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A close-up, black-and-white studio photograph showing the underside construction details of the mechanical spider. The image reveals metal plates, small hexagonal nuts, and wire attachments used to construct the legs and attach them to the body. A separate, textured, cast-metal piece—resembling a cephalothorax or head—lies detached on the surface below the main assembly.

Discoveries and Reflections of my Special Collections Assistantship, by London Fowler
Jun 17, 2026

Friday, May 15th, marked the end of my term working as a Graduate Assistant in Belk Library’s Special Collections Research Center this Spring, and I...

Graduate Assistant Grace Buckner

Grace Buckner is a New Graduate Assistant!
Jan 15, 2026

Grace Buckner is a new graduate assistant in the Special Collections Research Center at Appalachian State University. Grace holds a Bachelor of Arts i...

A black-and-white photograph shows a country landscape with a dirt road. A horse-and-buggy are stopped in the road, a person sitting inside the buggy.

Early Images of Watauga County’s Yesteryear, I: Landscapes and Photography from an Episcopalian Teacher and Clergyman
Dec 18, 2025

Following the creation of Watauga County in 1849, Boone’s incorporation in 1872, and the founding of what became Appalachian State University in 189...

Dr. Stephen Fisher, Ph.D., center, stand in doctoral academic robes with four of his students, wearing academic robes and regalia

Stephen Fisher: Archiving in Memory
Oct 10, 2025

This is a guest post by Jesse Barber, former Oral History Assistant in the Special Collections Research Center.In August of 2024, Jesse Barber, a SCRC...

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...

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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