Sharon Fahrer Collection
M2010.10
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
- Title
- Sharon Fahrer Collection
- ID
- M2010.10
- Date [inclusive]
- 1892-2015
- Extent
- 1.7 Linear feet ; 2 boxes
- Physical Description
- Contains documents, scrapbook, personal notes, newspaper clippings, published materials, CDs, and photographs. The materials have been received sporadically without any original order, and have been arranged into broad categories. Oversized materials have been boxed together, and books have been incorporated into the Special Collections holdings and arranged by LC call number.
- Location Note
- Located in Special Collections, row 9, section 5 ; Special Collections reading room
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sharon Fahrer Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Scope and Contents
A collection of materials donated by local public historian Sharon Fahrer. The materials cover Asheville businesses and people, including notes related to "The Family Store" project by Fahrer and Jan Schochet, with an emphasis on the Jewish heritage of Asheville. Also included are two calendars from Germany, and a book documenting Austria in the 1930s. Although listed in this finding aid, books donated by Sharon Fahrer are shelved in the Special Collections reading room, and are not archived with the other materials in this collection.
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.
Creator
Sharon Fahrer ; Jan Schochet
Processing Note
Original processed by Helen Wykle, 2010 ; reprocessed and new finding aid by Colin Reeve, September 2016. Additional items added by Colin Reeve, May 2018
Related Collections
Sharon Fahrer has also made significant contributions and donations to the Jewish Life in Western North Carolina collections
Collection Inventory
Box 1 - Original Donation |
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Asheville Organizations and People |
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Folder 1: Biltmore Village |
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Travel brochures |
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Letter from Pvt. Raymond Jennings "somewhere in India" to Mildred English of Biltmore, 1944 [Photocopy] |
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Handwritten notes about Biltmore businesses |
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Map of Biltmore Village 1887-1917 [Photocopy] |
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List of significant events, Biltmore Estate, 1914-1995 |
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List of significant events, Biltmore Village, 1792-1989 |
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Vanderbilt Genealogy |
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Folder 2: Max Crohn / Otto Buseck / Middlemount Gardens, Significant dates regarding |
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Folder 3: "The Family Store" project, Clippings regarding |
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Folder 4: Investors Club, Photographs and annotated copies of trips by the |
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Folder 5: "The Land of the Sky", verses from JCC camp papers [Photocopy] |
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Folder 6: Meyerson, Obituaries for Lotte and Seymour |
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Folder 7: Robinson Optometrists, Copies of 5 photographs of building and staff of |
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Folder 8: Jacob Rosen, Handwritten notes and emails regarding |
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Folder 9: David Sculman, Clippings aand publicity materials for "The Past is Never Dead" by |
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Folder 10: Jeff Slosman in "Business North Carolina" December 2015, Profile of |
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Folder 11: Jerry Sternberg, Handwritten notes from 2012 meeting with |
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Folder 12: Dennis Winner, Transcript of 2011 sermon by |
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Folder 13: Zionist Society of Asheville, Constitution & By-Laws, 1906 |
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Oral History Materials |
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Folder 14: Oral history interview list |
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Folder 15: AV Materials |
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Charles G Striker memorial disk |
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Leon Rocamora and Skip Pearlman, Asheville Jewish Business Forum |
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Materials Related to Germany |
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Folder 16: Regensburger Marien-Kalendar, 1892 |
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Folder 17: Reichs-Kalendar, 1940 |
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Folder 18 Program for returning Berlin emigres, 1999 |
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Assorted Documents and Photographs |
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Folder 19: Photo - Samuel Charles and Nettie Mashiter and release form |
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Folder 20: Photo - Cone's Prosperity Mills |
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Folder 21: Asheville Citizen-Times 125th Anniversary Section June 2, 1995 |
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Folder 22: Autographs (Marlene Dietrich, Bruce DJ, Lenny Levine) |
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Folder 23: College for Seniors (Reuter Center) |
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Folder 24: Lewis Department Store 38th Anniversary Sale |
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Folder 25: "Remembering Prof. Simon Benninga" 30 August 2015 |
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Folder 26:Temple of the High Country - Schaefer Jewish Community Center |
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Folder 27: Charlie Justice and others - Clipping 1-2-52 |
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Folder 28:Dorb and Book wedding announcement |
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Folder 29:Official Picture of Leni Sitnick as Mayor of Asheville - 1997 and Donor Agreement |
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Folder 30: Dr. I. Nelson I. Bell article on Segregation and Integration |
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Folder 31: Letter to Sharon concerning Independence of the State of Israel |
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Folder 32: Davison's Salesman's Book copies |
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Folder 33: Hebrew Section of Oakdale Cemetery map |
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Folder 34: Postcard "Main Street Looking West, Sylva, N.C. S-6" |
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Folder 35: Fahrer and Cantor Photos (London; Pikes Peak; Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
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Folder 36: Misc. Cards and Ads |
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Folder 37: Pixy Pin-Ups Photos |
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Folder 38: Holocaust Remembrance |
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Folder 39: Copy of Letter from 8 year old Manny to his cousin and uncle |
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Folder 40: 1961 Ad |
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Box 2 - Oversize Materials |
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1962 calendar from Patton Ave. Food Store, Asheville. Photograph titled "Morning Devotion" of African-American girl holding a book may have been added later or part of the original calendar. |
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Scrapbook of unknown origin containing newspaper clippings from late 1930s to early 1940s. Although some clippings cover news events in Asheville and WNC, others relate to crimes, child brides, movie stars, World War II, babies, and oddities. |
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"Heft 12 Wir Bauen Auf, Juli 1934-Juli 1937". Photo news /propaganda magazine (about Austria). [In German] |
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Record Album,"Taking Pride in Asheville", WSPA-TV, 1991 [Note: Special Collections does not have equipment to play the record] |
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Proclamation, Days of Remembrance, City of Asheville, April 1998 |
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Box 3 - 2017 Addition |
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Folder 1: Unidentified Documents in Hebrew and German |
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Folder 2: Down Home DVDs 2007 & 2013 |
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Folder 3: CD - From Cassette Tapes |
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Folder 4: DVD - Wildacres 8/15/07, Glassblowers 8/16/07, Bersnteins |
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Folder 5: Camp Blue Star DVDs 2007 & unknown date |
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Folder 6: Matchbook |
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Folder 7: 20 Photos Veritables de la Liberation de Paris |
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Folder 8: Zurich Photos |
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Folder 9: Huber-Serie 37 12 Original-Huber-Photos |
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Folder 10: Ten Snapshots of Amsterdam |
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Folder 11: Ruth Majerowicz Savoca [Aunt of Sharon Fahrer], Application for English SS & Pension [In English & German] |
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Folder 12: Irma Cantor [Mother of Sharon Fahrer], Reparations [In English & German] |
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Folder 13: Clippings - Berlin & Research Materials |
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Folder 14: Family Store |
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Folder 15: Ramdam Emails |
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Folder 16: UNC Asheville Center for Jewish Studies, 35th Anniversary, March 2017 |
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Folder 17: Chronicles of Jewish Asheville, A History of the Jewish Community of Asheville, NC, 2015 |
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Folder 18: Southern Jewish Historical Society Asheville Meeting, 2012 |
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Folder 19: Two articles by Philip J. Bentley, later Rabbi at Agudas Israel, Hendersonville, 1985 & 1994 |
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Books Donated by Sharon Fahrer |
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Baker, Emilie Kip. "The Children's First Book of Poetry" [PE1117.B23 1915] |
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Finkelstein, Leo. "Leo Finkelstein's Asheville and the Poor Man's Bank" [F264.A8 F56 1988] |
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Gibson, J.W. and W.H. Crogman. "The Colored American: From Slavery to Honorable Citizenship" [E185.G53 1912] |
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Goldsmith, Milton. "The Magic Doll: A Fairy Tale" [PZ7.G58 M34 1908] |
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Hearn, Lafcadio. "The Boy Who Drew Cats", n.d. [PZ8.H653 B69 1898] |
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Kaplan, Joseph. "You Can't Coach Height: Growing Up Tall, Jewish, and Free in the Mountains of WNC". [CT275.K3276 A3 2015] |
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Marcus, Jacob Rader. "To Count a People: Amecian Jewish Population Date, 1585-1984". [E184.J5 M217 1990] |
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Miller, Olive Beaupre. "Sunny Rhymes for Happy Children" [PS3525. I5562 S8x] |
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Rawson, Albert G. et al. "What the world believes....." [BL80.W5 1888] |
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Weinstein, Maurice A. "Zebulon B. Vance and "The Scattered Nation"". [E664.V2.Z42 1995] |
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"The Chabad House Asheville, Lamplighters Banquet, 10 Year Dinner Tribute Journal". [BM198.54.C43 2015] |
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