PUBLIC "-//North Carolina Division of Historical Resources::North Carolina State Archives//TEXT (US::NcD::[P.C.45]::Georgia Historical Society Postcard Collection, ca. 1905-1960s)//EN" "phc_georgia_historical_society_postcards.xml" Georgia Historical Society Postcard Collection, ca. 1905-1960s Processed by: Victor Nielsen; machine-readable finding aid created by: Dietra Stanley North Carolina Division of Historical Resources

North Carolina State Archives 4614 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 USA Phone: 919/807-7310 Fax: 919/733-1354 Email: archives@ncdcr.gov URL: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/

Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Microsoft Word. Date of source: ca. 1905-1920 ; 1920-1950 ; and 1960s Finding aid completed April 9, 1984, by Victor Nielsen and revised on February 19, 1992, by Stephen E. Massengill; Finding aid encoded by Dietra Stanley, North Carolina State Archives, October 28, 2003 Description is in English. Georgia Historical Society Postcard Collection, ca. 1905-1960s North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 Contact Information Division of Historical Resources North Carolina State Archives 4614 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 USA Phone: 919/807-7310 Fax: 919/733-1354 Email: archives@ncdcr.gov URL: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/default.htm Processed by Victor Nielsen and revised by Stephen E. Massengill Date Completed April 9, 1984 and revised on February 19, 1992 Encoded by Dietra Stanley Date Encoded October 28, 2003

Descriptive Summary Georgia Historical Society Postcard Collection, ca. 1905-1960s Half of the cards are views of various cities and towns and the other half consists of scenes and points of interest in the mountains of the western part of North Carolina. Approximately 1600 items; Includes picture postcards from various cities, towns, and areas of North Carolina. A small portion of the collection is comprised of out-of-state views. North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources Information for Users Access Restrictions

Available for research.

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Preferred Citation

[P.C.45.1] Georgia Historical Society Postcard Collection, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources, Office of Archives and History.

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated to the State Archives by the Georgia Historical Society in 1983, when they deaccessioned much of their material pertaining to other states.

Processing Information

Finding aid completed by Victor Nielsen.

Completed April 9, 1984.

Amended by Stephen E. Massengill on February 19, 1992.

Collection Overview

About half of the cards are views of various cities and towns and the other half consists of scenes and points of interest in the mountains of the western part of North Carolina. The majority of postcards in the collection date between 1920 and 1950. A few date back to the early part of this century (ca. 1905-1920) and several are as recent as the 1960s.

Forty of the cards are the accordion folder type, which have about 12 views each. Like the single view cards, approximately one half (21) are of different cities and towns, and the remainder (19) are of mountain areas.

There are many duplicates in the collection. Some of these contain slight differences, and all variants were retained. Many of the duplicate cards are filed under different categories, for example, some of the cards under Lake Lure show Chimney Rock and vice versa. Some of the cards in the People category are duplicated in some of the geographic categories, as are cards featuring structures.

Online Catalog Headings Cities and towns--North Carolina. Mountains--North Carolina. Railroads Trains. Architecture--North Carolina--20th century. Asheville (N.C.) Brevard (N.C.) Charlotte (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Edenton (N.C.) Elizabeth City (N.C.) Fayetteville (N.C.) Greensboro (N.C.) Hendersonville (N.C.) Highlands (N.C.) Hillsboro(N.C.) Montreat (N.C.) New Bern (N.C.) Raleigh (N.C.) Southport (N.C.) Statesville (N.C.) Washington (N.C.) Wilmington (N.C.) Winston-Salem (N.C.) Container List 45.1 Cities and Towns (Asheville to Greensboro) Asheville I (including Biltmore) Biltmore Estate Churches Country Clubs Street Views Assorted Views Asheville II Grove Park Inn Hotels and Inns Office Buildings and Apartments Public Buildings and Schools Brevard Churches Street Scenes Assorted Buildings Rural Views Charlotte Aerial Views Churches and Homes Commercial Buildings Downtown Street Scenes Government Buildings and Schools Mecklenburg Declaration Monument Parks Public Buildings Durham Duke University Various Buildings Edenton Churches Historic Homes Hotels Monuments and Points of Interest Public Buildings Street Scenes Elizabeth City Assorted Buildings Fayetteville Assorted Views Greensboro Churches Colleges Commercial Buildings Memorials and Monuments Municipal Buildings Public Buildings Street Scenes 45.2 Cities and Towns (Hendersonville to Winston Salem) Hendersonville Churches Hotels and Inns Public Buildings and Schools Street Scenes and Aerial Views Parks Assorted Highlands Various Scenes Hillsboro Cards of circa 1908 Montreat Views of Presbyterian Assembly Grounds New Bern Churches and Homes Clubs Municipal Buildings Street Scenes Tryon Palace Old Salem See Winston-Salem Raleigh Banks Churches Clubs Government Buildings Hotels Local Colleges Monuments N.C. State University Office Buildings State Capitol and Governor's Mansion Street Scenes Southport Various Scenes Statesville Various Buildings Tryon-Saluda Buildings & Street Scenes (Saluda) Buildings and Golf Course (Tryon) Mountain Scenes Washington Street Scenes and Buildings Waynesville Aerial Views Street Scenes and Buildings Wilmington Churches Historic Homes and Memorials Hotels and Miscellaneous Buildings Parks and Lake Public Buildings Scenic Drives, Bridge, and Causeway Street Scenes and Waterfront Assorted Views Winston-Salem (including Old Salem) Churches and Street Scenes Historic Buildings Hotels and Aerial View Office Buildings Public Buildings Old Salem Home Moravian Church Moravian Cemetery Salem College (Salem Academy) Assorted Views Coastal North Carolina Places of Interest Carolina Beach Various Beach Scenes Fort Raleigh Assorted Views Wrightsville Beach Assorted Beach Scenes 45.3 Western North Carolina Mountains, Part One Blowing Rock Blue Ridge Mountains Caesar's Head Chimney Rock Area Chimney Rock Craggy Mountains Devil's Head Grand Toxaway Mountains Grandfather Mountain Great Divide (Balsam Mountains) Great Smoky Mountains National Park Mount Mitchell Pisgah National Forest (Mt. Pisgah and the Rat) Pilot Mountain Rocky Mountain and Devil's Courthouse Rumbling Bald Mountain Whiteside Mountain Untitled and Assorted Children's Camps Flowers and Trees Highway Scenes Scenes with Cars Scenes without Cars 45.4 Western North Carolina Mountains, Part Two Lakes Assorted Lake Junaluska Rivers and Streams Assorted French Broad River Rocky Broad River Swannanoa River Waterfalls Assorted Bottomless Pool Bridal Veil Falls (2 different) Conestee Falls Dry (Cullasaja) Falls Hickory Nut Falls High Falls (2 different) Linville Falls Looking Glass Falls Thousand Cascades Toxaway Falls The Narrows Rainbow Falls People Assorted Cards Trains Assorted Cards Structures Andrews Geyser and Buck Spring Lodge Homes Hotels and Inns Log Cabins and Waterwheels Assorted Cards Accordion Fold Cards, Cities Asheville (4) Brevard Charlotte Greensboro Hendersonville (4) Raleigh (2) Winston-Salem Wilmington (2) Western North Carolina Cities (3) 45.5 Accordion Fold Cards, Western North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains (8) Chimney Rock (2) Cloudland Great Smokey Mountains National Park Grove Park Inn (3) Land of the Sky Lake Junaluska (2) Lake Lure Mount Mitchell, Mount Pisgah Swannanoa Valley Assorted Statewide Views and Points of Interest North Carolina Churches Poems and Novelty Trains (Out of State) Assorted Trains Illinois Traction 20th Century Limited B & 0 Centennial Out of State (General) State Capitols Tucks Oilette Duplicates Related Material:

Additional information on topics found in this collection may be found in the Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS) at http://www.ncarchives.dcr.state.nc.us