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Joseph Cathey and Cathey Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 95-02
Content Description
Personal papers (C. 1844 - 1876) of the Cathey family of Haywood County, North Carolina, primarily of Col. Joseph Cathey, and including personal and/or business correspondence, financial and legal papers, paper monetary notes issued by various state governments, and newspapers (Daily South Carolinian, August 21, 1863; The Spirit of the Age, May 4, 1863) or newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1844 - 1876
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Joseph Cathey Store Ledgers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 13-02
Content Description
Three (3) store ledgers of Colonel Joseph Cathey of Haywood County, North Carolina, covering the period primarily from 1849–1874.
Dates:
1849 - 1874
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Joseph Howell Way Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-66
Dates:
1806 - 1928
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Josephine Morgan Upchurch Collection
Collection
Identifier: SM 80-16
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a typed draft of Josephine Morgan Upchurch's book of poetry, A Stone Turned, copyrighted in 1972 and published in England in 1973. Upchurch is an alumna of Western Carolina University. The poems in the book are mostly originals by Upchurch, although a few works by other authors are included.
Hunter Library has a copy of the published version of this book. See PS3571.P37 S8.
Hunter Library has a copy of the published version of this book. See PS3571.P37 S8.
Dates:
1972
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Juanita Farmer Proffitt and Jeannette Farmer Bryson Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 10-04
Content Description
Four hundred and thirty-five photographs, postcards (many with attendant correspondence, dated or postmarked primarily 1909 - 1921), and/or photographic negatives, either contained in two (2) albums or loose, along with various memorabilia, miscellaneous clippings, and correspondence.
Dates:
1909 - 1921
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Juanita W. Smith Collection
File
Identifier: SM 81-06
Content Description
The collection concerns the William Wilson family of Cullowhee Valley in Jackson County, N.C. Items include payment receipts from an 1836 Cherokee land sale, tax receipts, promissory notes, a land survey (possibly of the Cullowhee Valley), an obituary of Mrs. Margaret Wilson, and an article about the resignation of John Nelson Wilson as Bursar at Cullowhee State Normal School.The addition to the collection consists of a deed from the State of North Carolina to William Wilson (1859),...
Dates:
1844 - 1948
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Kappa Gamma Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity
Collection
Identifier: SM 00-01
Contents
Sigma Chi Fraternity charter for the Kappa Gamma Chapter located at Western Carolina University. Dated November 16, 1991.
Papers, publications, and photographs concerning the Kappa Gamma Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity of Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina.
Papers, publications, and photographs concerning the Kappa Gamma Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity of Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina.
Dates:
1991 - 2008
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Katherine Brown Wells Collection
Collection
Identifier: SM 16-04
Content Description
• 2 scrapbooks recording student life at WCU, one documenting 1936-1940 and the other 1934-1937
• A memoir titled “The First Ten,” written by Katherine Brown Wells in 1982
• A memoir titled “The First Ten,” written by Katherine Brown Wells in 1982
Dates:
1934 - 1940
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Kilpatrick Cherokee Language Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 03-04
Content Description
Cherokee language materials or related linguistic materials, both originals and photocopies, and dated 1885 - 1999, that includes documents, formulas, medicinal and love charms, printed materials in the Cherokee language, Cherokee language manuals and primers, and educational materials and research papers on Cherokee language topics.Addition includes correspondence, particularly of Alan Kilpatrick concerning publications and activities, and also correspondence of Jack Frederick...
Dates:
1885 - 1999
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Kiwanis - Cullowhee/Sylva (NC) Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-38
Content Description
The collection consists of seven scrapbook albums containing clippings, minutes and programs of the Cullowhee-Sylva Kiwanis Club (NC). One album, with inclusive dates 1955-1958, concerns the Sylva Kiwanis Club. The remaining albums cover the period from the formation in 1965 of the Cullowhee - Sylva Kiwanis Club up to 1978.
Dates:
1955 - 1978
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Lamar Gudger Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 81-05
Content Description
Lamar Gudger's papers are arranged into seven large categories. Legislative correspondence is the first and consist mainly of letters from western North Carolina constituents to Gudger about their various concerns, and his answers. The material in this category is grouped by Congressional committee and then arranged chronologically. There were many issues of concern to the people of western North Carolina. Environmental issues dealing directly with western North Carolina generated much...
Dates:
1975 - 1981
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Larry W. Mull Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-72
Content Description
Larry W. Mull was born in Waynesville, NC, to Reubert and Mary Mull (Moll) on September 17, 1909. He was a restaurateur and a reporter for the United Press International and the Associated Press. In 1965, he founded the Haywood County Music Company. Mull wrote over 150 gospel songs and was a staff writer for Stamp-Baxter's Music Company. Some of his songs were published by Tennessee Music Company and Vaughn Music Publishers. The collection contains songbooks and sheet music, a notebook of...
Dates:
1913 - 1985
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Larry Whiteside Collection
File
Identifier: SM 80-54
Content Description
A handwritten book of poetry and diary entries by Thomas L. Collier. The book is undated but was written in the late 1800s. Collier probably a sailor as his poetry and diary entries concern the sea in general and his voyages in particular. There is considerable comment about Japan. Most entries are dated but only by month and day.
Dates:
1857 - 1889
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Lewis Ellsworth Photographic Slides Collection
Collection
Identifier: SM 04-01
Scope and Contents
Ten (10) color photographic slides featuring the Sylva, North Carolina, vicinity. Six slides date from circa 1949, one from circa 1969, and three from 2003. Scenes include Sylva’s Main Street, views of Sylva from a distance, and the town’s former Mead Corporation paper manufacturing plant (currently the Jackson Paper Company Plant).
Dates:
1949 - 2003
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Lewis J. Smith Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-43
Content Description
Lewis J. Smith (1843-1901) was born in Haywood County, NC. He served as a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. After the war, Smith settled in the East LaPorte and Cullowhee area of Jackson County, NC. He was a member of the first Board of Trustees of Western Carolina University, then known as Cullowhee High School and later Cullowhee Normal & Industrial School. He served in the North Carolina Senate (1889).The collection concerns the Smith and McGuire families. ...
Dates:
1857 - 1938
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Lillian Hirt Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 99-05
Content Description
Papers of Lillian Hirt concerning her personal and professional activities, the Hirt family, and the
Cullowhee community. Included are: Personal and professional correspondence, primarily 1947-1991;
literary works, speeches, and programs by Mrs. Hirt, including drafts and proofs; literary publications,
notably works of Lillian Hirt and regional authors; other publications, including Western Carolina
University reports, programs, yearbooks, and brochures, and other regional publications;...
Dates:
1940 - 1999
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Livingston Kelley - Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MSS 81-17
Scope and Contents
Six photographs of late 19th and early 20th century vintage. Only one photograph is dated (1901 scene of Sylva, NC, during a flood).
Identified photographs:1 - Sylva, NC, during a flood: 1901.2 - John Elderkin photographed in a World War I uniform.3 - Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Norton, of Sylva, NC.4 - Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Coward, probably of Sylva, NC.Two unidentified photographs:5 - Man in early-20th century...
Dates:
1901 - 1930
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Lloyd Cowan Barn Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MSS 02-01
Content Description
Photographs of barns in Jackson County, North Carolina, taken by Lloyd Cowan
Dates:
Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
L.M. Bedford Papers
Collection
Identifier: SM 00-05
Contents
Portrait of Ella V. Richards Madison (filed as oversize).
Dates:
0000
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Louis Hampton Collection
Collection
Identifier: SM 05-07
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a variety of items relating to Louis Hampton of North Carolina and later of Tennessee. There is one piece of correspondence, a letter written by Horace Kephart (1862 – 1931) to Louis Hampton, addressed from Lindale, Georgia, and dated October 5, 1909. In the letter, Kephart details his travels over the past year, his current living arrangements with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Barnett, future plans, and requests for news from Hampton about recent events in Swain County, North...
Dates:
1903 - 1949
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Louise Bayless Collection
Collection
Identifier: SM 80-09
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a history of Fort Butler in Cherokee County, NC, by Louise A. Bayless, and several genealogy items on Cherokee County families. These items include:
1. James P. H. Porter and Jane Owens marriage contract and subsequent dispute, 1842, 1849.
2. Biographical sketch of the Felix family.
3. Biographical sketch of the George Whery Dickey family.
4. Letter, Samuel W. to John W. Davidson, Murphy, North Carolina. 1889.
1. James P. H. Porter and Jane Owens marriage contract and subsequent dispute, 1842, 1849.
2. Biographical sketch of the Felix family.
3. Biographical sketch of the George Whery Dickey family.
4. Letter, Samuel W. to John W. Davidson, Murphy, North Carolina. 1889.
Dates:
1811 - 1973
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Love Song of the Oconee Lufta (sheet music)
Collection
Identifier: SM 05-03
Scope and Contents
Sheet music for “Love Song of the Oconee Lufta” by Mrs. R. L. Creel, copyright 1938.
Dates:
1938
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Lucy Morgan Beard Collection
Collection
Identifier: SM 82-02
Content Description
Photocopies of four (4) diaries of Lucy J. Morgan Beard, concerning her private school for girls and her travels to Europe.
Dates:
1910
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Macon Program For Progress Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 85-12
Content Description
The Macon Program for Progress, Inc. provides assistance and direction to a number of community related programs. Materials in this collection cover such diverse topics as weatherization, housing, family aid, education, economic development, affirmative action, and daycare. Also in the collection are minutes, booklets, federal regulation, news articles, and general information on Macon County.
Dates:
1965 - 1984
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Major Wiley Parris Civil War Letters
Collection
Identifier: SM 00-12
Content Description
M. W. [Major Wiley] Parris of Jackson County, North Carolina, was 37 when he enlisted in May, 1861, and became a private in the North Carolina 25th Infantry Regiment, Company B. The three letters presented here are to his wife, Jane Parris. Less than two weeks after his letter of July 3, 1862, he was discharged “by reason of being over age” (North Carolina Troops, vol. 7, p. 376). The Federal Census of 1860 for Jackson County, North Carolina, lists an M.W. Parris, age 36, and Jane Parris,...
Dates:
1862
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Margaret Bare Collection
Collection
Identifier: SM 81-07
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of photographs of the Margaret Bare family and of the Murphy and Cherokee County area of North Carolina. Also included is a photocopy of an 1850 minister's license.
Dates:
1844 - 1924
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Margaret Walker Freel Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 80-40
Content Description
Margaret Walker Freel (1895 - 1982) was the granddaughter of William Walker II, who settled in Cherokee County, NC, in 1839. She was a graduate of Peace College, in Raleigh, NC, and did graduate work at Columbia University. Ms. Freel resided in the Walker home, which was built by William Walker II in 1839. The home was listed in the National Registry of Historical Places. Her interest in the history of the area culminated in the publication of her book, Our Heritage, about Cherokee...
Dates:
1955 - 1976
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Marion Fitz-Simons Mexican Village Illustrations
Collection
Identifier: SM 10-07
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of nine original, hand-drawn illustrations by Marian Fitz-Simons for Josefina Niggli’s novel, Mexican Village. The illustrations are associated with chapters in the book.
The items in the collection are:[Chapter] [Name]
Title page
II. The Street of the Three Crosses
III. The Chicken Coop
IV. The Street of the Hidden Water
V. The Street of the Canon
VI. The Plaza...
Dates:
1945
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Mars Hill College Photo Album
File
Identifier: SM 85-08
Content Description
The collection consists of a photograph album of Mars Hill College for the early 1920s. Only a few of the photographs are identified with captions.
Dates:
1921 - 1922
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
Martha Hyde
Item
Identifier: SM 80-08
Content Description
The one item in the collection is an indebtedness agreement dated January 1, 1857, between William Holland Thomas and Nacheuh (?), a Cherokee. The agreement specifies the terms of the debt, which concerns Thomas acting as an agent for the "Buffalo Indians" (members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee) of Graham County (NC) in some land transactions.
Dates:
1857
Found in:
Hunter Library - Special Collections
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