JAM(min’) in Appalachia
Apr 14, 2021
This post was originally posted on April 10, 2018. In 2001, the National Museum of American History designated April as Jazz Appreciation M...
New Digital Exhibit of Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians
Mar 10, 2021
This post was originally posted on June 12, 2017. A masthead for the Katúah Journal, used from Spring 1988 to Spring 1993Would you like to learn...
A Look Back at Appalachian (via "The Appalachian" Student Newspaper)
Mar 1, 2021
This image shows two students making snowballs after a snowfall at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) in the 1950s. Two women in winter co...
Comic Books in Special Collections
Feb 18, 2021
This post was originally posted on October 18, 2019. Many people think of superheroes and action-packed stories when they think of comic books, b...
From the University Archives: Tintypes from the Doris Stam Collection
Jan 25, 2021
Created using the wet-plate collodion process developed by Frederick Scott Archer in 1851, tintypes were the “instant” photography of the 19th cen...
Appalachian Cooking
Dec 2, 2020
This post was originally published on December 6, 2018.Photo by Anita AustvikaFood is an important part of any culture. It is prepared, celebrate...
From the University Archives
Nov 20, 2020
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, App State Homecoming was virtual this year. Alumni Affairs asked me to record a video, highlighting App State ...
From the University Archives: The Doris Stam Collection
Oct 28, 2020
The Doris Stam collection (UA 47) consists of artifacts, correspondence, oral histories, papers, and photographs of the Bartlett, Brown, Dougherty, Sh...
Halloween Edition Blog-able Balladry: “It made the hair rize on his head…”
Oct 23, 2020
This post was originally published on October 15, 2018. With fall descending on western North Carolina, it is...
Appalachian Collection offers Spooktacular Delights
Oct 12, 2020
This post was originally published on October 30, 2017. Come by Special Collections on the fourth floor of Belk Library and Information Com...