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ralph borsodi's flight from the city: an experiment in creative living on the land was a popular book among the first generation of students and faculty at black mountain college
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Norm Weston, standing
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Anne "Nan" Chapin Weston (student, Rollins College 1930-33 and Black Mountain College 1933-38), George Hendrickson, and Josef Albers' hand.
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Ted Dreier
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john andrew rice (in tie) and david bailey (with hat)
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Bernhard Laursen, farm manager of the Asheville Farm School (later to be Warren Wilson College)
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Ernst Laursen, 1932
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i spent the morning interviewing ernst laursen, former farm manager (beginning in 1956) of warren wilson college
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community meeting (students, faculty, faculty families) at black mountain college, lake eden campus, circa early to mid-1940s
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farm committees
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students working on the farm at black mountain college, june 1936
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ross penley on the farm at black mountain college
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students and farmer roscoe penley farming at blue ridge campus, black mountain college, circa 1936-37
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lawrence kocher (professor of architecture, black mountain college) and students
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building the studies building
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"Construction of barn, Lake Eden farm"
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mules and milkhouse (constructed by students and faculty in 1942)
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students heading to work at the farm on black mountain college
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the farm at black mountain college
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the remarkable molly gregory, professor of woodworking and, for a spell, farm manager at black mountain college, spring 1942
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farmhouse roof-raising, 1946-47 (1 of 5)
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farmhouse roof-raising, 1946-47 (5 of 5)
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ray trayer, black mountain college farmer, 1946-51
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"Taken on steps of South Lodge / July 14, 1946 / Black Mountain NC (Cliff Moles and Diane Moles)
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jack lipsey, chef, and ruby lipsey, assistant chef, black mountain college
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cornelia williams, cook, black mountain college, 1945-54
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john andrew rice, founder of black mountain college, and students planting seeds in the campus farm, blue ridge campus, circa 1936-37
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Taking a break from farming, Blue Ridge campus, Black Mountain College, circa 1936-37
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Taking a break from farming; or, I think this is my all-time favorite photo of Black Mountain College, circa 1936-37
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molly gregory's 14-page letter to ted dreier describing the state of the farm at black mountain college, 1943 - a huge find!
