Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
- Title
- Gus and Emma Adler Collection
- ID
- M2011.01
- Date [inclusive]
- 1920-1987
- Extent
- 0.2 Linear feet ; 1 box
- Physical Description
- Contains documents, photo prints, and digital prints of photos
- Location
- Located in Special Collections Row 6, Section 7
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation
[identification of item] Gus and Emma Adler Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Scope and Contents
Photographs documenting the Sky Club owned and operated by Gus Adler (1879-1952) and Emma Adler (1904-1987) in Asheville from the 1930s to the 1950s. The images show the club, staff, and patrons, including actor Robert Mitchum, who filmed part of the movie “Thunder Road” at the Sky Club. Other photos are of the Adlers and their friends and family. Also included are biographical recollections by John Charles Hunter, son of Emma Adler, and photocopies of clippings and documents about the Sky Club.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Ramsey Library, CPO # 1500
One University Heights
Asheville, North Carolina, 28804-8504
828.251.6645
speccoll@unca.edu
Rights
No restrictions. Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Creators
Gus Adler ; Emma Adler ; John Charles Hunter
Processing Information
Originally processed by Special Collections Staff LL and HP, 2010. Some reprocessing and new finding aid by Colin Reeve, March 2019
Collection Inventory
Box 1 | ||||
| Folder 1: Biographical Information | ||||
| Two personal narratives by John C Hunter, son of Emma Adler | ||||
| Photocopy of news clippings describing John Charles Hunter being appointed executive VP of the NC Restaurant Association, 1952 | ||||
| Photocopy of newspaper obituary for Emma Adler, 1987 | ||||
| Folder 2: Photocopies of menu, and newspaper clippings for the Sky Club, (1935)- 1957 | ||||
| Folder 3: Photo Prints | ||||
| 1: Emma Adler sitting in Robert Mitchum’s lap, (1957) | ||||
| 2: Robert Mitchum at the Sky Club during the making of “Thunder Road”, (1957) | ||||
| 3: Emma Adler with Keely Smith and unidentified man, (1957) | ||||
| 4: Gus, Sky Club chef, 1937 | ||||
| 5: Sky Club waitresses, (1955) | ||||
| 6:Sky Club kitchen staff, (1954) | ||||
| 7: Frank Holcher with two waitresses, (late 1950s) | ||||
| 8: Frank Jackson and band, (1957) | ||||
| 9: Walter Tratch, friend of Gus Adler, Tratch’s wife and dogs, nd | ||||
| 10: Jean McMahan and Fred Godfrey in the Sky Club, (early 1950s) | ||||
| 11: Emma Adler in front of the Sky Club, (mid 1940s) | ||||
| 12: Gus and Emma Adler, Miami, 1946 | ||||
| 13: Gus Adler, Miami, nd [Damaged] | ||||
| 14: Gus and Emma Adler, Miami, 1949 | ||||
| 15: Remodelling the horse barn at Beaucastle, 1938 | ||||
| 16: Beaucastle, (late 1940s) | ||||
| 17: Remodelling the horse barn at Beaucastle, 1938 | ||||
| 18: Grace Kelly filming “The Swan”, nd | ||||
| 19: Fess Parker on location for “The Great Locomotive Chase”, nd | ||||
| 20: Food tables at “Thunder Road” location, 1957 | ||||
| 21: Gus Adler with Jack Bechtol, nd | ||||
| 22: Gus Adler with his brother Frank, (1920s) | ||||
| 23: Peggy & Beale Fletcher, owners of the Fletcher School of Dance, nd | ||||
| Folder 4: Digital Prints of Photos | ||||
| 21 pages of 127 digital prints of photographs showing the Sky Club, the Adler’s, their friends and club staff. Some images are annotated, and some are copies of prints included in Folder 3. | ||||