Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection, c. 1888-1972 (M77.10)

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Summary Information

Repository

Repository
UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives
Title
Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection
ID
M77.10
Date [inclusive]
1888-1972
Extent
6.0 Linear feet
Description note
Contains photographs, documents, family records, church directories, newspaper clippings, school histories and documents, biographies, information on hospitals and businesses, and other materials.
Location note
Located in Special Collections, Row 9, Section 1, and Oversize
Language
English
Citation

[identification of item], Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville 28804.

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Historical Information

From the original 1977 finding aid: “Often excluded and invisible from the histories of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, those of African-American descent contributed much to the physical and cultural environment of these highlands. Those who were credited as being responsible for the creation of Buncombe County and Morristown, eventually the thriving tourist and trade center known as Asheville, owed much to those who were enslaved. This site focuses upon the donations of Mrs. Lucy Saunders Herring, Mr. Johnny Baxter, Jean McKissick McNeil, the Southern Highlands Research Center and YMI Cultural Center. Supplementing these valuable donations are additional resources from various donors and sources. These additional resources are listed below to expand the temporal framework, for the history of these people extended before and after the dates of the original donated material. For instance, the labor of these slaves not only helped build Asheville, but also fed, clothed, and served those of privilege. Additionally, those of African-American descent contributed greatly to the folkways of Southern Appalachia dispelling the myth of a homogenous society and culture in this region. Following emancipation, these people built their own thriving environment segregated from the majority population but still vital to the culture and economy of Western North Carolina.”

“African-Americans helped create what we know today as home. The labors of women and men helped build our land while the lives they lived helped create the mountain culture. Black children learned from their elders skills needed to survive and prosper as Asheville and Buncombe County experienced and emerged from the Reconstruction era. What we do with this remarkable inheritance is entirely up to us.” –  Dr. Dwight Mullen, UNC Asheville Professor Emeritus of Political Science

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

UNC Asheville Special Collections and University Archives

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

Access note

The collection is available for research

Custodial History

The Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection was organized by a committee of retired educators, chaired by Lucy S. Herring, and including Vivian C. Cooper, Juanita H. Weaver, Gertrude D. Jones,  Virginia H. Daniels, Elynora M. Dargan, Sadie D. Moore, C. H. James, Tommie P. White, Mrs. Leona M. Owens. The materials they collected were presented to the public on August 28, 1977 at the auditorium of the YWCA, and then donated to the Southern Highlands Research Center (now Special Collections) at UNC Asheville.

Digital Access

Over 200 photographs from the Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection have been digitized and are viewable through DigitalNC.

Accruals note

Additional accruals are not expected

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections staff.

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Collection Inventory

Box 1: Churches and Schools
  • Folder 1: Baptist Churches
    • Hill Street Baptist Church
    • Hill Street Baptist Church – Homecoming Celebration booklet, 1980
    • Mt Zion Missionary Church (for construction of the Church see James Vester Miller). .
      • 2nd Annual Observance of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist, 1969
      • A Brief History of the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 1976
      • Newspaper clipping, 1969
      • Brief history
    • Nazareth First Baptist Church
      • Centennial Celebration of the Nazareth First Baptist Church, 1967
      • Brief history
    • New Zion Baptist Church (Spindale, NC)
      •  Centennial Souvenir Book
  • Folder 2: Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches
  • Folder 3: A.M.E. and Methodist Churches
    • St. James A.M.E. Church
    • Berry Temple United Methodist Church
      • Berry Temple Methodist Church Service of Dedication, 9/17/1961
      • Brief history
    • Brown Temple Christian Missionary Church
    • Hopkins Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church  (for construction of the Church see James Vester Miller)
      • Photocopy: “Hopkins Chapel Has Distinguished History“
      • Brief history
        • Some of the following photos are in the Oversize area:
      • Conference, Hopkins Chapel AME Zion Church, May 1943 (negative)
      • Conference, Hopkins Chapel AME Zion Church, May 1943 (photograph)
      • Board of Trustees and Bishops, Hopkins Chapel AME Zion Church, 1944 (photograph)
      • Board of Trustees and Bishops, Hopkins Chapel AME Zion Church, 1944 (copy print)
      • Banquet, Hopkins Chapel AME Zion Church, May 1943 (photograph)
      • Sunday School, Hopkins Chapel AME Zion Church, 1943 (photograph)
      • Layman’s Day, Hopkins Chapel AME Zion Church, 1970 (photograph)
  • Folder 4: Hopkins Chapel A.M.E. Church
    • Centennial Journal (1868-1968), 2 copies
  • Folder 5: Various Church related materials
  • Folder 6:
    • Allen High School
      • Allen High School, Announcements for School Term, 1947-1948
      • “Allen High School to Graduate 34,” newspaper clipping
      • Pages cut from Allen High School Annual, 1962
      • History of Allen Home School (later Allen High School), 1962
      • Students, group portrait, Allen Home School, later Allen High School, n.d. (negative)
      • Students, group portrait, Allen Home School, later Allen High School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Students, group portrait, Allen Home School, later Allen High School, n.d. (copy print)
      • Students from Burnsville, Allen High School, n.d. (photograph)
    • Cavalry Parochial School
  • Folder 7:
    • St. Anthony’s School
      • St. Anthony’s School, statue at entrance, n.d. (photograph)
      • St. Anthony’s School building, n.d. (photograph)
    • Tiny Tots Nursery School
      •  Children and their friends at a party, Tiny Tots Nursery School, n.d. (photograph)
  • Folder 8:
    • Lucy S. Herring School (formerly Mountain Street School)
      • Faculty list, May, 1965
      • Faculty handbook, 1968-1969
      • Faculty handbook, 1968-1969
      • Self-Study Report, March, 1963
      • Reception, Unveiling of the Herring Picture, Herring School, May 1965 (photograph)
      • Reception, Unveiling of the Herring Picture, Herring School, May 1965 (photograph)
  • Folder 9:
    • Mountain Street School
      • Students and teachers, group portrait, Mountain Street School, 1907-1909 (negative)
      • Students and teachers, group portrait, Mountain Street School, 1907-1909 (photograph)
      • Students and teacher, group portrait, Mountain Street School, 1907-1909 (copy print)
      • Reading lesson, Mountain Street School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Science lesson, Mountain Street School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Reading lesson, Mountain Street School, Lucy Herring, teacher, n.d. (photograph)
      • Reading lesson, Mountain Street School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Safety Patrols, Mountain Street School, n.d. (photograph)
Box 2: Schools and Hospitals
  • Folder 1: Hill Street School (1917-1953) (some materials in oversize)
    • Grey bound ledgers of records of the Hill Street School, 1925-1926 and 1931-1932. J H. Michael, Principal [located in M77.10.5]
    • Hill Street School building, raking view from front, n.d. (photograph)
    • Hill Street School building, raking view from front, n.d. (negative)
    • Hill Street School, new building, architect’s drawing, 1952 (photograph)
    • Hill Street School, new building, architect’s drawing, 1952 (negative)
    • Miss Vivian Cline (Cooper) and First grade class, Hill Street School, 1923 (photograph)
    • Miss Vivian Cline (Cooper) and First grade class, Hill Street School, 1923 (copy print)
    • Mrs. Vivian Cline (Cooper) and First grade class, Hill Street School, 1923 (two negatives of copy print 3b)
    • Mrs. Vivian Cline (Cooper) and First grade class, Hill Street School, 1923 (copy print)
    • View of shared classroom, Hill Street School, students dressed to go outside, Mrs. Vivian Cooper, teacher, n.d. (photograph)
    • Seventh grade class, group portrait, Mrs. Gordon, substitute teacher, Hill Street School, November, 1923 (photograph)
    • Fourth grade class, group portrait, Mrs. Viola Dusenbury, teacher, Hill Street School, 1923 (photograph)
    • First grade Class, Mrs. Vivian Cooper, teacher, Hill Street School, students reading at tables, n.d. (photograph)
    • Musical Chimes practice, first grade, Hill Street School, Mrs. Vivian Cooper, teacher, n.d. (photograph)
    • Musical Chimes practice, first grade, Hill Street School, Mrs. Vivian Cooper, teacher, n.d. (2 negatives)
    • Children in first grade class writing on blackboard, (“Maxine and Bennie”) Hill Street School, n.d. (photograph)
  • Folder 2:  Hill Street School
    • Comments by S. M. Conner about Hill Street School to Asheville City Schools Board of Education, Dec. 26, 1940 (1 typewritten page)
    • Self-Study Report, Hill Street Elementary School, March, 1963 (50 pages bound)
    • 1 photocopy of views of Hill Street School (see P77.10.2.1.1 and P77.10.2.1.2)
  •  Folder 3:
    • Shiloh Elementary School
      • Self-Study Report of Shiloh Elementary School, March, 1963
      • Fifth and Sixth Grade, Mrs. Dorothea Cowan, teacher, Shiloh School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Unit on “Children of Other Lands, teacher Mrs. Inez Ray Lassiter and fourth grade, Shiloh School, n.d. (photograph)
    • Livingston Street School
      • Livingston St. School, new building, n.d. (photograph)
      • First Grade group portrait, Livingston Street School, n.d.  (photograph)
      • Mrs. R. S. Battle teaching special class, Livingston Street School, 1942 (photograph)
      • Unit on China, students at desks, Livingston Street School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Recording Voices of an Unusual Sextet, students of Viola R. Candler’s third grade, Livingston Street School, 1947 (photograph)
      • Group portrait of students outside old Livingston Street School, early 1940’s (photograph)
  • Folder 3:
    • Burton Street School
      • Burtonia, Burton Street School, 1950 (school annual)
      • Teacher Mrs. Gertrude Jones and students in fourth grade classroom, Burton Street School, n.d. (photograph)
    • Carver School
      • Safety patrols receive badges, Carver School, Black Mountain, n.d. (photograph)
    • Green Mountain School
      • Students and teacher outside of one-room Henderson County school, Green Mountain School, 1922 (photograph)
  • Folder 4:
    • Stephens-Lee High School
      • “Lennon Directs Stephens-Lee Band,” n.d., original and copies, clipping
      • Certificate of honor, Stephens-Lee concert band, 1960
      • Certificate of Honor, Stephens-Lee band, flute solo, 1958
      • The Skylighter: The Voice of Stephens-Lee, vol. 10, No. 2, November 1953, student paper
      • Stephens-Lee athletics, n.d., page from student annual
      • Application for Local Landmark Designation, Stephens-Lee Community Center, 1991 or 1992
    • South French Broad School
      • “South French Broad School,” The Southern News, 10/23/65, clipping
    • Catholic Hill School
      • Tenth anniversary exercises, June, 1902, program
      • “Colored School House Wiped Out by Flames,” fire at Catholic Hill School, November 17, 1917, photocopied clipping
      • Students and Teachers, group portrait, Catholic Hill School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Students and Teachers, Catholic Hill School, group portrait, n.d. (copy print)
      • Students and Teachers, Catholic Hill School, group portrait, n.d. (negative)
      • Students and Teacher, group portrait, around 1902 (photograph)
      • Students and Teacher, group portrait, around 1902 (negative)
      • Catholic Hill School Building, 1902 (photograph)
      • Catholic Hill School Building, 1902 (copy print)
      • Catholic Hill School Building, 1902 (negative)
      • Students and Teachers, group portrait, Catholic Hill School, 1917 (photograph)
      • Students and Teachers, group portrait, Catholic Hill School, 1917 (2 negatives)
      • Fourth grade, Catholic Hill School, group portrait, n.d. (photograph)
      • Students and Teacher, Catholic Hill School, group portrait, 1917 (photograph)
      • Catholic Hill Faculty, group portrait, n.d. (photograph)
      • Students and Teacher, group portrait, Catholic Hill School, before 1917 (photograph)
      • Students and Teacher, group portrait, Catholic Hill School, 1915 (photograph)
      • Students and Teachers, group portrait, Catholic Hill School, 1917-1918 (photograph)
      • Students and Teachers, group portrait, Catholic Hill School, 1915 (photograph)
      • Students and Teachers, group portrait, Catholic Hill School, Grade 6, 1910 or 1911 (photograph)
  • Folder 5:
    • Stephens-Lee High School
      • Miss K. Chappelle’s Dance Group, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Industrial Arts Classroom, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Tonette Band, Homecoming Parade 1955/56 (photograph)
      • Photography Class, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Student in Band Uniform, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Majorette, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (phototgraph)
      • Home Economics/ Beauty Culture, Stephens-Lee High School, 1945 (photograph)
      • Basketball, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Class in Social Studies, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Students From the County Coming to City Schools, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Class in Radio Repair, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Dance Production or Play, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Welding, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Homecoming Court, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Students and Teachers, Stephens-Lee High School, 1924 (photograph)
      • Students and Teachers, Stephens-Lee High School, 1924 (copy print)
      • Stephens-Lee Graded School ?, n.d. (photograph)
      • Dramatics, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Manual Training Class, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (negative)
      • Manual Training Class, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Manual Training Class, Stephens-Lee High School, n.d. (copy print)
      • First Graduating Class, Stephens-Lee High School, May, 1942 (photograph)
      • Marion Anderson Visits Stephens-Lee, 1945 (photograph)
  • Folder 6:
    • Livingstone College
      • “A Catalog of African Artifacts,” W. J. Walls Heritage Hall, Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC, c.1977, pamphlet
      • “The Chronicle of the W.J. Walls Heritage Hall,” Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC, pamphlet
    • Mars Hill College
      • “To Enroll at Mars Hill,” Oralene Graves Simmons, Asheville Citizen-Times, July 5, 1961, clipping
    • Stewart’s School of Beauty
      • “Stewart’s School of Beauty Culture,” Asheville Citizen-Times, July 10, 1977, clipping
      • Group of Students, Stewart’s School of Beauty Culture, n.d. (photograph)
      • Trophy Winners, North Carolina State Beautician’s Convention, Stewart’s School of Beauty Culture, 1963 (photograph)
    • Asheville State Summer School
      • Caning Chair Seats, Asheville State Summer School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Group Portrait, Asheville State Summer School, 1930 (photograph)
      • Group Portrait, Asheville State Summer School, 1923, [ OS77.10.4.1] (photograph)
  • Folder 7:
    • Schools (general)
      • “Cooperative Effort Urged for Successful Schools,” Asheville Citizen, August 18,1971, clipping
      • “Preparing for a Hearing Testing Program,” Asheville Citizen, n.d., clipping
      • “First City School Board Formed,” n.d., clipping
      • Clippings documenting career of educator Mrs. Myrtle H. Brittian, clippings
      • Classroom Furnishings, n.d., clipping
      • “Education,” Lucy Herring’s notes, January 26, 1969
      • “Our Testing Program for Hearing,” list of parent volunteers (to accompany photograph P77.10.2.7.6), list
      • List of principals of black Asheville City Schools, 1888-1970, list
      • Knowhow, Asheville Schools Bulletin, 1953-1954, newsletter
      • May Day at the Stadium, 1940’s (photograph)
      • May Day at the Stadium, 1940’s (photograph)
      • Science Experiment, n.d. (photograph)
      • One Room Basement School, n.d. (photograph)
      • Training in the Operation of the Audiometer, n.d. (photograph)
      • Elementary School Production, n.d. (photograph)
  • Folder 8:
    • Hospitals
      • Blue Ridge Hospital
      • Torrence Hospital
        • Letter from Wm. J. Trent, secretary of Colored Men’s Branch of YMCA, Atlanta, GA, to Dr. and Mrs. Torrence, February 14, 1915
        • Power bill receipt, July 29, 1977
        • Letterhead, Torrence Hospital, 191_
        • History of Torrence Hospital on stapled cardboard
        • Torrence Hospital, 95 Hill Street, n.d.
        • Torrence Hospital, 95 Hill Street, n.d. (negative)
Box 3: Businesses, Workers, Military, and Civic Organizations
  • Folder 1: Businesses
    • Businesses (general)
      • Packet of cards giving name, owner, address, phone, etc. of 31 Black-owned businesses, 1958-1962
      • “Black-Owned Businesses Have Long History Here,” Asheville Citizen, August 22, 1977, clipping and copies
      • “Their Thing: Afro-American Fashions,” Asheville Citizen-Times, June 21, 1970, clipping
      • Wilkins-Hart Mortuary, Inc., 1974, 1 page typed history
      • Allen & Associates Mortuary, September 10, 1972, dedication pamphlet
      • Jesse Ray Funeral Home, typed letter.
      • “People, Business Join to Pump Life into Eagle-Market Neighborhood,” n.d., clipping
      • “Afram Puts Blacks in Driver’s Seat,” Asheville Citizen & Times, 3/10/1970, clipping
      •  “Afram Gets Contract,” 3/11/1970, clipping
      •  “Black Organization Plans Radio Station,” Asheville Times, 3/30/1972, clipping
    • Candy Land
    • NC Mutual Insurance Company
    • Allen & Associates, Mortuary
    • Jesse Ray Funeral Home
  • Folder 2: Military
    • Black Highlanders Highlanders in World War I
    • Elijah Ray
      • Letter from U. S. Department of the Interior to Mrs. Carrie Jane Ray, May 29, 1962, photocopy
      • Discharge record of Elijah Ray, June 6, 1892, photocopy
      • Military record of Elijah Ray, photocopy
      • Family record, photocopy
      • Christmas menu of Troop H, Ninth U. S. Calvary, 1890, photocopy
      • Letter from Veterans Administration re Presidential Memorial Certificate, photocopy
      • Letter from Veterans Administration to Mrs. Carrie Jane Ray re death pension, July 9, 1958, photocopy
      • List of members of Elijah Ray’s company, 1890, photocopy
      • Marriage certificate of Carrie Jane Cawom and Elisha [sic] Ray, June 17, 1906, photocopy
    • North Carolina Regiment
      • List of officers of NC regiment organized in 1898 by Governor Daniel L. Russell
    • Stephens-Lee High School
      • Page of photographs of Stephens-Lee High School graduates in the military, 1943, page from annual
      • “Korea 1951,” Front and Center (band), from William Payton, 1951 (photograph)
      • Company A, 1st Cavalry, Captain Osborne Hart, Korea, 1959 (photograph)
      • Graduates of Stephens-Lee High School in the military, group portrait taken at a military camp in Virginia, after 1948 (photograph)
    • Spanish-American War
      • U.S. Army, Spanish American War, 9th Calvary, Troupe C, Fort Robinson, Nebraska (E.W. Pearson’s Division) (photograph, copy from negative- library does not own original photograph)
      • U.S. Army, Spanish American War, 9th Calvary, Troupe C, Fort Robinson, Nebraska (E.W. Pearson’s Division) (negative, copy of original photograph, which library does not own)
  • Folder 3: Organizations
    • NAACP
      • NAACP Conference in Detroit [from Eugene Smith scrapbook, see OS77.10.2.1], (photograph)
      • NAACP Conference in Detroit (copy print)
      • NAACP Conference in Detroit (copy print)
      • Asheville NAACP (two negatives)
      • NAACP National Conference [from Eugene Smith scrapbook, see OS77.10.2.1] (photograph)
      • NAACP National Conference (copy print)
    • Masons
      • Masonic Grand Lodge (photograph)
      • Masonic Grand Lodge (copy print)
      • Masonic Grand Lodge (copy print)
      • Masonic Grand Lodge (negative)
    • Knights of Pythias
      • “K.P. Annual Meeting, Parade Across the Square, 1918” (photograph)
      • “K.P. Annual Meeting, Parade Across the Square, 1918” (copy print)
    • Plant Flower and Fruit Guild
    • Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
      • Woman of the Year, Zetas honor Mrs. Lucy S. Herring as ‘Woman of the Year’, 1952 (photograph)
  • Folder 4: Various Organizations
    • Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, “Woman Educator as Woman of Year,” Asheville Citizen-Times, 1952, clipping (see original photograph: P77.10.3.3.6)
    • Shiloh Health Improvement Organization, “Community Improvement,” n.d., clipping
    • Red Cross, “Red Cross Drive Workers,” n.d., clipping
    • Red Cross, “Red Cross Gray Ladies Graduates, n.d., clipping
    • Montford Hill Community Club, “Planning Singout,” n.d., and “Groundbreaking Set for $1 Million Park, n.d., clippings
    • Montford Community Club, “New Chairman, n.d., cut from unknown publication
    • Montford Community Club, “Montford Community Club Officers,” n.d., clipping
    • Center for Performing Arts, “Theater ’74 Officers,” 1974, clipping
    • Senior Opportunities Center, “Educating the Elderly,” n.d., clipping
    • Mrs. Mamie Machen’s Nursing Home, n.d., clipping with history on reverse
    • Asheville Beauticians Chapter Five, “Officers Installed,” 1977, clipping and copy
    • Brotherhood Club, Tuscola High School, The Mountaineer, Waynesville, NC, 1975, copy of clipping
    • Negro Welfare Council, The Church Advocate, 2/24/45, clipping
    • Asheville Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs, “From Dolls to Hotels,” n.d., clipping
    • Asheville Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs, “Mrs. Maggie Jones,” n.d., cut from unknown publication
    • Asheville Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs, photo of “Women’s Federation in the ’30’s,” taken at Stephens-Lee by Isabelle C. Young, clipping
    • Civil Service Commission, “Commission Again Accused of Bias Against Blacks,” Asheville Citizen, 7/24/1970 (City Councilman Ruben Dailey “not in agreement” with Wesley J. Potter, chairman of Asheville Civil Service Commission), clipping
    • Congressional District Black Leadership Caucus, “Bus Trip To Washington Planned,” Asheville Citizen, 8/04/1983
    • Social Services Council of Asheville and Buncombe County, “Council Elects,” n.d., clipping
    • 1st city precinct staffed by Negroes, Asheville Citizen, n.d., cut from unknown publication that used “Citizen Photo”
    • USO Committee, n.d., cut from unknown publication
    • World Day of Prayer, Asheville Citizen, 12/3/1962, clipping
    • NAACP, “Chiles to Head NAACP,” and “Mrs. L. B. Michael,” clipings
    • Asheville-Buncombe Commission on the Status of Women, “2 Women Honored at Awards Banquet,” Asheville Citizen, 4/01/1983, clipping
  • Folder 5: Asheville-Buncombe Community Relations Council
    • What Is the Asheville-Buncombe Community Relations Council? briefly describes history, purpose, organization, etc. of the council, n.d., pamphlet
    • Asheville-Buncombe Community Relations Council describes in detail history, purpose, organization, programs, etc of the council, n.d., document
    • By-Laws of the Asheville-Buncombe Community Relations Council, n.d., document
    • Objectives of the Asheville-Buncombe Community Relations Council, n.d., document
  • Folder 6: Community Planning
    • Soul City
      • Soul City: A Pioneering Experiment in New Town Planning, 1976, booklet
      • Green Duke Village, n.d. pamphlet
    • Asheville Model Cities Agency
      • Fourteen color photographs and the dedication cut from a brochure entitled “Improving the Quality of Urban Life,” n.d, clippings mounted on poster board
      •  “Birthday Smiles, n.d., clipping
  • Folder 7: Scouting
    • Girl Scouts
      • “Getting Ready for Camp,” Asheville Times, 6/07/1969, clipping
      •  Girl Scouts (photograph) (original and copy print)
      • Girl Scouts, n.d. copy neg (2 negatives)
    • Boy Scouts
  • Folder 8: Young Men’s Institute (YMI)
    • YMI Orchestra, 1908 (photograph)
    • YMI Orchestra, 1908 (copy)
    • YMI Orchestra, 1908 (copy)
    • YMI Orchestra, 1908 (four negatives)
    • YMI Drug Store, interior, 1910, (photograph)
    • YMI Drug Store, interior, 1910, (copy)
    • YMI Drug Store, interior, 1910, (copy)
    • YMI Drug Store, interior, 1910, (copy)
    • YMI Drug Store, interior, 1910 (negative)
    • YMI Building, exterior, showing Drug Store, n.d. (photograph)
    • YMI Building, exterior, showing Drug Store, n.d. (copy)
    • YMI Building, exterior, showing Drug Store, n.d. (copy)
    • YMI Building, exterior, showing Drug Store, n.d. (negative)
  • Folder 9: YWCA
    • “Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Phyllis Wheatley Branch,” Asheville Citizen-Times, 1/14/1962, clipping
    • “A Kick-Off Meeting,” Asheville Citizen, 2/28/1963, clipping
    • “South French Broad YWCA,” Asheville Citizen, 3/14/1963, clipping
    • “Annual Enrollment Campaign,” Asheville Citizen, 2/22/1964, clipping
    • “Volunteer Service Plaques,” Asheville Citizen-Times, 4/12/1964, clipping
    • “Preparing for Ceremonies,” Asheville Citizen, 1/23/1965, clipping
    • “Y Director Will Speak At Pearson,” n.d., clipping
    • “New YWCA Branch,” n.d., clipping
    • “The Y-Teen Program,” pamphlet
  • Folder 10: Workers
    • “Veteran Health Workers,” 1942, clipping
    • “Law and Order in Asheville,” The Carolinian,” Raleigh, NC, 1951, clippin
    • “First Negroes on Force,” Asheville Times, 4/2/1946, clippin
    • “Names in Valley Business News,” Ace [Asa] Herring promoted, Phoenix Gazette, 11/1972, clippin
    • List of Asheville Police Department’s black officers, 8/18/1977, letter from Acting Chief of Police J. W. Trulove, letter
    • Grove Park Inn Employees, group portrait outside the Inn, n.d. (photograph by Pelton)
    • Grove Park Inn Employees, group portrait outside the Inn, n.d. (copy print)
    • Grove Park Inn Employees, group portrait outside the Inn, n.d. (copy negative)
    • Southern Railway Porters, group portrait, some with musical instruments, 1929 (photograph)
    • Southern Railway Porters, group portrait, some with musical instruments, 1929 (negative)
  • Folder 11: Pamphlets
Box  4: People (photographs, news clippings,  and brief biographies)
  • Folder 1 – People
  • Folder 2 – People
  • Folder 3 – People
  • Folder 4  – Clippings and articles
    • “The Negro’s Plight,” by Edward Orleans, original and one copy
    • Notes listing “colored” businesses and professionals taken from the 1900-01 Asheville City Directory, two-paged photocopy
    • B-2653, news release for the Democratic National Committee, 10/14/1960
    • B-2654, news release for the Democratic National Committee, 10/14/1960
    • “Bi-Partisan Council Directs Activities of City Government,” Asheville Citizen & Times, 3/10/1970, clipping\
    • “Fund Drive’s Goal to Save a Culture,” n.d., clipping
    • “Tribute to Honor Black Leaders,” Asheville Citizen-Times, 2/1/5/1981, clipping
    • “Awards Program Will Salute Black Excellence,” Asheville Citizen-Times, 2/20/1983, clipping
    • “Fourth Annual Awards Next Sunday,” Asheville Citizen-Times, 2/19/1984, clipping
  • Folder 5 – Biographies and other notes
    • Alston, Dr. Marcus, biographical notes
    • Brown, Harrison B., biographical notes
    • Cooper, Mrs. Vivian Cline, autobiography and thoughts on “The Future of the Black Educator in the South’
    • Dusenbury, Paul, biographical notes
    • Edington, Charles Arthur, from retirement service
    • Haith, Lacy Thomas, biographical notes
    • Hart, Osborn M., biographical notes
    • Hennessee, Mrs. Willie Ford, autobiographical notes
    • Hilton, Ruby W. S., news release from Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center re: Ruby W. S. Hilton, R.N.
    • Jackson, Benjamin James, Sr., biography
    • Johnson, Lessie, two letters to John Shackelford re: Fred S. A. Johnson family and property
    • Lee, Professor Walter Smith, biography
    • Lee, Professor Walter Smith, obituary
  • Folder 6 – Biographies and other notes
    • Mapp, Walter Howard, autobiography
    • Martin, Fred Pope, Sr., biographical notes
    • McGinness, John Henry, Sr., biographical notes
    • Miller, James Vester, biography
    • Miller, James Vester, biographical notes
    • Miller, James Vester, residence of, notes
    • Miller, Lee Otus [Leotus], M.D., biographical notes
    • Owens, Sylvester M., biography
    • Roland, William, autobiography
    • Scott, Rev. Ronald, biographical notes
    • Stephens, Professor Edward, biography
    • Stokes, Jessie Harris, autobiographical notes
    • Thompson, Dr. Eva, biographical notes
    • Trent, Dr. William Johnson, testimonial
    • Walls, William Jacob, program for funeral service
    • White, Dr. H. N., biography
  • Folder 7 – Articles on the Black Highlanders Collection
    • “Black Highlander’s Role Researched,” Asheville Citizen-Times, 7/10/1977, clipping and two copies
    • “A History of Pride: Black Asheville A Blend of Traditions: School, Church, Community Involvement” Asheville Citizen-Times, 3/13/1983, clipping and copy
    • “The Rich Heritage of Black Highlanders,” program for the presentation at the YWCA of materials gathered for the UNCA Ramsey Library Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection, 7/28/1977, program
    • The Unique Black Heritage of Western North Carolina, announcement of four forums, October and November, 1984, two copies of original program
    • Lucy Herring’s notes about future plans for collection and copy of photo of Willie F. Hennessee and Vivian C. Cooper (original: see P77.10.4.2.11.2)
  • Folder 8 – Johnny Baxter and family
    • “Some reflections on Music Activities in Asheville’s Black Community During the Period 1920 to 1970” by John Baxter
    • Several pages of family genealogy
  • Folder 9
    • Isaac Dickson materials and photographs
  • Folder 10
    • Asa Herring,  Biographical notes, original and copy
    • Asa Herring,Three Clippings about Asa D. Herring, originals and copies
    • Asa Herring,Department of the Air Force letter invitation to be graduation guest speaker
    • Asa Herring,Letter of congratulations on being selected to serve on the Municipal Aeronautics Advisory Board of Phoenix, Arizona
    • Asa Herring, “New Advisory Board Members Selected,” Sky Harbor Beacon, September, 1977, newsletter of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
  • Folders 11 and 12
    • Eugene Smith, Letter from Carl T. Durham, U.S. House of Representatives, 8/13/1949, letter
    • Eugene Smith, Letter from Harold D. Cooley, U.S. House of Representatives, 8/15/1949, letter
    • Eugene Smith, Letter from Monroe M. Redden, U.S. House of Representatives, 4/25/1950, lette
    • Eugene Smith, Letter from Monroe M. Redden, U. S. House of Representatives, 6/19/1950, letter
    • Eugene Smith, Letter from U. S. Senator Frank P. Graham, 8/22/1949, letter
    • Eugene Smith, Letter from manager of Cranston Print Works Company, 5/9/1950, lette
    • Eugene Smith,  Letter from president of Berkeley Mills, Inc., 5/09/1950, letter
    • Eugene Smith, Letter from attorney for the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville,   10/02/1950, request for payment of notes
    • Eugene Smith, Statement to United Rayon Co. re: boys camp contribution, 6/28/1952, receip
    • Eugene Smith, “Mr. Eugene Smith: First Black Precinct Judge,” n.d., photograph cut from unknown publication 
    • Eugene Smith, “Eugene J. Smith: Publisher, Southern News,” n.d., clipping from unknown publication
    • Eugene Smith as a young man, n.d. (photograph)
    • Negro Democratic Leaders, group portrait, n.d. (photograph)
    • National Urban League, group portrait, Dec, 1964 (photograph)
    • The Southern News Office, the Campbell Building, 38 S. Market Street., c.1938 (photograph)
  • Folder 13: Awards and Certificates
    • Joseph C. Daniels
      • Certificate of Professional Acceptance of the National Education Association, 1966-67
      • Expression of Appreciation from the Daniel Boone Council Inc., Boy Scouts of America, December 31, 1953
      • High School Principal’s Certificate from the NC Department of Public Instruction, July 1, 1942
    •  William E. Roland
      • Human Relations Award of the Unitarian Church (First Annual), April 13, 1966
    •  John Baxter
      • Certificate of Proficiency of the YMCA Trade and Technical School, April 6, 1951
      • Certification as Automotive Testing Technician by the Sun Electric Corporation, 4/22/53
      • Diploma from course in auto mechanics of the Brooklyn Automotive Evening Trade School, June 25, 1958
      • Packard Certified Re-wiring Examination, n.d.
    • Dr. M. W. Alston
      • Envelope which contained Erskine Medal [medal not part of collection]
  • Folder 14:
    • Various descriptions of photographs and materials in the Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection
Box 5:
  • The Black Heritage of Western North Carolina, by Lenwood Davis. Typewritten manuscript.
  • Asheville City Public Schools, ledger for Hill Street School, Vol. 1, 1926-1930
  • Asheville City Public Schools, ledger for Hill Street School, Vol. 2, 1926-1930
Oversize Materials
  • Hill Street School: Two gray-bound ledgers of Hill Street School, covering the period of 1925 through 1932; J.H. Michael, principal
  • Portrait of Mrs. Isaac Dixon  (14″x17″), charcoal, possibly over camera obscura or other type of initial photographic image () note: item placed last in box
  • Letter of introduction for Isaac Dixon [sic], signed by residents of Cleveland County, NC, 10/7/1867, original letter and transcribed copy
  • Certification of completion of medical training by Joe E. Osborne at Wake Forest College, NC., 6/1/1928, diploma
  • License to practice medicine in North Carolina awarded to Joseph Evans Osborne, 7/7/1930, license
  • Certification of completion of medical internship by Joseph E. Osborne at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Ga, 7/1/1932, diploma
  • Scroll of Honor awarded William Ernest Roland for social action by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 11/11/1962, certificate
  • Certification of appointment of W. E. Roland to the N.C. Youth Advisory Council by Governor Robert W. Scott, 4/7/1970, certificate
  • Life membership awarded to Joseph Charles Daniels in the National Education Association of the United States, March, 1957, certificate
  • Scrapbook of Eugene J. Smith (cover: “Eugene Smith, Publisher 35 Years, 1936-1971″); 16″x13” [20 pages, original and copy]
  • Asheville State Summer School, 1923. Panorama [taken at Hill Street School
    • Newspapers
      • The Southern News, Eugene Smith, editor, Asheville, N.C. Nineteen issues total, including one-page fragments from two issues
        • June 11, 1938
        • July 9, 1938
        • July 30, 1938
        • March 16, 1940 (one page)
        • Feb 28, 1941 (one page)
        • Jan 3, 1942
        • July 4, 1942
        • Feb 27, 1943
        • July 10, 1943 (two sections)
        • Sept 11, 1943
        • Aug 19, 1944
        • Nov 24, 1945
        • May 25, 1946
        • Nov 9, 1946
        • March 26, 1949
        • May 26, 1951 (two copies)
        • May 30, 1958 (two copies)
        • April 7, 1962 (one section)
        • April 30, 1966 (two copies)
        • April, 1974
      • The West Asheville News  – Sept 11, 1942
      • The Church Advocate   Aug 19, 1943
      • Southland Advocate – April 15, 1950
      •  Asheville Times – March 26, 1953
      • John F. Kennedy campaign advertisement, n.d.