Thanks to our partners at the Henderson County Education History Initiative, fifteen new yearbooks are now available on DigitalNC. The new yearbooks range from 1942 to 1974, and represent a variety of local schools across Henderson County. Among these schools are:

West Henderson High School
Flat Rock High School
East Henderson High School
Blue Ridge Community College
Edneyville High School
The Fassifern School for Girls
The Blue Ridge School for Boys

Almost every one of these schools is already represented online at DigitalNC, and the addition of new yearbooks will further deepen their digitized documentary presence.

The Fassifern School for Girls, however, is a brand-new addition to DigitalNC’s holdings. The school was founded in 1907 in Lincolnton, NC, but was moved to Hendersonville in 1911. It was established by Kate Shipp, and received its name after Shipp’s ancestral home in Scotland. Fassifern was regarded as a prestigious institution during its operation, and provided instructional training for girls who later attended universities such as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wellesley, and Vassar. Fassifern was known for the emphasis it placed on individualized instruction, and few of its classes exceeded twenty pupils. The school even provided certificates in business management and ownership to its students as early as 1918, which was particularly unusual for an all-girls school. Unfortunately, the school closed in 1952 after falling on hard times.

You can learn more about the Fassifern School for Girls, along with all the other wonderful schools across Henderson County, online now at NC Digital here. Thanks again to our wonderful partners at the Henderson County Education History Initiative for making these beautiful yearbooks available online. You can find more about the Initiative by locating their partner page at NC Digital here, or on their Facebook page here.