Sylvia Girsh Ashby collection, 1946-1950.

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Sylvia Girsh Ashby collection, 1946-1950.

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Collection of memorabilia relating to Black Mountain College during the years 1946-1947 through 1947-1948. Included are a photograph of Sylvia Girsh (subsequently Mrs. Cliff Ashby), a student at Black Mountain; one xerographic copy of a review of Mrs. Ashby's stage adaptation of Anne of Green Gables; photographs of faculty members and students; and printed material. Includes a small pamphlet printing of "Seven Poems by Jesse Green," 1950 (a student) and a copy of the obituary of Martha Hult Leiken, a former student.

16 items.

North Carolina Division of Archives & Hist

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SNAC Resource ID: 8051286

North Carolina Division of Archives & Hist

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Green, Jesse.

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Leiken, Martha Hult

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Ashby, Sylvia

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Dramatist, of Lubbock, Tex.; b. Sylvia Girsh; married Cliff Ashby. From the description of Sylvia Girsh Ashby collection, 1946-1950. (North Carolina Division of Archives & Hist). WorldCat record id: 70955902 ...

Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.)

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Black Mountain College was founded in 1933 by a group of nonconformist faculty and students from Rollins College in Florida. Headed by John Andrew Rice, they established their experimental college and community near Black Mountain, NC. Artists and writers from all over the country were attracted to Black Mountain and the college became a nurturing ground for some of the best talents of the twentieth century. Among its faculty and students were Josef Albers, Robert Rauschenberg, Willem de Kooning...