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A Most Exceptional Man: The Conclusion of the Edward S. Stephens Story

The first two posts in this series traced Edward Stephens’s career from St. Louis to Asheville to Topeka. We saw … More

African American History, African American Schools, African Americans, Black Education, Black Schools, Black Teachers, Booker T. Washington, Bridgeport Connecticut, Edward S. Stephens, Izie Reddick Stephens, Kansas Technical Institute, Segregation, Stephens-Lee Alumni Association, Stephens-Lee High School, Topeka, Topeka Industrial Institute

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North Carolina Room
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67 Haywood Street
Asheville, NC 28801

828.250.4740 packnc@buncombecounty.org

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OK, #AVLHistory Buffs, this is your time to shine! 🤩 Over the next couple of months we'll be celebrating #MaskMonday to promote wearing face coverings and our local history thanks to the talented work of our friend and artist @terryburgin52 Here's how it works: we post a portrait of a well-known #Ashevillian from our archives, and the first person to email terryburgin52@gmail.com with the correct answer will win a pack of historical #AVL and #WNC postcards. So, who is this masked person?! We'll post the original photo and answer tomorrow! @pack.memorial.library @buncombecounty @engagingcollections #librariesofinstagram #archives #artinarchives #archivesofinstagram #828isgreat #COVID19 #facecoveringsarefun #historyinthemaking #engagingcollections #interdisciplinary #avlart #avlartis

OK, #AVLHistory Buffs, this is your time to shine! 🤩 Over the next couple of months we'll be celebrating #MaskMonday to promote wearing face coverings and our local history thanks to the talented work of our friend and artist @terryburgin52. Here's how it'll work: we'll post a portrait of a well-known #Ashevillian from our archives, and the first person to email terryburgin52@gmail.com with the correct answer will win a pack of historical #AVL and #WNC postcards. So, keep an eye on our account on Monday mornings (beginning on 5/25) over the next little while so you can get in on the action. We'll post the correct answer, original photo, and the winner on Tuesdays. 📸: MS210.008A Photo 16, from the Eleanor Brown Scrapbook. A masked woman poses with a man, likely a TB patient, in Asheville at the turn of the century. @pack.memorial.library @buncombecounty @engagingcollections #librariesofinstagram #archives #artinarchives #archivesofinstagram #828isgreat #COVID19 #facecoveringsarefun #historyinthemaking #engagingcollections #interdisciplinary #avlart #avlartist

#FunFactFriday On this day in 1841, former Buncombe County Commissioner and Asheville Mayor, Thomas Walton Patton, was born. Patton was a businessman, civic leader, and a former slave owner and officer in the Confederate Army who later worked together with women and African Americans to establish schools and social programs in the years following the Civil War. Along with Isaac Dickson, he established a school for newly freed African Americans, and was a proponent of women's suffrage - hosting the first pro-suffrage meeting in Asheville at his home. Learn more about T.W. Patton in the NC Room archives by following this link: https://tinyurl.com/TWPatton 📸: Portrait of Thomas Walton Patton by N. Brock ca. 1904. C413-X @pack.memorial.library @buncombecounty #archivesofinstagram #librariesofinstagram #AVL #AVLHistory #AVLToday #Asheville #828isgreat #localhistory

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for the next installment of ZOOM with the NC Room! This week, Katherine will share resources for researching African American individuals and families in WNC. Tune in at 11 to listen live (Zoom meeting info in the Facebook event description or BCPL Events calendar), or watch out for the recording of the session to be posted in the event and on YouTube later. Do you have other ideas for virtual programs you'd like to see from the NC Room? Drop us a line in the comments! 📸: A group portrait of unidentified young African American men. Photo by Horace L. Dudley. #AVL #Asheville #828isgreat #AVLHistory #AVLToday #LocalHistory #BlackAsheville #LocalHistory #BlackStories #affrilachia #archivesofinstagram #librariesofinstagram @buncombecounty @pack.memorial.library

#PeopleToMatchOurMountains A group portrait of Asheville Volunteer Firemen ca. 1909. The firemen in this photo won the one-horse hose wagon contest at the NC State Firefighters Association meeting in 1909. A329-8. Want to learn more about the history of firefighting in Asheville? Follow this link to take a look at our Asheville Fire Department records collection: https://tinyurl.com/AVLFireHistory @buncombecounty @pack.memorial.library @ashevillefd @cityofasheville #AVL #Asheville #AVLHistory #thankyouessentialworkers #archivesofinstagram #librariesofinstagram #localhistory #communityhistory

Next week on Zoom with the NC Room Katherine will share resources that will help those researching African American individuals and families in Western North Carolina. She'll identify and demonstrate tools and collections available to NC Room patrons while they're at home, and discuss other avenues for expanding your research. Tune in on Tuesday at 11! @pack.memorial.library @buncombecounty @buncomberecreation #Asheville #AVL #AVLHistory #localstories #familyhistory #localhistory #blackasheville #librariesofinstagram #archivesofinstagram #828isgreat #virtuallearning #athomelearning #arvhivesathome

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