Western Carolina University WCU University of North Carolina Asheville UNCA

Southern Appalachian Digital Collections

Western Carolina University (20) View all
University of North Carolina Asheville (6) View all
WCU - Western Carolina University: Making Memories

Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933

items 5 of 9 items
  • wcu_memories-447.jp2
Copyright Download
Item 1 - Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933
wcu_memories-443.jp2

Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933

HL_SM10_10_01
Item 2 - Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933
wcu_memories-444.jp2

Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933

HL_SM10_10_02
Item 3 - Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933
wcu_memories-445.jp2

Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933

HL_SM10_10_03
Item 4 - Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933
wcu_memories-446.jp2

Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933

HL_SM10_10_04
wcu_memories-447.jp2

Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933

HL_SM10_10_05
Item 6 - Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933
wcu_memories-448.jp2

Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933

HL_SM10_10_06
Item 7 - Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933
wcu_memories-449.jp2

Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933

HL_SM10_10_07
Item 8 - Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933
wcu_memories-450.jp2

Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933

HL_SM10_10_08
Item 9 - Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933
wcu_memories-451.jp2

Memories of Western Carolina Teachers College, 1931-1933

HL_SM10_10_09
Item
?

Item’s are ‘child’ level descriptions to ‘parent’ objects, (e.g. one page of a whole book).

  • This memoir by Imogene Herron Nielsen, known later in life as Gene Nielsen, describes her experiences at Western Carolina Teachers College while she was a student there from 1931-33. Nielsen ends her memoir by stating how her experiences at Western shaped her later life including her decision to be involved in politics, and getting married to a college professor.
  • and educational. I remember that a few times I hitchhiked with a male student to Asheville — that was really rarely done by girls back in those days. You can be sure that I didn't tell Miss Posey how I got to Asheville! On one of my trips there I bought two bottles of Three Point Two beer when my parents weren't around — it had just become legal. I hid it in my luggage. My date's first question when I got back was "Did you get the 3.8?" I assured him that I had it. We walked sedately to the gym, quickly disappeared behind it, and I opened the lunch sack containing the beer. My boyfriend thought it was great that I had remembered to get an opener. But the beer was a dismal failure. It was lukewarm and tasted terrible to both of us. It took me years to learn to enjoy the taste of good beer even in Germany. Another special memory deals with the dining room at Moore. Then we were assigned a table for eight or ten, I can't remember which it was, and a teacher was the hostess. I remember how friendly and intelligent Mrs. Buchanan was and how much I admired her. She always kept an interesting, lively conversation going. The only student I remember who sat at my table was Richard Miller, who was also a debater. Teenagers were always hungry then too, but the college had a great way to fill us up. If we were still hungry after lunch and dinner, we could serve ourselves as much bread and butter and molasses as we wanted. It seemed to me that everybody liked that.
Object
?

Object’s are ‘parent’ level descriptions to ‘children’ items, (e.g. a book with pages).

Related items

Part of Collection

Western Carolina University: Making Memories

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...

View collection Read introduction
panzoom image
wcu_memories-447.jp2