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Dr. Joshua Rodda

Introducing Rhinehart Postdoctoral Fellow, Joshua Rodda
Feb 18, 2019

Dr. Joshua Rodda is the 2018–2019 Rhinehart Postdoctoral Fellow in British History. He will spend the academic year at Appalachian State University ...

Black Mountain College

New Digital Exhibit: Black Mountain College
Jan 29, 2019

Photo courtesy of the Western Regional Archives, a branch of the North Carolina State Archives A new digital exhibit, Black Mountain College...

Dr. Jackson helps viewers decipher a manuscript notation

Spring British History Lectures
Jul 25, 2018

In April, Belk Library hosted two lectures by British history scholars. Rhinehart Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Victoria Jackson spoke on April 24, 2018, ab...

Simple illustration of a person playing a horn instrument and wearing a beret. On the right of the image is the text

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...

Books by Charles Olson and Robert Creeley

New Exhibit in Special Collections
Feb 2, 2018

Black Mountain College Writers & Artists in Printed WordA new Special Collections Research Center exhibit, “Black Mountain College Wri...

Holidays Among the Mountains by M. Betham Edwards

5 of the Most Beautiful Book Covers in the Appalachian State Special Collections
Dec 13, 2017

A guest post by Liv Winnicki, a rare books and archives reference student assistant in Special Collections. She is a second year anthropology major wi...

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...

Bob Myers on the Job

Bob Myers Collection Now Available
Sep 14, 2017

A large collection donated by distinguished motorsports journalist Bob Myers is now available for use in the Stock Car Racing Collection.Myers, who ov...

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...

Congressman James Broyhill at his desk

New Exhibit in Special Collections
Jun 19, 2017

Congressman James “Jim” Broyhill waves to the crowd at a campaign rally, circa 1964. From AC. 100, James T. Broyhill Papers. Now on display o...