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Front page of the May 2, 1935 issue of

A Look Back at Appalachian (via "The Appalachian" Student Newspaper)
May 7, 2021

This image shows the southern (rear) side of D. D. Dougherty Library, built 1935, at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967). The building serv...

Diamonds by Kathryn Stripling Byer

Celebrating National Poetry Month: Appalachian Poets Who Inspire
Apr 28, 2021

This post was originally posted on April 5, 2019.Pictured above is the view from Rough Ridge along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Photo taken by Wyatt Pitsar...

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...

JAM(min’) in Appalachia
Apr 14, 2021

This post was originally posted on April 10, 2018.  In 2001, the National Museum of American History designated April as Jazz Appreciation M...

Get to Know Jesse Jackson, Children’s Author
Mar 16, 2021

“[He] came to Appalachian to spend the day and ended up staying the rest of his life,” said Appalachian State University children’s literature p...

New Digital Exhibit of Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians
Mar 10, 2021

This post was originally posted on June 12, 2017. A masthead for the Katúah Journal, used from Spring 1988 to Spring 1993Would you like to learn...

A Look Back at Appalachian (via "The Appalachian" Student Newspaper)
Mar 1, 2021

This image shows two students making snowballs after a snowfall at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) in the 1950s. Two women in winter co...

Records boxes archived on shelves

University Records: 2021 UNC System Wide Schedule released
Feb 26, 2021

The State Archives of North Carolina has officially released the updated 2021 version of the UNC System General Schedule in February, which can be fou...

Mary Marvel on the cover of Wow Comics

Comic Books in Special Collections
Feb 18, 2021

This post was originally posted on October 18, 2019. Many people think of superheroes and action-packed stories when they think of comic books, b...

Close-up of the Sarum Rite breviary leaves

Cool Discoveries: the Medieval Illuminated Manuscript Leaves in the Rhinehart Collection
Feb 12, 2021

Among the most eye-catching of the items in the Rhinehart Rare Book Room on the 4th floor of  the Carol Grotnes Belk Library and Information Comm...