Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society
Dublin Core
Title
Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society
Subject
OBCGS is an organization that houses a library of primary source materials, provides research support , and workshops pertaining to the original Buncombe County and the surrounding historic Cherokee Tribal lands.
Description
Newspaper clippings, county records and other primary source materials.
Creator
Varies
Publisher
Varies
Date
Varies
Language
en-US
Type
Vertical Files and Newspaper Clippings
Coverage
The area of the original Buncombe County, NC including the areas presently known as Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison, and Transylvania Counties, and the western part of Yancey, McDowell and Polk Counties. Also, the surrounding historic Cherokee Tribal lands, which are presently known as Macon, Clay, Cherokee, Graham, and Swain Counties.
Collection Items
LHF - African American Awards Banquet
This collection includes various newpaper clippings concerning African American awards banquets from 1992 and 1993. Both African American men and women received awards. Those women who received awards were Sherri Linton, Angie Benton, Annie Mae…
LHF - African American Community
This collection includes various newspaper clippings concerning the African American community. African American women mentioned in this collection include Inez Daugherty, Mary Stepp Burnette Hayden, Hazel Turner, Lucy Herring, and others.
LHF - African American History
This collection includes various newspaper clippings concerning African American history. African American women mentioned in this collection include Sarah Gudger, Kat Debrow, Lucy S. Herring, Inez Daugherty, and Oralene Graves.
LHF - Burton Street
This collection includes various newspaper clippings concerning the Burton Street community. One notable article in the collection is "A Talk with Asheville's Burton Street Ladies," which includes an interview of several African American women from…