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FEATURED COLLECTIONS

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National Forests in North Carolina Historic Photographs


mages related to the development of forestry and the National Forests in North Carolina. Includes images from "The Cradle of Forestry" and from  the early Biltmore Forest School.


Western NC Travel and Tourism
Books, Booklets, Reports, Brochures, Postcards and Postcard Folios about western NC
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OF INTEREST
North Carolina Flood, 1916


NEW ACQUISITIONS

Wilma Dykeman Collection
Includes a large scrapbook gathered by her older brother, Jerome, of the writer's first 30 years of life. (in process)

Walter Julius Damtoft Collection
A rich body of photographs, correspondence, writing, and publications of the first industrial forester in the U.S.. Includes early Yale Forest School material and Champion Fibre Co..

C.W. McCall Collection of Josiah Strong Family Papers
Protestant (Congregationalist) clergyman, author and lecturer who helped to found the Social Gospel movement and founded the League for Social Service (1898-1916). 

Asheville Branch of the Women's League for Peace and Freedom (WLPF) Papers
A record of social and civic action and community organization by the Branch during the 1970's and 1980's in Asheville.

Robert F. Campbell Papers
Personal papers of Robert F. Campbell primarily documenting his career as pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Asheville, N.C. from 1892 to 1946 and his assistance in the formation of the Appalachian Synod.

Lou Harshaw Papers
Photographer and author of Asheville and western NC history. Papers include research materials, manuscripts, and photographs used for Harshaw's many popular books.


UNCA YEARBOOKS
    (1939 - 1985) Produced through DigitalNC, Chapel Hill.

UNCA ON ASHEVILLE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION

BLOWERS GALLERY EXHIBITS
 


UNCA Faculty Publications

 

BROWN BAG BOOK TALKS
 



Douglas Ellington, Design for City Building, Asheville, NC,
Lyda Collection (lyda283), D. H. Ramsey Library, UNC Asheville


NEW !
WNC HERITAGE WEB LOCATION

Collaborative Adventures
in 'The Land of the Sky'
'


  WRITERS & MOUNTAINS    
Web exhibit of WNC - literature,
 geography, history
 


NOT SO BACK OF BEYOND

URBAN ECHOES ON THE
BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY

WEB EXHIBIT


ASHEVILLE'S BUILT ENVIRONMENT


Drawings, photographs, documents, maps and architectural plans in and near Asheville, NC. Contributions from Pack Library, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville Historic Resources Commission, and UNCA. Heritage of Western North Carolina is a Collaborative  LSTA - NC ECHO digitization grant project


Housing Authority of the City of Asheville
    URBAN RENEWAL records

a COMPREHENSIVE RECORD OF THE MANY URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS THAT RE-SHAPED ASHEVILLE FROM THE 1950'S TO THE PRESENT.  oVER 150 LINEAR FEET OF MATERIALS INCLUDING MAPS, DOCUMENTS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS.


. ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY
      Sondley, F.A , Davidson, Theodore F..
      Genesis of Buncombe County,

       A nice concise history of Asheville and county.


  HERITAGE OF BLACK HIGHLANDERS 
        COLLECTION

      Documents and photographs that trace the history of
      African Americans in western North Carolina


  MOUNTAIN DANCE AND FOLK FESTIVAL &
     SHINDIG ON THE GREEN

     
Back
to Pack Square!  Shindig on the Green will
      celebrate its return to the new Green through the
      summer.


PACK: A NAME THAT WILL ENDURE
    Online Exhibit - D.H. Ramsey Library & Pack Square
    Conservancy


CAROLINA MOUNTAIN CLUB ARCHIVE
   
Explore the mountains of western NC through the  
    archive of one of western NC's oldest hiking clubs


  BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE
     MUSEUM + ARTS CENTER

       Documents, photographs, scrapbooks, and 
       publications from western NC's famous educational
       experiment, Black Mountain College.


   FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE ARCHIVE
        Records of the State Theater of North Carolina
        located at Flat Rock, NC


  BILTMORE INDUSTRIES ARCHIVE
      A virtual collection (many full-text) of materials on-site at
      Grovewood Gallery, Inc., Asheville, NC..Contains
      photographs, documents and images of items held by the
      craft industry and the nearby Grove Park |nn. Early history
      of Asheville from 1913 and correspondence regarding
       nearby National Parks.


    ELIADA HOME ARCHIVE
       A large collection of photographs, correspondence,
       ephemera, newspaper clippings, and administrative
       records detailing the history of Eliada Homes, Inc.


WILDACRES!
A Painting and a Story 

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About - Partnerships: The Western North Carolina Heritage project, the previous "Land of the Sky Project" and the cumulative Heritage of Western North Carolina project  were 100% supported with federal LSTA funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources. These projects were part of the state-wide cultural initiative, North Carolina ECHO.

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One University Heights,
Asheville, NC 28804-8504
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