Collection Summary
Jim Scoggins
Jim Scoggins collection,
1889, 1913-1914, bulk 1957-1993
SCOG Accession number: 2006039
1 linear foot of manuscript material (2.5 manuscript boxes and one flat box), 296 photographic prints, 216 negatives, 142 transparencies, 9 line negatives, 70 photocopies, 22 Polaroids, 2 postcards, and 1,609 sheets of drawings.
Alexander Architectural Archive,
University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at
Austin.
The collection includes architectural drawings, photographs, specifications, brochures, and clippings that document the architectural practice of Jimmy James Harvey Scoggins.
Biographical Sketch of Jim Scoggins
Jimmie James Harvey Scoggins received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Texas in 1957. Following graduation, Scoggins worked in Odessa, Texas and passed the architectural exam for the state in 1960. Scoggins moved to Irving, Texas in 1960. From 1965 to 1985, he worked under the firm name Grogan and Scoggins, Architects. From 1985 through 1993, he practiced as Jim Scoggins, Architect. While the bulk of his work is in North Texas, Scoggins also worked in California. Throughout his career, Jim Scoggins has been a member of many professional associations including the American Institute of Architects, Texas Society of Architects, Dallas Chapter of the AIA, California Council AIA, and Inland California Chapter of the AIA. In 1993, Scoggins retired and he continues to work as an architectural consultant.
Jim Scoggins served in the United States Air Force prior to attending the University of Texas. He is certified as an interpreter for the deaf and has served on the Texas State Commission for the Deaf. He holds a real estate license and a private pilot's license. Scoggins served on the Dallas County Community College Board of Trustees for seven years, during which time 5 colleges were built. He was also on the Dallas Baptist College Board of Trustees for three years. He is still active within his community, serving on a committee to assist in constructing a new police facility in Jonestown, Texas, where he currently resides. Jim Scoggins is married with two children.
Scope and Content of the collection
The collection includes architectural drawings, photographs, specifications, brochures, and clippings that document the architectural practice of Jim Scoggins. The Scoggins collection consists of 1 linear foot of manuscript material (2.5 manuscript boxes and one flat box), 296 photographic prints, 216 negatives, 142 transparencies, 9 line negatives, 70 photocopies, 22 Polaroids, 2 postcards, and 1,609 sheets of drawings. The collection is divided into 5 series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Photographs, Project Records, and Drawings.
The bulk of the Jim Scoggins collection is photographs and drawings of his architectural projects. The collection contains 275 photographic prints, 225 negatives, 142 transparencies, 70 photocopies, and 2 postcards. Drawings document 40 projects Scoggins was affiliated with, including many under his two firm names, Grogan and Scoggins and Jim Scoggins, Architect. The bulk of the works are Texas projects with the exception of drawings of Bellflower Medical Center in California, where Scoggins worked with HMC Architects, Inc. as a consultant.
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Preferred Citation
Jim Scoggins collection, Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas Libraries,
The University of Texas at Austin
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the
University of Texas Online Catalog. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings
Creator (persons):
Scoggins, Jimmie James Harvey
Subjects:Architecture--Texas.
Document types:
Architectural drawings.Photographs.
Specifications.
References to works by or about Jim Scoggins
"Dallas chapter design award." Texas Architect (Sept.-Oct. 1977): 51."Schools of Architecture: Five Winning Designs." Texas Architect (Jan.-Feb. 1977): 22-27."TASB-TASA Outstanding Schools competition 1968." Texas Architect (April 1969): 12.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series A: Personal Papers
Series Abstract
The Personal Papers series contains materials related to Jim Scoggin's education, military experience, and achievements that are outside the scope of his architectural career.
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Certificate and awards
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Certificate and awards
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Military service, discharge papers, photo documentation
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University of Texas Students Handbook, Vol. 21, 1913-1914
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4
The School of Architecture, Courses in the Study of Architecture and Architectural Drawing and Design, the International Correspondence Schools, 1899
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Application for Admission to the Graduate School of Art, Environmental Design, California state University at Fullerton, June 29, 1993
Series B: Professional Papers
Series Abstract
The Professional Papers series conatins records that document Jim Scoggin's career and achievements as an architect, including his resume, photographs, awards, correspondence, and reference files.
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Jim Scoggins portrait
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Resume, Digest of the Career and Achievements of Jim Scoggins
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Firm brochure mock-up
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Brochures, other architectural firms
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9
"Church Architecture" negative strip and viewer
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10
Awards
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Dallas County Community College, correspondence and photographs
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12
Reference materials
Series C: Photographs
Series Abstract
Photographic materials document Jim Scoggin's architectural projects.
82 black and white prints, 214 color prints, 29 black and white 35mm negatives, 14 large format black and white negatives, 122 color 35mm negatives, 51 large format color negatives, 142 transparencies, 18 black and white photocopies, 52 color photocopies, 9 line negatives, 22 Polaroids, and 2 postcards.
1 13 Asian Baptist Church, Irving, Texas
1 14 Bellflower Medical Center, Kaiser Permanents, Bellflower, California
1 15 Berean Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas
1 16 Bowie Junior High School, Conroe, Texas
1 17 Braeburn Baptist Church, Houston, Texas
1 18 Brandenberg Elementary School, Irving, Texas
1 19 Campana Townhomes
1 20 Carpenter Road Baptist Church, Irving, Texas
1 21 Central Fire Station, Duncanville, Texas
1 22 Colonial Funeral Home 1 23 Conroe Shopping Center, Conroe, Texas
1 24 Crestview Baptist Church, Irving, Texas
SCOGf01 Crestview Baptist Church, Irving, Texas, color photo of rendering by Roseman
5 2 Dallas Baptist College, Fine Arts Complex, Dallas, Texas
1 25 Dallas Baptist College Tower, Dallas, Texas
1 26 Denison City Hall, Denison, Texas
1 27 Denton Baptist Temple, Denton, Texas
5 3 Downtown Development, Irving, Texas
1 28 First Baptist Church, Euless, Texas
1 29 First Baptist Church, Lewisville, Texas
SCOGf01 First Baptist Church, Lewisville, Texas, color photograph, color photo of rendering by Prelim (2 items)
1 30 First Baptist Church, McKinney, Texas
2 1 First Christian Church, Irving, Texas
2 2 First National Bank, Hurst, Texas
2 3 GTE Corporation [General Telephone and Electronics Corporation]
2 4 Grandview Townhomes
2 5 Holiday Shores Marina, Lake Livingston, Texas
2 6 Industrial development
2 7 Irving Civic Center, Irving, Texas, photographs
2 8 Irving Civic Center, Irving, Texas, negatives
SCOGf01 Irving Civic Center. Irving Texas, poster and color photograph of rendering by Prelim
2 9 Irving Community Hospital, Irving, Texas
2 10 Irving High School, No. 3 (Nimitz), Irving, Texas
2 11 Kirkwood Methodist Church, Irving, Texas
2 12 Lamar Baptist Church, Greenville, Texas
2 13 Lewisville National Bank, Lewisville, Texas
2 14 MacArthur Boulevard Baptist Church
2 15 Midway National, Grand Prairie, Texas
2 16 On the Delaware Townhomes, Irving, Texas, job site photographs
2 17 On the Delaware Townhomes, Irving, Texas, photographs
2 18 Parker Plaza Shopping Center, Weatherford, Texas
2 19 Parkway Central Shopping Center, Arlington, Texas
2 20 Park Forest Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas
2 21 Plymouth Park Methodist Church, Irving, Texas
2 22 Professional Center Office Building, Irving, Texas
2 23 Sam Houston Junior High School, Irving, Texas, photographs
2 24 Sam Houston Junior High School, Irving, Texas, photocopies
2 25 Jim Scoggins office
5 4 Sam Houston Junior High School, Irving, Texas
2 26 Sherman Public Library, Sherman, Texas
5 5 Sherman Public Library, Sherman, Texas
3 1 Sherwood Park Baptist Church, Irving, Texas
3 2 Sherwood Park Methodist Church
3 3 Shopping Center for Pratt Properties, Stephenville, Texas
3 4 Shopping Centers, unidentified
3 5 Southwest Bank and Trust, Irving, Texas
5 6 Southwest Bank and Trust, Irving, Texas
3 6 Swiss Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
3 7 Texas Commerce Bank, Hurst, Texas
3 8 T.H. Hughston Elementary School, Plano, Texas
3 9 Unidentified projects
3 10 Upham Oil and Gas Company
3 11 University of Mary Hardin Baylor, Belton, Texas
3 12 Wallace Enterprises Apartments
3 13 Walter Rider Methodist Church, Ennis, Texas
3 14 Personal and architectural projects
Series D: Project records
Series Abstract
The project records series contains projects lists, specifications, correspondence, and other textual documents pertaining to the planning and construction of 9 architectural projects. The bulk of this series is made up of records on Lamar Baptist Church in Greenville, Texas.
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Project lists
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Bellflower Medical Center, Bellflower, California
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Bethel Baptist Church, Nocona, Texas, specifications
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17
Crestview Baptist Church, Irving, Texas
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18
Downtown Development, Irving, Texas
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3
Downtown Development, Irving, Texas
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19
First Baptist Church, Lewisville, Texas
3
20
Irving Civic Center, a reading of, by Joyce Pittman
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Lamar Baptist Church, Greenville, Texas, specifications, January 20, 1987
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2
Lamar Baptist Church, Greenville, Texas, specifications, draft, January 21, 1987
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Lamar Baptist Church, Greenville, Texas, site information
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Lamar Baptist Church, Greenville, Texas, geotechnical investigation, by Texas Testing Laboratories, November 28, 1986
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5
Lamar Baptist Church, Greenville, Texas, design program
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Lamar Baptist Church, Greenville, Texas, project reports
4
7
Lamar Baptist Church, Greenville, Texas, cost analysis
4
8
Lamar Baptist Church, Greenville, Texas, schematic design and master plan
4
9
Lamar Baptist Church, Greenville, Texas, correspondence with client
4
10
Lamar Baptist Church, Greenville, Texas, correspondence with consultants
4
11
Lamar Baptist Church, Greenville, Texas, addenda
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12
Lamar Baptist Church, Greenville, Texas, A Church Addition, architect: Roy Kilmer
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On the Delaware Townhomes, Irving, Texas, project manual
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On the Delaware Townhomes, Irving, Texas, specifications
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On the Delaware Townhomes, Phase II, Irving, Texas, project manual and specifications
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Pfaff project program housing
Series E: Drawings,
1957-1992
Series Abstract
The drawing series contains documentation for projects Jim Scoggins worked on over the course of his architectural career. One thousand six hundred and nine drawings document 40 projects Scoggins was affiliated with, including many under his two firm names, Grogan and Scoggins and Jim Scoggins, Architect. The bulk of the works are Texas projects with the exception of drawings of Bellflower Medical Center in California, where Scoggins worked with HMC Architects, Inc. as a consultant.
Bellflower Medical Center. Phase 1-B addition. Bellflower, California
Bethel Baptist Church, Nocona, Texas
Bethel Baptist Church, Addition. Nocona, Texas
Dallas Baptist College, Dallas, Texas
Dallas Baptist College, Academic Building, Dallas, Texas
Dallas Baptist College, Administration Building, Alterations, Dallas, Texas
Dallas Baptist College, Fine Arts Complex, Dallas, Texas
Dallas Baptist College, Library Learning Center, Dallas, Texas
Dallas Baptist College, Tradition Park, Dallas, Texas
Denton County Electric Cooperative, Denton, Texas
Downtown Developmen, Irving, Texas
Emergency Care Cente,. Hurst, Texas
Emergency Care Center, Irving, Texas
First Assembly of God Church, Dallas, Texas
First Baptist Church, Lewisville, Texas
GTE Corporation lunchroom
GTE Service Corp., Phase 1, Irving, Texas
GTE Service Corp. Southern Region Training Dept., Telephone Operating Group, Irving, Texas
Irving Community Hospital, Chapel, Irving, Texas
JBBM Corp., Irving, Texas
Kroger store, Hurst, Texas
La Villita Plaza Office shopping village, Midland, Texas
Lamar Baptist Church, Addition, Greenville, Texas
Maple, Mayo, King and Shufford street improvements, Irving, Texas
Meadows Baptist Church, Plano, Texas
Olmstead residence, Morgan's Point, Texas
On the Delaware Townhomes, Phase II, Irving, Texas
PFAFF project program housing
Pizza Time theatre, Dallas, Texas
Safety Town, Irving, Texas
Sam Houston Junior High School, Irving, Texas
Stayer residence
T.F. Hughston Elementary School, Plano, Texas
Texas Center, Irving, Texas
Tommy Bowles Insurance office building, Irving, Texas
Unidentified commercial development, Euless, Texas