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About Us
The Digital Heritage Project is a part of The Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University
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Recent Posts
- Mary Ulmer Chiltosky, 1986
- Stecoah Valley Center, 2011
- Gar Mosteller and Doyle Barker, 2008
- Cradle of Forestry in America, 1997
- Jackson County Genealogical Society, 2012
- Rob Tiger, 2012
- Young Adult Choir, Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Church, 2001
- Bea Hensley, 1995
- Penland School of Crafts, 1985
- John B. Battle, 1983
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Institutions Archive
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Stecoah Valley Center, 2011
Posted on January 30, 2013 | No CommentsStecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center (Organizational Recipient) Built of native rock with the skill and labor of many local... -
Cradle of Forestry in America, 1997
Posted on January 30, 2013 | No CommentsRecipient of the Cradle of Forestry in America, receiving the Mountain Heritage award, 1997. -
Rob Tiger, 2012
Posted on January 18, 2013 | No CommentsMountain Heritage Award, 2012 Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Awards for 2012 were presented Saturday (Sept. 29) to Rob Tiger,... -
Young Adult Choir, Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Church, 2001
Posted on January 18, 2013 | No CommentsMountain Heritage Award Comments SEPT. 29, 2001 Winner: Young Adult Choir of Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Church. Accepting Award: choir... -
Penland School of Crafts, 1985
Posted on January 18, 2013 | No CommentsPenland School of Craft Honored By WCU John Parris Asheville Citizens Times 9/29/85 CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University’s 1985... -
Asheville Citizen-Times Publishing Co., 1981
Posted on November 26, 2012 | No CommentsRecipient of the Mountain Heritage Award 1981. Citizen-Times Wins Heritage Award Bryson City: Smoky Mtn. Times 10/1/81 Western Carolina... -
H. F. Robinson, 1979
Posted on November 21, 2012 | No CommentsRobinson Presented Heritage Award During Building Dedication At WCU Dr. H.F. Robinson, Chancellor of Western Carolina University, was... -
Mars Hill College, 1988
Posted on November 20, 2012 | No CommentsMars Hill College Receives Mountain Heritage Award The Sylva herald Sept. 29/1988 Western Carolina University presented its 1988 Mountain... -
Jackson County Historical Association, 1987
Posted on October 31, 2012 | No CommentsWCU’s Mountain Heritage Award Presented To Historical Association The Sylva Herald Oct. 1 1987 The 1987 Mountain Heritage Award... -
All Souls Episcopal Church
Posted on March 5, 2012 | No CommentsGeorge Vanderbilt established All Souls Episcopal Church in 1896 to serve the workers on his Biltmore Estate near Asheville. The church was the centerpiece of the village he constructed to house his workers, a community known as Biltmore Village. . . -
Black Mountain College
Posted on March 5, 2012 | No CommentsIn 1933, Black Mountain College opened near Black Mountain, North Carolina. Dedicated to the arts, it marked a radical departure from most colleges of the time. It was an experiment in progressive education and communal work. -
Craft Guild
Posted on March 5, 2012 | No CommentsIn 1892, Frances Goodrich, a New England educated Presbyterian Missionary, moved to the Madison County community of Allanstand. Her goal: to improve the quality of life for mountain families. Her means was the promotion of traditional crafts to a growing American market for authentic handicrafts. . . -
Highlander Folk School
Posted on March 5, 2012 | No CommentsThe Highlander Folk School was founded in 1932 in Monteagle on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau. Its founders envisioned an adult education center where mountain people could tackle community problems. . . -
Mountain Dance and Folk Festival
Posted on March 5, 2012 | No CommentsIn 1928, Bascom Lamar Lunsford turned his vast knowledge of traditional music and his organizational skills to the creation of a local music festival. The Asheville Chamber of Commerce had long sponsored an annual Rhododendron Festival, highlighting mountain arts and crafts. . . -
Mud Creek Missionary Baptist Church
Posted on March 5, 2012 | No CommentsIn May 1867, having been led by the spirit of God, newly freed slaves from Charleston joined with their ministers to establish the Mud Creek Missionary Baptist Church in East Flat Rock, North Carolina. With no permanent meeting house and only circuit riding clergymen. . .