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William Gaston McDowell 1787, Letter from William Gaston McDowell (1847 - 1931) to his mother, Sarah Lucinda Smith McDowell (1826 - 1905) about the birth of his daughter, Nanny Lou McDowell (1878)., Western North Carolina Historical Association

Letter dated October 6, 1878 in which Gaston McDowell writes to his mother, Sarah, about the birth of Gaston's daughter and first child, Nanny or…

Records for the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865 - 1872, Asheville (agent) 1866-1869, Records for the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865 - 1872, Asheville, Western North Carolina Historical Association

The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, also known as the Freedmen's Bureau, was established in the War Department by an act of…

Tags: Asheville, black history, freedmen, slavery

Illustrated Current News, “To Prevent Influenza!” poster, from Illustrated Current News, 1918. U.S. National Library of Medicine., Illustrated Current News, 1918

Bayard Wootten, Zach McHone with his books, circa 1904-1954, circa 1904-1954

Doris Ulmann, Aunt Sophie, circa 1927-1932, circa 1927-1932

Doris Ulmann, Anner and Ainer Owenby, circa 1927-1932, circa 1927-1932

Rob Amberg, Klansman and Children, 1976, 2007

Edouard Evartt Exline, Man by his Mail Box, University of Tennessee, 1938

Daniel Pierce, Hillbillyland Isolation Introduction, Western North Carolina Historical Association, 2014

Unknown Photographer, Moonshiner and still during the filming of "Thunder Road," 1957, 1957