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...
Stock Car Racing Collection Items Exhibited at NASCAR Hall of Fame
Apr 10, 2017
The recently opened “Petty: Building a Family Legacy” exhibit at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC, features a number of items from the Ric...
Class Visit Opens New Perspectives on Golden Age Comics
Mar 29, 2017
This is a guest post by Dr. Craig Fischer, Professor of English at Appalachian State University.I’ve been a comic book fan for almost half a ce...
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, ...
New Exhibit in Special Collections
Feb 10, 2017
Special Collections’ new winter exhibit, “Snow Scenes of Winters Past,” gives this year’s snow-starved region a visual feast of past snows in ...
New Appalachian State Special Collections Blog
Feb 8, 2017
Hello blog readers,Five years ago this blog was founded to document the processing of collections for an NHPRC grant from the Library of Congress. Sin...
Archives in the Movies
Jan 12, 2017
Note: This post contains movie spoilers for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Batman Begins, and The Fugitive. As an archivist, I imme...
Archives, Historical Memory, and the Power of Place
Dec 27, 2016
Cratis Williams Reading RoomGuest post by Cody Miller. Cody is a graduate of the Appalachian Studies M.A. program at Appalachian State University and ...
William A. Bake: Photographer, Writer, Environmentalist, and Practitioner-in-Residence
Dec 19, 2016
“Boundary Cliffs”, 2003 William A. Bake, (1939–2016), a native of Michigan and resident of Boone, North Carolina, was an accomplished photo...
A Trip Through the Hocking Hills
Dec 12, 2016
“Approaching Adelphi, August 18, 1916,” AC.336: Southern Ohio Hiking Trip Photograph Album, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Boone, NC 28608.&nb...