THa1AS IDLFE AND THE
OlD KENTUCKY HeME
Vol. II
by
Wilson Angley
APPENDIXES
Appendix A
List of the Contents of the Old Kentucky Home Prepared I I October 1919.
I. Parlor
I Suit of upholstered parlor furniture (5 pieces)
I Book case
I Fold ing bed
I Mattress
I Springs
2 Pi I lows
I Long Axminster rug
3 Sma II rugs
I Ease I (in corner)
I Table
I Table lamp
9 Family pictures
2 Large pictures
5 Sma I I pictures
2 . Hal I and Stairs
Long Axminster rug in hal I
Long Axminster rug on stairs
Hat rack
Ha II mirror
3 Tables
I Stand
I What- not in corner
I Desk
I Large book case
2 Lights with shades
2 "Fancy" pictures
6 Sma I I p i ctu res
3 Diplomas
3 . Front room downstairs opposite parlor
Bed "complete"
Dresser
Table
Straight cha ir
Rocker
Clock
Art square rug
Rug
Bowl
Large pitcher
Sma II pitcher
Soap dish
Light
Slop jar
Appendix A
Page 2
4 . Dining Room
5 Tables
2 Side Boards
22 Straight chairs
4 Table ornaments
2 Lights with shades
Sconces (?)
Picture
5 . Kitchen
Long tab l e
SInk tab I e
Gas stove and heater
Range
6 . Bedroom to the rear of parlor, off sun po r ch
2 Beds "complete "
I Ta I I dresser
I Wardrobe
I Table
I Light with shade
I Mat on floor
7 . Bathroom
I Rug
8 . Back Bedroom Downstairs
I
I Brass bed " comp lete"
I Wooden bed "comp lete"
I Dresser
2 Straight cha i rs
I Rocker
I I ron safe
I Washstand
I Clock
I Bowl
I Pitcher
I Mat on floor
9 . " Little Room " (rear bedroom off kitchen?)
White wooden bed
Dresser
Table
Chair
Light with shade
Appendix A
Page 3
10 . Sleeping porch at head of stairs
I Doub le bed
I Cot
I Dresser
I Table
I Walnut desk
I Desk chair
2 Rockers
I Springs
I Mattress
3 Pi I lows
I Wash stand
Curtains
Light
I I. Room #I
2 Beds
I Dresser
I Table
I Wash stand
I Stra ight chair
2 Rockers
4 Pi I lows
I Bowl
I Large pitcher
I Sma I I pitcher
I Soap dish
I Light with shade
I Slop jar
12 . Room #2
Single bed
Dresser
Table
Washstand
Chair
Springs
Mattress
Pi I low
Light
Slop jar
13. "on I ittle porch" (at front of house upstairs>
2 Cots
2 Mattresses
2 Pi I lows
Append ix A
Page 4
14 . Room #3
2 Double beds
I Dresser
I Washstand
2 Straight chairs
2 Rockers
4 Pi I lows
I Light with shade
I Bowl
I Large pitcher
I Sma I I pitcher
I Soap dish
I Slop jar
15 . Room #4
2 Beds
I Ta II dresser
2 Tables
I (2?) Washstand
4 Chairs
I "0 I d" rug
2 Springs
2 Mattresses
4 Pi I lows
I (2?) Bow Is
I (2?) Slop jars
16 . Room #5
I Bed
I Dresser
I Table
I Walnut washstand
I Stra ight chair
2 Rockers
2 Rugs
I Spr ings
I Mattress
2 Pi I lows
I Light with shade
I Bowl
I Pitcher
I Soap dish
I Slop jar
17 . Room #6
Bed
Dresser
Appendix A
Page 5
I Table
I Washstand
I "Olson" rug
I Springs
I Mattress
2 Pi I lows
I Bowl
I Sma I I p i tcher
I Slop jar
18 . Room #7
Bed
Table
Washstand
Straight chair
Rocker
"Olson" rug
Springs
Mattress
Light
Bowl
Pitcher
Soap dish
19 . Room #8
I Double bed
I Dresser
I Washstand
I Straight chair
I "Old" rug
I Picture
I Springs
I Mattress
2 Pi I lows
I Bowl
I Large pi t cher
I Sma I I pitcher
I Soap dish
I Slop jar
20 . Room #9
Bed
Dresser
Table
Straight chair
Rocker
Rug
Springs
Appendix A
Page 6
Mattress
2 Pi I lows
I Light
I Soap dish
21. Room #10
Single bed
Dresser
Desk
Desk chair
Sma I I rug
Pi I low
Light
22 . Room #II
I Double bed
I Ta I I dresser
I Table
I Washstand
I Springs
I Mattress
2 Pillows
I "Olson" rug
I Light
I Pitcher
I Soap dish
I Slop jar
23 . Porch
I Swing
2 Lights with shades
I "01 d Kentucky Home" sign
24. Tools , etc .
Large coal shovel
Sma II spade
Axe
Rake
Wheelbarrow
25. Bed Li nen
44 Sheets for 22 beds
"Old" sheets for 4 cots
Bed spreads for alI beds and cots
Pi I low cases for all beds
Blankets for alI beds
"Some" comforts
Appendix A
Page 7
26 . Items without specified locations
Suit of mission furnit ure (9 pieces)
Large leather chair
Leather couch
27 . Furniture counts I isted separately in sources
19 Iron beds
I Walnut bed
I Cherry bed
I Folding bed
3 Cots
15 Dressers
I Wardrobe
15 Tables
2 Desks
2 Bookcases
14 Washstands
44 Stra i ght chairs
8 Rockers
21 Springs
1This list was compl led from two smal I brown notebooks: one found
in the U.N.C. Wolfe Collection , the other in the Old Kentucky Home itself.
In general the two books duplicate each other , but they are occasiona l ly
supplementary . Unfortunately this survey does not appear to have been
taken in a very systematic or comprehensive manner. In addition, the
writing was done rather carelessly and in penci I , so that some of it is
now illegible . Because of apparent shortcom i ngs in the sources , this
appendix should by no means be taken as a complete I isting of the house ' s
contents .
• Appendix B
Julia E • . v'•lfe un<i Thoma s '/io l fe how e, 48 Sp ruce Btr uet ,
A~he v11 1 e, N. c., kno~n as The Old Kentucky Home.
Coutents olnd va J.ua tion by room aa
A, fiRST FLOOR
Iteaa Va lua tion
l Hobart M. Cd ble P i~ ~ ith stool
l Three (J) piece c a rpen suite (settee ~~ ~ cha irs)
1 Spool Le& Center Table
l. Art Squore RU& ..
1 Halt Round IDd Ta ble
l Ro und •victorian• flower Stand
l Le a ther Uphol•tered Recl1n1na· Easy Cb81r
1 Foldin& Bed with aattress
1 Gla ss coYered flo •er fruit mantel orn~ ent
~ Pl a st~ r ot paris mantle sta tuettes
7 Piece set of Mis s ion furniture - c ane bottom
~. S\&D Parlor
1 Mis s ion CeDter Ta ble
l Oak PiaDo w1tb $tool
6 Pieces of cherr, furniture - lea the rette cover ed
1 High Ba c¥ occ asiona l chair
l Le g ther s ofa {fro~ otr ice ot w. o. ~ olfe fr um P ~ c~
S-tuare llonWDen t s t o r e - 60 )'& u r s old)
1 Tut't ed Le r th~r sof a from 0 1a Kentucky Ho ru e
l Roc~ 1 ug ch \ ir - leuther co ve rea
l Open oc k bo~ k c a~ e
l Row.ct pea e~ t . l t ·.l ble
.1. Le ther Bot1.on1 Sld v c.l ch lr
l ~ x 1 ... ;:..r t Sq u.~ re
. •>0 11c. m hog -... n) h· J.f r ow:. d eu -1 .it1ut m . role t o f. p ea: Buffet
\, J..l. t . oles
b 'i:)e
J. RucKin6 cb ir - m tot; !.3 i'il:h;h
1 Le the r b ...> ttorr. das.l( - s · •. ive l eli. lr
1 r ' u.l..J. 1er .6 th , m· rbl e 51. elf h .. J.l n• lr ror - c . rv ~d
m ... u o 6 n y
1 rt..>w ... mll·1·o r, c t.:rJt er t ' u 1 l. l ~..t.g t ll h J. l r Ci:t - m . l J~x tr , .u.ut Ovd peoes t ;~ l
1<:Jg s ,
l.Lug · ny
$ 1 00 . 00
50.00
-'0. 00
20. 00
15.00
10.00
26. 0 0
25.00
2 5. 00
75.00
10.00
75. 00
50.00
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Appendix B
Pa&e ~ - Inventory
•
Ltema Va luSl tion
1 Ma rble Oenter top m~o& any burea u
1 Leathe r Love se ~ t
1 Cloth love se a t
~ M ~ rbJ..g to pp ed (Victorian) h~ ll t a ble s (l wa lnut ~ 1th
white m..a rb1e top ){l ou with Ga . ~ ilv.Gr u y 1l'o p ) ~~ $ 50
l Ha~ing oak book shell
l M; ho&an) fulished ~ha t-not
1 ,al.Dut Victori an c orner umbrell ~ s t ·nd
1 Long ruru1er t)l pe hal..1. r\i&
'· Front r oom to l.eit Ol Par!or
lO a~ b ooil ca& e ( .;.;; &J.. a:.s e1 oors) .. 1tb de&"' . ith bov ~ s
lOa ~ bo v ~ c ase (ain&l~ &lass d oor), mirror top, ea, ~ 1th
bO .Jil8
1 ~. >ilnut old t a shiooed aiJ:&&le drawer desk
l Oak v.a rdrobe
l Child • a hi&h cha ir • '-'8eC1 ' by Tb oml\s ), \)1t·e a s ba b)l
l Iron Diebold aate {subJect to heira• ~!shes)
~ 50 . 00
~ 5.0 J
1 00 . 00
10 . 00
1 0 . 00
5 . 0J
5 0 . 00
400 . 00
.50J . OO
1 00 .00
4:;.6.00
50. 00
IJotea Bon ~ 'fiae list ot Tho.on s loJ.f e ts pcr &cma l
fur~iture, no~ ill t t.1 s r oow on sep u r •~ t e list.
5. Dinina Rooe
~ Oa• •ide ~o lirda @ ~.oo e tt ch 50. ·.>u
-s Bxtenaion dinin& t iA blea ( 2 a qu &. x·e, l round) r; ~40 . 00 6 0 .00
l Squnre anhOHDJ <linin& t a ble 40 .00
J.. V's. lnut aervin& tabl e wltt. silver service draw er · 1 0 .00
Jc:5 Dining room cha irs, 1n dirlh.g room <.- na ir: h ou s e (!) f l. O•J ~5 . Ou
l Oak oJ.'.l ic e 4es "' (usect D)' • • o • .' ->lfe a t office on
s u utl, e H. st Pa c k &,u. r e f l) r t r. ird of ceut ury)
6 nd 7. Bre~..r e st Roo m •.nu Ki teller.
1 L · r~e Geo r~l ~ m ~ rble t o r e~ 4ltcnLn t •olc , ~nut b _e
1 P.ntry cup bo 1r0
l L · ~ge ice box r ~griger q tor
1 Long :ne t: l c.;v e: r e... Jti tcter1 ~ .Jrk t. b ... (..
1 uo~ bl)>.
1 o .... o Ll.::.tliOI .eCl. ,. t- r f .:>r t e1.1 t.ln cv v ~ l·~o u..l t cr (;r s .1 e
.1. J.la or lgiH .1. 1ti tct.en r ' ngc , ovtJn .• , etc .
(K1 t cr ~c n) or lgln l ti- iee e ~ .. : .l .J l' • ul \,~ v.l t.1 ~ h..,._. (.!
J. brv nze <'~OC.oi v•i t11 1· c.uvre-.. • rr ~o r, iC ae:; l .t. t'l ~.ont.\~ a
a. Bea Roor. a r .:: r OJ. ;., l'lvr I C! OJflCent l. v sw.
1 0 &{ chll1 orli c r 11 itn 101 ~=> u , rtbJ. t rni rr·oz·
1 ~ut. r v l1 t o u. e .;.i t t.L d.L··n .. r s
l .Ln ut mlr1ort~d door · r n rJbl.
6 0m 1.1. t · o!. !J
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Appendix 8
Pa ae 3 - Inventor) -• Ite ms V .duntion
9. Re a r bed. Roosn o f f ot Kitchen
1 Metal d oub.&. e bed, S )) rillg s .no ma tt•e ss
l M ahog an~ vene er 'res ~ er
?~--·-- 1 ,~rm chuir (f r otg,_9J..~1 o1 . • o. \',v l1 e, G'Jn t, Y ~r~. t E e
Shop)- tfjJ(AJ,/ /'lfl. ~-F ~~'~~:(til'- A~ ,L~
' '1J !L J/1-;ft/)V ,/.;;# IZ.? I. .Nfi fi' C~ .,1, i AJ ~' ~ -_R R I} ~
B. S ECON D i"LOO R WA~ RhN
c ' - ~.~Vfl
1 0 • • Ueep i ll*' Po rch - l e tt r-· •
...! t.HS h s t a n <l s {1 wo od, ~ 111 a r bl.e t o ~ ... ed )
1 &m ... 11 r oc~~;e r
1 T· b1 e stqn d
1 M:-1 rble t o !.> eu bure t. ~
1 l1.t t t r. bl e
1 I ron bea , sprint s a n u m ·~ ttres s
11. Rit~ LJ. t f r o n t Bed Rooe
1 M ~ rb1e to pved w.1 Bb. stand
1 La rge Mirr ored burerua
1 Br a s s d oub~e bed, a prtn&s ,en d m ttress
;.! Ch-2 11'8
i Sm a ll t tt b.lea
1 5 X 7 l'\11
1 2 . Upper Lef\ l£ont Bed l osa
" Wooden wa s h :~ta.nda
l Lona a1rrored. aaho~ anJ ourea u
" Iro n cl .:> uble beet s . s priJl&:i .~ ud. m ~ ttr es .:: e s ('j' t-15. 00
l Squar e c t::.n ter t :A b l e
l. fto c tt1n& cbatr
l 9 x l~ rua
..
1 ~ . Can t e r BeS Room
f
1 .• u. .:. h st ~nd ~ wo od
1 Mi r ro red dr~ s s er
1 ·~ oodel1 d u ub1e bea , ., t, r i ng !.l ...nd m t t r c:.~
1 7 x 9 rug
14 . Re a r H· l l He ~ Room
1 Mirrvred. ; . h s t l nd
1 ";, J Jd "~• ~ h .; t l !d
1 I r J n d .J u ble Ol.la , ~.H' Ln b. (1 t1 u m t. l. re ~s
l Mir r or ea d r • ~ r
lo . ~m ~ . R~a r ULu rluom
l Li r ~u r ea ar~.~~ r
1 ou<Jt..n "' .~h s t n 'J
1 l r m a JUOJ.e b eC1 , ,' ._1 1' ill€.> • 1.0. m t t r ejS
50. 0 0
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,., 5. 0 0
;..5. 00
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5. 0 0
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· Appendix B
Pa&e 4 - I n vento ry
Item s Va l\Ul t1on
16. Ri&ht Bed. Roo 11 with Slee u i ng Po r ch
~ . Double iron b e us , spr ings a n a n. t t t re ~ s e s
l Iron single b~ d , ~ p ri ngs ·-r1a ia a ttr t!~ S
l Ex tra W.J OQ be d , d .J. ubl~ wl t i1 sprin gs Lr1d Ill• t Lress
1 Extra -irort b e o. s tea Q, SJ:. r i ng s ~nu m t t. r e-~
1 K~ rbl e Lo pp ea ar e ~ ~ er
1 Yur ble t o rpad w a ~ h s t a n d
~ t.f i z·r of' ed d re ~s e r s 1c. ~o . o u e ach
1 v ood un w b n st ~ nd
17. Spec1Hl ; S~na 11 e en t~r r oom uv~ t a ir s ~. i t.n s J1 11 fr()n t
porch. ( ll'tJDIJla 's bed r oom f urn1 ture 1 r .:> m
wo oo.i·1n s t.ree t h .:> \A s e :t here on a ll cl.i ldren
were b orn)
l Old t 'asbionea V& le blue wo odfln d v ubl e b e d 'i.l th
de c or c1 t ed (b~ rJd p ~ 1nted) c en ter heu a pi e ce
1 Dres s e r (s aae p~ ttera) to m~ tc h, ~1 th ce n t er mi rror
;:: 1\ ooden W'• sh s t~D4a (1 to a tt tch ~ et) ~ •~ :;,. oo
l ~ tr a iron bed s tea d ( s t a cked a& a inst wa l l )
18. Wlt Front Bed Room(Do'r me r) - Bents o l a r oom , •·h&re
25. 00
~5. 0 0
'i O . O ~
~5 0 . 00
1 00 . 00
50 .00
1 Braaa double bed , aprini~ 3nd &a ttres a ( P va •s o l d b ed)l5o.oo
l Iron Mel, apr in& ~ nn<l ma ttre .s a 150 . 00
2 Roc u ra
~ Ta blea
l (,ooclen wa all a taod
1 OY al airrorea a resser
l \1 . wee (3) ~IVl l l bed r ovms l'lpt r e P.. I' p .. l l w .y
A. 1 Double bed , s prinas tna muttre s s ,
l U1r ro rea, dre~ ~ er
l ~ oooen r,r, ~sh s t r nd
l i d.l. hurt~in& u. i rror
.8. 1 I r vn s i ngle be a, s ;J r i .u E. ·" . !.a It <-. t t. r e s~
l Mir ror ed d 1 ~ s ~ er
l V r 1 t 1~ aesK with mirror
1 rl t t ble
~ Ch .tts (l a~ 1 ~ r oc<er, l. ~~ 11 s tr•iLn t )
C. l. Lvn ~ ·~ lrr ~ r ed bure a u a r tss ~ r
l oou bn \aah ~ t 1 r~
.. . T h r~ e tier ~ec t lot.e Cl .e!! t s O l o r n·.•, r s l J . Jv
~ C h. t r ~ (1 ~~ l.L ~ tr 1 ~u i, 1 ~- ~ ~ r ~c60 r )
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1 • IU J..J. t O..Ltl
J. ;Jn 1 l'OCI:(tl'
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Appendix 8
• Pal• f) - I n v ent o ry
Jte"' s
l Foldin g e n ir (reclinlr)g)
l 1:1 ngin b Porch S-Aing (u~e J a~ b o y b) Tom ~~.a o t nur
cbl..La r e n ·, r.d' Db .. iel ~ nd bva r acrs)
' . . D. TBJ1! ,\b OLl· B t S
PER .. ON~ L F'URNITU RE
Div·( n with sprit, gs ·.n d ma ttres s
S <Jo li she lf
Boo l( shelf
s t ud io c o uch " ith s pri11gs 'iild ·ma tt..ret._,
Flo or l :• mp
r' loor 1~ mp
T<. b.le lrunp
Kitc h en t il b.le
Bed e nd (S & M)
Bed ena ( S & M)
Libr ... ry t J b l e !BO) (TOiil'~)- writl ... & t a b le)
'l,a ate c~ (1/lrtll'ft,~WI,..
Ga rb t &e c a n (H•IVI~ ·~~It) '\
T) pev.ri ter -{Jhtl ,.;If,,., ./J ,......_,
Armeha ir (SO}
Kitchen c ha ir '
V.i! ste paU
porta ble Typewriter
Bundle o l' rocla
Ra dio
!.a ll aircor (OR)
Picture (Oil) (Re"-in•a bJ F. 't•' . \'' olf e )
Le &. ther araehai~
Drop leaf t e:~ 'ble
L PIC~R (t~ M~ED OH ~N . Fu L~J. B -A-BR A K, ET~,
Va luation
150 . 00
50J . J U
~ 5. 00
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~0U . 0..J
l 5 . 0J _o . uo
l~. ou
50 . 0 0
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1 0 0. 0 0
G ~. oo
300 . 00
175.0 0
f> O. OO
~o o . oo
150.00
16,74&.00
1 L 1rge p ictu~e Thomas \oll5 (Bro ck) ma de in
1906 (fr ~m ed) l J O. OO
1 Picture ol" J ulia E. ·,.oll e (v ur u.ut.t~e r ) i t l b er
f ir ~ t c hild - (1886) l OJ . JJ
7 B bj oictur e s , l echo~ <11 t1c vl.e
i n it::. 1 uJ1v iu"" 1 fc M~ u1.~.~:-r 1. .... s b J vtJ. 65 0 . 0\J
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l L ..L ri,C u · l»Cu r lC t..u.r e ( 4un t.. 1.. r J ~e ... t ... l. l ) _ f>. 00
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l r 'i.l.it, .L't..."-c.i ... t.t:.J.l.illt.. sl~ v ~..>r • t~. r .; i tcht.. r, s il.b i Hb l n
1 r me , vl• e :.~... .... ~ t. n ~'- l v.._.L. ct.1) n .. :;;t 1 1C. ""50 . 00
l ... , t l.-e l ent.r vi ht:. Buri l o1 L t y r1e, f l ' ru e~..o. unch; r t>- ss ;..5 . 00
l L l t>e Pr. ,to - ? lctul' t: 01 . 0 . ...u .. lt:: (vur· f t.lH;.r)
1" .1· u.cd oO . JO
Appendix B
Pa ge 6 - Inventory
W, o. V·OLFF.-II r>R BLE b HOP TO OL S
It ems
2 Old \ ooden c .. r i . 1 Claw h · rum e' I n& ma !lets ~ < ~ " ' ' h
1
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Fo o t o ~ er ~ t ed emor ehs steel) a t lJ. uO
~:.o t shOS~ '1 v. e el usea b,y . o. ' vlt'e
l ~uok c ;e noted ~ s No ~ :~~bb~ o k s •os tly a ut ogr~ v ~ ~~ e b ' lTtlJ '.1 ( ,t.~ roxb.:t t e ly
1
e ,a • om "·" 1 u. ily
Childhood pictured ~ r1t
in& t o Thoma s ;-· o.l..l' in& s croll Tot ~ l e a s a child
.: nd desk belon~ -
Ya mw.ation
t 50. 00
50 . 00
5 0 . 00
30u.JO
50 . 00
; 1,7;:;5. 00
6,745,1.)0
$8,470. 00
. .
Appendix C
THmlAS HOLFE NENORIAL ' Inventory - August 13 , 1974
Roon ContaininR 'Ke~·' York Studio Furnishings . All articles bought from Tom ' s
Estate by Fred t.Jolfe and ship?ed to Asheville .
Articles
1.
2 .
3 .
4 .
5 .
6 .
7 .
8 .
9 .
10 .
11.
12 .
13 .
14 .
15 .
16.
17 .
18.
Front room S . E . corner
Bed , mattress, pilloH, pink spread
Day bed and blue covers . Nrs . Wolfe slept on Hhen she visited
Tom in Ne:<~ York .
1 open book case . Books
Large table , large lamp on table
1 small tc.ble ~dth dra\ver
1 drop leaf table
1 Chimney lamp
1 large waste can
1 straight cha ir
2 upholstered arm chairs
1 cabinet radio
1 brass cannister
1 glass vase
2 typet·rrite rs . (portable To;n t ook to Europe)
1 briefcase
suit case (Tom took to Europe)
Kitche n t able
Items on table
1 thermos bo ttle
2 dripolaters
2 plates
3 cups
1 measuring cup
8 glasses
2 loa[ pans
1 tV'ire toaster
ena mel do uble broile r
enamel s auc e pan
2 skille t s
1 t eastra i ner
l e m.:>n j uice r
cream pitcher
2 bulb plante rs
1 roll t is s ue
6 knives
4 forks
1 tvooden 5?00:1.
1 serv iu3 s;>oo n
1 co n:~ r
1 pin c ushio -.
2 s:roa ll ~-·hitc t eapots
1 r ug
2 pa ir- s ecru curt.:!in s aC'.d f i xtures
1 l <n:~e ni rror
1 large paint i ng of To~ (by Mr . Sum ne r)
Appendix C
Upstairs Sleeping Porch (Front)
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Leacher couch and coverlet
1 upright desk
1 table top desk
1 stand
2 green t-~icke r chairs
1 chimney lamp . (uithout chimr1ey)
6 pieces of uncut stone from shop
Finished SLOn2 for Sarah Jones
1 Book Rock-Faced Nonuments
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1 order book Vermont Nar.h.lP. Co mp~my
2 saYs
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3 wooden mallets
2 ii:OL"L wall~L.:;
1 axe
1 hammer
20 chi!>els
Em~ cy \•lhet:::i..
1 desk chair
Upstairs Hall
1 glass enclosed cabinet containing 5 pieces of marble and 3 stone cut t er tools
1 briefcase
1 door knob fro~ Woodfin St . house
1 hinge f rom Woodfin St . house
1 glass enclosed cabinet containing
1 'tvhi te baby d t"ess o f Ton 1 s
1 overcoat of Ton ' s
1 suit of clotr.es of Tom's
1 glass enclosed cabinet con taining
1 pair of brmm shoes of Tom ' s
1 hat of Tom ' s
1 brotm suit of Ton 1 s
1 picture of Tom feeding chipmunks in Oregon 1938
1 picture of Ton ac age of 3 years
Roon in 'Hhich Ben Became ill
Su::all room bet{veen L~.JO lacge front rooms facing East
1 me~al bed , mattress , 1 pillo~ , orange and uhite spread
1 (vash stand
1 white wash bo~l
1 lVhite Hash pitcher
1 s tra.i.ght chair
1 p;tir and 1/2 pa.i.r of \·lhite curtains and fixtures
hir,h chair which belon~ed to Tom
pot"ta1J1::! black board and desl~ , belonged to Toi!t , stand
1 snal1 rug
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Room i n t·lhich Ben died
Large room Northeast
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white iron bed , mattr ess , 2 pillows , white spread
l a r ge t"ardrobe
l a r ge dresser trith mi rror
Hash stand
large uhi te Hash bm·Tl
1 t able with scarf
3 r ocking chairs
1 straigh t chair
1 l ov e seat
2 white scatter rugs
and pitcher
3 p airs Hhite curtains and f i x tures
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Niddle Roo:n (South) ~vhich has the t·lhite bed tvh i ch all the childre~ He rE> bo;:n on.
1. \•lco~:.::n b ed , mattrel:>::; , tt-70 pillot-7S
2. 1 dresser with mirror
3 . 1 tvash stand with soap dish
4. 1 straight chair
5 . 1 foot stool
6 . 1 s et.:in3 r::achine
7 . 2 pictures ( one of tt-;o children) one of " Aurora and the Sun"
8 . 2 sewing b2skets
9 . 2 pairs white curtains and fixtures
10 . 1 green rug
So uth Bedroom at
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Hooden bed, nattress, ttvo pil1ot-7S ,
1 marble t op dresser Hith mirror
1 Hash bot-~1 and pitcher (t.,hite )
1 combing dish
1 oblong covered dish
3 scarfs
1 t able t·Tith drat.:er
1 pair t-~hite curtains and fixtures
2 straight chairs
1 large pictures , winter scene
Hhite spread
Room on South in back of front room used by Tom in 193S .
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1 large t-loodea bed , u:attress , 2 pilloHs , t.rhite spread
1 straight chair
1 large mat'ble top dresse::: uith mirror
1 sr.tal1 marble top tvash stand and ~irror
2 tvhite scarfs
Sna11 back room South~est
tn:· t i.cle::;
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marble t op t..rash stcnd
dresser with mirror
2 pillOHS
t..:hite bed spread
tvash stand (nnrble top)
2 pai;:;;; ~·lldte curtains
Appendix C
Small bedroom on north,
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small green straight
1 straight chair
1 dresser t.rith mirror
1 desk t.rith mirror
1 small green rug
chair
Back bedroom on north by Cherry tree
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1 . small white iron bed
2 . mattress
3 . bedspread
4. Hash stand
5 . small rag rug
6 . dresser with mirror
7 . 1 straight chair
8 . 2 pairs of t·rhite cur tains t>~ith fixtures
9 . 2 t.rhite dresser scarfs
Back hall upstairs
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1. dresser Hith mirror
2 . dresser with mirror
3. 2 t.rhite scarfs
Front room at right of front door
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1. safe (D uhold Safe & Lock Co . )
2 . 2 love seats (needs repairs)
3 . picture of Raleigh over mantle
4 . Old sampler--"Do right and Fear Not .rr
5. 2 t-Tooden ornaments
6. t·Thite shell in tvire stan<.l
7 . Hanmered silver po-.Tder box
8 . Hammered silver vase
9 . Picture of Effie and Nabel \Volfe (in frame)
10. Picture of clergy1man (in frame)
11 . Blue angel (made of Hood)
12 . Statuette
13 . Rug
14 . 1 straight mission chair
15 . 1 small mission rocker
16 . 1 wooden rocker
17 . desk and bookcase
18 . desk and bookcase Hith t:!irror
19. Small bookcase (4 drawers)
20. Glass inclosed bookcase - books as listed
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(continued) Front room at right of front door.
21 . 1 lace doily
22 . 1 jardiniere (bro~m)
23. 1 fan (straw)
24 . 1 gas heater
25 . Hap of Philadelphia served by the Philadelphia Electric Co .
26 . 1 deer antler hanging on wall by Secretary
27 . 1 picture by " Najar \{estall11 11 THo Hitnesses on the Destiny of Nan "
28 . 1 green bowl ( glass )
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Occasional chair - Leather back and carved legs (lions )
S~t cf K2rpen furniture (3 pes . ) sofa , 2 chairs cane and upholstery
Hob ert Cable piano and stool ( upright)
end table
green ash tray
dog as~ tray
Estey organ (b elonged to Hrs . Holfe)
4 white vases with gold trims
small folding chairs (old)
old foldin.; bed t-~ith mirror
leather music roll (belonged to !·!.abel)
1 stool (ho~emade )
Cherry library table (\vith turned leg s)
Top off je•·Telry box ,;.;hite china Hith doves .
umbrella stand
old civil t.:ar st,rord
cocoanut
'"hite marble card holder m~de by H . 0 . Holfe
Rug
electric crystal la~p·
c eramic hand holding vase
pillm-!
box came ra
2 ceramic figurin~s
1 encased glass bol:·Jl Hith flm-1ers
3 small doilies
1 lace table cover
1 velvet scarf on piano
2 small scarfs
l card table (back of door )
Pictures in Parlo~
1. Picture of Ben Wolfe
2 . Steel engraving 1918
3 . Picture of ~~rs . \..'olfe holding Leslie (9 mos . )
~ . Diploma of Mabel Wolfe
5 . Group picture including Julia Wolfe
6 . P lcttrre o f To~ l·io lfe Ke'iv· York 1929
7 . J ulia Holfe, sn<:!pshot \!hen she was teaching
8 . W. 0 . Wolfe (age 65)
9 . To~ l·~olfe ( taken in Gernany)
10 . Frank Wolfe (2 years)
ll. Lee \·iestall in large gold leaf fra::te
J2 . W. 0. Wolfe (18 84 )
Appendix C
13 . Nrs . \-lolf~
14 . Hary Westall (Gold leaf fra..-ne)
15 . Thomas {"estall father of Julia (black fraoe)
16. Frank {.folfe
17 . l·!olfe coat of arms
18. Westall coat of arms
19 . Picture of girl (sleeping)
20 . 6 Pictur es of l~oH e Children at age of 9 cos .
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2 sideboards tdth mirrors
1 China cabinet
4 serving tables
2 square dining room tables
1 round dining room table
24 straight chairs
4 pairs \vhite curtains and fixtures
3 to~hite table cloths
6 Hhite scarfs
1 landscape painting
2 portraits in silver frames
1 Hall uhat not
1 brm.m j ardeniere
1 black t-rooden dog
1 twoden box ten caddy- Japanese
1 square platter, irons tone , bratm and v7hite
1 tureen with lid, ironstone
3 butter pots .
1 sugar bo\.rl t>7ith lid, ironstone
1 odd lid, ironstone
Staffordshire English~·1are teapot & lid black & -v:hite
1 uhite and gilt lobster dish
1 black teapot small and lid
2 china shakers (G erman)
1 glass water bottle cut glass
· 1 glass pitcher cut glass
3 glass honey dishes with covers
5 etched g l ass cruets in silver sta~d
1 blue pitcher
1 silver casserole to~ith cover
4 tablespoo~s in silver plateJ holder
1 dinner b;ll
1 rosy fruit dish in silver hold er
1 pressed glass bowl
2 bells
1 t·:hite china sugar bm.,rl
2 ~;hite sh3ll shaped dishes
1 cake plate lined with birds
1 glass fruit di.sh of grape design containing ttv-o t-rax apples
1 china nolcsses jar ~·Tith peHtec 1 i.d
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Appendix C
(continued) Dining Room
41 . 1 child ' s silver cup
42 . 2 snall covered preserve dishes (glass)
43 . 1 large platter Austrian pink floral
4'• . 1 sugar bo'::l and lid Aus trian pink floral
45 . 1 glas s plate grape design
46 . 1 round glass cover
47 . 1 small orange bowl (glass)
48 . 2 glass vinegar cruets
49 . 1 gravy boat floral design
50 . 1 oval dlsn cherry pattern
51 . 1 glass syrup jar
52 . 1 blue glass dish
53 . 1 souvenir dish from Arkansas
54. 1 brass candle stick
55 . 4 tvoo deo r.apkin rings
56. 5 glass dessert dishes
57 . 2 petvter sugar bot.Jls and lids
58 . 1 silver cr~are pitcher (or pewter)
59. 1 tJO oden silver tray
60 . 2 tablespoons
61 . 1 soup spoon
62. 3 teaspoo3s
63 . 2 tableS?OORS
64 . 5 forks
65 . 4 knives
66. 1 butter knife
6 7 . 2 Thomas ~,·olfe Hem . platers
68 . 2 silver plated round plates
69 . 1 silver plated bread tray
70 . 1 pet.;rt e!: batter dish ,
71 . 1 glass celery dish (or vase)
72. Silver Service, gift fro;a H. 0 . {;olfe to Julia in 1896 consisting of
Urn on cradle ~ teapot, 2 sugar bowls , 2 creamers , cof fee pot, cup ,
S3all silver coa ster
73 . Large mantle clock with statuette on base
74 . 1 s mall alarm clock
75. 1 glass dish with cover
76 . 1 Japanese tea pot
77 . 1 Sl'!lall bottle in strat-I holder
78 . 1 large green boul broken
79 . 1 flowered cup
80 . 6 individual serving dishes
81. 7 cups
82 . 4 cereal bowls
83. 1 small platter
Sl. • 3 small bo:; ls
85. SU~at: bo;.:l
86. 1 butter dish
87 . salt acd pepp~r
88 . 1 sherb~t dish
89 . 5 plates
90 . 1 larg~ ~lass cracker bowl
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1 \·mod box
1 food safe
1 long table
2 small tables
1 sink
1 coal burning stove
1 gas stove
1 stool
4 chairs
1 mirror
Append ix C
3 pairs white c urtains and fixtures
2 graters
2 muff in pans
2 sifters
2 cake pans
1 Ul~a:::~ure
1 electric grill
1 chaffing dish
1 iron kettle
1 iron casserole
1 iron frying pan
1 small ice cream freezer
2 coffee pots
4 flat irons
1 tall crockery jar
Biltmore Dairy crate and 5 bottles
2 baskets
1 green prune juice bottle
1 clear glass bottle (pinch bottle)
1 \vooden tray
30 jars of food canned by Mrs . ~~olfe
1 mug
1 wooden churn and lid
1 coffee mill
1 pepper mill
3 blue and \vhite spice jars
1 tin cannister
1 ironing board
1 egg beater
2 wire potato mashers
2 forks
1 \vhe t s tone
1 whet stone
1 spatula
2 corn bread cookers
1 poker
1 stove lid lifter
2 wooden potato mashers
1 \•lOoden rna tch box
4 crockery bowls
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Appendix C
(continued) Kitchen
51 . 3 waffle irons
52 . 1 cornbread stick iron pan
53 . 1 bread kneading tray
54. 3 rolling pins
55 . 1 cherry seeder
56. 1 food grinde r
57 . 1 ice box , in hall
58 . 1 cupboard in hall
59 . large ma~ble top table in pantry
60 . 1 1923 calendar in hall
61. 1 mold
62 . 1 coca cola tray
63 . 1 metal tray
64 . 3 oil ca:1s
65 . 3 large Hhite pitchers
66 . 8 broken cups
67 . 4 broken plates
68. 2 broken ~owls
69. 12 fruit jars
70 . 3 water glasses
71 . 1 wire toaster
72 . 1 plate rack
73 . 1 can opener
74 . 2 pie ti~s
75. 1 music cabinet in b ack hall
76. 2 oil lanps in pan~ry
Sun Room
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2 coconuts (To m 'brought from Florida)
1 green jarceniere
picture of child and dog
picture of child and bird
piano, stool , and scarf
1 cut glass vase ( broken)
1 picture, saa scene
2 love seats ; 1 tapestry, 1 red
1 old round \v'alnu t table
pink glass ball on t..;ooden stand
mission table
parlor fu~niture , a ~less straight chair
1 fern stand
1 lea ther sofa
1 large upholstered chair (red )
lamp (metal base, glass shade)
rug (in poor condition)
srnall bulb b0\•11
1 red pl~stlc door decoration
1 floHer picture in butterfly fra.:'le
1922 calendar
1 small squar~ t~ble
2 coconuts
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Appendix C
Back Bedroom Office
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b"t"a ss bed , mattress , pillotv and spread
~vash sta nd
small t able
smoking stand
cut glass vase (broken)
rug
1 small straight chair
mustach cup
dresser with mi't"ror
lUarble frame and picture
picture of puppies
razor strops
clock
tvash bmvl and pitcher
soap dish
tt·lO rockers
picture - F lorida s cene
eleven canes in umbrella stand
leather couch and coverlet
coat rack
3 pairs white curtains and fixtur es
2 scarves
1 small bm-1l and (saucer or bm-1l )
1 sma ll pitcher vihite
de sk
type~-1rit er table
offica chair
2 glass enclosed sho:rcases
Family Bible belonging to \.J . 0 . Holfe
Treasury of Verses bel onging to W. 0 . Wolfe
Volume of Shakespeare belonging to W. 0 . Wolfe
Plaque of Thomas \.Jolfe given at Festival of .Arts in Birmingham,
Alabama , 1972
Portrait in pencil of Thomas Holfe artis t Douglas Gorsline
Dratving o: Fred t~olfe by Dee Workman
Habel and Ralph Hheaton on porch
Mabel at foot of hall stairs
Habel, Fred, Ralp'!'l Ashley Ripley
Habel , Fred , Heldon Heir , John
Shuford transferring Henorial to City 1958
Stone
Pastels o f Ben and Grover
Habel and Ralph i:1 dining room
Picture o~ Tom on porch
Nrs . Holfe at Tom ' s grave
Tom ' s to~bs tone
2 g"t"eC:l vases
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(Continued) Office
21 . mahogany rocker
22 . small mission rocker
23 . 1 metal straight chair
24 . Tom ' s Diplor!!a frora University of North Carolina
25 . Tom ' s Diploxa from Harvard
26 . Fred's Diploma from Georgia Tech
27 . telephone stand
28 . 1 Navajo Indian s mall rug
29. Saturday Evening Post Contract
30. Torn ' s letter to Effie in fraoe (1909)
31 . Ben ' s Certificate from International Correspondence School in Scranton,
Pennsylvania
32 . Ben ; s examination paper from International Correspondence School
33 . 2 pairs drapes
34 . 1 fern sta~d
35 . 1 card rack and cards
Hall
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lfuat-not
9 sea shells on \·lhat-not
Old Sampler "Peace Be Unto This House"
2 plates, one of To~ and one of house
2 marble tcp tables
tvall what-:lot
snell blac~ bowl
1 vase ( Bricannica metal)
small woode~ powder dish
1 small metal coaster
1 copper ashLray
1 small cage
picture - ,.;illian Gareble
pictu-ce of TI-.o:nas ~·iolfe (Pin.::hatt)
picture - Fred i.;olfe ( ~7avy 1918)
picture Frank Wolfe ( In yard)
picture - Ef:ic Holfe (old orange school)
picture - }'.abel ' s 1.,'edding
Mission bench , cane seat
Mission arm chair , cane seat
Tall Hall nirror - marble top
large hand ?ai:lted r.irror
large pain~ing of Julia ~olfe
roll top t·:alnut desk
fern pedestal
3 large tapes tries in s tainray
2 cherry hal£ tables
1 cloissane vase
picture (snow scene)
mirro>.,ed h ~ ll ha t rac k
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Hall
picture - George Hashington
glass fish boHl
(continued)
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side board - Burrell walnut marble
2 scc:rves
photos on r..;all
}1abel and Ralph
Fred
Ben
Grover
Frank
Effie
Habel
Julia and \.:. 0 . {•Tolfe
92 l~ood fin
48 Spruce (old)
Stone cutLery shop
Tom with Boarder
Nrs . vTolfe ~·rith Ef fie and Mabel
Hr . H . 0 . {.Jolfe
Family gathering
top
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1 large painting of Rouse by Eleanor Rat.rls ( 48 Spruce)
1 large candle holder (ceramic)
1 old telephone
1 l arge coconut
1 old lace door curtain
hall carpet and stair runner (pink)
2 doili~s
Small kitchen and store room of f office
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gas stove
kitchen cabinet
filing cabinet
General Electric Refrigerator
wardrobe with mirror
old type~vriter (not usable)
2 glass vases
I lnYentory made preparatory to the Wolfe Memorial's being turned
over to the State of North Carol ina as an Hist oric Site. Photocopied
from an original at the North Carol ina Division of Archives and History
in the Archives and History - State Library Building in Raleigh.
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LS.at at Tho.a• Wolt'e' a penoDal prope~7 on ~orage -* t
ILUOlO'rB STORAGE WARBHOU8B, DO.-Uo-lWJl Nth atNet-WIIW YORJt . Olft•
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MlMMOTH-ATTENTI ON-SCANLONt
!Reproduced from a list found in the U.N.C. Wolfe Collection. Wolfe
had his New York apartment furnisn i ngs stored prior to his "Western Journey."
They were brought to Asheville due to the exertions of Maxwel I Perk i ns,
John S. Terry, and , especially , Fred Wolfe . Among the few Items missing
Is a sma l l dresser belonging to AI rne Bernstein which was returned by
Maxwe II PerkI ns .
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Appendix E
MISCELLANEOUS VOLUMES FROM
LIBRARY OF ,
W. O. WOLFE - - - - - - - - - - -
1. Blue Book of Facts of Marine Engineering
Selections from Southern Poets
Between Times Learned
The Road to Plenty
History of the North Carolina Federation
Women's Clubs - 1901-1925
6. Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture
7. Above the park Tumult '
8 . . The Rim of the Desert
9. The Price of Things
10. The Deliverance
11. John H. Patterson
. 12. · stories and Poems of the Old North State
13. Rights and Wr ongs
1~. The Streets of Ascalon
15. A Sight of the Cumberland
16. Edgar Wallace Mysteries
17. Bareback
18. The Book Everybody Knows
19. The Novels by Arnild Bennett
20. Gone Native
21. Beware of Im1tat1Qn
22. A Story of The Old Times in New England
23. The Works of Alexander Dumas
2~. The Home Library of Law
25. Bedtime Business Stories
26. The House of Whispering Pines
27. Called Back
28. The Hand of Fa Marcha
29. Promenade Deck
30. The Second Jungle Book
31. Old Sunapee
32. Omoo A Romance of the South Seas
33· Lorna Moon
3~· Melody
35· The Oldest God
36. The People's Dictionary and Everyday
37· The Rivers Mystery
38. Ruggles of Red Gap
1897
39. The Gift of the Magi
~o. The Healthy Baby
41. Beautiful Bible Stories for Boys and Girls
42. Bankruptcy Act 1898
43. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
44. The Sculptor's Daughter
45. The Recovery of Myself
~6. Business Ken's Commercial Law Library
I -LIBRARY OF W. 0. WOLFE PAGE 2
47. Baptist Hymn and Praise Book
48. Recipes of Quality
49 • Charmeuse
50. The Vengeance of the Ivory Skull
51. John H. Patterson
52. New Delineator Recip~s
53. Cobb's Anatomy
54 . The Desert of Wheat
55 : The Coup d' Etat
56. The Death of the Gods
57. Hypatia
58. A Young Man 1 s Fancy
59. The Man From the Forest
60. The Life of Warren G. Harding
61. Londes Domini
62. The Interlopers
63. The Dalehouse Murder
6~. Invitation to the Waltz
65. The Kentons
66 . Priness Passes
67. The Greatness of Patience
68 • Disowned
69. The Case of Sgt. Griscba
9 2. We and the World
93Love (Phelps)
9~. The Road to Paris
95. Daughter of the Highlands
96. Light of Western Stars
97·· Thirty Years in the Golden North
98. The Rainbow Trail
99· The Heritage of the Desert
100. The Spanish Gypsy
101. Black Roses
102. Napoleon Bonaparte
103. Recessional and Vampire
10~. Lite and Works of Warren G. Harding
105. The Fighting Chance
106-. Bhe Reseue
107J ~orde a8Vors J
108. Essays of Our Times
109. The Man Nobody Knows
110. The Body on The Beach
111. Americanization of Edward Bok
112. Ghost of Guis House
113. Works of Alexander Dumas
11~. Les Miserables
115. The Master's Violin
116. Life of the Empress Josephine
117. The Wings of Chance
118. Viavi Hygiene
119. The Harp ot God
120. Les Kiserables
121. The Love of an Unknown Soldier
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Appendix E
LIBRARY OF W. 0. WOLFE
Cast Up By the Sea
Enemies
Every Man Encyclopedia .
PAg~ 3
Outlines of Physiogra phy
Oxford Book of English Verse
By the Waters of Sicily
San Francisco's Horror of Earthquake
Fire and Fa mine
Masterpieces of Oriental Mystery
Robinson Crusoe
.·
'Reproduction of an unsigned and undated list from the U.N .~ lo lfe
Co I I ect ion . l t may fiaye 15een comp ll ed by ~abe I Wh.eaton in tb.e l.tJte 1940 ' ·s .
Probably it does not represent W. 0 . Wolfe ' s complete library and might
be rendered ~ore complete by a careful examination of and comparison with
other books found in the home (see appendix F and the note thereto) . I
have no explanation for tne gap between numbers 69 and 92 in this I ist •
. .
. .. ~
Appendix F
B6oks in the Wolfe Home Belonging to Various Members of the
Wolfe FamrJyl
A. From List labeled "Books in !- door bookshelf"
I . Baptist Hymnal
2. The New Universal Dictionary
3. Ho ly Bible
4. Welsh Border Country
5. Rouman tan Journey
6. An Actor ' s Daughter <Written by AI ine Bernstein)
7. That Sometning
8. Luey's Half Crown
9. Editor's Choice
10 . Genius and Character
I I . The Power House
12 . Holy Old Mackinaw
13. Dead on Arrival
14 . Christ's Power in Song
15. Me lodies of Praise
16. The Shining Light
17. Sweet Fields
18. The Mean ing of Prayer
19 . Holy Bible
20. Wife in Name On ly
21 . Miracles in the Slum
22 . Life of Crockett
23 . Stories from Wagner
24 . Se l I ing Things
25 . Eyeless in Gaza
26 . And Tel I of Time
27. War in Heaven
28. The Pattern of Soviet Power
29 . Leave Her to Heaven
30 . Richard Haliburton
31 . Music Ha II Parade
32. The Engl ish Landscape
33. Out of the Kitchen into the War
34 . The Band of the Red Hand
35. Open the Door
36 . We have a Future
37. Maeonia
38. Let God Be True
39 . With a Dutch Accent
40 . Pity the tyrant
41 . There i s a R i ve r
42 . The Trend of the Times
43. Take AI to Nebraska
44. The Treasury of Song
45 . Robert Browning's Poems
Appendix f
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46 . Kipling's Ballads
47 . The Golden Dawn
48 . In the Land of Boh
49 . Life of Napoleon the Great
50 . History of the U. S . Mint
51 . Operation , Care and Repair of Autos
52 . The First Shearing
53 . The Dream City
54. The Life of Jesus for Young People
55 . Webster ' s Dictionary
56 . The Golden Treasury of Poetr y and Prose
57 . The Golden Treasury of Poetry and Prose
58. Holy Bib le
59 . Holy Bible
60 . French-Engl i sh , English- French Dictionary
61 . Harvard Classics (5 1 Vo lumes)
62 . John L. Stoddards Lect ures (12 Volumes)
63. Webster ' s Dictionary
64 . Oaf ly Strength for Dally Deeds
65 . Oxford Book of English Verse
B. From List Labeled "Books on Floor Under Table"
I . Standard Book of Know+edge (six volumes)
2 . Chopin
3 . The Baked Head
4 . O' Henry
5 . America 1 s Cook Book
6 . Mantrap
7 . Thorns in the Flesh
8 . Sacred Mountains
9 . Holy Bi ble
10. The Low Road
I I . Handy Dict ionary
IThis I ist has been compiled from a lengthy hand -written I ist and a
brief typed I ist, labeled as above, found in the U . N.~ . Wolfe Col lection .
These I ists are undated and unsigned . It is probabl e that some of these
volumes belonged to theW . 0. Wolfe I ibrary (see appendix E) . Others were
published long after his death and belonged to other family members , es pec­ially
Mabel Wheaton . It should be noted that several boxes of books were
found in the smal I room upstairs on the northwest corner of the Wolfe home.
These books belonged toW . 0 . Wolfe , Mabel Wheaton, and others. An examina­tion
of these volumes indivi.dually would , in many cases , reveal the original
owners .
Appendix G
Partial List of Other Boarding Houses on North Spruce Street From
1906 to 1916
Address Name Year Proprietor
(If Indicated) (Not Necessarily the Owner)
15 909 Mrs. A. E. McDougle
15 910 Mrs . A. E. McDougle
15 The Dixie 913 Mrs. Bessie Hatche I I
17 912 Mrs. J. L. Ramsay
17 913 Mrs. Artimecla McDougle
17 914 Mrs. J • L. Ramsay
24 912 Mrs. L.R.Miller
24 9 13 Mrs. L. R. Mi II er
24 The Colonial 914 Mrs. o. L. Nevi I le
41 906 Mrs. Sue Wray
45 909 Mrs. Kate 0 1 Donne II
45 The Elton 912
45 The Elto n 1913 Mrs . s. N. Watkins
45 The Elton 1914 Mrs . s. N. Watkins
45 The Elton 1916 Mrs. s. N. Watkins
57 1906 Mrs . Joanna L. Ronci
57 The Belvidere 1909 Mrs. Ne I I i e Hyman
57 The Be I vi dere 1910 Mrs. Nellie Hyman
57 The Be I vi dere 1912 W. E. Tyeck (?)
57 The Belmont 1913 Dr . B. A. Houser
57 The Belmont 1914 Dr. B. A. Houser
57 The Belmont 1916 Dr . B. A. Houser
67 1909 Mrs. L. J . Burnette
73 19 14 Mrs . Zora Coffey
Appendix H
Selected Bibliography of Wolfe's Published Writingsl
Books
Look Homeward, Angel. ~Story of the Buried Life . New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1929.
Of Time and the River . A Legend £f.. Man's Hunger~ Hi s Youth. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
From Death to ~rning. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. This col lec­tion
of short stories Included : "No Door," "Death the Proud Brother,"
''The Face of War," "On I y the Dead Know Brook I yn ," "Dark in the Forest,
Strange as Time," "The Four Lost Men , " "Gulliver," "The Bums at Sunset , "
"One of the Girls in Our Party," "The Far and the Near, " "In the Park,"
"The Men of Old Catawba , " "Circus at Dawn," and "The Web of Earth."
The Story of~ Novel. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936.
The Web and the Rock .New York : Harper and Brothers, 1939.
You Can't Go Home Again . New York: Harper and Brothers , 1940.
The Hi I Is Beyond. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1941. There are twenty stories
in this volume. The last ten are related as parts of the series from which
this book takes its name. The first ten stor~es, however, stand on their
own . They are: ''The Lost Boy," "No Cure for It," "Gentlemen of the Press 7
11
"A Kinsman of His Blood," "Chickamauga," "The Return of the Prodigal , "
"On Leprechauns," "Portrait of a Literary Critic, " "The Lion at Morning,"
and "God 's Lonely Man . "
The Short Novels of Thomas Wolfe. Edited by C. Hugh Ho.lman . New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1961. This volume contains : "A Portrait of Bascom Hawke,"
"The Web of Earth," "No Door," "I Have a Thing to Te I I You , " and "The
Party at Jacks."
Letters
Thomas Wolfe's Letters to His 1\bther, edited by John Skal ly Terry New York:
Charles Scribner ' sSons, 1943.
The Correspondence of Thomas Wolfe and Homer Andrew Watt, Qdited by Oscar Cargil I
and Thomas Clark Pol lock. New York: New York Univer~lty Press, 1954.
Andrew Watt was chairman of the English Department of New York University.
The Letters of Thomas Wolfe, edited by Elizabeth Nowel I. New York: Charles
Scri bnerrs Sons , 1956.
The Letters of Thomas Wolfe to His MotherJ edited by C. Hugh Holman and Sue
Fields Ross . Chapel Hi IT: University of North Carol iRa Press, 1968. This
edition of Wolfe's letters to his mother is much improved over Skal ly's
earlier edition.
Appendix H
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Mlscel laneous Pub I ications
The Crisis~ Industry. Chapel Hit I: Published by the University of North
Caro l ina, 1919 . Wolfe's first separate pub I I cation> in an edition of
200 copies.
Mannerhouse : ~ ~ J...Q_ ~Prologue and Three Acts. New York: Harper and
Brothers , 1948.
~ Western J ou rna I : ~ Da i I y Log of the Great Parks :!I.!..e_, June 20 - J u I y 2 ,
1938 . Pittsburg : Univeristy of Pittsburg Press, 1951 .
Thomas Wolfe's Purdue Speech , 11\~riting and Living"., ed. Wi II iam Braswell and
Leslie A. Field. Layfayette, Indiana : Purdue University Studies , 1964.
The No t ebooks of Thomas Wolfe, ed . Richard A . Kennedy and Paschal Reeves. 2 vols.
- Chapel Hi_l_l: University of North Carol ina Press , 1970.
Art i cles
"An Angel on the Porch," Scribner's Magazine, LXXXVI (August 1929), pp. 205-
210. Wolfe's first appearance in a major magazine. Similar to Look
Homeward , Angel , pp. 99- 100 , 262-269.
"Boom Town , " American Mercury, XXXII (May 1934) , pp . 2 1- 39 . Simi I ar to
You Can't Go Horne Again , pp. 88, 120, 142-146.
11 The Chi I d by Tiger, 11 Saturday Evening Post, CCX (I I September 1937),
pp . 10-11, 92-102. Simi tar to The Web and the Rock, pp. 132-136.
"Fame and the Poet," American Mercury , XXXIX (October 1932), pp . 149-154.
"The Party at Jacks , " Scribner's Magazine , CV (May 1939) , pp . 14- 16, 40-49,
58-62 . Parts appear in You Can ' t Go Home Again, scatte red between
pp. 196 and 322 .
"A Portrait of Bascom Hawke," Scribner's Magazine , XCL CApri I 1932), pp. 193-
198, 2.39-256. Similar to Of Time and the River , pp. 104-150 .
"Thomas Wolfe Describes His Feelings at Being Home Again , " Ashevi lie Citizen­Time
s , 16 May 1937 .
"We l come to Our City , 11 Esquire XLVIII <October 1957), pp. 58 - 83 . First
pub l !cation of this play , written by Wolfe at Harvard.
"Writing Is My Life : Letters of Thomas Wolfe , " Atlantic Monthly, CLXXYIII
(December 1946) , pp . 60-66; CLXXIX (January 1947), pp. 39-45 ; CLXXX (february
1947) , pp. 55-61 . These are letters to Mrs . J . M. Roberts written
between 1920 and 1938 .
I for an exhaustive bibliography of writings by and about Vlolfe, see the volume
from which this blbl iography was almost entirely drawn -Elmer D. Johnson ,
Thomas Wolfe: A Check! ist (Kent , Oh i o : Kent State University Press , 1970).
• •
Number of rooms .
Col or of house .
Flowers and
trees.
Size of lot.
Rear piers.
Heating.
Porch and hall.
Purchase.
Moving in . •
Back bedroom.
Calcimine.
Kitchen porch.
Heating.
Rear porch,
Cellar rooms .
Appendix I
-THOMAS WOLFE H.QUSR ClTATI.QNS
FROM LOOK HOM.E:t~ARD , ANGEL 1
(New York: Charl es Scribner ' s Sons, 1929, 1952, 1957}
Thus, she began to think of Dixieland. It was &Ltuated five
minutes from the publ ic square, on a pl easant sloping mid~leclass
street of small homes and boarding-houses. Dixieland was a big
cheaply constructed frame house of eighteen or b~enty drafty high­ceilinged
.rooms: it had a rambling, unplanned , gabular appearance,
and was painted a dirty yellow. It had a pleasant green front yard,
not deep but wide, bordered by a row of young deep-bodied maples :
there was a sloping depth of one hundred and ninety feet , a frontage
of one hundred and twenty . (p. 104)
In winter , the wind blew howling blasts under the skircs of
Dixieland: its back end was built high off the ground on wet col­umns
of rotting brick. Its big rooms were heated by a small fur­nace
which sent up, when charged with fire, a hot dry enervation to
the rooms of the first floor, and a gaseous but. chill radiation to
those upstairs . (p. 104-105)
• . . he [Reverend Wellington Hodge] felt the malign influence
of the house had governed his mm disintegration. He ~vas a sensitive
man, and his promenades about his estate were checked by inhibited
places : the cornice of the long girdling porch where a lodger had
hanged himself one day at dawn . • • the spot in the hall where a
consumptive had collapsed in a hemorrhage, the room where the old
man cut his throat. (p . 105)
She [Eliza] bought the place for seventy-five hundred dollars .
('p. 106)
In the young autumn . . • Eliza moved into Dixieland. (p. 106)
Thus, before he was eight , Eugene gained another roof and lost
forever the tumultuous, unhappy., warm centre of his home •. . • oc­casionally,
although infrequently, he slept with Luke in the sloping,
alcoved , gabled back room, rude with calcimine, with the h.igh drafty
steps that slanted to the kitchen porch, with the odor of old stacked
books in packing-cases, with the sweet orchard scents. There were
two beds . (p. 107)
. the great chill tomb of Dixieland • . • Eliza was most
sparing of coal. (p. 108)
Eugene lvas ahsamed of Dixieland. • (p. ll2)
As the house filled, in the summer season, and it was necessary
to wait until the boarders had eaten before a place could be found for
him, he lvalked sullenly about beneath the propped back porch of Dixie­land,
savagely exploring the dark cellar , or the two dank windowless
rooms lvhich Eliza rented, when she could, to negresses . (p . 113)
Heating .
Dining room.
Linoleum.
Parlor.
Second floor
bedroom.
Dining room.
Eliza ' s room.
Additions to
the house.
Kitchen .
Rear Porch.
The car .
The playhouse.
It ~vas the winter, and the sullen dying autumn that he hated
most at Dixieland-- the dim fly-specked lights , the wretched progress
about the house in search of warmth. • . . The chill l~alls festered
with damp. (p. 115)
the sharp oiliness of the dining-room linoleum [and] the
horsehair walnut par lor at mid-day, good \·Tith the mellow piano-smell
and the smell of stale varnished wood ••• (p. 117)
[Mary Thomas] had a small room with a sleeping proch, at the
front of the house upstairs. (p. 119)
Daisy had been married in the month of June follwoing Eliza ' s
purchase of Dixieland: the wedding was arranged on a lavish scale,
and took place in the big dining-room of the house .. •. the house,
unnaturally cheerful with rich carpets and flowers • • . (p. 124)
At Dixieland, Eliza slept soundly in a small dark room with a
window opening on the uncertain light of the back porch. Her chamber
was festooned with a pendant wilderness of cord and string; stacks of
old newspapers and magazines were piled in the corners; and every
shelf was loaded with gummed , labelled, half-filled medicine bottles .
There was a smell in the air of mentholatum, Vick' s Pneumonia Cure,
and sweet glycerine. The negress arrived, coming under the built-up
house and climbing lazily the steep tunnel of back steps . (p. 152)
Eliza ' s earning pm~er the first few years at Dixieland had been
injured by her illness . Now, however, she had recovered, and had
paid off the l ast installment on the house. . . The property at
this time was \-lorth perhaps $12,000. . . . She had added a large
sleeping porch upstairs , tacked on two rooms, a bath, and a hallway
on one side, and extended a hallway , adding three bedrooms , two baths ,
and a ll1atercloset, on the .other . Downstairs she had widened the
veranda, put in a large sun-parlor under the sleeping porch, knocked
out the archway in the dining-room, which she prepared to use as a
big bedroom in the slack season, scooped out a small pantry in which
the family ll1as to eat, and added a tiny room beside the kitchen for
her own occupancy.
The construction l-IaS after her own plans, and of the cheapest
material : it never lost the smell of raw wood, cheap varnish, and
flimsy rough plastering, but she had added eight or ten rooms at a
cost of only $3 , 000. (p . 161)
• Eliza, rushing awkwardly to the gas range and lighting a
burner. (p. 205)
Ben opened the torn screen door and stepped out on the back
porch. (p. 205)
... be drove Gant's car- a 1913 five-passenger Ford , purchase
of an inspired hour of madness . (p . 213)
One morning in early summer , after Helen had returned, Eugene
was wakened by scuffling feet and excited cries along the small
boardwalk that skirted the house on its upper side and led to the
. .
Vegetabl e garden.
Rear porch.
Rear porch.
Heating .
nents.
Shakespeare
picture.
Calcimine.
Kitchen.
Flot.,ers .
Father's
bedroom.
:t:l her ' s bed
4oom.
Appendix
pl ayhouse, a musty little structure of pine with a singl e big room,
which he could almost touch from the sloping roof that flowed about
his gabled backroom windot.,. The playhouse was another of the strange
extravagancies of Gantian fancy: it had been built for the children
when they were young. It had been for many years closed,. it was a
retreat of delight; its imprisoned air , stale and cool, was scented
permanently \dth old pine boards, cased books, and dusty magazines .
(p. 238)
She [Eliza] sent him [Eugene] forth in the rank thicket of her
garden to hoe out the swarming weeds that clustered about her vege­t
ables, which flourished, as did all the earth , under her carel ess
touch. (p . 243- 244)
Thus , flailing the clotted earth drunkenl y , he would be brought
t o suddenly by her piercing scr eam from the high back porch , and
realize that he had destroyed totally a row of young bladed corn .
''Why, what on earth , boy!" she f r etted angril y , peering down at
him through a shelving confusion of wash-tubs, limp dr ying stockings,
empty milk bottles, murky and unwashed, and rusty lard-buckets. (p . 244)
[Eugene] dressed and descended the stairs gently to the back
porch. (p . 245)
Your mother has let the Old Barn to Mrs . Revell until she gets
back . I r."ent in the other day and f ound it warm for the first time
in my life. She keeps the furnace going and she's not afraid to
burn coal. (p . 262)
The war had begun at the peak of the summer season. Dixieland
was full . (p . 289)
Eugene tore the Chandos portrait [of Shakespeare] from the pages
of the Independent and nailed i t to the calcimined wall of the back
room. Then, still full of the great echoing paean of Ben Johnson ' s ,
3
he scrawled blot" it in large trembling letters: "My Shakespeare, rise!"
(p. 307) [The Independent , vol 85, February 21 , 19f¥, between pp . 230-2311
[Helen] came in on members of her family , one afternoon , in the
kitchen at Dixieland. . . . Eliza put her iron down on the board.
(p. 313)
He leaped down on the walk just as his father lurched in from
the street by the high obscuring hedge that shut the house from the
spacious yard of the attorney Hall. Gant reeled destructively, across
a border of lilies , on to the lawn, and strode for the veranda • •
Father and son plunged chaotically down the '~de dark hal l, Eliza
\>Teeping and making gestures, just before them.
"Take him in here , boy. Take him in here, '' she whispered, motion­ing
to a large bed-room on the upper side of the house. Eugene propel­led
his father through a blind passage of bath room, and pushed him over
on the creaking \vidth of an iron bed. (p. 358-359)
The t\vO men fell heavily into the roughly grained plaster of the
'"all. (p . 359-360)
Bathroom.
Porch swing.
Tenents .
Kitchen.
Stairs.
Hall sleeping
porch.
View from house .
Father ' s bedroom.
Sleeping porch .
Kitchen.
Rear piers .
Cellar walls.
He '"ent into the dark bathroom and held his hand under a jet of
lukelo7arm water . (p. 362)
• . . they sat upon the lo7ooden swing. (p. 362)
Eugene and Laura sat lvith joined hands in the slowly creaking
swing . (p. 362)
" A roof to call our own !" he yelled, with a crazy laugh. " Good
God , we haven't a bed to call our own . We haven't a room to call
our own . We have not a quilt to call our own that might not be taken
from us to warm t he mob that rocks upon this porch and grumbles . "
(p. 365)
4
But before he went to bed , he descended to the kitchen for matches .
She was still there, beyond the l ong littered table, at her ironing
board, flanked by two big piles of laundry. (p. 367)
He went out and began to mount the dark stairs . Benjamin Gant,
entering at this moment, stumbled across a mission-chair in the hall.
. • . Eugene paused , then mounted softly the carpeted stair, so that
he would not be heard, entering the sleeping-porch at the top of the
landing on which he slept.
He did not turn on the light, because he disliked seeing the raw
blistered varnish of the dresser and the bent lo7hite iron of the bed.
It sagged, and the light '"as dim - he hated dim lights . . . The
moonlight fell upon the earth like a magic unearthly dawn . It wiped
away all rawness, it hid all sores. It gave all common and familiar
things - the sagging drift of the barn , the raw shed of the creamery ,
the rich curve of the l alo1Jer ' s crab-apple trees - a uniform bloom of
wonder. He lighted a cigarette, watching its red glowing. suspiration
in the mirror, and leaned upon the rail of his porch, looking out.
Presently, he grew aware that Laura James, eight feet away, was watch­ing
him . • . . In the room below them, the light crawled to his father's
bed, swam up the cover, arid opened across his face, thrust sharply up ­ward.
. . . He threw h is leg across the rail, and thrust his long body
over space to the sill of her window, stretching out like a cat . (p. 368)
He awoke lvith a high hot sun beating in on his face through the
porch awnings . (p. 369)
[Eliza] fished a shoe-box out of a pile of magazines and news­papers
that littered the top of a low cupboard. (p. 371)
Ben went swiftly down the shallow steps and loped back over the
lawn . The yard sloped sharply down: the gaunt back of Dixieland was
propped upon a dozen rotting columns of whitewashed brick, fourteen
feet high . In the dim light , by one of these slender piers, already
mined with crumbling ruins of wet brick, the scarecrow crouched, torl­ing
with the thin grapevine of his arms against the temple .
"I will kill you, House," he gasped. "Vile and accursed House,
I will tear you down . I will bring you dmm upon the whores and
boarders . I will wreck you, Rouse ."
Another convulsion of his shoulders brought dolm a sprinkling rain
of dust and rubble .
..
iza's room.
Sun parlor.
Phonograph.
Parlor.
Heating .
Kitchen.
Hall.
Sidewalk.
First floor
bedroom.
Father ' s bedroom.
Second floor
bedroom.
Lights.
Heating.
Lights .
Hall.
Parlor.
Ben ' s Room
Second floor
bedroom.
Parlor.
Heating.
Appendix I .
. .• with a great effort of his hands and shoulders, the boy
l ifted his captor off the ground , and dashed him back against the
white brick wall of the cellar. (p. 387)
He went back and found Eliza preparing to retire to her little
cell. (p. 391)
But on that dark stair , his foot-falls numbed in the heavy
carpet. (p . 392)
1-liss Irene 't-1allard changed the needle of the little phonograph
in the sun- parlor, and reversed the well- lvorn record. (Poor Butter­fly/
Katinka) (p. 393)
His father spent most of the day staring vacantly into the parlor
fire . [Nurse] rocked incessantly before the fire . (p. 409)
He got up , and reeled out of the alien presences of light and
warmth in the kitchen ; he went out into the hall where a dim light
burned and the high walls gave back their grave-damp chill. This ,
he thought, is the house .
He sat down upon the hard missi on settl e, and listened to the
cold drip of sil ence . (p . 413)
He straddled the line that ran down the middle of the concrete
sidelo1alk. (p. 413)
The door of the front bed- room, opposite the parlor, was open .
They took him in and put him to bed. (p. 413)
Gant . had now moved definitely from the house on Woodson
Street .. . to a big back room at Eliza' s. (p. 442)
During the brief two weeks that Eugene remained at home before
departing again for Pulpit Hill , he shared with Ben a little room
and sleeping porch upstairs. (p . 442)
"Have you got that porch light, on , too?" ... "What on earth
do you mean by burning up all that electricity!" (p . 443)
"If that boy dies it's because he c-c-c-cculdn1t keep Harm. "
(p . 449)
A light burned dimly in the hall , evoking for him chill memories
of damp and gloom. A lolarmer light burned in the parlor , painting the
lm.;rered shade of the tall window a warm and mellow orange.
"Ben ' s in that room upstairs," Luke whispered, "where the light
is . "
Eugene looked up lolith cold dry lips to the bleak front room
upstairs, 'tvith its ugly Victorian bay-window. It was next to the
. sleeping porch ,.,here , but three weeks before , Ben had hurled into the
darkness his savage curse at life . The light in the sickroom burned
grayly. (p . 450)
Eugene entered the parlor and found Gant alone before a brigbL
coal-fire. (p . 450)
5
1 I
I
!
i
I
I
Ben's room.
Lights.
Bathroom.
Dining room.
Parlor.
Pcu:lor .
For a moment Eugene could see nothing, for dizziness and fear.
Then, in the gray shaded light of the room, he described Bessie Gant,
the nurse, and the long yellow· skull' s-head of Coker. . . • Then,
under the terrible light which fell directly and brutally upon the
bed alone, he saw Ben. (p. 451)
The old fantasy of his childhood came back to him: he remembered
his hatred of the semi-private bathroom, his messy discomport while he
sat at stool and stared -at the tub filled with dirty wash, sloppily
puffed and ballooned by cold gray soapy water . (p . 458)
Luke and Eugene went into the big dining- room which Eliza had
converted into a bed-room. (p. 473)
Ben lay in the parlor, bedded in his expensive coffin. The room
was heavy with the incense of the funeral flowers . (p. 479)
But Eliza sat before the fire at Dixieland with hands folded.
Eugene heard the whine of the bleak wind about the house that he must
leave, and the voice of Eliza calling up from the past the beautiful
lost things that never happened. (p. 482)
Father 's pedroom. Gant was dead . Gant was living, death-in-life . In .his big back
Tenents .
room at Eliza ' s he waited death . (p . 504)
[Eliza] was sixty ... She still ran Dixieland, but she had given
up the boarders for roome....---s, and most of the duties of management she
i ntrusted to an old maid who lived in the house . (p. 504)
Value of house. "Dixieland" itself had become enourmously valuable. The street which
she had forseen yea::::-s before (p . 104] had been cut through behind her
boundaries: she l acked thirty feet of meeting the golden highway,
but she had bought the intervening strip, paying without c_omplaint
Lights.
a stiff price. Since then she had refused, with a puckered smile,
an offer of $100,000 for her property. (p. 505)
She would fret loudly if a light was kept burning in the house.
(p. 505)
Pantry.
Dining room.
• they ate, wedged in the little pantry - the dining- room had
been turn~d over to the roomers . (p. 505)
1These descriptive passages from Look Homeward, Angel were gathered by
Mr. Edward Turberg of the North Carol ina Division of Archives and HisTory.
Page references are to the Scrl bner Ll brary paperback edit ion . The passage­on
page I of this appendix from page 107 of Look Homeward , Angel refers
to the Woodfin Street house.
6
Appendix J
Miscellaneous Notes on Specific Items
Door Blocks
A white marble door b lock for the front door , inscribed " J . E . ~~ . from
W. O. W. 1884" was given by W. 0 . Wolfe to his prospective bride as a Christ­mas
present shortly before thei r marriage . A second door block, once in the
sun parlor , inscribed " Reddy ," was given by ~J. 0 . Wolfe to his second wife,
Cynth i a Hi I l, who had red hair . I
W. 0 . Wolfe ' s Walnut Wardrobe
The wa ln ut ward robe In W. 0 . Wolf e ' s bed r oom was purchased from a
second hand furniture dea ler named Moore . It had formerly be lon ged to a
local madam , El Ia Chapman . 2
Mrs . Wolfe's Estey Organ
Organ was pu r chased about 1880 for $25 . 00 while Mrs . Wolfe was
teaching school in Mitchel I County . On Woodfin Street it had been placed
in the playhouse where Mabel would sometimes play i t on Sunday afternoons .
In the 1930 ' s Mrs . Wolfe gave the organ to a neighbor , a Mrs . Johnson ,
who in turn gave or sold it to a Mr . W. J . McCanless , Jr . McCan13ss
later donated the organ to the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Association .
Silver Service
The silver service in the d i ning room was a gift from W. 0 . Wolfe to
his wife in 1896 , on the occassion of their eleventh ann iversary . 4
Clock in W. 0 . Wolfe ' s Room
According to Of Time and the River the c lock in W. 0 . Wolfe ' s
bedroom was purchased by h i s father t wo years befor e the Ci vi I War and
given as a g i ft to his mo ther in atonement for a dr inki ng spr ee he had
gone on whi le accompan i ed by the young W. 0 . and his brother Wesley . 5
Tom's Althea or Rose of Sharon
Th i s shrub was pu r chased as 11 an oak tree" by Wolfe for 10¢ when he
was a school boy . He p lanted his "oak" in f r ont of the bay window . For
many years it was a fam i ly joke . Among the last words Wo l fe spoke before
returning to New Yo r k from Ashev i I le in early September of 1937 were:
"Goodbye , Mrs . Wolfe , and don ' t forget to take good care of my oa k tree ."
The sh r ub can be seen in many photographs of the house and was ther e at
least as late as 1949.6
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Ca rs
In either 191 I or 1912 W. 0 . Wo lfe purchased a five passenger Model T
Ford tour ing car from the Ashevi I le Automobi le Company for $1 , 500 . ~~ . 0 . Wolfe,
like Tom , never learned to dr ive a car. Fred was the family chauffeur . The
Ford was parked under a shed t0 the rear of the Old Kentucky Home . - Severa l
years later it was traded to a junk dea ler in Ashev i I le in exchange for two
lots on State Street in West Ashevi I le - lots wh ich Mrs . Wolfe so ld about
1924 for $1 , 000 each . About 1924 Mrs . Wo lfe purchased a rather expensive
car - a Reo . She did not learn to drive, however, and , aft7r about ten
years of sitt ing idly In the ga rage, the Reo was a lso so ld.
Notes to Appen dix J
1Hayden Norwood , Marble Man ' s Wife , pp . 31 - 32 .
2 I b I d I p p. 29 - 31 .
3 1ntervi e w wi th Fred Wolf e cond ucted by Bob Conway ;
Anon . undated article from the Ashe vi I le Citi zen .
4 1nterview with Fred Wolfe conducted by Bob Conway .
5Thomas Wolfe , Of Time and the Ri ve r , pp . 263 - 265 .
6Johnson , Stewart, "Mrs . Juli a Wo lfe," p . 44 ; Anon . "Tom Wolfe Home
Open to Pub I ic," Char l otte Observer, 7 August 1949 . See transcr ipt of letter,
Julia Wolfe to Thomas Wolfe , 19 July 1931 , in Pack Wolfe Col lection .
?Mabel Wheaton and Legette Blythe , Thomas ~lolfe and His Family , pp . 150 -
155; Interview of Fred Wolfe on 13 August 1975 . Mabel Wheaton recal I s that
the Ford wa s purchased from the " Hoi I ifield Motor Company ;" but C ity Directories
of the per iod I ist no s uch business . Probably the Ashevl I le Automobile Company
i s t he corr ect dealer .
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Senators Cra~for.d and GGdg~ro
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Febr-uary 4 ., 3 97 ~}
1 . A BILL TO B:S EN'l'ITL:.;!:D
2 A.'l ACT APPROPRIATING FUN!)S ?OR TBE ES':i'ABLIS~i'J.IENT OF THE TECt,lAS
3 WOLFE ~1E~10R IAL AS A STATE ~~ISTORIC SITEo
L Tho:r.as ~~olfe r.as !:or~ a·c 92 Hoodfin Street in
5 A3hevi lleu No~th Carolinau on Octob~r 3~ t900~ and in the short
6 3 3 years of: his lif~ gained reno'rln for ~limsel f and his State
7 -:.hrough e::-tin€!:1ce in litera~y his '.vri ti~gs
8 characterizing hi::t as one fl!' history3 s ~Qs":: gif ·t~d authors; and
9 ~he fo~r:~~.tive years of ·.rhom as ~·iolfe \vere spent
10 a t L}8 Spruce Str.~et, OI.d HomeJ
ll referred to in his writings as Di~i~land; and
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13 Thomas Holfe Xer.to:::-ial~ ~~as ge!1ero·.1sly C'X!:tt.?.G b:t• his family to
Ht th~ Ci t~r of Ashev:U.l-e and has became ::\ !?Opula:r North Carolina
15 a~i:!:'action .. r.aving in ! 972 been desig~at.ed .~s a National Historic
• 17 ~ith the approval of
Tom 11 s '
f!'~d ~-To ~!~l..:e;. h~s 3gread to donate
19 the said Th.:::>,.-l~S S.lolfc .1-~erno~ 'i.Z\l to ·t2.e St:at::: ,_:;£ North carolina for
i973 SESSIO .'·'
l ;t a::O:-:lbl.e ::.2·,2·2-~.L:~t :i.ve ac·tion l-e~ding to acceptan-::;e .by the S ta·ta ;
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5 theme3 no;.; ccoerc-:l in. the sy.':>tem and ensure the appropriate and
6 per-pet~.1a l commemo ~:·:~:tion of the life ar.d literary accomplishments
7 o i one o.l: th::'! .5c2 t. 2 '1s mcst notab le s ons ; Now , therefore~'
8 The Gen~ral Assen:hly of North Carolina enacts:
9 Section ~0 There is hereby appropriated from the
10 General Fund ·to t.l-:~ Di~;;ision of Archives and History of the
11 Department. of ~uJ. tural Resources for the fiscal year 197 4-1 975
12 the sum of thiri:.y-eight ·thousand six hundred seventy-seven
13 dollars ($38~. 6 ?7} fer the purpose of acquiring , maintaining, and
lu operating as s. s·ta-::e historic site the Thomas Wolfe Nemorial .. 48 -
15 Sp~u c e Str~et., ~.she:tille.Y North Carolina. •- sec.. 2 .. T~ere is also hereby appropriated from the
17 General .Fund ~c. ; :!"l "S :Ci vision of Archives and History of the
18 Department of. Cul·tura l R"" urcs s for ·the fiscal year 1974-1 975
19 the sn1n of: f:i.ft:. y thousand dollars · ($50~ 000} for the purpose of
~.) r~~!_:nd.ring )' :c~ .0ovc:: ·t ing:r :::.::1d i mproving said Thomas Holfe f.lemorial,
21 in.::ludir.g; if reaGe.:!., the acqui.sition of additional property for
T~1J.s act shall be in f ull force and effect on
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2 Senate Bill t046