Edward "Ed" Adamy

Edward "Ed" Nicholas Adamy was a student from fall of 1946 to spring of 1947. Some of his college engagements are shared below from college buttons.

In Edward’s student files, he shared that he was in prison for not reporting for military duty, over a disagreement of classification, and he was granted parole. He asked for admission to follow his release from parole. There isn't much known about Ed while at the college, but he is seen in some well-published photographs of student life at BMC. After leaving BMC, Ed and fellow students joined a farm community in Oregon called Viewpoint Farm.

Asheville Art Museum Collection

Writings about Ed can be seen in digitized college bulletins on Asheville Art Museum's collection website: collection.ashevilleart.org. They can be found by searching these accession numbers:

2017.40.218.01 November 1946 bulletin, Listed in the Classless Group Meeting along with Charlie Boyce, Hanvel Schauffler, and Dave Rosnik. "The old drudgery or coal hauling has been lessened by the rotation of the groups that take on the job. Peggy Brown’s house, the old Strauss cottage, was entirely repainted inside. A new group has been formed which, under the direction of Neil Albright and Ed Adamy, will try to keep up with the minor electrical, plumbing and carpentry repairs that occur from day to day. This group is made up of a nucleus of men supposedly in-the-know, and they will rotate the people who work with them in an effort to pass along their valuable information and skill. The group was formed at Ted Rondthaler’s suggestion and should prove valuable. ...There was a surprise performance by the “Barber Shop Quartet” (h. and j. burgman, boyce, schauffler and schauffler, Albright, adamy and rendy) all equipped with different colored mustaches which couldn’t be seen because of the dark)."

2017.40343 poster, 1946 Listed as involved with the college football team, Prehistoric Specimens .

2017.40.219a-c 1947 bulletin, "We tried to get Charlie Boyce’s package through to France—we knew about the girl there (maybe it was Germany), but in spite of Ed Adamy’s declarations, the package came back a third time and in here now, so Charlie is “alone in the pines, where the cold wind blows” so far as that particular girl is concerned."

"Ed Adamy is visiting friends on a farm down the valley." "There have been various parties on the campus- egg nog Christmas morning made by Corkran and Roberts, Inc., and served to a happy group in the Corkran living room; delicious hot wine punch Christmas afternoon at the Dreiers; buffet supper in the dining hall; a student party at Wallen’s with Ed Adamy making the spaghetti; and a couple of group parties in South Lodge."

2017.40.047 November 1949 bulletin, "Randy Geissbuhler and Harry Holl were married in August on Cape Cod, are now living in Oregon in connection with Viewpoint Farm (Warren, Adamy, Weitzer, Schauffler, Mullholland)"