BOOKS, BOOKLETS
Rare, Fragile, & Special...

"Swannanoa Hotel", Plate from Wilbur Zeigler and Ben Grosscup. The Heart of the Alleghenies: or, Western North Carolina, comprising its topography, history, resources, people, narratives, incidents, and pictures of travel, adventures in hunting and fishing and legends of its wildernesses.
Raleigh, N.C.: Williams & Co. ; Cleveland, OH, W.W. Williams, 1883.

See also: PERIODICALS

References on the Mountaineers of the Southern Appalachians, USDA 1935

• Selected Bibliography - Asheville, Western North Carolina and Region -

Books Related to Western North Carolina &
the APPALACHIAN REGION

1902-2005

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Asheville City Directories   [Miller's Asheville (Buncombe County, N.C.) City Directory] List of directories available in Special Collections and on microfilm. Many years now available in full text on the Web.

Special Collections  F264.A8 H5x 

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Nolen, John.  Asheville City Plan, 1922 (Full Text)
Published in 1925 " ...for the people of Asheville," N.C., Nolen provides a detailed outline of the city and a plan for its re-design. FULL TEXT

Special Collections  NA9127.A8 N6 1925 

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Sondley, F.A. Asheville and Buncombe County and Davidson, Theodore F.. Genesis of Buncombe County, Asheville: The Citizen Company, 1922.  A short version of the long, two volume, Sondley history of Buncombe County. FULL TEXT

Special Collections  F264.A8 S6x

Reid, Christian, (1846-1920). "The Land of the Sky," Or, Adventures in Mountain By-Ways. New York: Appleton, 1907.  Partial transcription.

Special Collections  PZ3 .T444 Lak  

Alexander, J.B.. Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers of the Hopewell Section ... [Is part of the Mildred A.B.White Collection]

A 104 page book about the Hopewell Community in Mecklenburg County. Describes early Presbyterian settlers, their families, and their achievements. Contains descriptions of historical incidents and facts of the times in which these settlers lived. Slavery and anecdotal accounts of pre-Civil war era daily life are found throughout the book.

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Baily, Waldron. Heart of the Blue Ridge (1915) Illustrated with Scenes from the Photo-play, with Clara Kimball Young as the Heroine, Under the Direction of Lewis J. Selznick,  New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1915. A predictable and rather cloying romance and action thriller set in Wilkes County, NC. Plutina and Zeke endure a series of misadventures that cover the gamut of Appalachian stereotypes - moonshiners, convicts, guns and dawgs, and a predictable ending. The appealing "damsel in distress" theme led to its conversion to film by Lewis Selznick in 1915.

Special Collections  PS3503 .A535 H4 1916 c. 2

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"Improving The Quality of Urban Life": The Asheville Model Cities Program,Asheville, NC  FULL TEXT

Special Collections   HT 177. A85 1974                              

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Gray, Idyl Dial, ed.. Azure Lure: A Romance of the Mountains(1924). (Partial Text)
"Here in the 'Land of the Sky' romance, adventure, and love fan into flames the day dreams of home, honor, and happiness, in Earth's Paradise, by Indian folklore termed the 'Garden of Eden' ...."  PARTIAL TRANSCRIPTION

Special Collections  F261 .G77 1926 

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Southern Railway Company. The Floods of July, 1916: How the Southern Railway Met an Emergency (1917). (Full Text)
"The lines of the Southern Railway Company suffered unprecedented damage from floods during the months of July and August, 1916." Description of flood damage in the South with photographs.  FULL TEXT

Special Collections  F215.S68 1917

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Lanman, Charles. Letters From the Alleghany Mountains (1849).
A well-known travel account of early western North Carolina that includes first-hand accounts of the life of the Cherokee, mineral wealth, and details of specific geography.FULL TEXT

Special Collections  F 210 lL29 1849

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Lindsey, Thomas H.. Lindsey's Guide Book to Western North Carolina (1890) (Full Text) Small 98 page book that describes travel in western North Carolina at the end of the 1880's. It might be described as a booklet, as the size of the item is only 16 cm. in height. The small work intended to be carried by travelers,  includes photographs, drawings, and descriptions of the most visited locations in the western region of North Carolina. It represents one of the earliest comprehensive travel guides for the region and is often referred to by travelers during the year surrounding the turn of the century. FULL TEXT

Special Collections  F259 .L75 

The North Carolina Flood: July 14, 15 ,16, 1916 (1916)                                 

An 86-page booklet produced by W. M. Bell which provides many eye-witness accounts of the July 1916 flood in western North Carolina.  FULL TEXT

Special Collections GB1399.4.N8 N67 1916

Warner, Charles Dudley. On Horseback. (HTML) (1888)

An account of a journey by horseback through western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee authored by Charles Dudley Warner, a friend and mentor of Samuel Clemens [Mark Twain]. One of the earliest and best observations of life in the region near the end of the nineteenth century. FULL TEXT. [Does not include Mexico travels]

 

Special Collections  F215 .W27 1889   

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Zeigler, Wilbur and Ben Grosscup. The Heart of the Alleghenies: (1883) (Full Text) or, 'Western North Carolina, comprising its topography, history, resources, people, narratives, incidents, and pictures of travel, adventures in hunting and fishing and legends of its wildernesses.' Raleigh, N.C.: Williams & Co. ; Cleveland, OH, W.W. Williams. 

A travel journal by Wilbur Zeigler and Ben Grosscup, friends who journeyed from Abingdon, Virginia to the western North Carolina highlands and recounted their adventures and the sights along the way. FULL TEXT

Special Collections  F259 .Z46 1883

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Guerrant, Edward O.. The Galax Gatherers. (1910) :The Gospel among the highlanders, edited by his daughter, Grace. Richmond, VA: Onward Press, [1910].

Special Collections  F217.A65 .G84 1910 

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Wilson, Samuel Tyndale. The Southern Mountaineers. (1914) [1906]  New York: Literature Department, Presbyterian Home Missions.

A small but comprehensive accounting of the work of the Presbyterian Church in the Southern Appalachian Mountains at the turn of the century. PARTIAL TRANSCRIPTION

Special Collections F217.A65 W762 1906   

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Spalding, Arthur W. . Hills O'Ca'liny (1921) .

The collision of "insiders" with "outsiders." "Here in this city [Asheville], indeed, meet the farthest extremes of the ecclesiastical domain. And here is the most concentrated cosmopolitanism on the earth, if classes rather than nationalities be regarded. The nabobs of society from New York to Charleston and New Orleans, touch elbows on the sidewalks with lank-haired, check-shirted mountaineers ..."

Special Collections  F259 .S7 1921 

Spalding, Arthur W. . The Men Of The Mountains: The Story Of The Southern Mountaineer And His Kin Of The Piedmont;  with an account of some of the agencies of progress among them, (1915) Nashville, Tenn., Atlanta, Ga. [etc.] Southern publishing association.

Spalding again looks at the lives of the people of the Southern Appalachians with and eye to their "difference" and the proscriptions for social and cultural progression of the day.

Special Collections  HN79.A2 S65 1915  

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Buckner, Eloise. Carolina Mountain Breezes (1929) Ebbs, Asheville, NC: Miller Press. 

Intended to “give the mountaineer’s viewpoint,”  Ebbs believed those born in western North Carolina had been poorly represented by “outsiders” and she wished to place before the reader the “true and honest people” of the mountains.  Given her strong sense of place and her fervid defense of the local, it is curious that in her preface to the novel she gives inspirational credit to "outsider" Margaret Morley, among others. She says “…I found it very hard to separate my own thoughts from those of others, as all had become rather a part of me,”

Special Collections  PZ3.E2 C3x   

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Morley, Margaret W.  The Carolina Mountains (1913)  Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company.

One of the most compelling portraits of western North Carolina written during a period of rapid growth and environmental degradation. Morley captures all we want to retain in this remarkable region and helps us to believe it is possible to work toward that end.

Special Collections F259 .M86 1913

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Pool, Maria Louise. In Buncombe County (1896)  Chicago: Herbert S Stone & Company.

Written as a travelogue during summer months spent in western North Carolina, the close observations of the region are not always kind, but reveal the cultural tensions often expressed in travel literature about the region.

Special Collections  PS2649.P4 I6 1896 

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Pratt, Joseph Hyde and Joseph Volney Lewis,Corundum and the Peridotites of Western North Carolina (1905).  Raleigh, N.C.

North Carolina Geological Survey, Vol. I.  A report of the geology, petrology, and mineralogy of the corundum and peridotite deposits in the western part of North Carolina, known at that time. The report contains  information on associated minerals and numerous photographs, maps and tables related to the geology of the region. [464 p. illus., plates, maps (part fold.) 27 cm]

Special Collections  QE147 .A2 1905  v.1   

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Carter, Mary Nelson. North Carolina Sketches: Phases of Life Where the Galax Grows (1900), Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co.

A quasi-sympathetic account of life in the rural counties of western North Carolina. The author relies heavily on vernacular language and local lore to create a rich pastiche of observations. With the Rev. William Savage (Episcopal), Carter founded the "Lend-A-Hand-Library at her home on Main Street in Blowing Rock which eventually led to one of the first women's clubs in Blowing Rock which continued the library work of Carter. 

Special Collections  PS3505.A7847 N6 1900   

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O. Henry.  Let Me Feel Your Pulse (1910), New York: Doubleday, Page & Company. Illustrations by W.W. Fawcett. 

First printed in The Cosmopolitan, 49.2, July 1910, p. 217-52, this small book was written at the end of O. Henry's life when he lived in Weaverville, North Carolina. He had returned to Weaverville to marry his childhood sweetheart, Sarah Lindsay Coleman. In this black, but humorous work he tries to come to terms with his chronic alcoholism and the shadows of his physician father.  O. Henry is buried in Asheville's Riverside Cemetery. PARTIAL TRANSCRIPTION

Special Collections  PZ3 .P835 Le 

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Vance, Zebulon Baird: Late United States Senator from North Carolina, The Scattered Nation (1916)  New York: Marcus Schnitzer. I

Includes an Introduction by Marcus Schnitzer that describes the popular speech by Vance who advocates a tolerant view of Jewish populations. The laudatory introduction attempts to describe the sources of Vance's advocacy for fair treatment of Jewish people in the first decade of the twentieth century. [NO TRASCRIPTION]

Special Collections  DS119 .V2   

A large collection of early American history imprints, including imprints from the American Revolutionary War era. Also included are monographs related to the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745-1746. A broad selection of small booklets and pamphlets and broadsides are found here.  [FULL TEXT]

Partial List:

An Act for Taking Away and Abolishing the Heretable Jurisdictions in that Part of Great Britain Called Scotland.and for Making Satisfaction to the Proprietors
Thereof; and for Restoring Such Jurisdictions to the Crown, &c. (ca. 1746 )

Remarks Occasioned by the Late Conduct of Mr. Washington, as President of the United States (1797)

Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting Statements of the Sales of Public Lands During the Year 1817, and the Three First Quarters of the Year 1818. (1818)

Report of the Secretary of War, with Lieutenant Colonel Long's plan and estimate for the repair of the Cumberland dam. (1850)

Opinion of the Supreme Court in the Case of Cromwell, Plaintiff in Errour against Lee of Simon Gratz, Def. in Errour. (c. 1800's)

A comprehensive collection of the writings of the poet and author donated by his grand-daughter and containing annotations and signed copies of the author.

A small group of unusual books centered on botany and containing a remarkable item produced by the Frederick Vester, a member of the Utopian Jerusalem commune known as the American Colony of Jerusalem (See below).

Vester, F.  Flowers of the Holy Land: Blumen des Heilgen Lande, 
 

A collection 15 leaves (21 x 28) containing pressed flowers taken from land in and near Palestine.   On the title page: " American Colony, Jerusalem". [Is part of the Wadewitz Family Collection.]

Special Collections  QK89 .V38  

Seitoku Kinen Kaigakan hekigashu, Tokyo, Japan, 1932.

A rare folio which contains 80 leaves of plates, chiefly in color, of historical scenes from the Meiji period, 1852-1912. 
 

Special Collections  QK314 .K6  v.1, 2, 3

The descriptions of species based chiefly on the collections in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1860.

A beautifully illustrated book of birds native to North America by Spencer Fullerton Baird.  The book of some 1000 pages contains illustrations that rival many of those created by Audubon. Originally published in  1858

Special Collections  QL681 .B138 1860

Omar Khayyam (1048 ? - 1131) was an astronomer, a mathematician and a poet during the early Seljuk period in Persia. "Rubaiyat" or quatrain is the Persian format of the work here, but our English version is indebted to Edward FitzGerald who was the first translator and who selectively combined 101 of the quatrains into a single work.  It is to FitzGerald's  work that most later publication pay homage. FitzGerald's work   introduced the "Rubaiyat" to the world.  Edwin Kendall Cutter's version is but one of many later translations with illustrations.  The most famous illustrations are those of Dulac which inspired the pre-Raphaelites and led to the Decadent school of English poetry in the 1890s and influenced such artists as Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Ambrose George Potter is the most important bibliographer of Omar.  His work, A Bibliography of Printed Editions of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam in Foreign Languages (1923) and A Bibliography of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam remain the most important authorities on the work of Omar. ,

Special Collections  PK6516 .C877 1900 

A small instruction manual for soldiers iUnited States Army that details the various aspects of guard duty including the rosters, and detachments, the commanding officers, rules for holding prisoners, attire, and other policies.  Includes references  to the Army Regulations (A. R.) 1901, the Cavalry Drill Regulations (Cav. D. R.) 1896, and the Infantry Drill Regulations (Inf. D. R.) 1891, with modifications in the Manual of Arms, adapted to the magazine rifle, caliber 0.30, 1895.

 Special Collections U193 .U68 1902 

This work, like that of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam is selected for its rich illustration. The Death of Tintagiles (or, La Mort de Tintagiles) by Maeterlink was his last  play written for marionettes. When first performed in Moscow in 1905, the theme of the struggle against fate resonated with the audience. The exquisite sets for the Russian work was experimental and presaged the  trend toward modernism that flourished between the wars.

Special Collections  PQ2625.A5 I52 1911 

Western North Carolina and Appalachian Region
Travel and Tourism Booklets,
Reports, Speeches, Brochures, Postcards and Postcard Folios
A growing body of material covering many of western North Carolina and the region's most scenic points of interest and unique materials related to politics, social services, tourism, environment, architecture, and more.

Altapass Inn

A postcard describing the amenities of the Inn.

Special Collections: F264.A4 A48 1912 

Altapass Inn Reporter (1915)
 

A tri-fold newsletter produced for guests and other tourists. Includes names of guests, menu, temperature chart, and details on recreation activities at the Inn.

Asheville Horse Show Association

"Seventh Annual Horse Show - April 20-21, 1909"

An official program booklet published on behalf of Riverside Park's annual horse show. 

Includes: Names of Officers, Directors and Judges; Event Programs for Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st April 1909; an explanation of horse Class Specification; list of Riders and allocated parking spaces.

Special Collections: F264.A8 A78 1935

Asheville in "The Land of the Sky"

Brochure produced by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce in the 1920's (1927 ?) detailing the important tourist attractions of the city and surrounding region.
 

Battery Park Hotel (late 1800's)

Written by E.P. McKissick, the hotel manager, the 12 page booklet describes the hotel in detail. Photographs of the interior and exterior of the hotel.

Special Collections: F264.A8 M355 

A 28 page booklet that describes four hotels: Fairfield Inn, Sapphire, N.C. ; The Lodge, Sapphire ;N.C. ; Sapphire Inn, Sapphire, N.C. ; The Franklin, Brevard, N.C. during the summer season of 1901. Photographs by R. Henry Scadin.

Special Collections F262.A18 B43 1902   

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Beverly Hills (n.d,)  a beautifully illustrated booklet published by Inland Press and used to promote the residential suburb of "Beverly Hills" in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Souvenir of the Bon Marche, Paris (c.1886)
 

A promotional booklet for the Bon Marche department store in Paris, France which was used for reference in the creation of the  Asheville, N.C. Bon Marche department store, created and owned by the Lipinsky family.
 

The Breaker [The Snyder Outdoor School for Boys] (1920)
 

The 70 page soft-cover annual is a compilation by students, about instructors, outings, events, and information on the school. The anecdotal stories capture the life of the school and the boy's aspirations and personalities. Young men from throughout the United States attended the school.  

Special Collections  E99.C55 1957

Brief History of Macon County  (1891)
 

A small 17 page booklet containing a brief history of Macon County, by Dr. C. D. Smith, Franklin North Carolina Press Print, 1891.
 

An 80 page booklet of poems by I.J. Brittain and others. Many poems detail life during the War Between the States. Described by some as "bad poetry" the work of Brittain had a good audience, thought the topics often characterized the more somber moments in life.

A 5 page booklet that resolves to administer the county budget in a responsible manner. Produced by Edgar Lyda, Buncombe County Commissioner.

Catalogue of the Bingham School (1903)
 

Official catalog of the Bingham Military School covering the 110th school year from September 3, 1903 to May 26, 1904. The school was established in 1793. The catalog includes photos of the students from various classes, photos, descriptions, and maps of the school grounds, and numerous essays detailing the benefits of a Bingham education.
 

Special Collections  E99.C55 1957

Chimney Rock Postcard Folio
 

20 cards in folio format with scenes from the Chimney Rock area, many taken by Plateau Studio owner, Herbert Pelton..
 

Community Life in Western North Carolina (early 1900's)

A beautiful 40 page booklet published by the Southern Railway Company detailing tourist attractions in western North Carolina. Contains photographs by noted regional photographer Herbert W. Pelton and descriptions of many well-known landmarks in the area at the turn of the century. 

Special Collections F217.A65 S68 1914   

Dedicating Buncombe County's Court House  (1928)
 

A 16 page dedication program provided to the public when the Buncombe County Court House was opened in 1928. Includes a brief history of Buncombe County by F.A. Sondley when the corner-stone for the building was laid November 7, 1927.

Is part of the Edgar Lyda Collection

Dedication of the City Building Asheville NC  (1928)
 

Dedication program of the City Building of Asheville, NC. Exercises March 19th, 1928. Includes information on the Contractors, the architect, Douglas Ellington, a brief history of Asheville, pictures of the leaders in the two administrations under which the City Hall was built, and a roster of City Commissioners from 1849 (prepared by Gallatin Roberts).

Special Collections F264.A8 D43 1928 

Is part of the Edgar Lyda Collection

Directory of the Public Schools of Buncombe County, NC, 1928-29
 

A small 30 page booklet listing schools in Buncombe County in 1928-29 and the administration and teachers associated with the schools.
 

Directory of Social Resources of Asheville and Buncombe County  (1947)
 

A 39 page booklet produced by the Social Work Executives of Buncombe County, Community Chest Councils, and the Welfare Planning Council which details the various city services and programs in 1947. Basically serves as an index to services in the region for that year.
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"E.L.R." [Emma Lydia Rankin Memoirs], 1863-65

A collection of memorial testimonies for Emma Lydia Rankin, principal of the Kirkwood Home School for Girls in Lenoir and an account of her harrowing adventures at the close of the Civil War.

Is part of: Julia and Richard Richards Collection [M2006.]

written and edited by Grady Jefferys; designed by John Gilbert, Asheville, N. C. : Asheville Chamber of Commerce, [196?]
A day-by-day four day tour of western North Carolina.

Special Collections F264.A8 J4 

"Authentic information" gathered to support investment in education in the Southern Mountains.  Intended to encourage changes in the social conditions of the underrepresented area and to supply researchers with substantive information on the education, economic, and social conditions of the area.

Virtual copy only. Original held by Pine Mountain Settlement School Archive, Pine Mountain, Kentucky.  FULL TEXT

Description of the Tour of the North Carolina Teachers, During the Summer of 1889.  Presenting impressions of Scotland, England, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Paris.
 

Flowering Trees and Shrubs : Biltmore Nursery, Biltmore, North Carolina (1909).
 

A 63 page catalogue that contains descriptions and illustrations (from photographs) of the trees, shrubs, flowers found on the Biltmore Estate in 1909, that may be perused and ordered by interested persons. Contains index.

Special Collections: SB453.B1 F56 1909  [New facsimile edition available from Biltmore Estate.]

Sharp, Cecil and Charles H. Farnsworth.  Folk Songs, Chanteys, and Singing Games. n.d. [c. 1920's]

A small booklet containing lyrics of mountain ballads, chanteys, and singing games gathered in Harlan County, Kentucky and printed by the Pine Mountain Settlement School press. [Reproduced with permission of PMSS]  FULL TEXT

Virtual copy only. Original held by Pine Mountain Settlement School, KY.

Virtual copy only. Original held by Pine Mountain Settlement School, KY.

A paper read before the Pen and Plate Club, Asheville, N.C., 1906, signed by Parker. Iincludes a letter to readers of the small pamphlet from Parker.

Special Collections GR110.N8 P3 1906 

Addresses made at the Tenth Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Forestry Association in Asheville, N.C. June 9-10, 1920.

Special Collections: SD144.N8 F6475 1920 

Four Years in Review [Asheville 1923 - 1927] (1927)
 

A small booklet created by Mayor John H. Cathey that describes the strides forward of the city under his leadership. Is part of Biltmore Industries Archive.  See "Politics

Virtual copy only.

General Building Products Company
 

Part of Christopher Blake Collection M2003.11.1

Small 16 page booklet, describing the building work for a house in the Biltmore Forest, specifically 19 Busbee Road.

Pamphlet produced by M.V. Richards, Land and Industrial Agent, Southern Railway. FULL TEXT

Special Collections:  TN413.A5 G65 1897 

Part of the Congregation Beth Ha Tephila collection at UNCA and prepared for the fiftieth anniversary of the Congregation in Asheville, NC in 1941. This 36 page booklet contains and anniversary message from the Rabbi, a history of the Congregation, a program for the fiftieth anniversary Sabbath Service and the Banquet, a look to the future of the Congregation,  and a list of membership in 1941.FULL TEXT

Is part of: Beth Ha Tephila Congregation (Asheville, NC) 1891-  [M79.13.1-5 ; P79.13.1 ; OS79.13.1]

A 13 page document with one pasted errata slip. Disbound and loosened. Contains list of participants at the convention and their churches. Also includes notes on 'Colored' members. Refers to the practice of "speaking in tongues." FULL TEXT

Special Collections BX6248.N8 G74 1859 

Grove Park Inn Postcard Folio (after 1917)
 

A holding within the extensive LeCompte Postcard collection at UNCA. this folio contains multiple views of the Grove Park Inn not long after its opening in 1913. FULL TEXT
 

Grove Park Inn Finest Resort in the World ... (after 1917)
 

A 15 page promotional brochure for the Grove Park Inn prepared by Fred Loring Seely and containing information about the Inn, its context, the city of Asheville and other related information about western North Carolina. One of the most informative booklets on the hotel, written by its designer and builder. FULL TEXT
 

Grove Park Inn - "In the Land of the Sky" (after 1917)

An 18 page pictorial guide to the Inn and to the region's scenic locations. Prepared for tourism and travel probably after 1917.  FULL TEXT
 

Heavy Freight Rates:  How the Southern Railway Discriminates Against Us, (early 1900's)

A one page political flyer folded into four pages that argues that the excessive freight rates demonstrate the need for a competing road in western North Carolina. The flyer is of  unknown origin and date, but most likely dates from the early 1900's..FULL TEXT

Is part of the Frank Coxe Collection

Home Dyeing With Natural Dyes by Margaret S. Furry, Assistant Textile Chemist, and Bess M. Viemont, Assistant Textile Specialist, Division of Textiles and Clothing, Bureau of Home Economics.

A small booklet published by the Department of Agriculture, GPO Printing Office that describes and provides recipes for various natural dyes that may be used for coloring textiles. [Virtual copy. Reproduced with permission from Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY.]  FULL TEXT

[Illustrated Guide Book of  North Carolina Mountains ], author unknown, (early 1900's)

Small 83 page booklet, describing travel in western North Carolina at the end of the 1880's. Booklet includes small hand-tipped original photographs of western North Carolina. Cover and frontispiece are missing and author is unidentified. Date is approximate.  FULL TEXT
 

The Indian Path in Buncombe County, by Dr. Gail [Gaillard] Tennent (1940's ?, privately printed.)

A short narrative by Dr. Tennent of the Indian trails found in Buncombe County, North Carolina,  and the history accompanying many of the trails. Contains a rare map of the conjectured paths, prepared for the publication. FULL TEXT
 

A 16 page  account of a Cherokee sentinel's death during the French and Indian War and the events that led to his curse on the site where he met his death from a poisoned stream.  FULL TEXT

Special Collections  E99.C5 S6x 

The Land of the Sky (1920's)

A 28 page booklet produced by the Passenger Department of Southern Railway as tourism promotional material. The booklet is available in digital format only. Original copy retained by owner. FULL TEXT

Special Collections  F261 .G7x

The Land of the Sky: An Idyl  (1892?)

A 22 page booklet featuring a single poem by Winstanley (pseudonym of Thaddeus Coleman) and "inscribed respectfully" to Christian Reid. FULL TEXT
 

An un-paginated promotional booklet for rail travel in scenic western North Carolina. Contains photographs of key monuments, events, and life in the first decade of the twentieth century. FULL TEXT

Special Collections  TN834.U5 N31 1925 

Special Collections:  F264.A8 P92 1895 

A seventy-eight page book promoting the beauty, comfort and luxury of Western North Carolina. FULL TEXT

Live and Invest in the Land of the Sky (1920's)

A 44 page promotional booklet for real estate interests in Asheville and environs. Includes descriptions of many planned communities in the region. Grouped by real estate company, some information is included regarding the companies. FULL TEXT
 

The Manor (after 1913 ?)

A small 16 page booklet, describing The Manor at Albermarle Park, and the surrounding Asheville area. It has tourists or potential residents as its target audience. One section warns tuberculin patients that they need not apply as they are excluded from the hotel. FULL TEXT
 

Manual of Guard Duty (1902)

A 97 page manual for United States Army soldiers detailing various aspects of guard duty, including rosters, detachments and commanding officers.  FULL TEXT

Contribution made by David Sobie, former student at UNCA and Special Collections Assistant.

Medicine in Buncombe County Down to 1885; Historical and Biographical Sketches by Gaillard Tennent, M.D. (n.d.)

A brief 28 page booklet detailing medical practice in Buncombe County from the late 1700's to 1885 and the lives of the physicians who practiced in the county. FULL TEXT

Is part of the William R. Walls, Jr., Collection M80.2.1 

Memorial of the Cherokee Indians Residing in North Carolina: Praying The payment of their claims, agreeably to the 8th and 12th articles of the treaty of 1835, June 25, 1846

A small 24 page booklet printed at the request of Mr. [?] Haywood and directed by the Committee of Indian Affairs to be distributed to the public in 1846. FULL TEXT

Special Collections: E99.C5 C47 1846 

Merriwether and McCornack's New Battery Park Hotel (1915?)

A 97 page booklet promoting the new hotel and golf at surrounding courses, including the newly opened Grove Park Inn golf-course.  FULL TEXT

Is part of the Frank Cox Collection

A Motor Trip Veritably to Nature's Heart in "The Land of the Sky" (1920's?)

A Motor Trip Veritably to Nature's Heart in "The Land of the Sky" was prepared as a guide to Asheville and vicinity by the Southern Railway System. It is a flyer with text and images arranged in quarto fold. FULL TEXT

A Natural History of Pearson's Falls and Some of Its Human Associations

A small booklet printed by and for the Garden Club of Tryon, North Carolina to benefit the upkeep and protection of the wild life preserve in which the glen of Pearson's Falls is located. 

Contents include history of the discovery, exploration, and protection of the glen; accounts of the flora, bacteria and slime-moulds, fauna, and soils and rocks; a catalogue of ferns and seed plants at the Falls and in the Peaks above; and photographs of the Falls and several examples of the area's flora.

A 20-page booklet produced by Chimney Rock Mountains Inc. as tourism promotional material and investment purposes.

Is part of the Herbert D. Miles Collection, 1912-1958 [M2007.09.01]

The Occurrence of Rutile in the Titaniferous Magnetites of Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee, in The Magnetic Iron Ores of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina, by W.S. Bayley, (1923)   FULL TEXT

Special Collections  QE165 .A2 1923 

"Overlook" Asheville, North Carolina (1940's ?)

Small, un-paginated, eleven page booklet, describing "Overlook," Fred Seely's private residence on Sunset Mountain. Prepared for the sale of the property by Roy E. Burton, Realtor, in the mid 1940's. Contains text about the home and images of both exterior and interior. FULL TEXT
 

Picturesque Blue Ridge (1920s?)               

A 16 page pictorial guide to the region's scenic locations. Prepared for tourism and travel. FULL TEXT

Pisgah National Game Preserve  (1921)

Small eleven page pamphlet containing regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture governing hunting, fishing, and camping on the Pisgah National Game Preserve, North Carolina, together with instructions for applying the regulations and information intended to aid the public in making proper use of the preserve. FULL TEXT

Program of Exercises for North Carolina Day, Friday, December 17, 1909, by R.D.W. Connor.

Prepared by Dr. Connor for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Raleigh, N.C. This 68 page booklet "sets forth the principal historic events connected with the mountainous section of North Carolina."  FULL TEXT

Special Collections LB3541.N8 C666 1909

Special Collections SD11 .A2 no. 60   

Rogers' Asheville (1890's)

Created in the1890's, Roger's Asheville was prepared as a guide to Asheville and vicinity. It is a 26 page book with text and images arranged much like a photograph album. Pages are stiff card stock and brittle in most copies. FULL TEXT

Special Collections F264.A8 R7 

"The Land of the Sky" - "America's Beauty Spot,"  Picturesque Western North Carolina. Published by the Southern Post Card Co., Asheville, N.C.  FULL TEXT

Special Collections F261 .S69 

FULL TEXT

Special Collections:  F262.A16 S68 1922   

The Southern Tourist - April 1924, Volume V, Issue 4

This 29 page periodical was published by the Diversion Publishing Company, Inc. in Asheville, NC. in the 20's.  The publication outlines tourist activities in the south and contains many accounts and photographs of local monuments and people.

Additional issues of this short-lived periodical are desired. If you have copies you wish to donate we would be most grateful. FULL TEXT

Special Collections:  G155.U6 S68 1924

Souvenir Folder of Asheville, North Carolina, "In the 'Land of the Sky'" ( from the Stafford and Wingate Anders Collection.)

Surrogate images scanned from a souvenir folder (25 images) of Asheville produced by the Asheville Post Card Company and dating from the 1930's [?]. Original souvenir folder retained by the owner. FULL TEXT

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An early booklet written as a souvenir of travels to Asheville and environs. Contains 103 pages of descriptions and photographs of Asheville' public buildings, hotels, businesses, scenery, and environment.  FULL TEXT

Special Collections F264.A8 S2 1892   

Stone, Wilmer Viner and H.E. Viner. The Katherine Pettit Book of Vegetable Dyes.
 

A small booklet that instructs on the many natural dyes that can be used for coloring wool, flax, cotton and other fibers.  Created by Wilmer Stone and named for the founder of Pine Mountain Settlement School, Harlan County, KY. Stone was a worker at the school. FULL TEXT

Virtual copy only. Original held by Pine Mountain Settlement School, KY. [Reproduced with permission.]

Suggestions for Burning Fuel Economically and Smokelessly in Small Domestic Furnaces and Boilers, City of Asheville, NC. (1891)

A booklet promoting the use of gas burning furnaces. Produced by the city of Asheville.  FULL TEXT

The Sunny South :  drawings by E.H. Suydam (1924)

A 34 page booklet containing images and captions describing places and scenery throughout the South drawn by E.H. Sudyam for  the Southern Railway System, the sections on Asheville and Mt. Mitchell are beautifully drawn. FULL TEXT

Special Collections F215 .S95 1924   

Twenty-Five Years of Engineering in Western North Carolina

Charles Edward Waddell was the first President of the American Association of Civil Engineers, North Carolina Section and this small pamphlet is a record of the many projects that Waddell's company engaged in in western North Carolina. The facilities engineered by Charles E. Waddell & Company from 1902-1927 in Western North Carolina, are mainly in and near Asheville, NC.  This pamphlet contain a brief description of each job and supplemental photographs of the individual projects.  FULL TEXT

Is part of the Edgar Lyda Collection

Is part of the Edgar Lyda Collection

Western North Carolina "A State Within A State" [1933?]

Booklet produced by the Asheville Citizen-Times to celebrate the economic and social progress of the eighteen counties of western North Carolina. "A State Within A State" refers to the Economic State within a Prosperous State. The booklet contains statistical data and information the counties in the western part of the state. The population, literacy, automobiles, agriculture, income tax, and miscellaneous information is given for each county. A description of the Asheville Times and the Asheville Citizen and of the WWNC Radio Station is also included. FULL TEXT

(Reproduced with permission, ACT)

"North Carolina Railroad Company - Doc No. 18" (1858-1859)

Special Collections  F261 .W4 1880   

A small folded brochure presented by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, Asheville, NC. Includes sports and motoring information, a map of the region (as of August 1925), cultural activities, churches, and "two dozen Mountain Motor Trips Around Asheville."

[Brochure] A small brochure promoting the real estate and travel and tourism highlights along the route of the Southern Railway. FULL TEXT

Special Collections  F215 .W56 1900 

Special Collections F262.B94 W3 1911   

Is part of the Sharon Fahrer Collection.

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