Bill and Alice Hart Collection – M2022.02

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Summary Information

Repository
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Title
The William A. Hart, Jr. and Alice Huff Hart Western North Carolina Regional Library (referred to as the “Bill and Alice Hart Collection”)
ID
M2022.02
Date [inclusive]
1986-2016
Extent
26 Linear feet
Description note
The collection consists of books, government publications, newspaper articles, research articles, government studies, periodicals, small press publications, book catalogs, bibliographies, maps, pamphlets, advertisements, hiking and trail guides, correspondence, nature guides, VHS tapes, vinyl record albums, compact discs, and assorted ephemera.
Location note
Manuscripts are shelved in Row 4, Sections 6-7 in the Special Collections storage area.  Books and recorded music are shelved in the Special Collections reading room. A list of the books is in the library catalog.
Language
English
Abstract
The William A. Hart, Jr. and Alice Huff Hart Western North Carolina Regional Library, known as the Bill and Alice Hart Collection, contains over 1200 monographs and over 25 linear feet of ephemera and related materials. This comprehensive collection of books and materials was acquired by Bill and Alice Hart over 55 years and represents a broad spectrum of written material relating primarily to Western North Carolina. The collection’s geographic focus is on 16 Western North Carolina counties: Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga and Yancy counties. Many of the books and pamphlets are extremely rare and represent the Harts’ scholarship and pursuit of specific sources of information as their research delved deep into different aspects of Western North Carolina history and culture.

Citation –

[Identification of item], Bill and Alice Hart Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville

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Biographical note

Bill Hart 

William A. “Bill” Hart, Jr., born November 24,1939, is the son of Judge William A. Hart, Sr. and Mabel Savannah Reeves Hart. He is a sixth generation descendant of James Reeves who settled in Big Sandy Mush in 1799. Bill grew up in Weaverville, NC, attended North Buncombe High School and graduated Western Carolina College (Western Carolina University) with a B. S. Degree in Education. Bill is married to Alice Huff Hart and they have two children, Sara Hart Stewart (Scott) and William A. Hart, III (Lisa) and grandchild William Houston Hart, step grandchildren James, Ian and Bonnie Stewart and step great grandchild, Serling Stewart. Bill and Alice live in Fletcher, NC.

After college, Bill taught high school history at Clyde A. Erwin High School in Buncombe County before embarking on a career in human resource management, consulting and training. He was employed by Taylor Instrument in 1964 and held various HR positions during his 20 years with Taylor, including six years as director of industrial relations. He was later employed by Western Carolina Industries (WCI, Inc.), a regional employers’ association, and served as consultant to WCI members in HR policy, practice and regulatory compliance. He presented WCI’s Human Resource Leadership Program to 400 participants and conducted other diverse programs during his tenure with WCI. Following retirement, WCI established the William A. Hart, Jr. Community College Scholarship in his honor. A colleague observed that Bill was a friend to business throughout Western North Carolina.

As an active volunteer, and frequent chair of the organizations he served, Bill focused his efforts on education, employment and training, youth programs and conservation. His service included the A-B Tech Board of Trustees (Trustee 22 years); A-B Tech Foundation Board; Mountain Area Workforce Development Board (26 years); Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina; the Harry Clarke Memorial Scholarship Committee; and the Givens Estates Board, among others. Also, he served as Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 72, sponsored by Skyland United Methodist Church, where he was an active member. Bill also served on the board of the Great Smoky Mountains Association for 12 years, including four as chair. The Great Smoky Mountains Association is a Great Smoky Mountains National Park partner, supporting the park through store sales, labor, donations and volunteer efforts. Following retirement, Bill and Alice established the Bill and Alice Hart Scholarship at A-B Tech to support students’ educational aspirations.

With a deep love for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Bill logged almost 4000 miles there, including all designated trails, earning him the 900 Miler Award. He was a hiker/author for Hiking Trails of the Smokies published by the GSMA, contributed three articles to Smokies Life Magazine and he had two articles published in May We All Remember Well: A Journal of the History & Cultures of Western North Carolina, Volumes I and II. Many of Bill’s experiences in the Great Smokies are documented in his book 3000 Miles In The Great Smokies. In addition to his time in the Smokies, Bill hiked the Appalachian Trail and completed his south to north section-hikes at Mount Katahdin, Maine in 2002.

For more than a half-century, Bill and Alice curated an extensive library of Western North Carolina books and ephemera. In 2022, they donated their library to Special Collections at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Their collection named the William A. Hart, Jr. and Alice Huff Hart Western North Carolina Regional Library will support students, faculty, and researchers and the overall educational mission of the University.

Also in 2022, Bill, Alice, and Bill’s sister, Carole Currie, placed 90 acres of their farm in Leicester Township in a conservation easement with Buncombe County Soil and Water. This farm, which has been in the family for more than 100 years, is a North Carolina Century Farm. Along with Bill’s other pursuits, he has had a long-term interest in Japanese photographer George Masa and is a recognized Masa scholar. In 2022, he was member of a committee that honored Masa with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker placed near Pack Square in Asheville.

Alice Hart

Alice Wilson Huff Hart was born in Sylva, NC on October 3, 1939 to Leonard Orr Huff and Allie Wilson Huff. Her Jackson County ancestors were original settlers of the county and her Madison County ancestors were early settlers and founders of Mars Hill College. Alice grew up in Sylva and graduated Sylva High School and Western Carolina University with a B.S. degree in Elementary Education, a M.A.ED in Early Childhood Education and Reading, and an E.D.S in Education Administration. In addition, she earned a Doctorate in Education Administration from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Alice is married to William A. Hart, Jr. and they have two children, Sara Hart Stewart (Scott) and William A. Hart, III (Lisa) and grandson, William Houston Hart, and three step grandchildren, James, Ian, and Bonnie Stewart and one step great grandchild, Sterling Stewart. Alice and Bill live in Fletcher.

After graduation, Alice worked in the Western Carolina library as a full time librarian assistant. Following Bill’s graduation, Alice and Bill moved to Buncombe County. Alice began her teaching career at French Broad Elementary School, taught at Valley Springs and Glen Arden Elementary Schools, and was assistant principal at Estes Elementary School before becoming principal of Glen Arden Elementary School where she served ten years. These experiences were followed by her administrative roles as assistant superintendent for Buncombe County Schools and associate superintendent for Asheville City School. Alice’s career in public education spanned 36 years.

For ten years, Alice served as a guest instructor at the North Carolina Principals Executive Program in Chapel Hill focusing on the Paideia Program and Seminar Teaching. She was member of the North Carolina Curriculum Council and Teaching Fellows Commission and has worked in a consultant capacity with many school systems, boards and organizations in the state. Following retirement in 2002, Alice worked for two years as a consultant for The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching managing a Mebane Foundation grant for literacy training in three school systems: Asheville City, Davie County and Lexington City Schools. In 2008, she led a team of UNC Asheville and community members to create an office for university-community partnerships.

Alice received numerous honors during her career: Teacher of The Year at Glen Arden Elementary School; Principal of the Year for Buncombe County Schools; First Union Educator of the Year; Principal of the Year for North Carolina and later was named to Western Carolina University’s Peak Performers Honor Roll. She was honored as Educator of the Year by The Ruth Davidson Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and finalist for the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the North Carolina Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development; Lifetime Member of the North Carolina PTA, honored by parents of Glen Arden Elementary School; and honored by The Health Adventure with the TAM Volunteer of the Year Award. She was recognized as a founding member of the Buncombe County Education Coalition and received the Tribute to Women and Industry Award by the YWCA. Alice was recognized by Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College through the presentation of an Honorary Degree. She was a guest on William Friday’s North Carolina People on two occasions.

During her career, Alice implemented numerous nationally recognized programs. Even Champions Have Coaches was a program developed at the University of Texas at Austin and adopted by North Carolina for training principals to manage change in their schools. Influenced by Mortimer Adler, author of The Paideia Program, Alice implemented the program at Glen Arden Elementary School in partnership with Dr. Karen Campbell at Estes Elementary School. Karen and Alice attended conferences with Adler where they studied Paideia. Paideia is  program that ensures that students have equal opportunity to learn through guided discussions (seminars) of important topics and ideas. Mortimer Adler was a renowned philosopher, educator and author who became Alice’s trusted advisor, including advising her on her dissertation. Alice studied with Dr. James Comer, founder of the Yale School Development Program, to implement the Comer model in Asheville City Schools. In partnership with UNC Asheville, Alice implemented the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Program in Asheville City Schools, a program to support and encourage students who may be the first in their families to attend higher education.

 In 1997, she conceived and edited Journeys in Education Leadership, a book featuring essays by 18 North Carolina Principals of the Year; wrote Seminar Teaching: Five Case Studies for use in public schools and the Principals Executive Program; and contributed to several chapters in Teaching, Learning and Development: A roadmap to the Comer Process for Planned Change. Alice, with colleagues, Karen Campbell and Gene Arnold wrote “Introducing the Wednesday Revolution” published in Educational Leadership.

Alice has been active in community organizations. She served on the Board of the Given Estates, a Methodist Retirement Home. She  served as a member of local boards and organizations, including Chair of The Health Adventure Board of Directors, member of the Board of Directors of Kids Voting, founder of the Education Coalition, and served on the Arts Council Education Committee, Partners in Education and the Education Cabinet of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. At the national level, Alice was a consultant with the National Paideia Center where she was recognized as an expert in seminar teaching. Alice is an active member of the Skyland United Methodist Church where for many years she has served in leadership positions including card ministry, member visitation, Bible study and chancel choir where she sang for over 30 years.

In 2013, Alice served as lead plaintiff in the North Carolina Voucher Law Suit. As a lifelong proponent of public schools, she joined 24 other educators and private citizens challenging public funds for private school vouchers.The plaintiffs prevailed at the North Carolina Superior Court level; however, this ruling was overturned by the North Carolina Supreme Court, resulting in millions of dollars being diverted from public schools.

As a lifelong learner, Alice has many interests: music, reading, art, hiking, gardening and gourmet cooking. Of particular interest, is the exploration of the mountains of Western North Carolina and learning about mountain people, their history, music and lore, and arts and crafts. Following retirement, Alice expanded a lifelong interest in art through watercolor instruction from dear friend and mentor, renowned artist, Elizabeth Ellison. Elizabeth’s guidance enhanced her abilities and appreciation of the natural world, portrayed with a depth of feeling in her watercolors. Alice produces cards with photographs of her watercolors which she sends by hundreds to her family and many friends to celebrate special occasions, offer encouragement and express sympathy.

Perhaps, these quotes from the Peak Performer nomination at Western Carolina University sum up Alice best. “Dr. Hart has devoted her life to children.  Her work is her passion and one of her greatest pleasures”. “She is legendary as a mentor for many of our students who decide to journey into the world of educational leadership”.

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Scope and Contents

The Hart Collection contains over 1200 monographs and over 25 linear feet of ephemera and related materials documenting the rich history and culture of Western North Carolina in particular, and Southern Appalachia in general. The Collection’s geographic focus is on 16 Western North Carolina counties: Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga and Yancy counties. Additionally, several of Alice Hart’s watercolors are on display with the collection in the Special Collections Reading Room.

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Arrangement note  –

The collection consists of two major groups: 1) over 1200 monographs (books) housed in the reading room stacks in the dedicated “Bill and Alice Hart Collection” section, and 2) over 25 linear feet of ephemera and other materials processed and shelved as a manuscript collection.

When in their home, the Bill and Alice Hart collection was in a beautiful, custom-built library room and filled over 100 linear feet of shelf space. The Harts organized their collection topically in the following categories, which we have duplicated as we shelved the monographs in the Reading Room:

Group 1: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Group 2: Early WNC Travel and History

Group 3: WNC Institutions

Group 4: Appalachian Trail

Group 5: Crafts, Humor, Foxfire

Group 6: Folklore and Music

Group 7: Fiction with Regional Settings

Group 8: Cherokee and Indigenous History and Archaeology

Group 9: County Histories and Community Information

Group 10: Natural History

Group 11: Architecture, Photography, Forestry, Natural Resources, Blue Ridge Parkway, Mount Mitchell

Group 12: Asheville and the Civil War

The Collection documents not only the region, but also the Harts’ process of identifying and procuring rare books and materials related to Western North Carolina and Appalachia. Included are the bibliographic sources they used and many book catalogs from such sources as the Captain’s Bookshelf and Appalachian Mountain Book as well as correspondence with book dealers. This documents materials the process of finding and acquiring Appalachian resources both before and after the development of web-based resources.

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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 open for research.

Custodial History

Donated by Bill and Alice Hart, 2022.

Accruals note

Additional accruals are possible.

Related Collection

Related to the Hart Ephemera Collection.

Processing Information

The manuscripts/ephemera part of the collection was processed by Charles Schmidt, Gene Hyde, and Ashley Whittle during Summer 2022. The monographs, record albums, and CDs were cataloged by Barb Svenson during Summer 2022.

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Video Tour of the Hart Collection

For more insights into the collection, please see the Video Introduction to the Bill and Alice Hart Collection.

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Collection Inventory

Box 1: Smoky Mountains Hiking Club (SMHC) Hiking Booklets and Handbooks 1924-1965

  • Folder 1: SMHC Season 1926 pamphlet plus Bill Hart annotation 
  • Folder 2: SMHC Program Hikes 1927
  • Folder 3: SMHC Program Hikes 1928
  • Folder 4: SMHC Program Hikes 1929
  • Folder 5: SMHC Program Hikes 1930
  • Folder 6: SMHC Annual Handbook: Sixth (1931)
  • Folder 7: SMHC Annual Handbook: Seventh (1932)
  • Folder 8: SMHC Annual Handbook: Eighth (1933)
  • Folder 9: SMHC Annual Handbook: Ninth (1934) 
  • Folder 10: SMHC Annual Handbook: Tenth (1935) 
  • Folder 11: SMHC Annual Handbook: Eleventh (1936) 
  • Folder 12: SMHC Handbook: (1937) 
  • Folder 13: SMHC Handbook: (1938) 
  • Folder 14: SMHC Handbook: (1939) 
  • Folder 15: SMHC Handbook: (1940) 
  • Folder 16: SMHC Handbook: (1941) 
  • Folder 17: SMHC Handbook: (1942) 
  • Folder 18: SMHC Handbook: (1943)
  • Folder 19: SMHC Twentieth Anniversary Handbook: (1924-1944) 
  • Folder 20: SMHC Handbook: (1945)
  • Folder 21: SMHC Handbook: (1946)
  • Folder 22: SMHC Handbook: (1947)
  • Folder 23: SMHC Handbook: (1948)
  • Folder 24: SMHC Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Handbook: (1924-1949) 
  • Folder 25: SMHC Handbook: (1950)
  • Folder 26: SMHC Handbook: (1951)
  • Folder 27: SMHC Handbook: (1952)
  • Folder 28: SMHC Handbook: (1953)
  • Folder 29: SMHC Handbook: (1954)
  • Folder 30: SMHC Handbook: (1955)
  • Folder 31: SMHC Handbook: (1956)
  • Folder 32: SMHC Handbook: (1957)
  • Folder 33: SMHC Handbook: (1958)
  • Folder 34: SMHC Handbook: (1959)
  • Folder 35: SMHC Handbook: (1960)
  • Folder 36: SMHC Handbook: (1961)
  • Folder 37: SMHC Handbook: (1962)
  • Folder 38: SMHC Handbook: (1963)
  • Folder 39: SMHC Handbook: (1964)
  • Folder 40: SMHC Handbook: (1965

Box 2: Smoky Mountains Hiking Club (SMHC) Handbooks

  • Folder 1: SMHC Handbook: (1966) (2 copies)
  • Folder 2: SMHC Handbook: (1967)
  • Folder 3: SMHC Handbook: (1968)
  • Folder 4: SMHC Handbook: (1969)
  • Folder 5: SMHC Handbook: (1970)
  • Folder 6: SMHC Handbook: (1971)
  • Folder 7: SMHC Handbook: (1972)
  • Folder 8: SMHC Handbook: (1973)
  • Folder 9: SMHC Handbook: (1975)
  • Folder 10: SMHC Handbook (1976)
  • Folder 11: SMHC Handbook (1977)
  • Folder 12: SMHC Handbook (1978)
  • Folder 13: SMHC Handbook (1979)
  • Folder 14: SMHC Handbook (1980)
  • Folder 15: SMHC Handbook (1981)
  • Folder 16: SMHC Handbook (1982)
  • Folder 17: SMHC Handbook (1983)
  • Folder 18: SMHC Handbook (1987)
  • Folder 19: SMHC Handbook (1988)
  • Folder 20: SMHC Handbook (1989)
  • Folder 21: SMHC Handbook (1990)
  • Folder 22: SMHC Handbook (1991)
  • Folder 23: SMHC Handbook (1992)
  • Folder 24: SMHC Handbook (1993)
  • Folder 25: SMHC Handbook (1994)
  • Folder 26: SMHC Handbook (1995)
  • Folder 27: SMHC Handbook (1996)
  • Folder 28: SMHC Handbook (1997)
  • Folder 29: SMHC Handbook (1998)
  • Folder 30: SMHC Handbook (1999)

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Box 3: Smoky Mountains Hiking Club (SMHC) Handbooks and related booklets

  • Folder 1: SMHC Handbook (2000)
  • Folder 2: SMHC Handbook (2001)
  • Folder 3: SMHC Handbook (2002)
  • Folder 4: SMHC Handbook (2003)
  • Folder 5: SMHC Handbook (2004)
  • Folder 6: SMHC Handbook (2005)
  • Folder 7: SMHC Handbook (2006)
  • Folder 8: SMHC Handbook (2007)
  • Folder 9: SMHC Handbook (2008)
  • Folder 10: SMHC Handbook (2009)
  • Folder 11: SMHC Handbook (2010)
  • Folder 12: SMHC Handbook (2011)
  • Folder 13: SMHC Handbook (2012)
  • Folder 14: SMHC Handbook (2013)
  • Folder 15: SMHC Handbook (2014)
  • Folder 16: SMHC Handbook (2015)
  • Folder 17: SMHC Handbook (2016)
  • Folder 18: SMHC Handbook (2017)
  • Folder 19: SMHC Handbook (2018)
  • Folder 20: History of the SMHC, 1924-74 (2 copies) 
  • Folder 21: Junior Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, 1940-41 (Book III)
  • Book: Jessie’s Children, by Herman Silva Forest, Vantage Press, 1959 (first edition) (includes Bill Hart description of book and provenance) 

Box 4: Fishing documents, Smoky Mountains materials, National Park Service Popular Study Series, Olive Tilford Dargan

  • Folder 1: Trout fishing informatioon
  • Folder 2: General fishing information
  • Folder 3: “Fisheries Fact Sheet,” 2007
  • Folder 4: Book Reviews and Advertisement for From My Highest Hill by Olive Tilford Dargan, includes biographical information on Olive Tilford Dargan from North Carolina Libraries Spring 1960 and The Southern Packet June 1998
  • Folder 5: Blue Ridge Outdoors February 1993
  • Folder 6: Official Data on Western North Carolina’s 223 Highest Mountain Peaks 1946 Published by Asheville Citizen Times
  • Folder 7: Great Smoky Mountains General Management Plan 1978
  • Folder 8: “Great Smoky Mountains National Park Tourist Study” 1949
  • Folder 9: The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech by Joseph Sargent Hall King’s Crown Press 1942
  • Folder 10: National Park Service Popular Study Series
    • Prehistoric Cultures of the Southeast History Number 4
    • Mountain Speech in the Great Smokies History Number 5
    • Rifles and Riflemen at the Battle of Kings Mountain History Number 12
    • Rifle Making in the Great Smoky Mountains History Number 13
    • American Charcoal Making History Number 14
  • Folder 11: Great Smoky Mountains Colloquy
    • Issue 1 Number 1, January 2000
    • Volume 1 Number 2, July 2000
    • Volume 2 Number 1, March 2001
    • North Carolina ECHO Site Printout
    • Volume 2 Number 2, August 2001
    • Volume 3 Number 1, April 2002
    • Volume 3 Number 2, August 2002
    • Volume 5 Number 1, Spring 2004
    • Volume 5 Number 2, Fall 2004
    • Great Smoky Mountains Regional Bibliography/Collection Sheet
    • Volume 6 Number 1, Spring 2005
    • Volume 6 Number 2, Fall 2005
    • Email Correspondence Print-Out regarding Colloquy Article
    • Volume 4 Number 1, Spring 2003
    • “Trailblazers: Jim Thompson and Albert ‘Dutch’ Roth Photographs of the Early Years of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park”Volume 7 Number 1, Spring 2006
    • Volume 8 Number 1, Fall 2007
    • Volume 8 Number 2, Fall 2007
    • Volume 9 Number 1, Spring 2008
    • Volume 9 Number 2, Fall 2008
    • Volume 10 Number 1, Spring 2009
    • Volume 11 Number 1, Spring 2010
    • Volume 11 Number 2, Fall 2010
    • Volume 12 Number 1, Spring 2011
    • Volume 12 Number 2, Fall 2011
    • Volume 13 Number 1, Spring 2012
    • Volume 13 Number 2, Fall 2012
    • Volume 14 Number 1, Spring 2013
    • Donation Pamphlet for Great Smoky Mountains Regional Project
    • Volume 14 Number 2, Fall 2013
    • Volume 15 Number 1, Spring 2014
    • Building a Better Digital Library by Holly Mercer and Mark Baggett
    • Volume 15 Number 2, Fall 2014`
    • Volume 16 Number 1, Spring 2015
    • Volume 16 Number 2, Fall 2015
    • Volume 17 Number 1, Spring 2016
    • Volume 17 Number 2, Fall 2016
    • Volume 18 Number 1, Spring 2017
    • Volume 18 Number 2, Fall 2017
    • Volume 19 Number 1, Spring 2018
    • Volume 19 Number 2, Fall 2018
  • Folder 12: “The Library Development Review,” University of Tennessee Libraries
    • Tennessee Alumnus Winter 2003
    • The Library Development Review 2008-2009
    • The Library Development Review 2009-2010
    • The Library Development Review 2012-2013
  • Folder 13: Smoky Mountains Club Correspondence between Ray Payne and William A. Hart Jr. 
  • Folder 14: “History of the Carolina Mountain Club” September 1993
  • Folder 15: “Masonic Shrine at Black Camp Gap Entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park” Dedicated July 11, 1938
  • Folder 16: “Mountain Playground: Women of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club” by Liz Skene, Summer 2019
  • Folder 17: Smokies and Black Mountain Hiking Information
  • Folder 18: Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge Walking and Driving Tour Guides/Pamphlets
  • Folder 19: The Cherokees of the Smoky Mountains by Horace Kephart
  • Folder 20: Letters and Holiday Season Cards Sent to Bill Hart, a map of Hazel Creek

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Box 5: Fontana North Shore Historical Association documents

  • “Out of the Depths Comes Past,” Monday September 24, 1990
  • Western North Carolina Wednesday August 14, 1991
  • Lunch Room Ladies Summer 1991
  • Smoky Mountain Neighbors Thursday January 9, 1992
  • Vester and Edna Earley Welch, 1941
  • Miles Thomas Calhoun, Clora Belle Laney Calhoun, Fall 1992
  • Rhoda Johnson Spring 1993
  • Back to Hazel Creek Summer 1993
  • Baptizing at Old Camp Fall 1993
  • Gene, Ted and Ralph Laney with Joe and Charlie Winter 1993
  • Logging Train on Eagle Creek Winter 1993
  • Duane and Sue Oliver (and cat) Summer 1994
  • Proctor School Children Spring 1994
  • Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vance Celebrate 50 Years Fall 1994
  • Inez Welch Winter 1994
  • Minnie Payne Wike, Lula B. Payne Ammons, Lizzie Cook Hall, Fannie Payne Hall Spring 1995
  • Carrie Bradshaw Summer 1995
  • Willa Mae Hall, Hazel Hall, Ruby Cable and Beatrice Cook Fall 1995
  • Frances Iowa Marcus Proctor & 3 sons: Olin, Jay and Lum Proctor Winter 1995
  • Sanders Calhoun Spring 1996
  • William Bryson Cole and his second wife, Texas Hutchins, and their children Summer 1996
  • First Ladies to Record Their Music Fall 1996
  • Glen and Carl Woodard & their dog Drum Winter 1996
  • The Wilburn Franklin Family Spring 1997
  • Andrew Jackson Monteith Family & Homestead Summer 1997
  • Copper Mines Fall 1997
  • Nora Lee Davis Calhoun & William Calhoun With Their Daughters, Inez & Verayle Winter 1997
  • Inez Franklin Britt & Rev. George Britt Soon After Their Wedding Spring 1998
  • Rev. Jess C Millsaps B-1894 County, N.C. Spring 1999
  • Email Correspondence regarding “Email pours in with amen on cussin” 2002
  • Josiah Bradshaw and son John Bradshaw Summer 1999
  • Samantha Chambers Anthony with 5 sons: Henry Scott (oldest), Jasper Wright, Larzo Patrick, Willis Pinkney & McKinley Pearson (youngest) Winter 1999
  • Daniel and Verna Proctor Payne Spring 2000
  • Ada McClure Kirkland, Roxie and Jack Kirkland, Minnie Kirkland Fleming, Etta Kirkland, Annie Kirkland Calhoun, Ada McClure Kirkland Summer 2000
  • Justin Pilkey, son of Gene Pilkey Fall 2000
  • Visiting Elephant Rock during Fontana Lake draw down Winter 2000
  • Fons and Betsy Marcus Home in Possum Hollow Spring 2001
  • Louisa Elizabeth Davis Hyde Summer 2001
  • Wesley Crisp, Andy Earley, Maude Kirkland Earley, Coyle & Birchel Earley. Chambers Creek Winter 2001
  • Proctor Baptist Church photo courtesy of Willa Mae Spring 2002
  • Elizabeth Jane Welch & William Calvin Welch Who Lived at Bushnell Summer 2002
  • Ruth Laney Chandler on her way Fall 2002
  • Artist’s Depiction of How Moses Proctor Looked Winter 2002
  • North Shore Newsletter Fall 2004
  • North Shore Newsletter Spring 2005
  • North Shore Newsletter Summer 2005
  • North Shore Newsletter Fall 2005
  • North Shore Newsletter Winter 2005
  • North Shore Newsletter Spring 2006
  • North Shore Newsletter Summer 2006

Box 6: Great Smokies National Park – various

  • Folder 1: Friends of the Smokies: Alum Cave Trail Rehabilitation Nears Completion, Summer 2016
  • Folder 2: Purchase Knob Hiking Information
  • Folder 3: Chestnut: The New Journal of the American Chestnut Foundation, Fall 2015 Issue 3 Volume 29
  • Folder 4: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Stamps Purchase
  • Folder 5: Auction for assorted books and periodicals, mostly Western North Carolina including Bingham School material, “The Mentor”
  • Folder 6: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Economic Values in Regulation of Stream Flow, Water Supply and Hydro Electric Power by Chas. E. Ray Jr. 
  • Folder 7: The National Geographic Magazine, October 1952 and July 1926
  • Folder 8: Great Smoky Mountains Envelopes
  • Folder 9: Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Stan Cain Preliminary Guide to Brushy Mountain Trail 1937
  • Folder 10: Tours in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1932
  • Folder 11: Great Smoky Mountains National Park History and Information
  • Folder 12: Assorted Correspondence with Bill Hart 1991
  • Folder 13: Newfound Press and The Spot Marked Alpine: A Story of Names, Mountains, & Men
  • Folder 14: The Mirth of a National Park by John O. Morrel, 1981
  • Folder 15: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Pamphlet 
  • Folder 16: Great Smoky Mountains Pamphlet by Ada Campbell Larew, 1928
  • Folder 17: Within the Smokies by Eva Beard, 1941
  • Folder 18: Journal (Formerly Transactions) of the Tennessee Academy of Science April 1926
  • Folder 19: Report on the Great Smoky Mountains and Other Areas for a National or State Park by Joint Legislative Committee of Sixty-Fourth General Assembly, Nashville Tennessee 1925
  • Folder 20: Great Smoky Mountains Guides, Pamphlets and Advertisements
    • Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with Map Gatlinburg Supplement 1940
    • Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with Map Gatlinburg Supplement 1941
    • Delta Air Lines Great Smoky Mountain Air Cruises advertisement 
    • “Enjoy the Great Smoky Mountains from the Mountain View Hotel: Modern Comfort in a Rustic Atmosphere” Huff Family
    • Lloyd’s Motor Court And Apartments – Restaurant on the Eastern Border of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
    • America’s Scenic Playground: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Hotel Greystone Gatlinburg, Tennessee
  • Folder 21: SPA Convention Envelope

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Box 7: Great Smoky Mountain National Park – various

  • Folder 1: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Plant and Animal Infographics
  • Folder 2: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Travel Brochures for Tours and Museums
  • Folder 3: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Nature Trail Guides
  • Folder 4: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Checklists for Plants and Wildlife
  • Folder 5: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Informational Handouts on Hiking and Natural Resources
  • Folder 6: Bibliographies of Great Smoky Mountains Literature by George McCoy, assembled by Richard Maxwell
  • Folder 7: Western North Carolina Travel Guides for Oconaluftee Indian Village and the 223 Highest Mountain Peaks
  • Folder 8: “Seeing the Smokies: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park” Brochures
  • Folder 9: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Travel and Tourism Brochures ~1932
  • Folder 10: The Mountaineer Travel Magazine February 1941
  • Folder 11: Nature Magazine Volume 24, Number 2, August 1934
  • Folder 12: National Geographic Pages Regarding the Great Smoky Mountains and Appalachian Wildlife
  • Folder 13: “Tours in the Great Smokies” Travel Brochure ~1932
  • Folder 14: Great Smoky Mountains National Park 60th Anniversary Dedication by Franklin Delano Roosevelt – Documentation
  • Folder 15: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Flower Tour Guides
  • Folder 16: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Sightseeing Brochures ~1950
  • Folder 17: Smoky Mountain Commemorative Coin 1940
  • Folder 18: Newspaper Clippings on the Great Smoky Mountains Founding 1928
  • Folder 19: Magazines with articles on the Great Smoky Mountains 1934-1935
  • Folder 20: Appalachian Journal Volume 25, Number 9, September 1932 Publication on Fishing Streams in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  • Folder 21: “Tramping in the Great Smokies” by Laura Thornborough, Copyright 1927

Box 8: GSMNP – Hiking and camping

  • Folder 1: Newspaper Clippings of Coopers Creek Road Public Access and Inventory of Maps Given to W.A. Hart 
  • Folder 2: Backcountry Campsites Opening and Closing Notification Leaflet 2008-2009
  • Folder 3: Printed Email with Attached Article “Park Reopens Trails Damaged in 2011 Tornado” April 30, 2013
  • Folder 4: Printed Email Regarding Backcountry Camping Reservation and Permit Website Going Live February 14th 2013, with Accompanying Great Smoky Mountains Trail Map 
  • Folder 5: Printed Emails and Newspaper Clippings Regarding Storm Damage on the Backcountry Trails, 2012
  • Folder 6: Newspaper Clippings on Alum Cave Trail Planning, Implementation, and Restoration
  • Folder 7: Printed Email with Attached Article on Backcountry Campsites Changing to Reservation Only, July 14th, 2011
  • Folder 8: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Camping and Hiking Guides 1969-2015
  • Folder 9: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Trail Guides 1960, 1976, 1980, 1992, and 1993
  • Folder 10: 1964 Department of the Interior Documentation of Great Smoky Mountain National Park Campsites and Features
  • Folder 11: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Trail Guides 1987-2011
  • Folder 12: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Trail Guides 2007 and 2008
  • Folder 13: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Deep Creek and Twentymile Guides

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Box 9: Assorted documents and articles, mostly 1920s-30s

  • Folder 1: Siler Books on Western North Carolina by Margaret Siler
  • Folder 2: Annotated Copy of “Mountain Berry Baskets & Mountain Poetry” by Bill Alexander
  • Folder 3: The North Carolina Historical Review Volume 15, Number 3, July 1938 and Additional Copy of Contained Article “Arnold Guyot’s Notes on the Mountain District of Western North Carolina”
  • Folder 4: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Statement by Jas. B. Wright of Knoxville, Tennessee 1929
  • Folder 5: Nature Magazine Volume 24 Number 2 August 1934
  • Folder 6: “Outdoors Pictorial” Volume 3, Number 7, April 1926
  • Folder 7: “The Mentor: The Appalachian Trail: From White Mts. to Great Smokies– Southern Mountaineer Life” August 1928
  • Folder 8: “Pioneer Spirit 76” Commemorative BicenTENNial Portrait Smoky Mountains Region Past and Present, 1979
  • Folder 9: Great Smoky Mountains National Park: The Land and Its People, 1941
  • Folder 10: Annotated Copy of “American Forests and Forest Life” March 1930

Box 10: Bibliographies and assorted documents

  • Folder 1: “Appalachia: Appalachian Mountain Club” Volume 2, Number 12, December 1936
  • Folder 2: Historical Publication Listings for the Great Smoky Mountains and Virginia 
  • Folder 3: Western North Carolina Literature Listings
  • Folder 4: Western North Carolina Heritage Documents 1978-1992
  • Folder 5: North Carolina Historical Review Volume 25, Number 2, April 1948
  • Folder 6: North Carolina Literature Listings by Author
  • Folder 7: Broadside: The Mountain Heritage Center Number 2 
  • Folder 8: Consortium News: Regional Cooperation in Southern Appalachia Volume 8 Number 2 May 1983
  • Folder 9: Guides to North Carolina Writing 1940-1955
  • Folder 10: Great Smoky Mountains Historical Association Annual Report 1981

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Box 11: GSMNP and Appalachian Trail related documents

  • Folder 1: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Self-Guided Nature Trail Tour Maps and Field Guides
  • Folder 2: Western North Carolina Lodging and Inn Documents
  • Folder 3: Western North Carolina Self-Guided Auto Tour Guides
  • Folder 4: Great Smoky Mountains Historical Association Catalogues
  • Folder 5: “Unto These Hills” Cherokee Historical Association 1951 and 1975 Editions
  • Folder 6: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Lodge and Destination Leaflets for LeConte Lodge, Pioneer Farmstead, and Cades Cove
  • Folder 7: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Maps and Informational Guides
  • Folder 8: Great Smoky Mountains Destination Maps and Guides
  • Folder 9: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Volunteering Opportunities and Position Descriptions
  • Folder 10: Great Smoky Mountains Historical Association Books and Things Catalog 
  • Folder 11: Great Smoky Mountains Partially Annotated Maps and Tour Guides for Gristmills, Cades Cove, and Dancing Bear Lodge
  • Folder 12: Junglebrook Nature Trail Guides
  • Folder 13: Great Smoky Mountains Park Informational Guides
  • Folder 14: Downtown Waynesville Shopping Restaurant and Business Guide Summer 2005
  • Folder 15: Appalachian Trail Guides and Checklists

Box 12: Articles and documentation about flora and fauna

  • Folder 1: “A Sketch of the Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park” by Professor Harry M. Jennison Volume 14 1939
  • Folder 2: “Mineral Resources of the Joyce Kilmer- Slickrock Wilderness, North Carolina- Tennessee” Geological Survey Bulletin 1416 Published 1977 by F.G. Lesure, E.R. Force, J.F. Windolph, and J.J. Hill with Attached Maps
  • Folder 3: “Bully For You: Elk 22” by Ann Clayton 2007, with attached guides: 1) Amphibians and Reptiles of the Great Smoky Mountains; and 2) Ferns of the Great Smoky Mountains
  • Folder 4: Flora Guides and Zoological Surveys of the Great Smoky Mountains
  • Folder 5: North Carolina Conservation Guides and Publications, 1950s to 1999
  • Folder 6: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Management Folios #2-#7
  • Folder 7: “Fire History of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 1940 to 1979” Research/Resources Management Report No. 46
  • Folder 8: “Sightline: A Health Assessment of Great Smoky Mountains National Park” Vol. 1 No. 1, Vol. 2 No. 1, and Vol. 4 No. 1
  • Folder 9: “Discovering the Smokies: A Science Journal” Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
  • Folder 10: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Biodiversity Information and Guides

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Box 13:Assorted GSMNP articles

  • Folder 1: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Resort Pamphlets for Log Cabins and Villages
  • Folder 2: Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Guides for Historical and Biological Conservation
  • Folder 3: “Carolina Connections: Your Guide to National Forests in North Carolina” 2005 “Forest Service celebrates centennial”
  • Folder 4: “My Valley in the Smokies” by Lucinda Ogle
  • Folder 5: “Women of the Smokies” Author Photos
  • Folder 6: “Rattlesnake Lodge: A Brief History and Guidebook” by Chase Ambler, 1994 and “The Southern Appalachian Highlanders” By Bishop Horner
  • Folder 7: Reverend Robert F. Campbell, D.D Publications
  • Folder 8: National Geographic: Killer Hurricanes with an article on Forest Fires in the Great Smoky Mountains, August 1996
  • Folder 9: Great Smoky Mountains Hiking Trail and Travel Guides
  • Folder 10: Wild Mountain Times: Premier Issue Vol. 2 No. 1 Spring 1994
  • Folder 11: National Geographic October 1968
  • Folder 12: Fontana Dam Data and Diagrams
  • Folder 13: “Sightline” Winter/Spring 2002 Vol. 3 No. 1, Cades Cove Special Issue
  • Folder 14: “Real Adventure: Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont” 2004
  • Folder 15: Logging in the Smokies 2003
  • Folder 16: VHS Tape “Leitha Hicks 1990, 95, 96”
  • Folder 17: VHS Tape “Mt. Sterling, Cataloochee, Big Bend”

Box 14: WNC Institutions

  • Folder 1: VHS “SEASONS Givens Estates Methodist Retirement Community”
  • Folder 2: Eliada 1903-2003: Celebrating a Century of Service to the Community
  • Folder 3: Montreat College Historical Documents, 1947-2016
  • Folder 4: “Early Days: All Souls’ Church and Biltmore Village” by Marie Louise Boyer
  • Folder 5: Writings of A. Rufus Morgan
  • Folder 6: “The Circuit Rider” by Robert E. Harris
  • Folder 7: “Test of Strength” Soil Stewardship Week May 4-11, 1975
  • Folder 8: Billy Graham Library Pamphlet Celebrating 20 Years 
  • Folder 9: “The Living Church: Mountain Ministry” April 9, 1978
  • Folder 10: “Living the Promise: Stories of Girl Scouting in Western North Carolina” December 2011
  • Folder 11: Asheville Citizen Times “Tobacco at a Turning Point” by John Boyle
  • Folder 12: “New Directions, New Traditions” a publication of Givens Estates, Fall/Winter 2004
  • Folder 13: Norma F. Pulliam Chapel Reflections Video Presentation Informational Pamphlet November 24, 2008
  • Folder 14: Lutheridge+Lutherock Ministries, Inc. Program Getaways for 2001/2002
  • Folder 15: Givens Estates United Methodist Retirement Community Expansion Grand Opening Pamphlet and Objects 2008 
  • Folder 16: Givens Estates United Methodist Retirement Community Historical Documentation
  • Folder 17: “The People Called Methodists” by Harry Chandler 1975
  • Folder 18: Maryville College Bulletin, August 1926 Vol. 25 No. 3
  • Folder 19: Grist Mills Magazine
  • Folder 20: “History on Tape: Why and How Your Students Should be Producing Video Documentaries” by Mary Creath Julian, October 19 2002
  • Folder 21: Givens Estates United Methodist Retirement Community Publications and Event Pamphlets

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Box 15: Railroads, Schools, and the 1916 flood

  • Folder 1: “So Great the Devastation: The 1916 Flood in Western North Carolina” by Jessica A. Bandel, 2016
  • Folder 2: Vintage Willamette Calendars 2001-2002 
  • Folder 3: Asheville Citizen Times on the 1916 Flood and Acquisition Information
  • Folder 4: Mountaineer Times Vol. 4 No. 1 Spring 1989
  • Folder 5: “Asheville Citizen Times: The ‘Magnificent’ Railroad” Sunday October 26 1952
  • Folder 6: “Mountain Trains and the Logging Industry” by Lou Harshaw, July 28, 29, 30, 1983
  • Folder 7: 1916 Flood Newspapers and Photographs
  • Folder 8: Documentation for the Appalachian and Western North Carolina Railroad
  • Folder 9: “The Life and Times of Tallulah: The Falls, The Gorge, The Town”
  • Folder 10: “Second Annual Meeting of the Stockholders Western Division Western North Carolina Railroad Company, Together With the Reports of the President, Chief Engineer, and Treasurer at Asheville, N.C.” November 1, 1870
  • Folder 11: Western North Carolina Rail Service Paraphernalia
  • Folder 12: Mountaineer Times Volume 5 Number 1, Spring 1990
  • Folder 13: Brief Histories of Asheville City Schools ~1965
  • Folder 14: History Notes Asheville City Schools
  • Folder 15: Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Building Documentation
  • Folder 16: Schaffer Railroad VHS and Newspaper Clipping
  • Folder 17: Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Inauguration of Dr. Betty Young and Magnolia Hospitality Building Dedication Documents

Box 16: WNC Institutions – WCU, Black Mountain College, and other material

  • Folder 1: “Among the Highlanders Yesterday and Today” 1927
  • Folder 2: “By Chance or by Plan” by Jo Ann Smith 1982
  • Folder 3: Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of Western Carolina Teachers College October 28, 1939
  • Folder 4: A Henredon Profile
  • Folder 5: Hunter Library Guides, Documents, and Paraphernalia
  • Folder 6: Heritage Ceramic Mural by Douglas J. Ferguson
  • Folder 7: “Regional Sketches of Western North Carolina” Volume 14, Number 6, December 1937
  • Folder 8: Western North Carolina University Class Reunion Handouts July 2011 and July 2012
  • Folder 9: Photocopied “The Richest Man in Babylon” by George S. Clason
  • Folder 10: “A Few Interesting Facts and Figures Concerning the Champion Fibre Company” 
  • Folder 11: Asheville Citizen Times September 4, 2003 “Fire Levels Beacon Plant”
  • Folder 12: Powerline 1990: Nantahala After 60 Years
  • Folder 13: Appalachian Journal Volume 1 Number 2 Spring 1973 with accompanying “The Woven and Graphic Art of Annie Albers” from the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art
  • Folder 14: History of Black Mountain College 1933-1956
  • Folder 15: WCU Centennial 1889-1989
  • Folder 16: 1929 Marion Massacre Mill Strike Newspapers and Articles
  • Folder 17: “Records of Emigrants from England and Scotland to North Carolina 1774-1775” Edited by A.R. Newsome
  • Folder 18: Official Visitor’s Guide to Historic Jonesborough Tennessee
  • Folder 19: “Kings Mountain National Military Park, North Carolina” by George C. Mackenzie
  • Folder 20: Mountain Heritage Day program, WCU, September 24, 1983

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Box 17: Early WNC history, general information on WNC

  • Folder 1: “The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, with General Rules for Preserving Health Without the Use of Medicines” by Jas. W. Mahoney, 1849 (book, fragile condition)
  • Folder 2: Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1857, number 90
  • Folder 3: “Top o’ Smoky” by Henry Seidel Canby, from Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, March 1916
  • Folder 4: “By-Paths in the Mountains” from Harper’s New Monthly Magazine
  • Folder 5: “North Carolina’s Achievement in Road Building” by Frank Page
  • Folder 6: “Hensley Settlement: A Mountain Community” by William E. Cox, 1993 Edition with attached Cumberland Gap map and guide
  • Folder 7: “Thomas Walton Patton, Born May 8th, 1841 Died November 6th, 1907: A Bibliographical Sketch”
  • Folder 8: “Letter of James Patton, One of the First Residents of Asheville, North Carolina to His Children,” 1930 with attached newspaper clipping
  • Folder 9: “The Origin, Rise and Downfall of the State of Franklin, Under Her First and Only Governor, John Sevier” March 11, 1910
  • Folder 10: “On The Trail of Hernando de Soto” by Eric Hause, from Tar Heel History November 1990
  • Folder 11: “Wilderness Road: Virginia’s Heritage Migration Route” Informational Booklet
  • Folder 12: Informational Books on Western North Carolina
  • Folder 13: North Carolina Maps and Guides for Highways and Motor Routes

Box 18: Early WNC history and F.A. Sondley

  • Folder 1: Newspaper Clippings and Magazines on F.A. Sondley with attached letter
  • Folder 2: Information on Philena A. Dickey, Reference Librarian for Sondley Library
  • Folder 3: “Edward Buncombe and Buncombe County” August 15, 1987 with attached Fairview Town Crier article on John Burton, Founder of Asheville
  • Folder 4: Western North Carolina Heritage and Culture Resources
  • Folder 5: An Unmarked Trail: Stories of African Americans in Buncombe County from 1850 to 1900, exhibit at the YMI Cultural Center May 8th through July 30 2000
  • Folder 6: Newspaper Clippings on John Preston Arthur from January 1963
  • Folder 7: “Elisha Rice: Man of God Mountaineer” by Helen R. Blankenship, 1941
  • Folder 8: Reproduction of Map to Mountain Scenery provided by Chan Gordon, created by Henery E. Colton (sic)
  • Folder 9: “Western North Carolina: Nature’s Trundle-Bed of Recuperation” by Hinton A. Helper
  • Folder 10: “Logging in the Smokies” by Daniel Pierce, 2003
  • Folder 11: Reproduction of “Western North Carolina: Nature’s Trundle-Bed of Recuperation” by Hinton A. Helper
  • Folder 12: “William Bartram’s Venture into the Cherokee Country, 1775” by George Myers Stephens, 1967 with accompanying newspaper clipping “A Trail for Puc Puggy” by Burt Kornegay 1993
  • Folder 13: “Who Was to Blame” by Chas. A. Webb, ~1923
  • Folder 14: “A History of J.C. Steele & Sons Incorporated Manufacturers of Clayworking Machinery, Statesville N.C. 1889-1989”

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Box 19: Appalachian Trail and Jocassee Gorges

  • Folder 1: Appalachian Trail Data Book 1997
  • Folder 2: ATDB 1998
  • Folder 3: ATDB 1996
  • Folder 4: ATDB 2010
  • Folder 5: ATDB 2003
  • Folder 6: ATDB 2002
  • Folder 7: ATDB 2001
  • Folder 8: ATDB 2000
  • Folder 9: ATDB 2004
  • Folder 10: ATDB 1999
  • Folder 11: ATDB 1995
  • Folder 12: ATDB 1994
  • Folder 13: ATDB 1993
  • Folder 14: ATDB 1992
  • Folder 15: ATDB 1991
  • Folder 16: ATDB 1990
  • Folder 17: ATDB 1989
  • Folder 18: ATDB 1988
  • Folder 19: ATDB 1987
  • Folder 20: ATDB 1983
  • Folder 21: ATDB 1986
  • Folder 22: Appalachian Trailway News July-August 2000 75th Anniversary Issue
  • Folder 23: Appalachian Trailway News January 1989 Golden Anniversary Issue
  • Folder 24: Journeys Fall 2018 Issue
  • Folder 25: Jocassee Gorges: The North Carolina Sierra Club’s Guide to the Horsepasture, Bearwallow, and Toxaway Regions by Bill Thomas, 1998
  • Folder 26: The 1987 Philosopher’s Guide

Box 20: Thomas Wolfe, Abraham Lincoln birthplace, and assorted travel guides

  • Folder 1: Abraham Lincoln Informational Documents regarding birthplace and true name
  • Folder 2: Thomas Wolfe Memorial House Arson
  • Folder 3: Local Literary Personality Charlotte Young Poetry and Biographical Documents
  • Folder 4: “A Brief Description of The Battle of Kings Mountain” by Helen Deane Chandler July 1930
  • Folder 5: Historic Thomas Wolfe Memorial House Paraphernalia and Guides
  • Folder 6: Informational Guides to 48 Spruce Street Thomas Wolfe Memorial House
  • Folder 7: Newspaper Clippings about Thomas Wolfe Memorial and the Wolfe Family
  • Folder 8: The Southern Packet Thomas Wolfe Review
  • Folder 9: Mountain Living Magazine Spring 1971
  • Folder 10: Dupont State Forest and Givens Estates Hiking Guides and Walking Trails
  • Folder 11: North Carolina National Park and Forest Trail Guides and Maps
  • Folder 12: Grandfather Mountain and Panthertown Travel Guides

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Box 21: Southern Highlands Craft Guild, John C. Campbell Folk School, and Penland School of Handicrafts

  • Folder 1: Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands Guides and Pamphlets 1985-2009
  • Folder 2: Southern Highlands Craft Fair 70 and 75 Year Anniversary Documentation
  • Folder 3: Appalachia and the South July 2016
  • Folder 4: Highland Highlights Volume 21 Number 3 March 1981 and Accompanying Pamphlet
  • Folder 5: “Weavers of the Southern Highlands: Penland” by Philis Alvic 1992
  • Folder 6: “The Artistry of Plain Style Furniture” and “The Story of Flax” Appalachian Craftsmanship Guides
  • Folder 7: “Vegetable Dyeing” by Mrs. Emma Conley ~1958
  • Folder 8: North Carolina Art and Design Publications on Quilting and Cherokee Handcrafted Art
  • Folder 9: John C. Campbell Folk School 1994 Calendar of Classes and Events
  • Folder 10: Penland Retrospect and “The Story of the Penland Weavers” by Bonnie Willis Ford
  • Folder 11: Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fifth, and Thirtieth Annual Sessions of the Penland School of Handicrafts
  • Folder 12: Penland School of Handicrafts “Mountain Milestones” 
  • Folder 13: Penland School of Crafts 2004 and 2005 Concentrations
  • Folder 14: Penland School of Crafts Summer 2004 Catalogue

Box 22: Forestry, mining, natural resources

  • Folder 1: “The Influence of the American Chestnut on Appalachian History and Culture,” by Hank Shugart. Journal of the American Chestnut Foundation, July 2010
  • Folder 2: Mining: The South East Miner and Industrialist, Asheville, NC (August 1939) and Golden Promise in the Piedmont: The Story of John Reed’s Mine, by Robert F. Knapp, 1975, NC Department of Cultural Resources
  • Folder 3: Mining – “The Cowee Valley Ruby Mining Story,” “Down The Crabtree: An Exploration of Mining in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, its Minerals, Origins, and the Mining Industry as Presented by the NC Mining Museum, Little Switzerland, NC,” “How to Pan for Gold and Where to Find it in Western North Carolina: A Basic Panning Prospector’s Handbook,” and other mining information 
  • Folder 4: Gems and Geology. “The Story of The Geologic Making of North Carolina,” by the NC Department of Conservation and Development, 1928 (2 copies), and “GemStones of NC” 1925
  • Folder 5: “In Memorium: Joseph Hyde Pratt, Builder.” Address by Dr. Archibald Henderson, 1942
  • Folder 6: “Stream Piracy near Asheville, NC,” Frank J. Wright, 1929
  • Folder 7: “Economic Geology of the Spruce Pine Pegmatite District, North Carolina, “ By J. C. Olson, US Geological Survey, NC Department of Conservation and Development, 1944
  • Folder 8: “Western North Carolina: A State Within a State: An Economic and Social Survey of the Eighteen Counties Comprising This Rich Empire of Industry, Resorts, Agriculture, and Mining,” Asheville Citizen Times Company, c. 1932
  • Folder 9: “Western North Carolina Facts, Figures, Photographs,” Asheville Chamber of Commerce, 1925
  • Folder 10: National Forest brochures, maps, pamphlets, guides: Pisgah, Nanahala, and “1982-83 Hunting and Fishing Maps for NC Game Lands” 
  • Folder 11: Blue Ridge National Heritage Area brochures, c. 2006
  • Folder 12: NC Arboretum brochures, news clippings
  • Folder 13: Mallonee Trail Dedication, Ray Taylor Forest, November 1988, program, photographs, news clipping, letter from Tom Mallonee to Bill Hart
  • Folder 14: US Department of Agriculture Soil Surveys: Haywood County (1925), Macon County (1929), Henderson County (1908), Cherokee County (1924), and Soil Maps: Mt. Mitchell Sheet (1902) and Asheville Sheet (1903)

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Box 23: Soil Surveys

  • Folder 1: Haywood County North Carolina Soil Survey Series 1940 Number 11, Issued January 1954
  • Folder 2: Buncombe County North Carolina Soil Survey Series 1942 Number 6, Issued July 1954
  • Folder 3: Second Copy of Buncombe County North Carolina Soil Survey Series 1942 Number 6, Issued July 1954

Box 24: Biltmore Estate, Bingham Military School

  • Folder 1: Home and Garden Newspaper: “Focus on Biltmore Village” by Paul Clark November 13 2010
  • Folder 2: Asheville Citizen-Times Centennial Celebration: Biltmore Estate
  • Folder 3: Asheville Historic Sites Informational Pamphlets and Guides
  • Folder 4: The Highway Magazine February 1914
  • Folder 5: Western North Carolina Newspaper Clippings Primarily Concerning Biltmore and Vanderbilt
  • Folder 6: The Biltmore Company Employee Handbook and attached Manager’s Chart
  • Folder 7: Biltmore Village and Biltmore Estate Miscellaneous Articles
  • Folder 8: The Biltmore Farms Digest Volume 2 Number 1 Spring/Summer 2005 with attached Biltmore Passholder Newsletter
  • Folder 9: The Asheville Magazine December 1906
  • Folder 10: Bingham Military School Catalog Editions 1902-1927

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Box 25: Asheville Normal School, Book Mart, Biltmore Forest Country Club, Richmond Hill, Pritchard Park

  • Folder 1: Photographs of Old Asheville Hanging in Akzona’s Headquarters Building
  • Folder 2: Miscellaneous Items Given to W.A. Hart at the Closing of Book Mart June 1990
  • Folder 3: Summons for Relief North Carolina Buncombe County In the Superior Court. Cura L. Wheeler against Romulus R. Cole served February 23 1914
  • Folder 4: Cordelia Camp Materials on Asheville Normal School
  • Folder 5: Biltmore Forest Country Club Yearbooks 1922-1930
  • Folder 6: Richmond Hill and Pritchard Park Articles and Guides

Box 26: Assorted material on Asheville and surrounding area

  • Folder 1: Asheville-Buncombe Community Relations Council Annual Report 1992
  • Folder 2: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report City of Asheville North Carolina Fiscal Year Ended June 30 1988
  • Folder 3: City of Asheville North Carolina Reprint of Listing Structures in the Floodplain from the Office of the Mayor February 15 1961
  • Folder 4: Battle of Asheville Articles and Historical Writings
  • Folder 5: Vacation Guides for Western North Carolina
  • Folder 6: Asheville Visitors Guides 1984 and 2003
  • Folder 7: Asheville Citizen-Times Bicentennial Edition January 1 1997
  • Folder 8: Our Town Asheville September 1974
  • Folder 9: This Week in the Land of the Sky 1961, 1970, 1976, 1980, and 1987 editions
  • Folder 10: Mountain Living 1965, 1977, and 1980 Editions
  • Folder 11: Asheville Citizen-Times Park Square Park Plans July 13, 2005
  • Folder 12: Blue Book of Hendersonville N.C.
  • Folder 13: Programs for the 34th Annual Meeting of the National Governors’ Conference June 22nd 1942 and the 101st Annual Meeting of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce June 30th 1999
  • Folder 14: Social Register of North Carolina 1923
  • Folder 15: In Memory of Sarah Taylor Speed
  • Folder 16: Asheville Music Performance Programs from 1916, 1917, 1921, 1925, and 1999
  • Folder 17: Asheville School System Event Programs
  • Folder 18: Western North Carolina Historical Association Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Celebration November 1 1987

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Box 27: Articles about regional history from the Asheville Citizen-Times

  • Folder 1: Asheville Citizen-Times “Colonel Keary Royal Pines’ Pioneer Developer Is Back in Area He Calls Home” July 13 1983
  • Folder 2: Asheville Citizen-Times Variety Vacationland Western North Carolina Guide on the Road to the World’s Fair August 1, June 6, July 4 1982
  • Folder 3: Asheville Citizen-Times 48th Annual Mountain Vacationland Sunday Jun 27 
  • Folder 4: Asheville Citizen-Times Variety Vacationland Western North Carolina Guide on the Road to the World’s Fair September 5, 1982
  • Folder 5: Asheville Citizen-Times Variety Vacationland Western North Carolina Guide on the Road to the World’s Fair October 3, 1982
  • Folder 6: Asheville Centennial Edition Asheville Citizen Times “Asheville, 1883: On The Move” December 15/16 1983
  • Folder 7: Asheville Citizen Times snippet “Blame it on Shotwell” February 7, 2010
  • Folder 8: Asheville Citizen Times “A History of Asheville” May 2009 and “Mission agrees to $1.5B sale to HCA” September 1, 2018
  • Folder 9: Asheville Citizen Times “Castles In Land of Sky May Be Best Viewed From Air” March 15, 1959
  • Folder 10: Asheville Citizen Times Mountain Vacationland “Parkway Dedication Sept. 11” August 30, 1987
  • Folder 11: Asheville Citizen Times Day in the Life January 20, 2004

Box 28: Asheville history, Asheville Chamber of Commerce

  • Folder 1: Biltmore Estate/Village Documentation– Biltmore Tribune August 5 1965, July 22 1965, July 15 1965, and July 29 1965, with attached menu for Fiesta Cantina at Biltmore Station
  • Folder 2: “Asheville: Altitude Affects Attitude” CD with attached writ of sale
  • Folder 3: 100th Annual Meeting of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Centennial Celebration Pamphlet June 1998 with attached note
  • Folder 4: History of Asheville Chamber of Commerce July 1998 DVD
  • Folder 5: Bonesteel Films Inc. “Asheville Chamber Shaping Our Future” 

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Box 29: Asheville area history – articles, calendars

  • Folder 1: The Basilica of Saint Lawrence newspaper clippings and supplemental readings
  • Folder 2: Buncombe County Bicentennial Calendars 1987, 1988, 1992, and 2011
  • Folder 3: Greetings from the Land of the Sky Souvenir Calendar 2001
  • Folder 4: Travel: Over the Old Dariel Road, The Devil Dancers of China, Romance in the Southern Highlands, Panorama of Italy’s Claims on the Adriatic March 1919
  • Folder 5: Albemarle Park publications and newspaper clippings
  • Folder 6: “The Manor and Cottages Albemarle Park Asheville NC” by Jane Gianvito Mathews AIA and Richard A. Mathews 1991
  • Folder 7: Asheville Symphony Calendar 1966-1967
  • Folder 8: “Murder in Montford: A True Story from Asheville’s Past” by Sarah Upchurch, 1996
  • Folder 9: Honoring Dr. King’s Legacy of Peace, Justice, and Community Asheville-Buncombe County 21st Annual Prayer Breakfast Saturday, January 19, 2002 Grove Park Inn
  • Folder 10: Clippings from Our State: Down Home In North Carolina Jul 7 2014
  • Folder 11: Assorted articles for Bill Hart from Nancy Brown 
  • Folder 12: Asheville Citizen Times A History of Asheville in Pictures May 2008
  • Folder 13: Asheville Citizen Times Homes/Real Estate July 29, 1990 with attached advertisements from The Erwin Record September 23, 1987
  • Folder 14: Asheville Citizen Times “An Elegant Old Mansion” December 12, 1976 and 90th Anniversary Edition July 17, 1960
  • Folder 15: Asheville Citizen Times “Carrier, A Transplanted Yankee, Did Much For Asheville in 1880-1890s” July 17, 1960
  • Folder 16: Bon Marche’ Diary, 1924-25 (diary and Asheville city information)

Box 30: TVA Publications, economic development materials, assorted historical articles

  • Folder 1: “Economic Development of the Upper French Broad Area, Volume 1: Summary of Needs and Opportunities, The Regional Economy.” North Carolina State and Tennessee Valley Authority, May, 1964
  • Folder 2: “Economic Development of the Upper French Broad Area, Volume 1: Basic Data Supplement.” North Carolina State and Tennessee Valley Authority, May, 1964
  • Folder 3: “North Carolina Outdoors” (state pamphlet, circa 1970s) 
  • Folder 4: “North Carolina One Day at a Time” (state pamphlet, circa 1970s) 
  • Folder 5: 2002 Nancy Smith Reynolds Awards program, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. Asheville
  • Folder 6: On the Road with Rusty in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee Mountain Getaways, On the Road Publishing, 1964
  • Folder 7: Land-of-Sky Regional Council Annual Report, 2002
  • Folder 8: “This Week in the Land of the Sky,” and “Here: Free Guide to the Blue Ridge Mountains,” 1972. 
  • Folder 9: Asheville Art Museum “Profile” magazine, issues from 2006 & 2007
  • Folder 10: North Carolina HIstorical Review, July 1957, includes “Gifford Pinchot at Biltmore,” by Harold T. Pinkett

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Box 31: Grove Park Inn, Grove Arcade, hospitals

  • Folder 1: Grove Arcade newspaper clippings, 2002
  • Folder 2: Newspaper article on Arts & Crafts Conference at Grove Park Inn, by Bruce Johnson,  Feb 1995
  • Folder 3: Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference Catalog, 1991
  • Folder 4: Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference Catalog, 1996
  • Folder 5: Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference, Brochure, 2005
  • Folder 6: Grove Park Inn 75th, 80th Anniversary brochure, newspaper ad
  • Folder 7: “The Grove Park Inn Story,” 1984
  • Folder 8: “The Grove Park Inn Story,” no date 
  • Folder 9: Grove Park Inn supplement, Asheville Citizen-Times, April 29, 1984
  • Folder 10: Highland Hospital packet containing treatment program brochures, staff list, and  and employment benefits, c. 1970s
  • Folder 11: Grove Park Inn flyers, guest activities pamphlet
  • Folder 12: St. Joseph’s Hospital 90th Anniversary Booklet, 1990
  • Folder 13: Mission St. Joseph’s Report to the Community, 1998
  • Folder 14: Newspaper clippings: Grove Park sale 2012, various hospital articles from Citizen-Times
  • Folder 15: “Asheville: The Tuberculosis Era,” by Irby Stephens, M.D., North Carolina Medical Journal, September 1985
  • Folder 16: Highland Hospital information book, 1992
  • Folder 17: Memorial Mission Hospital Annual Report, 1968
  • Folder 18: “One Hundred Years of Service: Memorial Mission Hospital 1885-1985”

Box 32: Biltmore Estate

  • Folder 1:  Biltmore, by William A. V. Cecil, published by the Biltmore Company, 1972
  • Folder 2: A Guide to the Biltmore Estate, published by the Biltmore Company, 1995 
  • Folder 3: BIltmore Estate: Frederick Law Ulmstead’s Landscape Masterpiece, by Pamela Lynn Messer, Published by WorldComm, Asheville, 1993
  • Folder 4: Newspaper articles on the deaths of William A. V. Cecil and Mimi Cecil, 2017
  • Folder 5: Biltmore Estate flyers and brochures
  • Folder 6: Biltmore Estate 75th Anniversary, various newspaper articles on Biltmore, 2005 Biltmore Ambassador (membership magazine) 
  • Folder 7: Newspaper articles on new rooms at Biltmore (2009),  Grove Park Inn Spa ( 2001), Biltmore Forest (1988), and Dr. Westray Battle 
  • Folder 8: Biltmore Estate: Images of America, by Ellen Wrwin Rickman, Arcadia Publishing, 2005
  • Folder 9: BIltmore Forest Country Club, 1985 Annual Report
  • Folder 10: Blue Ridge Country articles on Biltmore Estate, 1994 & 1995, National Wildlife article on Frederick Olmstead, 1982
  • Folder 11: Flyers, various magazine articles, official guides, etc. to Biltmore Estate and Biltmore Farms 
  • Folder 12: Inn at Biltmore, Biltmore Festival of Flowers brochures 
  • Folder 13: Biltmore Company employee handbook, 1985

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Box 33: Grandfather Mountain, Bryson City

  • Folder 1: Grandfather Mountain: Images of America, by Michael C. Handy, Arcadia Publishing, 2014
  • Folder 2: Grandfather Mountain articles, brochures, Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation brochures 
  • Folder 3: The Animals of Grandfather Mountain: An Animal Caretaker’s Tales, by L.L. Mitchell, Parkway Publishers, 2011
  • Folder 4: Friends of Grandfather mountain brochures and newsletters, various other Grandfather Mountain related materials 
  • Folder 5: 100 Years of Progress: Bryson City, N.C. Centennial 1889-1989 – Official Centennial Publication 
  • Folder 6: The Swag: The Great Country Inn of the Smoky Mountains brochures and promotional material 

Box 34: Materials about WNC Counties and towns

  • Folder 1: Across The Mountains: Exploring Jackson County volumes Summer 2006, Summer into Fall 2007, and Summer into Fall 2008
  • Folder 2: Supplement to The Sylva Herald: “Jackson County Sesquicentennial” September 27, 2001
  • Folder 3: Supplement to The Sylva Herald: “The Jackson County Courthouse 1913-1995” June 15, 1995
  • Folder 4: Flat Rock North Carolina: A Sketch of the Past
  • Folder 5: Connemara: Formerly Called Rock Hill and a Brief Description of Those Who Lived There 1836-1967 by Leeming Grimshaw
  • Folder 6: Henderson County Brochure (Hendersonville) Circa 1902
  • Folder 7: Where Heavens Kiss Peaks: The AM 1450 WHKP Magazine July 1997
  • Folder 8: Henderson County: 150 Years of History Special Anniversary Edition Sunday, March 13, 1988
  • Folder 9: Your 2013 Guide to Swain County
  • Folder 10: Henderson County and Hendersonville historical and museum guides
  • Folder 11: Trees and Shrubs in the Vicinity of Tryon, North Carolina compiled by Marie W. Holmes for the Garden Club of Tryon
  • Folder 12: “Reminiscences” by Helen Ashley Carver
  • Folder 13: Polk County North Carolina Travel and Tourism Guide 2003
  • Folder 14: Pearson’s Falls pamphlets and historical documentation
  • Folder 15: Madison County travel guides and government planning documentation
  • Folder 16: “The Rightness of Things” by Carrie Wood Porter 1935
  • Folder 17: Country Kitchens from Shelton Laurel compiled by Lt. Michael V. Hunter 1985
  • Folder 18: Southern Appalachian Center: Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, North Carolina with attached note
  • Folder 19: Transylvania County historical guides and documents
  • Folder 20: Macon County Historical Society: Echoes: volume 7 number 2 (July 1995), volume 6 number 2 (August 1994), volume 6 number 1 (February 1994), volume 7 number 1 (February 1995)

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Box 35: WNC counties guides, publications by Sadie Smathers Patton and W. Clark Medford 

  • Folder 1: The Kingdom of the Happy Land by Sadie Smathers Patton 1957
  • Folder 2: Smathers: From Yadkin Valley to Pigeon River by Sadie Smathers Patton 1954 
  • Folder 3: Ghost Stories and Legends of the Mountains by Sadie Smathers Patton 1935 and Legends of the Mountains by Sadie Smathers Patton 1935
  • Folder 4: Buncombe to Mecklenburg Speculation Lands by Sadie Smathers Patton 1955
  • Folder 5: St. James Episcopal Church Book of Memories 1843-1950 by Sadie Smathers Patton with Woodfield’s Inn postcard
  • Folder 6: Bear Tales and Panther Tracks by Dorothy M. Ferrell books one, two, and three
  • Folder 7: Swain County history and travel guides
  • Folder 8: Bryson City camping and travel guides
  • Folder 9: Swain County Postmasters and Post Offices
  • Folder 10: Swain County Economic Development Commission 1994 
  • Folder 11: Lake Junaluska pamphlets and books
  • Folder 12: Names and Places: A Lake Junaluska Cyclopedia by Joseph W. Lasley
  • Folder 13: Haywood County tourism and historical guides
  • Folder 14: The Long Hard Road by W. Clark Medford
  • Folder 15: R.A. Sentelle: Educator, Preacher, Public Servant by W. Clark Medford

Box 36: Nature publications and works about the Cherokees

  • Folder 1: The Nature Conservancy North Carolina documentations
  • Folder 2: North Carolina Nature guides
  • Folder 3: “The Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana)” by Bill Hart May 22, 1986
  • Folder 4: Southern Environmental Law Center documents
  • Folder 5: Trail of Tears: National Historic Trail by Elliot West 2000
  • Folder 6: War Comes to Qualla by A. Bruce Hartung 1983
  • Folder 7: Cherokee art and history museum listings
  • Folder 8: Qualla Arts and Crafts magazines
  • Folder 9: Cherokee art and history museum listings
  • Folder 10: Cherokee basket weaving, pottery, and carving pamphlets
  • Folder 11: Western Horizon: The Magazine of Western Carolina University December 1980
  • Folder 12: National Geographic Magazine: Indians of North America December 1972
  • Folder 13: “The Councils at Red Clay Council Ground” by William R. Snell 1983 with accompanying Cherokee Phoenix Volume 1 Number 1 February 21, 1828
  • Folder 14: A Brief Resume of Oconaluftee Indian Village Cherokee, N.C. by the Cherokee Historical Association, 1953
  • Folder 15: Cherokee Indian Reservation informational pamphlets and guides ~1937-1953
  • Folder 16: Now And Then: Cherokees volume 3 number 3 Autumn, 1986
  • Folder 17: The Formal Opening of The Chief John Ross House May 29, 1963 with attached newspaper clippings
  • Folder 18: Books on Cherokee legends and landmarks
  • Folder 19: “The Cherokees of North Carolina in the American Revolution” by James H. O’Donnel III 1976 and “My Friends the Cherokees” by Roy Cantrell
  • Folder 20: “The Cherokees” by Mary Newman Fitzgerald 1937 and “Speak Cherokee Right Now” by Billie Ruth Walls

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Box 37: Cherokees

  • Folder 1: “Chief Junaluska” by Mason Crum
  • Folder 2: “Junaluska” 1917
  • Folder 3: Chief Junaluska informational booklet 1950
  • Folder 4: The North Carolina Booklet Great Events in North Carolina History: Rutherford’s Expedition Against the Indians 1776 by Captain S.A. Ashe December 1904
  • Folder 5: The North Carolina Booklet Great Events in North Carolina History: North Carolina Cherokee Indians by William W. Stringfield June 1903
  • Folder 6: The James Sprunt Historical Publications published under the direction of The North Carolina Historical Society volume 12 number 2
  • Folder 7: “Certain Mounds in Haywood County, North Carolina” by George G. Heye 1919
  • Folder 8: Mythic Maps: Cherokee Legends of Western North Carolina presented by Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University September 1979
  • Folder 9: Town Creek Indian Mound guidebook 
  • Folder 10: “The Cherokee Nation” by Ivan Allen
  • Folder 11: Maps and informational guides regarding Appalachian and Cherokee territory
  • Folder 12: “The Indian Path in Buncombe County” by Dr. Gail Tennent
  • Folder 13: “The Cherokee Story” by John Parris with accompanying newspaper clippings
  • Folder 14: Our Western North Carolina Mountain Heritage
  • Folder 15: Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel 2005 Community Report
  • Folder 16: US House of Representatives, “Cherokee Disturbances,” April 13, 1846
  • Folder 17: US House of Representatives, “Memorial of the Cherokee Indians Residing in North Carolina praying the payment of their claims, agreeably to the 8th and 12th articles of the Treaty of 1835.” June 25, 1846
  • Folder 18: US House of Representatives, Bureau of Indian Affairs report “Cherokee Indians in North Carolina,” June 3. 1848
  • Folder 19: US Senate, complaints of treaty violations by US, delivered by Cherokee delegation of Will P. Ross, W.S. Coodey, and John Drew, March 15, 1849
  • Folder 20: US Senate, Committee on Indian Affairs, report on accounting balance owed the Cherokee nation by the US according to 1846 treaty terms

Box 38: WNC and Appalachian writers

  • Folder 1: The Iron Mountain Review: Ron Rash Issue Spring 2004
  • Folder 2: Appalachian Georgics: Mountain Poems and Other Mythologies by Parks Lanier, Jr. 
  • Folder 3: James Peele Parker Great Smokies nature guides
  • Folder 4: “Back Home and Other Poems” by R.F. Jarrett 1911
  • Folder 5: “Echoes from the Carolina Hills” by Eliza Woodfin Holland and Lois Dixon 
  • Folder 6: A Book of Remembrance by Frank Cooper 1951
  • Folder 7: “Snow” by J.E.B. Houser 
  • Folder 8: John Parris Newspaper Publications
  • Folder 9: Ron Rash Newspaper Publications

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Box 39: Appalachian Trail and other trails

  • Folder 1: “Great Trail For Hikers Grows In Appalachians” newspaper clipping
  • Folder 2: Appalachian Trail Conference introductions and guides
  • Folder 3: Suggestions for Appalachian Trail Users publication number 15 sixth edition issued by the Appalachian Trail Conference
  • Folder 4: The Appalachian Trail Conference Member Handbook twelfth edition
  • Folder 5: The Appalachian Trail Conference Member Handbook 1988 supplement and thirteenth edition
  • Folder 6: Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People film advertisement
  • Folder 7: Appalachian Trail Maps and Landmarks
  • Folder 8: Parc de la Gaspésie map and guide
  • Folder 9: The International Appalachian Trail – Quebec The Upper Gaspé, Gaspé Coast Sector, Matane Wildlife Reserve, and Matapédia Valley maps
  • Folder 10: International Appalachian Trail New Brunswick Map revised March 2002
  • Folder 11: Givens Estate Trails Map
  • Folder 12: Roan Highlands properties map

Box 40: Bookshop Catalogs, Chapel Hill, NC

  • Folder 1: Bookshop catalogs 22, 23, & 28
  • Folder 2:: Bookshop catalogs 30, 31, & 32
  • Folder 3:: Bookshop catalogs 34, 38, & 40
  • Folder 4:: Bookshop catalogs 43, 44, 47, & 49
  • Folder 5:: Bookshop catalogs 57, 60, 61. 67, & 69
  • Folder 6:: Bookshop catalogs 71, 74, & 77
  • Folder 7:: Bookshop catalogs 79, 82, & 92
  • Folder 8:: Bookshop catalogs 94, 100, & 102
  • Folder 9:: Bookshop catalogs 109, 110, 113, & 117

Box 41: Appalachian Mountain Books (George Brosi)  catalogs

  • Folder 1: Assorted 1980s catalogs and correspondence
  • Folder 2: Catalogs, 1985, 1986
  • Folder 3: Catalogs, 1986
  • Folder 4: Catalogs, 1987, and “A Teacher’s Guide to Appalachian LIterature,” by George Brosi, 
  • Folder 5: Catalogs, 1987
  • Folder 6: Catalogs, 1988
  • Folder 7: Catalogs, 1988

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Box 42: Catalogs from book dealers

  • Folder 1: Appalachian Mountain Books Catalogs, 1989. Includes these special issues by George Brosi: “A Brief Overview of Appalachian LIterature,” “Regional Resources for Readers & Writers,” “Children’s Books of the Appalachian Mountains,” “Books for Junior High and Middle School Students,” “A Guide to Teaching Appalachian Literature at the Junior High Level” (with Connie Brosi)  and “How the Book Business Works” 
  • Folder 2: Appalachian Mountain Books Catalogs, 1990-93, includes “Children’s PIcture Books of the Southern Mountains” and “Youth Novels of the Southern Mountains” by George Brosi
  • Folder 3: Appalachian Mountain Books Catalogs 1994-95, includes “An Annotated Bibliography of Biographical and Autobiographical Accounts of Life in the Appalachian South,” “Books about Black Appalachians: A Selective Annotated Bibliography,” “Books about the Eastern Cherokee: An Annotated Bibliography,” “Resources for Researchers into Southern Appalachian Topics,” “An Annotated Bibliography of Southern Appalachian Fiction,” and “Youth Novels of the Southern Mountains,” by George Brosi 
  • Folder 4: Lists of rare book dealers, Captain’s Bookshelf (Asheville) catalog, 1991
  • Folder 5: Natural History book catalogs 2004
  • Folder 6: Natural History book catalogs 2005
  • Folder 7: Carolina Bookshop, Charlotte, catalogs
  • Folder 8: Captain’s Bookshelf catalogs, 1992, 1994

Box 43: Letters “A” Through “C” Newspaper Clippings

  • Folder 1: Accidents and Related
  • Folder 2: African Americans
  • Folder 3: Air Quality
  • Folder 4: Algae- Rock Snot
  • Folder 5: Animals and Related
  • Folder 6: Appalachian Literature- An Anthology, 2012
  • Folder 7: Appalachian Trail
  • Folder 8: Archaeology- Online Resources
  • Folder 9: Armadillos
  • Folder 10: Asheville and Related
  • Folder 11: Asheville Citizen and Times, June 28, 1976; Bond- Burning Edition
  • Folder 12: Asheville Water Transfer Discussions
  • Folder 13: Archaeology- Spanish Presence in WNC
  • Folder 14: Proposed 2011 Backcountry Fees
  • Folder 15: Balds
  • Folder 16: Bats
  • Folder 17: Bear Attack Hazel Creek, 2015
  • Folder 18: Beavers
  • Folder 19: Jenny Bennett Death
  • Folder 20: Dr. Kelly Bennett
  • Folder 21: Birds/Butterflies
  • Folder 22: Book Reviews
  • Folder 23: Brook Trout
  • Folder 24: Bryson Place- SE Watson Information
  • Folder 25: Bumgarner Branch
  • Folder 26: Samantha Bumgarner
  • Folder 27: Camp Sequoyah
  • Folder 28: Aden Carver
  • Folder 29: Jim Casada- Smoky Mountain Literature
  • Folder 30: Jim Casada- Departed Companions

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Box 44: “C” Newspaper Clippings

  • Folder 1: Jim Casada- Swain County Authors
  • Folder 2: Casada- Great Smokies Photographers
  • Folder 3: Casada- Remembering Old Deep Creek Days
  • Folder 4: Cassada’s Articles on Smoky Mountain Streams
  • Folder 5: Jim Casada Articles
  • Folder 6: Jim Casada Trout Fishing
  • Folder 7: Cassius Cash- New GSMNP Superintendent
  • Folder 8: Kent Cave
  • Folder 9: Cataloochee Valley Articles and Misc. Data
  • Folder 10: Cherokee Indians
  • Folder 11: Chestnut Information

Box 45: “C” Through “G” Newspaper Clippings

  • Folder 1: Civilian Conservation Corps
  • Folder 2: Clingman’s Dome Visitor Center 2009
  • Folder 3: Preservation Center- NPS Collections
  • Folder 4: Cullowhee Lily
  • Folder 5: Discover Life in America
  • Folder 6: Distilling
  • Folder 7: Donation to the Great Smoky Mountains Assoc.
  • Folder 8: Drover’s Road
  • Folder 9: Eagles
  • Folder 10: Earthquakes- Geology
  • Folder 11: Education- Schools
  • Folder 12: Electricity
  • Folder 13: Elk
  • Folder 14: Elkmont Environmental Impact
  • Folder 15: George and Elizabeth Ellison
  • Folder 16: Emerald Ash Borer
  • Folder 17: Environmental Issues
  • Folder 18: Exotic Plants
  • Folder 19: Farming
  • Folder 20: Fires
  • Folder 21: Firewood Regulations
  • Folder 22: Fish
  • Folder 23: Flowers and Plants
  • Folder 24: Folk Tales
  • Folder 25: Forest Types- George Ellison
  • Folder 26: Forney Creek Map
  • Folder 27: Fracking
  • Folder 28: Gatlinburg/GSMNP Fire, 11/2016
  • Folder 29: General- Geographical and Related

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Box 46: “G” Through “I” Newspaper Clippings

  • Folder 1: Ginseng
  • Folder 2: Great Smokies History- Mrs. W.P. Davis
  • Folder 3: NPS Centennial- Smokies Guide
  • Folder 4: Great Smokies Photos Digitization Project
  • Folder 5: GSMA Stories- Bryson City
  • Folder 6: GSMA ByLaws, Handbook, and Historical Association; Board Meeting and Minutes
  • Folder 7: Creation GSMNP by Wayne Shepherd
  • Folder 8: GSMA 60th Anniversary
  • Folder 9: The Heartland Series
  • Folder 10: Hiking Trails of the Smokies, Introduced 1994
  • Folder 11: Hemlock Wooly Adelgids
  • Folder 12: Herding
  • Folder 13: Hunting and Fishing, Wild Boar
  • Folder 14: Kephart- Condition Upon First Reaching Smokies
  • Folder 15: Kephart- Ellison and Hargrove Notes
  • Folder 16: Kephart Letter
  • Folder 17: Kephart- Trip to GSMNP w/Horace Kephart
  • Folder 18: Horace Kephart Biographical Sketch
  • Folder 19: Horace Kephart Papers
  • Folder 20: Kephart, Hazel Creek, and Dan Pierce
  • Folder 21: Kephart and Folk Music
  • Folder 22: Kephart- Casada’s Four Part Series
  • Folder 23: Kephart Photo
  • Folder 24: Horace Kephart File
  • Folder 25: Horace Kephart File
  • Folder 26: Information Sources

Box 47: “I” Through “L” Newspaper Clippings

  • Folder 1: Invasive Plants
  • Folder 2: Judaculla Rock
  • Folder 3: Info: Western Department of Cultural Resources
  • Folder 4: Land Matters- GSMNP and Vicinity
  • Folder 5: Landslide on Hwy 441, 2013
  • Folder 6: Landforms Talks
  • Folder 7: Lichens
  • Folder 8: Synchronous Lightning Bugs
  • Folder 9: Logging- If Rails Could Talk
  • Folder 10: Logging, American Chestnut Tree
  • Folder 11: Logging- Champion Fibre, Ruben Robertson Interview
  • Folder 12: Lore
  • Folder 13: Lost Cove Trips
  • Folder 14: Mapping GSMNP
  • Folder 15: Milling
  • Folder 16: Mingus Home
  • Folder 17: Mining
  • Folder 18: Mining- Adams Westfeldt Mine
  • Folder 19: Mining- Adams Westfeldt Mine
  • Folder 20: Mining in Fairview
  • Folder 21: Miscellaneous
  • Folder 22: Mountain Folk- Gary Carden
  • Folder 23: Mountain Folk

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Box 48: “M” Through “N” Newspaper Clippings

  • Folder 1: Mountain Music
  • Folder 2: Museum- Bryson City
  • Folder 3: National Forests
  • Folder 4: National Park Service Centennial, 2016
  • Folder 5: National Park Service, 100th Anniversary
  • Folder 6: Nuclear Repository Material, 1986
  • Folder 7: 2002, Stop the Road Meeting- North Shore Information
  • Folder 8: Asheville Citizen-Times, North Shore Article Series, 2006

Box 49: “N” Through “R” Newspaper Clippings

  • Folder 1: North Shore Road Info
  • Folder 2: Obituary Names- May We All Remember Well
  • Folder 3: Oconaluftee Visitor’s Center, 2009
  • Folder 4: Oral History Info, 2012
  • Folder 5: Osage Orange
  • Folder 6: Otters
  • Folder 7: Panthers
  • Folder 8: Plants
  • Folder 9: Dan Pierce- New Introduction for Book
  • Folder 10: Pioneer Living
  • Folder 11: Places
  • Folder 12: Place Names- Mountain Speech Anecdotes
  • Folder 13: Potters and Related
  • Folder 14: Rivercane

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Box 50: “Q” Through “W” Newspaper Clippings

  • Folder 1: Quill Rose by Jim Casada
  • Folder 2: Ravenford Land Swap, 2004
  • Folder 3: Ramps- Article by Erica Abrams-Locklear
  • Folder 4: Reading List- WNC Books
  • Folder 5: San Giusto Estate
  • Folder 6: Shelton House Museum
  • Folder 7: Shutdown GSMNP
  • Folder 8: Skyland, NC- Prepared by MC Havener
  • Folder 9: Smokemont
  • Folder 10: Smoky Mountain Trails
  • Folder 11: Solar Eclipse, 2017
  • Folder 12: Speech Patterns
  • Folder 13: Spiders
  • Folder 14: Springs
  • Folder 15: I.V. Stearns
  • Folder 16: Stereotyping of Mountain People
  • Folder 17: Stream mapping Study- GSMNP, 2015
  • Folder 18: Swain County Museum
  • Folder 19: Trees
  • Folder 20: Walnut Disease
  • Folder 21: Water Quality
  • Folder 22: Al Watson Trip Report Left Fork of Deep Creek
  • Folder 23: Weather
  • Folder 24: Wildflower Pilgrimage Bandana
  • Folder 25: Red Wolf
  • Folder 26: Women of the Smokies
  • Folder 27: Women Who Changed Asheville

Box 51: Chancellor’s Hart Collection reception, Hart biographies, George Masa historical marker, and assorted documents

  • Folder 1: Chancellor’s reception for the Hart Collection, September 7, 2022. Includes invitation and comments by Alice Hart, Bill Hart, and Gene Hyde
  • Folder 2: Biographical sketches of Bill and Alice Hart
  • Folder 3: Program, dedication of the George Masa NC Historical Highway Marker, downtown Asheville, April 8, 2022
  • Folder 4: Rose Mary Byrne and the Cottages of Sunset Terrace, by Joe Franklin (photocopy) Includes letter from Bill Hart to Joe Franklin.
  • Folder 5: “Henderson: A Municipal Bird Sanctuary,” pamphlet, April 1939
  • Folder 6: “The Boojum of the Balsams,” by John Parris. A rare pamphlet printed by Champion Paper and Fibre Company
  • Folder 7: “Jim Watson v. Sylva Tanning Company,” Supreme Court of North Carolina hearing, Fall Term, 1926. (Case concerning negligence resulting in injury sustained by Watson while working at the Sylva Tanning Company.)
  • Folder 8: Joe Bussard recordings catalog and correspondence between Bill Hart and Joe Bussard
  • Folder 9: T. Pennington art gallery catalog, Weaverville, 1992

Box 52: Asheville Hardware Company Wholesale Catalog, Carl A. Reiche, older travel magazines

  • Folder 1: Asheville Hardware Company Wholesale Catalog, circa 1910-20 (856 pages)
  • Folder 2: Whither, the Beloved Mountains: The Story of 30 Years of Conservation Battles and Hiking Joys with My 52 Favorite Hikes in the Southernmost Mountains, by Carl A. Reiche, Western NC Mountain League, 1986, Hand-made 200+ page book containing typewritten text and photocopies of maps, articles, etc.
  • Folder 3: Mr. Foster’s Travel Magazine “The Land of the Sky…Western North Carolina as a travel resort,” Vol. 1, No. 5, May 1914. New York
  • Folder 4: The Southern Tourist magazine, “Good Will Tour Edition: Asheville and Western North Carolina, February 1925”
  • Folder 5: The FRA: A Journal of Affirmation, Vol. X, No. 6, March, 1913. includes “Grove Park Inn: The Inn Superbus Maximus”

Box 53: Oversize materials

  • Item 1: Asheville Citizen-Times’ Centennial Year Special Edition, 1869-1969
  • Item 2: Asheville Citizen-Times – December 31, 1999
  • Item 3: Asheville Citizen-Times – January 1, 2000
  • Item 4: Williamette Industries historical logging photo calendars, 1999 (partial) and 2002
  • Item 5: Trail Map of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, J.L. Caton, publisher. Revised 1937  (very fragile)
  • Item 6: Motorman and Conductor’s Magazine: Asheville, NC Tourists Guide, 1928. Published by Division 128 of the Amalgamated Association of Streetcar & Electric Railroad Employees of American, Asheville, NC
  • Item 7: Treasured Trees of Asheville & Buncombe County: 2005 Calendar. Published by Quality Forward
  • Items 8 & 9: Asheville, the Mountains, the People: An Historical Photographic Collection, Series 1, 1983, Asheville-Buncombe Library System (2 copies)
  • Item 10: 1983 Calendar, Preservation Society of Asheville & Buncombe County (January-March months are missing)
  • Item 11: New York Times, September 3, 1940. Includes articles about Franklin D. Roosevelt dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  • Item 12: “America: Her Grandeur Her and Beauty: The Great Smoky Mountain, The French Broad River in North Carolina” Union Book Publishing, circa 1900-1920 (Part Nine of a series)

Map Case

  • Set of 36 topographic maps – “Proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Advance Sheet Subject to Correction.” These are preliminary survey maps done by The  Department of the Interior/ U.S. Geological Survey for the area that would become the Great Smoky Mountains National Park created between 1928-31. These maps preceded the finalized topographic maps of the GSMNP, which were given name identifiers in the final version. 1:24,000 scale