A newspaper clipping explaining the struggles of Asheville's first pawnshop after getting loans became significantly easier.

This item contains notes from Leo Finkelstein's speech and his account of his family roots, from Lithuania to Asheville, North Carolina.

Photographs and newspaper clippings from Leo Finkelstein's life and family.

Leo Finkelstein displays his incredible talent as a storyteller and historian through the letters and diaries that he wrote throughout his life. This notebook contains stories about World War II, Thomas Wolfe, pawnbroking, the Great Depression, and Asheville, North Carolina in the twentieth century.