This postcard, from wife of notorious early twentieth century “quack doctor” John Brinkley to Amanda Jackson (a friend of Brinkley’s family), documents Brinkley’s 1937 European trip with his wife. The author of the postcard,...
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Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942, Exposition internationale (1937 : Paris, France), Travel e World's fairs (exhibitions)
This postcard was sent from Geneva, Switzerland, by Minnie Brinkley to Amanda “Aunt Mandy” Jackson. Minnie Brinkley was the wife of John Brinkley II, a notorious quack doctor who practiced medicine throughout the 1920s and...
Raymond Rockhill Nicholson was born in Jackson County in 1898. He studied at what is today known as Western Carolina University. From 1917 to 1921, he served as principle of three different public schools. Between the years...
Charles Asbury Bird is the recipient of this letter from an unknown sender. Charles Bird worked as a farmer in Western North Carolina, became a Qualla Township political figure, and served at one point as chairman of the...
The following pages are diary entries written by Samuel Robert Owens during a stay in hospital in Manila after twenty months of being a Prisoner of War. According to the Sylva Herald Ruralite from July 18th, 1945, the diary was...
This letter was written by Samuel Roberts Owens to his mother, Mrs. S.J. Owens. He sends greetings to his family, especially his father, to whom he wishes a happy birthday. Owens tells his mother not to write for a while, and...
This manuscript is a letter written from Solomon “Sol” Franklin Bogart to his sister, Martha Jane Misemer, wife of Henry Marshall “Marsh” Misemer. This transcription and its attendant annotations, explanatory material, and...
This manuscript is a letter written from Solomon “Sol” Franklin Bogart to his sister, Martha Jane Misemer, wife of Henry Marshall “Marsh” Misemer. This transcription and its attendant annotations, explanatory material, and...
Robert Venoy Reed was born in Sylva, North Carolina on May 28, 1915. He graduated from Sylva High School in 1936 and worked as a sales clerk at the Sylva Pharmacy before joining the military in October of 1942. Reed trained as...
Dan Tompkins was born in Webster, NC in 1890. He graduated from high school in Waynesville and studied law at Wake Forest College. The Jackson County Journal started up in 1906, and Tompkins became its editor in chief in 1912....
