This group photograph of local students was taken in front of the Training School. Built in 1923, the Training School served as the public school for the community of Cullowhee. Aspiring teachers enrolled in Cullowhee State Normal School did their…
This photograph was taken by George Dexter Sherrill (1879–1931) a commercial photographer in the first decades of the 20th century. Sherrill was born in Dillsboro, North Carolina. In 1902 he opened Sherrill’s Art Studio in Waynesville, where he…
In 1931, Western Carolina Teachers College awarded its first baccalaureate degrees after the state legislature authorized the school's four-year curriculum in 1929. The students in this picture made up the first class to receive baccalaureate degrees…
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.
Lillian "Lula" Stillwell graduated from Cullowhee High School in 1905 or 1906. Cullowhee High School, also known as Cullowhee Academy, was founded in 1889.