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Interview with Annie May Miller Bolden
Annie May (Mae) Bolden is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith in 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow black oral history project. Bolden talks right away about her grandmothers, then proceeds to moving from South Carolina, her father,…
Tags: Asheville, church, civic organizations, clubs, community, employment, entertainment, family, school, segregation, slavery
Black History Newspaper Articles
This collection includes various newspaper articles on African Americans from the Swannanoa Valley. Many of these articles concern African American women, including Inez Daugherty, Lib Harper, Lizzie Littlefield Wells, Addie Burgin, Jessie Lytle,…
Black History Academic Papers
This collection includes various academic documents about African Americans in the Swannanoa Valley, many of which concern African American women. The collection has a lot of information about the history of the black community in terms of schools…
Tags: activism, community, employment, preaching, protests, recreation, school, slavery, teaching, war
Black History General Information
This collection has general information on African Americans in the Swannanoa Valley. It includes a list of names of both men and women who have played an important role in the area. These names include Melody Gardner, Lynn Gardner, Sharon Harper,…
Tags: college, education, employment, religion, slavery
Debrow, Katherine (12/01/2002)
Transcription of oral history interview of Katherine Debrow from 2002.
Tags: ancestry, Black Mountain, church, clubs, college, community, entertainment, family, integration, music, Roseland Gardens, school, segregation, slavery
Sarah Gudger
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.
Daugherty, Annie
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.
Tags: Allen School, Black Mountain, church, hospitals, Jim Crow, midwivery, school, slavery, YWCA
David Vance Jr. Estate Sale
This collection includes the "David Vance Estate Sale Announcement" and "Scan of Estate Sale Document Listing Enslaved Persons." The latter document lists the sale of Venice, Leah and her children, and Ann to M. M. Vance for a total of $1327.00.
Tags: estate sale, slavery, Vance
Documents About Aggy
This collection about Aggy, one of Vance's slaves, includes David Vance Sr.'s Will of 1813, a letter from Mira M. Vance to Margaret, and Priscilla Vance's Will of 1835. In David Vance Sr.'s will, he explains what to do with his slave men and women…
Tags: emancipation, slavery, Vance, will