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Wednesday, August 22, 2018 / Published in Local History, Manuscript Collection, Photograph Collection

Grassy Balds of the Southern Highlands: Program

The Southern Appalachian Grassy Balds Amy Duernberger Author and hiker and researcher Wednesday August 29, 2018 from 6:00 to 7:00 Pack Memorial Library, Lord Auditorium, lower level All events are free and open to the public. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the North Carolina Room With Support from Mountain Express Refreshments will
Asheville Service IndustryJeniffer MeskJonathon Flaum
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Monday, August 13, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Local History, Manuscript Collection

 Why I give items to Pack Library’s NC Room

Last week we received this email that Catherine O’Shea wrote to her Westall cousins and copied to the North Carolina Room. “We are indebted to one of our Wiley cousins in Charlotte for noting this great post on Pack’s “HeardTell” blog. https://specialcollections.buncombecounty.org/2015/11/06/camp-dellwood-2/ As you all may recall, almost all the girls in the Westall-Wiley clan
Annie WestallAsheville Library Board of TrusteesCamp DellwoodCatherine O'SheaFriends of the LibraryWestall Family History
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Tuesday, August 07, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Photograph Collection, Postcard Collection

The Tale of Goode’s Drugstore

  This image of Goode’s Drug store grabbed my attention on eBay one morning.  I pride myself on my visual memory for postcard images, but I always double check the online collection before I place a bid. Check out the elegantly-bordered, tile floor, the array of cigar boxes in the glass case, and the sparkling-white
Drug StoresGoode's Drug StoreGoode's Dutch KitchenJ.A. Goode.
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Thursday, July 26, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Buildings, Buncombe County History, Photograph Collection, Post Card Collection

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Mystery

On a recent morning I was sorting postcards to sell from my collection. I came upon a card that mystified me. Truth be told, many a postcard makes me wonder why I chose to buy that particular card.  Was it for the winsome portraits of children or the phrase “Metropolitan Tabernacle” that made me purchase
A. C. DixonAsheville First BaptistFirst Baptist ChurchMetropolitan Tabernacle
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Friday, July 20, 2018 / Published in Uncategorized

Wednesday July 25, 2018 from 6:00 to 7:00 Asheville’s Movies: The Silent Era Frank Thompson Author and film historian Pack Memorial Library, Lord Auditorium, lower level 67 Haywood Street, Asheville NC 28801 All events are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. “The Conquest of Canaan,” a movie filmed in Asheville and
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Friday, July 13, 2018 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Exhibits, Local History

Stephens-Lee High School Reunion June 2018

The North Carolina Room was graciously invited to attend the Stephens-Lee Alumni Reunion Friday night’s festivities on July 6th, 2018 at the Stephens-Lee Center. We met and talked with some wonderful people–all of whom were so proud of being graduates of Stephens-Lee. We collected some good stories and memories while there.   Stephens-Lee opened March
Black High SchoolsStephens-Lee High SchoolStephens-Lee High School Faculty
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Thursday, June 28, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Forgotten People, Local History, Manuscript Collection, Photograph Collection

Edith Clarke Moore and Her Friend Gutzon Borglum

  Edith Clarke Moore (1875-1952) was a native of Texas and married Matthew Van Moore in 1892. They moved from Knoxville to Asheville in 1895. Mr. M. V. Moore was the founder and operator of the M.V. Moore and company in Asheville. The clothing store on Patton Avenue was known of as the Men’s Outfitters.
Asheville HistoryEdith Clarke MooreGutzon BorglumPauline MoorePauline Moore BourneVance Statuary CommissionZebulon Vance
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Thursday, June 21, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Events, Local History

EVENT: “A Grocery on (Almost) Every Block” with Terry Taylor and Nan Chase

Wednesday June 27, 2018 from 6:00 to 7:30  “Asheville Shops For Dinner: A Grocery on (almost) Every Block” Nan Chase and Terry Taylor This multimedia lecture will include an eye-opening overview of the history of grocery stores in Asheville from the 1880’s until the opening of our own Ingle’s grocery chain in the early 1960’s. The lecture
Asheville as a Food CityAsheville General StoreAsheville Grocery StoresStarnes Avenue Grocery
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Forgotten People, Local History, Post Card Collection, Quirks & Kerfuffles

A “Shadow” Mystery

I bought this silhouette of an unknown gentleman many years ago. It’s pasted onto what is known as a trade card. Trade cards were often distributed by businesses, in this case an artist’s business, as an early form of advertising. Trade cards, like postcards, have their ardent collectors. There are a few other trade cards
AshevilleAsheville HistoryJohn Wesley NicholsSilhouette Trade CardsSilhouettes
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