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This undated photograph taken by W. Newton Turner (1910-1995) shows a group portrait taken at the Woodland Stage. William Ernest Bird is on the far right. Turner began teaching as an assistant professor of geology and geography in 1937 and filled a…

William Ernest Bird (left) and Robert Lee Madison (right) were early presidents of Western Carolina University. Robert Lee Madison (1867–1954), the school's founder, served as principal of Cullowhee High School from 1889 until 1912. From 1920-1923,…

William Ernest Bird (1890-1975) attended Cullowhee High School and graduated in 1911 from Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School. After earning a graduate degree in 1920, he returned to Cullowhee as an English instructor. Bird primarily served in…

W. L. Henson graduated from Cullowhee High School in 1902. Cullowhee High School, also known as Cullowhee Academy, was founded in 1889.

This newspaper article from the Asheville Citizen reports on efforts to raise money by Western Carolina Teachers College alumni to build a memorial dedicated to Robert L. Madison (1867-1954). Madison, considered as the founder of Western Carolina…

The Wike Store was located on the main entrance to Cullowhee Normal State School in the 1920s. The Cullowhee Post Office was a small structure attached to the store. Western later purchased the store and used it as a carpentry shop.

Located on the strip of shops with the Townhouse Restaurant and the Post Office, the Westinghouse Laundromat served students in the 1960s and 1970s.

This 1939 photograph taken by W. Newton Turner (1910-1995) shows Western Carolina Teachers College Orchestra directed by Virginia Gustafson Fisher. According to the 1939 yearbook, back row (l to r) are Allman, Bird, Beck, Farley, Vincent Wright, and…

Program of the 1986 Jamaica Western Carolina University Commencement ceremony held March 1, 1986 in Kingston, Jamaica. Order of exercises include a sermon, address, entertainment, and class roll calls.