Grove Park Inn Brochure

University of North Carolina at Asheville D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections/University Archives Book register for: Grove Park Inn Finest Resort Hotel in the World ... [Brochure]
"Grove Park Inn Brochure " [cover] D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNC at Asheville 28804
Title	Grove Park Inn Finest Resort in the World ... [Brochure]
Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/books/booklets/
Creator
Subject Keyword	Fred Seely ; Grove Park Inn ; organs ; music ; hotels ; Biltmore Industries ; Biltmore Forest Country Club ; dining ; E.W. Grove ; Asheville, NC ; Sunset Mountain ; wood carving ; organ ;
Subject LCSH	Grove Park Inn (Asheville, N.C.) Asheville (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works Asheville (N.C.) -- Architecture North Carolina -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works Asheville (N.C.) -- Description and travel
Date	Date of electronic publication: 2004-04-22
Publisher	Digital publisher: Special Collections D.H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Contributor	Fred Loring Seely
Type	Source type: Photographs ; Text
Format	image/jpeg/text
Source	Special Collections
Language	EN=English
Relation	E.M. Ball Photographic Collection, UNCA ; Documenting the American South, Chapel Hill: Asheville -- the Ideal Autumn and Winter Resort City: Electronic Edition. Washington: Southern Railway (U.S.) Passenger Traffic Dept., 1900?. Documenting the American South, UNC Chapel Hill: Autumn and Winter in the Land of the Sky: Electronic Edition. Washington: Southern Railway (U.S.) Passenger Traffic Dept., 1915? ; LeCompte Postcard Collection, UNCA; Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa - Welcome ; Grove Park Inn Finest Resort in the World, UNCA ; Grove Park Inn - "In the Land of the Sky" (after 1917) , UNCA ; .Biltmore Industries, UNCA ;
Coverage	1930's [?] ; Asheville, NC
Rights	Any display, publication or public use must credit D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor	n/a
Description	A 15 page promotional brochure for the Grove Park Inn prepared by Fred Loring Seely and containing information about the Inn, its context, the city of Asheville and other related information about western North Carolina.
Acquisition	2003
Citation
Processed by	Special Collections staff, 2004
Last update	2004-04-14

Grove Park Inn Brochure	Page no.	Description	Thumbnail
	Cover	[Cover] "Grove Park Inn, Finest Resort in the World, Sunset Mountain, Asheville, N.C. Absolutely Fireproof. Open all the Year. The Altitude Makes it Cool in Summer." [Note at bottom of cover]: "We do not entertain conventions. We have found that they disturb the homelike atmosphere of the Inn and interfere with the comfort of guests."
	page 1	Image of two great fireplaces in the lobby and text describing the resort.
	page 2	Table and text illustrating that Asheville has the ideal climate.
	page 3	Text describing the ideal lighting, heating and furnishing arrangements.
	page 4	Text describing the excellent food, plumbing and refrigeration at Grove Park.
	page 5	Text describing the cleanliness and bedding arrangements.
	page 6	Description of the "Big Room" and picture "View of the Dining Rooms."
	page 7-8	Homespun Shops, home of hand-weaving industry. [Image is cropped] Text under image reads: "The Homespun Shops in the grounds at Grove Park Inn. This is by far the largest hand-weaving industry in the world. It is owned by Mr. Seely, who built and operates Grove Park Inn. Be sure to visit the Shops when you are at the Inn. They are very interesting and you will be shown through by a guide."
	page 9	Continues description of the lobby of the Grove Park Inn. Picture of Biltmore Forest Country Club, completed in 1922 at an outlay of nearly half-million dollars. "The last word in Donald Ross' skill."
	page 10	Picture of Ray and Vardon playing on the links of the Asheville Country Club. Description of the organ and the large fireplaces.
	page 11	Text describing the space of the hotel and its unique qualities.
	page 12	Continued description of the Inn as well as it's unique structure. Note that "Persons with any sort of tubercular trouble will not be admitted to the Inn." Note that liquors are not served because they are prohibited by law.
	page 13	Homespun and wood carving.
	page 14	Further description of the hotel. Discusses the excellent Grove Park Inn golf course.
	page 15	Mr. M. Skinner of Boston the "Steinway of organ builders" and the organ tuner of Grove Park's superb organs. Information prepared by Fred Seely.
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