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Twentieth Century Club Papers, Add. #1

 Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS 98-4
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Twentieth Century Club (Sylva, NC)

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 86-04
Scope and Contents The Twentieth Century Club, of Sylva, NC--a member of the Federated Women's Clubs of America--was organized in April 1925. The object of the club was to promote interest in education, philanthropy, public welfare, moral values, civics, and fine arts. Early club projects included: 1. Establishing a town library, 2. Furnishing lunches for needy children, 3. Establishing a continuing scholarship for a Western Carolina...
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Venoy and Elizabeth Reed Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 05-06
Content Description Papers of Robert Venoy Reed (1915 - 1984) and Elizabeth Reed of Jackson County, North Carolina. Materials include correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, books and magazines, and memorabilia. Also included are medals and awards from Venoy Reed’s service in the United States military in the European theater of war during World War II. Also included are school annuals of Webster High School and Sylva-Webster High School, representing Mrs. Reed’s years of service in...
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Vera E. Taylor

 File
Identifier: SM 80-02
Content Description The collection contains a photocopy of a booklet, The Battle of Fort Sumter and First Victory of the Southern Troops, April 13, 1861, published in Charleston, SC, in 1861. This account of the Fort Sumter affair is chiefly a compilation of reports by Charleston newspapers. The book is thirty-two pages in length and contains, in addition to an account of the battle, a description of Fort Sumter and the official correspondence of the Confederate command.The second item in the...
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W. C. T. C. Band Clinic (1950) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SM 02-05
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

W. C. (Weston Cosby) Reed Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 97-6
Content Description Papers of W.C. Reed (1893-1970) primarily dating from the 1920s - 1930s, including items concerning Jackson County schools. Also included are a variety of forms and pamphlets and a paper on Jackson County history.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

W. Frank Forsyth Papers

 File
Identifier: MSS 80-45
Content Description Forsyth's papers are divided into eight broad categories. The first category includes legislative and personal correspondence from his N. C. Senate years, invitations to political affairs, Senate and House directories, various legislative bills and state statistics. The second category has Western Carolina University Board of Trustees notes, letters of sympathy and funeral / memorial papers. The third category has newspaper clippings, with subjects ranging from Forsyth's Senate campaign to...
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W.A. Hobbs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 81-09
Scope and Contents Black-and-white prints of the United States Presidents from George Washington to Gerald Ford by Edmond R. Spoono. Each print is 16 inches by 20 inches and is dated 1974.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Wade Galloway Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SM 11-02
Content Description The collection consists of sixty-seven (67) color photographic slides of the “grand parade” held for the county centennial celebration for Jackson County, North Carolina, held September 3, 1951, featuring floats, crowd scenes, and individuals; a photographic slide of the Moseman’s Superette; twenty-one (21) color negatives of parades in Cherokee, N.C., and at Western Carolina College (now Western Carolina University); four (4) photographs of the 1940 flood in Cullowhee, N.C.; a scrapbook,...
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Walt Whitman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-51
Scope and Contents Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892) was a noted American poet, as well as a teacher, editor, publisher, and volunteer Civil War nurse. He was the son of Walter and Lousia Van Velsor Whitman, of New York. Whitman is probably best known for Leaves of Grass (first published in 1855). The collection came into the possession of William Petterson's family when one of Petterson's ancestors lived next door to Walt Whitman's niece, Jessie, in Camden, N.J. Jessie presented the items as...
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Walter B. Gwyn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 98-2
Scope and Contents Materials of Walter B. Gwyn concerning land transactions, railroads, and promotion of western North Carolina, with particular notice to Buncombe County:Item Description (1) Letterbook. 1885. 404 numbered leaves; unnumbered index in front. [size c. 9 x 11 inches] (2) Letterbook. 1886-1887. 402 numbered leaves; unnumbered index in front. [size c. 9 x 11 inches]. (3) Letterbook. 1888-1890. 955 consecutively numbered leaves; 12 nonsequential...
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

WCU / Petitioners Files

 Collection
Identifier:  MSS 97-10
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

WCU International Students and Host Families Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16-06
Scope and Contents This collection concerns international students and the Host Family Association at Western Carolina University. Formed during the mid-1970's, the Host Family Association's mission was to assist the newly-arriving international students with the transition from life in their home country to the challenges of being a new college student in an unfamiliar country. Host families provided essentials, such as bedding, dormitory furnishings, and winter clothing. They also hosted international...
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WCU Theatre Department Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 17-01
Scope and Contents Programs, photographs, cast lists, and other ephemera from WCU theater productions.
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Webb Garrison Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 95-8
Content Description Webb Garrison is the author of a variety of books on the Civil War. The collection includes the author's manuscripts, revised and/or corrected pages, galleys and/or page proofs, jacket art, correspondence, editorials, reviews, lists of illustrations, personal computer disks, and accompanying materials. Works featured include: • Atlanta and the War (1995) • Civil War Curiosities(1994) • The Lincoln No One Knows (1993) • A Treasury of Ohio Tales (1993) • Why You Say It (1992) • Civil War Trivia...
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Webb Garrison Papers, Add. #1

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 96-06
Scope and Contents Materials for the production of (1) "Atlanta and the War" (notes, work plans, chronology, mss.);

(2) "More Curiosities" (Civil War);

(3) "Pennsylvania Tales" (editor's questions, cut lines, bibliography, lists, uncorrected/unedited mss).
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Webster Historical Society (Webster, NC)

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-61
Content Description The Webster Historical Society was founded in 1974 to collect and preserve the history of Webster, NC. From 1852-1913, Webster was the county seat for Jackson County.Much of the correspondence, business records, and legal papers pertain to the Long family. Among the items are several original deeds to Jackson County lands.There is a transcript of an interview with Claude Cowan conducted in 1975 by Mary Morris. Both Cowan and Morris were lifelong residents of...
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Webster Methodist Episcopal Church South

 Collection
Identifier: SM 10-16
Scope and Contents The collection consist of a manuscript entitled “Short Sketch of Webster Methodist Episcopal Church South.”
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Webster (North Carolina) Miscellanea

 Collection
Identifier: SM 95-04
Scope and Contents Receipt from Henry G. Robertson to J.E. McLain on Robertson's Webster, N.C., letterhead for respective amounts of $9.11, $12.72, and $48.92. Dated February 14, 1898. Envelope addressed to J.E. McLain (Asheville, N.C.) with return address to Coleman C. Cowan (Webster, N.C.). Postmarked at Webster, N.C., August 3, 1904. Envelope addressed to J.E. McLain (Asheville, N.C.) with return address to Walter E. Moore (Webster, N.C.). Postmarked at...
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Western Carolina Teachers College Receipts

 Collection
Identifier: SM 10-18
Scope and Contents The collection consists of two receipts from Western Carolina Teachers College for payment on fees, one dated December 3, 1945, and the other December 6, 1945, and also a receipt for “Lunches – four days per week, Mon. – Thurs.,” dated both December 3, 1945, and January 10, 1946.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Western Carolinian Office Photographs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 06-13
Content Description Photographs from the Western Carolinian office, the student newspaper of Western Carolina University.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Western North Carolina Associated Communities

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Identifier: MSS 80-12
Scope and Contents The Western North Carolina Associated Communities is made up of eleven western counties in North Carolina (Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Swain, and Transylvania). Begun in 1947, the organization was dedicated to the development of the region. The overall policy of the association was to organize the counties and communities west of Asheville for their mutual benefit on matters pertaining to tourism, game and fish resources, and roads (originally...
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Western North Carolina Associated Communities, Add. #1

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 90-02
Content Description For additional information, see the main entry description for WNCAC under MSS 80-12.
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Western North Carolina Associated Communities, Add. #3

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 94-1
Content Description For additional information, see the Western North Carolina Associated Communities collection main entry under MSS 80-12. Contents Folder 1 - Bank statements, dues paid, treasurer's report: October 1988 - September 1989.Folder 2 - Bank statements, dues paid, treasurer's report: October 1989 - September 1990.Folder 3 - Bank statements, dues paid, treasurer's report: October 1990 - September 1991.Folder 4 - Bank...
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Western North Carolina Historical Association

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-19
Content Description The Western North Carolina Historical Association was incorporated in August, 1952, as a non-profit educational organization. The association encourages the study of western North Carolina history, collects historical materials, and preserves historic sites and buildings. The collection consists of correspondence (1952-1972), minutes (1954-1972), programs, photographs, reports, recommendations, membership lists, resolutions concerning deceased members, newspaper clippings, and other items...
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Western North Carolina Historical Association, Add. #1

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-23
Content Description This collection includes by-laws, certificates of incorporation, correspondence, guides and outlines, lists of officers and trustees, lists of members, minutes, miscellaneous, news releases, newspaper clippings, notes, notices of meetings, photographs, programs, resolutions, speeches, and the treasurer's reports.
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Western North Carolina Miscellanea

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-74
Scope and Contents The collection contains several unrelated items donated to the WCU History Department. Title of collection changed from "History Department" to "Western North Carolina Miscellanea" February 5, 2015.Among the items are:Correspondence from Anna Angel Allen to her father and brother (surname Angel). The letters are primarily of family interest.A family "patent right" of T.M. Angel for "Levi Cutshawl's Churning Machine." Tax receipts of T.M. Angel...
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Western North Carolina Oral History Project, Add. #1

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 03-05
Content Description Material type includes literary productions and reports and audio.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Western North Carolina Oral History Project, Add. #2

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 05-02
Content Description This addition to the Western North Carolina Oral History Project collection contains interviews concerning Musicians Crafters AME Zion Church World War II veterans

Material type: literary productions and reports as well as audio.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Western North Carolina Oral History Project Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 01-04
Content Description This addition to the Western North Carolina Oral History Project contains interviews concerning:

Agriculture

Out-migration

World War II

Material type include literary productions and reports as well as audio.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Western North Carolina Tomorrow’s Black Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 98-03
Scope and Contents In an attempt to piece together the history of Black people in western North Carolina, Western North Carolina Tomorrow (WNCT) conducted an oral history project. WNCT is a group composed of representatives from the various communities throughout the region. Although the contribution of the unique culture and history of the Southern Appalachian people to America is well documented, the important contribution and historical experience of the southern Appalachian Black family is a largely unknown...
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Wilkie & Mellie McHan Store Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 97-9
Content Description Ledger of store owned by Wilkie and Mellie McHan, who operated stores on separate occasions in Almond and Marble, North Carolina, in addition to other business enterprises. Pages of the ledger are c. 14 inches by 8¼ inches. Entries are indexed in front of the ledger by name, with most entries dated late 1910s to early 1920s. Entries indicate customers, goods and services, and accounts and payments.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

William Bryant Carden Civil War Letter

 Collection
Identifier: SM 02-03
Contents Civil War letter of William Bryant Carden (also Cardin), dated October 6, 1861 (beginning of letter) and October 7, 1861 (end of letter), from Camp Lee, Pocahontas County, Virginia (now West Virginia).
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William E. Bird Collection, Add. #2

 Series
Identifier: MSS 90-08
Content Description The collection consists primarily of correspondence from 1937 to 1955 concerning the formation of a museum for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Also included are (1) Tenth Annual Handbook of the Great Smoky Mountains Hiking Club (Knoxville, Tennessee, 1935); (2) B.W. Wells, "The Remarkable Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains" (Asheville, N.C., n.d.); and (3) "General Information Regarding Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina - Tennessee" (Washington: U.S. Dept. of the...
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

William E. Bird Collection, Add. #3

 File
Identifier: MSS 96-01
Content Description Draft and final versions, revisions, and carbon copies of William E. Bird's The History of Western Carolina College. Also included are seven (7) photographs featuring Cullowhee High School and/or Cullowhee Normal Industrial School and seven (7) commencement programs from the Cullowhee school (1899, 1905, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1923).
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

William Estes Papers

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Identifier: MSS 95-3
Content Description Personal papers of William Estes and related family of Swain County, North Carolina. The papers include personal and/or business correspondence; papers related to Estes' capacity as a judicial official (court summons or actions; warrants; notices of actions, petitions, and decisions; agreements); property and land related papers (notices, transactions, surveys, etc.); receipts and memorandum & account booklets; surveys and reports on stills and distilleries, road duty, or schools;...
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William F. Tompkins (1862-1896) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-13
Scope and Contents This collection contains manuscripts regarding William F. Tompkins, a Jackson County, NC, physician and businessman. Tompkins was born in Michigan in 1862, but grew up in Kansas and Colorado. He took his professional training in the Louisville Medical College (Louisville, KY). His first practice was at Colorado Springs, CO. While still a young man he moved to Webster, NC (Jackson County), where he established a medical practice and became a land and mineral speculator. Dr. Tompkins served...
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William F. Tompkins Collection, Add. #1

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-73
Scope and Contents This collection contains manuscripts regarding four Jackson County, NC, families of the early part of the 20th century. The families are Tompkins, Coleman, Luck, and Dillard. The principal family represented is the Tompkins family. Dan Tompkins was a newspaperman and politician in Sylva for thirty-one years. Dan Tompkins’ paternal grandfather was Dr. William C. Tompkins. In 1884, after practicing medicine and publishing newspapers in Kansas and Colorado, Dr. Tompkins...
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William Holland Thomas (1805-1893) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-03
Scope and Contents William Holland Thomas (1805-1893) was a prominent businessman, “Indian agent” (later known as superintendent), soldier, and politician from western North Carolina. Born near Waynesville, NC, Thomas was related to President Zachary Taylor on his father's side of the family. Thomas became interested in business and law at an early age. Thomas began his long association with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians when Chief Yonaguska "adopted" the young Thomasung white boy...
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William Holland Thomas III Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-67
Content Description The collection contains photocopies of correspondence and legal documents regarding the controversy over land titles held by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in western North Carolina. The materials probably were collected by William Holland Thomas III, grandson of William Holland Thomas, who was the first Indian agent for the Eastern Band.The materials in this collection may be used in conjunction with those in the William Holland Thomas collection (MSS 80-03; MSS 80-90) and...
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William Paulk, Add. #4

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 02-08
Scope and Contents Literary works by William Paulk, and consisting of a continuation of the "Letters to Freddy" (Volume IX).
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William Paulk Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 97-4
Content Description Literary and other works by William Paulk, journals containing poetry and other literary works by or about him; his thesis; clippings; manuscripts compilations; manuscript journals; manuscripts of novels; individual manuscripts of poems, short stories, plays; original hieroglyphic artwork and translation of the Apostles' Creed; and proof pages. Also included are books by other authors, photographs, correspondence, and programs and other printed items.Appendix A -- William Paulk...
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William Paulk Estate Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 03-10
Content Description Papers of Mr. William Paulk, former English professor, WCU English Department.
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William Paulk selected poems

 Collection
Identifier: SM 93-2
Content Description Manuscript in English of poems by William Paulk which appeared in the Chinese edition of Selected Poems. The general editor of the Chinese edition was Yang Zhida, and the translators were Zeng Hong, Yang Jing-Ging, and Yang Zhida.

For the Chinese edition see, SPEC. COLL. PS 3566 .A833 P64 1993.
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William Tobias Howze

 Collection
Identifier: SM 16-02
Scope and Contents William Tobias Howze (born September 8, 1929 in Groveland, FL) enlisted in the United States Army on January 20, 1947 and served until June 14, 1950 and these materials mostly have to do with his military service. He served in the American Embassy Motor Pool and with the Honor Guard in post-war Japan. He served as a driver for General Douglas MacArthur and a number of other Allied military officers including Australian General Thomas Albert Blarney. The photographs, some autographed, include...
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William Walker Collection

 Series
Identifier: MSS 80-44
Content Description William Walker II (1812-1864) was the son of an Irish immigrant who landed in Virginia about 1770 and later settled in Wilkes County, NC. Walker migrated to Valley Town in Cherokee County, NC, in 1839. He married Margaret Scott, a cousin to General Winfield Scott. They had six children: Charles Agnew, William Pitt, Alfred McLean, George Benjamin, Rufus Jarrett, and Richard (who died in infancy). Walker established an Indian trading post and later served as first postmaster of...
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William Williams Stringfield, Addition #1

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-20
Scope and Contents This addition to the William Williams Stringfield collection (MSS 80-06) contains material on William Williams Stringfield, members of the Stringfield family, Robert Love, and James R. Love. Subjects include the Civil War, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Methodist Episcopal Church. The collection also contains photographs and postcards. The photographs mainly show scenic views of the Waynesville, NC, area and also prominent people in the towns of...
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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...
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Willis King Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 83-05
Scope and Contents Willis King (1908- ) was born May 24, 1908, in Fayette County, OH. He attended Wilmington College (Ohio), and received his B.S. in Education in 1929; an M.A. in Biology from Haverford College (PA), in 1930; and a Ph. D. in Zoology from the University of Cincinnati, in 1939. King was the first wildlife technician for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, from 1934-1940, and conducted original field studies in the Park. As well as initiating the Park's fisheries program, King was...
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W.M. Ritter & Ritter Lumber Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 88-03
Scope and Contents William McClellan Ritter (February 19, 1864-May 21, 1952) organized the W.M. Ritter Lumber Company in 1901. From the original core of operations in West Virginia and Virginia the company expanded operations into other southern states. The company also diversified beyond the hardwood lumber industry into such areas as coal, gas, and rail lines. The W.M. Ritter Lumber Company operated from 1903 to 1926 on Hazel Creek (Swain County, NC), an area and time...
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World War II, Ration Book "Four"

 Collection
Identifier: SM 94-3
Scope and Contents Eight (8) "War Ration Book Four" books, issued to the following individuals of the Hobson family (Spruce Pine, N.C.): Mitchell R. Hobson, Essie Dot Hobson, Garlin Ray Hobson, Marry [sic] Gertrude Hobson, Gerena Leana Hobson, Brenda Sue Hobson, Betty Joe Hobson, and Donald H. Hobson.
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World War II, Ration Books

 Collection
Identifier: SM 94-2
Scope and Contents The collection consists of the following items:



(1) Two "War Ration Book One" books issued to Jack Barton Akin and Margaret Virginia Akin.



(2) Two "War Ration Book Two" books issued to Margaret Virginia Akin and Mrs. Margaret Akin.



(3) Two "Application for War Ration Book No. 3" cards, completed by Baley Barton Maroney.
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W.T. Combs Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SM 80-29
Scope and Contents While working for the United States Forest Service, W.T. Combs surveyed and mapped North Carolina's portion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Pisgah National Forest authorities assigned Combs to act as a liaison between surveyors and title attorneys.The collection contains an article by Combs on the rights of sportsmen, a final report on North Carolina land grants and title records, and a letter from Combs to his grandson, John Parham, discussing his...
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Yackety Yack, Chapel Hill

 Collection
Identifier: SM 06-06
Scope and Contents Three (3) pages from different issues of the Yackety Yack of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:



1. 1924, p. 39, featuring Thaddeus Dillard Bryson, Bryson City, N.C.



2. 1925, page 61, featuring Stanley Warren Black, Jr., Bryson City, N.C.



3. 1927, page 149, featuring Thomas Bryan Smiley, Bryson City, N.C.
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Young Adult Conservation Corps Program (YACC)

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 82-04
Scope and Contents The Young Adult Conservation Corps of the Blue Ridge Parkway was started in 1977 under the administration of President Jimmy Carter to offer young people a year's work in the outdoors. Camp 2172 of the Blue Ridge Parkway YACC was the first operating Corps in the nation, employing men and women ages 16-23. The young people worked alongside experienced personnel clearing fallen trees, draining wetlands, laying water lines, repairing rail fences and clearing drains on 469 miles of the Parkway. ...
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Zachary Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SM 80-40
Scope and Contents The Zachary family of western North Carolina owned land in Jackson, Swain and Buncombe counties during the 1800s.

The collection consists of deeds, land grants, and surveys for the counties mentioned above. There are two pieces of family correspondence and a receipt for a land purchase. The land grants, with accompanying surveys, are the original deeds from when the land was purchased from the U.S. government.
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Zachary ledger

 Collection
Identifier: SM 01-02
Content Description Ledger of Alexander Zachary of Jackson County, North Carolina, containing accounting and business entries from the 1840s - 1850s.
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Zebulon Weaver Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-01
Scope and Contents Zebulon Weaver (1872-1948) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from western North Carolina. He was born in the Weaverville area of Buncombe County, NC. He was educated in the local schools, including Weaver College, and also studied law at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Admitted to the bar in 1894, Weaver practiced law in Asheville, NC, prior to entering politics. Weaver served in the North Carolina House of Representatives (1907-1909) and the state...
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Zebulon Weaver Collection, Addition #1

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-08
Scope and Contents For a biographical sketch of Zebulon Weaver, see the content and scope note for the main entry "Zebulon Weaver" collection, accession number MSS 80-01.Topics mentioned in the correspondence in this addition include the proposal and establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway, including the purchase of lands. Weaver served as Park Commissioner of the North Carolina Park Commission, and much of the correspondence reflects his service in that...
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