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. Although housed in Asheville, North Carolina, the organization was a multi-state effort, attracting…
In 1899, the Parks and Forestry Committee of the Asheville Board of Trade sent out this letter to representatives of six states announcing an upcoming meeting. The meeting, scheduled for November 9th, was held for the purpose of organizing an…
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. Although located in Asheville, North Carolina, the organization was a multi-state effort, attracting…
This 1945 correspondence, from Thurman Leatherwood to George M. Stephens, discusses the construction of a museum in Swain County, North Carolina. The letter is among the Horace Kephart papers. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist,…
This 19-page series of correspondence concerns the destruction of United States forests, one reason for the founding of the Appalachian National Park Association. Two of the letter writers are Chase P. Ambler (1865-1932), a founding member and…
This correspondence is concerned with a meeting of the Appalachian National Park Association for the purpose of election of officers in 1901. The association was formed in 1899 for the purpose of promoting the idea of a national park in the eastern…
This report of J. E. Coburn, administrator in the Superior Court of Swain County, North Carolina explains the disposition of the estate of Horace Kephart. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and…
This 1973 correspondence, from Richard W. Iobst to Paul F. McCrary, concerns a loan of archival materials from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Western Carolina University.
Mount Kephart was named for author and woodsman, Horace Kephart in 1928, in a rare act of honoring a living person. Originally, a mountain known as Mount Collins was the site of Kephart’s namesake, but in the early 1930s, the name Mount Collins was…
This 1968 correspondence, between Jackson E. Price and Dan Davis, discusses the possibility of “Memorial Center” to Horace Kephart (1862-1931), noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National…