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Confronting the Legacy of N.W. Woodfin: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

The Woodfin community, like many other Buncombe County communities is named for a man who enslaved human beings. If you’ve … More

52 Weeks 52 Communities, African Americans, Appalachia, Buncombe County, Buncombe County History, Civil War, Community History, Education, enslaved people, Enslavement, labor, lawyers, Local History, Nicholas Woodfin, Railroads, Slavery, Slavery in Buncombe County, Woodfin

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North Carolina Room
Pack Memorial Library
67 Haywood Street
Asheville, NC 28801

828.250.4740 packnc@buncombecounty.org

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Friday: 10 am to 6 pm
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Get out your calendars, folks, because we've got some pretty awesome programs planned for you this year! 🥳 We're really excited for March, #womenshistorymonth , because we're planning a @wikipedia edit-a-thon! There are lots of pages about amazing #Asheville women that could use some TLC, and we're working on a list of ladies who don't have a page but DEFINITELY deserve one. So make plans to join us (and these Asheville Normal gals) on Tuesday, March 31 from 1-7:30 pm @pack.memorial.library to get your wiki on. . . . . #avl #avlhistory #AVLToday #communityhistory #wikipedia #LibrariesofInstagram #ArchivesofInstagram #suffragette @buncombecounty

It might be 2020 but your friendly neighborhood archivists are partying like it's 1999 (probably more like 89... 😂) We're doing some weeding of our outdated formats. What kind of cleaning out are you up to this year? Bring us your old family photos and ephemera! We'll even make you a digital copy and we promise not to give it to you on a floppy disc 💾 😉

Our second #HistoryHarvest is the very same day as the #Asheville #Holiday #Parade.🎉 The parade begins at 11 am and will be over just in time for our History Harvest to begin at 1! One of our favorite and recently donated collections is the John R. Hayes Collection (MS369). This group of photos features a number of Asheville Holiday Parade snapshots, especially of the #Hillcrest Highsteppin' Drum & Majorette Corps, a program founded by Mr. Hayes. Join us on the 23rd here at @pack.memorial.library after you enjoy the holiday festivities to share your parade memories with us! 📸: Hillcrest #Majorettes getting ready to march in the Asheville Holiday Parade, ca. late 1990s. #AVL #AVLhistory #AshevilleHistory #CommunityHistory #librariesofinstagram #memories #828isgreat #archivesofinstagram #historymatters #librariesareforeveryone #blackasheville #blackashevillehistoryproject #blackavl @buncombecounty

Many of the photographs of #AfricanAmericans held in the #NCRoom do not show positive images of black folks living in our community in the past. Some, like the ones you can see here, are staged images posed by white photographers in order to intentionally depict a negative stereotype. These images were then marketed and sold to white audiences as postcards or "character and comic" images in gift shops and bookstores. One of our goals with our upcoming #HistoryHarvest is to collect more images from the 19th and early 20th centuries that depict African Americans in our community positively. Can you help us achieve this goal? Come join us for either History Harvest event @pack.memorial.library or contact NC Room Staff. #AVL #AVLHistory #Asheville #AshevilleHistory #BlackAsheville #BlackAvl #BlackAshevilleHistoryProject #ArchivesofInstagram #librariesofinstagram #communityhistory #historymatters #librariesareforeveryone #correcttherecord

Happy Halloween from all of us in the North Carolina Room! Have a spooky day! 📸: A Halloween Party at Oteen Hospital ca. 1919 from the Lillian Exum Clement collection. #HappyHalloween #LibrariesofInstagram #ArchivesofInstagram #AVLToday #AVL #Asheville #AshevilleHistory @pack.memorial.library @buncombecounty

Members of Asheville's #AfricanAmerican community have been central to the #tourism and #hospitality industry since before the Civil War. Enslaved people labored in inns and taverns along the Buncombe Turnpike, then during the boom of the 1920s worked as maids and porters. There were also many successful black-owned businesses in Asheville and Buncombe County throughout the late 19th and early 20th century, however, fewer records of this kind have been preserved in our community's public archive. This photo, titled "Suzie at the Chimes," depicts one of the ways black women labored behind the scenes in the early 20th century at the Manor and Cottages off Charlotte St. in North Asheville. Help us work to increase the visibilty of the historical contributions of African Americans to our community by participating in our upcoming #HistoryHarvest events on November 9 and 23 from 1-5 pm. @buncombecounty @pack.memorial.library #Asheville #AshevilleHistory #AVL #AVLToday #AVLNews #Communityhistory #librariesareforeveryone #blackasheville #blackashevillehistoryproject #librariesofinstagram #archivesofinstagram #historyisimportant #communityarchives

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