]> ht_hunter Inventory of the Hiram T. Hunter Collection, 1908 - 1949 Processed by: George Frizzell; machine-readable finding aid created by: Brian Sealy Special CollectionsWestern Carolina University Hunter Library
Cullowhee, NC, USA
 2006

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: June, 2006 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS Inventory of the Hiram T. Hunter Collection, 1908 - 1949 Western Carolina University Hunter Library &wcuaddress; Descriptive Summary Western Carolina University Hunter Library Special Collections Hiram T. Hunter Hiram T. Hunter, 1908 - 1949 MSS 02-04 Material in English 1.25 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Hunter Library Special Collections. Papers of Hiram T. Hunter (1883 - 1947), educator and president of Western Carolina Teachers College (formerly Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School and Cullowhee State Normal School, now Western Carolina University), 1923 - 1947. Personal papers written by Hunter, and newspaper and other published material by and about him. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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[Identification of item], Hiram T. Hunter Collection, Special Collections, Western Carolina University Hunter Library, Cullowhee, NC, USA.

 Acquisitions Information

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Processed by George Frizzell, June, 2002

Encoded by Brian Sealy, June, 2006

 Biographical and Historical Note

Hiram T. Hunter (1883-1947) was raised in Madison County, North Carolina and educated at Mars Hill College, Wake Forest College, and then at Columbia University and Harvard University. He taught for several years in public schools in North Carolina and Virgina and for four years at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He then served as Head of the Department of Education at Wake Forest College for one year before becoming president of Western Carolina Teachers College in 1923. Hunter presided over Western's transition from a two-year to a four-year institution. Western's library is named in honor of Hunter.

Source: William Ernest Bird. The history of Western Carolina College: the progress of an idea. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1963, p. 127-130. [LD3954 .B5 ]

Content and Scope

Lesson plans, personal notebooks, and correspondence by Hunter from the period 1908-1949. Also includes photographs, newspaper clippings, and some material related to his daughter, Elizabeth Ann Hunter.

Arrangement

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Hunter, Hiram T. (Hiram Tyram), 1883-1847 Western Carolina University--Presidents College presidents--North Carolina-- Cullowhee Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Cullowhee Teachers colleges--North Carolina--Cullowhee