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Angela Ocuto Howell

Welcome to Angela Ocuto Howell, Manuscripts and Archives Processor
Feb 1, 2022

The Special Collections Research Center at Appalachian State University bids a hearty welcome to the most recent addition to our team, Manuscript...

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...

Mary Elizabeth Lewis Papers Collection Added
Nov 18, 2021

The Mary Elizabeth Lewis papers (AC 1215) are now available for research at the Special Collections Research Center.  Mary Elizabeth Lewis (...

A portrait from the collections, inscribed with the name

New Collection from Gag-Master William Boswell "Bosh" Rigsby Added
Oct 12, 2021

Recently processed and now available for research, the William Boswell "Bosh" Rigsby papers (AC 907) contain family papers, photographs, and a collect...

Photo depicts snowy street with vehicles and storefronts of bank, café, Farmers Hardware & Supply Co., and Quality Shoe Shop.

New Digitized Collection
Jun 21, 2021

The Mary D. Davis photographs were recently digitized and are now available online. Davis graduated from Appalachian State Teachers College in 19...

Girl starting a fire, Camp Yonahlossee

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...

A fun-size package of M&M’s taped to a handwritten letter from a student to Mary E. Lyons, thanking her for visiting their classroom

[NO] Food in the Archives?
Apr 19, 2021

Visit any research center with archival materials and you will find that food and drink is absolutely not allowed in the space.  If you look at S...

North Carolina in the Great War, NC Archives Month 2017

Archives Month Open House in October
Nov 7, 2017

October was North Carolina Archives Month, and the Special Collections Research Center at Appalachian State University celebrated with an open house f...

Cover of Student Information Book 1930

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...

Mary Jane Putzel talks with Pat Beaver

Director of the Center for Appalachian Studies: Dr. Patricia D. Beaver
Mar 6, 2017

Mary Jane Putzel (left), a graduate of Appalachian Studies Department, talks with Pat Beaver (right), Director of the Center for Appalachian Studies, ...