mccoylovefamily Inventory of the McCoy-Love Family Papers, 1774-1970 and undated Processed by: Rubenstein Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Ted Holt and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: May 2008Processed by Rubenstein Library staff; finding aid encoded by Ted Holt and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, May 2008 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the McCoy-Love Family Papers, 1774-1970 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

2008 Duke University. All Rights Reserved.

 Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University McCoy-Love family McCoy-Love Family Papers, 1774-1970 and undated Material in English 12.3 Linear Feet ca. 9,210 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Asheville, N.C. residents. Two prominent members of the families were George William McCoy, Sr. (b. 1901), editor of the Asheville-Citizen Times, and his father-in-law, Harry Weaver Love (b. 1883), YMCA executive. The collection contains personal and business correspondence, genealogical material, financial and legal records, printed material, clippings, addresses and writings, scrapbooks, miscellaneous items, photographs, and a number of volumes. Topics include the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Assoc. Harry Love's business papers include a large number of correspondence, reports, pictures and volumes relating to his work with the YMCA, in the U.S. and abroad; there are a great many items relating to the Philippine Islands. There are a sizable number of papers from Wythe Munford Peyton, a civil and highway engineer, who worked for several N.C. railroads; the papers of William C. Coleman, a businessman who sold and serviced Harley-Davidson motorcycles (1914-1915); and papers of the Frelinghuysen-Southwick family of N.J. and N.Y., one relative being a Senator and another, Emeline Sherman Smith, a poet. There are a few items concerning Thomas Dixon who founded the Mt. Mitchell Assoc. of Arts and Sciences. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], McCoy-Love Family Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

 Provenance

The McCoy-Love Family Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase in 1980 and 1986.

Processing Information

Processed by Rubenstein Library staff

Encoded by Ted Holt and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, May 2008

Accessions from 1980 and 1986 are described in this finding aid.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

 Collection Overview

The papers of this Asheville, North Carolina family span the years 1774-1970. Two prominent members of the families were George William McCoy, Sr. (b. 1901), editor of the Asheville-Citizen Times, and his father-in-law, Harry Weaver Love (b. 1883), YMCA executive. The collection contains personal and business correspondence, genealogical material, financial and legal records, printed material, clippings, addresses and writings, scrapbooks, miscellaneous items, photographs, and a number of volumes. Topics include the development of parks in the Appalachia region, particularly the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and activities relating to the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Association. Harry Love's business papers include a large number of correspondence, reports, pictures and volumes relating to his work with the YMCA, in the U.S. and abroad; there are a great many items relating to the Philippine Islands. There is a sizable number of papers from Wythe Munford Peyton, a civil and highway engineer, who worked for several N.C. railroads; the papers of William C. Coleman, a businessman who sold and serviced Harley-Davidson motorcycles (1914-1915); and papers of the Frelinghuysen-Southwick family of N.J. and N.Y., one relative being a Senator and another, Emeline Sherman Smith, a poet. There are a few items concerning Thomas Dixon who founded the Mt. Mitchell Assoc. of Arts and Sciences.

 Subject Headings

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McCoy family (N.C.). Love family (N.C.). McCoy, George William. Love, Harry Weaver. Peyton, Wythe Munford. Coleman, William C. Frelinghuysen-Southwick family. Young Men's Christian Association. Asheville-Citizen Times (newspaper). Businessmen--North Carolina--Correspondence. Thomas Wolfe Memorial Association. United States. Great Smoky Mountains National Park. North Carolina--Economic conditions. North Carolina--Civil engineering. North Carolina--Railroads. Philippines. Scrapbooks. Photograph albums. Photographs. Contents of Collection Biographical Information Series, 1904-1963 (2 boxes) 1 Genealogy, 1926-1954 29Information Folder Biographical Information McCoy, George William, 1923-1954 Love, Harry Weaver, 1904-1960 Peyton, Wythe Munford, 1911-1963 Legal Papers Series, 1774-1964 (1 box) 11774-1964 Financial Papers Series, 1885-1954 (1 box) 2Miscellaneous, 1885-1952 YMCA, 1918-1922 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Association, 1949-1954 Financial accounts, specifications, etc. for roads, railroads and other enterprises, 1908-1919 Miscellaneous Papers Series, 1860-1961 and undated (4 boxes) 3YMCA U.S., 1910-1924 Philippine Islands, 1900-1921 China and Chinese branch in the Philippines, 1920 Latin America, 1921 and undated 5General, 1860-1961 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Association, 1949-1954 Badge, etc., 1907- 1949 7Miscellaneous, 1934-1960 YMCA Philippine Islands, 1911-1921 China, 1918-1924 Foreign countries, 1919-1921 28Miscellaneous, undated Addresses and Writing Series, 1901-1961 (1 box) 41901-1961 Philippine Islands, 1920 Printed Material Series, 1891-1969 (6 boxes) Printed Material 6Philippine Islands, 1916-1924 YMCA, U.S. and territories, 1891-1918 8YMCA, U.S. and territories, 1919-1936 11Miscellaneous, 1894-1933 Clippings 10Great Smoky Mountains National Park Acquisitions, 1930-1937 Roads, 1930-1937 Park movement, 1925-1939 12Western North Carolina, 1924-1952 13Appalachian Mountains, Fauna, 1926-1939 Appalachian Mountains, Flora, 1926-1939 Cherokee Indians and other tribes, 1925-1955 Horace Kephart, 1927-1936 George Masa, 1933 Philippine Islands, 1919-1964 Miscellaneous, 1903-1969 Pictures Series, 1906-1930s (3 boxes) 9Philippine Islands Miscellaneous 15Albums from Mexico Black Hills Trips, 1914 Brookville YMCA Hike, 1907 Peyton Album, ca. 1906-1907(2 folders) 16Philippine Islands Photograph Albums I and II, 1930s Volumes Series, 1857-1940s (8 boxes) 17William C. Coleman's Bingham military scrapbook, 1924 Zebulon Baird Vauce's birthplace scrapbook 18George W. McCoy's Smoky Mountains scrapbook and bibliography George W. McCoy's scrapbook on Great Smoky Mountains National Park Museum 19-20Folksongs 21Harry Love's Philippine Island scrapbook Scrapbook, 1928(?)-1938 22Poems of M. Y. Jarkett of Hillsboro, N.C., 1932 Law school lectures of Chief Justice Richmond Mumford Pearson, 1857 Flora of Great Smokies scrapbook The Ladder, 1919-1920 YMCA, Philippine Islands 23Miscellaneous 24Writings of Lola (Love) McCoy Scrapbook of Lola (Love) McCoy Diary of Wythe M. Peyton, 1908 Mar.-Aug. Harry W. Love's scrapbook, ca. 1920s-1940s Frelinghuysen, Southwick Division Series, 1799-1966 (3 boxes) 25Information Folder Legal papers, 1799-1913 Genealogy, 1930 Clippings, 1861-1950 Miscellaneous, 1906-1925 Pictures 26Family Division Volumes, 1851-1916 27Correspondence, 1854, 1966 Correspondence Series, 1868-1970 and undated (17 boxes) 301868-1911 311912-1914 June 321914 July-1915 May 331915 June-Dec. and undated 341916-1918 351919 361920 Jan.-June 371920 July-Dec. 381921 Jan.-June 391921 July-Dec. 401922 411923-1924 421925-1934 431935-1937 441938-1953 451954-1958 461959-1970 Additional Papers (1 box) 11986 Accession Oversize Materials(2 oversize folders)

Consists of blueprints; black and white group photographs; clippings; maps; payrolls; and posters for the Mt. Mitchell Association of Arts and Sciences.