Nathaniel "Nat" Lytle
Crop of Photograph taken by Helen P. Modley, in 1937. Blue Ridge campus. Helen P. Modley Collection, Western Regional Archives.
Kitchen staff, by Helen Post. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives.
FOCUS
Farm/ Kitchen/ Work Program
ROLE
Staff
ATTENDANCE
1933 - 1946
Nat Lytle was a Black Mountain native (raised in Black Mountain and Asheville) who worked for Black Mountain College for over a decade. In the summers of 1933 and 1934, Nat Lytle worked odd jobs and some cooking at the college. From 1937-1938, he worked as an assistant cook, under Jack and Rubye Lipsey, in the kitchen. After three years in the army, he returned to the college from 1944-1946 and worked in the kitchen and on odd jobs. On Tuesdays, the day off for cooks Cornelia and George Williams, Nat Lytle would help remaining cook Malrey Few with the cooking.
Relationships
Fellow BMC staff, Gertrude Lytle and Jessie Lytle
Author
David Silver
David Silver is associate professor and chair of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco, where he teaches classes in urban agriculture, hyperlocal food systems, and food, culture, and storytelling. His book, The Farm at Black Mountain College, will be co-published in 2024 by Atelier Éditions and the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center.
