History

Ohioan Farmer Diaries Collection Added
Mar 14, 2024

Fresh off the processing table is AC.935: Ohioan Farmer Diaries.  Two-page spread from the 1877 diary of William Symmes, showing daily entri...

Book of Kells Facsimile Is Here!
Aug 17, 2023

In May the Special Collection Research Center was thrilled to obtain a facsimile of the Book of Kells for inclusion in the rare books collection. Afte...

Congressman Broyhill at his desk in Washington, D.C.

Senator Jim Broyhill: A Remembrance
Feb 20, 2023

We are sad to note that Senator James "Jim" Broyhill passed away on February 18, 2023. He was a good friend to the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection, t...

Historian Luke Manget

Lecture, Book Signing: Environmental Historian Luke Manget, 9/15
Sep 2, 2022

Thursday, September 15, 2022Lecture and Book Signing: 6-7:15 pmBelk Library & Information Commons Room 114On Thursday, September 15, Dr. Luke Mang...

Watauga College Records Collection Added!
Jan 11, 2022

The Watauga Residential College records (UA 09.12) were recently processed and are available for research in the Special Collections Research Center.W...

Close-up of a baseball program from the Charleston (West Virginia) Alley Cats

Batter Up! Baseball in the Appalachian Collection
May 18, 2021

It’s baseball season!  With minor league teams back in action on the diamond, baseball fans are once again able to take in America’s national...

Dr. Joshua Rodda

Introducing Rhinehart Postdoctoral Fellow, Joshua Rodda
Feb 18, 2019

Dr. Joshua Rodda is the 2018–2019 Rhinehart Postdoctoral Fellow in British History. He will spend the academic year at Appalachian State University ...