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 document includes two essays by Arnold James Hyde (1914-2010), written for a reviewer, perhaps a teacher. One titled “Experience of Birth,” is a third-person account of childbirth with perspective shifting between the fetus, mother, and father.…
This 1936 photograph showing May Day with Sara Sutton and Dot leading the procession and Grandfather, Grandmother and Edward sitting beneath a tree on the right is part of the Sara Madison Collection. Dr. Sara Jean Sutton Montgomery Madison…
This undated photograph showing a family portrait 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 family portrait, possibly of the Wike family, 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…
This undated photograph showing a family portrait with “proof by Culberson Asheville” on image is part of the Sara Madison Collection. Dr. Sara Jean Sutton Montgomery Madison (1931-2017) had a lifelong association with Western Carolina University,…
This 1950 photograph showing a family portrait at Emma Shelton Wike’s birthday at her home on the Tuckasegee River is part of the Sara Madison Collection. Family members shown are Emma Jane Shelton Hampton Wike (1870-1954), Eva Shelton Green,…
This 1950 photograph showing a family portrait of Emma Shelton Wike's children at Emma Wike's birthday celebration in Cullowhee is part of the Sara Madison Collection. Emma Wike's children shown are Taylor Hampton, Emma Jane, Florence Peek, Beulah…
This undated photograph showing a father and children is part of the Sara Madison Collection. The girl in the photograph is possibly Sara Madison. Dr. Sara Jean Sutton Montgomery Madison (1931-2017) had a lifelong association with Western Carolina…
This envelope, known as a First Day Cover, was sent February 20, 1940 from Camden, N.J. and is addressed to Jessie Whitman. It is cancelled with "First Day of Issue" over the new 5 cent Walt Whitman stamp. Accompanying the envelope is a short…