Web Exhibits - UNC Asheville

D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections
WEB EXHIBITS
Web exhibits may take many forms. They include exhibits based on material in Special Collections, personal interests, professional activities, and more. They may also include collections of items, such as photographs, objects, or multi-media, or art. This material is not necessarily intended to reflect an aesthetic or cultural preference, but may reflect the academic or personal interests of those who created the exhibit. Contributions are by faculty, staff, students, and community.
	GREEK AND RUSSIAN ORTHODOX COMMUNITIES, ASHEVILLE, NC A Public History class project that explores two diverse communities in Asheville, North Carolina through interviews, photographs, documents, food, and religious practice. Spring 2008

	The Family Store: A History of Jewish Businesses in Downtown Asheville, 1880-1990 A virtual exhibit of The Family Store: A History of Jewish Businesses in Downtown Asheville, 1880-1990 , a twelve-station exhibit that was located at sites around downtown Asheville, North Carolina where former Jewish businesses used to thrive. Created by Jan Schocket and Sharon Fahrer, the exhibit "showcases a time when all downtowns were destinations of purpose, providing the items necessary for daily life, from groceries to clothing to restaurants."


	ESTHER OLAVARRIA - IMMIGRATION: LA VERDAD (APRIL 18, 2008, 7:00 UNCA) Program for "The Big Read" - National Endowment for the Arts, and "Together We Read," western North Carolina reads the same book program. Program based on the reading of Willa Cather's My Antonia.

	WRITERS & MOUNTAINS Special exhibit prepared for Encore program from NC State University at UNC Asheville. Is an extension of an exhibit created by D.H. Ramsey Library in 1982, that focused on Southern Appalachian Writers. Through space and place, this exhibit chronologically explores the relationship of geography to the writing process.

	PEOPLE TO PEOPLE INTERNATIONAL - COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIANS PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION TO RUSSIA NOVEMBER 9-18, 2007 Documents the travel of the CRL Delegation to Moscow and St. Petersburg.

	PACK: A NAME THAT WILL ENDURE A historical overview of the life of George W. Pack and the public square in Asheville, North Carolina that bears his name.

	FRED SEELY'S WOMEN A look at entrepreneurship and the women who worked for Fred Seely, the builder of the Grove Park Inn and important civic leader in Asheville, North Carolina just after the turn of the century through WWI.

	BILTMORE INDUSTRIES ARCHIVE EXHIBIT & HISTORY An exploration of the many people, documents and letters associated with the Biltmore Industries, Inc., Asheville, North Carolina.

	BILTMORE INDUSTRIES: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW An historical overview of one of Asheville, North Carolina's most important craft industries.

	SPECULATION LANDS COLLECTION A comprehensive web site that documents the early settlement of western North Carolina and the many legal and ethical issues related to land purchase and exchange that occurred during the period from 1774 - 1923.


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