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.
Mary Mosley is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on February 15, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1905, Mosley describes moving to Cottageville, South Carolina from Tampa, Florida to live with…
Mary Choice (formerly Sullivan) is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on March 21, 1987 as part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1898, Choice discusses moving to Asheville with her family in 1927 from South…
Ann Woodford discusses race relations in Western North Carolina under Jim Crow. Woodford explains and explores the importance of African American communities and institutions, especially under racial oppression such as churches and schools.
This document includes a blog post concerning the WRA's search for information on the VA black nurses, a timeline of the VA nurses, and nurse biographies that are as complete as possible.
Information on nurses who worked at the VA. This information includes the background of the nurses coming to Oteen, the names of the nurses, and some photographs.
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…