This series of photographs, in the Hiram C. Wilburn collection, depict historic structures and cultural artifacts. As an unofficial historian of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Wilburn spent time identifying historic structures, collecting…
Colorful honeywax or beeswax candles made by Leonard Lamb of Wayside Mountain Products Company in Knoxville, Tennessee. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a founding member of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club (est. 1924) and a…
Colorful honeywax or beeswax candles made by Leonard Lamb of Wayside Mountain Products Company in Knoxville, Tennessee. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a founding member of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club (est. 1924) and a…
This pen-and-ink drawing is of beetles. The drawing is signed and dated in pencil. Irving Rhodes Fromer (1913-1994) was a self-taught artist who was employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s. He worked for both the TVA and the…
This “The Beginning of History in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park” was written by Horace Kephart and delivered as an address to the National Park Service in 1930. The history focuses on Hernando de Soto's route through the Southern…
This pen-and-ink drawing is of a bellflower (Campanula). The drawing is signed and dated in pencil and labeled: “Bullhead trail.” Irving Rhodes Fromer (1913-1994) was a self-taught artist who was employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in…
These black and white photographs depict botanical specimens and scenery of the Great Smoky Mountains and are attributed to B.W. Wells. Bertram Whittier Wells (1884-1978) was a distinguished professor of botany at North Carolina State.
This 50-page typed manuscript is a history of the Bennett family written by Della Bennett Dillard. The history was collected as part of the Cataloochee History Project that collected photographs, stories, and oral histories about families who lived…
Benton MacKaye, originator of the Appalachian Trail, admiring a big oak at Low Gap on the Tennessee-North Carolina state line. He is on a hike that is part of a series of Labor Day weekend day hikes in the Mount Sterling area with the Smoky Mountains…
Benton MacKaye, originator of the Appalachian Trail, standing beside a tree with an Appalachian Trail marker at Low Gap on the Tennessee-North Carolina state line. He is on a hike that is part of a series of Labor Day weekend day hikes in the Mount…