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Juanita W. Smith, Add. #1

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Identifier: SM 85-11
Content Description The collection consists of a deed from the State of North Carolina to William Wilson (1859), deed from William Wilson to Sherlie Wilson (1910), survey of the Sherlie Wilson estate (1948), and a group photographs including John Wilson.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Juanita W. Smith Collection

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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.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Kappa Gamma Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity

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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.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Katherine Brown Wells Collection

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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
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Kilpatrick Cherokee Language Collection

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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...
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Kiwanis - Cullowhee/Sylva (NC) Papers

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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.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Lanning, Earl F., Add. #1

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Identifier: SM 85-01
Content Description The collection contains deeds, indentures, land grants, and surveys. Most of the items are from Anson County, NC, but there are some from Haywood County and Buncombe County (both NC), and Greene County, TN. Also in the collection is a pledge for money to be paid in lumber, labor, and merchandisable produce to the church of the Forks of the Pigeon (NC) for an Academy, and dated 1845.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Larry W. Mull Collection

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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...
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Larry Whiteside Collection

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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.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Lewis Ellsworth Photographic Slides Collection

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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).
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Lewis J. Smith Collection

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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. ...
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Lillian Hirt Papers

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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;...
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Livingston Kelley - Photographs

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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...
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Lloyd Cowan Barn Photographs

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Identifier: MSS 02-01
Content Description Photographs of barns in Jackson County, North Carolina, taken by Lloyd Cowan
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

L.M. Bedford Papers

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Identifier: SM 00-05
Contents Portrait of Ella V. Richards Madison (filed as oversize).
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Louis Hampton Collection

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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...
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Louise Bayless Collection

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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.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Love Song of the Oconee Lufta (sheet music)

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Identifier: SM 05-03
Scope and Contents Sheet music for “Love Song of the Oconee Lufta” by Mrs. R. L. Creel, copyright 1938.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Lucy Morgan Beard Collection

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Identifier: SM82-02
Content Description Photocopies of four (4) diaries of Lucy J. Morgan Beard, concerning her private school for girls and her travels to Europe.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Major Wiley Parris Civil War Letters

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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,...
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Margaret Bare Collection

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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.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Margaret Walker Freel Collection, Add. #1

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Identifier: MSS 80-41
Content Description This addition to the Margaret Walker Freel collection contains rough drafts and proofs of Freel's book, Unto the Hills. The book is the story of the William Walker II (1812-1864) family and its migration to and settlement in Cherokee County, NC, in 1839.

For additional information, see the collection description for Margaret Walker Freel collection, MSS 80-40, and William Walker collection, MSS 80-44.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Marion Fitz-Simons Mexican Village Illustrations

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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...
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Mars Hill College Photo Album

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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.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Martha Hyde

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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.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Mary Faye Brumby Collection

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Identifier: MSS 80-57
Content Description Mrs. Mary Faye Brumby (1912 - ) was born in Marietta, GA, and has been a resident of Murphy, NC, since 1944. In 1934, she married Edward H. Brumby and had three children: Mary Bolan, Ida Hunt and Edward Hunt. Mrs. Brumby founded Fayola Manufacturing Company and was owner and operator (along with her husband) of textile mills at Murphy, NC, and in Georgia (e.g. Brumby Textile Mill), as well as an outlet store in Murphy.Mrs. Brumby attended Agnes Scott College from 1933-1934 and...
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Mathis World War II Ration Ticket Book

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Identifier: SM 80-32
Content Description The collection consists a World War II ration ticket book issued to members of the Mathis family of Cowarts, North Carolina. Many of the original stamps are still intact.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

Maurice B. Morrill Papers

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Identifier: MSS 05-07
Content Description Manuscript and drafts of Dr. Maurice B. Morrill’s history of Western Carolina University. Dr. Morrill served as the Dean of Western Carolina University’s Graduate School and also served extensively on university committees. Several of the manuscript drafts are dated between 1979 – 1981. Also included are research materials for the university history and materials from Ms. Eddie Marie Wike Sutton Duckett.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

McKee & Dills Families

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Identifier: MSS 12-01
Content Description The collection contains materials concerning the McKee, Dills, and related families, of western North Carolina, chiefly Jackson County, NC. Of note are several Civil War letters; a Certificate of Promotion to Second Lieutenant for C.S. Buchanan, July 26, 1863; and state of North Carolina Confederate currency.
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

M.D. Adams Papers

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Identifier: SM 00-03
Content Description Portrait of a "Mountain Man" (canvas). Filed as "oversize." Signed "Susan Connell."
Found in: Hunter Library - Special Collections

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