Bibliography

Books

 

 

 

 
Bruce, Edward. "Introduction," National Exhibition of Art by the Public Works of Art Project, April 24, 1934 to May 20, 1934 (Washington D.C.: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1934), p. 2.
Coleman, William C.  "Introduction," Selections from the Collection of the Carolina Art Association (Charleston, SC: Carolina Art Association, 1977).
Color Me Asheville, a Coloring Book for Children and Adults. Asheville: The Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County, 1987.
Dedication of the City Building Asheville, NC. Asheville: Jarrett’s Press, 19 Mar.1928.
Frazier, Kevan D. Big Dreams, Small Cities: John Nolen, The New South, and the City Planning Movement in Asheville, Roanoke, and Johnson City, 1907-1937. Unpublished Ph.D. diss., West Virginia University, 2000.
Greene, Georgia Mae "Art Teaching in South Carolina" (thesis, University of South Carolina, 1926).
Hopkins, Harry, quoted in Francis V. O'Connor, Federal Support for the Visual Arts: The New Deal and Now (Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, Ltd., 1969), p. 17.
Kelsey,Albert.  The Monumental Lighthouse; Memory of Christopher Columbus. Pan-American Union 1930. [Christopher Columbus Lighthouse design]
Ready, Milton. Asheville Land of the Sky. Northridge: Windsor Publications and Western North Carolina Publications, 1986.
Sondley, Forster A. A History of Buncombe County, North Carolina. Vol.2 Asheville: Advocate Printing Co., 1930. 2 vols.
Vivian, Daniel J. "Public Architecture, Civic Aspirations and the Price of  ‘Progress’ : A History of the Buncombe County Courthouse." May We All Remember Well. 2   (2001).

Periodicals & Newspapers
"1927 Finds City Riding High Tide of Prosperity." Asheville Citizen 1 January 1927 A1-A2.
"Asheville’s Water Considered." Asheville Citizen 31 October 1926. D1.

"Buncombe Co. Changes Officials with Ceremony." Asheville Citizen 4 December 1928. A1-2.

"Buncombe Gains 15 Millions in Taxable Wealth." Asheville Citizen 4 August 1926. A1.
"Buncombe is Starting a Year of Big Deeds." Asheville Citizen 2 January 1927. A1-2.

"Cathey Denies Charges Made by Don Elias." Asheville Citizen 5 November 1926. A1, B2.

"Chamber Group Approves Plan for Extension." Asheville Citizen 14 July 1926. A1-2.
"Civic Center Monstrosity as Planned." Asheville Citizen 22 February 1927. A1, A3.
"County Vote is Democratic in All Contests." Asheville Citizen 3 November 1926. A1.

"Courthouse Bustles with Excitement on Eve of Its Opening." Asheville Times 30 November 1928. A1.
"Crowds Flock to Opening of County Plant." Asheville Citizen 2 December 1928. A1, A5.
"Election Eve Sees Status of Campaigns Unchanged." Asheville Citizen 1 November 1926.
Jane De Hart Mathews in "Arts and the People: the New Deal Quest for a Cultural Democracy," Journal of American History, 1975, p. 327 notes: Although 75 percent of WPA/FAP art project personnel were employed in eight metropolitan areas, Cahill boasted of operations in thirty-eight states. [Dock St. Theater]
Robert Armstrong Andrews, "The Art Project in South Carolina," South Carolina WPA Work News, May 1937. [Dock St. Theater]
Emmett Robinson, The Dock Street Theater, A Guide and Brief Resume of the Theater in Charleston from 1730 (Charleston, SC: The Footlight Players, Inc., 1975); interview with Emmett Robinson, 1 October 1987; "Charleston Opens Historic Playhouse with Historic Play," Architectural Record, January 1938; Life, 20 December 1939, pp. 49-50. [Dock St. Theater]
"Exhibition of Watercolors by Contemporary American Painters Now Being Shown in School Library," Beaufort Gazette, 18 March 1937, p. 1. [Dock St. Theater]
Allen, Zack. "The Courthouse that was Never to Be." Asheville Citizen-Times 4 Oct. 1984.
Andonaras, Tula. "Architect Brought Style to Asheville." Asheville Citizen-Times 15 May 1991.
"Douglas Ellington", The Architectural Record 29 July 1949.
"The Douglas Ellington House." Preservation Society. 13 December 1992.
"Ellington, Architect and Artist, Dies Here." Asheville Citizen-Times. 28 Aug. 1960.
Ellington, Douglas D. "The New Senior High School of Asheville, North Carolina." The Architectural Record September 1929: 193-203.
Frazier, Kevin.  "Outsiders in the Land of the Sky: City Planning and the Transformation of Asheville, NC, 1921-1929. Journal of Appalachian Studies. 4.2 (1998): 299-317.
Griffith, Clay. "An Inventory of Douglas Ellington’s Architectural Work in Western North Carolina." May We All Remember Well. 2 (2001)
"Here’s How the Courthouse Will Look." Asheville Citizen 2 January 1927. A1.
"A Maryland’s New Town" Turns 50", Landscape Architecture June 1988: 48-49.
"Mayor Cathey Defies, Denounces Committee." Asheville Citizen 27 August 1926. A1, A10.
Moore, Bill. "Ellington’s Art Gave Beauty to Boom Town." Asheville Citizen-Times 30 Dec. 1979.
"The New City Building at Asheville, North Carolina." Through the Ages. June 1929: 3-8.
"New Courthouse Final Cost Will Pass 3 Millions." Asheville Citizen 14 April 1929. A1-2.
"A Niche for Art Deco." Asheville Citizen-Times 8 May 1977.
Neufeld, Rob. "Why Asheville is Deco." Asheville Citizen-Times 3 July 1994.
"Release Program for Courthouse Opening Shortly." Asheville Times 2 December 1928. A1.
"Republicans to Assume County Rule on Monday." Asheville Citizen 2 December 1928. A1, A2.
"Rich Memories Attach to Old Courthouse, Doomed to Destruction." Asheville Citizen 18 March 1929. A1.
"Service for New Regime Will Begin at Noon Hour." Asheville Citizen 3 December 1928. A1-2.
"Talks to Mark Cornerstone Laying Monday." Asheville Citizen 6 November 1927. A1.

"Tremendous Cost of New County Courthouse is Shown in Report on Structure by Architect East." Asheville Advocate 9 November 1926.

Archives
Asheville City Hall. National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form. U.S. Department of the Interior. 25 April 1976.
Morse, Ruth E.  to Edward Bruce, 26 January 1934; Edna Reed Whaley to Edward Bruce, 17 February 1934, National Archives, Record Group 121. [Dock St. Theater]
Whitelaw, Robert to Thomas Parker, 23 December 1935, National Archives, Record Group 69. [Dock St. Theater]
Armstrong Andrews, Robert to Thomas Parker, 24 July 1937, National Archives, Record Group 69. [Dock St. Theater]
Milburn, Heister, and Co. Letter to E.M. Lyda. 21 March 1927. E.M. Lyda Collection  [M 79.9.1]. Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville.
Whitelaw, Robert to Thomas Parker, 2 June 1936, National Archives, Record Group 69. [Dock St. Theater]
Whaley, Edna Reed to Edward Bruce, 17 February 1934, National Archives Record Group 121.
"Buildings/Courthouses." Pack Library Newspaper File Collection. Buncombe County. Vol. 12. File 18.4 [source unknown]
Ellington, Douglas. Letter to Commissioners of Buncombe County, 18 January 1927. E.M. Lyda Collection  [M 79.9.1]. Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville.
E.M. Lyda Collection . Special Collections. University of North Carolina at Asheville. Box M79.9.1.

Interviews & Oral Histories
Middleton, Sallie. Personal Interview. The Life of Douglas Ellington 1 Feb. 2001.
O’Connor, Maggie. Personal Interview. The History of the City Hall Building. 6 Feb. 2001.
Sanger, Erica. Personal Interview. Architectural Designs of Douglas Ellington. 13 Feb. 2001.

Links

http://www.citizen-times.com/news/03835967.shtml
Article about the 5th grade class  of West Buncombe Elementary School and their efforts  to create an Ellington web page for ThinkQuest, a national competition that is part of Advanced Network & Services, a non-profit organization, that seeks to advance education through the use of technology. 
http://www.ashevillechamber.org/architecture.htm
News Releases: Asheville's 40-Year Debt Has Paid off in Architectural Treasures.