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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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Friday, August 30, 2013 / Published in African Americans, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, Woo-Woo Moments

Tempy Avery 1823? – 1917

We depend on our patrons for donations. This 1897 J. M. McCanless portrait of a black nurse midwife was loaned for scanning by Dianna Hays. We also receive valuable information from patrons. Ms. Hays told us that the baby was her grandmother Pauline Moore Bourne, daughter of clothing store owner M. V. Moore, and that Pauline
American Civil WarCivil WarEliza Woodfin HollandmidwifeNicholas WoodfinnursePauline Moore BourneSlaveryTempy Avery

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