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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...
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Welcoming Freshman in The Appalachian
Aug 27, 2021
As students have returned to campus, I found myself browsing through old issues of The Appalachian to see how students were welcomed back to campus in...
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A Look Back at Appalachian (via "The Appalachian" Student Newspaper)
May 7, 2021
This image shows the southern (rear) side of D. D. Dougherty Library, built 1935, at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967). The building serv...
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Get to Know Jesse Jackson, Children’s Author
Mar 16, 2021
“[He] came to Appalachian to spend the day and ended up staying the rest of his life,” said Appalachian State University children’s literature p...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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The Early History of Plemmons Student Union
Oct 24, 2019
This is a guest post by Mandi Burnison, a rare books and archives reference student assistant in Special Collections. Mandi is a junior, majoring in E...
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William Howard Plemmons — Appalachian’s Second President
Sep 16, 2019
This is a guest post by Mandi Burnison, a rare books and archives reference student assistant in Special Collections. Mandi is a junior, majoring in E...
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Student Handbooks Provide More than Just Rules
Sep 6, 2017
One of the rich published resources in the Appalachian State University Archives is the student handbook. These books give today’s reader evidence o...