Marion Phelps Photograph Collection P2022.01

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Summary Information

Repository
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Title
Marion Phelps Photograph Collection
ID
P2022.01
Date [inclusive]
c. 1915
Extent
0.1 Linear feet
Description note
This collection contains photographs of Asheville and the Knickerbocker boarding house, taken by Marion Phelps of Nashville, Tennessee, when vacationing in Asheville circa 1915. Some photos are on pages from a photo album, other photos were removed from photo album pages.
Location note
Shelved in Photograph section of Special Collections (in box with Luther McCurry Collection and Sarah Harndon Collection).
Language
English
Abstract
Contains photographs of Asheville, the Knickerbocker boarding house, domestic servants at the Knickerbocker, the French Broad River, and scenery near Asheville.

Citation

[Identification of item], Marion Phelps Photograph Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville.

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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

Access note

The collection is available for research.

Custodial History

Donated by Martha Walker. Marion Phelps was her great aunt.

Accruals note

Additional accruals are not expected.

Processing Information

Processed by Gene Hyde

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Collection Inventory

  • Folder 1: Page from photo book with 3 photos.
    • “Ponson’s Bridge – French Broad”
    • Women on wooden seat by French Broad River
    • Women leaning against trees by French Broad River
  • Folder 2: Page from photo book with photos on both sides
    • “Sunset Mountain Dummy Line, Asheville NC”
    • “Waterspout at Round Knob”
    • “Knickerbocker types:”
      • The Landlady’s daughter
      • Aunt Sally the cook
      • The youngest boarders
  • Folder 3: Page from photo book with photos on both sides
    • Swannanoa River
    • View from Gouche’s Peak
    • French Broad River, looking upstream. Asheville in distance, taken from Bingham Heights
    • French Broad River, looking down stream. Asheville in distance, taken from Bingham Heights
  • Folder 4: Page from photo book with photos on both sides
    • “Rear of market, Asheville” – horse drawn covered wagon dirt road
    • Horse drawn covered wagon in front o wooden fence
    • Cow drawn buggy and driver on street in front of house
    • Cabin in field near Asheville
    • Building near asheville
    • “Electric RR” tracks
  • Folder 5: Page from photo book with photos on both sides
    • Photo of the Knickerbocker boarding house
    • Photo of the Knickerbocker parlor
    • View from the porch of the Knickerbocker
    • Photo of “the boaders” on the steps of the Knickerbocker
  • Folder 6: People sitting porch of a house (unlabeled)
  • Folder 7: “Dr. Battle’s Bungalow on Beaumont St.- Asheville”
  • Folder 8: Boy doing handstand in yard with other boys watching
  • Folder 9: “Rumbough residence – Asheville”
  • Folder 10: “Rustic windmill, Richmond Hill”
  • Folder 11: “On top of Richmond Hill, Asheville”
  • Folder 12: Kenilworth Inn
  • Folder 13: “Battery Park Hotel, Asheville – showing about one third of it”