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| John S. Boyce | Oral History taken January 4, 1993 by Robert Potter for Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection. Boyce discusses the Asheville Unitarian Universalist Church involvement with desegregation in the 1950s and 1960s. It was upon their invitation that Eleanor Roosevelt visited Asheville in 1956. | OH-VOA B69 Jo | ||
| Thelma Caldwell
Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection |
Oral History dated November 18,1992 by Dorothy Joynes for Voices of Asheville, Oral History Collection. In the early 1960's Thelma Caldwell came to Asheville to head the Phyllis Wheatley branch of the Asheville YWCA and became Executive Director of the integrated Asheville YWCA. She was the second black YWCA executive director in the United States, the first in the south. " There was a branch and a Central. My job was to see them come together. We integrated. We were breaking down segregation"
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Jane Craig
c. 1993Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection |
Oral History taken December 2, 1993 by Dorothy Joynes for Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection. Jane was President of the AAUW, and instrumental in starting the first kindergarten in Asheville city schools. Craig describes Asheville during the merger of Central and Phyllis Wheatley YWCAs and the visit by Eleanor Roosevelt. | OH-VOA C73 Ja | ||
| Sarah Scott Glasgow | Oral History taken by Helen Wykle, Assistant Professor,
Special Collections, Ramsey Library on June 11, 2007 and Stephen
McGarity, UNCA on June 28, 2007 for the YWCA of Asheville Centennial.
Glasgow describes her camp experiences, Girl Reserves and growing up with the YWCA. |
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| Lacy and Harriett Haith
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Lacy and Harriett Haith were interviewed by Dorothy
Joynes for Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection on March 24,
1994. Lacy helped to select the French Broad site for the YWCA. Harriett was treasurer of the Phyllis Wheatley branch of the YWCA when Thelma Caldwell became executive director. |
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Lucy Mae Harrison 1994 |
Oral History interview was conducted March 12 &15, 1994 by Dorothy Joynes,
for Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection. Harrison describes her
life-long involvement with the YWCA. She attended programs and camps as
a girl and helped form the YWCA Booster Club in 1976.
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| Allene Sugg Highsmith
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Oral History was taken by Dorothy Jones for Voices of
Asheville Oral History Collection, January 26, 1993. Highsmith worked toward the UNCA accreditation as a 4 year university.
She has been involved in many aspects of the community, from working to
create day care centers for the poor and being active in Head Start and
the YWCA, to serving on the Board of Education.
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| Minnie E. Jones
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Minnie Jones and Mary Williams were interviewed by Dorothy Joynes for Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection on August 2, 1994. Williams attended YWCA MotherLove classes in 1986. | OH-VOA J66 Mi | ||
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Oral History was taken by Dorothy Joynes for Voices of
Asheville Oral History Collection on March 3, 1995. Karpen was on
the Board of the YWCA for 2 years and chaired a long-range planning
committee.
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| Pat Laursen | Oral History taken by Dr. Sarah Judson, Assistant
Professor, History Department, on April 11, 2007 for the YWCA of
Asheville Centennial.
Laursen describes the YWCA of the 1950s. |
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| Marjorie Lockwood
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Oral History taken by Dorothy Joynes for Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection January 22, 1993. Lockwood was chairman of the Public Affairs Committee for the YWCA during the period of integration. | OH-VOA_L65Ma | ||
| Mary Parker
Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection |
Oral History taken by Dorothy Joynes for Voices of
Asheville Oral History Collection. She was born in Asheville, and was raised in her home at 95 Charlotte St., which is also known as the old Patton home. She attended a girls' school, the Grove Park School. She was an active member of the Friends of the Pack Memorial Library, remaining involved with the group for more than 40 years. She discusses her involvement with the YWCA which served self-supporting women of good character.
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Lettie Polite
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Polite was interviewed by Dorothy Joynes for Voices of
Asheville Oral History Collection, September 8, 1994. Polite was
involved with the YWCA - Phyllis Wheatley branch during it's destruction
on College Ave. and the rebuilding on South French Broad.
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| Carolyn Rosenthal
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Rosenthal was interviewed by Sylvia Robin for Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection on September 29, 1992. | OH-VOA_R67Ca | ||
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Florence Ryan Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection |
Interviewed by Dorothy Joynes for Voices of Asheville, Oral History Collection, June 23, 1992. Ryan was a charter member of the United Nations chapter and a lifelong advocate for women's health issues. | OH-VOA R93 Fl | ||
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Phyllis Jones Sherrill |
Date of Interview - March 10, 1993 by Sylvia Robin for Voices of Asheville, Oral History Collection, . Sherrill was known for her work with the Asheville-Buncombe Community Relations Council. In her interview, she remembers working for the YWCA as Assistant Teen Director during the times of integration. | OH-VOA S544Ph | ||
| Shirley and Alfred Whitesides
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Interviewed by Dorothy Joynes for Voices of Asheville, Oral History Collection, September 11, 1994. The Whitesides were very involved with the Civil Rights movement, the YMI and education. They speak of the YWCA and it's services for unwed mothers and lower income women. | OH-VOA_W45_Sh | ||
| Executive Directors - Central and Phyllis Wheatley and YWCA of Asheville | ||||
| 1907-2006 | Central YWCA General Secretary/Director |
1907-1975 |
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| Edith Moorhead Bryant
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Edith Moorhead Bryant was the daughter of Samuel E.
Moorhead, who bequeathed $100,000 to the YWCA to build Moorhead House,
which opened November 21, 1934. Mrs. Bryant served as President of the YWCA in 1925 and again from 1932-1940. She is remembered for initiating Life Membership in the YWCA. The $100. membership endowment funds are retained for "emergency for needed repairs".
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| Mary Jane Kelly | Location of folders
M99 1 .2 .3 |
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| Una May Lindberg | Location of folders
M99 1 .2 .3 |
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| Llewellyn Perry
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Perry was on the Public Affairs Committee from 1959-65. | Location of folders M99 1 .2 .3 |
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 1976Ollie McCool Reynolds |
President of the YWCA 1976 | "We're open to all
comers to serve them in any way we can - and we mean that"
"I think one of the most important things the YWCA has done for the community is make the Y a Woman's Center" Opening the pool was "the most exciting single occurrence. The pool is getting a lot of use from people in the community through its many classes and open dips" |
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| Julie Ray
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M99 1 .2 .3 |
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| Adele Ruffin | First Secretary of Phyllis Wheatley 1922-1935 | http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/YWCA/100_webpage/adela_ruffin.htm | ||
| Ethel White | Location of folders
M99 1 .2 .3 |
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| Academic papers | ||||
| Heather Whisnant April 2006 | Heather M. Whisnant, an awarded student of History and Women's Studies, wrote the paper:
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| S. Michaela Kerns Spring 2006 |
A Century of Change: A Reflection on the Past Hundred Years of YWCA. Activism in the Asheville Community | |||
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