John J. Jacobs East Asheville Clippings, Ephemera, and Photographs, PC.7049
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- John J. Jacobs East Asheville Clippings, Ephemera, and Photographs
- Call Number
- PC.7049
- Creator
- Jacobs, John J.
- Date
- 1941 - 1992
- Extent
- 0.010 cubic feet
- Repository
- Western Regional Archives, State Archives of North Carolina
Restrictions on Access & Use
Access Restrictions
Available for research.
Use Restrictions
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,] PC.7049, John J. Jacobs East Asheville Clippings, Ephemera, and Photographs, State Archives of North Carolina, Western Regional Archives, Asheville, NC, USA.
Collection Overview
This collection contains newspaper clippings, photograph, and ephemera.
Biographical/Historical
John J. Jacobs was born in 1941 to Dr. Paul and Dorothy May Jacobs. The family lived
on the campus of the Veteran's Hospital at Oteen, where Dr. Jacobs worked as a physician.
They later moved to the nearby Beverly Hills neighborhood.
John attended Haw Creek Elementary School and A.C. Reynolds High School where he played
football and engaged in a college preparatory course of study.
He attended Asheville-Biltmore College and served a four-year stint in the Coast Guard,
In 1965, he married Elizabeth Cozette Price of Rutherford County, N.C. He worked at
the U.S. Climatic Data Center in Asheville. The Jacobs retired to Florida.