Record #:

9891

Author(s):

Meehan, James

Abstract:

Dr. Michael L. Furcolow, an authority on fungus diseases, believes that Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) died of a disease commonly known as desert or valley fever rather than the original diagnosis, tuberculosis of the brain.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 41 Issue 4, Sept 1973, p18-20, 30, por, map

Subject(s):

Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938

Record #:

9923

Author(s):

Meehan, James

Abstract:

North Carolina novelist Tom Wolfe attended the 1936 Olympics in Berlin as a guest of the U.S. Ambassador to Germany William E. Dodd. Wolfe, who was an avid sports fan, was seated in the diplomatic box and is believed by Ambassador Dodd's daughter to have annoyed Hitler with loud “war whoops” in celebration of Jesse Owens's historic track and field victories.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 40 Issue 7, Sept 1972, p13-14, por

Subject(s):

Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938

Record #:

9950

Author(s):

Meehan, James

Abstract:

Dr. Robert Brank Vance, uncle of Governor Zebulon Vance, was killed in a duel by Samuel Carson at Saluda Gap (Buncombe County) in 1827. Upon his death, Dr. Vance willed his personal collection of approximately 500 books to his brother David, with the stipulation that the books would be used to establish a circulating library in Asheville. The Vance Circulating Library Society, as it came to be known, was formed and incorporated by the N.C. General Assembly in 1829, making it the first library in western North Carolina.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 40 Issue 17, Mar 1973, p14-16, il, por

Subject(s):

Libraries--History--Asheville; Vance, Robert Brank, 1793-1827