Archival photographs from our Special Collections help tell the story of WNC logging and conservation efforts in this Asheville Citizen-Times article:

Saving Asheville area forests: WNC gave birth to forestry.
Harsh logging began nearly 200 years ago, but WNC also gave birth to forest conservation

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We're proud to announce that our Special Collections department was awarded the Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) trophy for Outstanding Achievement on December 8, 2010. Kudos to Helen Wykle, Sallie Klipp and their fine group of student workers and volunteers.

You can view the library's extensive online historical collections via the Special Collections web site.

See a list of past winners.

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Held upstairs in our Special Collections department are copies of Bluets, an unusually rich student literary magazine published between 1929 and 1962 by UNC Asheville's predecessor institutions Biltmore College and Asheville-Biltmore College. Wilma Dykeman, Biltmore College student and Bluets' most famous contributor, was honored recently by the NC Arts Council. Read her contributions to the following issues of Bluets online: January 1937, May 1937, January 1938, May1938 View the 2007 Wilma Dykeman Memorial Edition (PDF)

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Thanks to speakers & attendees for a fruitful & lively morning.

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/digiconf.html

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Join us Friday morning for Living in a City of Bits, one of Buncombe County's Historic Preservation Month events.

Free (please RSVP hwykle@unca.edu)

PROGRAM

9:00-9:30 Morning refreshments
9:30 Welcome - Jim Kuhlman, Director
9:35 Introduction - Helen Wykle, Special Collections
9:40 Kevin Cherry - NC ECHO
10:30 Break and Luke Withrow - Hands-on Demonstration
11:00 Paul Jones - IBIBLIO
12:00-1:00 Panel Discussion - Questions
Brandy Bourne - Web Services Librarian, D. H. Ramsey Library
Jeff Brown - Information Technology Services User Support Manager
Neil Thomas - GIS Specialist and Developer
Norah Sinclair - Instructional Technology Facilitator, Asheville City Schools
Mark Sidelnick - Education Dept., UNCA
Sarah Judson - History Dept., UNCA
Bryan Sinclair - Associate University Librarian for Public Services, D.H. Ramsey Library (Moderator)

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