University of North Carolina at Asheville
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for

W. B. McEwen & Caroline Nichols McEwen Collection

M79.15.1   


1904 Scrapbook Page.
W. B. McEwen and Caroline Nichols McEwen Collection
D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNCA 2004.
 

Title

W. B. McEwen and Caroline Nichols McEwen Collection
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/mcewen/mcewen.html
Creator Caroline Nichols McEwen ; Wooster Baird McEwen
Subject Keyword :
YMCA ; Lake Toxaway Inn ; Beaucatcher Mountain ; Patton Avenue ; Pack Square ; Mt. Mitchell ; French Broad River ; Pearson's Bridge ; Biltmore Estate
Subject  LCSH :
McEwen, Wooster Baird 
McEwen, Caroline Nichols 
Asheville (N.C.) -- Description and Travel 
Date 2001-04-08
Publisher D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor Southern Highlands Research Center
Type Collection ; Text (scrapbooks) ; Image (photographs of Western North Carolina)
Format  text/html (.htm, .html)  ; 1 cu. ft.  material 
Source M79.15.1 
Language English
Relation William R. Walls Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 , contains four other photographs of the McEwen family, container number D-111, folder 5.  
Coverage  c. 1900-1925 ; Asheville, NC and environs
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 descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
  
Donor Donor Number 79
Description

This collection consists of one folder of miscellaneous items,  photographs; one photographic scrapbook, dated 1906, of Asheville, Lake Toxaway, Biltmore House, Biltmore Village, and other scenic mountain sites; one scrapbook containing souvenirs of travels in 1904, including hotel advertisements, menus, tickets and telegrams, etc.

The numbered photographs which follow in the item list are included in the 1906 scrapbook; an asterisk indicates that more information can be found on that particular photograph in the physical card file for photographic prints located in Special Collections.

Acquisition 1979-11-07
Citation W. B. McEwen and Caroline Nichols McEwen Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by Special Collections staff, 1979 and 2001
Biography

Wooster Baird McEwen, born March 26, 1841 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut and died January 3, 1912. He was buried in Oxford Congregational Cemetery in the town of his birth. McEwen was president of the McEwen-Gibson Lumber Company, located near Asheville, which dealt in hardwood flooring. Like many other entrepreneurs of the day, he came to Asheville to take advantage of the rich forests and the booming lumber trade. He started his company in 1899 for the sum of $2,000.

On July 18, 1904 Wooster Baird McEwen married Caroline Nichols. Caroline was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nichols of Asheville. She had two brothers, J.T. and Arthur, and three sisters, Elizabeth, Jane, and Kate, Lucy.  Caroline  was a member of the Young Women’s Christian Association and chairman of the membership committee.  The scrapbook from this collection contains many mementos of her social life and from that account we learn that she headed a team that raced miniature cars for a membership drive for the YWCA - certainly a unique campaign!   Caroline and Wooster had one son, James Edward, and a daughter named Louise. Many of the photographs in the McEwen Collection contain candid images of the family and their travels, particularly their local travel in western North Carolina. The collection is also rich in details of societal life in Asheville at the turn of the century.


ITEM LIST
BOX ITEM DESCRIPTION

THUMBNAILS
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High Point YMCA program, memoriam to W.B. McEwen on final page, 1963; 3 photographs with children, including one of W.B. McEwen and his daughter; one photograph of house at 276 Chestnut St., Asheville           

  

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2

1904 Scrapbook with miscellaneous items from travel and social contacts.

 

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3

1906 Photo Album. (*Inventory of numbered photographs in 1906 photo album follows). 

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mce3878*

Asheville, Patton Avenue

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mce3879*

Asheville, Pack Square

  no image

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mce3880*

Vance Memorial, Pack Square

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mce3881*

View of Asheville from Town Mountain

 

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mce3882*

Asheville from Beaucatcher Mountain

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mce3883

View from Mount Mitchell

 

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mce3884*

Asheville, Pack Square, Confederate reunion

 

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mce3885

Scene along road, churches visible



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mce3886*

Vance monument, Pack Square

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mce3887*

Kenilworth Inn

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mce3888*

Pack Square, old City Building

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mce3889

Pastoral scene with horse grazing

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mce3890*

Riverside Park, lake and boathouse

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mce3891*

Riverside Park, lake with canoe

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mce3892*

Pearson's Bridge on French Broad

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mce3893

French Broad River

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mce3894*

Biltmore Estate Gatehouse

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mce3895*

Biltmore House, seen from a distance

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mce3896*

Biltmore House, seen from a field

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mce3897*

Biltmore House, side view with Italian Garden

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mce3898*

Biltmore House, reflection in lake

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mce3899*

Biltmore Estate, road lined with trees

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mce3900*

All Souls Episcopal Church

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mce3901

French Broad River

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mce3902*

French Broad River

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mce3903

French Broad River

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mce3904

Orchard with cattle grazing

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mce3905

Hillside

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Cliff, Caesar's Head [?]

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mce3907

Chimney Rock

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mce3908

Farmyard with two cattle

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mce3909

Cornfield

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mce3910

Mountain top view

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mce3911

Dam [on French Broad?]

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mce3912

Dams [on French Broad?]

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mce3913

French Broad River

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mce3914

Mountain top

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mce3915

Mountain top in fog

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mce3916

French Broad River

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mce3917

Mountainside with several buildings

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mce3918

Pasture beneath mountain

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mce3919

Mountain seen from a pasture

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mce3920

Mountain side

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mce3921

Valley surrounded by mountains

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mce3922

Sunrise in mountains

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mce3923

Clouds over trees

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mce3924*

French Broad River - Pearson's Bridge

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mce3925

French Broad River

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mce3926

French Broad River

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mce3927*

Lake Toxaway

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mce3928

French Broad River

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mce3929

French Broad River

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mce3931

Waterfalls

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mce3932

French Broad River

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mce3933

Hillside, mountains

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mce3934

French Broad River

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mce3935

French Broad River

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mce3936

Mountain top

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mce3937

View of cornfield and mountains

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mce3937.1 Mountains and fence

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mce3938*

Lake Toxaway, toxaway, NC

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mce3939*

Lake Toxaway, Toxaway, NC

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mce3940*

Lake Toxaway Inn, Toxaway, NC

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mce3941*

Lake Toxaway Inn, Toxaway, NC

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mce3942*

Lake Toxaway Inn, Toxaway NC

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mce3943*

Lake Toxaway Inn, Toxaway, NC

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mce3944

Man on log fishing (on French Broad River?)

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mce3944A

Man holding trout in boat

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mce3945

French Broad River

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mce3945A

Well-dressed woman holding trout on dock, Lake Toxaway, NC

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mce3946*

Boat on Lake Toxaway with several passengers

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mce3947*

Boathouse on Lake Toxaway seen from across lake

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mce3948*

Lake Toxaway Inn

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mce3949

Waterfalls [Toxaway Falls]

 

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mce3950

Dam, Toxaway, NC

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mce3951

Body of water/lake

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mce3952

Body of water/lake

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mce3953

Body of water/lake

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mce3954

Man in a rowboat, Lake Toxaway [?]

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mce3955

Body of water/lake

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mce3956

Hillside with road grading

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mce3957

Mountains seen from a railroad track

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mce3958

Hillside

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