Cullowhee High School, also known as Cullowhee Academy, was founded in 1889. Its first two buildings were a wood frame classroom building and the Music and Art Building. Here students pose in front of the Music and Art Building in the 1890s.
During Robert Lee Madison's first tenure as school president, military discipline was emphasized. This photograph, from the late 1890s, shows male students drilling with rifles equipped with fixed bayonets. Madison is just visible at the far left.
View of Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School, c. 1924. The buildings shown are (from left to right) the Cullowhee Baptist Church; Madison Building, on the hill above the farm land; the Steam Plant; Davies Hall, located along the ridge line of the…
View of the Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School campus and surrounding area c. 1924, taken from Dix Gap. Major campus buildings shown include (from left to right) Moore Dormitory, on the hillside; the Training School, below in the valley; Joyner…
A page displaying the "Farewell Song" for the Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School Commencement ceremony held in 1923 in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Words by Robert L. Madison ; Music by S. C. Foster; Melody:"Gwine Back to Dixie"
Program of the Eighteenth Annual Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School Commencement ceremony held May 16-17, 1906 in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Order of exercises include a sermon, address, entertainment, and class roll calls.