University of North Carolina at Asheville
D.H. Ramsey Library
Special Collections/University Archives

Manuscript and Photograph Register
for

M80.7.1-4 ; P80.7.1-2

D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804

The materials are arranged in TEN series:  1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) WRITINGS, 3) EDITORIAL PROJECTS, 4) READINGS, LECTURES AND COLLABORATIONS, 5) WRITINGS OF OTHERS, 6) AUDIO RECORDINGS, and 7) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS, 8) NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, 9) EPHEMERA, 10) PHOTOGRAPHS.

The original donation of materials to D.H. Ramsey Library by Lou and Richard Harshaw occurred March 27, 1980 and included photographs of homes in the Asheville area taken by Lou Harshaw. The bulk of the collection was deposited by Lou Harshaw  in July 2009 and is the accumulated research papers, manuscript drafts, photographs, publications and ephemera gathered by the author in the course of her work as a writer, historian and teacher. The materials center on western North Carolina and include extensive documentation on the history of Asheville and surrounding urban and rural tourism locations. As an employee of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, Harshaw photographed local events and architecture and people and wrote extensive copy for traveler and tourist. The greater portion of the collection, however, represents her work as an independent historian, researcher and photographer.