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Cullowhee State Normal School
Collection
Identifier: SM 00-14
Contents
The collection consists of an essay written by W. E. Bird, President Emeritus of Western Carolina College and College Historian, titled “Cullowhee State Normal School.”
Dates:
0000
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
E. D. Penland Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 95-1
Content Description
Examination questions and/or academic papers (thirty-three items), grade reports (fourteen items), and a Teachers' First Grade Certificate of Mr. E.D. Penland from the Cullowhee Normal & Industrial School, for the years 1906-1908.
Dates:
1906 - 1908
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Horace Kephart and Laura Mack Kephart Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 12-05
Content Description
This collection concerns author and naturalist Horace Kephart (1862-1931) and the Kephart family, including his wife, Laura Mack Kephart (1862-1954) and their children. This collection contains:Correspondence from Horace Kephart’s father, Isaiah, chiefly concerning Kephart family genealogy; Correspondence between Kephart and his children; Correspondence and related material concerning a proposed brigade of “Sharpshooters” that Kephart attempted to organize...
Dates:
1873 - 2016
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Jimmy Reed Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 99-02
Scope and Contents
Photographs, reminiscences, and memorabilia, including topically arranged ring-binders. Grouped topics listed include (1) Jimmy Reed Narrative, Class of 1928, Selfridge Field, Frog Level (Haywood County, NC); (2) State and Local Figures, Haywood Community College (Clyde, NC); (3) National Figures, Mrs. Carl Sandburg, Dr. Billy Graham, Prisons, Wildlife; (4) Miscellaneous, State and Local Events, Fontana Dam (Swain County, NC); (5) Miscellaneous, Liftoffs, Lassie, Wagon Train; (6)...
Dates:
1858 - 1995
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
John S. Seymour Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 84-03
Scope and Contents
John S. Seymour was an Associate Professor of Sociology at Western Carolina Teachers College (WCTC) (later Western Carolina University). Seymour was born in Charleston, SC, on April 5, 1893. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees (1921, 1927) in social science and education from the University of South Carolina, and a second M.A. degree from Columbia University (1928). He also did advanced study at the George Peabody College for Teachers and the University of North Carolina....
Dates:
1935 - 1940
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Robert L. Madison Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 81-15
Content Description
Madison was born in Staunton, VA, on Feb. 17, 1867. He was the son of Robert Lewis and Helen Banister Madison. In 1885, he graduated from the University of Chattanooga. In 1888, Madison moved to Sylva, NC. In 1891, he married Ella V. Richards of Elizabeth, NJ. They had six children: Robert Edward, James Ambrose, Annie Louise, Monro Bolling, William Haight, and John Banister.
Robert Lee Madison founded Cullowhee High School, forerunner of Western Carolina University, in 1889. ...
Dates:
1880 - 1955
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Sara Madison Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 18-05
Content Description
Dr. Sara Sutton Madison (1931-2017) was the daughter of Eddie Marie Wike Sutton and Ralph Coleman Sutton. Eddie Marie Wike Sutton was the daughter of Dallas W. Wike and Emma Jane Shelton Wike, of Jackson County, NC. Sara’s parents and Sara lived in Davies Hall on the campus of Western Carolina University, and later in the community of Buzzards Roost, overlooking Western Carolina University. Much of this collection is composed of photographs, family correspondence, and other documents concerning...
Dates:
1869 - 2014
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
William Williams Stringfield Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-06
Scope and Contents
William Williams Stringfield (1837-1923) was born in Nashville, TN. He was the son of Thomas Stringfield, a minister and the editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate. Thomas Stringfield served as a chaplain in Andrew Jackson's army. He eventually settled in Strawberry Plains, TN, where he founded and served as the first president of a small college. He died in 1858. It was at Strawberry Plains that William Williams Stringfield spent most of his youth.When the Civil War...
Dates:
1801 - 1968
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
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