Comments on: George Masa’s Mountain Postcards

By: Bridget Madden

Bridget Madden — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:00:56 +0000

The NCC has a few resources related to George Masa …

The Mystery of George Masa, a documentary video:
http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb4368661

A few entries in our biographical index:
http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ncc_bio/ncc_bio_public_action.html

An entry in the book “Photographers in NC”:
http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb4667538

We also have two unprocessed photograph albums that have a connection to George Masa and Jewell King.

… And it looks like the North Carolina Collection at the Pack Library in Asheville has some of Masa’s photographs. They also have a collection of correspondence between George Masa and Horace Kephart. The following link brings you to the database to search through their collection:
http://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Library/ncCollection.htm

By: Kevin Cherry

Kevin Cherry — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:45:54 +0000

George Frizzell, head of special collections at Western Carolina University’s Hunter Library, knows a great deal about Kephart. I would check with George.

By: Chris Lane

Chris Lane — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:53:51 +0000

I’ve traveled to Ashville hoping to find info on George Mesa’s life, or his photograph prints, at Grove Park Inn, but no luck. Tomorrow I’ll attempt some archive help at UNC library.
I most wish to find info on his friendship with Kephart, other than what is mentioned in the Ken Burns documentary. Anybody have sources I can seek?

By: Kevin Cherry

Kevin Cherry — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:46:58 +0000

UNC-Asheville, too, has a nice collection of Masa materials.

A sad note: Masa wanted to be buried beside his close friend, travel writer, librarian and fellow promotor of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Horace Kephart in Bryson City, but that never happened.