Showing Collections: 1 - 13 of 13
Charles A. Bird (Sept. 30, 1853 - Jan. 25, 1938) Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-33
Scope and Contents
Charles A. Bird was a farmer, community leader, Methodist lay leader, and political figure of Qualla Township in Jackson County, NC. He served as chairman of the Jackson County Board of Commissioners. He was the father of William E. Bird, who was dean of Western Carolina College from 1921-1957 (see MSS 80-34).The collection consists of correspondence, business and legal papers, and genealogical information on the Bird, Terrell, Wells, Reynolds, and related families, and includes...
Dates:
1871 - 1920
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Duenner-Young Families Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-10
Content Description
The collection concerns two families, the Young family of Bakersville, NC, and the Duenner family of Knoxville, TN.Correspondence constitutes the bulk of the collection, particularly letters from Frederick Otto ("Fritz") Duenner to his stepmother, Ella Young Duenner (the link between two families). The letters begin in 1898, just after Fritz Duenner had graduated from the University of Tennessee, in Knoxville, and gone "on the road" in search of jobs as a civil engineer. Duenner's...
Dates:
1891 - 1908
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Edmonston / Kelly Families Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 95-5
Content Description
Correspondence (c. 1860-1865) of the Edmonston and Kelly families, particularly letters from R.P. Kelly, Ben Edmonston, and T.B. Edmonston -- serving as soldiers in the Civil War -- to family members in Haywood County, North Carolina, notably Dorothy Edmonston Kelly; additional correspondents include Maggie Edmonston and A. MacDowell. Also included are photographs and supporting research on the families and the individual items in the collection.
Dates:
1860 - 1865
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Family Life Council Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-60
Content Description
The Family Life Council is a nonprofit organization which exists as a forum for discussing needs and providing information about available services concerning family life and problems. A chapter was organized in Jackson County, NC, in 1978. The collection contains photographs depicting family life in western North Carolina from 1965 to 1980, submitted in the Family Life Council Photo Contest. There is a cassette tape recording of interviews with western North Carolina families, to be used...
Dates:
1965 - 1980
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Hampton/Patterson Families Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 91-4
Content Description
Correspondence, land deeds, promissory notes and other legal documents, and financial records covering the period 1812-1939 for the Hampton and Patterson families of Yancey and Jackson counties and the neighboring area of western North Carolina. James W. Patterson and Ezikeil H. Hampton are mentioned frequently in the documents.
Dates:
1812 - 1939
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Higdon Family Association Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 10-01
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials of the Higdon Family Association, including scrapbooks, newsletters, membership lists, and related material. The Higdon Family Association is an organization dedicated to studying Higdon family genealogy, along with related family genealogy. The group was founded in 1975 in Franklin, N.C.
More information can be found at their website, www.higdonfamily.org.
More information can be found at their website, www.higdonfamily.org.
Dates:
1975 - 2010
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Jesse Bryson Stalcup Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 11-03
Content Description
The collection contains correspondence of the Stalcup family of Macon County, North Carolina, 1899-1934; documents, including business and financial records; obituary information; thirty (30) photographs depicting images of the Stalcup family, the Buck Creek, North Carolina, vicinity, the Tate City, Georgia, vicinity, Mt. Zion Church in Macon County, mining and industrial scenes, and other scenes or buildings; eight (8) “Time Books” and/or “day books” of Jesse Bryson Stalcup containing names...
Dates:
1899 - 1955
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Norburn - Robertson - Thomson Families Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 94-5
Content Description
The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, ledgers and/or journals, news clippings, and books and/or pamphlets concerning the Robertson, Norburn, Thomson, Strickland and related families, including Reuben B. Robertson, Sr. and Jr.; Dr. Russell Norburn; Martha Norburn Mead; Dr. E.F. Strickland.
Dates:
1860 - 1985
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Penland Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-39
Content Description
The items concern the Penland family of Burke and Clay counties, NC, and include petitions, wills, indenture statements, inventories, and a real estate ledger. An account book is missing. Specific items include a 1794 road petition in Burke County, NC, signed by William Penland; George Penland's War of 1812 pay roll and muster roll cards (1815-1817); documents settling William Penland's estate (1815-1816); an indenture document between George Penland and James Patton (1825); property...
Dates:
1794 - 1945
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Roland C. Osborne & Kezia Stradley Osborne Civil War Letters
Collection
Identifier: SM 10-02
Content Description
Ten (10) Civil War-era letters, written between January – July, 1862, to Roland C. Osborne (1837 – 1862). Nine of the letters are addressed to “My Dear Husband” / “My Dear” from his wife, Kezia Stradley Osborne (1838 – 1908), and one is addressed to “Dear Son.” The letters are addressed from locales in Haywood County and Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Dates:
1862
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Smither (Smathers) Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SM 80-43
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials on the history of the Smither (or Smathers) family of Jackson, Haywood, and Buncombe counties, NC, as compiled by the Smither Genealogy Archives. The documentation largely consists of photocopies of census records, legal records, and pages from books that mention the Smither or Smathers name.
The census records, which include the Smathers and Fulbright families, are from Habersham County, GA; Red River County, TX; and Buncombe, Haywood,...
Dates:
1800 - 1970
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Western North Carolina Oral History Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 01-04
Content Description
The Western North Carolina Oral History Project contains interviews on a wide variety of topics from Western North Carolina residents.
Material type include literary productions and reports as well as audio.
Material type include literary productions and reports as well as audio.
Dates:
1998 - 2004
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
William E. Bird Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-34
Content Description
This collection is grouped as follows: private correspondence, writings, genealogy, folk ballads, newspaper clippings, and a church ledger.Bird's private correspondence mostly contains letters to and from family and friends, although there are some personal business letters and a segment of correspondence from 1960-1964 regarding his book, The History of Western Carolina College.His writings include his unpublished autobiography, a manuscript of Level Paths: New Songs...
Dates:
1891 - 1975
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Filtered By
- Subject: Families -- North Carolina, Western X
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Families -- North Carolina, Western 10
- Correspondence 4
- Clippings (information artifacts) 3
- Legal instruments 3
- Photographs 3
- Business records 2
- Families -- North Carolina, Western -- History -- Sources 2
- Families -- North Carolina, Western -- Photographs 2
- Financial records 2
- Genealogies (histories) 2
- Interviews 2
- Ledgers (account books) 2
- Legal documents -- North Carolina, Western 2
- Manuscripts (documents) 2
- North Carolina, Western -- Genealogy 2
- North Carolina, Western -- Photographs 2
- Postcards 2
- Programs (documents) 2
- Publications (documents) 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2 ∧ less
- Language
- English 11
- Names
- Bird, William Ernest 1
- Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 25th 1
- Cullowhee High School (Cullowhee, N.C.) 1
- Higdon Family Association 1
- McCoy, George W. (George William), 1901-1962 1
∨ more
Staff Interface | ArchivesSpace.org | Hosted by LYRASIS 