John Parris, 1976
Cornshuck dolls from Allenstand part of the John Parris Collection Parris Receives Heritage Award/John Parris Receives Award During Mountain Heritage Day Festivities Asheville Citizen/ The Reporter Oct. 17th 1976 / Oct. 20th 1976 Western Carolina University Saturday...Mary Cornwell, 1989
Mary Cornwell receives 1989 Mountain Heritage Award Mary Cornwell of Waynesville, creator of the North Carolina State Fair’s Village of Yesteryear and founder of the Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts, received the university’s Mountain Heritage Award September 30....Lloyd Arneach, 2011
Storyteller, Stecoah Center Receive Heritage Awards September 24, 2011 Western Carolina University Chancellor David O. Belcher presented 2011 Mountain Heritage Awards on Saturday (Sept. 24) to well-known Cherokee storyteller Lloyd Arneach as part of activities at the...Asheville Citizen-Times Publishing Co., 1981
Recipient of the Mountain Heritage Award 1981. Citizen-Times Wins Heritage Award Bryson City: Smoky Mtn. Times 10/1/81 Western Carolina University gave its 1981 Mountain Heritage Award Saturday to the Asheville Citizen-Times Publishing Company as the “greatest...Amanda Swimmer, 2009
Cherokee pottery-maker Amanda Swimmer was honored at WCU’s Mountain Heritage Day festival on Saturday as the individual recipient of the university’s Mountain Heritage Award. Swimmer has demonstrated pottery making at Oconaluftee Indian Village in Cherokee for...
Tonya Carroll (B.A., 2007 M.A., 2009) with Bruce Frazier (Carol Grotnes Belk Endowed Professor in Commercial & Electronic Music) in the recording studio.