Keyword: Asheville City Downtown Development Office ; Discovery Magazine ; City Planning ; Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) ; 2010 Plan ; Pritchard Park ; Wall Street ; Asheville City Council ; Girl Scouts ; Children First ; Planned Parenthood ;...
Abstract: Anderson discusses Asheville downtown revitalization and numerous Downtown Development projects with which she has been involved. She analyzes the reasons for success of some of the projects and the failure of others. She describes the...
Keyword: Council of Independent Business Owners ; Planning and Zoning Board ; Unified Development Ordinance ; Kenilworth ; Unitarian Church ; Sugartree ; Guardian ad litem ; Theater costumes
LCSH:
Young, Augusta (Gus)
Asheville (N.C.) --...
Abstract: Young discusses her experience growing up in Memphis, and describes the effects of the Depression. She describes her education and her involvement with the Unitarian Church in Asheville. She discusses Unitarian minister Dan Welch and his...
Keyword: UNC Asheville ; Asheville City Council ; Downtown Discovery ; YMI Cultural Center Downtown revitalization ; Race relations ; Education ; Strouse Greenberg & Co
Abstract: He discusses the development of downtown: Wall Street and Pack Square, and the problems that prevented these from successfully drawing people back into the city. He feels that location and developers have hindered the success of Pack...
Keyword: farming ; livestock ; WNC Agricultural Center ; WNC Farmers' Market ; USDA Forest Service ; NC Arboretum ; WNC Development Association
Abstract: Brinkley discusses her experience working with Morris (Mac) McGough, as well as his life and work, and his influence on rural life in western North Carolina. She relates the history of the WNC Community Development Association, and its...
Keyword: Rhododendron Festival ; NC House of Representatives ; Politics ; Race relations ; PTA ; Asheville Spectator ; Urban renewal ; Nasty Branch ; Asheville City Counci
LCSH:
Colton, Henry
Colton, Marie
Asheville (N.C.) -- History
Politics...
Abstract: Marie Colton describes visiting her grandparents in Asheville as a child, giving details of conditions of travel and mourning customs of the time. She describes the Grove Arcade during the Rhododendron Festival. Marie and her husband...
Keyword: RiverLink ; Riverside Park ; Swannanoa River ; French Broad River ; Land-of-Sky Regional Council ; TVA ; Cotton Mill
LCSH:
Cragnolin, Karen
Asheville (N.C.) -- History
Water resources development -- French Broad River Valley (N.C. and...
Abstract: Cragnolin discusses her accomplishments as Executive Director of RiverLink, and outlines the problems and plans for the future of Asheville's rivers. She describes attempts not only to protect the rivers, but also to make them attractive...
Keyword: Taxes ; Ridge laws ; Education ; School consolidation ; Cotton mills ; Woodfin, NC ; Buncombe County Commissioners ; land fill ; Land- of- Sky Regional Council
LCSH:
Giezentanner, Doris, 1926-
Politics and government -- North Carolina --...
Abstract: Doris describes her experience growing up in the rural community of Woodfin, NC, during the Depression. She discusses her involvement with the incorporation of Woodfin, her service as Alderman, her involvement with the Inter-Agency...
Keyword: Preservation Society ; March of Dimes ; Department of Transportation ; Housing Authority ; Asheville Airport ; Mountain Youth Jamboree ; Grace School
LCSH:
Duckworth, William
Duckworth, Mary
Asheville (N.C.) -- History
Politics and...
Abstract: Bill Duckworth discusses his experiences working in the real estate and appraisal business, and describes his involvement with the March of Dimes, the Department of Transportation, the Veterans Administration and the Federal Housing...
Keyword: Strouse Greenberg & Co. ; Zoning ; AAUW ; League of Women Voters ; Buncombe County Library System ; Asheville City Council
LCSH:
Frank, Mary Lloyd, 1926-
Asheville (N.C.) -- History
Politics and government -- North Carolina --...
Abstract: Frank describes how she became interested in politics, and outlines her community involvement. She discusses her experience serving as a member of the AAUW, the League of Women Voters, the board of the public library, and the Asheville...
Keyword: Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County ; Beaucatcher Mountain ; Biltmore Village ; Architecture ; Montford ; Historic districts ; North Carolina Preservation Foundation ; Biltmore Village Historic Museum ; Six Associates...
Abstract: Griffin describes how he came to Asheville and fell in love with it, and how his work in an architectural firm led him to become involved with efforts to stop the cut through Beaucatcher Mountain. He discusses his involvement with the...
Keywords: Architects ; Six Associates Architectural Firm ; Architecture ; Asheville Mall ; Mountain people ; Beaucatcher Tunnel ; Textile Mills ; Thomas Wolfe ; Fleetwood Hotel, Hendersonville ; Depression ; Central Bank and Trust Company ; Wallace...
Description Full transcript: Gaines discusses his ancestry and his childhood summers in the mountains of North Carolina where his father had a small farm. He recounts his life as an architect and the projects and personalities he encountered in the...
Keyword: Asheville Housing Authority ; Unitarian Church ; City planning ; Unified Development Ordinance ; HUD
Abstract: Holt discusses his religious background, and the factors that led him to become a member of Asheville's Unitarian Universalist Church. He also discusses his experience as a planner for redevelopment, and describes several projects that he...
Asheville businesses ; Downtown Asheville ; Hyman Dave ; Esther Ruth Fox ; Betty Pollock Golden ; Stan Golden ; Miriam Kell ; Ginger Grand Lerner ; Milton Lurey ; Harry Mamlin ; Mary Lee Mamlin ; Trudy Packard ; Marilyn Blomberg Patton ; George...
Jewish Businesses in Western North Carolina was a project derived from the ingenuity of the organization History @ Hand, whose research into the history of Jewish families in western North Carolina has enriched the cultural awareness of Jewish life...
Keywords: Allessandro Bassano ; Hendersonville, NC ; Asheville, NC ; Great Depression ; Fleetwood Hotel
LCSH:
Barber, Jody, Sr.
Baker, A.F
Bassano, Alexander
Hendersonville (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works
Asheville (N.C.) -- History --...
Oral history taken by Bruce Greenawalt of Barber's recollections of his photographic work. Includes discussion of Hendersonville and the surrounding area, the Depression, and the photographic work of the Barber family, who have lived in the area...
Keyword: Strouse Greenberg & Co. ; Architecture ; Planning and Zoning Commission ; Chestnut Ridge ; Southern Highland Folk Art Center ; Givens Estate ; Windswept Apartments
Abstract: Cort discusses his work as an architect for the firm of Lindsey Gudger, which he joined in 1967. He describes different projects he has worked on, as well as different issues concerning building and zoning. He discusses his experience...
Keyword: Water department ; Tuberculosis ; Sulpher Spring Hotel ; Dula Springs Hotel ; Trolleys ; Manor Inn ; Carolina Creamery ; NC Environmental Management Commission ; Metropolitan Sewerage District
Abstract: Johnson discusses his family history, his education, and his experience working for the city of Asheville for 26 years. He describes various projects in which he was involved, and discusses the planning and development of Asheville as a...
Keyword: Elementary education ; World religions ; Rainbow Mountain Children's School ; Newfound School
Abstract: Johnson discusses the Rainbow Mountain Children's school, an alternative elementary school that attempts to provide children with a holistic education. The school was started by his ex-wife, Aostre Johnson, who left to get her doctorate...
Keyword: Parks and Recreation ; Montford Center ; Weaver Park ; French Broad River
LCSH:
Kisiah, Ray L. Asheville (N.C.) -- History
Politics and government -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County
Parks -- North Carolina -- Planning
Abstract: Kisiah discusses his experience working as a Parks and Recreation director, first in Charlotte and High Point, then in Asheville. He describes several initiatives that he took to revitalize the park system in Asheville. He describes...
Keyword: Architecture ; Depression ; World War II ; Buncombe County Public Library
Lord discusses his education and influences on his life and work. He describes the grand new subdivisions built in Asheville during the 1920's before the crash of the stock market: Lakeview Park, Kenilworth, Biltmore Forest and the neighborhood of...
Keyword: Architecture ; Asheville Buncombe Library System ; UNC Asheville ; Sondley Collection ; Tree and Greenway Commission ; Quality Forward ; Six Associates
LCSH:
Lord, Anthony (Tony), 1900-1993
Asheville (N.C.) -- History
Libraries and...
Abstract: Anthony Lord describes his career as an architect in Asheville. He also discusses his involvement with the Asheville-Buncombe Library System Board of Trustees, which began with his appointment in 1945. He describes the old Pack Memorial...
