This photograph, taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933, shows Zillah Wilson seated out of doors in front of a spinning wheel, also called a great wheel. Zillah, and her sister, Fanny, were spinners and weavers from Highlands, North Carolina.
This undated photograph shows Zilla Jones of Cranberry High School. Founder and director of the Mountain Youth Jamboree, Hubert H. Hayes (1901-1964) auditioned and directed youth to perform in folk dance, music, and folk and ballad singing. The…
Portrait of Sutherland posing with his DSLR camera, signifying what he does, and as he states, "much more than the description of my job" in electronic medical records design. He came to Asheville for hiking, beauty, and peace, and stayed for love.
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.
Zebulon Weaver (1872-1948) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from western North Carolina. He was a member of the North Carolina Park Commission and was involved in the land acquisition process that went towards establishment of the Great Smoky…
This 1920s photograph shows Zeb (1911-1989) and Hixie Ashe (1913-2007) going to school. Zeb and Hixie are the youngest of ten children of Felix (1875-1933) and Mary Morrison Ashe (1874-1948). The Ashe children attended View Point School in the…
Two rooms in Henry's Art Gallery-painting and plates (Zealandia). Sir Phillip Henry expanded the home into a three-story, 62-room English manor house with a separate cottage and stables. Named after spending years in New Zealand.