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PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS
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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.
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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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Austin-Brooks
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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.
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- 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.
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Jody Barber
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Views of Hendersonville, NC and surrounding
area, taken by members of the Barber family
from 1884 until the 1930's.
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- Biltmore
Industries Archive
Photographs and albums of images from Biltmore Estate Industries,
Tryon Toy-Makers, and Biltmore Industries.
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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, NC,
a 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.
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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.
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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]
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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.
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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:
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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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