Gus and Emma Adler Collection – M2011.01

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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

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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.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives

Ramsey Library, CPO # 1500
One University Heights
Asheville, North Carolina, 28804-8504
828.251.6645
speccoll@unca.edu

Rights

No restrictions. Any display, publication, or public use must credit the 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

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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.

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