davidsilver: My home away from home - swimming in the Black Mountain College Collection at the Western Regional Archives in Asheville, North Carolina.
davidsilver: On May 15, 1935, Black Mountain College purchased its first pig - a sow named Nancie - from the Asheville Farm School (now Warren Wilson College). A year later, the college was raising 25 pigs.
davidsilver: ARCHIVE GOLD! 4-page document detailing pig breeding at Black Mountain College (Blue Ridge campus), 1935-37
davidsilver: Me at the site of the first farm (at Blue Ridge campus) at Black Mountain college (photo by Heather South)
davidsilver: Finding the exact location of the original farm at Black Mountain College
davidsilver: me and Heather South, "historical spelunking" at the site of the farm at Black Mountain College
davidsilver: The farm at Black Mountain College (Lake Eden)
davidsilver: MC Richards tree near the barn at Black Mountain College
davidsilver: Leigh Maher and me outside the barn at Black Mountain College
davidsilver: Cows on campus, Black Mountain College, summer 1944
davidsilver: Calf on campus, Black Mountain College, summer 1944
davidsilver: Holiday program, Thanksgiving party, Black Mountain College, November 28, 1940
davidsilver: Students, faculty, and faculty kids on the steps of Lee Hall, Black Mountain College, circa 1936-38
davidsilver: Ruth Asawa, picking apples, Black Mountain College, summer, 1946
davidsilver: driving the tractor
davidsilver: Frank Hursh - artist, animator, educator, and student at Black Mountain College from 1949-50 - at the opening reception for “Frank Hursh: Marking Space + Place” at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
davidsilver: The Studies Building - designed by Larry Kocher, built (mostly) by students, led by local contractor Charlie Godfrey, with heaps of help from Molly Gregory - still stands
davidsilver: Writing about Black Mountain College while at Black Mountain College (in the porch of Eureka Hall formerly known as Lee Hall, Blue Ridge campus)