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Richard Petty, 1964

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...

Adventure Comics 87 Cover

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...

Mary Jane Putzel talks with Pat Beaver

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, ...

Students braving the snow and wind in 1965. The old Administration Building is in the background.

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...

Movie Showings

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...

Cratis Williams Reading Room

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 Bake

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...

Approaching Adelphi, August 18, 1916

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...

Carlton Haney: A Life and Legacy in Bluegrass and Country Music
Aug 27, 2015

Carlton Haney: A Life and Legacy in Bluegrass and Country Music is now on display in the Belk Library 4th Floor Atrium. The exhibit features photograp...