This collection includes newspaper clippings and oral history interviews concerning Sarah Gudger, an African American woman from the Swannanoa Valley who claimed to live 122 years. The collection also includes her obituary from October 20, 1938.
This collection includes newspaper clippings and a certificate of death of Annie Daugherty, one of the main midwives for the town of Black Mountain in the early 1900s.
This collection includes general information about the Daugherty family. In terms of African American women, the collection includes the obituary of Dorothy H. Daugherty and the family tree of the Daugherty family.
This collection includes newspaper clippings, an obituary, and a DVD presentation concerning Inez Daugherty. The DVD is entitled "Growing up Black in Black Mountain: An Evening with Inez Daugherty."