United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 25th Infantry Regiment, Co. B
R. P. Crawford, in camp near Wilmington, North Carolina, Michels [Mitchells] Sound, to his cousin, Wm. Eastis [also, Estes, Estice], September 29, 1861. Crawford writes of the regiment’s encampment near the sea coast, his health, camp conditions,...
A view of Horace Kephart's cabin on Hazel Creek, Swain County, North Carolina. The caption reads, "The Cabin in Winter" This photograph appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders," 1921 edition, p. 161, as "Cabin on the Little...
Captain J. M. Cathey, in camp near Weldon, North Carolina, to his father, Col. J. Cathey, February 15, 1864. Captain Cathey writes of his personal feelings and concerns, his health, recent events, the reenlistment of fellow soldiers for additional...
William B. Carden [also Cardin], North Carolina 16th Infantry Regiment, Co. H, stationed in Pocahantus County, Virginia [now West Virginia], to his cousin William Beezley, October 6-7, 1861. Carden discusses military actions in the vicinity of...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 34th Infantry Regiment, Co. I; Gettysburg Campaign, 1863
G. J. Huntley, Camp near Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, to his sister Tincy, June 29, 1863. Huntley, serving in the North Carolina 34th Infantry Regiment, Company I, notes that his unit has crossed Maryland to Pennsylvania. He mentions the beauty of...
This photograph features Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944) standing in front of two coverlets. The coverlet on the left is woven in a Double Bow Knot pattern, the one on the right is the Pine Cone Bloom pattern. This 1943 photograph, made the...
This goose and wild turkey, exact dates unknown, were carved from apple wood by W. J. Martin. The figures are sanded to a smooth finish, typical of the Folk School carvings. Carving well before the school's formal carving program was started, it...
The "Cherokee Herald" (Murphy, N.C.) newspaper in its June 17, 1874, issue ran an advertisement that asserted, "It has been ascertained that one and half bushels of corn ground at the Tomotla Mills will last a family seven days,...
The 'Cherokee Herald' (Murphy, N.C.) newspaper in its June 17, 1874, issue ran an advertisement that asserted, 'It has been ascertained that one and half bushels of corn ground at the Tomotla Mills will last a family seven days, whereas the same...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 62nd Infantry Regiment, Co. I
R. P. Kelly, Zollicoffer, Tennessee, to “Dear Father & Mother & Sisters,” September 16, 1862. Kelly writes of camp life and drills, that they are stationed near a railroad, and of watching the sick and wounded from Richmond pass by, as...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 62nd Infantry Regiment, Co. I;
T. B. Edmonston, Cumberland Gap (at the juncture of Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky), to “Dear Parents and family,” July 4, 1863. Edmonston writes of recent health problems and that he will try to obtain permission to come home. Edmonston’s...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 62nd Infantry Regiment, Co. I
Fragment of a letter from Ben Edmonston to an unknown recipient, and not dated. Edmonston writes about recommendations that had been made for couriers and his displeasure about the manner in which he had not being chosen.
A Nathan Hyatt enlisted...
Cullowhee High School, Cullowhee, North Carolina; Western Carolina University; Western Carolina University -- Buildings
The original Madison Building was the first building on the campus of Cullowhee High School funded by an appropriation from the State of North Carolina. A stucco building constructed in 1903-1904, it was a multi-purpose building of classrooms,...
The pattern depicted in this black and white photograph is named Sunrise and Window Sash Table. A Sunrise pattern often features a cross center. This example also shows a window sash table, a large square or rectangle motif in a pattern that is...
The pattern depicted in this black and white photograph is named Nine Chariot Wheels. The back of this photograph is marked "35 is Irish Chain". Nine Chariot Wheels describes the motifs, a total of nine, that make up the design of...
The pattern depicted in this close-up black and white photograph is named Betty Teague. The back of this photograph identifies "33 is Betty Teague." Frances Goodrich, founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, collected this photograph. ...
The pattern depicted in this black and white photograph is named Double Chariot Wheel. The back of this photograph is marked: "32 is Chariot Wheel." Double Chariot Wheel describes the motifs that make up the design of doubled wheels...
The pattern name of this color image is a variation of Original Governor’s Garden. The back of this photograph is marked: Rogers, a possible reference to the donor, location, or name of the weaver of this pattern. While the source of the name...
This color image shows a full-size coverlet in a weave pattern known as Cat Tracks and Snail Trail or Snow Trail. The circles are said to resemble a cat’s paw or snowball while the diagonal undulating lines resemble snail tracks. The back of this...
The pattern name of this color image is a variation of Sea Star. The back of this photograph is marked: "Seven stars. Wrong side out." Coverlet pattern names were never standardized thus a variation in pattern name is quite common from...
