Buncombe County Repositories
& Cultural Organizations
Updated 11/25/03
**NC ECHO Directrory: http://blue.dcr.state.nc.us/servlet/ascwg/search?ss=no&qry=county&tm1=Buncombe
Provides a more comprehensive and recent [November 2005] directory of repositories and cultural organizations in Buncombe County.

Organization    AB Technical Community College

 Name                          Shirley McLaughlin
 Title                             Director
 Library                         Learning Resource Center
 Address                      340 Victoria Road
 City                             Asheville, NC   28801-
 Work Phone                (828) 254-1921, ext.      Fax Number (828) 251-6074    300
 Email Address             smclaughlin@asheville.cc.nc.us
 URL                            http://www.abtech.edu/
 SiteVisit                        H. Wykle
 Date Updated               10/28/99
 Notes

 Organization    Air Force Weather Technical Library
 Name                          Kathryn Marshall
 Title                             Director
 Library
 Address                        151 Patton Avenue
 City                              Asheville, NC  28801-5002
 Work Phone                 (828) 271-4277, ext.      Fax Number (828) 271-4334     1148
 Email Address                narsgakj@afccc.af.mil
 URL                              http://www.afccc.af.mil/html/afwtl/afwtl.html
 SiteVisit                        J. Futch
 Date Updated               10/28/99
 Notes                           Weather climatic databases
                                      OPAC: http://www.afccc.af.mil/html/afwtl/afwtl.html 
 Internet:                                    http://www.afccc.af.mil/html/afwtl/afwtl.html

 Notes:                         Special Collections: Meteorology (Climatic Data Summaries)

Organization    Asheville Art Museum
 Name                          Frank Thompson
 Title                            Curator
 Library                        Asheville Art Museum Library
 Address                      PO Box 1717
 City                            Asheville,  NC  28801-
 Work Phone               (828) 253-3227            Fax Number  (828) 257-4503
 Email Address             mailbox@ashevilleart.org
 URL                            http://www.ashevilleart.org
 SiteVisit                      H. Wykle
 Date Updated            10/12/99
 Notes 

Organization    Asheville Citizen-Times Library
 Name                           Holly McKenzie
 Title                              Librarian
 Library                         Asheville Citizen-Times Library
 Address                       14 O'Henry Avenue
 City                             Asheville, NC 28802-
 Work Phone                (828) 252-5610, ext.      Fax Number   (828) 251-0585      5843
 Email Address               hmakenz@asheville.gannett.com
 URL                             http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
 SiteVisit                        H. Wykle
 Date Updated               10/28/99
 Notes                           Can write for information, but access is limited; call 2-3 pm

 Organization    Asheville School
 Name
 Title
 Library                           Library/Archives
 Address                         360 Asheville School Road
 City                               Asheville, NC  28806-
 Work Phone                 (828) 254-6345            Fax Number (828) 252-8666
 Email Address              http://www.ashevilleschool.org/information/directory/
 URL                             www.ashevilleschool.org
 SiteVisit                        J. Futch
 Date Updated               10/28/99
 Notes                           Archival records, local history, photographs. Founded 1900.  

 Organization    Asheville-Buncombe Library System – North Carolina    
                   Room – Pack Library
  Name                         Ann Wright
 Title                             Curator
 Library                         Pack Memorial Library Special Collections
 Address                       67 Haywood Street
 City                              Asheville, NC  28801-
 Work Phone                 (828) 250-4740            Fax Number
 Email Address            
 URL                           
 SiteVisit                       H. Keiner
 Date Updated            10/28/99
 Notes                          Mon.-Fri. 10-9; no access on weekends. Dates: 1866 to 1950
Organization    Asheville-Buncombe Library System
 Name                          Edward Sheary
 Title                             Director
 Library                         Pack Memorial Library
 Address                       67 Haywood Street
 City                             Asheville, NC  28801-
 Work Phone                (828) 255-5203            Fax Number (828) 255-5213
 Email Address               esheary@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us
URL
 SiteVisit                        H. Keiner
 Date Updated               10/28/99
 Notes

Organization    Biltmore Estate
 Name                           Position vacant
 Title                              Archivist/Historian
 Library
 Address                       One North Pack Square
 City                              Asheville,  NC  28801-
 Work Phone                (828) 274-6270            Fax Number   (828) 277-3454
 Email Address              
 URL                             http://www.biltmore.com/
 SiteVisit                        H. Keiner
 Date Updated              10/28/99
 Notes

Organization    Biltmore Village Historic Museum
 Name                           Mary Hyde
 Title                              Director
 Library
 Address                        7 Biltmore Plaza
 City                              Asheville, NC  28803-
 Work Phone                (828) 274-9707            Fax Number
 Email Address
 URL
 SiteVisit                        H. Keiner
 Date Updated              10/28/99
 Notes                           Small one-room archive
 Organization    Black Mountain Center for the Arts
 Name                           Ed Pauley
 Title                              Director
 Library
Address                          PO Box 817, 225 W. State Street
 City                               Black Mountain, NC  28711-
 Work Phone                  (828) 669-0930            Fax Number  (828) 669-0930
 Email Address                bmsca@mindspring.com
 URL
 SiteVisit                         J. Futch
 Date Updated               10/28/99
 Notes                           Archive, no object collections
  

Organization    Black Mountain College Museum and Art Center
  Name                         Alice Sebrell
 Title                             Programs Coordinator
 Library
 Address                       56 Broadway
 City                             Asheville,  NC  28801-
 Work Phone                (828) 350-8444            Fax Number   (828) 
 Email Address              dmcmac@bellsouth.net
 URL                            http://www.blackmountaincollege.org
 SiteVisit                      M. Francis
 Date Updated            10/28/99
 Notes                         Founded 1993, documents, art work, photographs, books related to Black
                                   Mountain College and those who taught or attended.
                                   Address also: PO Box 18912, Black Mountain, NC 288711
Organization    Blue Ridge Parkway
  Name                         Phil Noblitt
 Title                             Director
 Library                         National Park Service
 Address                       400 B B & T Building
 City                             Asheville, NC  28801-
 Work Phone                (828) 271-4779            Fax Number (828) 271-4313
 Email Address             phil_noblitt@nps.gov
 URL                            http://www.nps.gov/blri/
 SiteVisit                       H. Keiner
 Date Updated              10/28/99
 Notes                           By appointment only. Dates: 1901 to date.
                                    Size: 11-50 linear feet.

Organization    Center for Diversity Education
  Name                         Deborah Miles
 Title                             Director
 Library
 Address                       2 S. Pack Square
 City                             Asheville, NC  28801-
 Work Phone                (828) 254-9044            Fax Number  (828) 251-5652
 Email Address             dmiles@unca.edu
 URL                            http://www.main.nc.us/diversity
 SiteVisit                       H. Wykle
 Date Updated              10/28/99
 Notes
Organization    Christ School
 Name
 Title                            Director
 Library                        Library/Archives
 Address                      500 Christ School Road
 City                            Arden,  NC   28704-
 Work Phone               (828) 684-6232            Fax Number    (828) 684-2745
 Email Address             admissions@christschool.org
 URL                            http://www.christschool.org
 SiteVisit                       J. Futch
 Date Updated              10/22/99
 Notes                          Archival records, local history, photographs. Founded 1900.
 Organization    Colburn Gem and Mineral Museum
  Name                         Tom Wilson
 Title                             Curator
 Library
 Address                       PO Box 1617
 City                             Asheville, NC   28801-
 Work Phone                (828) 254-7162            Fax Number  (828) 251-5652
 Email Address
 URL
 SiteVisit                       H. Wykle
 Date Updated            10/28/99
 Notes
Organization    Dry Ridge Historical Museum
  Name                          Josephine  Osborne
 Title                             Director
 Library                        Weaverville Library
 Address                       PO Box 291
 City                            Weaverville,  NC  28787-
 Work Phone               (828) 645-3592            Fax Number
 Email Address
 URL
 SiteVisit                      J. Futch
 Date Updated            10/28/99
 Notes                         Temporarily closed: mid to late 1800 ledgers, Zebulon 
                                   Vance election results, newspapers from 1800 to mid 
                                  1800's  
Organization    Eliada Home for Children
 Name
 Title
 Library                        Archives
 Address                      2 Compton Drive
 City                            Asheville, NC  28806-
 Work Phone               (828) 254-5356            Fax Number
 Email Address
 URL
 SiteVisit                        J. Futch
 Date Updated              10/22/99
 Notes                           Archival records. Contact Bill Spellman in History 
                                    Dept. at UNCA for  additional information
Organization    ENG/Six Associates
Name                           Douglas Campbell
 Title                             President
 Library                        Pack Library – North Carolina Room
 Address                      1095 Hendersonville Road
 City                            Asheville, NC  28803-
 Work Phone                (828) 274-1551            Fax Number
Email Address
URL
SiteVisit                       H. Wykle (Phone conversation)
Date Updated             10/22/99
Notes                          Six regional architects. Includes some Douglas Ellington 
                                   and Richard Sharp Smith architectural drawings and 
                                   other regional architectural history. Collection recently 
                                   donated to Asheville Buncombe Library.

 Organization    Episcopal Diocese of Western North 
                   Carolina

  Name                          Beth Turner
 Title                             Outreach Director
 Library                         Resource Center
 Address                       Vance Avenue, PO Box 369
 City                              Black Mountain, NC   28711-
 Work Phone                 (828) 669-2921            Fax Number  (828) 669-2756
 Email Address
 URL
 SiteVisit                       Michelle Francis
 Date Updated              10/28/99
 Notes                           Special Collections: Archives of Diocese and 62 Parishes  

 

Organization    Estes-Winn Memorial Automobile Museum

 Name                            S. M. Patton
 Title                               Director of Estes-Winn-Bloomberg Foundation
 Library

 Address                         111 Grovewood Road
 City                                Asheville, NC    28804-
 Work Phone                   (828) 253-7651            Fax Number  (828) 254-2489
 Email Address                 automuseum@grovewood.com
 URL
 SiteVisit                         J. Futch
 Date Updated               10/28/99
 Notes  

Organization    Friends of Western North Carolina Nature Center

  Name                          Augusta Gladding
 Title                              Director
 Library
 Address                       75 Gashes Creek Road
 City                             Asheville,  NC   28805-
 Work Phone                (828) 299-8522            Fax Number  (828) 298-2644
 Email Address              staff@wnc.naturecenter.org
 URL
 SiteVisit                       H. Wykle
 Date Updated             10/28/99

 Notes
Organization    Health Adventure
  Name                           Ashley Maag
 Title
 Library
 Address                         2 S. Pack Square
 City                               Asheville,  NC   28802-0100
 Work Phone                  (828) 254-6373            Fax Number (828) 257-4521
 Email Address                info@health-adventure.com
 URL                              http://www.health-adventure.com
 SiteVisit                         H. Wykle
 Date Updated               10/28/99
 Notes                            Founded 1968.  Exhibits
  Organization    Historic Resources Commission of 
                   Asheville and Buncombe County
  Name                         
 Title                            Director Library
 Address                      PO Box 7148
 City                            Asheville, NC   28802-
 Work Phone               (828) 259-5836            Fax Number (828) 259-5428
 Email Address             
 URL
 SiteVisit                       H. Keiner
 Date Updated              10/28/99
 Notes                          Tues., Wed., Thur., 9-5. Dates: 1801 to 1950.
Organization    Montreat College
  Name                         Elizabeth Pearson
 Title                             Director
 Library                         L. Nelson Bell Library
 Address                       PO Box 1297
City                              Montreat, NC   28757-
 Work Phone                (828) 669-8011            Fax Number  (828) 669-1552
 Email Address
 URL
 SiteVisit                       Michelle Francis
 Date Updated              10/28/99
 Notes                           Special Collections: Social studies (Howard Kester papers; Crosby Adams Music Collection 

Organization    Montreat College-Presbyterian Historical 
                  Society
 Name                          
 Title                             Deputy Director
 Library
 Address                       P.O.Box 849,318 Georgia Terrace
 City                             Montreat, NC    28757-
 Work Phone                (828) 669-7061            Fax Number  (828) 669-5369
 Email Address               

 URL
 SiteVisit                        M. Francis
 Date Updated              10/22/99
 Notes                           Special Collections: Presbyterian Churches of the 
                                     Southern US, Office of  the General Assembly 
Organization    Mountain Area Health Education Center
 Name                        Joan Colburn
 Title                            Director
 Library
 Address                     501 Biltmore Ave
 City                            Asheville, NC   28801-4686
 Work Phone               (828) 257-4712           Fax Number  (828) 258-2099
 Email Address             info@mtn.ncahec.org
 URL                           http://mtn.ncahec.org
 SiteVisit                      H. Wykle
 Date Updated            10/28/99
 Notes                         Medical library
                                   OPAC address: http://www.mtn.ncahec.org/library 

Organization    Grovewood Galleries & N C Homespun 
                   Museum

 Name                          Vanessa Osborne
 Title                             Manager
 Library
 Address                       111 Grovewood Road
 City                             Asheville, NC    28804-
 Work Phone                (828) 253-7651            Fax Number (828) 254-2489
 Email Address
 URL
 SiteVisit                       J. Futch
 Date Updated              10/28/99
 Notes 
Organization    NCDCR Archives and History Western 
                  Office
  Name                         Jeff  Futch
 Title                             Records Management Analyst
 Library                        Archives and Records Section
 Address                      1 Village Lane, Suite 3, Biltmore Village
 City                            Asheville,  NC   28803-2677
 Work Phone               (828) 274-6789            Fax Number  (828) 274-6995
 Email Address              jfutch@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us
 URL                            http://www.ncdcr.gov/maps-western.htm
 SiteVisit                       J. Futch
 Date Updated            10/22/99
 Notes
Organization    Olde Buncombe Co. Genealogical 
                   Society, Inc.
  Name                         Doris Cline Ward
 Title                             Secretary
 Library
 Address                       85 Tunnel Road, Innsbruck Mall, Suite 22
 City                             Asheville, NC  28805
 Work Phone               (828) 254-3311            Fax Number
 Email Address             dorisward@aol.com
 URL                            http://www.main.nc.us/OBCGS/
 SiteVisit                       J. Futch
 Date Updated              10/28/99
 Notes                           Mon.-Fri. 9-5. Dates: Pre-1800 to date. Size: 151-300 
                                     linear feet.
Organization    Preservation Society of Asheville and 
                   Buncombe  County
  Name                        Bill Wescott
  Title                          President
 Library
 Address                      13 Biltmore Way
 City                            Asheville, NC  28801
 Work Phone               (828) 254-2343            Fax Number  (828) 254-2343
 Email Address             presociety@bellsouth.net
 URL                           http://www.psabc.org
 SiteVisit                       H. Keiner
 Date Updated              10/28/99
 Notes
Organization    Smith-McDowell Museum
  Name                         Rebecca Lamb
 Title                             Executive Director
 Library
 Address                       283 Victoria Road
 City                             Asheville, NC     28801
 Work Phone                (828) 253-9231            Fax Number  (828) 253-5518
 Email Address              rlamb@wnchistory.org
 URL                            http://www.unchistory.org
 SiteVisit                       J. Futch
 Date Updated              10/28/99
 Notes
Organization    Southern Highland Craft Guild
 Name                          
 Title                             Director of Programs/Collections
 Library                         Folk Art Center Library
 Address                       PO Box 9545
 City                             Asheville, NC    28815
 Work Phone                (828) 298-7928            Fax Number  (828) 298-7962
 Email Address              shcglibrary@worldnet.att.net
 URL                            http://www.southernhighlandguild.org
 SiteVisit                       M. Francis
 Date Updated              10/28/99
 Notes                           Reference only; 2 days per week, variable.
                                     Collections librarian Caroline Manheimer (?).

Organization    Thomas Wolfe House Memorial
  Name                         Steve  Hill
 Title                             Historic Site Manager
 Library

 Address                       52 N. Market Street
 City                             Asheville,  NC    28801-
 Work Phone                (828) 253-8304            Fax Number   (828) 252-8171
 Email Address           steve@wolfmemorial.com
 URL                          http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/wolfe/wolfe.htm
 SiteVisit                       J. Futch
 Date Updated             10/28/99
Notes                           Exhibits and artifacts, few records
Organization    UNC Asheville, Ramsey Library Special       
                  Collections
 Name                          Jim Kuhlman
Title                              Library Director
Library                          D. H. Ramsey Library
Address                        One University Heights
City                              Asheville, NC     28804-8504
Work Phone                 (828) 251-6545            Fax Number (828) 251-6012
Email Address              hwykle@unca.edu
 URL                            http://toto.lib.unca.edu
SiteVisit                        H. Wykle
 Date Updated             10/28/99
 Notes                          M-Th  9-3 ; Other hours by appointment 
Organization    UNC-Asheville Owen Gallery
  Name                         Tucker  Cooke
 Title                             Chairman-Art Dept.
 Library                         Art Department
 Address                        1 University Heights
 City           &n