“The Western North Carolina Section at a Glance” is a booklet issued by the Southern Railway Company in 1912. The 64-page booklet is a stop-by-stop guide that follows the rail line from Salisbury, North Carolina west through Hickory and Marion...
On September 18, 1915, a crowd estimated at 3,000 people arrived in Sylva, N.C., to attend the dedication of the Civil War monument. The monument had been located prominently on the steps leading up from the town's main street to the new Jackson...
The Tennessee & North Carolina Railroad linked the community of Sunburst, N.C., and its large lumber operation to Canton, N.C., located to the north. Sunburst could be reached by rail in about an hour and fifteen minutes. A July 25, 1913,...
This 1912 letter was written by Frances Goodrich for the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Goodrich first came to western North Carolina in 1892 as a community worker employed by this mission board. It was...
This woven cloth sample notebook was originally compiled by Helen Wilmer Stone (ca. 1891-1978) presumably while she was working at the Pine Mountain Settlement School in Kentucky. The notebook contains samples of woven fabrics glued to notebook...
Roby Buchanan was a self-taught gem cutter. He was able to collect stones locally and after years of sending them away to be cut, decided to do it himself. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft...
This series of historic postcards depicts various sites in and around Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville is the county seat of Buncombe County and is the largest city in western North Carolina. In 1880, Asheville was linked by a rail line that...
Steam locomotives -- North Carolina; Railroads -- North Carolina, Western;
Early postcards illustrated life and scenery in western North Carolina. This card depicts a steam locomotive, which was a main means of travel in the early 20th century.
The Regal Hotel, built in 1910 in Murphy, N.C., also housed the Candler Department Store and the Commercial and Savings Bank. The lettering for these latter two establishments may be seen above the first floor of the building. This postcard was...
This photograph has a handwritten caption that states, 'This is the the [sic] Passenger Train from Proctor to Ritter with Charley Wilson, Engineer, G.J. Calhoun, Conductor.' Granville Calhoun, seen at the rear of the train in this photograph, was...
This picture of the Whittier, N.C., railway depot possibly dates from 1909. When enlarged, the 'Train Schedule' sign, seen at the far right of the building, appears to have a handwritten date of July 16, 1909. The 'Whittier' sign over the doorway...
This portrait shot of Robert Lee Madison (1867 - 1954) was taken by the studio of Lindsey & Brown, South Court Place, Asheville, N.C. Madison, a native of Virginia, came to western North Carolina in 1886 to teach at a school in Quallatown. He...
A view of Horace Kephart's cabin on Hazel Creek, Swain County, North Carolina. The caption reads, ''The Cabin in Winter'' This photograph appeared in ''Our Southern Highlanders,'' 1921 edition, p. 161, as ''Cabin on the Little Fork of Sugar Fork...
This photograph, labeled ''Cooking Supper,'' appeared in ''Our Southern Highlanders'' (1921 ed., p. 48) as ''The Author in Camp in the Big Smokies'' and in Kephart's series ''The Southern Highlander'' (part I, ''Something Hidden; Go and Find It,''...
Safety razor with blades and case; case with '' MODEL C VALET AUTOSTROP RAZOR''; razor stamped: ''AUTOSTROP SAFETY RAZOR CO NEW YORK, U.S.A''. brass; red painted metal case with velvet lining; razor ''Patented April 19, 1912'' ''other...
Letter from Kephart to "Outing Magazine" editor Albert Britt outlining four additional chapters from "Highland Dixie" (an earlier title for "Our Southern Highlanders") for the magazine. Kephart also discusses the size of the book size.
Letter from Kephart to Bristow Adams of the Forest Service, Washington, D.C., concerning the possible inclusion of U.S. Forest Service photographs in "Highland Dixie" (an earlier title for "Our Southern Highlanders"). Kephart includes a list of...
Letter Kephart to O.T. McCroskey of New York City elaborating on Kephart's experiences with the razorback "Belial", which was described in chapter 2 of "Our Southern Highlanders."
