University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. H. Ramsey Library
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Manuscript Register
for

Southern Appalachian Writers

Collection

M2005.05.01-08



 
"A Picturesque Scene at High Hampton Inn, Near Cashiers, N.C.," [lec074]
LeCompte Postcard Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
Title Southern Appalachian Writers
Creator Southern Highlands Research Center
Alt. Creator D. H. Ramsey Library
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/southern_appalachian_writers/
default_southern_appalachian_writers.htm
Subject Keyword Southern Appalachian Writers ; literature ; fiction writing ; Appalachia ; Lisa Alther ; Harriette Arnow ; Patricia Duane Beaver ; Thelma Bell ; Sue Ellen Bridgers ; Kathryn Stripling Byer ; Dean Cadle ; Ruth Carroll ; Jo Carson ; Harry Caudill ; Rebecca Caudill ; Fred Chappell ; Nan Chase ; Mary Ulmer Chiltosky ; Billy C. Clark ; Bill Cleaver ; Vera Cleaver ; Olive Tilford Dargan ; James Dickey ; Annie Dillard ; Grace DiSanto ; Robert Drake ; Wilma Dykeman ; John Ehle ; Herbert Edward Francis, Jr. ; Charles Frazier ; William Furr ; Denise Giardina ; Seth Gilkerson ; Gail Godwin ; James B. Goode ; Lewis Green ; Davis Grubb ; Earl Hamner ; Robert Hazel ; Francis Hulme ; Kermit Hunter ; Madison Jones ; May Justus ;John Knowles ; Yvonne Lehman ; Romulus Linney ; Cormac McCarthy ; Nelljean McConnehey ; Louise McNeil ; Millie McWhirter ; David Madden ; Rachel Maddux ; Jeff Daniel Marion ; Richard Marius ; Caroline Miller ; Jim Wayne Miller ; Marion Montgomery ; Kathleen Morehouse ; Robert Morgan ; Gurney Norman ; Lee Penington ; Talmage Powell ; Jeff Rackham ; Paul Rice ; Dorothy James Roberts ;  
Subject LCSH Alther, Lisa, 1944 - 
Arnow
, Harriette, 1908-1996
Beaver, Patricia Duane, 1948 - 
Bell, Thelma Harrington, 1896 - 1985
Bridgers
, Sue Ellen, 1942 -
Byer, Kathryn Striping, 1944 -
Cadle
, Dean, 1920 - 1998
Carroll, Ruth, 1899 - 1999
Carson, Jo, 1946 -
Caudill, Harry, 1922 - 1990
Caudill, Rebecca, 1899-1985
Chappell, Fred,  1936 -
Chase, Nan, 1954 -
Chiltosky, Mary Ulmer
Clark, Billy C., 1928 -
Cleaver, Bill
Cleaver, Vera
Dargan, Olive Tilford, 1869 - 1968
Dickey, James, 1923 - 1997
Dillard, Annie, 1945 - 
DiSanto
, Grace, 1924 - 1993
Drake, Robert, 1930 - 2001
Dykeman
, Wilma, 1920 - 2006
Ehle
, John, 1924 -
Francis, Herbert Edward, Jr., 1924 -
Frazier, Charles, 1950 -
Furr
, William
Giardina
, Denise, 1951 -
Gilkerson
, Seth, 1907 - 198?
Godwin, Gail, 1937 -
Goode, James B., 1948 -
Green, Lewis, 1932 -
Grubb, Davis, 1919 - 1980
Hamner
, Earl, 1923 -
Hazel, Robert, 1921 - 1993
Hulme
, Francis, 1909 - 198?
Hunter, Kermit, 1910 - 2001
Jones, Madison
Justus, May
Knowles, John
Lehman, Yvonne
Linney, Romulus
McCarthy, Cormac
McConnehey
, Nelljean
McNeil, Louise
McWhirter
, Millie
Madden, David
Maddux
, Rachel
Marion, Jeff Daniel
Marius, Richard
Miller, Caroline
Miller, Jim Wayne
Montgomery, Marion
Morehouse, Kathleen
Morgan, Robert, 1944 -
Norman, Gurney
Pennington, Lee
Powell, Talmage
Rackham
, Jeff
Rice, Paul
Roberts, Dorothy James
Scarbrough
, George
Settle, Mary Lee
Sherburne, James
Shell, Betsy
Sinclair, Bennie Lee
Smith, Lee
Steadman, Mark
Stewart, Albert
Stewart, Dabney
Still, James
Stuart, Jesse
Turner, Kermit
Webb, Jim
West, John Foster
West, Don
Wheeler, Billy Ed
Williams, Jonathan
Young, Charlotte
Description Collection contains letters of correspondence, ephemera, photographs, book covers, and anecdotal information on each writer. In some instances, tapes of the author reading from their work is included.

The collection was gathered as part of an exhibition of Southern Appalachian Writers held at UNCA in the early 1980's and sponsored by D. H. Ramsey Library and the Southern Highlands Research Center.

It has been updated by an exhibition mounted at UNCA Jan. 8-30, 2008. Writers & Mountains, D. H. Ramsey Library, UNC Asheville.

Publisher D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor Annette Hatley
Date 2005-08-23
Type Collection ; Text ; photographs
Format 6 manuscript boxes ; 2 oversize boxes ; audio ; text ; image   
Source M2005.05.1-8
Language English
Relation Charlotte Young Collection  D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville; Women in Western North Carolina D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at AshevilleSouthern Appalachian Writersin A Sense of Place, The Heritage of Western North Carolina.  D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Coverage 1900's - present   ; Asheville, NC ; Atlanta, GA
Rights 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.  Some materials in collections are electronic rights only. Please ask for assistance from Special Collections staff.
Donor 240
Acquisition  2004-03-
Citation Southern Appalachian Writers Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by Special Collections staff,  2005
Last update 2008-09-17
Historical Context  

Index of Contents

Box

Folder

WNC

Author

Description

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    Alther, Lisa  

      Arnow, Harriette  

   

WNC

Beaver, Patricia Duane    
      Bell, Thelma Harrington    
      Bridgers, Sue Ellen  

      Byer, Kathryn Stripling    
   

WNC

Cadle, Dean  

      Carroll, Ruth    
      Carson, Jo    
      Carter, Mary Nelson    
      Caudill, Harry  

      Caudill, Rebecca  

   

WNC

Chappell, Fred  

      Chase, Nan  

      Chiltosky, Mary Ulmer    
      Clark, Billy C.    
   

WNC

Cleaver, Bill & Vera    
   

WNC

Dargan, Olive Tilford    
      Dickey, James  

      Dillard, Annie    

2

    DiSanto, Grace  

      Drake, Robert  

   

WNC

Dykeman, Wilma    
   

WNC

Ehle, John  

      Francis, Herbert Edward, Jr.    
   

WNC

Frazier, Charles    
      Furr, William    
      Giardina, Denise    
   

WNC

Gilkerson, Seth  

   

WNC

Godwin, Gail    
      Goode, James B.  

   

WNC

Green, Lewis  

      Grubb, Davis    
      Hamner, Earl    
      Hazel, Robert    
      Hulme, Francis    
      Hunter, Kermit    
      Jones, Madison    
      Justus, May    
      Knowles, John    
      Lehman, Yvonne    
      Linney, Romulus    
      McCarthy, Cormac    
      McConnehey, Nelljean    
      McNeil, Louise    
      McWhirter, Millie    
      Madden, David    
      Maddux, Rachel    
      Marion, Jeff Daniel    
      Marius, Richard    
      Miller, Caroline    
   

WNC

Miller, Jim Wayne    
      Montgomery, Marion    
      Morehouse, Kathleen    
   

WNC

Morgan, Robert  

      Norman, Gurney    
      Pennington, Lee    
      Powell, Talmage    
   

WNC

Rackham, Jeff    
      Rice, Paul    
      Roberts, Dorothy James    
      Scarbrough, George    
      Settle, Mary Lee    
      Sherburne, James    
      Shell, Betsy    
      Sinclair, Bennie Lee    
   

WNC

Smith, Lee    
      Steadman, Mark    
      Stewart, Albert    
      Stewart, Dabney    
      Still, James    
      Stuart, Jesse    
      Turner, Kermit    
      Webb, Jim    
      West, John Foster    
   

WNC

West, Don    
   

WNC

Wheeler, Billy Ed    
   

WNC

Williams, Jonathan    
   

WNC

Young, Charlotte  

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