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Tuesday, April 09, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Buncombe County History, Local History, Manuscript Collection, Oral History, Photograph Collection, Women

Voices from Old Candlertown: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

The voices of our community members are one way we learn about our past. Eleanor Newcomb Rice knew this, and made it her work to collect the voices of “Old Candlertown” for many years. Rice was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1924, but when she was young, her parents moved her and her three older
Friday, April 24, 2015 / Published in Uncategorized

Asheville Photographer Tim Barnwell Speaking at Pack Memorial Library

Please join us for this very special event! Tim will discuss how his 5 year effort of photographing and researching these vistas culminated into his beautiful and insightful new book. “It’s a human characteristic to want to know where we are in time and place. Mr. Barnwell’s book satisfies this natural curiosity and brilliantly connects us