Interviews with African American residents of Asheville, NC with knowledge of persons buried in the South Asheville Colored Cemetery. The interviews cover names of people buried in the cemetery, the history of the cemetery, and burial customs.…
Contains records of interviews conducted, in 2005, by the Center for Diversity Education about the desegregation in the Asheville area. Some interviews only contain transcripts, or summaries, and no audio is available. The interviews formed the basis…
The Isaiah Rice Photograph Collection contains a sample of over 1000 photographs that document the African-American community in Asheville, NC, from the late 1950s through the early 1970s. The Isaiah Rice Collection provides an important photographic…
Small collection of materials related to Beatrice Francine Mitchell Delany, a much beloved and influential Asheville educator. The collection contains certificates, awards, letters, and photographs.
The East Riverside Photographs Collection contains over 230 photographs, documents, and postcards donated by individuals and families associated with the East Riverside urban redevelopment project of Asheville, North Carolina. Many are turn of the…
Primarily comprises administrative papers, board minutes, annual reports, photographic materials, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks from the YWCA in Asheville. The materials document the Central YWCA, the segregated Phyllis Wheatley Branch, and…
A collection of oral histories generally gathered by the staff of, and those affiliated with, Ramsey Library Special Collections. There is a general focus on Asheville and its history, but specific topics include, medicine, politics, arts and crafts,…
Often excluded and invisible from the histories of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, those of African-American descent contributed much to the physical and cultural environment of these highlands. Those who were credited as being responsible for…
The collection comprises ten oral histories, and a further two for which only text outlines exist, collected by social activist Karen Vaneman. These focus on African-Americans living in Asheville during the time of the Asheville Urban Renewal…