Men use a Lorain Power Shovel and hand shovels to widen Newfound Gap Highway. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a founding member of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club (est. 1924) and a charter member of the Great Smoky Mountains…
A retaining wall and culvert were built as preparation for a wider curve on Newfound Gap Highway. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a founding member of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club (est. 1924) and a charter member of the Great…
The Appalachian National Park Association was formed in 1899 for the purpose of promoting the idea of a national park in the eastern U.S. One of the highlights of the group’s activities was a convention held on October 25, 1902. Two weeks prior to…
The Appalachian National Park Association was formed in 1899 for the purpose of promoting the idea of a national park in the eastern U.S. One of the highlights of the group’s activities was a convention held on October 25, 1902. Two weeks prior to…
This letter of October 1902, addressed to the citizens of Asheville, requests that they attend the upcoming convention on behalf of the Appalachian National Park Association and the Asheville Board of Trade. The convention was successful with 1,500…
This small fabric banner announces a convention promoting an Appalachian Forest Reserve. Such a convention was held on October 25, 1902. By that time, the Appalachian National Park Association was using “national park” and “forest reserve”…
This 19-page series of documents includes resolutions proposed at a convention sponsored by the Appalachian National Park Association and Asheville Board of Trade. Held on October 25, 1902, the meeting promoted the idea of a national park in the…
Open-air cooking at the Hiking Club Cabin in Greenbrier. John Nerl of Cincinnati is standing behind the open-air oven, Tom Duncan is fireman, Tom Conner is standing in the door, and Walter Berry is at the right. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell…
Little is known about J.D. Chaffin, the artist who made these drawings. Most likely, Chaffin was an enrollee in one of the 22 CCC camps in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Almost all of the pen-and-ink sketches in this series are of flora and…
Coral fungus, a species of Clavaria, growing on “Campbell’s Hump,” the hill located above the head of Hill Creek between Gatlinburg and Emerts Cove. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a founding member of the Smoky Mountain Hiking…