Cherokee

Cherokee County Historical Museum, Inc.
The Cherokee County Historical Museum houses a core collection of well over two thousand items collected over a seventy year period in the Cherokee County area by Arthur Palmer. This collection was formerly the Palmer Museum, which used to be located in Marble, NC. These holdings consist primarily of artifacts excavated from Indian mounds, discovered in the local region, and bartered from area citizens in years past. The museum presently houses and interprets these materials and later additions to the collection including many items of local historical interest. The Cherokee County Historical Museum for the most part reflects the life of the Cherokee Indian before and during the time of the removal along the Train of Tears to Oklahoma, including Fort Butler where the Indians were held near present-day Murphy, and the early life of the white man in Cherokee County. Other collections of interest include artifacts from the local marble mining enterprises, local notables and families, and unique individual stories.

Murphy Public Library (Nantahala Regional Library System)
Murphy Public Library Genealogy Collection
The Genealogy Collection of Murphy Public Library seeks to collect, preserve, exhibit, and make available to the public materials useful for the study of Cherokee County local and family history. The collection includes photographs, maps, name and subject vertical files, reference books, microfilm, computer media, and a variety of unpublished resources.

Tri-County Community College
Dr. Carl D. Dockery Library Media Center - Special Collections
Tri-County Community College Library Special Collections seeks to obtain and preserve the school's administrative records and other materials documenting the history of the school as well as to collect and make available resources on the Cherokee Indians, Eric Rudolph, and other topics pertinent to the local area served by Tri-County Community College.