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	! TO FURTHER REFINE YOUR SEARCH USE THE CUSTOM SEARCH ABOVE. "... it is no less just to remember the other, the other others and the others in oneself, and that the other peoples could say the same thing -- in another way. And that tout autre est tout autre, ... every other is every others other, is altogether other." Jacques Derrida, Archive Fever (1996) Family and Personal Papers comprise one of the largest of the collections in most Archives and Special Collections. UNCA's holdings are no exception. We hold many remembrances that help us to remember who we were and who we are. Family and personal papers come in many formats, letters, diaries, business records, poetry, and other textual formats. It might be argued that the collections of photographic materials from families can tell us as much or more about who these families and individuals were.

		Oral History is a kind of personal papers collection -- in oral form. UNCA Special Collections holds over 300 oral histories. The Dorothy Joynes collection of "Voices of Ashevile" is one of the largest of the collections and one of the most interesting in its attempt to explore attitudinal change over the years in Asheville and the region.
UNCA Special Collections Oral History Collections
H. W. Bellamy Papers (1848-1926), [ ........] poetry and memoir of the Tennessee minister
Aaron Blomberg Family Papers, [M05.5.1] A small collection of photographs related to S.I. Blomberg, son of Aaron Blomberg, owner of The Leader in Asheville.
Louis Blomberg Family Papers, [M04.2.1] Personal papers including correspondence in Yiddish, letters and telegrams of appreciation for community service and information about Asheville businesses. Also includes marriage license and photographs of the family.
W. Vance Brown and Family Collection, [M79.10.1] Photocopies of papers and dairy of John Brown (1772-1845). Also includes information on John Brown, 1772-1845 ; John Evans Brown,1827 -1894 ; Samuel S. Brown ; William J. Brown, 1803-1884 ; William Caleb Brown.
Solon H. Bryan Collection (1914-1938), [M78.2.1] Collected papers of the director of the Piedmont Bureau. Includes 74 photos of Western NC.
Curtis Bynum and Family Papers, [M03.1.1-4] Contains personal papers, business items, newspaper clippings, publications, and photographs from Bynum and family that relate to their Asheville years
Choosing to Remember: From the Shoah to the Mountains, Recollections of the Holocaust by survivors and witnesses in western North Carolina, gathered by the Center for Diversity Education, Asheville.
Otis J. Clontz Collection , [M01.1.1-11] - Collection of photographs, postcards, memorabilia from WWI era.
Pauline Miller Cowan Collection, [M05.31-6 ; MC05.3.1] - Drawings and designs used and created by master Tryon Toy-Makers wood-carver.
Frank Coxe Papers, [M83.3.1-14 ; P83.3.1 ; OS83.3.1] - Banker and past Executive Director of the Asheville Industrial Council and descendent of Tench Coxe
Tench Coxe Collection (1798-1910), [M79.16.1] - Railroad history and land speculation materials. Col. Tench Coxe built the Asheville Battery Park Hotel and was the grandson of the Philadelphian, Tench Coxe, 1755-1824.
Genealogy of the Creasman family
Joseph Dave Family Papers, [M04.12.1] - Dave Steel Company, Inc. and early western NC Jewish business
Francine Delany or Beatrice Francine Mitchell Delany Collection [M93.1] - memorabilia including certificates, awards, letters, photographs and a scrapbook gathered by friends and family of Francine Delany
Jerome Dykeman Papers, [M02.5.1] - Letters, newspaper clippings, related to the creation of the Craggy Gardens recreation area. Ledgers of the Carolina Mountain Club and assorted materials pertaining to environmental issues in western North Carolina.
Genealogy of the Edney Family
Robert J. Godbey Collection, [M03.8.1-5] - Detailed first-hand account and photographs of WWI in France in five journals and two scrapbooks
W.B. Gwyn Collection, [M02.7.1.1-2] - Ledgers of legal correspondence from 1891-1894 involving various prominent Asheville figures
Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection, [M77.10.1-5 ' OS77.10.1-4] - Materials related to African Americans in Western North Carolina, including biographical sketches collected by Lucy Herring
Lucy S. Herring Collection (See also Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection) [M78.3.1]
Thomas Clingman Jarrett Collection, [Vertical file] A virtual collection online and a small set of photocopy records
Frances Johnson Collection, [M05.9.1] - Photographs of Johnson and family, thesis, and miscellaneous papers. Second woman radio engineer in the United States.
S.J. Justice and G.W. Justice Papers & Survey Records, [M03.4.1-5] - Correspondence, maps and plats related to the survey work of Speculation Lands property and associated western North Carolina land.
Michael F. Keleher Papers, [M80.3.1-2] - Asheville City School Board, 1960-1977. Includes correspondence, laws, etc.
Lipinsky Family Collection, [M06.1.1] - Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings related to the family.
George W. McCoy Collection, [M78.1.1, M78.1.2] - Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other material, with a special focus on race relations and integration issues.
Caroline and W.B. McEwen Collection, 1904-1906, [M79.15.1] - Personal narrative of local history around Lake Toxaway and photographs of area
Jean McKissick McNeill (See Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection)
Herbert D. Miles Collection, 1912-1958 [M2007.09.01] A small collection of letters, clippings, booklets, and photographs from the Miles family related to the life and times of Herbert D. Miles, a financier and businessman who moved to Asheville in 1912 from Chicago.
Papers of Irwin Monk (1916-1978), Asheville lawyer
Mary Gudger *Moore* Papers, [M83.2.1] - Western North Carolina in the 19th century
Annie Rives Nicholson Collection, (1913-1950's) [M05.10.1] - Virtual collection], scrapbook representative of the interests and experiences of women during the 1930's and early 1940's
Richmond Pearson Collection, (1852-1923) [M77.3.1 ; OS77.3.1], - A member of the State house of representatives for various terms, United States counsel to Genoa, Italy and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia. In 1907 he served as Minister to Greece and Montenegro. Papers and photographs
Hilliard Penland Collection, [M2001.3.1] - UNCA alumni and decorated veteran of WWII. Collection includes WWII memorabilia.
Louisa B. Pitkin Diary, [M2003.5.1] - A small diary encompassing five years of the life of Pitkin and her travels and life in Tryon, North Carolina.
James William Pless, Sr. Collection, [M2007.3.1] - Pless was a lawyer and former mayor of both Brevard, NC and Marion, NC. Photographs and personal writing and family history is included in the collection.
Ada and Lou Pollock Collection, [M2003.10.1-2] - Asheville Jewish cemetery records, letters of correspondence, and photographs related to western North Carolina's Jewish community.
Julian Price Papers, [M2004.3.1-6] - Asheville philanthropist and civic leader. Letters and documents related to civic initiatives and investments in the Asheville community
George Holcomb Prosser, [M2007.7.1], A collection of poetry written by Prosser in the 1940's when he and his family lived in western North Carolina. Describes camping, work at American Enka Corporation, moonshining and rural life following the Depression years
D. Hiden Ramsey Collection, [M1980.5.1-4 ; P1980.5.1] - Leader in higher education and newspaperman. He is remembered in the naming of the central library at the University of North Carolina Asheville, in honor of the many years he served on the Board of Trustees for the institution. .
Ernest Clifton Rankin Collection, [M2004.8.1-9] - A legal examiner for the United States Department of Justice, we can learn much about the man from his work.
Ora Rives Collection, [virtual collection] - Journal and photographs of family camping trip in western North Carolina in 1905
Samuel *Robinson* Papers, - Optometrist and civic leader in Asheville
Jacob Rosen - "The Chicken Man" - Asheville resident who sold chickens and produce 1920s to WWII
R. Henry Scadin Collection, Diaries, photographs and family albums from 1886-1923;
Schochet Family Collection - Letters, photographs, and memorabilia related to the Schochet Family of Asheville, NC..
Sol Schulman Collection, - Material collected by Jan Schochet and Sharon Fahrer as part of the "History @ Hand Partnership." Documents western North Carolina's Jewish presence.
Schandler Family Collection, Misc. photographs, ephemera, letters, newspaper clippings related to the Schandler family and to Jewish life in western NC
Weimer Siler Collection, - A very small collection of family genealogical papers
Henry Spanner Collection - [M2007.11.01-2 ] - Photographs, Bible and papers related to the Montford district, Asheville, NC family of Henry Spanner
Silas H. Stepp Civil War Letters [M2004.4.1] - Written by Silas Stepp while in the 7th North Carolina Cavalry, to his wife Eleanor, between May 1863 through October 1864.
James Hamilton Tweed Family Collection - Photographs, documents, and other material related to the Tweed family, early settlers in the Cane Creek area of Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Joseph Grayson Waldrop Family Collection - A large family whose origins were in Hendersonville. The family home, "Maple Grove" still serves as a base for the descendents of Joseph Grayson Waldrop, a physician and civic leader in Hendersonville.
William R. *Walls*, Jr. Collection, - Papers include nineteenth century correspondence of the Montreville Weaver family from the Reems Creek/Weaverville area.
Mildred Alexander Baird *White* Collection, - Genealogical materials for Baird and Alexander families
Arval Woody, Chair Maker, - Biographical information, newspaper clippings and photographs of Arval Woody and his workshop in Spruce Pine, North Carolina.
Charlotte *Young* Collection (1878-1985), Teacher and poet of Black Mountain, North Carolina and friend of regional poet Olive Tilford Dargen
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