D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections and University Archives

Miniatures of Western North Carolina
P2017.01

Summary Information

Repository
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Title
Miniatures of Western North Carolina
ID
P2017.01
Date [inclusive]
1925-1935
Extent
0.2 Linear feet  ; 1 box
Physical Description
Twenty-four 1.5" x 2"monochrome photographic prints. The prints were previously in an album and, except for one that has been removed, are still glued to the album pages.
Location
Located in Special Collections, row 10, section 2 [Boxed with P2016.03 - Phyllis Selzer Collection]
Language
English

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Miniatures of Western North Carolina, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804

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Scope and Contents

Small [1.5" x 2"] photographic prints of scenic views and buildings in Asheville and Western N.C. The images are not dated, but from the style of cars and fashion, the photos were likely taken in the late 1920s / early 1930s. The descriptions used in this finding aid are those included on the prints.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives

Ramsey Library, CPO # 1500
One 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 University Archives, 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.

Donor

Kenneth Saunders

Processing Information

Processed by Colin Reeve, January 2017

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Collection Inventory

Prints 

Dry Falls on Culloseegee Rive, Western North Carolina [sau_001] 

Chimney Tops, Great Smokies, Western No. Carolina [sau_002] 

The George Vanderbilt Hotel, Asheville, N.C. [sau_003] 

Asheville-Biltmore Hotel, Asheville, N.C. [sau_004] 

Chimney Rock, Western No. Carolina [sau_005] 

Famous Nantahala Gorge, southern border of the Great Smoky Mountains [sau_006] 

Battery Park Hotel, Asheville, N.C. [sau_007] 

Grove Park Inn, Asheville, N.C. [sau_008] 

Feeding motherless fawns in Pisgah National Forest [sau_009] 

The rhododendron, king of mountain flowers, Western North Carolina [sau_010] 

The course of the Asheville Country Club, Grove Park in the distance - Asheville, N.C. [sau_011] 

A view of Asheville N.C. from the nearby slopes of Beaucatcher Mountain [sau_012] 

Reems Creek Valley from Weaverville Western North Carolina [sau_013] 

An old time fiddler of Western North Carolina [sau_014] 

Parking spaces at New Found Gap, Great Smoky Mountains [sau_015] 

Highway Pisgah Forest Inn Western No. Carolina [sau_016] 

Mt. Pisgah from Hominy Creek Western No. Carolina [sau_017] 

Mountain women and Mountain Cabin in Western North Carolina [sau_018] 

View above clouds on summit of Clingman's Dome, highest peak Great Smoky Mountains [sau_019] 

A View of the Asheville Scenic Highway at Asheville, N.C. [sau_020] 

Clouds in the Great Smoky Mountains [sau_021] 

Beaver Lake at Asheville, N.C. [sau_022] 

Big Game Hunters bring in a Bear, Western North Carolina [sau_023] 

Lake Lure from Chimney Rock [sau_024]