Check out Hunter Library's latest news about services and resources to support learning, teaching, and research at WCU.
The library now has access to online archives of the Atlantic (1857-2014), Life (1936-2000), The Charlotte Observer (1886-1984), and the Raleigh News and Observer (1910-current). These resources are an excellent snapshot of intellectual, cultural, popular, and political history in North Carolina and the nation. For current newspaper articles, visit our… Read more »
Yes! When WCU was WCC (Western Carolina College), freshmen were given beanies to wear. According to A Mountain Heritage: An Illustrated History of Western Carolina University, this ritual started in “1957 to strengthen school spirit, though freshmen must have wondered at the psychology behind the idea.” Evidence suggests that this… Read more »
American Indian Studies, Archives Unbound is an online database of primary documents from collections including the American Indian Correspondence Collection of Presbyterian Missionary Letters, 1833-1893 and the documents from the War Department and Indian Affairs 1800-1824, as well as the Papers of the Panton/Leslie Company, Indian Trade in the Southeastern Spanish… Read more »
Check out the new digital collection, Western North Carolina Regional Maps. This collection allows you to view maps based on location or by type, such as road maps, topographic maps and plat maps. Maps in this collection span from the 1800s to the 1970s. The images can be downloaded, shared… Read more »