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...
Medieval Manuscripts on Display for Irish Studies Conference
Oct 8, 2025
On Saturday, September 27, the Special Collections Research Center participated in the American Conference for Irish Studies' Southern Regional Meetin...
Girls’ Comics Exhibit Now on Display
Sep 23, 2025
In time for National Comic Book Day on September 25, the Special Collections Research Center unveils its latest exhibit, “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun:...
"As the Crow Flies," Appalachian Journal's New Open-Access Expansion
Sep 15, 2025
As the Crow Flies, the new open-access expansion of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, goes live Sept. 15. Appalachian Journal, founded i...
Artists’ Books Viewing Last Friday
Sep 15, 2025
On Friday, September 12, the Special Collections Research Center participated in a satellite event to the North Carolina Museum of Art’s End Paper A...
The Blowing Rocket Digitization Project Goes to SAA [Society of American Archivists]!
Sep 11, 2025
One of our Manuscripts and Archives Processors, Sai Estep, recently attended the Society of American Archivists (SAA) annual conference in Anaheim, CA...
“The Life and Music of Doc Watson” class visits Special Collections
Sep 9, 2025
This semester, students in the First Year Seminar course, “The Life and Music of Doc Watson,” visited the Special Collections Research Center on A...
Welcome to Hannah Helmey, Public Services Lecturer Librarian
Aug 8, 2025
Hannah is joining the Special Collections Research Center as the Public Services Lecturer Librarian, where she will focus on instruction, research sup...
Michael B. Reilly West Virginia Photograph Collection Added
Jul 23, 2025
Who is Michael B. Reilly?In 1974, a man from Hampton, Virginia named Michael B. Reilly wandered around McDowell county, West Virginia with a camera on...
Meet Emily Kader, Curator for Distinctive Collections
Jul 15, 2025
Emily Kader is the Anne Belk Distinguished Professor and Curator for Distinctive Collections. She started her new position in September and oversees c...