Finding Aids for University Archives and Records
University Archives and Related Manuscript Collections
The key resource for locating information in archival collections is the descriptive finding aid (sometimes referred to as an inventory or guide to collections). The finding aid includes historical or biographical information about the creator, information about the content and arrangement of the collection, and an inventory of its contents. This site includes finding aids to University records and related manuscript collections. Collections are available for use in the Dougherty Reading Room.
Record Groups
Governing Boards and Campus Governance
University Presidents and Chancellors
Central Administration
Academic Affairs
General Counsel
University Advancement
Human Resource Services
Business Affairs
Internal Audits
Student Development
Athletics
Libraries and Galleries
Colleges and Schools
Departments and Programs
Centers and Institutes
Councils and Committees
Organizations and Clubs
Faculty and Staff Papers
Student and Alumni Papers
University History and Memorabilia
Affiliated Organizations and Individuals
Finding Aids
Governing Boards and Campus Governance
- Appalachian Staff Council Records, 1974-2004 (UA.5079)
- Faculty Senate Records, 1967-2006 (UA.5080)
- Graduate Student Association Senate Records, 1981-2001 (UA.5101)
- Office of the Chancellor - UNC General Administration Records, 1972-2002 (UA.5089)
- Student Government Association Records, 1977-1992 (UA.5070)
University Presidents and Chancellors
- Blanford Barnard Dougherty Collection, 1903-1957 (UA.5004)
- Office of the Chancellor. Francis T. Borkowski Records, 1976-2005 (UA.5007)
- Office of the Chancellor. Kenneth E. Peacock Records, 1989-2007 (UA.5241)
- Office of the Chancellor. John E. Thomas Records, 1953-1996 (UA.5003)
- Office of the Chancellor. Herbert W. Wey Records, 1952-1979 (UA.5002)
- Office of the President. William H. Plemmons Records, 1955-1984 (UA.5000)
Central Administration
- Board of Trustees Records, 1968-2003 (UA.5273)
- University Annual Reports, 1961-2010 (UA.5164)
Academic Affairs
- Enrollment Management
- The Hubbard Center for Faculty Development Records, 1961-1993 (UA.5076)
- Instructional Technology Center Records, 1978-2003 (UA.5068)
- Office of Academic Affairs Records, 1962-2009 (UA.5061)
- Office of Computer and Management Services Records, 1979-1991 (UA.5067)
- Office of Equity, Diversity, and Compliance Records, 1967-1997 (UA.5042)
- Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning Records, 1960-2004 (UA.5064)
- Office of International Education and Development Records, 1973-2003 (UA.5046)
- Resource Management
General Counsel
University Advancement
- Office of Alumni Affairs Records, 1934-2002 (UA.5023)
- Appalachian State University Foundation, Inc. Records, 1929-2008 (UA.5049)
- Division of University Advancement Records, 1911-2008 (UA.5044)
- Office of Cultural Affairs Records, 1975-1997 (UA.5040)
- University Communications Records, 1920-2008 (UA.5015)
Human Resource Services
Business Affairs
- Business Affairs. New York Loft and App House Records, 1981-1993 (UA.5098)
- Office of Business Affairs Records, 1925-2003 (UA.5059)
- New River Light and Power Company Records, 1967-1987 (UA.5178)
- Office of Design and Construction Records, 1989-2001 (UA.5041)
- Physical Plant Records, 1931-2003 (UA.5058)
Internal Audits
Student Development
- Division of Student Development Records, 1971-2003 (UA.5062)
- Division of Student Programs Records, 1979-1992 (UA.5012)
- Internship Office Records, 1970-1989 (UA.5196)
- Office of Student Conduct Records, 1983-2008 (UA.5047)
- Office of Student Financial Aid Records, 1960-1986 (UA.5084)
- University Recreation Records, 1989-1993 (UA.5197)
Athletics
Libraries and Galleries
- Catherine J. Smith Gallery Collection, 1991-1994 (UA.5123)
- Media Services Records, 1974-1988 (UA.5082)
- Nicholas Erneston Music Library Records, 1972-1997 (UA.5066)
- University Archives Records, 1903-2008 (UA.5279)
- University Library Records, 1905-2011 (UA.5065)
Colleges and Schools
- College of Arts and Sciences, 1962-2008 (UA.5020)
- College of Fine and Applied Arts, 1968-1999 (UA.5050)
- Cratis D. Williams Graduate School and Research & Sponsored Programs Records, 1964-2002 (UA.5043)
- General College Records, 1963-1990 (UA.5057)
- Hayes School of Music Records, 1958-2004 (UA.5090)
- John A. Walker College of Business Records, 1961-2005 (UA.5071)
- Reich College of Education Records, 1953-2000 (UA.5052)
Departments and Programs
- Appalachian Studies Program Records, 1977-1992 (UA.5060)
- Department of Anthropology Records, 1987-1997 (UA.5025)
- Department of Art Records, 1976-1985 (UA.5026)
- Department of Biology Records, 1972-2004 (UA.5027)
- Department of Chemistry Records, 1961-1995 (UA.5028)
- Department of Communication Records, 1967-2003 (UA.5053)
- Department of Economics Records, 1978-1999 (UA.5085)
- Department of English Records, 1985-2007 (UA.5029)
- Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Records, 1962-2007 (UA.5030)
- Department of Geography and Planning Records, 1928-1971 (UA.5069)
- Department of Geology Records, 1972-2004 (UA.5031)
- Department of Government and Justice Studies, 1980-1998 (UA.5037)
- Department of Health, Leisure, and Exercise Science Records, 1967-1983 (UA.5032)
- Department of History Records, 1965-2009 (UA.5008)
- Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling Records, 1969-1997 (UA.5074)
- Department of Language, Reading, and Exceptionalities Records, 1973-1990 (UA.5033)
- Department of Leadership and Educational Studies Records, 1937-1990 (UA.5034)
- Department of Mathematical Sciences Records, 1978-1992 (UA.5035)
- Department of Nursing Records, 2008 (UA.5036)
- Department of Philosophy and Religion Records, 1970-1996 (UA.5021)
- Department of Psychology Records, 1965-1992 (UA.5038)
- Department of Sociology and Social Work Records, 1972-1996 (UA.5039)
- Training Teachers of Teachers Records, 1952-1984 (UA.5104)
- Women's Studies Program Records, 1970-2003 (UA.5054)
Centers and Institutes
- National Center for Developmental Education Records, 1930-1998 (UA.5081)
- Urban-Rural Cooperative Center Records, 1973-2005 (UA.5134)
Councils and Committees
Organizations and Clubs
- Alpha Kappa Alpha, Omicron Kappa Chapter Records, 2008 (UA.5119)
- Alpha Phi Omega Records, 1985-2005 (UA.5014)
- Appalachian Literary Society Records, 1905-1912 (UA.5100)
- Appalachian Parents Association Records, 1989-1998 (UA.5128)
- Association of Non-Traditional Students Records, 1998-2000 (UA.5078)
- Appalachian State University Women's Club Records, 1920-1999 (UA.5056)
- Data Processing and Management Association Records, 1990 (UA.5168)
- Gamma Beta Phi Scrapbooks, 1981-1988 (UA.5016)
- Library Science Club Papers, 1949-1978 (UA.5083)
- Men's Glee Club Records, 1980-1993 (UA.5091)
- Music and Art Club Records, 1946-1947 (UA.5092)
- Organization on the Status of Women Records, 1973-1988 (UA.5172)
- Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) Club Records, 2005-2007 (UA.5120)
- Western North Carolina Library Network Records, 1987-1994 (UA.5118)
- Young Democrats Student Organization Records, 1988-1992 (UA.5167)
Faculty and Staff Papers
- American Military History Course Records, 2007-2011 (UA.5018)
- Mell Busbin Papers, 1967-1991 (UA.5186)
- Robert F. Coffey Papers, 1931-1941 (UA.5097)
- John W. Dinkins Collection, 1965-1989 (UA.5006)
- Mary Peacock Douglas Papers, 1940-1970 (UA.5185)
- Lorraine Force Manuscript "Have you Lost your Senses?," undated (UA.5156)
- The Daniel German and Marvin Hoffman North Carolina Environmental Issues Surveys, 1991 (UA.5200)
- Richard Howe Papers, 1968-2005 (UA.5093)
- Mary Huff Poems, 1938-1949 (UA.5138)
- W. Thomas Jamison Papers, 1978-1990 (UA.5094)
- Ila T. Justice Papers, 1948-1988 (UA.5096)
- Rickey C. Kirkpatrick Papers, 1978-2001 (UA.5201)
- James Gordon Lindsay Papers, 1969-1992 (UA.5177)
- Margaret McFadden Papers, 1910-2009 (UA.5103)
- Thomas McGowan Papers, 1986-1992 (UA.5171)
- Richter H. Moore, Jr. Papers, 1960-1991 (UA.5088)
- John A. Pritchett Photographic Collection, 1952-1960 (UA.5174)
- Carl Ross Papers, 1973-1988 (UA.5159)
- Robert Earl Snead Collection, 1971-1996 (UA.5173)
- Ina Van Noppen Papers, 1929-1939 (UA.5190)
- Rosa Veal Papers, 1939-1943 (UA.5148)
- Rogers Whitener Collection, 1946-1990 (UA.5142)
- John Workman Film Collection, 1930-1959 (UA.5075)
- Julian Yoder Collection, 1930-1987 (UA.5122)
Student and Alumni Papers
- Carolyne Hamlin Badgett Letters, 1957-1958 (UA.5055)
- Brown-Scoggins Collection, 1866-2003 (UA.5187)
- Gregory and Agnes Bussiere Collection, 1940-2006 (UA.5121)
- Mary Elizabeth Hackney Collection, 1930-1941 (UA.5136)
- James Franklin Haynes Memories of Appalachian State, undated (UA.5157)
- Louise Parks' Scrapbook, 1928-1931 (UA.5019)
- Anna Boyce Phillips Papers, 1900-1994 (UA.5099)
- Annie Dougherty Rufty Letters, 1979 (UA.5149)
- Mildred Teague Papers, 1941-1945 (UA.5116)
- Ella W. Thompson and Lloyd L. Hobbs Collection, 1909-2007 (UA.5017)
- J. Paul Winkler Scrapbooks, 1934-1973 (UA.5226)
University History and Memorabilia
- Appalachian State Teachers College Records, 1927-1967 (UA.5247)
- Appalachian Training School Collection, 1900-1931 (UA.5013)
- Artifacts Collection, 1867-2000 (UA.5045)
- Blueprints and Architectural Drawings, 1928-2010 (UA.5133)
- Centennial Campaign Records, 1963-1999 (UA.5132)
- Development of Public Education in Watauga County, N.C. Manuscript, circa 1976 (UA.5141)
- Dougherty Family Bible, 1901 (UA.5005)
- Lectures, Concerts, and Events Audio-Visual Collection, 1949-2002 (UA.5102)
- University Archives Ephemera Collection, 1924-2012 (UA.5011)
- University Charter Documents, 1903-1999 (UA.5269)
- University Deeds, 1900-2000 (UA.5283)
- University Photograph Collection, 1920-2007 (UA.5151)
Affiliated Organizations and Individuals
- Appalachian Consortium Records, 1970-2004 (UA.5001)
- John A. Walker Collection, 1972-1992 (UA.5087)
- R. Bruce White Papers, 1900-1999 (bulk 1900-1909) (UA.5264)
