Madison

Mars Hill College
Liston B. Ramsey Center for Regional Studies
The Liston B. Ramsey Center for Regional Studies, located in Renfro Library, will combine the special collections of the current Southern Appalachian Center with various electronic resources to provide services to students and scholars interested in the mountains of western North Carolina. The special collections at the center include the photographs and documents from the Appalachian Room, materials from the Mars Hill College archives and artifacts at the Rural Life Museum.

Madison County Public Library
Local History/Genealogy Collection
The local history and genealogy collection at the Madison County Public Library makes available to local citizens and researchers information on Madison County history, families and related topics. Although books comprise the majority of the collection at this time, photographs, particularly of the county's World War I prisoner of war internment camp, and original research material are also available.

Mountain Magnolia Inn
The Mountain Magnolia Inn, an operating inn in Hot Springs, NC, is housed in the family home of Colonel James H. Rumbough. Rutland, as the house was known, was built in 1868 and was restored in the late 1990s by owners Pete and Karen Nagle. Only a few family artifacts remain, including four oil paintings, a silk shawl depicting magnolias and an original guest book from Rumbough's Patton Hotel. The public may view the artifacts during operating hours with the owners' permission.