2024-2025 One Book: Even as We Breathe: Campus Theme: WCU Mountain Life

Highlights from WCU showcases some of the most unique and interesting items held by Hunter Library’s Special Collections department, the Mountain Heritage Center, and others on campus.

WCU LGBTQIA+ Archive partners with UNC-Asheville and the non-profit organization Blue Ridge Pride to create a regional archive of LGBTQ oral histories and ephemera.

These interviews document the communities and culture of Western North Carolina covering topics such as the building of the Fontana Dam, Josephina Niggli’s legacy at WCU, and the lives of local storytellers.

Hunter Library’s Making Memories collection offers a look back at the people, buildings, and events that inform Catamount history. In addition to our own collections, Hunter Library partnered with DigitalNC to make a selection of Catamount yearbooks available online.

This all-sound collection of interviews was produced by Catch the Spirit of Appalachia, a North Carolina not-for-profit. Created from a series of interviews, over 200 radio programs capture “local memory” detailing traditions, events, and life stories of mountain people.

Jackson County homepage with information about county commissioners, county properties, ordinances, and more.

Town of Sylva homepage with information about the town, city departments and services, and town government information.

Check this research guide for North Carolina Government, County, and General information.