This undated photograph showing a baseball team is part of the William E. Bird Collection. Pictured in lower row (left to right) Crawford Shelton, Will Moore, Oscar Varner, Crawford Hipps, Ernest Bird. Back row Gomer Martin, Clarence Martin, Roy…
This undated postcard of William Ernest Bird (1890-1975) and Bill Farmer tearing down a house at Spruce is part of the William E. Bird Collection. On the back of the postcard is written “Bill Farmer and I tearing down a house at Spruce. Several have…
This postcard, postmarked from Mars Hill February 24, 1912 by Ernest Bird to Roy Bird in Whittier, is part of the William E. Bird Collection. On the back of the postcard is written “Roy, this is group of the Expression Class. Don’t you think it a…
This undated postcard written to Mr. Roy Bird from Blanche shows two men on a railroad trestle in flooded waters and is part of the William E. Bird Collection. On the back of the postcard is written “Hello, Read your card all O. K. was pleased to get…
This postcard, postmarked from Cullowhee January 28, 1948, written by an uknown author to Dick Taylor in Charlottesville, Virginia, shows a view of Glenville Lake and is part of the William E. Bird Collection. On the back of the postcard is written…
This image shows Daisy Eugenia Kinsland (1882-1948), born in the Bethel Community of Haywood County. Daisy graduated from Mission Hospital School of Nursing in 1912, enlisted in the Army on March 15, 1918, and retired August 31, 1938. She served…
This image shows a group of World War I nurses. It is part of a small collection including a portrait of Daisy Eugenia Kinsland (1882-1948), who may be pictured here on the far left. Daisy was born in the Bethel Community of Haywood County and…
This circular letter of April 1918 was written by King George V and addressed to 'Soldiers of the United States' and handed to them upon their arrival in Europe. This copy was given to Daisy Eugenia Kinsland (1882-1948) and sent home to her sister in…
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 group portrait at an event 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…