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Douglas Ellington, Design for the City Building
Douglas Ellington, Design for City Building, Asheville, NC,
Lyda Collection (lyda11), D. H. Ramsey Library, UNC Asheville


HERITAGE OF WESTERN NC
Drawings, photographs, documents, maps and oral histories in and near Asheville, NC from Pack Library, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville Historic Resources Commission, and UNCA collections. [A LSTA grant ]
Heritage of Western North Carolina
is a
Collaborative  NC ECHO digitization project


ASHEVILLE URBAN RENEWAL FILES
Housing Authority of the City of Asheville
Online files in this large collection will be continuously updated during the next two years. Please continue to check the site.  See Press Release


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

Asheville's Built Environment


NAN CHASE
ASHEVILLE: A HISTORY
2007 book about Asheville


        Asheville Fire Department
A narrative essay and images about history of department

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

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FEATURED COLLECTIONS

East Riverside Photographs - Photographs from the East eas002_mod.jpg (233400 bytes)Asheville area that includes many African American families ... many unidentified. Assistance with identification is requested. Many date from late 1880's to early 1930's. Plateau Studio, A.F. Baker and other well-known studios are represented.

Speculation Lands Collection       
Plats, patents, correspondence, ledgers and survey field notes of land speculation in western NC, 1795 - c.1920   slc0014b_small.jpg (9383 bytes)

US Forest Service Photographs
A collection of 3,249 photographic prints that document work of the U.S. Forest Service Southeastern Experiment Station, in  Asheville, NC.
Mountain Dance and Folk Festival & Shindig on the Green  Archive of Asheville's famous music and dance festivals. 1928-present  pmdff0216_small.jpg (4207 bytes)  pmdff0275_small.jpg (3511 bytes)

     

Jewish Heritage in Western NC
Collections detailing families and lives of Jews and Jewish business in western NC. Includes area temple history.
Biltmore Industries Archive - History of early craft and weaving industries in Asheville, NC. Includes Tryon Toy Makers and Grove Park Inn information.
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Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection- Donations of Lucy Herring, Johnny Baxter, Jean McKissick McNeil, Southern Highlands Research Center, YMI Cultural Center, and supplemented by additional resources.
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About - Collaborative projects - The Western North Carolina Heritage project, the previous "Land of the Sky Project" and the cumulative Heritage of Western North Carolina project  are 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 are part of the state-wide cultural initiative, North Carolina ECHO 

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