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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 / Published in Events, Local History, Manuscript Collection

Event: CIVIL WAR STORIES BETWEEN HAYWOOD COUNTY SOLDIER JAMES M. HENDERSON AND HIS WIFE MARIA HENDERSON

A DRAMATIC READING James M. Henderson, Company F, 25 N.C. Regiment wrote to his wife Maria Henderson and little son, William Henry Drayton Henderson. Henderson was killed August 23, 1864 at battle of Weldon Railroad, Petersburg, Va. The Henderson family was from Pigeon River, Haywood County. From the NC Room Collection MS024. IN OBSERVANCE OF
Civil WarCivil War LettersJames M. HendersonMaria Henderson
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Saturday, October 26, 2019 / Published in Asheville History, Events, Exhibits, Local History, Photograph Collection

EVENT–THE PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF HERBERT PELTON: ASHEVILLE 1905-1930 BY BENJAMIN PORTER

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 30, 2019 FROM 6:00 TO 7:00 PM LORD AUDITORIUM PACK MEMORIAL LIBRARY LOWER LEVEL THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Light Refreshments will be served “Herbert Pelton arrived in Asheville in 1905. When he left Asheville in 1930, he had become one of the best and most prolific commercial photographers
Benjamin PorterH. w. PeltonPanorama Photographs
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Monday, October 21, 2019 / Published in Asheville History, Buildings, Events, Local History, Photograph Collection

The Ravenscroft Reserve: Its History and Importance

Presentation This Thursday, October 24 from 6:00-7:00 Pack Memorial Library, Lord Auditorium, lower level. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Where is the Ravenscroft Reserve? The Ravenscroft Reserve is located at 11 Collier Avenue north of Banks Avenue, at the southern end of Ravenscroft Drive. What
22 Collier AvenueAsheville downtown environmentCollier WoodRavenscroft ReserveRavenscroft SchoolTrees
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Thursday, June 20, 2019 / Published in Events, Local History, Photograph Collection

“Sue Cow! Sukee, sukee, sukee! Sue cow!” Farm Hollering: Wednesday June 26th

WEDNESDAY JUNE 26, 2019 FROM 6:00 TO 7:00 PM “HOLLERING: FARM CALLS FROM RURAL NORTH CAROLINa” PRESENTED BY SARO LYNCH-THOMASON LORD AUDITORIUM, PACK MEMORIAL LIBRARY, LOWER LEVEL. ALL EVENTs ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Light Refreshments will be served Blanche Wells (Mrs. Buck Abrams) feeding chickens at Sandy Mush. July 3, 1923.  
Farm CallsFarmingHolleringSaro Lynch-Thomason
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019 / Published in Events

Upcoming Program: Secrets from a Mountain Cove with Bob Brunk

Please join the North Carolina Room for our free monthly program tomorrow evening in Lord Auditorium from 6-7 pm. “SECRETS OF A MOUNTAIN COVE; A FAMILY’S LIFE WITH ARCHAEOLOGY” An Illustrated Essay by Bob Brunk Light Refreshments will be served. Bob, his wife Jan, and their two small children moved to a steep mountain farm
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Friday, October 19, 2018 / Published in Events, Forgotten People, Local History, Manuscript Collection

Eliada Orphanage with Oral Historian Clifford Davids Saturday October 27, 2018

  Saturday October 27 from 2:00 to 3:00 Eliada Orphanage with Oral Historian Clifford Davids Pack Memorial Library, Lord Auditorium, lower level. All events are free and open to the public Refreshments will be served. Clifford Davids has spent almost two decades gathering stories of extraordinary human endurance. Between 1996 and 1998 he traveled regularly from the
Cliff DavidsEliada OrphanageFurman "Curly" Williams Jr.Lucius B. Compton
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Friday, October 12, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Events, Friends of the NC Room, Houses, Manuscript Collection

What’s the Coolest Organization to Belong to in Asheville?

  Answer: The Friends of the North Carolina Room! We are a fun and varied group of Asheville residents who love local Asheville history. We love to get together and . . . yes . . . talk about local history. We love to socialize, i.e., eat, drink and talk together.   This years Friends
95 Charlotte StreetCora HackerJim SiemonsMary ParkerPatton-Parker homeThomas Walton Patton
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Monday, September 10, 2018 / Published in Events, Manuscript Collection, New Donations, Photograph Collection

Event: A Local Artist’s Lifetime of Work Gets Digitized By an Digital Historian

Saturday September 15, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:30 An Artist’s Work Gets Digitized With Art Historian and Digital Archivist Erin Dickey & Local Artist Connie Bostic Pack Memorial Library, Lord Auditorium, Lower Level All events are free and open to the public. Light appetizers will be served. As a Fellow in the Learning from Artists’
Connie BosticDigitization of Art WorkErin DickeyLocal Artists
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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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