Books and Other Sources of Information

To Learn More about the History of Swannanoa and the Greater Swannanoa Valley, explore these resources:


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Examining the Politics of a View: A Study of the Political Ecology of Rural and Scenic Commumities [Sic] in the Swannanoa Valley, NC. Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Carolina, 2007, 2007. Sackett, Jovian.

Available at The Univiersity of South Caroliana Library

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The Beacon Fire: As Seen Through the Eyes of a Child. Topeka, Kan: Nationwide Learning Resources, 2004.

Available atWarren Wilson College - Call Number: J 975.688 B365


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Black Mountain and the Swannanoa Valley. Images of America. , 2004.

Available at Black Mtn Public Library Call Num: 975.688 BLA
Available for purchase at the Swannanoa Valley Museum

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Jones Cove Road : memories and stories : the people and places, past and present : Jones Cove Road, Swannanoa Township, Upper Riceville, Asheville, North Carolina, December 2004
Available at Asheville/Pack Memorial Library REF N.C. 975.688 JON
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A Pictorial History of Black Mountain & the Swannanoa Valley. [Vancouver, Wash.]: Pediment Pub, 2003.
Available at Black Mtn Public Library Call Num: REF N.C. 975.688 PIC
Available at Montreat College - Call Number: 975.688 P589
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Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains : an environmental history of the highest peaks in eastern America. University of North Carolina Press, 2003. Silver, Timothy,
Available at Montreat College - Call Number: 975.68 Si38m
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Another Time, Another Place: Growing Up in Swannanoa, 1929-1950. Boone, N.C.: Parkway Publishers, 2002. Mills, Gene.
Available at Swannanoa Public Library 975.688 MIL
Available at Montreat College - Call Number: 975.688 M626a
Available at Warren Wilson College - Call Number: 975.688 M657a
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The history of the Grovemont Development, Swannanoa, North Carolina : E. W. Grove's dream of a "model town" Parris, Joyce Justus
Available at Swannanoa Public Library 975.688 PAR
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Beacon blankets make warm friends / Jerry and Kathy Brownstein. 2001
Available at Warren Wilson College - Call Number: 677.626 B885b
Available for purchase at the Swannanoa Valley Museum
http://www.swannanoavalleymuseum.org/shop.htm.

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Daylight entered Buncombe County [videorecording] : the railroad entering the mountains of Western North Carolina / written, filmed, edited and produced by History on Tape, C.D. Owen High School.
Available at Warren Wilson College - Call Number: A/V VIDEO 385.6 D275
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The First Presbyterian Church of Swannanoa, North Carolina: 1785-1998. 1998. Shelton, Ronald W., Nancy Loudy Shelton, and Betty Smith Loudy.
Available at Appalachian State: F264.S92 S54 1998

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On the North Fork of the Swannanoa River, 1800-1950. Black Mountain, N.C. ( J. and R. Goodson, 1997. Goodson, Joan Drake, and Robert Benton Goodson.
Available at the Black Mountain Public Library 975.688 ON
Available at Warren Wilson College - Call Number: 975.688 O58
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A History of the Swannanoa Chamber Festival: Celebrating 25 Years of Music in the Mountains. S.l: s.n, 1995. Weis, Jane.
Available at the Warren Wilson College Archives 785.009 W426h

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Warren Wilson College: A Centennial Portrait. [Swannanoa, N.C.]: Warren Wilson College, 1994. Holden, Reuben A., and Mark T. Banker.
Available at Warren Wilson College - Call Number: 378.756 W294h
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Black Mountain : A history of Black Mountain, North Carolina, and its people / Joyce Justus Parris.; 1992
Available at Warren Wilson College - Call Number: 975.688 P261h
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Presbyterian Influences in Swannanoa: North Carolina 1940-1952. 1992. Ratcliffe, Marguerite J.
Available at UNC-Asheville - Call Number: LD3929.5 .A8 1992 v.2
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A community in change : a brief study of the I-26 corridor area by the Community and Regional Studies class, Corporate Author Warren Wilson College. Community and Regional Studies class.Environmental Studies Department, Warren Wilson College.December 21, 1990
Available at Warren Wilson College
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The first were really last : the settlement of the Swannanoa Valley Muse, Frederic M.
Available at Black Mountain Public Library - Call Number: 975.688 MUS
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The Log Library at Warren Wilson College: 1933-1963. Thesis (M.S.L.S.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990, 1990. O'Brien, Frances.
Available at Warren Wilson College - Call Number: Archives 027.70975688 O13L
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Vegetation patterns, floristics and environmental relationships in the Black and Craggy Mountains of North Carolina / by Donald E. McLeod. 1988
Available at Warren Wilson College - Call Number: 581.97568 M165v
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The Swannanoa Valley Project. 1987. Semlak, Gary.
Available at Montreat College - Call Number: 975.688 Se53s
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A history of Mt. Mitchell and the Black Mountains : exploration, development, and preservation / by S. Kent Schwarzkopf.; 1985
Available at Warren Wilson College - Call Number: 975.6 S411h
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Toward frontiers yet unknown: a ninetieth anniversary history of Warren Wilson College / by Mark T. Banker.;
Available at Warren Wilson College - Call Number: 378.756 W294b
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Robert Patton Meeting House: First Presbyterian Church West of the Blue Ridge : Verification by Histories and Minutes of General Assembly of Presbyterian Church and Minutes of Concord Presbytery of North Carolina. North Carolina: s.n, 1984. Thomas, Preston.
Available at Duke University Library

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Arts & Crafts in the Swannanoa Valley. S.l: s.n.], 1979. Penfound, William Theodore.
Available at Swannanoa Public Library Call Number: REF 745.5 PEN
Available at Montreat College - Call Number: 745.5 P376a

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The Swannanoa Valley. S.l: s.n, 1978 Penfound, William Theodore.
Available at Swannanoa Public Library Call Number: REF 975.688 PEN
Available at Black Mountain Public Library Call Number: BMC
Available at Warren Wilson College - Call Number: 975.688 P398s
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Weste rn North Carolina : its mountains and its people to 1880 / Ora Blackmun. 1977
Available at Warren Wilson College - Call Number: 975.6 B629w
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Swannanoa Community Council (N.C.).Incorporation Feasibility Report, Swannanoa, North Carolina. Swannanoa, N.C.?: The Council?, 1975.
Available at the Warren Wilson College Archives Spec. Coll. 352.003 S972i

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A history of Warren Wilson College : on the occasion of the college's eightieth anniversary / text by Henry W. Jensen ; research by Elizabeth G. Martin.;
Available at Montreat College - Call Number: 378.756 J453h

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Fading Hi-Lights Relating to the Birth and Growth of the Swannanoa Valley in Western North Carolina, 1845-1960. [Aiken, S.C.]: Fred Mitchell, 1962.
Available at Asheville/Pack Memorial Librayr Call Num: REF N.C. 975.688 MIT
Available at Lees-Mcrae College - Call Number: NC 975.6883 M68lf
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This was my valley / Fred M. Burnett; illustrated by Kenneth Whitsett. 1960
Available at Warren Wilson College - Call Num: 975.688 B964t
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Floods on French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers in Vicinity of Asheville, North Carolina. 1960. Tennessee Valley Authority.
Available at Asheville/Pack Memorial Library Call Num: REF N.C. 551.49 TEN
Available at Montreat College - Call Number: 551.489 F659
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Black swan : annual publication of Charles D. Owen High School, Swannanoa, North Carolina (1955-1965)
Available at Asheville/Pack Memorial Library Call Num: REF N.C. 373.75688 BLA
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Cygnet /Swannanoa High School, (1949-52)
Available at Asheville/Pack Memorial Library Call Num: REF N.C. 373.75688 CYG
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Samuel Davidson (Killed by the Indians 1784): Location, Swannanoa, Buncombe Co., North Carolina : an AddressWilliam Gaston Chapter, D.A.R, 1953. Sondley, F. A.
Available at the State Library of NC
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Moore General Hospital, Swannanoa, N.C 1943-1944
Available at Asheville/Pack Memorial Library Call Num: REF N.C. 355.72 MOO 1944
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At the foot of craggy; 30 slides : glass, hand col.
Available at the Presbyterian Historical Archives
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Mid purple mountain majesties; portraying the work of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. at Asheville Farm School for highland youth. Videotape of original motion picture 1 videocassette (20 min.) 1940
Available at the Presbyterian Historical Archives
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"The Asheville Farm School: Pioneers in Educational Method". Mountain Life and Work. 8, no. 3. Randolph, H. S.1932.
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Live and invest in the land of the sky, Asheville, North Carolina (Grovemont-on-Swannanoa) Gill, Leigh Edwin.
Available at Asheville/Pack Memorial Library Call Num: VAULT REF N.C. 917.5688 LIV
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Western North Carolina; a history (1730-1913) by John Preston Arthur. 1914.
Available at Warren Wilson College - Call Num: 975.6 A788w
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Samuel Davidson - Biography; by F.A. Sondley 1913
Available at Buncombe County Public Library Call Num: REF N.C. B DAVIDSON
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Alexander-Davidson Reunion, Swannanoa, N.C., August 26, 1911 Addresses. S.l: s.n, 1911. Sondley, F. A., and Theodore F. Davidson.
Available at Warren Wilson College - Call Num: Archives 929.2 A475s
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Rivers of North Carolina: The Swannanoa. 1900s. Reed, Joseph L.
Available at UNC-Asheville - Call Number: Spec. Collections: F262.B94 R44

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Warren Wilson College:
Senior Seminar in History and Political Science
Term Papers
  • "Schools of tomorrow" : progressive education in a rural and urban setting /
  • A golden age : spirituality at Warren Wilson College, 1970-1985 /
  • Bull in a china shop : John Carey's short stint as Warren Wilson College's president /
  • Civic influence on federal land management in the National Forest System : a history and case study /
  • Covenant relationships : the history of Warren Wilson College and the Presbyterian Church /
  • Diversity : a public relations statement or a real commitment? /
  • Diversity and the liberal arts mission of Warren Wilson College : an investigation into the lack of an African-American presence /
  • For a better college : student authority in shared governance at Warren Wilson College /
  • From inspiration to action : the story of the Environmental Leadership Center of Warren Wilson College /
  • From theory to implementation : Henry Randolph and the making of a modern educational curriculum at the Asheville Farm School /
  • Inter-racial dating at Warren Wilson College /
  • Mountaineers and missionaries : the "discovery" of Appalachia, Presbyterian Home Missions, and the Dorland-Bell School /
  • Multiculturalism and the transformation of Warren Wilson College /
  • Mutual choice between Warren Wilson College and international students /
  • O bubba, where art thou? : the rise and fall of the Warren Wilson bubba /
  • Origins of electricity at Warren Wilson College and the history of the Electric Crew /
  • Planning : will history repeat itself? /
  • Presbyterian women and their contributions at Warren Wilson College /
    Redevelopment of the Montford area /
  • Rekindling the church relationship to enhance leadership and diversity /
  • Student activism brings about change : development of the Warren Wilson College sexual harassment policy /
  • The Asheville Farm School in an age of social reform /
  • The cutting edge of interdisciplinary education :
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  • The spirit of the log cabin at Warren Wilson College /
  • The Wilson Echo's involvement in World War II /
  • Tobacco in Western North Carolina : supply management in farm policy of the past and future /
  • Tradition in transition : the greening of the Warren Wilson College farm /
    Values and the legacy of Warren Wilson College /
  • Warm friends /
  • Warren Hugh Wilson : his accomplishments, convictions, and legacy for Warren Wilson College /
  • Warren Wilson College and the roots and development of the Global Studies Department /
  • Warren Wilson's Superfund site /
  • Women's communities at Warren Wilson College during its first years as co-educational school : 1943-1965 /




A community in change : a brief study of the I-26 corridor area by the Community and Regional Studies class, Corporate Author Warren Wilson College. Community and Regional Studies class.
Environmental Studies Department, Warren Wilson College.
December 21, 1990

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