This 1929 photograph showing a portrait of a woman with “I love you Eddie Marie” written on the back is part of the Sara Madison Collection. Dr. Sara Jean Sutton Montgomery Madison (1931-2017) had a lifelong association with Western Carolina…
This undated photograph showing a portrait of a woman is part of the Sara Madison Collection. Dr. Sara Jean Sutton Montgomery Madison (1931-2017) had a lifelong association with Western Carolina University, and was married to James A. Madison…
This undated photograph showing a portrait of a woman is part of the Sara Madison Collection. Dr. Sara Jean Sutton Montgomery Madison (1931-2017) had a lifelong association with Western Carolina University, and was married to James A. Madison…
In this letter of December 9, 1882, R. C. Washburn writes to James W. Terrell reminding him he wants to visit Doctor Hill in Asheville and invest in part of the Ingram land. Mr. Washburn intends to release his holds against William Holland Thomas. He…
This photograph of R. O. Sutton and Frank Winkler wearing a white carnation corsage 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,…
In a letter from September 19, 1941, Raymond R. Nicholson writes to Dan Tompkins thanking him for the content in his editorials and expressing his shame in having supported U.S. Senator Robert Rice Reynolds.
This undated photograph showing Reverend Fred Forester and family is part of the William E. Bird Collection. William Ernest Bird (1890-1975) served Western Carolina University in various capacities during his long career. Bird’s roles at WCU included…
In a letter from September 15, 1934, Rev. W.E. (?) Griffith writes to Dan Tompkins, thanking him for an editorial that Tompkins wrote in response to national press coverage of an incident in which a Holiness preacher in Jackson County was bitten by a…
In this letter from December 17, 1890, Richard M. Bucke, Canadian physician and one of Walt Whitman’s literary executors, writes to Walt. Bucke has just received Walt’s postcard containing the obituary of Walt’s brother Jeff and offers some sage…
In a letter from October 29, 1915, Robert L. Madison writes to Dan Tompkins expressing his grief and offering his condolences upon the death of Tompkins's grandfather.