Tuesday, December 07, 2021 / Published in Friends of the NC Room, Volunteers

Lend a Hand to Local History in 2022

Dear Friends, Perhaps you’ve heard this sentiment already applied to any number of things: “back to normal” isn’t possible. The past two years have been revealing and transformative for society as a whole, forcing reflection and putting a pause on even the best-laid plans.   As we approached 2020, the North Carolina Room was already bracing for change: retirements, a new library
Friday, August 20, 2021 / Published in Architectural Drawing Collection, Friends of the NC Room, North Carolina Room Staff, Volunteers

A Month of Sundays

One of my favorite mountain expressions is, “I ain’t seen you in a month of Sundays!” In fact, HeardTell readers, it’s been a little more than a “month of Sundays” since we last posted! Our last post went live in July 2020. So, really, it’s been TWO months of Sundays! You might wonder, have we
Thursday, August 19, 2021 / Published in Uncategorized, Volunteers

Reflections from CAYLA Interns

This summer, Buncombe County Special Collections was lucky enough to host three student interns; two who worked directly in Special Collections, Nancy and Zoe, and a third, Corrina, who worked with a local community organization, but spent most of her time in the archives. The internship was facilitated by the City of Asheville Youth Leadership
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Architecture, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Friends of the NC Room, Houses, Local History, Postcard Collection, Volunteers

St. Dunstan’s Circle: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

Asheville’s real estate boom in the 1920’s fostered the growth of many neighborhoods: Lakeview Park, Malvern Hills, Horney Heights, and Kenilworth, just to name a few. Biltmore Avenue borders Kenilworth on the east and across the avenue, on a knoll overlooking Biltmore Village, is the pocket neighborhood of St. Dunstan’s Circle. A Mr. Roebling first
Thursday, April 17, 2014 / Published in Friends of the NC Room, Volunteers

BECOME A FRIEND OF THE NORTH CAROLINA ROOM

Friends of the North Carolina Room, Pack Memorial Library: Become a Friend Are you interested in local history, architecture, photographs, manuscripts, oral histories, newspapers? Would you like to be in closer contact with the North Carolina Room–maybe even work with staff behind the scenes? Would you like to serve as an ambassador for the collection
Saturday, February 01, 2014 / Published in Architecture, Friends of the NC Room, Houses, Local History, Volunteers

REMEMBERING SARAH UPCHURCH

I joined the staff at Pack Memorial Library in 1990 when I took the position of Special Collections Librarian.  Lewis Buck was my closest associate in the North Carolina section.  As I studied to get up to speed on Asheville history, he steered me toward the brief histories of Asheville and Buncombe County in Cabins
Saturday, August 17, 2013 / Published in Friends of the NC Room, Volunteers

N.C. Room Volunteer Extraordinaire: Lynne Poirier-Wilson

Lynne was our first volunteer. She started helping us scan photographs when Pack Memorial Library was closed for renovation in 2010. The North Carolina Room staff had been shipped off, along with the boxes of all of  our stuff, to work on Special Collections in the former Tractor Supply building on Tunnel Road (a dank place to