Jozef, from Elizabeth City, NC, is a Senior at NCSSM.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Jozef—Asheville African Americans in the Gilded Age
Jozef, from Elizabeth City, NC, is a Senior at NCSSM.
Jeremy—Gilded Age Asheville: Jewish Businesses
Jeremy, from Newton, NC, is a Junior at NCSSM.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Hayden—Biltmore and Its Architecture
Hayden, from Clayton, NC, is a Junior at NCSSM.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Tristan—Behind the Scenes at Biltmore: Domestic Workers of Biltmore Estate
Tristan, from Marion, NC, is a Junior at NCSSM.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Taylor—Upper Class Women of the Gilded Age
Taylor, from Apex, NC, is a Senior at NCSSM.
Gilded Asheville: Day 4
Dr. Fenn managed to form a pancake North Carolina, complete with the Outer Banks and a grape capital city, along with an egg version of Virginia with grape Richmond at breakfast on Thursday morning.
Here, Tristan continued her research at the UNC-A Ramsey Library Special Collections on Thursday morning.
Jozef made copies of important documents to take back to NCSSM so that he can better prepare his final presentation.
The students leave UNC-A's Ramsey Library for the final time.
We stopped at Mast General Store on Biltmore Ave. in downtown Asheville so that students could pick up souvenirs before the close of our trip. Tristan browsed the candy offerings.
Our final tour was of the Basilica of St. Lawrence in downtown Asheville, a building designed by Rafael Guastavino, one of the Biltmore House's artisans.
The building is famed for its elliptical dome and its tile work.
One of the stained glass windows of the basilica.
And an exterior view.
The students frolicked with some statues in front of the Asheville Civic Center on our way back to the van.
Our last stop was the Sisters McMullen Cupcake Corner for a snack for the road.
Here, Jozef gives a thumbs up for his Black Forest Cupcake as we started the journey back to NCSSM.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Gilded Asheville: Day 3
Jozef, Taylor, and Jeremy enjoyed the tea service we were served at the Smith-McDowell House Museum this morning.
Here, Tristan sips her tea. We learned much of the protocol for proper Victorian behavior including that it was customary to seat guests at a table by alternating men and women and that it was rude to talk to someone across the table from you; you were only to speak to those immediately beside you. We also learned that all food should be passed to the left.
The curator, Lisa Whitfield, cinched Taylor into the clothing of a Victorian lady, starting with a corset...
...and continuing with a bustle.
Here, Taylor models the finished ensemble.
The front parlor of the Smith-McDowell House Museum shows the large amount of decorative objects with which Victorians bedecked their homes. Our docent informed us that Victorians thought that wherever the eye may fall, it should see something beautiful.
We posed for a group photo on the stairs leading up to the second floor of the Smith-McDowell House.
Here, Jozef examines documents in the Special Collections archive of the UNC-Asheville Ramsey Library.
Jeremy examines a pamphlet.
Dr. Fenn and Taylor examine some realia that is part of the archive.
Here, Taylor thumbs through a photograph album found in the UNC-A archives.
Brenda Seright Williams was our guide on the HerStory tour of downtown Asheville this evening. Here, we stand on the porch of the boarding house where Thomas Wolfe grew up.
The group follows Ms. Williams along the sidewalks of Asheville.
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