D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections


WEB EXHIBITS
The Web exhibits listed below take many forms. They include exhibits based on material in Special Collections, personal interests, professional activities, travel, and more. They 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 is intended to reflect the academic or personal interests of those who created the exhibits. Contributions are by faculty, staff, students, and community and more contributions are invited. For other collaborative exhibits see Heritage of Western North Carolina.

	SPECULATION LANDS COLLECTION A comprehensive web site and web exhibit 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.
	EAST COAST PIEDMONT BLUES http://toto.lib.unca.edu/sounds/piedmontblues/Default.htm Bio-bibliography and research guide on blues musicians from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and surrounding region compiled by students enrolled in the Liberal Studies Introductory Colloquia, "The Art of the Blues" (Fall 2005) and "Jazz and Blues in American Culture" (Fall 2003). Project Advisor is Bryan Sinclair.

	NORTH CAROLINA JAZZ MUSICIANS http://toto.lib.unca.edu/sounds/ncjazz.html Bio-bibliography and research guide on jazz musicians from the Tar Heel State. Included are major 20^th century jazz figures (John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Nina Simone), forgotten sidemen, unknown early musicians and band leaders, contemporary recording artists, and jazz educators. Portions of this guide were originally published in the Fall-Winter 2001 issue of North Carolina Libraries.

	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 independent researchers, 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."

	ASHEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT A brief history of the Fire Department in Asheville, NC, described by Barbara Berry, an employee of the department and a student at Asheville-Buncomb County Technical College. Early photographs of the department are derived from the Ramsey Library Special Collections.

	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. The program is derived from reading of Willa Cather's My Antonia and is informed by current discussion of immigration issues.

	WRITERS & MOUNTAINS An exhibit prepared for the Encore program at NC State University that came to UNC Asheville in the winter of 2007. The exhibit builds on information gathered by D.H. Ramsey Library in 1982 and that focused on Southern Appalachian Writers. Through an exploration of space and place, this new exhibit looks at the relationship of the Southern Appalachian mountain geography to the writing process.

	PEOPLE TO PEOPLE INTERNATIONAL - COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIANS PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION TO RUSSIA NOVEMBER 9-18, 2007 The exhibit documents the travel of the CRL Delegation to Moscow and St. Petersburg and their meetings with key Russian libraries.

	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, an important civic leader in Asheville, NC and the builder of the Grove Park Inn and the craft industries called Biltmore Industries. The coverage is from the turn of the century through the years just following WWI.

	BILTMORE INDUSTRIES ARCHIVE EXHIBIT & HISTORY An exploration of the many people, documents and letters associated with the Biltmore Industries, Inc., a large hand-weaving industry located in Asheville, North Carolina.

	BILTMORE INDUSTRIES: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW An historical overview of Biltmore Industry in Asheville, North Carolina and the events leading to its creation and its eventual closure. Biltmore Industries, Inc. was one of the most important craft industries in the Southern Appalachians and richly documents the rise and decline of handicraft in the region as industrialization pushed hand-craft to its economic limits.

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