Appalachia

Loyal Jones

Remembering Appalachian Scholar Loyal Jones
Oct 18, 2023

Remembering Loyal Jones (1928-2023) The Special Collections Research Center at Appalachian State University remembers Loyal Jones, prolific Appal...

Photograph of Don Horton and Oscar Joines of the Appalachian Training School baseball team, 1913.  Part of the University Archives Photograph Collection (UA.36).

New Photographs on Belk Library's 4th Floor Hallway
Sep 14, 2023

Photograph of the photographs on the fourth floor hallway of Belk Library.Stroll down the hallway on the fourth floor of Belk Library and Information ...

Camp Yonahlossee 100th Anniversary Gathering Celebrated in Special Collections
Jul 18, 2023

The afternoon of Saturday, June 10, the Special Collections Research Center was privileged to be a part of the 100th Anniversary celebrations on the A...

The Colored Department of Norfolk and Western Railroad Y.M.C.A. photograph, AC 266, depicts 15 African Americans standing in front of a building with a sign reading

Recent Additions to the Appalachian Collection
Jun 23, 2023

In this blog post are a few of the new additions to the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection at the Special Collections Research Center.  If they piq...

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...

Trevor McKenzie sitting in a rocking chair

Lecture, Book Signing: Musician and Historian Trevor McKenzie, 10/12
Oct 4, 2022

Trevor McKenzie Speaks about the Real Otto Wood, Bluegrass Ballad LegendWednesday, October 12, 2022Lecture and Book Signing: 6-7:15 pmBelk Library &am...

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...

Camp Yonahlossee Exhibit
Jun 30, 2022

A new exhibit featuring materials from the Camp Yonahlossee Collection is now on display in the rotunda of the fourth floor of Belk Library.  Sto...

William A. Bake Papers Collection Re-Processed
Mar 21, 2022

Fresh off the re-processing table are the William A. Bake papers.  The finding aid for this collection has been updated to increase access and di...

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...