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Friday, January 29, 2016 / Published in Local History, Manuscript Collection, Photograph Collection

Buncombe County Literacy

Buncombe County led the state in the early 1920s in fighting adult illiteracy. Its adult literacy program was copied throughout the south and even received national recognition. From 1917 to 1920 Buncombe County adult community schools, often called night schools, taught over 3000 adults to read and write. However, a newspaper article from February 1925
adult literacyAshevilleBiltmore EstateBuncombe CountyCornelia VanderbiltDella DayEdith Vanderbilt
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Friday, January 17, 2014 / Published in Uncategorized

CONSIDER THE HORSE

The first time that I revisioned a different Asheville, one with horses, was when I read Pauline Moore’s diary she wrote in 1916 at the age of 19.  In May, Pauline wrote, “Frank Netherland & I went for a long horse back ride this afternoon.  Up by Beaumont Lodge by the Battle Bungalow through Kenilworth
All Souls Episcopal ChurchAshevilleBiltmore Dairy WagonBiltmore VillageC.C. Brown Livery BarnDella DayEthel SurrettFrank CoxeHorse-drawn Carriageshorseback ridinghorsesLivery StablesMrs. Leva WrightMrs. Mary HowlandO.D. RevellPauline BournePauline MooreTally-Ho
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Friday, November 22, 2013 / Published in Forgotten People, Local History, New Donations, Photograph Collection

“I want to learn to read!” Buncombe County’s Adult Education Program in Literacy

One of the benefits of working in the North Carolina collection is the discovery of new imagery and information on Buncombe County and Western North Carolina.  Recently I’ve been scanning a large group of images of students who were in the Adult Education Program in the mid-1920’s.  But these aren’t typical students.  These photographs document
Adult Education ProgramBuncombe CountyDella DayElizabeth MorrissF.G. WilsonMrs. McCurryNight SchoolsObidiah Washington and Julia Surrett

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