Honoring Cullowhee's founder

Honoring Cullowhee's founder

Administrators

Events

Madison, Robert Lee, 1867-1954

Memorials

Western Carolina Teachers College

Western Carolina University

This newspaper article from the Asheville Citizen announces the installation of a fountain which will be placed as a marker of the original building where Robert Lee Madison (1867-1954) began Western Carolina Teachers College. Madison, considered as the founder of Western Carolina University, served as the first president of Cullowhee High School, later Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School, from 1889-1912 and from 1920-1923.

Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C. : 1900)

Hunter Library Special Collections

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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clippings (information artifacts)

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2014-12-01

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Jackson County (N.C.)

Cullowhee (N.C.)

6.75" x 3"(dimension)

Western Carolina University: Making Memories