Sally A. Birge Collection
M2018.05
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
- Title
- Sally A. Birge Collection
- ID
- M2018.05
- Date [inclusive]
- 1900-2018
- Extent
- 0.5 Linear feet
- Physical Description
- Contains documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings
- Location
- Located in Special Collections Row 4, Section 1
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation
[Description of item], Sally A. Birge Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville.
Biographical Note
Sally Ann Goodman was born in Asheville on October 2, 1936. The family lived in Asheville for a few years, before relocating to Hickory, NC, and then Sally moved to Knoxville, TN where she attended high school. After her parents separated, Sally and her mother relocated to Le Mars, Iowa where Sally's maternal grandmother owned a small motel. Sally attended Le Mars Community School and Westmar College in Le Mars, as well as the University of South Dakota. When she was eighteen, Sally moved to California, where in 1955 she married John Birge. The couple divorced in 1978.
For a number of years Sally and John operated a fried chicken business, before she turned to real estate, becoming a very successful real estate broker in the Chapman Woods area of Pasadena, California. In 2011, Sally founded Women of the Woods (WOW), an organization that fostered friendship and arranged activities for women in the Chapman Woods community.
After being ill for a number of years, Sally Birge died on January 5, 2017. She bequeathed her estate to UNC Asheville.
Scope and Contents
Contains personal materials of Sally A. Birge (nee Goodman), including family photographs, newspaper clippings and handwritten notes covering obituaries and biographies, and personal documents such as her passport and birth certificate.
The clippings are primarily articles about members of Sally Birge's family. These include her father Harris Finley Goodman who, for many years operated the Cheese Market in Knoxville, TN.
Also included in the collection are papers recording the Civil War memories of her paternal great-grandfather Alfred Finley Goodman, and handwritten obituaries and biographies for members of the Houck family, who were related to Sally Birge's paternal grandmother.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Ramsey Library, CPO # 1500One University Heights
Asheville, North Carolina, 28804-8504
828.251.6645
speccoll@unca.edu
Rights
No restrictions. Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Custodial History
Received from the Sally A. Birge Trust, via University Advancement, as part of a larger donation to UNC Asheville
Creator
Sally A. Birge
Processing Information
Processed by Colin Reeve, July 2018
Digital Access to Photographs
Digital copies of selected photographs can be viewed online in the Sally A. Birge Collection, part of the Western North Carolina Heritage website.
Collection Inventory
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Folder 1: Sally A. Birge Personal Documents |
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Includes birth certificate, birth registration, passport, 1954 University of South Dakota - Vermilion school record, Sally Birge informal photographs [birge 50-54], and portraits [birge 55-58] |
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Folder 2: Photographs |
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Although one subject is identified as "Jack", most are unidentified, including some from the early 20th century [birge 1-10] |
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Folder 3: Photographs |
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Most likely family photographs from 1950s/60s [birge 11-14] |
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Folder 4: Photographs |
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4 portraits of 3 women and 1 man, two of which were taken in NC and a family group likely taken in China Grove, NC in the early 20th century [birge 12-16] |
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Folder 5: Photographs |
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Primarily of people, likely family, dating from the 1950s to 1970s, although are older [birge 20-39] |
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Folder 6: Framed Photograph |
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Small photograph of a young girl |
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Folder 7: News Clippings |
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Includes articles about Mr. & Mrs. Goodman of the Cheese Market, Sam McCorkle, and support of orphans in Japan |
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Folder 8: Personal Documents |
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Includes doll design by Sally Ann from 1947, poem dedicated to John F. Goodman, certificates, postcard, and correspondence |
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Folder 9: J. G. Varner Letter |
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Letter from Varner, Pastor from Mt. Pleasant, Texas to "John", dated January 5, 1910 |
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Folder 10: Obituaries/Biographies |
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Subjects include several members of the Houck family. Handwritten and removed from binder. |
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Folder 11: Photographs |
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Two portraits from early 20th century, and photographs of houses and buildings, probably from 1950s/60s |
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Folder 12: Photographs |
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Photo of man (1940s) and woman (1920s). The photo of the woman taken in Florida studio. |
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Folder 13: Special Papers |
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News clippings original in envelope labeled, "Special Papers, Miss Elsie Ficker 220 th" |
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Folder 14: A.F. Goodman Civil War Experience |
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Copy of 5 pages of typed reminiscences of Goodman "written by request, for my Grandchildren" , and a photograph (of Goodman) in military uniform. |
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Folder 15: Photographs |
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Two undated photographs of a young girl. Matted, and taken at Hardin's Studio, Hickory, NC. [birge 48 and 49] |
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