D. Hiden Ramsey Collection
M1980.5.1-4 ; P1980.5.1
| Title | D. Hiden Ramsey Collection |
| Creator | D. Hiden Ramsey (1891-1966) |
| Subject Keyword: | D. Hiden Ramsey ; flood 1916 ; floods ; Asheville, NC ; D.H. Ramsey Library ; educators ; educations ; Asheville Citizen Times ; newspapers ; Asheville Times ; reporters ; University of Virginia ; Asheville Citizen ; editing ; editors ; |
| Description | This collection consists of Darley Hiden Ramsey's
correspondence from 1911-1960, papers regarding Asheville City and Buncombe County
Schools and general education, printed material regarding
Western North Carolina, speech books from 1914 through 1956, and speech
material gathered by Ramsey. Also included are a series of recollections written by D. Hiden Ramsey, and his yearbook from the University of Virginia. Sixteen audio tapes of D. Hiden Ramsey's speeches were accessioned to this collection on June 24, 1982. |
| Publisher | D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 |
| Contributor | D. Hiden Ramsey ; Southern Highlands Research Center |
| Type | Collection ; Text ; Sound |
| Format | 5 document boxes, one document box filed with photographs |
| Source | M80.5.1 ; M80.5.2 ; M80.5.3 ; M80.5.4 ; P80.5.1 |
| Language | English |
| Relation | D. HIDEN RAMSEY PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, UNCA Special Collections ; |
| Coverage temporal | 1908-1962 ; |
| Coverage spatial | Asheville, NC |
| 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 94 |
| Acquisition | 1981-03 ; 1982-06-24 ; |
| Citation | D. Hiden Ramsey Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804. |
| Processed by | Special Collections staff, 1981, 1982 and 2001 |
| Biography: | Darley Hiden
Ramsey was born in Gretna, Va., in 1891 and moved to Asheville in 1903 with his mother and father, Caly and
Lucy Ramsey. In Asheville Ramsey served as
Commissioner of Public Safety until 1919 at which time he went to
Winston Salem for a year in the same capacity. He returned to Asheville in
1920 when he became associate editor of the Citizen, the Asheville
newspaper. He later became the editor of the Asheville Times
(1921-1926) and then general manager of the Citizen-Times Company
(1930-1954). He also served on the State Board of Education (1945-1953)
and on the State Board for Higher Education (1955-1960).
He earned two degrees from the University of Virginia, an A.B (1912) in Economics and an M. A. (1913) in the same field of study. He pursued doctoral studies but never completed his degree. He was given two honorary degrees, a Doctor of Laws by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Doctor of Letters by Western Carolina College. His talents were recognized in many areas and while he declined to run for any public office after 1919, he served on various committees and boards of local and state significance. The following represent the more significant appointments:
D. Hiden Ramsey was married to Mary Sumner in 1926. |
| ITEM LIST | |||
| Series One: Correspondence | |||
| M 80.5.1 | 1 | 1911 [8 items] | |
| 2 | 1912 [6 items] | ||
| 3 | 1913 [9 items] | ||
| 4 | 1914-1915 [8 items] | ||
| 5 | 1924, 1931, 1939, 1940-1945 [13 items] | ||
| 6 | 1952-1954 [20 items] | ||
| 7 | 1955 [42 items] | ||
| 8 | 1956 [42 items] | ||
| 9 | 1957 [49 items] | ||
| 10 | 1958, 1960 [48 items] | ||
| Series Two: Papers | |||
| 11 | Asheville City Schools [11 items] | ||
| 12 | Asheville City and Buncombe County Schools [7 items] | ||
| 13 | Buncombe County Schools [8 items] | ||
| 14 | State Department of Public Instruction [8 items] | ||
| 15 | Higher Education [22 items] | ||
| M 80.5.2 | 1 | Sinking Fund - [Refers to the fund to salvage the city from bankruptcy following the Depression.] [4 items] | |
| 2 | Citizens Committee for the Buncombe County Schools [15 items] | ||
| 3 | Address Books [2 items] | ||
| 4 | Memorabilia and misc.1908-1946 [14 items] | ||
| Series Three: Printed Material | |||
| 5 | Clippings and articles about Ramsey [32 items] | ||
| 6 | Various publications. Selective titles
include: --A Summary of the Proposed Flood Control Plan for the French
Broad Valley (TVA) |
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| 7 | Smoky Mountains Hiking Club - Handbooks - 1932, 1947-1950 [3 items] | ||
| 8 | Printed material re: western North Carolina [15 items] | ||
| Selected list: | --100 Favorite Trails of the Great Smokies and Carolina Blue Ridge. Carolina Mountain Club created by Bernard Elias. | ||
| --Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee, U.S. Dept. of the Interior | |||
| --Tours in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (6 copies) | |||
| --Tours in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park | |||
| --Visitors Guide to East Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park | |||
| --Come to North Carolina for Historical Recreational Scenic Interest, North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development | |||
| --Map. Pisgah National Forest (Mt. Mitchell Ranger District) North Carolina, 1938. US Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service. | |||
| --Map. North Carolina, Sandy Mush Quadrangle, 183 NE,. U.S. TVA Maps and Surveys Division | |||
| --Map. North Carolina-Tennessee - Mount Mitchell Quadrangle, USGS, 1932 | |||
| --Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina, USDA Forest Service, 1940. | |||
| Series Four: Speeches | |||
| M 80.5.3 | 1 | Speech book: 1914-1919 [4 items] | |
| 2 | Speech book: 1915-1917 [4 items] | ||
| 3 | Speech book: 1916-1919 [1 item] | ||
| 4 | Speech book: 1916-1918 [2 items] | ||
| 5 | Speech book: 1928 [1 item] | ||
| 6 | Speeches: 1941-1956 [8 items] | ||
| 7 | Speeches: undated [3 items] | ||
| M80.5.4 | 1 | Lectures at Asheville-Biltmore College: 1962 [12 items] | |
| 2 | Humor and quotations for speech material [about 50 items] | ||
| Series Five: Writings | |||
| 3 | Writings: Misc. [4 items] Includes | ||
| 4 | Recollections [7 items] | ||
| 5 | Recollections [1 item] | ||
| 6 | Recollections [1 item] | ||
| 7 | Recollections [1 item] | ||
| Book | Corks and Curls 1913 (Yearbook of University of Virginia) [1 item] | ||
| Series Six : Audio Tapes | |||
| 1 | Sixteen audio tapes of D. Hiden Ramsey's speeches were accessioned to this
collection on June 24, 1982. [Note that the original tapes numbered 17 and are
the history lecture tapes recorded of D. Hiden Ramsey. Notes from John S.
Stevens who transcribed the lectures, notes that the set included the
following: Tapes 1-8 WNC History Lectures from February to May of 1962. Tapes from WNC History Lectures one year later (c.1963). |
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| Transcriptions | |||
| Tape #1 | |||
| Pen and Plate Club Paper based on D. Hiden Ramsey Lectures. | |||
| Series Seven: Film/DVD | |||
| Film | Dedication of D. Hiden Ramsey Library | ||
| DVD | Copy of film of "Dedication of D. Hiden Ramsey Library" | ||
| Photographs: | |||
| 1 | PHOTOGRAPHS | ||