asheville_photos Inventory of the Asheville, N.C. Photograph Album, 1914-1925 Processed by: George Frizzell; machine-readable finding aid created by: Anna R. Craft Special CollectionsWestern Carolina University Hunter Library 2008

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: 2008 August Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS Inventory of the Asheville, N.C. Photograph Album, 1914 - 1925 Western Carolina University Hunter Library Descriptive Summary Western Carolina University Hunter Library Special Collections unknown Asheville, N.C. Photograph Album, 1914 - 1925 SM 03-03 Material in English .25 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Hunter Library Special Collections. This photograph album contains three hundred and sixty-three (363) photographs from the vicinities of Asheville and Buncombe County in North Carolina, dating between 1914 and 1925. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research during Hunter Library's Special Collections business hours, or by appointment.

 Copyright Notice

Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question, unless otherwise designated.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Asheville, N.C. Photograph Album, Special Collections, Western Carolina University Hunter Library, Cullowhee, NC, USA.

 Acquisitions Information

Purchase from Another World Collectibles, Dillsboro, N.C. on 2003 March 21.

 Processing Information

Processed by George Frizzell, 2003 March

Encoded by Anna R. Craft, 2008 August

 Historical Note

The range of dates reflected in this photograph album covers the period of the United States' involvement in World War I (1917 - 1918), the establishment of the Oteen Veterans Administration Hospital, and a period before and after World War I of growth and prosperity for the Asheville, North Carolina, vicinity. Developments in transportation are reflected in the number of automobiles visible in the pictures, although horse-drawn carriages are also present.

Content and Scope

This photograph album contains three hundred and sixty-three (363) photographs from the vicinities of Asheville and Buncombe County in North Carolina. Photographs with dates indicated range from 1914 to 1925. Most pictures are 2½ inches x 3 ½ inches in size. Among the featured or identified pictures are: baptisms; Bethel Church; Camp Meeting (1923); Cane Creek; Chimney Rock; family outings and picnics; Fletcher School (1921); French Broad River; group and individual pictures, which form the majority of the images in the album; Holsclaw Cabin; homes; Mt. Carmel High School class (1914); New Bridge, Swannanoa; Oteen (1920); Patties Chapel, Fletcher, N.C.; pig lot and chicken pen; railroad at Round Knob and Andrews Geyser; Slick Rock; soldiers in uniform; and the "Swannanoa M.E. Church S".

Arrangement

The collection is in single-folder arrangement.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Asheville (N.C.)--HistoryPhotographs. Baptism--Photographs. Buncombe County (N.C.)--History--Photographs. Photograph albums. Round Knob (N.C.)--History--Photographs. Swannanoa (N.C.)--History--Photographs.