Horace Kephart Collection, 1886-1948

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Horace Kephart Collection, 1886-1948

1886-1948

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The collection was given as a gift to Western Carolina Teachers College by the executor of Kephart's will, with other items donated by Kephart's son, George Kephart. Dr. William E. Bird and Hiram C. Wilburn were instrumental in obtaining the collection for a museum they wanted to start. The collection was then loaned to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for approximately twenty years, and returned to Western Carolina University in 1973. The collection contains correspondence, periodicals and clippings, manuscripts and articles, printed materials, photographs, maps, and journals. The correspondence includes letters to and from magazine editors and individuals involved in public issues of interest to Kephart, especially Appalachian road systems and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The magazine and newspaper articles deal with outdoorsmanship, and were either written by Kephart or were of special interest to him. Prohibition and mountain living are also recurrent themes in these articles. The photographs are of mountain scenery, people, homes and camps. The maps represent various portions of the Appalachian mountain range, especially western North Carolina and Tennessee.

18.5 linear feet

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Western Carolina University, Hunter Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11646893

Western Carolina University, Hunter Library

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Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931

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Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist and author. In 1904 he gave up a career at the St. Louis Mercantile Library and moved to western North Carolina to engage in outdoor pursuits and study the region. He settled in the Bryson City area of Swain County. Kephart wrote two books--Camping and Woodcraft and Our Southern Highlanders--based on his skills and observations. He has been called the "Father of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park" because of his involve...