Great Smoky Mountains: A Park for America

Celebrate the centennial of the National Park Service by exploring WCU's digital collection, Great Smoky Mountains: A Park for America. This collection was "created to contribute to the public's understanding of the forces and ideas that led to the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1934." The collection features a growing archive of photographs as well as relevant manuscripts.

Cherokee Traditions: From the Hands of our Elders, a new digital collection

Hunter Library’s digital collection, Cherokee Traditions: From the Hands of our Elders is now available from http://www.wcu.edu/library/DigitalCollections/CherokeeTraditions/

This digital resource documents a generation of craft makers whose work spanned the turn of the twentieth century. Included on the site are examples of basketry, pottery, wood and stone carving, and various textile traditions. The online images are primarily from the collections of Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual and the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. Through projects such as this one, Hunter Library is assembling a series of historically significant digital collections and building community through its collaboration with regional partners.

-Anna Fariello, Associate Research Professor Hunter Library, Digital Programs Western Carolina