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
Friday, June 13, 2014 / Published in Events, Friends of the NC Room, Local History, New Donations

Thomas Walton Patton’s 1907 Diary

On October 8, 1907, Thomas Walton Patton wrote in his diary, “Election over—bad conduct on part of prohib [prohibition] ladies—very distressing.” Thomas Walton Patton, the third generation of Asheville’s Patton family, was born in Asheville in 1841 and served in the Confederate Army, 1861-1865. The city elected him mayor in 1893 and 1894. Like his grandfather
Friday, November 01, 2013 / Published in African Americans, Events, Uncategorized

Patton Family Online Exhibit

As part of local commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Center for Diversity Education at UNC Asheville worked with the Buncombe County Register of Deeds to compile a database of documents recording the trade of people as slaves in Buncombe County.  A video created as part of this project has won two national awards.