D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections and University Archives

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PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS


The photographic collections of  Special Collections & University Archives number some 20,000 items, including prints and negatives. 

A growing alphabetical list of photographers who either photographed extensively in western North Carolina or who lived and worked in the western part of the state may be viewed via the Photographers page of the Western North Carolina Heritage web site. 

The following collections are held at UNCA and represent many of the finest photographic images of the western North Carolina region. Many of these collections have accompanying manuscript materials. See Manuscripts or the link that accompany the photographic materials. 

  Required for viewing some photographic collections.

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  • Stafford and Wingate L. Anders Collection  
    Small digital collection of postcards of Asheville and photographs related to Exum Clement, mother of Stafford Anders and first woman legislator in North Carolina. (3 items, 26 images)

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  • Asheville Area Photographic Collection
    Photographic survey of Asheville, NC, sponsored by the Southern Highlands Research Center in 1976. Photographs by Charles McLarty and Jefferson Davis.

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  • Austin-Brooks Collection
    Papers and photographs of logging operations of the Ritter Lumber Company and life in the Hazel Creek area of Swain County, North Carolina, taken between 1914 and the mid-1920's.

  • E.M. Ball Collection
    Asheville and western North Carolina from 1919-1969. Collection is comprised largely of urban architectural photographs and people and events in Asheville. Also included are early images of rural life in the region. [Large file] See also Asheville's Built Environment which allows close zooms of many of the images.

  • Jody Barber Collection
    Views of Hendersonville, NC and surrounding area,  taken by members of the Barber family from 1884 until the 1930's.

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  • Frank Coxe Papers, banker and past Executive Director of the Asheville Industrial Council and descendent of Tench Coxe. Approximately 140 photographs of Asheville, Green River area, and family members.

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  • East Riverside  Photographs, Asheville, NCa collection of turn-of-the-century and later photographs of residents of the East Riverside area.  Most are unidentified and identification is invited.
 
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  • Grove Park Inn Photographs, a virtual collection of early images of the construction and development of the Inn. Originals are retained by the Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa, Inc. and any publication must seek permission from the GPI.  The images describe the construction techniques, materials of construction,  and landscaping processes of the large resort hotel.

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  • Hugh Hester Photographs
    Small collection of photographs of Hester, a military General, political activist and writer, and his family. 
 

  • Neal Hinegardner Collection
    Small collection of propaganda photographs taken by Jakob Tiefenthaler [?], photographer for the German Third Reich just prior to WWII. The collection includes photographs of Hitler, Himmler, Göring, Goebbels, and additional government, party and military leaders, reviews of troops and other promotional views of official ceremonies. Hinegardner knew and worked with Tiefenthaler who was employed by the US Armed forces following the war.
 

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  • Holladay Collection of John B. Robinson Photographs, a large collection of photographs from the turn of the century to the late 1930's. Includes Asheville, Marshall, Chimney Rock, and other regional sites as well as scenes from Washington, D.C. at the turn of the century. Important individuals who lived and traveled in western North Carolina are also captures, such as William Jennings Bryan and others.  Vacation travel in New Jersey, Florida and the North Carolina and South Carolina coast are documented.
 
 
  • Joi Holloway Photographs
    Small collection of 33 photographic slides of the exterior and interior architecture of St John in the Wilderness Church, Flat Rock, NC,  and 21 architectural slides of the exterior and interior of St. James Church of Hendersonville. Slides were taken March 27 and 29, 1996.

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  • William T. Kirkman Photograph Collection, 1923-2000
    Approximately 4,000 images taken while Kirkman was member of the Carolina Mountain Club, an Asheville area hiking club established in 1931, and associated images of western North Carolina. Kirkman, a 50-year member of the Club, was  also active in other local environmental affairs. Collection contains some supplementary materials about the Carolina Mountain Club. [in process]

  • Ku Klux Klan Rally, Memphis, Tennessee, (January 17, 1998) [P2008.09.1]  A small body of photographs and videos, photographed by ADL members as part of their watch on hate groups. in the US.
 

  • L.C. LeCompte Postcard Collection (1910-1977)
    A collection of photographs of western North Carolina and other southern states produced by the Asheville Postcard Company, dating back to 1910 when the company was founded.  [Large file] 
 

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  • William Patrick Mungo Photographic Collection
    A virtual collection of photographs and postcard photographs taken and collected by Mungo during his tour of military duty from Hawaii to the Philippines within the years of 1939 and 1940 as part of  the 31st U.S Infantry, Company H.  Originals retained by the family of William Patrick Mungo. 
 

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  • National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC
    An historical overview of the National Climatic Data Center located in Asheville, NC. Formerly located in the Grove Arcade building in Asheville, the center is now located in the Federal Building. This collection of photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence, gathered by those who worked at the Center, traces the development of the Center and visually documents its location in the Grove Arcade building and its move to the new location. The collection also contains information on the staff of the National Climatic Data Center and the activity of the Center over its life-span. The collection is in virtual form only. The digital surrogates of the original materials were donated to Special Collections for distribution to the public.

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  • Hans Curt Pfalzgraf Collection 
    Large format photographic prints of various scenes of Western North Carolina  photographed by Pflazgraf in the 1940's. (34 items)

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  • D.H. Ramsey Photographic Collection
    Photographs of D.H. Ramsey and family. One photo album of family photographs and travel photographs. D.H. Ramsey Library is named for this long-time supporter of education and civic action.

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  • Helen Rice Collection
    Photographs of Sayles Bleacheries, Asheville, NC construction and operation. Access restricted until after publication of Rice's history of Sayles Bleacheries, Asheville operation:
    Greige Bales and Village Tales: History, Photographs, Contacts and Personal Stories Written by Sayles Employees and Villagers  
    by Helen Jones Rice
    Northside Graphics & Printing Co.;1st edition (January 2007). ISBN-10:1427607443
    See also: http://www.rihs.org/mssinv/Mss006sg28.htm Rhode Island Historical Society for a history of the bleacheries and the History of Dan River Mills,  [Smith, Robert Sidney, 1904- , Mill on the Dan; a history of Dan River Mills, 1882-1950, Durham, N.C., Duke University Press, 1960].
 

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  • Ora Rives Collection
    Digital copies of a travel journal and photographs of a 1905 vacation in western North Carolina. Includes Highlands, Sapphire, Cedar Mt., Cashiers and other locations.

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  • R. Henry Scadin Collection
    Approximately 2500 photographs that document rural life in western North Carolina from the late 1890's to 1924 and diaries from 1885-1923 that contain photographic sojourns of the photographer and family and many notes on photographic processes and materials . Also included are photographs taken in Vermont, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, and other states, account books of the photographers activity, and other miscellaneous materials.
 
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  • U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station Collections
    This collection of 3,249 photographic prints documents the work of the U.S. Forest service in Region Eight, comprising forests in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee, from 1897 through 1952. Also included are research and logging operations in western North Carolina.
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