This biographical pamphlet titled “Chief Junaluska” was written by Hiram C. Wilburn (1880-1967) and published in 1950. The pamphlet is structured around illustrated lithographs of Cherokee history and Junaluska’s life by Douglas Grant, with a brief…
This 1940 photograph showing children standing outside of Hoey Auditorium on May Day 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…
This undated photograph showing two children having a tea party 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.…
This 1943 photograph showing children sitting on a front porch on Easter Sunday, May 25th, is part of the Sara Madison Collection. The children shown from left to right: (back row) Robert, Edward, Dorothy, Ann, Sara Jean Sutton, (middle row) Betty…
This undated Christmas card showing Sara and James Madison’s sons, Mark and Timmy on the front and “We Love you, Jack, Sara, Mark, and Timmy” written on the back is part of the Sara Madison Collection. Dr. Sara Jean Sutton Montgomery Madison…
R. U. Sutton speaking about Wood Procurement to members of a course in effective expression. Members of the class are Homer Harris, Ralph Baumgardner, Hayes Moore, Al Tucker, Walter Painter, Carl Davis, Raymond Nicholson Jr., and T. C. Cogdill. This…
Millwrights Clifford Beck, Bill Paxton, and Alvin Franklin working on an emergency repair job to get No. 1 paper machine back in operation at the Mead plant near downtown Sylva. This photograph is part of a collection of photographs that were created…
This undated photograph of a group of Confederate veterans in front of a house is part of the William E. Bird Collection. On the front is signed W. M. Rogers and on the back is a sticker with Stringfield written on it. William Ernest Bird (1890-1975)…
This correspondence to Mr. Arnold Hyde from Governor W. Kerr Scott, dated May 25, 1949 commissions Hyde an appointment as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Western Carolina Teachers College. Hyde served on the Board again in 1957 for eight…
This undated photograph showing a couple at Big Sur Inn in Big Sur, California 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…