
Pilkington,
P. (#59);
Silver,
Mark (#87);
Webber, Ed
(#94);
Western
Kentucky Seminar (#90);
Winter, Bob
(#63)
Folder
2: Rifle: “American Gunmakers”: information sheets, no articles:
Brooks,
Jack;
Crum, Curt Franklin;
Lockridge,
Frank M.
Miller,
David
Box 16: Rifles and
rifle business: “Art of the Fire-lock”/“Art of the Flintlock”: text and photos
Folders
1-4: typescript (acc. 07x2.2)
Folder
5: Foreword, dedication,
acknowledgements
Folder
6: chapter 1: “Roots of Design”
Folder
7: chapter 2: “Early Technology,”
and article by C.E. Greener
Folder
8: chapter 3: “The 20th
Century Rebirth”: contemporary makers
Box 17: Rifles and
rifle business: “Art of the Fire-lock”/“Art of the Flintlock”: text and photos
Folder
1: chapter 4: “Tools of the
Trade”
Folder
2: chapter 5: “Components of the
Rifle: Design, Processes, Application”
Folder
3: chapter 6: “Art of the File”
Folder
4: chapter 7: “Of Lock, Vent, and
Trigger” (elements of ignition)
Folders
5-6: chapter 8: “Stocking the Piece”
(text and photos in separate folders)
Folder
7: chapter 9: “Patchbox: Design
and Installation”
Folder
8: chapter 10: “Relief Carving
the Gunstock”
Folder
9: chapter 11: “Engraving”
Box 18: Rifles and
rifle business: “Art of the Fire-lock”/“Art of the Flintlock”: text and photos
Folder
1: chapter 12: “Metal Finishing
Techniques”
Folder
2: chapter 13: “Gunstock Finishes
and Applications”
Folder
3: chapter 14: “Of Pouch and
Horn”
Folder
4: “Art of the Flintlock”:
printed version with minor revisions
Folders
5-8: photographs (acc. 07x2.2)
(continued in next
box)
Box 19: Rifles and
rifle business: “The Art of the Fire-lock”/“Art of the Flintlock” photos
Folders
1-3: photographs for work (acc.
07x2.2)
(continued from
previous box)
Box 20: Rifles and
rifle business: IRS excise tax materials
Folder 1: IRS: excise tax: Bivin’s description
of history of litigation in excise tax case
Folders
2-3: IRS: excise tax: correspondence
Folder
4: IRS: excise tax: legal briefs
and joint appendix
Folder
5: IRS: excise tax: legal motions
Folder
6: IRS: excise tax: primary material
Folder
7: IRS: excise tax: primary
material: attorney materials
Series II: files
on topics other than rifles
Box 1:
Folder
1: Badger-Iredell Law Office
restoration
Folder
2: Baker, Chuck
Folder 3: Beamer, Wilson
Folder
4: Beaufort Historical Association
(North Carolina)
Folder
5: Bills of sale from Bivins:
antiques (not guns)
Folder
6: Bivins: article: “Baroque
elements in North Carolina Moravian Furniture”
Folder
7: Bivins: article: “The
Development of Trade in Wachovia,” with notes
Folder 8: Bivins: article: “Furniture of Lower
Cape Fear, North Carolina” for Antiques
Folder
9: Bivins: article about him and
obituary (acc. 07x2.1)
Folder
10: Bivins: articles about him
Folders
11-12: Bivins: articles and
book reviews by him
Folder
13: Bivins: articles by him for Old
Salem and MESDA publications
Folder
14: Bivins: biographical statement,
photographs
Folder
15: Bivins: Book Contracts
Folder
16: Bivins: Christmas cards by
Bivins
Box 2:
Folder
1: Bivins: MESDA and Old Salem
correspondence (including resignation)
Folder 2: Bivins: poems, including “National
College Poetry Fellowship Summer Anthology,” 1960, with poem by Bivins on page
17
Folder 3: Bivins: work log, circa 1900-1992
(includes Gunston Hall, Blandfield Plantation, and other projects)
Folder
4: Blandfield Plantation (Va.):
Beverley furniture
Folder
5: Blandfield Plantation (Va.):
correspondence and notes
Folder
6: Blandfield Plantation (Va.):
drawings
Folder
7: Blandfield Plantation (Va.):
photographs
Folder
8: Boone, Daniel: article by Joe
Nickell
Folder
9: Brewton House (Charleston,
S.C.): article for The Magazine Antiques
Folder
10: Brewton House (Charleston,
S.C.): door staples and strapwork
Folder
11: Brewton House (Charleston,
S.C.): correspondence and notes
Folder 12: Brewton House (Charleston, S.C.):
correspondence, notes, and photographs
Folder
13: Brewton House (Charleston,
S.C.): dormer
Folder
14: Brewton House (Charleston,
S.C.): firebacks
[note: contents were
received in damaged condition]
Box 3:
Folder
1: Brewton House (Charleston,
S.C.): looking glasses
Folder
2: Brewton House (Charleston,
S.C.): mahogany
Folder
3: Brewton House (Charleston,
S.C.): photos and drawings
Folder
4: Brewton House (Charleston,
S.C.): shutter hardware
Folder
5: Brewton House (Charleston,
S.C.): tiles: notes and correspondence
Folder
6: Brewton House (Charleston,
S.C.): tiles: photos
[see also next folder]
Folder
7: Brewton House (Charleston,
S.C.): tiles: photos: “use this art”
Folder
8: Brewton House (Charleston,
S.C.): west pediment
Folder
9: Cabinet Trade in Boston, Mass.
Folder
10: Cabinet Trade in New York
Folders
11-12: Cabinet Trade in Salem, Mass.
Folder
13: Cadwalader card table
Folder
14: Carving, conservation work,
restoration and repairs: miscellaneous clients
Box 4:
Folder
1: Cellaret
Folder
2: Charleston, S.C.:
Architectural Sources
Folder 3: Charleston, S.C.: Architectural
Sources: “A List of Architectural and Furniture Books Available in Charleston,
South Carolina from 1750-1821,” thesis by Caroline Wyche Dixon (1979)
Folder 4: Charleston, S.C.: bedsteads
Folder
5: Charleston, S.C.:
cabinetmakers
Folder 6: Charleston, S.C.: furniture [chiefly
photocopies]
Folder
7: The Chimneys (Fredericksburg,
Va.)
Folder 8: Clapp, Gates & Co. (Cedar Hill
Foundry and Machine Shop): history and notes
Folder 9: Colonial Williamsburg: Antiques Forum,
1982: “The Shaping of Taste in Colonial America,” with copy of Bivins’ talk
“Governors and Gentlemen in Charleston, S.C.”
Folder
10: Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation
Folder
11: Cooper, Thomas: conservation
report
Folders
12-13: Correspondence, 1969-1995 and no
year
[note:
correspondence about rifles is found in Series I]
Box 5:
Folder
1: Coupland, J. Randolph
Folder
2: Cupola House (Edenton, N.C.)
Folder 3: Cupola
House (Edenton, N.C.): photos taken in 1991 (acc. 07x2.4)
Includes
a letter about the photos
Folder
4: “Elmwood” (Essex County, Va.)
Folder
5: Engravings: mostly designs,
some scenes
[believed to be used as
models/inspiration for Bivins’ work]
Folder
6: 51 East Bay Street
(Charleston, S.C.)
Folders
7-8: First Scots Presbyterian Church
(Charleston, S.C.): Lady Anne Murray memorial
Folder
9: Frames
Folder
10: Furniture: Foot Groups: Claw
feet
Folder
11: Furniture: inlay
Folder
12: Furniture of Charleston: chapter 4, edited
Box 6:
Folder
1: Furniture of Charleston: edits and notes
Folder
2: Furniture of Charleston: photo notes
Folder 3: Furniture
of Charleston: zip disk (labeled CFBOOK), plus an unlabeled disk dated
1-15-00 [don’t know if anything is on it]
Folder
4: Furniture of Coastal North Carolina: outline, notes
Folder 5: Furniture
of Coastal North Carolina: reviews, articles, private praise
Folders
6-7: Furniture with carving
[chiefly photographs,
many not identified]
Folder
8: Gaynor, Jay
Folder 9: Gehrken, G. Andrew
Folder
10: German Arts in America
Folder
11: Gunston Hall (Va.):
correspondence and notes
[continues in next box]
Box 7:
Folder
1: Gunston Hall (Va.):
correspondence and notes
[continued
from previous box]
Folder
2: Gunston Hall (Va.): drawings
Folder
3: Gunston Hall (Va.): home
appraisal for Gunston Hall, 1992, with photos
Folders
4-5: Gunston Hall (Va.): photos
Folder 6: Gunston Hall (Va.): photos: Palladian
Room pilaster carving ghosts, photographed summer 1986
Folder 7: Gunston Hall (Va.): “The Restoration
of the Palladian Room Fireplace Surround, Gunston Hall” by Bivins
Folder 8: High Point Historical Society (North
Carolina): Haley House, Haley Inn: restoration
Folder 9: High Point Historical Society (N.C.):
John Haley House
Box 8:
Folder 1: Hurst, Bob
Folder 2: James, Susan
Folder 3: Jamestown Friends Meeting House (near
High Point, N.C.)
Folder
4: Jordan, Jai (James C. Jordan,
III)
Folder 5: Mendenhall Store (near High Point,
N.C.)
Folder
6: Monticello: brackets
Folder
7: Monticello: brackets:
photographs
Folder
8: Moravian Potters in North Carolina
Folder
9: Moravian Potters in North Carolina: awards
Folder
10: Moravian Potters in North Carolina: Bethabara
Box 9:
Folders
1-2: Moravian Potters in North Carolina: correspondence
Folder 3: Moravian
Potters in North Carolina: correspondence with UNC Press
Folder
4: Moravian Potters in North Carolina: drawings
Folder
5: Moravian Potters in North Carolina: reviews
Folder
6: Moravian Potters in North Carolina: text
Folder
7: Mount Vernon: photos of little
dining room
Folder 8: Museum of Early Southern Decorative
Arts (MESDA): photos and information sheets
Folder
9: Norfolk, Virginia: Woodworkers
Folder
10: North Carolina furniture:
correspondence
[continued in next box]
Box 10:
Folder
1: North Carolina furniture:
correspondence
[continued from previous
box]
Folder
2: North Carolina furniture:
correspondence with photographs
Folder
3: North Carolina furniture:
illustrations not used
Folder
4: North Carolina furniture:
imports
Folders
5-6: North Carolina furniture:
inventories
Folder
7: North Carolina furniture:
inventories with hardware
Box 11:
Folder
1: North Carolina furniture: loan
exhibit: lists and pictures
Folder
2: North Carolina furniture:
notes
Folder
3: North Carolina Museum of Art:
exhibit, 1976
Folder
4: Pottery: Mount Shepherd, North
Carolina, site
Folder
5: Pottery: notes
Folder 6: Old First Presbyterian Church
(Huntington, N.Y.)
Folder 7: Ragsdale, John: Hurricane Hugo damage
Folder
8: Rudy, John
Folder
9: St. Michael’s Church
(Charleston, South Carolina)
Folder 10: St. Michael’s Church (Charleston, South
Carolina): guidebooks, including a copy of Beesley’s
Illustrated Guide to St. Michael’s Church (1908)
Box 12:
Folder
1: St. Michael’s Church
(Charleston, South Carolina): paint research
Folder
2: Sommers, Humphrey:
reproduction rooms at MESDA
Folders
3-4: Sommers, Humphry: Research notes
Folder
5: Southern furniture: notes
about Charleston furniture
Folder
6: Southern furniture:
photocopies, information sheets, photos
Folder
7: Southern furniture and
decorative arts: photographs
Folder 8: Stagville (Durham, North Carolina)
Folder 9: Tavern Barn Theater script
[from Old Salem]
Folder
10: Temple of Israel (Wilmington,
N.C.)
Folder
11: Tryon Palace
Folders
12-13: Warmath, Sarah
Box 13:
Folder 1: Welshimer, Paula: correspondence
Folder
2: Wilmington, N.C., furniture:
exhibit
Folder
3-4: Wilmington Furniture: notes and photographs
Folder 5: Wood carvers
Folder 6: Wood carvers: Axson, William, and
Pompion Hill Chapel (S.C.)
Folder 7: Wood carvers: Lord, John, with
information on William Lawrence, Henry Hainsdorff, and John Parkinson; also
includes part of St. Michael’s,
Charleston, by G. W. Williams
Folder 8: Wood carvers: Waite, Ezra
[see also oversize
folder in Series III, Box 8]
Folder 9: Wood carvers: Woodin, Thomas
[see also oversize
folder in Series III, Box 8]
Folder
10: Wood carvers in Charleston,
South Carolina
[continued in next box]
Box 14:
Folder
1: Wood carvers in Charleston,
South Carolina
[continued from previous
box]
Folder
2: Wood carvings: Whitehall
(Annapolis); Stratford squirrel
[photocopies only]
Folders
3-6: Woodwork in Charleston, S.C.,
buildings: (more in next box):
D. Blake’s
Tenements (Court House Square);
Peter
Bouquet (95 Broad);
William
Burrows (Broad);
Drayton Hall;
John
Edwards (15 Meeting);
Charles
Elliot (22 Legare);
John
Fullerton (15 Legare);
Hampton
Plantation;
Heyward-Washington
house (87 Church);
Daniel
Huger (34 Meeting);
Jacob Motte
(61 Tradd);
Judge
Robert Pringle (10 Tradd);
John Stuart
(106 Tradd);
4 Orange
St.;
other
possible buildings
Folder
7: Talks by Bivins: by date:
1979-Sept. 1980
Box 15-A:
Talks
Folders
1-3: Talks by Bivins: by date: Oct. 1980-1988
Box 15-B:
Talks
Folders
1-5: Talks by Bivins: by date: 1989-1995
Folders
6-7: Bivins: talks: correspondence and
articles about talks
Folder
8: Bivins: talks for MESDA
Folder
9: Bivins: talks: texts
Box 16:
object examinations and appraisals
Folders
1-4: Object examinations: reports,
photos, correspondence: A-Z
[note: includes some
appraisals]
These are arranged by name of
client:
Alexander; Allen; Architrave of
Charleston; Baity; Barnes; Bernabo; Black; Bolick; Boyd; G.K.S. Bush; Cape Fear
Museum; Capps; Case; Chicora Antiques (McCallum); Cline; Coleman; Collier;
Cootes; Corbett (also Larew); Coupland; Cullum; Douglas; Dull; Elizabeth Lowe
Antiques; Fairchilds Fine Art; Farmer Auctions; Flanigan; Gant; Gaynor; Gecker;
Gehrken; Gibbs; Golden and Associates; Graham; Guilfoile; Hench; Historic Hope
Foundation; Hollingsworth; Jenkins; John; Jones; Kaufman; Kiser; Kramer;
Leinbach; McGehee (Colwill-McGehee); Morris; Pierce; Rainey/Nye; Rike; River Road Presbyterian Church; Sandresky;
Sell; Sewell; Shaw; Singletary; Slater; Sothebys; Spearman; Susquehanna Antique
Company; Tuccori; Turner; Venable; Walters & Benisek; Waynick; Welfare;
Willis; Witherow; Zea (Historic Deerfield); Zimmerman; 1740 House
Folder 5: Object examinations: reports, photos,
correspondence: Carla Butler & Associates
Folder
6: Object examinations: reports,
photos, correspondence: Estate Antiques
Folder
7: Object examinations: reports,
photos, correspondence: no names, notes
Folder
8: Object examinations and
appraisals of weapons
Clients are: Jones;
Sanchez; Turner
Box 17:
Pilaster Productions: video project about spotting fakes
Folder
1: Pilaster Productions: video:
“Authenticating Antique Furniture”
[note: purpose of video
was to help people spot fakes]
Folder 2: Pilaster Productions: video:
“Authenticating Antique Furniture”: Concept Associates: correspondence and
notes
Folder 3: Pilaster Productions: video: “Authenticating
Antique Furniture”: correspondence, reviews
Folder 4: Pilaster Productions: video:
“Authenticating Antique Furniture”: outlines
Folder 5: Pilaster Productions: video:
“Authenticating Antique Furniture”: releases and expenses
Folder
6: “Fakes”: photos and articles
Folders
7-9: “Fakes”: script
[folders 8-9 are
accession 07x2.3]
Series III: Designs, photographs, slides
Box 1: Designs and photographs
Folder
1: Design drawings: Gehrken table
Folder
2: Design drawings: unnamed
projects (acc. 15x33 and 2017x81)
Folder
3: Designs: photocopies (acc.
15x33 and 2017x81)
Folder
4: Designs from The British Architect (Swan, 1745)
Folder
5: Designs from A Collection of Designs in Architecture (Swan, 1757)
Folder
6: Design drawings: silver buckle,
with initials I.B. (acc. 2017x81)
Folder
7: Photos: Baptismal font
Folder
8: Photos: Bivins
Folder
9: Photos: Buildings
Folders
10-12: Photos: Decorative woodwork
Folder
13: Photos: European trip, 1975
Box 2: Photographs: Furniture
Folder
1: Photos: Furniture
Folder
2: Photos: Furniture: Bedsteads
[see also photos of a bedstead and its details in Box 8]
Folder
3: Photos: Furniture: Chairs
(acc. 15x33 and 2017x81)
Folder
4: Photos: Furniture: Charleston
sideboard: Russell Bushkirk, 1999
Folders
5-6: Photos: Furniture, envelopes 1-18
Folder
7: Photos: Furniture: Feet
Folder
8: Photos: Furniture: North
Carolina sideboard (1998)
Folders
9-10: Photos: Furniture, Southern
Box 3: Photographs: Furniture-Rifles
Folder
1: Photos: Furniture: Tea tables
[see also oversize
photos]
Folder
2: Photos: Knives
Folder
3: Photos: miscellaneous subjects
Folder
4: Photos: Monticello brackets
[see also slides]
Folder
5: Photos: Musical instruments
Folder
6: Photos: People
Folder
7: Photos: Powder horn
Folders
8-12: Photos: Rifles
Box 4: Photographs: Rifles
Folder
1: Photos: Rifles
Folder
2: Photos and photocopies: Rifles
(acc. 2017x81)
Folder
3: Photos: Rifles: color
transparencies
Folders
4-5: Photos: Rifles: negatives
Folders
6-7: Photos: Rifles: British gunmaking
styles
Folder
8: Photos: Rifles: Contr. Rifle
and negatives
[it is not known for
what word contr. is an abbreviation]
Folder
9: Photos: Rifles: Dickert-Clark,
Jacob
Folder
10: Photos: Rifles: Early rifles
[continued in next box]
Box 5: Photographs: Rifles
Folder
1: Photos: Rifles: Early rifles
[continued from previous
box]
Folder
2: Photos: Rifles: European
longrifles
Folder
3: Photos: Rifles: European-Muir
(notes and photos)
Folders
4-5: Photos: Rifles: European work
Folder
6: Photos: Rifles: Felseisen, Melchior (1678)
Folder
7: Photos: Rifles: Funk, Joseph, à Topliz
Folder
8: Photos: Rifles: Haines, Isaac
Folder
9: Photos: Rifles: Hawken, Hunt
Folder
10: Photos: Rifles: Jäger-büchsen
Folder
11: Photos: Rifles: Johnston, M.
Folder
12: Photos: Rifles: Marshall,
Edward (Bucks County, Penn.): notes and photos
Folder
13: Photos: Rifles: “old rifles for
book”
Folder
14: Photos: Rifles: Safari Club
International
Folder
15: Photos: Rifles: Salem, North
Carolina
Box 6: Photographs and Slides
Folder
1: Photos: Rifles: Virginia
Folder
2: Photos: Rifles: Wagner,
Johann, in Cranach
Folder
3: Photos: Tools
Folder
4: Photos: Window repairs
[not
labeled, but see correspondence with Susan James, whose windows these may be]
Folder 5: Photos:
Workshop and making guns
Folder 6: Slides:
Brewton House (Charleston, S.C.): woodwork and looking glass
Folder 7: Slides:
Charleston, S.C.: mostly carving
Folder 8: Slides:
Furnace technology and casting
Folders 9-10: Slides: Furniture: miscellaneous
Folder 11: Slides:
Furniture: Wilmington, N.C.
Folder 12: Slides:
Furniture hardware
Folder 13: Slides:
Gun stocking tools
Box 7: Slides
Folder 1: Slides:
Gunston Hall (Va.): carving in progress, drawings for project
Folder 2: Slides:
Lady Anne Murray memorial (Charleston, S.C.)
Folder 3: Slides:
Metal: Brass
Folder 4: Slides:
Metal objects
Folder 5: Slides:
miscellaneous objects
Folder 6: Slides:
Monticello bracket
[see
also photos]
Folder 7: Slides:
New Bern (N.C.): houses
Folder 8: Slides:
Pottery: North Carolina
Folder 9-10: Slides: Rifles
Folder 11: Slides:
Rifles: barrel making, stock carving, wire inlay, star inlay
Folder 12: Slides:
St. Michael’s Church (Charleston, S.C.): capital repairs and cartouche conservation
Folder 13: Slides:
Wood carving (sources not identified)
Box
8: oversize design drawings and photographs
Folders 1-2: photographs of the details of the Lady Anne Murray memorial (in First Scots Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C.): (acc. 07x2.5a-g; plus three from 2017x81)
Folders 3-7: photographs of the details of a large carved mirror, possibly
the Brewton House mirror (see 07x2.20) (acc. 07x2.5h-gg)
Folder
8: drawing of a carved design
with a face, on cloth (acc. 07x2.14)
Folder 9: small
Gunston Hall designs (other Gunston Hall drawings are in map case, folder 6,
and with rolled drawings):
copies of a carved design, labeled
Buchanan document (reads backwards on some copies) (07x2.15a-e);
proposed additions to Chinese Room hoods,
signed J. Bivins, 1991 (07x2.15f);
Gunston truss tops, form II (07x2.15g);
Photos of chimney piece (07x2.15o)
Folder 10: Monticello
brackets: design drawings and blue-line prints made for them, showing back,
shelf, and side strut, done Dec. 1992 (8 sheets, acc. 15x33; plus two
additional sheets from acc. 2017x81)
Folder 11: photostatic
copies of documents pertaining to Charleston, S.C., wood carvers: (15x33)
a.
Francis Nicholson
v. Henry and Margaret Hog, executors of Ezra Waite;
b.
David Stoddard v.
Thomas Woodin
Folder
12: miscellaneous designs (none
labeled) (acc. 15x33)
Folder
13: design for “John Bivins, fine
carving, Wilmington, N.C.” (acc. 15x33)
Folder 14: photos
of 313 Ann Street, [probably Wilmington, N.C.]: late 19th century
photo, enlargements of same, and a circa 2000 photo (acc. 15x33)
Folder 15: photos
of unidentified bedstead (acc. 2017x81)
Folder 16: photo
of John Bivins (on left) with Wallace Gussler, in office in Colonial
Williamsburg, circa 1970 (acc. 2017x81)
Box
9: Photos
Box of large photos, mostly not
identified, mostly of carved woodwork or rifles, most in black and white, some
in color; some mounted.
Box
10: printing plates (acc. 15x33)
2
Linoleum printing plates: colonial style house and fraktur-type decorative
border;
2
lead print blocks: fraktur-type birth and baptismal certificates, one in England
and the other in German
Box 11:
Designs and photographs (acc. 2017x81)
Folder
1: template for gun stock;
Design drawings for
rifles (some labeled)
Folder
2: photographs of rifles (some
labeled)
Folder
3: sketches of rifles, circa 1970
Folder
4: sketches of rifles, circa
1974-circa 1976, removed from a sketch book/portfolio
Folder 5: measured drawings by L. McKenzie of
chisel and hand-graver (two copies of this), plus a letter referring to these
Map
Case C, Drawer 7
Folder
1: plans (blue line drawings) of the Burgwin-Wright House (Cornwallis House,
Wilmington, N.C.) (acc. 07x2.6a-j;
also 15x33)
.6a site
plan (sheet 1 of 10);
.6b basement plan (sheet 2 of 10);
.6c first floor plan (sheet 3 of 10);
.6d second floor plan (sheet 4 of 10);
.6e north (front) elevation (sheet 5 of 10);
.6f east (side) elevation (sheet 6 of 10);
.6g south (rear) elevation (sheet 7 of 10);
.6h west (side) elevation (sheet 8 of 10);
.6i chair rail, detail section (full size);
main entrance, vertical section (half full size); main entrance, jamb section
(half full size) (sheet 9 of 10);
.6j picket & railing detail; vertical
section, typical window (half full size) (sheet not numbered)
All
above Cornwallis House drawings done by James Fletcher Barnes, School of
Design, North Carolina State College, as part of Historic Architecture Research
project or series; scales included; not dated.
15x33 drawing of Burgwin-Wright House as it appeared
ca. 1840-45, north and east elevations, drawn by J. Bivins, 1991; blue line
print of the same;
Stair
details and first floor porch columns, both drawn by Bivins, 1992.
Folder
2: plans (blue line drawings) for St. Michael’s Church (Charleston, S.C.),
hurricane repair (07x2.7a-m; also
from 15x33)
.7a west and south elevations (sheet A 101);
.7b east and north elevations (sheet A 102);
.7c first floor, balcony and roof plans
(sheet A 201);
.7d 1st-7th levels,
steeple (sheet A 202);
.7e nave & apse interior elevations
(sheet A 301);
.7f north, south, & main vestibules –
interior elevations (sheet A 302);
.7g reflected ceiling plan (sheet A 401);
.7h section thru steeple; copper roof at
spire (sheet A 402);
.7i details: enlarged plan at lantern level;
flashing at top of cherub; new batten (typical); cornice at lantern; section 3
(typical); lantern deck balustrades; details (typical); existing batten
(typical); base of outside columns (typical) (sheet A 403);
.7j flashing details, structural details,
wind vane and ball (sheet A 404);
.7k vertical trusses elevations (sheet A 405);
.7l vertical trusses elevations (sheet
A 406);
.7m gutter details (sheet A 407)
All
the above St. Michael’s Church drawings are from Cummings & McCrady, Inc.,
of Charleston, drawn by DB, dated March 5, 1992; top drawing stamped
preliminary copy (these repairs were necessitate by Hurricane Hugo, which struck
Charleston in Sept. 1989)
.12 proposed lamp standards, St. Michaels
Church, J. Bivins for Cummings & McCrady, 12-93 (blue line drawing)
15x33 drawing for stair bracket of pulpit, Henry
Burnett
Folder
3: drawings of rifles
.8a German flintlock rifle (full size drawing;
4 rifles with details; drawing by L. H. Harrison, 1988, no. 5);
.8b Pre-Revolutionary
longrifle, Eastern Pennsylvania region (full size drawing; 4 rifles with
details; drawing by L. H. Harrison, 1988, no. 4);
.8c German
flintlock rifle (with details; drawing by L. H. Harrison);
.8d Jacob
Dickert rifle (full size drawing, with details; drawing by L. H. Harrison)
.8e Davy
Crockett’s first rifle (full size drawing, with details; drawing by L. H.
Harrison);
.8f Davy
Crockett’s first rifle (full size drawing, with details; drawing by L. H.
Harrison, 1988, no. 3);
.8g Tennessee
iron mounted rifle, Zacharia Luster, Washington County (full size drawing, with
details; drawing by L. H. Harrison, no. 14);
.8h Joseph
Fruwirth, In Wienn, 1722-1797 (full size drawing, with details; drawing by L.
H. Harrison, 1991, no. 12);
.8i Jos.
Fruwirth, In Wienn, 1722-1797 (full size drawing, with details; drawing by L.
H. Harrison, 1991, no. 4);
.8j Edward
Marshall rifle, Bucks Co., Penn. (full size drawing, with details; drawing by
L. H. Harrison, 1991, no. 11) [see also .10]
(other rifle drawings are in box of rolled
drawings, 07x2.9-.10)
15x33 drawings
of a gun, two sides and bottom view; the gun was given the name Killdeerl
drawing dated 1-24-1990
Folder
4: plans for museum display cases (acc.
07x2.11)
.11a-b Exhibits,
Museum II (layout of display cases; two copies of same drawing);
.11c-d museum
XIII hall, museum VI (layout of some cases, two copies of same drawing);
.11e-f cases,
Museum II (details of cases; two copies of same drawing);
.11g cases,
Museum III, Old Salem, Inc., drawn by JB, 1974
.11h rifle
case, Vogler
.11i 3’
case, J. Vogler
Folder 5-A: Humphrey Sommers House,
Charleston, S.C
.19 Humphrey
Sommers House, Charleston, S.C., measured drawings done for MESDA by Charles
Bayless, architect, n.d. (two copies of each drawing)
.19a1-2 south
chamber, second floor: plan, elevations [of walls], and details of rails, sill,
sashes, etc.
.19b1-2 south chamber: further details
.19c1-2 drawing room, first floor: plan,
elevations [of walls], and details
.19d1-2 drawing room: further details
15x33 three sets of shop drawings for
rooms 1 and 2 (drawing room), done by or for Danville Lumber Co., showing sizes
of pieces of wood required
Folder 5-B: Humphrey Sommers House,
Charleston, S.C.: drawings
15x33 thirteen drawings of carvings A-I (more than one drawing
for some letters), all drawn by J. Bivins, 1980; drawings are various sizes; no
notes about where carvings were to go, but numbers of each design needed are
noted
15x33 folder with carving patterns and stencils for Sommers project
2017x81 blue line prints
of the carving designs
Folder 6: various projects
.1 copy
of article about John Bivins from Winston-Salem
Journal, 1990
.13a-d P.
Scott table: leg (a) and carved edge (b-d, three copies); the drawings for the carved
edge include the original design of 1755 and a slightly altered design done in
1990; also a copy which came in with accession 15x33
.16 drawing
of a carved design
.18 Robt.
Morris stern board: carved design with the name Robt. Morris; also a copy which
came in with accession 15x33
15x33 drawing: “aft design for the trailboards,
ketch Cinnamon, Mr. & Mrs. Melchor, J. Bivins, ’88,” and a blue line print
of the same (in 2 pieces).
15x33 two photocopies of unlabeled designs
15x33 two blue-line prints of mantels, unnamed
projects
Folder 7: various projects: drawings and
blue-line prints, most accession 15x33
Alexander Long house, Rowan County, N.C., 4 blue-line
prints, drawn and measured Nov. 1973 by JSJ for architect John Erwin Ramsay;
includes front, rear, and side elevations (2 sheets), lower level section and
details, and first and second floor plans
Blandfield Plantation (Va.): 4
sheets showing details of doorway between hall and saloon, from architect G.
Alan Morledge; plus a blue-line print of a pair of consoles, drawn by Bivins;
and two drawings of consoles, both by Bivins, one dated 1987;
Also
a folder of drawings labeled “Blandfield saloon”
Denke
house, Salt Street: proposed porch railings, drawn by Bivins, Oct. 1988
Mr. A.
Stout: proposal for a pair of early neoclassical glasses [mirrors], J. Bivins,
1991
Harnet:
conjectural details, Bivins, 1992
“Lighthouse”:
decorative board with picture of a lighthouse
Foliage
design, with dogwood blossom and acorns
Bedstead,
for Mr. & Mrs. Fizzell, Bivins, 1981
Various
designs, one incorporating the initials M B
Boquet
house, Broad, parlor consoles, also with drawing of a gun stock
Foliage
design
Various
designs for the Gehrken table (smaller designs are in another folder)
Foliage design
with flowers (acc. 2017x81)
Folder 8: Gunston Hall projects (acc.
07x2.15h-j and acc. 15x33)
.15h-i Gunston
Hall: Palladian Room mantle frieze carving, signed J. Bivins, 1991; .15h is the
entire frieze, and .15i is half the design
(other Gunston Hall drawings are in Box 8, folder 9
and with rolled drawings)
.15j Gunston
Hall: overmantel trusses, Palladian Room, signed J. Bivins, 1991; part of the
design is labeled Feb. 1984 Phillips & Buchanan document; [blue-line prints
from this drawing are in box of rolled items; see also 07x2.15a-e]; also a
blue-line print of this (from acc. 15x33)
15x33 drawings:
pilasters (dated 9-86); stair fascia (8-95); husk cutting pattern for design in
Palladian Room; 1/3 portion of Chinese Room mantel frieze fret (7-93; also a
blue line drawing of this); preliminary design, stair fascia (10-94); left
side, drawing of 8—95 for stair fascia;
Blue-line
drawings: preliminary design, stair fascia (6 sheets dated 10-94, one with red
highlight, two printed in reverse; one sheet dated 8-95, with red highlights;
one a full size design);
Blue-line
plans for woodwork in Little Parlor, from architect Charles A. Phillips, dated
10 March 1989;
Folder 9: Brewton House (Charleston,
S.C.) (acc. 07x2.20e-g and acc. 15x33)
.20e-g carved
bird decoration for Brewton House mirror, also a copy which came with accession
15x33
(other mirror drawings are with rolled drawings; see
also photos in Box 8)
15x33 two drawings for design for the west pediment:
one labeled “based on design of Mr. Waite,” 1991; the other “traced from ghost
of what remained” in place, Aug. 1990, revised 12-1990;
Drawing:
parts of a console table;
Blue-line prints: two
designs for the west pediment;
Dormer
window truss (original drawing for this is in box of rolled drawings);
Looking
glass
Folder 10: photos (acc. 15x33 and
2017x81)
Carved woodwork and an iron plate;
the photos from acc. 2017x81 are marked C and F, and both include some
measurements
Folder 11: letter, plans, photo (acc.
2017x81)
Letter from Cliff Ward, 1984, with
enclosures: two measured floor plans of Osborne Jeffries House (built circa
1760-1780), photo of the house undergoing restoration, and photo of a Salem
rifle
Folder 12: drawings for rifles, cannon,
and knife (acc. 2017x81)
Drawing of a knife;
Template for Hawken gun stock; blue
line drawings for J. & S. Hawken and S. Hawken rifles;
Preliminary design drawing for
Pennsylvania bicentennial commemorative rifle, 1974;
Pencil drawings of two cannon
barrels, model 1775 and model 1776, labeled Verbruggen sight infantry 3 pdrs
[pounders], bronze, 207 lbs, W.E. Meuse, 4 March 1968
Rolled drawings: (acc. 07x2, 15x33,
2017x81): (in box on top of map case D):
.9 drawing of a rifle, labeled “plan für
die Radschloss bückse geschafft mit schulter-schaft”
(other rifle drawings are in map
case, folder 3; see also 07x2.10)
.10 drawing
of Edward Marshall rifle, Penn Indian Walk, drawing by T. K. Dawson, 1970,
retraced Aug. 1975; the name Jack Haugh is also written on the drawing [see
also .8j]
(other
rifle drawings are in map case, folder 3; see also 07x2.9) (a second copy is
from acc. 2017x81)
.15k-n Gunston
Hall: overmantel trusses, Palladian Room, signed J. Bivins, 1991; (these are
blue line drawings, two of which were copied backwards); part of the design is
labeled Feb. 1984 Phillips & Buchanan document (see also .15a-e, in box 8)
.15o-p Gunston
Hall: Palladian Room c’piece [i.e. chimney piece], Phillips, .15p marked as
being with corrections; photos of .15o are in Box 8, folder 9; please consult photos
before accessing these drawings
(other Gunston Hall drawings are in Box 8, folder 9
and in map case, folder 6)
.17 Gehrken china table: full size drawing of a table with
straight legs and carved apron
[additional drawings for this
project are part of acc. 15x33)
.20a-g Brewton
House mirror, full scale drawings, labeled “a looking glass for the Brewton
House, J. Bivins, 1991,” with small drawings of carved birds which could be
added to mirror (.20e-g – in map case, folder 6)
[note: Charleston, S.C., has a Miles
Brewton House and a Robert Brewton House]
15x33 drawing on a sheet of Mylar or plastic, not
labeled but dated 10-5-94
15x33 Chinese design (drawing and 2 blue-line
prints), not labeled
15x33 Gunston
Hall, Palladian Room: 3 blue-line plans of woodwork restoration, from architect
Charles A. Phillips (sheets 14, 15, 16 of 30 sheets)
15x33 Brewton
house: left side, northwest garret dormer window truss, Feb. 1991
15x33 bedpost,
Pearce
15x33 measurements
for a bedstead
15x33 “back
stair fascia”: photo of ghost marks of the fascia of stairs in an unnamed
location
2017x81 two
blue line drawings of unidentified rifles, one with notes about barrel, reech,
muzzle, etc.;
Blue
line drawing of original Jäger, owned by Church McArthur, drawn by Jerry
Kirklin
On shelf: Media:
5 boxes of videotapes, probably the raw footage of the
Pilaster Productions video “Authenticating Antique Furniture”
2 large
plastic film containers, probably copies of “Authenticating Antique Furniture”
Series IV: Publications
Note: many of
the magazines contain articles by Bivins
Box 1:
Magazines
Folder
1: American Rendezvous Magazine: 1983: summer (v. 2, no. 2)
Folder
2: American Rifleman: 1953: February, June;
American Rifleman: 1976: April, May
Folder
3: American Rifleman: 1978: September;
American Rifleman: 1981: September;
American Rifleman: 1983: February
Folder
4: The Buckskin Report, September 1981
Folder
5: Field & Stream, April 1976
Folder
6: Flintlock: 1998: spring (v. 2, no. 2);
Flintlock: 1999: summer (v. 2, no. 4);
Flintlock: 2001: v. 4, no. 1
Folder
7: Muzzle Blasts, 1966: July, August, October, December;
Muzzle Blasts, 1967: February, March, April, May
Folder
8: Muzzle Blasts, 1971: January;
Muzzle Blasts, 1973, Dec.–1974, Jan.;
Muzzle Blasts, 1974: February/March;
Muzzle Blasts, 1976: January, April
Folder
9: Muzzle Blasts, 1979: March, April, May, June, August, December
Box 2:
Magazines: Muzzle Blasts
Folder
1: Muzzle Blasts, 1981: February, May, August, September
Folder
2: Muzzle Blasts, 1983: May, December
Folder 3: Muzzle
Blasts, 1984: April, May, July, August, Sept.-October (cover says Oct., table
of contents says Sept.), November, December
Folders
4-5: Muzzle Blasts, 1985: January, March, May, June, July, August,
October
Box 3:
Magazines
Folder
1: Muzzle Blasts, 1987: February;
Muzzle Blasts, 1992: December;
Muzzle Blasts, 1998: July
Folder
2: Muzzleloader: 1974: Nov./Dec.
Folder
3: Rifle, no. 34-36 (1974: July/August-November/December)
Folder
4: Rifle, no. 37, 38, 42 (1975: January/February, March/April,
November/December)
Folders
5-6: Rifle, no. 43-48 (1976: January/February- November/December)
Folder
7: Rifle, no. 49-51, 53 (1977: January/February- May/June,
September/October)
Folder
8: Rifle, no. 55-60 (1978: January/February - November/December)
Folder
9: Rifle, no. 61, 63-66 (1979: January/February, May-June- November/December)
Box 4:
Magazines, books
Folder
1: Rifle, no. 67, 70 (1980: January/ February, July/August)
Folder
2: Rifle, no. 85-90 (1983: January/February –November/December)
Folder
3: Rifle, no. 91-94 (1984: January/February –July/August )
Folder 4: Ramage, C. Kenneth, editor. Muzzleloaders’
Handbook. 1st
edition. (Middlefield, Conn.: Lyman
Publications, 1976)
Folder 5: Winternitz, Emanuel. Keyboard
Instruments in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (New York: The Museum, 1961)