Hattie H. Allison, personnel secretary, pins a white carnation corsage on each woman as she enters the Mead employee safety dinner. Sue Painter, Wood Procurement secretary, hands out a number for door prize drawings. This photograph is part of a…
This undated photograph showing Melba Fowler Simpson sitting on a log with another man during a May Day procession is part of the Sara Madison Collection. Dr. Sara Jean Sutton Montgomery Madison (1931-2017) had a lifelong association with Western…
In the printed booklet entitled "Memorials" are suggestions to cemetery lot holders concerning available styles and materials for monuments. With each description are photographs or drawings of each form of memorial.
This photograph of Mike Strong, Ellis Harris, Walt Hoyle, and T.C. Cogdill is part of a collection of photographs that were created for the Sylvan, a monthly 1950's publication of Sylva's Mead Corporation. Mead, which opened in 1928, expanded in 1955…
This undated photograph showing mountains and dwellings next to a river in Cullowhee, North Carolina is part of the Sara Madison Collection. Dr. Sara Jean Sutton Montgomery Madison (1931-2017) had a lifelong association with Western Carolina…
Among those pictured are Mr. Bennet and C. Mathis keeping the railroad tracks in good working order at the Mead plant near downtown Sylva. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs that were created for the Sylvan, a monthly 1950's…
Mr. Growden, J.B. Sutton, and "Punkin" Jones in the lobby of the High Hampton Inn in Cashiers for the twenty-five year service award dinner. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs that were created for the Sylvan, a monthly 1950's…
In this letter of October 17, 1885, Mrs. Jacob Postell (E. C. Postell) writes James W. Terrell requesting a land deed. Mrs. Postell explains her husband, Jacob Postell, missed his meeting with Mr. Terrell about the deed due to his poor health.
This 2006 photograph showing a Nation family Christmas portrait is part of the Sara Madison Collection. The family members shown are (back row) Mark, Leslie, (front row) Madeline (age 4), and Alex (age 2). Dr. Sara Jean Sutton Montgomery Madison…