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John Waters papers

John Waters papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: John Waters papers
Creator: Waters, John
Inclusive Dates: 1957-2008
Language(s): English
Extent: 18 Linear Feet (15 boxes, 2 oversized boxes)
Collection Number: UA11-079
Repository: University of Georgia Archives

Collection Description

Historical Note

John Waters is a Professor Emeritus in the College of Environment and Design at the University of Georgia. Waters created the Master of Historic Preservation program at UGA in 1982 as well as its certificate program in 1987 and a joint JD/MHP in 1987. Waters pioneered preservation legislation in Georgia, has written preservation plans for numerous cities, was instrumental in establishing several historical foundations, and chaired the Georgia National Register Review Board.

Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, course planning and preservation studies coursework spanning the career of John Waters at the University of Georgia. It includes surveys, studies and plans of historic properties, districts, and regions, as well as manuals, handbooks, and training in preservation.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], John Waters papers, UA11-079, University Archives, University of Georgia


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Architecture -- Designs and plans.
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration
Historic districts -- Georgia.
Historic preservation
Landscape architecture
University of Georgia
Waters, John

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Academic

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11Correspondence
12Speeches
13Awards
14Promotions information, 1988-1989
15-7Notes, notepads
18National Heritage Trust Task Force review, 1977
19Nature Trail Proposal paper by John Waters, 1968
110Historic Preservation Program proposal , 1981
111School of Environmental Design reports, 1983-1992
112Legal analysis of Historic preservation program in Columbus, Georgia, 1991
113Curriculum guideline - Landscape Architecture
114Historic Preservation program guide
115MLA - Learning Assessment plans, 1997-2000
116Proposals
117Local, campus surveys and tasks
118CLG program grant
119Townscape Discovery Tour
120Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation
121Preservation planning forms
122Proposed Historic Preservation ordinances - Rome, Georgia
123Reports, assessments - Atlanta, 1988-1989
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21Course information - HP 600
22Course information - HP 618 A-C
23Course information - HP 650
24Course information - HP 676, 1989
25Course information - HP 676, 1990
26Course information - HP 676, 1994
27Course information - HP 676, 1995
28-9Course information - HP 676, 1997
210Course information - HP 682 B, 1991-1992
211Course information - HP 682 B, 1993
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31Course information - HP 682 D, 1985, 1991
32Course information - HP 682 E, 1995
33Course information - HP 685, 1988
34Course information - HP 706, HP 752, 1988, 1989
35Course information - HP 753, 1988
36Course information - HP 772 - How to complete National Register forms, 1986
37Course information - HP 772 - Book A-C, 1987
38Course information - HP 772
39Course information - HIPR 6000, 1999
310Course information - HIPR 6000, 2001
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41Course information - HIPR 6000, 2002
42Course information - HIPR 6000, 2004
43Course information - HIPR 6100, 2000
44Course information - HIPR 6100 Field trips, 2002
45Course information - HIPR 6100 Field trip, 2003
46Course information - HIPR 6750, 2002
47Course information - HIPR 6800, 1997, 2001
48Course information - HIPR 6800, 2003, 2005
49Course information - EDES 6620, 1999
410Course information - Savannah Discovery Walk
 

2. Preservation Studies, Plans

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411Nominations for National Historic Register - Athens
Includes Boulevard Historic District, Bloomfield Street Historic District, Cobb-Treanor House
412Nomination - National Historic Register - Henderson Avenue, Athens, Georgia, 1986
413Nomination - National Historic Register - Casulon Plantation, 1991
414Nomination - National Historic Register - Jefferson, Georgia
415Nomination - National Historic Register - Oxford, Georgia
416Nomination - National Historic Register - Shady Grove Plantation, 1995
417Project - Athens - Boarding House on Broad
418Proposal - Athens - Boxwood Gardens Bed & Breakfast
419Proposal - Athens - Crawford Coal & Mattress Company, 2002
420Plans - Athens - Foundry Street study, 1990
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51Report - Athens - Hodgson House, 2000
52Report - Athens - Milledge Avenue revolving fund, 1993
53-5Plans - Milledge Circle Historic District - National Register nomination, 2002
56Study - Athens - Oconee Hill Cemetery, 1992
57Study - Prince - Dougherty Corridor
58Plans - Print Shop rehabilitation
59Study - Athens - Puritan Cordage Mill, 2004
510Plan - Athens - University of Georgia - Demosthenian Hall, 1994
511Study - Athens - University of Georgia - Demosthenian Hall, 1994
512Study - Athens - University of Georgia - Founders Memorial Garden, 2000
513Plans - Athens - University of Georgia - Old College, 2003
514Survey - Athens - University of Georgia - Preservation Policy, 1998
515Plans - Athens - University of Georgia - North Campus Walking Tour
516Study - Athens - Historic Environmental District, 1970
517Plans - Atlanta - Mitchell House, 1988
518Plans - Atlanta - Olmstead Linear Park, 1997
519Plans - Augusta - Boyhood home of Woodrow Wilson, 1994
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61Study - City of Barnesville - draft, 1994
62Study - Baxley, 1969
63Report - Oglethorpe Bay Landing, 1975
64Survey - Brunswick, 1984
65Plan - Buford
66Design review - South Carrolton Historic District
67Study - Clarkesville, 1993
68Study - Old Clarkesville Cemetery, 1998
69Study - Cleveland, 1987
610Plans - Clinton, 1977
611Plans - Cobb County - Concord Bridge, Ruff's Mill Historic Area
612Plans - Columbus, 1976, 1991
613Plans - Columbus - Open Space, 1968
614Plans - Columbus - James Woodruff, Jr. Confederate Naval Museum, 1996
615Plans - Columbus - Midtown, 2003
616Study - Commerce, 1993
617Study - Cornelia, 1992
618Study, Ordinances - Covington, 1990
619Study - Crawfordville, 1994
620Study - Cumberland Island, 1974
621Study - Dalton Downtown Histric District
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71Study - Douglasville
72Eatonton Tour of Homes - booklet, 1976
73Study - Eatonton - draft, 1991
74Historic Resources - Elberton, 1988
75Guidelines study - Fitzgerald Historic District, 1989
76Plans - Fort Gaines, 1979
77Tree Preservation Ordinance - Fulton County, 1985
78Study - Greensboro, 1966
79Preservation Study - Greensboro, 1991
710Report - Griffin, 1984
711Plans - Gwinnett County - Tribble Mill Regional Park, 1988
712Study - Jefferson, 1987
713Study - Jesup, 1965
714Plan - Jonesboro - Margaret Mitchell Museum, 1986
715Preservation ordinance - LaGrange, 1981
716Seminar - Introduction to LeConte-Woodsmanton, 1978
717Study - Lumpkin, 1968
718Plan - Macon - Intown Historic District, 1979-1983
719Study - Macon - 609 Cherry Street, 1986
720Study - Macon - Rose Hill Cemetery, 1981
721Plans - Macon - Spring House Restaurant rehabilitation, 2003
722Study, Plan - Macon - Usher Thomason House Museum, 1993,1997
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81Growth Study - Madison, 1978
82Study - Madison - Visual Survey, Civic Design, 1964
83Study - McDonough - draft, 1992
84Survey - McIntosh Trail Historic Downtown, 1983
85Guidelines - Milledgeville Historic District
86Report - Milledgeville - Old Governors' Mansion
87Plan - Monroe - Tree inventory, management, 1978
88Nomination - Monroe - National Register, 1983
89Report - Monticello - 1922 Monticello School, 2001
810Plan - Oconee County, 1990
811Study, report - Okefenokee Swamp Park
812Study - Oxford - draft, 1986
813Study - Penfield, 1977
814Report - Resaca Civil War Resources, 1995
815Reference Guide - Roswell - Archibald Smith Plantation Home
816Study - Royston, 1984
817Plan - Sandersville - draft
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91Assessment - Savannah - Andrew Low House, 2003
92Plans - Savannah - Emmet Park, Bay Street Strand, 1987
box
15Plans - Savannah - Emmet Park - Senior design project, 1987
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93Plans - Savannah - Old Fort Jackson, 1982
94Manual - Savannah - Land Clearing, 1989
95-6Studies - Savannah, 1993
97Plan - Savannah - Seaborn Goodall home
98Guidelines - Savannah Historic District
99Zoning Ordinance - Social Circle, 1976
910Study - Sparta, 1973
911Study - Sparta, 1994
912Analysis - Stone Mountain Tollway, 1971
913Study - St. Marys, 1986
914Study - Early Stewart County Furniture
915Proposal - Swainsboro - Town Center, 1980
916Report - Thomas County - Place 2000, 1986
917Design Guidelines - Valdosta Historic District, 1980
918Plans - Washington-Wilkes - Downtown, 1971
919Plan - Washington Historic Area
920Study - Washington, 1986
921Study - Washington, 1989
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101Study - Wassau Island, 1970
102Proposal - Watkinsville - Central School
103Areawide Preservation Study - Chattahoochee Flint Area, 1976
104Plan - Coastal Georgia Zone, 1972
105Study - Coastal Georgia Route 17 Corridor, 1974
106Plans - Regional Historic Preservation for Coastal Georgia, 1982
107Report - Architectural Heritage of Middle Georgia, 1976
108Plans - Northeast Georgia Area Planning-Development Commission, 1979
109Survey - Oconee Area Planning-Development Commission, 1967
1010Rural Economic and Community Development Program - Piedmont Georgia, 1995
1011Project - Northeast Georgia - Rural Preservation
1012Survey, Analysis - South Georgia, 1979
1013Survey - Hobcaw Barony, Georgetown County, South Carolina - Bellefield House, 2008
1014Survey - Hobcaw Barony, Georgetown County, South Carolina - Bellefield landscape, 2008
1015Plans - Chipley, Florida, 1985
1016Study - Cortona, Italy
1017-19Fred Orr research
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111Fred Orr research
112Fred Orr research - photographs, negatives
113Oconee Hills Cemetery Project
114-5Oconee Hills Cemetery Project - Papers
116Oconee Hills Cemetery Project - Photographs
117-8Survey forms - Royston Historic Resources, 1984
119Negatives - Royston Historic Resources, 1984
1110-11Survey - Sandersville Inventory data, 1979
1112Plans, Photographs - Athens - Franklin House Hotel
1113Photographs - Field trips
1114Photographs - Houses, buildings
1115Slides - Houses - Athens
1116Slides - Buildings, North Georgia
1117Slides - Greensboro, Madison, Hazelhurst, Sparta
1118Photographs - Founder's Garden group, 1957
1119Slides - Monroe, Savannah field trip, various
1120Slides - Miscellaneous
1121Negatives - Covington survey
1122Negatives - Miscellaneous
1123Historic preservation resource handouts
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121-2Notebook - Athens Clarke Historic Preservation Commission
123Handbook - Athens Clarke Historic Preservation Commission
124-5Comprehensive Plan - Athens Clarke County - Winterville, 1999
126Binder - Athens Clarke Heritage Foundation, 1980
127Historic Preservation handbook - Dalton, 1988
128Resource manual - Decatur, 1992
129Committee handbook - Northeast Georgia Planning & Development Commission, 1980
1210Guiding History - Creating Historic District Guidelines, 1993
1211Place Notes - Resources for Protecting Community Character, 1995
1212-13Resource Guide for Historic Preservation Commissions, 1999
1214Regional Recreation Plan - draft, 1976
1215Annual Report, Action Plan - Georgia DNR Office of Historic Preservation, Parks, Recreation, Historic Sites, 1991
1216Interim Report - Georgia's Treasures - Parks and Recreation, Historic Resources and Natural Areas, 1988
1217Compendium of Downtown Activities in Georgia - Georgia Department of Community Affairs, 1979
1218Annual Report - Westville, 1998-1999
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131Study - Economic Impacts of Historic Preservation on Community Economics, 1988
132Water Lords - Task Force Report on the Savannah River, 1970
133Treescape - A Citizen's Guide for Urban Tree Planting
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14Banner - IFLA - Japan, 1985
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1Presentation boards - Athens area windshield surveys (4), 1991-1996
1Presentation board - Athens storefront restoration plan - 175 East Clayton
1Presentation boards - Athens historic visual surveys (3)
Incudes photographic panels on Athens manufacturing, hotels, street views
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2Presentation board - Athens - Horton Drugs survey
2Presentation board - Athens - Camak House property plan
2Presentation board - Athens - Five Points windshield survey
2Presentation boards - Athens designated district plan
2Mounted flyer - Student Historic Preservation Organization
2Mounted reproductions - Athens - Stephen Upson House
 

3. Training, Conferences

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134-5Preservation Leadership Training binder, 1991
136Preservation Leadership Training binder, 1993
137Revitalizing Downtown - National Videoconference, 1984
138Your Town - Workshop binder, 1994
139Making Defensible Decisions - Workshop binder, 1999
1310Building the Future - Resource guide, 1989
1311CELA - Conference binder, 2005
1312CELA - Conference field trip binder, 2005
1313Proceedings - National Conference of Instructors in Landscape Architecture, 1967
1314Report - National Conference on Managing the Environments, 1973
1315Proceedings - Southeastern Conference on the National Register, 1976
131620th Annual Historic Preservation Conference, 1988
1317Session Descriptions - 46th Annual Preservation Conference, 1992