We were sad to see the old White Oak Tree fall over the weekend of June 6th. And just how old was the tree? We’ve heard that a core sample was taken in 2021 and...

Thank you, Loran for teaching the library Wet Recovery skills today. It was vey interesting and we learned a lot. Hopefully we won’t ever need these skills, but...

Walter Berry is doing a handstand, Jim Thompson is taking his picture from the trail, and Guy Frizzell is standing on top of Charlies Bunion in the Great Smoky ...

These Valentines are from our Judge Frederick Moore Family collection. They were received by Margaret Moore in 1919 from her students while she was a student te...

We just put online a series of about 100 images taken by James Baldwin Shelton (1886-1977) prior to the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in t...

The Mountain Heritage Center (located in Hunter Library on WCU’s campus) opened a new exhibit today, Friday, January 17 “A Stranger No More” which reintroduces ...

For Veterans Day we are sharing some military “home on leave” images that are from film brought to Sherrill’s Photography Studio in downtown Waynesville for dev...

The Smoky Mountains Hiking Club got its start 100 years ago after Jim Eslinger led this group of outdoor enthusiasts up the rugged slopes of Mount LeConte Octob...

Welcome to the graduates who are gathering this weekend for the Sylva-Webster High School Alumni Fest. Here are a few pages from the 1966 Sylva-Webster High Sch...

Pictured here is the original tower built in the late 1920s atop Kuwohi (Clingmans Dome). The U.S Board of Geographic Names voted today to officially restore th...

Visit the Hunter Library archive Listening Station today, Sunday, at Sylva Pride. We are in Bridge Park until 6. #sylvapride #downtownsylvanc #jacksoncountync #...

Welcome back students! Emma has created a brand-new exhibit and it’s on display in the Special Collections reading room just in time for the new school year. It...

We are a week late to the pawty, #ArchivesPets #ArchivesHashtagParty, but we have some puppies to share and we couldn’t let it slip by completely! We gathered i...

Loving this map from a Sylva Garden Scrapbook in our collection. Dated 1964, it names all of the downtown businesses and beautification projects the Garden Club...

May Day was celebrated on WCU’s campus from the 1930s to the 1970s. Often celebrations were held in the Woodland Stage, an area created by a natural amphitheate...