WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
The Western North Carolina Historical Association is a nonprofit organization incorporated in 1952 to:
- Preserve and aid in the study of the history of WNC and related areas through direct activity and cooperation with other agencies
- Collect and preserve historical materials
- Foster historical study and writing
- Encourage historical works through aids, prizes, and awards
- Publish historical materials
- Preserve sites, buildings, and objects of historical interest
- Sponsor observance of historic dates and tours to historic places
- Sponsor or aid local and county associations for similar purposes