Thanks to our partners at the Hendersonville High School Alumni Association, DigitalNC is proud to announce that a collection of student life records are now available online for the first time! High school archetypes of all kinds are represented within this collection, which has something for Buellers and Ringwalds alike. Three new scrapbooks and seventy-six issues of the student newspaper are now available online!
Two of the scrapbooks featured in this collection were created to record the epic highs and lows of the drama club from 1969 to 1978. The scrapbooks feature all aspects of the drama club’s operations, from color photographs of rehearsals to annotated play festival programs. Each year encapsulates a journey, from auditions in August to the performance in the North Carolina Theater Conference festival. A personal highlight of these books are the handmade felted harlequins and jesters, which often point out key moments or important documents.
A different high school experience is represented in the third scrapbook, composed by a member of the Hendersonville High School Student Council in 1990. The scrapbook records the high school’s event planners, meeting organizers, and sock-hop decorators at the advent of the decade. A corresponding hope and vigor runs through the scrapbook, and the slogan “Bearcats are Putting It Together in the 90’s!” can be seen throughout the pages. The scrapbook contains an excellent series of photographs of the school’s clubs, which have some truly spectacular 90s fashion.
You can find these new scrapbooks online now at NC Digital here, and the new issues of the student newspaper online here. Interested in more content from Hendersonville High School? You can find their associated page at DigitalNC here, or visit the Hendersonville High School Alumni Association online at their website here.
