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In a letter to Horace Kephart on January 5, 1925, Representative Zebulon Weaver responds to Kephart thanking him for the information regarding the establishment of a national park in the Great Smoky Mountains. Congressman Weaver expresses uncertainty…

In a letter to Horace Kephart on December 19, 1924, Representative Zebulon Weaver sends Kephart a bill he introduced to Congress for the Great Smoky Mountain national park proposal. Congressman Weaver asks Kephart for the area’s topographical and…

In a letter to George H. Bramlett on March 4, 1932, Zebulon Weaver writes to tell Bramlett he has mailed the picture of George Washington to the Asheville Pisgah Lodge No. 32.

This photograph shows a young man seated in front of a cabin. The oblong hole in the wall to his left is also seen in several other photographs, including a picture in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1922 revised ed., p. 288) captioned "She knows no…

A photograph of a young boy posed in front of the Turpin's house on Dicks Creek in Jackson County.

022) Gourd with metal tripod base; metal is decoratively etched; gourd has been decorated by burning(?); ''MADE IN ARGENTINA''; used to hold and steep yerba mat?? (see comments) with a bombilla; 081) Bombilla; brass straw used for drinking yerba…

In a letter to Horace Kephart on April 12, 1929, Y. M. Beers of the Fred F. Sabey Company sends Kephart the requested tent catalog.

A Word List from the Mountains of Western North Carolina, perphaps for Kephart's article of the same title.

(049) Wooden fork; hand carved; stamped ''Horace Kephart''; wood is dirty; ''10'' penciled below tines; (050) Wooden spoon; hand carved; stamped ''Horace Kephart''; ''10'' penciled below spoon bowl; (051) Large wooden spoon; spoon is pointed; with…

Wooden box; one leather handle for carrying; with metal latch; lid is scratched and stuck; contents rattle.