Mountain Home Music's 30th Anniversary Exhibit at the Jones House
Jul 29, 2024
The Special Collections Research Center is partnering with Mountain Home Music on an exhibit during the month of August at the Mazie Jones Gallery to ...
Citizen Archivist Transcribe-a-thon: March 27th from 2 - 4pm
Mar 20, 2024
All are invited to attend the Citizen Archivist Transcribe-a-thon on Wednesday, March 27th from 2:00pm - 4:00pm in Belk Library, Room 028 in the Lower...
Addition to the Appalachian Collection
Jan 18, 2024
The Special Collections Research Center has a new collection available for researchers: AC.280: Charles "Chuck" Miller papers. These papers are the pe...
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...
Yonahlossee and Catawba: Mountain Summer Camps of the Past
Jun 9, 2021
This post was originally posted on July 7, 2017.Summer’s cool temperatures in the Blue Ridge Mountains have beckoned tourists and visitors to the ar...
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...
JAM(min’) in Appalachia: Western Swing and Hot String Band Music
Apr 16, 2018
This April we are celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month in the W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection. Although Jazz is a genre not often associated with App...
Blog-able Balladry #1: Ike, Doc, and Cratis — 3 Songcatchers from the Southern Mountains
Apr 19, 2017
Appalachian State has long been connected to the cultural traditions of western North Carolina not only through its location but in the interests of i...