Finding aid of Maxwell M. Way, PHC.141

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Finding aid of Maxwell M. Way, PHC.141

Descriptive Summary

Title
Maxwell M. Way Photograph Collection
Call Number
PHC.141
Creator
Way, Maxwell M.
Date
c. 1926 - c. 1955
Extent
140.00 items
Language
English
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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Copyright is retained by the authors of these materials, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law (Title 17 US Code). Individual researchers are responsible for using these materials in conformance with copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], PhC.141, Maxwell M. Way Photograph Collection, State Archives of North Carolina; Raleigh, NC.

Collection Overview

This collection contains 125 black and white photographic prints ranging in size from 2 1/4" x 3 1/2" to 3 1/2" x 3 1/2". The photgraphs were taken by the parents of the donor, Maxwell M. Way, during the period circa 1926 to circa 1955. The images depict various views of North Carolina particularly the mountains in the western part of the state. An addition of 27 photoraphic prints bring the total number in the collection to 152.

Arrangement Note

The collection is arranged into series based on the content of the photographs. The series are (1) Mountains, (2) Blue Ridge Parkway, (3) Waterfalls, (4) Mills, (5) Lakes, (6) Miscellaneous, and (7) Addition.

Contents of the Collection

1. Mountains

Scope and Contents note:

This series of 42 photographs contains various views of the mountains in western North Carolina. Included in this series are views of Mt. Mitchell, NC, trees and foliage, and railroad tunnels through the mountains.

Asheville Park, NC, c. 1936
PhC.141.1.1
Point Lookout, NC, c. 1926 or 1936
PhC.141.1.2
Newfound Gap, NC, c. 1938
PhC.141.1.3
Newfound Gap, NC, c. 1938
PhC.141.1.4
Mt. Mitchell, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.5
Mt. Mitchell, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.6
Mt. Mitchell, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.7
Mt. Mitchell, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.8
NC Mountains possibly Blowing Rock, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.9
Railroad Tunnel, c. 1948
PhC.141.1.10
Railroad Tunnel, c. 1948
PhC.141.1.11
Railroad Tunnel, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.12
Railroad Tunnel, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.13
NC Mountains possibly near Canton, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.14
NC Mountains possibly near Canton, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.15
NC Mountains near Sylva or Cashiers, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.16
NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.17
NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.18
NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.19
NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.20
NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.21
NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.22
NC Mountains, c. 1938
PhC.141.1.23
NC Mountains, c. 1938
PhC.141.1.24
NC Mountains, c. 1948
PhC.141.1.25
NC Mountains, c. 1948
PhC.141.1.26
NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.27
NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.28
NC Mountains, undated
PhC.141.1.29
NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.30
NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.31
NC Mountains possibly from road to Mt. Mitchell, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.32
Two unidentified women outside, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.33
Two unidentified women outside, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.34
NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.35
NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.36
NC Mountains, c. 1938
PhC.141.1.37
Railroad Tunnel, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.38
Railroad Tunnel, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.39
Rock formation in Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.40
Rock formation in Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.1.41
NC Mountains, undated
PhC.141.1.42

2. Blue Ridge Parkway

Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.2.1
Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.2.2
Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.2.3
Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.2.4
Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.2.5
Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.2.6
Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.2.7
Entrance to Blue Ridge Parkway (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.2.8
Blue Ridge Parkway Tunnel (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.2.9
Blue Ridge Parkway Tunnel (NC), c. 1947-1948
PhC.141.2.10
Blue Ridge Parkway Tunnel (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.2.11
Blue Ridge Parkway Tunnel (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.2.12
Blue Ridge Parkway Tunnel (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.2.13
Blue Ridge Parkway Tunnel (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.2.14
Blue Ridge Parkway Tunnel (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.2.15
View from Blue Ridge Parkway (NC), c. 1938
PhC.141.2.16
View from Blue Ridge Parkway (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.2.17
Blue Ridge Parkway near Mt. Mitchell, NC, c. 1940-1948
PhC.141.2.18
Blue Ridge Parkway near Mt. Mitchell, NC, c. 1940-1948
PhC.141.2.19
Blue Ridge Parkway on road to Mt. Mitchell, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.2.20
Blue Ridge Parkway on road to Mt. Mitchell, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.2.21

3. Waterfalls

Scope and Contents note:

This series contains images of waterfalls and streams in the North Carolina mountains.

Bridal Veil Falls, near Highlands NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.1
Bridal Veil Falls, near Highlands NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.2
Bridal Veil Falls, near Highlands NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.3
Waterfall at Linville Falls, NC, c. 1926 or 1936
PhC.141.3.4
Stream Flowing over Rock, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.5
Stream Flowing over Rock, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.6
Rushing Stream over Rock, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.7
Waterfall, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.8
Dry Falls, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.9
Waterfall, c. 1938
PhC.141.3.10
Waterfall in Mountain, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.11
Waterfall Surrounded by Trees, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.12
Waterfall Surrounded by Trees
PhC.141.3.13
Waterfall in NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.14
Waterfall in NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.15
Small Dam in NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.16
Small Dam in NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.17
Small Falls Surrounded by Trees, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.18
Small Falls Surrounded by Trees, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.19
Waterfall in NC Mountains, c. 1940
PhC.141.3.20

4. Mills

Scope and Contents note:

This series contains images of water powered mills.

Water Powered Mill near Cherokee, NC, c. 1938
PhC.141.4.1
Water Powered Mill near Cherokee, NC, c. 1938
PhC.141.4.2
Water Powered Mill near Cherokee, NC, c. 1938
PhC.141.4.3
Water Powered Mill, c. 1940
PhC.141.4.4
Water Powered Mill, c. 1940
PhC.141.4.5
Water Powered Mill, c. 1940
PhC.141.4.6
Water Powered Mill, c. 1940
PhC.141.4.7
Water Powered Mill, c. 1940
PhC.141.4.8
Water Powered Mill, c. 1940
PhC.141.4.9
Water Powered Mill, c. 1940
PhC.141.4.10

5. Lakes

Scope and Contents note:

This series contains images of NC lakes. Many photographs are not precisely identified.

Lake Lure or Lake James, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.5.1
Lake Lure or Lake James, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.5.2
Unknown NC Lake, c. 1948
PhC.141.5.3
Bridge over Dam at Lake Lure or Lake James (NC), c. 1938
PhC.141.5.4
Bridge over Dam at Lake Lure or Lake James (NC), c. 1940
PhC.141.5.5
Bridge over Dam at Lake Lure or Lake James (NC), c. 1948
PhC.141.5.6
Bridge over Dam at Lake Lure or Lake James (NC), c. 1948
PhC.141.5.7
Bridge over Dam at Lake Lure or Lake James (NC), c. 1948
PhC.141.5.8
Lake James (NC), c. 1926
PhC.141.5.9
Lake James (NC), c. 1928
PhC.141.5.10

6. Miscellaneous

Scope and Contents note:

This series includes images of Cherokee, NC, Pisgah National Forest, the Outer Banks, Duke Hospital, and Greensboro NC.

Tepees in Cherokee, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.6.1
Tepees in Cherokee, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.6.2
Cherokee, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.6.3
Cherokee, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.6.4
Cherokee, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.6.5
Between Sylva and Cherokee, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.6.6
Between Sylva and Cherokee, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.6.7
Between Sylva and Cherokee, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.6.8
Swinging Bridge near Cherokee, NC, c. 1936
PhC.141.6.9
Cherokee, NC, c. 1936
PhC.141.6.10
Tryon, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.6.11
South Elm Street Greensboro, NC, c. 1955
PhC.141.6.12
Tugboat on Intracoastal Waterway, Moyock, NC, c. 1948
PhC.141.6.13
Tugboat on Intracoastal Waterway, Moyock, NC, c. 1948
PhC.141.6.14
Bridge to Outer Banks, NC, c. 1948
PhC.141.6.15
Bridge to Outer Banks, NC, c. 1948
PhC.141.6.16
Duke Hospital, Durham, NC, c. 1940-1942
PhC.141.6.17
Duke Hospital, Durham, NC, c. 1953
PhC.141.6.18
Town of Blowing Rock, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.6.19
Greenhouse at Biltmore House, near Asheville, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.6.20
Pisgah National Forest, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.6.21
Pisgah National Forest, NC, c. 1940
PhC.141.6.22

7. Addition

Scope and Contents:

Twenty-seven photographic prints depicting primarily scenes in the North Carolina mountains and members of the Way family on vacation there in the 1940's. A note from the donor, Maxwell M. Way, Jr., states that most of these photos were taken on a trip his parents, Monroe Way (M. M. Way, Sr.) and Margaret Way of Carthage, NC, took to the Asheville area around 1940. Their car was a new 1940 Buick.

Margaret Way and Maxwell M. Way, Jr., at Biltmore House, Asheville, NC, c.1940-1948., 1940-1948
PhC.141.7.1
M. M. Way, Sr., outside Biltmore House, Asheville, NC, c.1940-1948., 1940-1948
PhC.141.7.2
M. M. Way, Sr., and Maxwell M. Way, Jr., standing by a fountain on the lawn in front of the Biltmore House, Asheville, NC, c.1940-1948, 1940-1948
PhC.141.7.3
Margaret Way wearing a dark coat with fur collar posed on a side lawn of the Biltmore House, Asheville, NC, c.1940-1948., 1940-1948
PhC.141.7.4
Maxwell M. Way, Jr., swimming at Pages Lake, c.1938
PhC.141.7.5
Maxwell M. Way, Jr., on plank bridge by creek in the North Carolina mountains, c.1940., 1940
PhC.141.7.6
Maxwell M. Way,Jr., sitting on rock wall at Newfound Gap in the NC mountains, c.1940., 1940
PhC.141.7.7
Maxwell M. Way, Jr., standing on a swinging bridge with rock supports and wooden railings, possibly near Cherokee in the NC mountains, c.1940., 1940
PhC.141.7.8
M. M. Way, Sr., and Maxwell M. Way, Jr., at a scenic overlook in the NC mountains, c.1940., 1940
PhC.141.7.9
M. M. Way, Sr., and Maxwell M. Way, Jr., at a scenic overlook in the NC mountains, c.1940.
PhC.141.7.10
Maxwell M. Way, Jr., at Bridal Viel Falls in the NC mountains, c.1940., 1940
PhC.141.7.11
Lucille Way and others, Linville Gorge, c.1928, 1928
PhC.141.7.12
Scene from the top of Mount Mitchell, c.1940, 1940
PhC.141.7.13
A creek running over rocks next to a road in the NC mountains, c.1940., 1940
PhC.141.7.14
Blue Ridge Parkway scene with two cars and an overpass, NC mountains, c.1940, 1940
PhC.141.7.15
Large two-story grist mill with working water wheel and wooden footbridge, NC mountains, c.1940, 1940
PhC.141.7.16
Exterior overall view of Mountain Industries Homespun and Knitting Yarns, Tryon, NC, c.1940., 1940
PhC.141.7.17
Train atop trestle in NC mountains, c.1940., 1940
PhC.141.7.18
Mountain scene with houses and coal train in distance, NC mountains, c.1940., 1940
PhC.141.7.19
Train on trestle, road below; cow, automobile, and two onlookers in foreground, NC mountains, c.1940., 1940
PhC.141.7.20
Unidentified woman and child pose together outside a building labeled "Clinic-Hospital" in Greensboro, NC, c.1930., 1930
PhC.141.7.211

Subject Headings

  • Bridges--North Carolina
  • Coasts
  • Forest reserves
  • Grist Mills--North Carolina
  • Highways
  • Indian Reservations
  • Intracoastal waterways
  • Lakes-North Carolina
  • Mountains
  • Railroad tunnels
  • Tunnels
  • Water mills
  • Waterfalls
  • Asheville (N.C.)
  • Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.)
  • Bridal Veil Falls (N.C.)
  • Cherokee (N.C.)
  • Clark's Place (N.C.)
  • Dry Falls (N.C.)
  • Durham (N.C.)
  • Lake James (N.C.)
  • Lake Lure (N.C.)
  • Linville Falls (N.C.)
  • Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain)
  • Moyock (N.C.)
  • Nantahala National Forest (N.C.)
  • Newfound Gap (N.C.)
  • North Carolina
  • Pisgah National Forest (N.C.)
  • Point Lookout (N.C.)
  • Sylva (N.C.)
  • Photographs

    • Acquisitions Information

    The collection was donated by Maxwell M. Way in May 2009.

    Processing Information

  • Processed by Archives staff and North Carolina State University student intern Aaron Cusick, 2009. Encoded by Aaron Cusick, 2009. Addition processed and added to finding aid in April of 2014 by Kim Andersen.