George Cadmus, Jr.
Photograph included with student application. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives
Courtesy of Western Regional Archives
FOCUS
General Studies
ROLE
Student
ATTENDANCE
1939 - 1940
BIRTH
1920-05-17
New York, NY
DEATH
1969-03-20
George Cadmus was a student from fall of 1939 to spring of 1940.
He took coursework in chemistry, math, history, drawing, and psychology. He participated in the play, Waiting for Lefty. There isn't much else shared about his time at the college, but there are letters from his parents in his student files showing that they wanted him to study medicine after leaving BMC.
Courses Taken
Fall term 1939-40:Mathematics (Lindsley), General chemistry (Lindsley), Psychological Problems (E Status)
Spring term 1939-40:Calculus (Lindsley)-dropped, Introductory General Chemistry(Lindsley), Drawing (Albers), Modern European History (Barnes, W.C.)
Author
Amanda Hartman
Amanda Hartman is the creator of BMC Yearbook, serving as the lead director, engineer, and researcher. She holds a MLIS in archive/ collections management, MA in art/ museum education, and BA in design. After working in museums and archives for a decade, she made the transition to tech and is now a software developer specializing in applications for museums, archives, and higher education.
Her interest in Black Mountain College began while working as a digital archivist with the Asheville Art Museum's BMC archive collection. She transcribed and digitized over 1500 documents created by the college. While working closely with these archives, she began independent research on the interracial program and Negro Week activities BMC, writing biographies of lesser known students and staff members. That research transformed into this BMC Yearbook project.
