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…
This 1938 photograph taken by W. Newton Turner (1910-1995) shows a woman leaning on an automobile with the steam plant chimney visible in the background. Turner began teaching as an assistant professor of geology and geography in 1937 and filled a…
This group photograph was taken in front of the Moore Dormitory for women. Built between 1917 and 1924, the Moore building is one of the oldest buildings on Western Carolina University's campus.
Group photograph of men and women in formal attire. Seated at the far left of this group is William Ernest Bird (1890-1975). Bird attended Cullowhee High School and graduated in 1911 from Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School. After earning a…
This Post Office was used by students and community members during the 1960s and 1970s. This building was located on the site of present day Noble Hall close to the intersection of present day Central Dr. and Centennial Dr. Over the years, the…
A one-page program of the Primary and Intermediate Exercises of the Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School Commencement including music, songs, and recitations held in 1906 in Cullowhee, North Carolina.
This newspaper article from the Asheville Citizen announces the annual celebration of Robert Lee Madison's (1867-1954) birthday dinner. Madison, considered as the founder of Western Carolina University, served as the first president of Cullowhee High…