Snapshot: The Birchfields of Roan Mountain
Aug 28, 2014
Bill Birchfield (top) and his father, Joe Birchfield (bottom), members of one of the preeminent families in the history of Appalachian string band mus...
Modest Lamplighter
Aug 21, 2014
The continued story of Appalachia remains firmly connected to the history of the growth and evolution of rural America. From generation to generation,...
Snapshot: Who Owns Watauga's Land?
Aug 6, 2014
Image from AC.104: Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force Records....
Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force Records
Aug 1, 2014
The Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force initiated the Appalachian Land Ownership Survey in Fall 1978 to examine land ownership patterns, particularl...
Snapshot: Mr. Payne's Steam Engine
Jul 30, 2014
"Mr. Payne and Steam Engine"- Mr. Payne and the location of his engine are a mystery. The photographs are filed with other images from northwestern No...
Speculation Land Company Records
Jul 10, 2014
New York-based speculator Tench Coxe (1755-1824) came into possession of 400,000 acres of land in North Carolina following the Revolutionary War, much...
Snapshot: Speculation Land Company Records
Jun 12, 2014
Map from AC.124: Speculation Land Company Records....
The Gragg House
May 28, 2014
According to local memory the Gragg House was constructed some time in the mid-19th Century by Burton and Finley Gragg. The house is notable architect...
Whooping Cough
May 7, 2014
From AC.362: Hartzog Family Papers. Letter on the back is from the son of Wiley G. Hartzog of Watauga County, North Carolina...
John Alexander Williams Papers
Apr 29, 2014
The recently processed AC.829: John Alexander Williams Papers consists of research materials, publications, and ephemera compiled by Dr. John Alexande...