Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection

Businesses and Workers

 
Box Item/Folder # Description
M77.10.2 8

Hospitals		 Blue Ridge Hospital
1     Letter about Blue Ridge Hospital, incomplete, unsigned, 8/18/1977
2     Mailgram  from Ruby Woodbury Hilton, former Superintendent of Blue Ridge Hospital to Mrs. M.E. Dixon, August 11,
       1977.
3     Page with 4 clippings about Blue Ridge Hospital and description of source
4     Information about Flossie Metz and Kathleen Wills, Al Hi Flight, Allen High School student paper, 1930, clipping

Torrence Hospital
5     Letter from Wm. J. Trent, secretary of Colored Men's Branch of YMCA, Atlanta, GA, to Dr. and Mrs. Torrence, February
       14, 1915
6     Power bill receipt, July 29, 1977 
7     Letterhead, Torrence Hospital, 191_
8     History of Torrence Hospital on stapled cardboard
P77.10.2
N77.10.2
 8

Hospitals		 Blue Ridge Hospital
1     First Graduating Class Blue ridge Hospital, 1925
2     Blue Ridge Hospital, 18 Clingman Avenue, Asheville, NC, n.d.
N2  Blue Ridge Hospital, n.d. (negative)

Torrence Hospital
3     Torrence Hospital, 95 Hill Street, n.d.
N3  Torrence Hospital, 95 Hill Street, n.d. (negative)
M77.10.3 1

Businessess		 Businesses, general
1     Packet of cards giving name, owner, address, phone, etc. of 31 Black-owned businesses, 1958-1962
2     "Black-Owned Businesses Have Long History Here," Asheville Citizen, August 22, 1977, clipping and copies
3     "Their Thing: Afro-American Fashions," Asheville Citizen-Times, June 21, 1970, clipping
4     Wilkins-Hart Mortuary, Inc., 1974, 1 page typed history
5     Allen & Associates Mortuary, September 10, 1972, dedication pamphlet
6     Jesse Ray Funeral Home, typed letter.
7     "People, Business Join to Pump Life into Eagle-Market Neighborhood," n.d., clipping
8     "Afram Puts Blacks in Driver's Seat," Asheville Citizen & Times, 3/10/1970, clipping
9     "Afram Gets Contract," 3/11/1970, clipping
10   "Black Organization Plans Radio Station," Asheville Times, 3/30/1972, clipping
P77.10.3
N77.10.3
 1

Businesses		 Candy Land
1     Candy Land (Eagle Sweet Shop), 51 Eagle Street, interior, early 1930's

NC Mutual Insurance Company
2    N.C Mutual Insurance Co. , officials, n.d.

Allen & Associates Mortuary
3     Allen & Associates Mortuary, exterior, n.d. (color photograph)

Jesse Ray Funeral Home
4     Jesse Ray Funeral Home, exterior, n.d. (hand-painted photograph)
M.77.10.3 11 Pamphlets:

1. "National Negro Business League," 1927.

2. "The Color Line Monthly," February, 1919.

3. The Black Presence in North Carolina. 1978.
M77.10.3 10

Workers		 1     "Veteran Health Workers," 1942, clipping
2     "Law and Order in Asheville," The Carolinian," Raleigh, NC, 1951, clipping
3     "First Negroes on Force," Asheville Times, 4/2/1946, clipping
4     "Names in Valley Business News," Ace [Asa] Herring promoted, Phoenix Gazette, 11/1972, clipping
5     List of Asheville Police Department's black officers, 8/18/1977, letter from Acting Chief of Police J. W. Trulove, letter
P77.10.3
N77.10.3		 10

Workers

 

 1a   Grove Park Inn Employees, group portrait outside the Inn, n.d. (photograph by Pelton)
1b   Grove Park Inn Employees, group portrait outside the Inn, n.d. (copy print)
N1   Grove Park Inn Employees, group portrait outside the Inn, n.d. (copy negative)
2     Southern Railway Porters, group portrait, some with musical instruments, 1929 (photograph)
N2   Southern Railway Porters, group portrait, some with musical instruments, 1929 (negative)