Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Band directors -- North Carolina; Pride of the Mountains (Marching Band); Western Carolina University. Mountain Heritage Center; North Carolina, Western -- History; Cherokee Indians -- Appalachian...
Amy opens the show with a story about a boy named James; they met in the 8th grade and he was her first love. The story is accompanied by “Melody of Love” performed by Richard Hayman. On Creative Corner, Doreyl talks with David Starnes, who is...
Schools -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Alarka School (Swain County, N.C.)
This photograph shows the new school building in Alarka, North Carolina, a community in Swain County, N.C. The decision to build a new school in Alarka provided the opportunity to consolidate smaller schools into the new structure through the use...
Schools -- North Carolina -- Cherokee Indian Reservation;
This undated photograph shows a building on the campus of the Cherokee Boarding School. A school for the Eastern Band was instituted as a boarding and day school in 1884 and was operated for its first twelve years by the Society of Friends...
Schools -- North Carolina -- Cherokee Indian Reservation;
This undated photograph shows the Home Economics cottage on the campus of the Cherokee Boarding School. A school for the Eastern Band was instituted as a boarding and day school in 1884 and was operated for its first twelve years by the Society of...
Schools -- North Carolina -- Cherokee Indian Reservation;
This photograph of the Cherokee Boarding School was taken in 1890. A school for the Eastern Band was instituted as a boarding and day school in 1884 and was operated for its first twelve years by the Society of Friends (Quakers). The school...
Schools -- North Carolina -- Cherokee Indian Reservation;
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer shows the exterior of the wood working shop at Cherokee High School. While many Cherokee carvers got their start carving at home under the guidance of an older family member, many then refined...
Schools -- North Carolina -- Cherokee Indian Reservation;
This undated photograph shows a building on the campus of the Cherokee Boarding School. A school for the Eastern Band was instituted as a boarding and day school in 1884 and was operated for its first twelve years by the Society of Friends...
Schools -- North Carolina -- Cherokee County; Marble School (Marble, N.C.)
This article from the November 18, 1927, issue of the 'Cherokee Scout' (Murphy, North Carolina) is titled 'Marble School Honor Roll.'� The 'Honor Roll for third month Marble School'� lists the elementary school grades for the first, second,...
This series of historic postcards depicts various sites in and around Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville is the county seat of Buncombe County and is the largest city in western North Carolina. In 1880, Asheville was linked by a rail line that...
Schools -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Church buildings -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County;
This is a page from an early photograph album kept by Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944). Goodrich was founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, later donating its assets to the newly formed Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The album records...
This is a page from an early photograph album kept by Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944). Goodrich was founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, later donating its assets to the newly formed Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The album records...
This is a page from an early photograph album kept by Frances Louisa Goodrich that records her first mission posting in the Riceville/Brittain's Cove area of Buncombe County, North Carolina. The caption at the bottom of the page reads: "Home...
This is a page from an early photograph album kept by Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944). Goodrich was founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, later donating its assets to the newly formed Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The album records...
This photograph was taken in 1890 at the Cherokee Training School in Cherokee, North Carolina. The training school for the Eastern Band of Cherokee was instituted as a boarding school in the 1880s and was operated for many years by the Society of...
This photograph is included in a scrapbook that chronicles Frances Goodrich’s early years in Madison County, North Carolina. Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944) was among the first to promote a revival of weaving in the North Carolina mountains,...
This photograph is included in a scrapbook that chronicles Frances Goodrich’s early years in Madison County, North Carolina. Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944) was among the first to promote a revival of weaving in the North Carolina mountains,...
This photograph is included in a scrapbook that chronicles Frances Goodrich’s early years in Madison County, North Carolina. Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944) was among the first to promote a revival of weaving in the North Carolina mountains,...
Lake Junaluska (N.C.); Schools -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Junaluska Summer School (Lake Junaluska, N.C.);
The cover of the 1931 program of the 'Final Announcement, Junaluska Summer School, Incorporated (Affiliated with Duke University), Lake Junaluska, N.C.'� features an outline drawing of the Mission Inn building. Published by the Lake Junaluska...
Research notes for "Our Southern Highlanders." Referenced on page 353: "The true mountain dialect is spoken consistently by only the old people, the penned-at-home women, and the illiterates in 'way-back' places. Schools are teaching modern speech...
